Comments on: ROUT 66: A DECADE AGO

By: Taco Bell Soft Tacos

Taco Bell Soft Tacos — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:49:14 +0000

Does anyone else remember UT being heavily favored to win this game? Like by at least 21 points I think…

I was into a little sports book enterprise in high school and remember not accepting bets on this game because the Vegas spread favored UT by too much.

I distinctly remember hearing the score over the radio and not being shocked that it was a blowout, but shocked it was a blowout in UCLA’s favor.

Am I making this up in my mind? Someone help me out here…

By: KongHorn

KongHorn — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:41:42 +0000

This therad is proof that no matter how many smart professors David Boren hires, inserting an okie into any discussion automatically and instntaneously makes it dumber. Run along children and practice your defense of the Hook and Lateral and Statue of Liberty plays.

The ‘91 Cotton Bowl was a disaster. 45 degrees and drizzling all game. The concession stands were out of coffee and hot chocolate by halftime. I was willing to light that f’ing ibis on fire for warmth, but couldn’t goad him close enough to douse him in kerosene.

By: WhoooTex

WhoooTex — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:47:49 +0000

Starting QB that day was Stephen F Austin

By: Beergut

Beergut — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:13:41 +0000

#58,

The texas QB you are referring to is Marty Cherry.

I don’t think he ever played in a game for texas, much less started one.

By: macker

macker — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:19:12 +0000

Are you sure it wasn’t Todd Doge. By my recollection, Dodge was the QB from 1978-1994

By: Justin Cliburn

Justin Cliburn — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:12:59 +0000

It was Richard Walton. It wasn’t Major Applewhite who replaced him though; my bad.

By: Justin Cliburn

Justin Cliburn — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:54:02 +0000

No #57, it wasn’t James Brown. James Brown graduated the year before after the BigXII title game shocker.

By: Cincy

Cincy — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:48:06 +0000

ah… RRS smack… and its only week 3.

There are few things in life as gratifying as seeing saxeT lose by more than 50 points.

7 will always be more than 4.
40 will always be more than 27.

sexaT fans can trumpet the all-time record against OU all they want, but the gap is narrowing and they know it.

By: them oklahoma

them oklahoma — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:39:16 +0000

#59- Sorry, we (those who graduated from the University of Oklahoma) can’t help it if a solid 90% of our fans are texans who never went to OU. texas is a big state, both in terms of population and geography. Oklahoma is more your average size for the two. The alternatives for the overflow texan without a team(the michigan of the south -slightly arrogant with little or no reason to be so {noted exception of ‘05}- or those lunatics in College Station) give them little choice. For our sake, at least the really “special” ones tend to gravitate towards LSU and Arkansas. But anyway, how’s that secondary coming along?

By: them oklahoma

them oklahoma — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:19:42 +0000

57- The qb at texas for that game was James Brown, and he sucked. Fun note on Major Applewhite. When he first came to austin, things went pretty well. Then, Mack Brown convinced him to sleep with Phil Sims. For reasons not yet known to science, Phil Sims gave birth to The Major Chrissy Applesims. In a scene not unlike that of Greek mythology, Phil’s head started to swell…then stretch like a water balloon…and then crack like a walnut. What pops out? The Major Applesims. Promptly after the shocking event, a young Roy “Superman” WIlliams (not ut’s Roy “I’m a scared of dogs” Willaims) leaped over the gathered crowd and ripped the infant Applesims from Phil Sim’s disfigured skull.

By: nutt again

nutt again — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:30:09 +0000

70-17

USC over Arkansas two years ago.

In the first quarter SC possessed the ball for 92 seconds, ran 8 plays (for 241 yards), and scored four touchdowns.

ouch.

By: horntothegroin

horntothegroin — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:41:28 +0000

the only thing #45 is that only 4.7% of OU fans are educated, per USA today. So yeah, most of your fans are fucking hillbillies.

By: gindole

gindole — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:05:09 +0000

oops…wrong team. same hateful beatdown.

By: Justin Cliburn

Justin Cliburn — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:01:42 +0000

Obligatory Cliff Claven moment:

The Texas QB that started that game (his name escapes me) was relieved in the second half by some guy named Major Applewhite. When he went to the sideline, the tv crew zoomed in on him and some talent manager in California saw a close up of his face. He eventually contacted him and signed him on as a male model, ending his UT QB career and igniting the fire that was Opie Applewhite.

By: Papa Lou BSU

Papa Lou BSU — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:39:19 +0000

#43:

Mackovic “won” at Illinois at a time where the Big Ten was probably at its weakest point of the past 50 years. Think about what the Mackovic era (’88-’91) at Illinois coincided with:

-Ohio State being at an all-time nadir, routinely beaten by the likes of Indiana (!) and Air Force. The Buckeyes were a mortal 27-18-2 during the John Mackovic era.

-Wisconsin still in transition from perennial doormat to the first couple years of the Alvarez era.

-No Penn State in the conference yet.

-Purdue completely abysmal, averaging 2 wins per season under Fred Akers.

-Northwestern one of the worst programs in Division I, instead of the moderately competitive program it is today.

Indiana was at their pinnacle under Bill Mallory at the time, but still, it was a one-team conference then (Michigan).

Yet, despite this, Mackovic only took his team as high as the Citrus Bowl once during his tenure in Champaign. If that wasn’t a red flag to the folks in Austin, I don’t know what is.

Mackovic’s era at Illinois also wasn’t of the squeaky clean variety, either, if you talked to anyone that played there then (two of my h.s. teammates and another pal from a rival h.s. all donned the navy and orange for John M.)…