Can't wait to lose to Oklahoma because we just keep spamming IZ.
Yeah, it was a surreal feeling to see Texas come out and win the third quarter. But I got a really bad feeling with Quinn airmailed that ball to Golden.
I think it was generally a well coached game except for the deep nickel zone blitz on the long screen TD right before half and the flabbergasting second down sweep call at the goal line. Unfortunately those two plays ultimately doomed Texas in game with such tight margins. Texas was going to have to coach and execute at as high of a level as they did all year to win and they didn't quite get it done. It is what it is.
This team still beat the everloving fuck out of Michigan, OU, and A&M; went to OT in the SEC CG; and beat the ACC and B12 champions en route to a national semifinal and 13-3 season. It was a successful year even if I'm sitting here a little disappointed. Tough way to lose but they competed and were right there and that's all you can ask for. Hang around at this level long enough and it'll break for you. At least that's what I tell myself.
Honestly the SEC CG loss hurt more than this one. Ohio State is just better and Texas didn't play/coach quite well enough to win. There were many times where the game could have gotten away from them but they managed to stay in it. In the conference championship, Texas was the one with many chances to break the game open and never cashed in, and it came back to bite them.
Quinn is what he is; I'm grateful to him as the guy who oversaw the turnaround and wish him well but I'm very much ready to see what this offense looks like under a new QB. Fill out the DL in the portal and all of a sudden next year looks really promising. The window is open for a few years at least. It didn't happen for Bama, Georgia, or Michigan until it did. Onward.