From the Austin-American Rag: "UT Football Sucks"

[RonMexico]

http://www.statesman.com/news/conten...lso.html?imw=Y

If UT was as good at football as its fans expect, the moon would be made out of ice cream
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By John Kelso


Tuesday, November 27, 2007

I hate to burst your burnt orange bubble. But the fact is that despite all the hype, the University of Texas traditionally isn't very good at football.

So, why half the people in Austin continue to wring their hands and whine on the radio talk shows after each Longhorn flop like the one Friday against Texas A&M is beyond me.

There. I've said it. UT doesn't do football all that great. And I'm a Longhorn season ticket holder.

"So, how do you feel about sitting on the last row of the upper deck?" a friend asked. He's afraid the UT athletic department will banish me to the cheap seats for stating the obvious.

Oh, I realize UT is supposed to be good at football and is considered to be an annual kingpin. This year, UT made $63 million on football, and it charged up to $85 for a home game. Look up the University of Texas in Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, and you'll find this about Texas football: "The University of Texas has traditionally been considered a college football powerhouse (citation needed)."

However, look up "citation needed" in Wikipedia, and it says, "The 'citation needed' link you just followed is there because another editor felt that the preceding statement was dubious."

That's one way of putting it.

I have better bowls on my kitchen counter than the one the Longhorns will be going to this year.

Texas began playing football in 1893. Since then, it has won four national championships, and one of those was iffy because it ended the 1970 season by losing in the Cotton Bowl to Notre Dame.

But even if you give 'em that one, that's one national championship every 281/2 years.

A study co-authored by a UT psychologist says UT students drink more on big football game days than on traditional party days.

That's because if you watch UT play dead the way they did Friday against the Aggies, you need a good belt.

The funny thing is the annual unrealistically high expectations of the Longhorn fans, who seem so surprised and disappointed whenever Texas loses, like it's some kind of anomaly.

We used to have a bean counter working here at the newspaper who I considered to be an intelligent, reasonable man. One day he was crabbing about some Texas football disaster or other.

"Frank," I said, "you sound like you think Texas should win the national championship every year."

"They should," he said. And that's the problem. A lot of Texas fans think the Longhorns should win every game.

But the reality is that in their 100-plus years of football, they were only really hot for part of the '60s.

You could say the same thing about Joe er.

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[LEN BIAS 4EVER]

But the fact is that despite all the hype, the University of Texas traditionally isn't very good at football.

But the reality is that in their 100-plus years of football, they were only really hot for part of the '60s.

I don't know what your talking about.

They are the 3rd winningest program in the history of college football. By your standards there is only 2 teams that are very good.

They Dominated the 60's. But even if you look at the last 30 years since DKR left here is what they have done.

1 National Championship
2 Heisman trophy winners
2 Maxwell award winners
2 Doak Walker award winners
1 O'brien award winner
1 Outland trophy winner
1 Butkus award winner
2 Thorpe award winners
2 Lombardi award winners
7 Confrence les
Too many first team All Americans to count

6 top 5 finishes
9 top ten finishes
17 top 20 finishes

And that's the last 30 years, not counting any of the achivements under DKR.


Gotta ask this writer then whats his definition of of being very good at football ????

[Holmes_Fans]

They are also like 3rd all time in wins and up there in winning %. I get where he is coming from on how fans think Texas should be in the running for the NC every year.

[RonMexico]

citation needed

[LEN BIAS 4EVER]

Yea I mentioned the wins and winning %, they are #3 in both at least at the beginning of this season and I would imagine that it hasn't changed.

I agree about the unrealistic expectations as well, a top ten finish every year is about as good as it gets but I get the feeling that many in Austin feel that's not good enough. We are lucky Mack did get that le because if he didn't he may have been axed after losing the last 2 years to ATM.

[Brutalis]

Such a re article you would have thought it came out of Alabama.

[leroyjenkins]

citation needed

http://www.utexas.edu/

[BeerIsGood!]

UT is a powerhouse in football because traditionally they have been in the mix for a NC during most seasons. Every school has droughts, but by this guy's definition every college football program sucks complete ass because they don't win the national championship every year, every 2 years, every 3 years, and so forth. UT sucks this season in football. So does everyone except the one team that wins the national le, and in this season I guarantee the one that wins sucks too. The 2004 USC team or the 2005 Longhorn team would have DESTROYED anyone in the top 10 this season.

[Holt's Cat]

Kelso's a pretty big horns fan. Mentioned in Backyard Brawl.