It seemed automatic during the Mack Brown era, for the Longhorns to win ten games. It seemed like a long time ago, but the boys finally repeated the feat by winning their maybe biggest game in the last 5-8 years. The Texas Longhorns were matched against the Georgia Bulldogs in the Sugar Bowl and although Georgia was the favorite and by a double figure spread, it was the Longhorns that showed up to play.
Coincidentally, some idiot tried getting the two mascots together for a photo op, but although the big Georgia Bulldog looks pretty scary and dominating, for a 60+ pound animal, it was no concern for Bevo, who at 1300 pounds looked like a little bit of a problem when it got feisty with the pup. I've never seen Bevo get excited over anything, but there they were, 5-6 kids in cowboy wear, trying like hell to calm the big beast down, those massive horns could really hurt somebody.
Kickoff got underway and immediately, the offense took control with Ehlinger very much the center of the team. I like this kid, he passes the ball around and takes plenty of punishment when he takes off running, opting to take a hit at times and not play it safe by sliding all the time. I am sorry to say, but Georgia never seemed interested to win this game. I think they thought it was theirs for the taking, or somehow, they should automatically have won for not being selected into the playoff series. Well boo-hoo, this game showed why you didn't deserve to be there. I mean Oklahoma took a beating during the regular season, then when it mattered most, came back and beat us soundly to get that fourth spot you feel was yours.
I loved the four downs at the 1 yard line where they were stopped three consecutive times, but he got in on the fourth attempt to make it 28-7. My next favorite series was when Georgia had the ball with about nine minutes left and Texas blitzed and came hard all three downs to force a punt. I freaking hate it all season when they have had a big lead and then try to play prevent defense, which just opens up the field for any decent quarterback to tear them apart. Instead, they came at him hard all three downs and he was unable to even get a completion. This lead to a quick three and out, they punted the ball and Texas ran the clock all the way down to about a minute, unfortunately Dicker the kicker missed his chance to give us that comfortable lead, it didn't really hurt us.
The worst part of the game was in that very last drive, to see those two idiots commit those two awful penalties, I mean, come on, WTF! Put your arms out and wrap that receiver, kind of shit tackle was that. And then the other idiot hitting a sliding QB. You know from when you started playing peewee football, you don't hit a sliding QB, they are like magical unicorns and you just should know better. Other than those two stupid anomalies, it was just about a perfect game to end the season for the Longhorns. Congratulations, now get rid of the bubble and get back to working out in the sun and heat for next season. I think there is enough magic here to get this team into the playoffs for the next two seasons, with Ehlinger at the helm. Hook 'em, Horns!!!
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