Texas gets cheated not once, not twice, but 3Xs?

WOW.


After the tiebreak for the Big 12 Championship, getting boxed out of the National Championship and now the Heisman?


This is something else.


I seriously do not know what the Heisman voters are thinking, I mean, really?


You give it to Oklahoma’s own sophomore QB Sam Bradford?


He’s now the second consecutive sophomore to win the award with Tim Tebow winning in ’07.


Alright, sure, he’s got the stats; 42 TD/6 INTs, and also Zero-U’s put up 60+ points the last 5 games they played, including the Big 12 Championship. [The first time Texas gets cheated out because of the tie-break rule.] Yeah, I’ll give him and his team that.


But when you look at Colt McCoy, he’s done the most with the least around him; the supporting cast is great at what they do; Senior WRs Jordan Shipley and Quan Cosby, and the RBs-by-committee. They don’t have the big names like what Bradford’s got for the Sooners and last year’s Heisman winner Tim Tebow; he’s got plenty of big names with big talent.


Back to what I said about the Sooners getting over 60+ points their last 5; if that’s what the Heisman voters based it on, along with his season;


Here’s something to think about.


Flashback: October 11, 2008; Texas beats OU, 45-35.


‘Nuff said.


Did the “magical” OU-offense score their 60 on us? NOPE. Sure didn’t. As a matter of fact, Texas’ defense was the only team on OU’s schedule to hold them that low.


So c’mon now. Give the Longhorns more credit. They’re obviously not getting enough they deserve.


And if you bring up the Texas Tech situation; stop. There’s nothing you can really say to save them; they beat Texas, yeah, but a last second TD/potential game-winning INT dropped.


But then Tech loses to the same team that Texas beat by 40, FORTY.


That’s why they’re where they’re at and settling for a non-BCS bowl; the Cotton Bowl to be exact. I remember when the days when Texas hardly ever got over the hump beating zero-U, having to go to the Cotton Bowl year after year. Which by the way was SO lame.


Back to basics; so yeah, about Tech; where does that leave them? No where in sight.


And where does that make Texas? A WHOLE lot better than Tech, and obviously better than OU with the win over them; “45-35, lest we forget…” It’s practically like Texas had a beat-down of the Red Raiders in spirit, along with the Sooners manhandling them.


Tim Tebow of Florida, on the other hand, his stats aren’t as gaudy as last year’s Heisman campaign; the numbers have gone down quite a bit. But his confidence level’s shot out through the roof.


That’s all cool and all, but through it all, Colt’s more deserving. The guy’s broken practically all of the school QB records; leads the nation in pass completion percentage with about 78%, beating out Daunte Culpepper’s record back when he was at UCF. [Now at Detroit Lions.], now that’s uncanny accuracy.


He [McCoy] makes so many plays with his feet; extending plays i.e. Tony Romo of the Cowboys, and he’d find the open man. If that’s not the case, he tucks the ball in and goes for the run. He’s also gained a lot more muscle so he can take a hit, and he can definitely deliver one, as well.


Bradford doesn’t get that chance to do that at OU; great pocket makes him have practically all the time in the world, and Tebow’s certainly capable of the double threat of the pass/run; he just doesn’t do it as great as Colt does.


Now if you told me to compare McCoy and Tebow last year, I’d go with Tebow, especially when Colt had a definite sophomore slump. That’s IF it was last year. And he’s [Tebow] not a Heisman winner this year.


And here’s another theory I thought about in favor of Colt McCoy; the voters normally place their vote on how the team and the nominated player has faired in the season; so basically if either Texas, Oklahoma, or Florida was undefeated, that QB for the school gets the Heisman.


Texas is closer being undefeated than Florida and Oklahoma.


All three teams have one loss.


1) Oklahoma lost to Texas 45-35, so that’s totally understandable. That’s their one loss.


2) Florida lost by one against Ole Miss earlier in the season. That one point was off of a missed extra point to tie.


3) Texas lost to Texas Tech off of a last second TD; also by a seal-the-deal dropped INT by true freshman Blaine Gideon.


So what I came with is that Texas is closer to be undefeated than OU and Florida.


Oklahoma, you guys lost by 10 on a neutral field.


And as for Florida, you guys did lose by one; Texas did not against Tech, 39-33. One point vs. 6 points. You give it to Florida margin of defeat, right?


You’re wrong.


Texas also lost by a dropped INT, if that ball is caught, they win the game and there wouldn’t be a controversy with us UT fans talking about getting playoff system implemented, as Barack Obama once said on an interview. Along with the Longhorns getting an automatic birth to the BCS National Championship game in Miami. Got to settle with the Fiesta Bowl down in Glendale, Arizona.


So since Texas basically lost by a dropped interception, not once, but twice, [Another player nearly brought one in before Gideon’s drop.] that’s a whole lot closer to winning than TYING the game up with an extra point –


That was BLOCKED. Not just missed off the crossbars, not wide left or right, but being blocked.


There you have it. I stated all the right reasons why Texas’ Colt McCoy should’ve gotten the Heisman; wasn’t fair for Bradford and Tebow to state their cases for the award by getting another game to show their stuff with conference championship games; McCoy had to make his last case by a 40-3 win on Thanksgiving Day vs. rival Texas A&M.


But hey, watch out for next year – “the real McCoy”’s coming back for his Senior year.


“Hail, hail, the gang’s all here, and it’s goodbye to all the rest!”

Romo back in practice

Good to see that Tony’s back in practice, because after these last few games, including the narrow in vs. Tampa Bay…


We definitely need a new beginning. And that starts of w/ Romo’s pinkie healing well with the splint on and get us back on top where we belong.


I’ll be looking forward to that day. Being patience is the main thing for all of those star players either injured, or just haven’t lived up to their full potential as of late.


Things got to CHANGE for the good. [another Obama reference.]

Dirk and Co. back again; Championship days

It’s that time of year, and the Dallas Mavericks are ready to get the season underway.


So far, it’s a been an okay start; at .500, 2-2, with their last victory was over the hated rival San Antonio, beating them 95-81.


Didn’t watch or know that they were playing the other day, due to the ’08 Presidential Election, with Barack Obama winning. [So dang happy that night; history in the making.] So basically the Mavericks were the last thing on my mind, sorry to say.


During the off-season, Dallas brought in former ESPN analyst, ex-Pistons and Pacers’ coach Rick Carlisle. He’s coached in an NBA championship before, so he should know how to right this ship here in Big-D and actually let us finish a championship run unlike the falter we had with Miami in ’06.


Yeah, the Mavericks did blow a 13 point lead with 6:38 left in the 4th quarter in Game 3; never forgetting that.


Although at the same time, all of us Mavs fans know that the refs had something up their sleeves, some way, some how, to fix that series. I still think the league commissioner, David Stern, should go back and get those officials responsible for calling those sissy calls in Dwyane Wade’s favor.


If you’ve been watching the NBA closely as I have with David Stern as the commissioner, you know absolutely nothing’s going to happen, because he’s just scared of losing money and losing respect among his peers and colleagues around the league.


Basically, it’s all about himself and not about the NBA as a whole. In a business, I’m sure you’d have to have those kind of risky gambles here and there, i.e. big bossman himself, Mr. Jerry Jones.


Coming together collectively on a task at hand would be beneficiary for all to become better business people, and I’m really wanting a better head guy in front than Stern.


[Sorry about going off topic from the Mavs, to Commissioner Stern; it’s just been still, to this day, bugging me about how the whole situation was handled.]


*I’m hoping some day Mark Cuban actually gets the chance to raise the Larry O’Brien trophy along with the team and sock it to Stern; just to make up for all the fines he’s collected from him, costing over $1M total.


Only time will tell.