Wow...
First, let me say wow...
And second, let me say wow...
What a game tonight...
I said in my post before the game that I may further explain my reasons for picking Texas and my main reason would be VY...Yet, that would be easy...
Another main reason for my apparent optimism was that I thought the Texas defense would be the best defense USC faced all season by a large margin...I had no faith in the PAC 10, especially their defenses...Yet, USC didn't seem to have a very hard time racking up yards or scoring points tonight...
So outside the obvious (VY) and my gut (the UT defense), the main thing bothering me the last few weeks leading up to tonight's game was the lack of respect the media displayed toward UT...
As an Ohio State fan, I witnessed similar treatment of a team a few years ago when Ohio State faced (the unstoppable) Miami Hurricanes in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl...In addition, I noticed numerous members of the media picking Notre Dame to beat Ohio State in this year's Fiesta Bowl, even though Notre Dame didn't beat anyone during the regular season...
Yet, the media's treatment of Texas leading up to this game seemed to take things a bit further...Well, at least ESPiN...
Over the last couple weeks, ESPiN seemed to have a poll every other day matching up this year's USC team with the national champion teams of the last 10 or 15 years leading up to USC's national title run of the last couple years...AND in every one of these polls, this year's USC team was picked as the better team than all of these other past champions, and this year's title game hadn't even been played yet...
Granted, these polls were open to public to vote in, but ESPiN also offered the opinions of some of their so-called experts--specifically Mark May--and I never noticed any of them say that this USC team wasn't the better team...There could have been an instance or two where one of the experts picked one of the past champions, but I didn't notice many...To be honest, the only one I noticed--and this may be my selective memory at work--was their College Insider Bruce Feldman picking the 2002 Ohio State team over USC 30 to 28...
Yes, all these comparisons between the past champions against this year's USC team were very subjective, but all the while, Texas wasn't getting any respect...
Finally, while ESPiN was busy with these hypothetical match-ups, one of the things that stood out to me most was that a Texas win tonight wouldn't be the biggest upset of the last 5 or 10 years, at least according to the guys setting the line in Vegas...If I remember correctly, Ohio State opened as a two-touchdown underdog--give or take a field goal--against Miami in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, while I also think Oklahoma was a 10 or 11-point underdog when they faced Florida State in the 2001 Orange Bowl...
I got Texas +7 tonight against the unbeatable USC Trojans, and I really thought Texas had a great shot winning outright, which they obviously did...They won outright against the same USC Trojans that would beat all of the past champions of the last 10 or 15 years, at least according to the ESPiN poll results...
Good thing nobody told Vince Young and the rest of the Longhorns that USC would beat all these past champions, and that they shouldn't bother showing up...
After the game, VY said "We got no respect from the media, and..."
I stop there because I couldn't understand what VY said after that...
But, I agree with you VY--at least that first part that I understood--and congrats my man, you deserve all the accolades you'll receive over the next week or two...
Well, I really wasn't planning on writing so much tonight or staying up this late, but the media really bothered me these last few weeks, not only with much of the 'pre-bowl' coverage, but in many other ways, as well...Hopefully, I can share some of these other thoughts soon...
And before I go, congrats Texas fans...
And second, let me say wow...
What a game tonight...
I said in my post before the game that I may further explain my reasons for picking Texas and my main reason would be VY...Yet, that would be easy...
Another main reason for my apparent optimism was that I thought the Texas defense would be the best defense USC faced all season by a large margin...I had no faith in the PAC 10, especially their defenses...Yet, USC didn't seem to have a very hard time racking up yards or scoring points tonight...
So outside the obvious (VY) and my gut (the UT defense), the main thing bothering me the last few weeks leading up to tonight's game was the lack of respect the media displayed toward UT...
As an Ohio State fan, I witnessed similar treatment of a team a few years ago when Ohio State faced (the unstoppable) Miami Hurricanes in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl...In addition, I noticed numerous members of the media picking Notre Dame to beat Ohio State in this year's Fiesta Bowl, even though Notre Dame didn't beat anyone during the regular season...
Yet, the media's treatment of Texas leading up to this game seemed to take things a bit further...Well, at least ESPiN...
Over the last couple weeks, ESPiN seemed to have a poll every other day matching up this year's USC team with the national champion teams of the last 10 or 15 years leading up to USC's national title run of the last couple years...AND in every one of these polls, this year's USC team was picked as the better team than all of these other past champions, and this year's title game hadn't even been played yet...
Granted, these polls were open to public to vote in, but ESPiN also offered the opinions of some of their so-called experts--specifically Mark May--and I never noticed any of them say that this USC team wasn't the better team...There could have been an instance or two where one of the experts picked one of the past champions, but I didn't notice many...To be honest, the only one I noticed--and this may be my selective memory at work--was their College Insider Bruce Feldman picking the 2002 Ohio State team over USC 30 to 28...
Yes, all these comparisons between the past champions against this year's USC team were very subjective, but all the while, Texas wasn't getting any respect...
Finally, while ESPiN was busy with these hypothetical match-ups, one of the things that stood out to me most was that a Texas win tonight wouldn't be the biggest upset of the last 5 or 10 years, at least according to the guys setting the line in Vegas...If I remember correctly, Ohio State opened as a two-touchdown underdog--give or take a field goal--against Miami in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, while I also think Oklahoma was a 10 or 11-point underdog when they faced Florida State in the 2001 Orange Bowl...
I got Texas +7 tonight against the unbeatable USC Trojans, and I really thought Texas had a great shot winning outright, which they obviously did...They won outright against the same USC Trojans that would beat all of the past champions of the last 10 or 15 years, at least according to the ESPiN poll results...
Good thing nobody told Vince Young and the rest of the Longhorns that USC would beat all these past champions, and that they shouldn't bother showing up...
After the game, VY said "We got no respect from the media, and..."
I stop there because I couldn't understand what VY said after that...
But, I agree with you VY--at least that first part that I understood--and congrats my man, you deserve all the accolades you'll receive over the next week or two...
Well, I really wasn't planning on writing so much tonight or staying up this late, but the media really bothered me these last few weeks, not only with much of the 'pre-bowl' coverage, but in many other ways, as well...Hopefully, I can share some of these other thoughts soon...
And before I go, congrats Texas fans...
posted by Charles De Mar at 1:47 AM
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