The troubling, widening gap between Texas and Nebraska

[huskerswrkhavoc]

Texas does dominate on the field. It's now begun to happen in baseball, too.

They've been dominating everyone everywhere in baseball for decades. This is nothing new.

 

In football they have no more accomplishments to show for all of their advantages than Nebraska had in the 1980s, and they have no more accomplishments this decade than does Oklahoma, who, like Nebraska, trails Texas in money.

 

This report is no reason to press the panic button. It bears watching, but should not be viewed with anxiety.

 

 

Thank you.. Maybe omahapanda doesn't realize that UT has dominated college baseball with the like of LSU for quite some time... If anything that statement should be flipped... Our appearance on the baseball scene compared to Texas is about the same as KSU's appearance on the football field compared to ours....

[huskerswrkhavoc]

OU played by the rules and won Big 12 title #6 and 3 in a row. UT has...NEVER schedules hard non conference games. 11 seasons and he only played OSU, while most top programs play one tough non-league game, he schedules ZERO!!! No excuses for Brown, Stoops in Austin or even Caroll or Meyer are all the one's with the 6 Big 12 titles. BCS wins, only won followed a Big 12 title and they were all squeakers, including two against lower ranked Big 10 teams. Conference titles are the only legit championships in D1, since there are no playoffs, while bowl games are not natural, giving teams 30-50 days to prepare for one game is absurd at best. Carroll, Stoops, Meyer, Tressel all win conference titles, so don't excuse Brown's fluff job win record.

 

Ummm, Texas recently played Ohio State in a home and home series. Now with regards to Ohio State we can certainly question the meaning of hard, but that's not the point.

 

 

rkhufu said "and he only played OSU".... That's who he's talking about them only playing...

[junior4949]

It wont make sens to cancel the golf program when the university has a professional golf management program for students to graduate with; I don't know how many on the golf team are pursuing this degree, but UNL is one of only 20 universities in this country with this type of degree.

 

Just something to think about...

 

 

 

unl

Didn't I bring this up before and was shouted down? Texas kids wanna play in Texas, so if Baylor, improves the kids will stay there... NU and the North schools are actually competing with TCU and UH for 0-3 star Texas kids most of the time, while UT, OU and LSU are getting the best 3-5 star kids from here. I am a native Austinite, UT grad and a Big Red fan since childhood, but facts are facts. Hard to beat UT, Ou or even Baylor, Tech or OSU if they are getting better Texas kids. The key is to get the walkon program rolling again for depth and a few hidden gems, lock down all instate talent, hit Big 12 north and beat out the Iowas, Missouris and Kansases for for great talent next door, then we must hit on some 3-5 star RBs, WRs, TEs and QBs and defensive skill players from CA, AZ, LA, TX, FLA, GA, SC, OH, PA, NJ... What made us successful, minus the partial and non-qualifiers can be repeated, with better recruiting.

This is a BIG state vs SMALL state problem, and it is nationwide. Pac 10, is dominated by the CA/USC Trojans, not Oregon, WA or AZ teams. The SEC is dominated by FLA, not UGA, Tenn and LSU is great, why, becaus eit border Texas and recruits nationally. Big 10, its OH and PA dominating. ACC, the FLA are in Flux, but VA Tech dominates because of size and recruiting. More folks, state schools, more alumns and fans, bigger TV ratings. Why do you thing ABC allowed UT move up the Tech game to early season when the Red Raider might likely be ranked as opposed to later, when they will not be ranked with 3-5 losses? UT has POWER and INFLUENCE!!! The fact that Mack Brown has 1 conference title in 11 years is a JOKE! He is in GRAVY train land in Austin, excellent weather, talent galore, 700K folks in the city more than a millon in metro, state capital, load of alumns, 90k stadium... He has it all, but has just 1 big 12 title to OU's 6 in lil bitty, cold weather Norman!!! Bo can do it, just like the other Youngstown, Big 10 safety did at OU!!!

 

 

Let's talk Mack Brown being a joke for a moment. I mean, really talk about it.

 

He took over a program in 1998 that was a mess. A total mess. John Mackovic was like the Steve Pederson of Texas football...he told off all the boosters and made them look in a mirror on facilities, etc. And Brown walked into a football program no less broken and angry than Nebraska's in 2008.

 

Yeah, having Ricky Williams that first year helped. But Brown has consistently turned out 10-game winners since then with four different defensive coordinators. He was smart enough to turn Vince Young loose when Young asked to simplify the offense and, what's more, the man win bowls games. Since 2005, he's 3-2 vs. OU and 5-0 in bowl games. If you look at Osborne's track record in this regard in his 8-12 years (1980-1984) you'll see something oddly similar - a coach whose teams found their stride.

 

Let's also not kid ourselves. Texas was jobbed out of the Big 12 south title last year, losing in the last second, on the road, while Oklahoma was handily beaten, head to head, on a neutral site.

 

John Mackovic made TO look like a fool. He was a hard man to like, but I don't think he destroyed Texas football. Brown did walk into a great place at the right time. He walked into a program with quite a bit of talent stockpiled by Mackovic. I'd say I have to agree with several of the other posters who question Brown's coaching ability. I mean the guy benched Applewhite for what? The guy that replaced Applewhite was a born loser who caved under pressure. If you ranked the all the coaches in the Big 12 by coaching ability, I'm not even sure Brown would rank in the top half. He and another fellow to the south and east have seemed to have found a way to do the least with the most over the years.