It is going to be one big explosion on Saturday.
"It’ll be exactly the opposite," Brown said during a Monday news conference.
"They will play their tail off this weekend because they’re mad and embarrassed."
The defense is mad. Really mad.
Brown said he was encouraged by the postgame responses from defensive coordinator Will Muschamp and players after watching A&M score 15 more points than any other Texas opponent this season.
"The defensive staff was over here early Friday morning. They worked Friday and Saturday," Brown said.
Texas’ players had those days off before returning for a Sunday team meeting. As they reviewed tapes from the A&M game, Brown said his defenders "were not happy, which I like. They’re happy we won, but they understood it wasn’t good."
Colt McCoy is having a great time.
"The gunslinger mentality McCoy displayed in 2008 has returned," wrote ESPN analyst Todd McShay, "and the Texas offense is humming as a result. His performance on Thanksgiving night was one of the most memorable moments of the season. ... a strong showing against Nebraska in the Big 12 title game could earn McCoy the Heisman Trophy."
McCoy has been in a playful, light-hearted mood for the past six games, as the Longhorns have averaged 44 points while winning by a margin of 31.
"They'll be as excited about this weekend as I've ever seen them," Brown said of the Longhorns.
Mack Brown wants to see just the Horns are.
"I think that lack of performance will get our attention for this weekend," said Brown, who noted that his team missed 13 tackles against the Aggies and had a lot of communication issues. "We probably did too much (on defense). We'll go back and be who we are this week."
Nebraska may be the best defense we have seen this year.
Texas quarterback Colt McCoy called Nebraska’s defense “really stout” and said the Blackshirts will be “one of the best defenses we see this year.”
Brown is, if anything, consistent.
Texas owns Nebraska. Not the old Nebraska, the new one. Make sure you don't get those two confused.
Will Muschamp isn't taking any coaching job. Period.
"Our situation has worked out perfect," Brown said. "Will's young and he and I had an understanding. He wanted to be defensive coordinator. We paid him like a head coach. ... Our lines of responsibility have not changed a bit. ... The agreement that Will and I have is, as long as I'm the coach and he has a question, he comes to the office to discuss things. The day that I step out it's his."
Plano native Rex Burkhead will play a big role in Saturday's game.
The impressive play of young Burkhead should excite fans as his versatility will be needed if Nebraska plans on pulling off the upset against Texas on Saturday. Burkhead's ability to get low to the ground and get behind offensive lineman not only makes him tough for defenders to find, but his deceptive strength gives him the bruiser capability that Nebraska has lacked since the departure of Quentin Castille.
Bo Pelini is not into any gimmicky defenses. He is going with what he knows.
He said the Huskers will stick with the strategies that have gotten them this far and will "let it all hang out" on Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas.
HuskerExtra thinks our defense is showing some weaknesses.
Ndamukong Suh can't wait to topple the Horns.
Suh is so sure in his team's chances to win in the Big 12 title game that he told reporters he doesn't even consider his team as an underdog.
"I don't see us as underdog, but I do see them as a great team," Suh said. "They are 12-0 and we are 9-3. But we're going to play hard. I know we'll be fired up to play for a championship. That's one of our goals and something we'd like to do."
Rick Barnes was not pleased.
The Texas men’s basketball team has outscored opponents by 80.4 to 52.8, outshot them 52 percent to 32.8 and outrebounded them by 10 a game.
But head coach Rick Barnes is not pleased with much, particularly after Sunday’s 77-59 win at Rice, a game which the Longhorns led by just five points with six minutes left.
"We are trying to create an identity," Barnes said. "We took a step back at Rice. We didn’t pressure the ball (on defense) the way we need to. We didn’t help each other. We haven’t executed offensively this season."
Texas Sports has a USC game preview.
Get a $3 end court mezzanine ticket to the USC game this Thursday with the donation of a new unwrapped toy for Orange Santa.
UT is also offering $6 end court mezzanine tickets to the Long Beach game on Monday, December 7.
The conference announced the Big 12 football awards. (Barking Carnival thinks the Horns got robbed.)
Dan Hawkins was humbled by his 3-9 season.
The Buffs finished 3-9 this fall after beginning the season talking about winning 10 games after Hawkins challenged his players to meet that mark. Questions about Hawkins' future with the program lingered all year until Thanksgiving Day when the school announced he would be back for his fifth season in 2010.
"I know for me, it's been humbling," Hawkins said. "This whole thing has been humbling. That's not all bad for a person to have to kind of go reinvent yourself."
Sources say Oklahoma State and Mississippi will be playing in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic played at Cowboys Stadium on January 2, 2010.
The Big 12 just wasn't that impressive this year.
Supposedly, the Big 12 was ready to challenge the SEC's reputation as the best college football conference. Having come woefully short of that, maybe next year it can set its sights on catching the Big East or even a non-BCS conference like the Mountain West.
Bob Is happy in Norman and he does not plan to leave.
"I’m going to be at Oklahoma next year,” Stoops said Monday. "If (athletic director) Joe (Castiglione) will have me and president (David) Boren, that’s what I intend to do.”
Besides, Bob hates sports writers and the media glare. Notre Dame would be a nightmare.
Here’s what Bob Stoops didn’t say Monday when he said for the umpteenth time that he is happy at Oklahoma and he isn’t interested in Notre Dame. Stoops is impatient dealing with the handful of beat writers who cover the Sooners. The very last thing that Stoops would choose to do is dive into the fish bowl that serves as the home and office of the Notre Dame head coach. I can’t think of a job he would like less.
The Notre Dame coaching campaign begins.
Gary Patterson will be at TCU for quite a while.
Coach Gary Patterson and TCU have agreed to a long-term contract extension, the university said Tuesday.
Patterson is in his ninth season as the Horned Frogs' head coach and in his 12th season overall.
Dennis Franchione may be back.
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Anyone else think that video of Rex Burkhead is ridiculous?
They showed the same play against U-La-La (U-La-La, seriously?) THREE TIMES in slow motion! That’s what the “play again” function is for, folks.
ElMariachiLoco - December 2, 2009
Unfortunately, that was the only video of him worth viewing.
dimecoverage - December 2, 2009
The music was already cracking me up
But then when the score flashes midway through the video, and you see its the 4th quarter, where Nebraska is already up by 41 points in a shutout, I laughed aloud.
We should put up some Berryhill highlight reels.
BoddickerIsClutch - December 2, 2009
Somebody put in a lot of time
getting those gunshots timed correctly.
horndude - December 2, 2009
It was probably Burkhead himself.
ElMariachiLoco - December 2, 2009
The Cornhuskers do not seem to be big Youtube contributors.
dimecoverage - December 2, 2009
'The Big 12 is down' crap has really gotten out of hand!
Outside of the SEC what conference can lay claim to being anything but mediocre? The Big East has three BCS ranked teams, wow, so does the Big 12. Syracuse and Louisville probably don’t even beat Colorado or Baylor and I am sure we easily match up with them team-by-team. The MWC has three ranked teams, wow, so does the Big 12. The bottom feeders in the MWC are some of the worst teams in all of FBS and BYU and Utah lost their only games that mattered (which weren’t many and is why they are even ranked). The ACC has three ranked teams, wow, so does the Big 12. None of them are elite and their conference could be won by a team that isn’t even currently ranked! The Big 10 has three ranked teams, wow, so does the Big 12. Their three best teams all have 2 losses and they never had a team that was realistically considered MNC quality. The SEC has 3 ranked teams, wow, so does the Big 12. The SEC is still the strongest conference but even the Big 12 has more teams that managed to get to 8 or more wins than the SEC. The Pac 10 has 5 teams in the BCS rankings the best of the lot, but their conference champ could have 3 losses and they might not even have a team in the Top 10! That’s elite.
Rickyspub - December 2, 2009
You're right...
The Big 12 IS down, but it’s only down compared to years before it. Right now besides the SEC, the entire rest of the country is down.
The Immortal Iron Fist AKA AFB - December 2, 2009
I don't get this *Besides the SEC* garbage either
Outside of Florida and Bama, their conference is average at best. Without looking, I think LSU is the only team with 4 or less losses. They’re not that great top to bottom right now. They’re 2 deep on the top end. That’s it.
GoHorns - December 2, 2009
That’s not to call you out Iron Rist. There’s just a general perception that the SEC is GOD OF ALL FOOTBALL AND TEBOW LEADS THEM and it gets tiresome. Just saying they’re just above average when it comes to a conference lvl. I would say the Pac 10 gets the honor of being best top to bottom this year.
GoHorns - December 2, 2009
Not so fast....
No. teams with 5 or fewer losses:
SEC: 10ACC: 6
BigEast: 6
Big-XII: 6
Pac-10: 6
Big-Ten: 5
With 10 teams with at least 7 victories (and the Bowl games that go with them) and the Top-2 teams in the country, well it couldn’t be more obvious.
HornChamps - December 2, 2009
Go Horns, this is why I say the SEC is better than mediocre...
OK, without getting down to the nitty gritty of individual games and such…The SEC, unlike any other conference, has a ton of teams in the middle. I am not sure that the glut of 7-5 teams is all that great, but its better than any other conference can muster.
Rickyspub - December 2, 2009
um...
he said,
you said
I wondered why you would respond like that, so I looked it up. Turns out, that while GoHorns wasn’t right, he was only off by one team.
SEC→4 teams
Big 12→5 teams
So, as GoHorns said, the SEC is no better than the Big 12 other than the top 2. Unless you think a 5 loss team isn’t average.
vy til i die - December 2, 2009
Thank you, vy til i die
When I was going off of memory, I was remembering that only 1 team (other than Florida and Bama) was above .500 in conference. That, to me, is average. Especially since the majority of the SEC plays cupcake schedules for OOC. I’m sure you can point to one or two marquee matchups to “prove” me wrong, But the fact remains that most of the teams play crap schedules to boost their overall record.
I’m absolutely not screaming from the rooftop that the Big XII is any better in this regard! Just saying that the SEC has been average this year (outside of the top two). And I’ve seen Bama play and they might be the luckiest unbeaten team of all time. They’re not nearly as good as their record indicates. Their defense is solid, though.
GoHorns - December 2, 2009
I think if you line them up team by team the only matchup the Big 12 wins is the one at the top and one at the bottom...n/t
Rickyspub - December 2, 2009
That's exactly what I'm NOT doing, though
All I’m saying is, the media’s love-fest with SEC is overhyped this year. Are they a decent conference? Yes. Are they far and away superior to every other conference? NO! That’s my point.
GoHorns - December 3, 2009
But you didn't say that...
You took me to task for suggesting the SEC was better than the other conferences. I think HC, when you ignore his tone, has marshalled compelling evidence that the SEC is indeed ahead of the other conferences. Is it as dramatic as the media likes to protray? No. But it is a more defensible position than the idea the Big 12 is incredibly weak, which is just plain poppycock.
I don’t see why it is so difficult to give the SEC its due. Nowhere did I say that SEC was leaps and bounds above everyone else. Indeed my point was the SEC has a strong top but is mostly middle, rather than top heavy but that makes them better than everyone else. No conference is really top heavy. The Pac 10 pretty much has a bunch of mid-high teams and then a bunch of crappy teams. The same goes for the Big 10. The ACC is mostly middle and crappy teams. The Big 12 and Big East are one top team, a few mid-high teams and a bunch of crappy teams. The SEC only has two crappy teams, which should count for something.
Rickyspub - December 3, 2009
I don't see where I took you to task
My original statement was directed to The Immortal Iron Fist AKA AFB .
Only once did I reply to your comments and that was to defend my stance that I was not comparing to the Big XII. But aside from that, I gave the SEC credit in that I said that it is a good (I said decent, but will extend that to good for clarity) conference. My problem is with the media (and fans, now) giving them far more credit than is deserved. The reality is it’s a mediocre to good conference. Surely, better than the Big XII, but that’s partly because the Big XII is not that great this year.
My main issue that started all this was with this statement:
Because the SEC is down, too. They’re not nearly as good as they usually are so, yes, they are down, too.
GoHorns - December 3, 2009
Ok, I see where you are coming from...
But actually I disagree with your last statement. I think the SEC is actually better from top to bottom. They have two undefeated teams (last year only Bama entered the SECCG undefeated). Last year they had 4 teams with losing records this year only 2. I think Georgia might have been a bit better than LSU is this year, but they finished at 9-3 also. Ole Miss was playing better at the end of last year than this year’s squad but they have the same record. Vanderbilt is worse this year than last, but Miss St. improved. Tennessee and Arkansas improved and Kentucky managed to keep their head above water in what was supposed to be a dismal year.
The Big 12 and Pac 10 are definitely not as good at the top overall, though Texas should give the Big 12 credibility rather than getting slammed by the media. The Big 10 is still not that good and the ACC doesn’t seem appreciably better. The Big East is the only conference that probably can claim any major improvement but that just puts them in the middle, but the SEC is overall better than they were last year.
Rickyspub - December 3, 2009
You know .....
….. vy, you see a conspiracy when none exists. You twist and bend until you can find some way, any way to throw a dart my direction. The reality of the situation is that I was wanting to point out that the SEC has TEN, count them if you’re capable, teams with winning records. If you’re not capable of understanding the strength in those numbers, then Aggie help you. The delta between the SEC and all other BCS-6 conferences is significant, even if you don’t understand.
HornChamps - December 2, 2009
oh, i'm capable..
…although you prove time and time again that you’re just a bitter old man for some reason, who is incapable of treating others w/ respect. Instead of answering questions directly, you try to manipulate the data in a way that suits you. If you have a reading comprehension problem, “then Aggie help you.” As stated before, the SEC is full of middle of the road teams stuck at 7-5. If you don’t think that’s average, then the ACC should be the best conference pretty much every year because they usually have a lot of teams going to bowl games. Again, I read the statement GoHorns made, and saw you deflect to a different point, so I pointed out the difference. Please get over yourself. Hook ’em!
vy til i die - December 2, 2009
Not really so capable.
You’ve exposed the ineptitude by not comprehending the strength of any conference having 10 of their 12 members with winning records. That, or you’re simply too stubborn to admit the SEC is clearly superior top to bottom. Probably some of both.
Get over myself? Get over following me around like some orphan puppy. You behave like some petulant child. Bitter describes your shadowing behavior and your false claims of deflection. Show up and make a real point some time.
HornChamps - December 2, 2009
On Shadowing
The same happens with Beergut and it all serves the same purpose: none.
The forum remains free and open, but to all involved, take it from someone who’s learned too many times the hard way, in situations where it counts, that you’re better off not saying anything at all. There’s no way we can, or should even hope to, agree on everything. Or even most things.
Just be a damn gentleman about it.
Thank you.
Peter Bean - December 2, 2009
I sincerely hope that was not directed solely at me..nt
vy til i die - December 2, 2009
To try and get this discussion back on track...
The SEC may indeed be full of middle of the road teams stuck at 7-5, but they also have two undefeated teams which play a role in why so many teams are ‘just’ 7-5. The problem with your argument is that when you compare that myriad of 7-5 teams to the Big 12, it seems rather obvious the conference is stronger. They don’t have a collection at the bottom like Baylor, Colorado, and Kansas. Their middle of the road Arkansas destroyed our middle of the road A&M on a neutral field. Our 2nd or 3rd best Okla St. did beat one of their middle of the roads in Georgia, but Georgia isn’t the 2nd or 3rd best team in the conference.
I don’t think the Big 12 is horrible like the media wants to make it out to be. I think we are overall stronger than the ACC, Big East, and Big 10. I think our top team is better than any other conference’s top team, but we are rather weak around the middle when compared to the SEC and Pac 10. To me the Pac 10 is the more ‘average’ conference since they have no top dogs but a bunch of teams with middling records, while the SEC deserves quite a bit of claim for being the top conference in large part because they have two undefeated teams but also because all but 2 of the members are not only bowl eligible but are also better than 6-6.
Rickyspub - December 3, 2009
"You twist and bend until you can find some way, any way"
Wells - December 2, 2009
Shadow #2 arrives with his K-2 behavior.
HornChamps - December 2, 2009
Hook 'em!
vy til i die - December 2, 2009
Suh's comments
sound eerily like James Brown’s before the first Big 12 champ. game.
Horncasting - December 2, 2009
LOL...Rex Burkhead line
29 attempts
134 yards
4.7 ypa
1 TD
6 games played
um, maybe, just maybe, I could do better than that.
Rex…get ready to be Kindleized and Muckraked.
TXStampede - December 2, 2009
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