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You're referring to John Make-u-sick (Mackovic), the recently fired coach of Arizona. That was a train-wreck waiting to happen.

Make-u-sick could beat OU, Nebraska and A&M but then he'd lose to Rice or Baylor. He was noted here for three things:

1) the sweep run to the short side of the field where the running back usually stepped out of bounds after a minimal gain or loss. Ran that loser of a play at least ten times a game.

2) the "I'm such a genius" cutesy play call. Why bother powering it in on 3rd and Goal from the one yard line when you could run some cutesy tackle eligible pass that was guaranteed to make one team or the other look ridiculous? He was the "anti-smashmouth".

3) the "no-visible-means-of-defense" defense. Anyone who wants to criticize the tackling skills of Texas now should go back and watch the Longhorns of seven or eight years ago. They couldn't tackle to save their lives. They never wrapped up. They tried to either push down their opponents or fall on them. Horrible, horrible defense.

I'm not ready yet to give up on Coach February but he does need better coordinators and maybe get that fat goo of a "strength coach" a different job. At least Brown gets great players (ask the NFL). Now he just needs to find somebody who can coach them.

Thanks, believe it or not I was following them the whole time. The other day I realized I had blocked out his name from my conciousness. I'm watching 'Ashley Wilkes' Clark on TV right now and he really does remind me of Mackovic. I'll never forget that trick play against Nebraska in the first Big 12 Championship game.

I thought Mack Brown would be better, I suppose because he has a southern accent. I don't see how a Texas coach can get whipped by Oklahoma for four years in a row and keep his job. The remark up the thread about Texas wouldn't hire a Republican is frightening. Because having gone there, I could believe it.