Hook-em Horns!!!!!!!!!
What an amazing team - they beat Ohio State and USC at home, with the game last night undoubtedly the greatest game I have ever seen, and the greatest individual performance I have ever seen.
The great hope circulating on the bulletin boards in Austin is that Vince may stay because he believes he deserves top 5 money, but only one of the top five NFL teams is likely to draft a QB. There is no guarantee that he'd go above Matt Leinart, and Vince would love to help UT repeat as National Champs, and oh by the way win the Heisman that he deserved this year. Since it's a bad draft for QBs he may wait.
Vince has studied film hard, and made great strides as a QB. He checked off 3 receivers before scrambling for the last TD run, and although most folks don't know it he has been doing that all season. He wants to play QB, and I think his raw talent combined with the competitve fire in his belly will make him a great NFL QB. He'll do whatever it takes to make that happen.
I turned off Keith "PAC-10" Jackson and listened to our boys on KVET 1300 during the game, even though they were ~1 second ahead. Even after the game ESPN started scrolling that this was the first undisputed National Championship for UT since '69, but they never did say that about USC's 2004 "title" while ESPN was fellating USC during the entire month of December. Freakin' yahoos.
I was 10 years old in 1969, and clearly remember Street to Peschel in the 15-14 win over Beelzebubba's state. It's been a long 35 years since the 1970 shared title, and I REALLY enjoyed sharing the joy of this victory with my wife and 3 sons last night!
Hook-em, and God Bless Texas.
Ted
Congratulations Texas fans! What a game! I nearly cheered myself hoarse.
Signed,
A Kansas State Fan -- which was the last team to beat USC before TX last night. Go Big 12!!
If Young is projected anywhere near the top 15 then he needs to go now. With Vick regressing and McNabb going through his issues, running QBs are losing their luster in the NFL.
Unless he turns into Peyton Manning over the summer, he is never going to valued any higher than right now. Winning the Heisman is ok, but it doesn't give you any NFL value (ask Jason White) and it isn't the honor that it used to be.
You sound about like me. I was 12 the last time Texas won a National Championship and back then I just assumed Texas won every game, especially after they vanquished Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl. It's been a long long wait.
Austin is going to go crazy for the next week or so. You don't know how much the win means to the folks around here. The only ones unhappy are the transplanted Aggies (of which there are many) and the folks who have been lobbying to fire Mack Brown (I wonder if www.fireMackBrown.com is still online hehe). He just earned all those millions we've been paying him last night. And imagine how much better recruting will get for a couple of years. No more losing the likes of Adrian Peterson to those Red River Raiders.
This tastes soooooooo Sweet!