Redman Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Matthew Zemek / CollegeFootballNews.com On a day when the weather was miserable, football became a whole lot simpler for the Texas Longhorns and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. And when it was all said and done in Lincoln's Memorial Stadium, Nebraska made the last and biggest mistake. Texas — a giver of gifts for so much of the afternoon — was able to take advantage. It was a bizarre afternoon in the Heartland. The severe wind that swept over the playing surface made this affair a question of quarters, as the wind-aided team dominated each of the four stanzas. Playbooks were necessarily limited throughout the duration of this game, making Horns-Huskers a test of fundamental soundness and basic football will. The team that limited mistakes, executed basic plays, and showed more poise would prevail. For most of the day, that team was Texas. On a majority of the game's snaps, the Longhorns — and freshman quarterback Colt McCoy — played with more maturity and toughness than the Huskers, piloted by senior quarterback Zac Taylor. It was entirely true that the freshman signal caller played more like a senior, while the senior field general played more like a freshman. McCoy had his share of fumbles and failures, but he was solid in each and every moment when he needed to be, and that put Texas in good position through the first three quarters of play. Texas consistently outpaced the Huskers with a better, more airtight run defense, clutch passing on third downs, and the resourcefulness of McCoy, who dwarfed Taylor in virtually each and every pressure situation. On a day when the concentration levels of each team would tell much of the story, Texas had the winner's mentality for most of the proceedings. But as good as Texas proved to be over the course of the whole game, the Longhorns also made a handful of truly catastrophic mistakes that nearly undid all their efforts in Lincoln. A normally sound defense gift-wrapped two touchdowns by blowing easy tackles. The Longhorns' placekicking game handed the Huskers seven points on missed kicks that should be converted (a PAT and two under-40 field goals) at the Division I-A level. Marcus Griffin committed an astoundingly dumb personal foul penalty to revive a floundering Nebraska drive in the final minutes ... a drive that would score a touchdown on a brilliant play call by Husker head coach Bill Callahan. A game Texas had attacked with gusto for most of the day was on the verge of becoming a devastating and numbing loss. Just as the Huskers gained their 20-19 lead, the snow — as if on cue — began to fall heavily in Lincoln. The same team that had the home folks on the ropes for most of the afternoon suddenly found itself in a position where it needed a huge break. Terrence Nunn gave Mack Brown his wish. Nunn, the Husker receiver whose inability to catch a punt led to Texas' first touchdown in the second quarter, fumbled after making a first-down catch around the two-minute mark. Had he landed on the turf with the ball in hand, the Husker upset would have been sealed. Instead, the pigskin squirted loose, and the Longhorns got another chance. The rest, as they say, was history. McCoy — the anchor of this Texas team and the coolest cat in the ballpark — had already done more than enough to win the game. But after momentous mistakes from his teammates had nearly robbed him of many deserved accolades, the Longhorn leader was not about to let this golden opportunity go by the boards. No. 12 calmly piloted his offense downfield, and even though the ball wasn't centered for the kick, Ryan Bailey — on his first field goal of the year for the Horns — banged through a severe-angle shot to give Texas a victory taken from the jaws of defeat. This was moments after Texas had seemingly plucked defeat from the fangs of victory. Yes, it was that bizarre on a snowy, windy day in Lincoln. But in the end, all the frosted and frigid Longhorns will care about is that they left town with a win to stay in the national title chase. Source Quote Link to comment
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the grange Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat OH DID I SAY HE WAS AN :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat :asshat i love how truth speakers are asshats around here. dissapointing loss, but every word written in this article is 100% legit. Quote Link to comment
Pedro Guerrero Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I agree that Colt McCoy played a great game but every big throw was to Sweed yet Sweed gets no credit for any of it. All the praise goes to McCoy. McCoy may very well end up being a wonderful QB but it doesn't hurt that he has Sweed to throw to everytime he needs a big play. Quote Link to comment
ttheKid1*18 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 McCoy had a good game. He is going to be a good qb. But he has a great supporting cast and shouldn't be put on a mantle as the best qb in the country. Quote Link to comment
DaveH Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 i love how truth speakers are asshats around here. dissapointing loss, but every word written in this article is 100% legit. OMG TEH TRUTH!1! It's true that everything he said did, in fact, happen. However, he pretty much ignores that NU's defense made the plays when they had to so that the offense had a chance to win. Instead, like every one else, insists on heralding McCoy as having the best game ever. Actually at times, separating him from the "mistakes of his teammates". Awesome. It can't be McCoy's fault because he is awesome!!! Gimme a break. McCoy had a good game, but no way did he play as well as some make it out to be. If he did, it wouldn't have ended like it did. Period. He had many chances, like his teammates and NU did, to really put the pedal to the metal and bury the other team but it didn't happen. The article in no way captured what it was like to be there. The emotion that was put in by both teams. The article did, however, capture how a lot of sportswriters write articles these days. Yea, that's what happened, but he did a piss poor job of telling how it happened. You could sum up the article with, "Texas is much better than Nebraska. Nebraska had a chance to win, but they didn't because Colt McCoy rules." End of story. And to that end, the article deserves the nanalama. Correct. Quote Link to comment
ttheKid1*18 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 It sucks because no one is saying anything about the stadium being loud like it hasn't since the 90s. The Order is being Restored! Quote Link to comment
Alex 4.0 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Zac taylor played like a freshman? What the hell...... So I must be the only one that thought Taylor a good game, aside from his fumble and forced throw that was a pick. Those things happen, Super-Colt had a couple T.O.'s of his own. It is unbelieveable how nobody wants to give us ANY credit... I am sick of this, lets win every national title until the end of time, maybe we will just be "lucky" that the other teams had off games.... Quote Link to comment
ttheKid1*18 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I don't understand what they keep saying about ZT. Sure, he didn't have his best game of all time, but after his int, they kept saying McCoy looked like the senior and ZT like a frosh. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 We know how our team played and that's all that matters!!!! Let the so called "experts" run their mouths all they want........we shall see what they are saying come Dec. 2nd when NU and Texas meet again!!!! Quote Link to comment
gamecocks Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 I kind of thought that Taylor did play like a freshman in the first half. He was getting frustrated and was losing his cool. He made some poor decisions and didn't set his feet on quite a few throws. However, he came out of the locker room after half and played like a true leader on this team. He calmed down and had a really good game. Quote Link to comment
hskrfan4life Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 WE WILL SHUT THEIR MOUTHS COME DEC. 2 WHEN WE BEAT UT Quote Link to comment
admo Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 i love how truth speakers are asshats around here. dissapointing loss, but every word written in this article is 100% legit. OMG TEH TRUTH!1! It's true that everything he said did, in fact, happen. However, he pretty much ignores that NU's defense made the plays when they had to so that the offense had a chance to win. Instead, like every one else, insists on heralding McCoy as having the best game ever. Actually at times, separating him from the "mistakes of his teammates". Awesome. It can't be McCoy's fault because he is awesome!!! Gimme a break. McCoy had a good game, but no way did he play as well as some make it out to be. If he did, it wouldn't have ended like it did. Period. He had many chances, like his teammates and NU did, to really put the pedal to the metal and bury the other team but it didn't happen. The article in no way captured what it was like to be there. The emotion that was put in by both teams. The article did, however, capture how a lot of sportswriters write articles these days. Yea, that's what happened, but he did a piss poor job of telling how it happened. You could sum up the article with, "Texas is much better than Nebraska. Nebraska had a chance to win, but they didn't because Colt McCoy rules." End of story. And to that end, the article deserves the nanalama. Correct. I agree. I really like what you said here DH. This article was written with bias. Hail UT, Hail McCoy. One more thing. ABC guys made the statements about ZT looking like the frosh, and McCoy the senior. And ever sports chanel picked up on that, including these articles, and repeated the same thing. Nothing original. Just someone's opinion and everybody forgets their own. Ridiculous. The Mighty Horns needed a last second FG to beat us. Damn. Quote Link to comment
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