FURTHER MUSCHAMP FALLOUT

by Orson on Nov 19, 2008 11:18 AM EST

Texas fans were very, very excited about Will Mushamp. How excited? This was the picture posted on Orangebloods on the announcement thread.

In Texas, it usually comes back to some kind of penis metaphor or another. One of the interesting angles in terms of the timing of the announcement, as pointed out by reader and ace tipster Dave, is that the announcement thrusts--er, sorry--puts Texas in the media spotlight in a week when the loving eyes of the voters will be on Texas Tech and Oklahoma. If they all tie, the winner comes down to BCS rankings, which despite the intervention of loving but logical robot computers still comes down largely to pole--er--poll voters.

Mack Brown has been happy to softshoe for votes and BCS points before, a move that infuriated Cal fans whose team was snubbed by the BCS in favor of the Longhorns. Cal went on to play none other than Texas Tech, who tore the intestines out of Cal, strangled them with them, and then slingshot them into wilderness for the wolves to feast on as they liked.

Horrible post-post-post-grunge music aside, the 2005 Holiday Bowl highlights are worth watching for some vintage Trev and Ron Franklin, as well as the carnage of Texas Tech running hot knives through a buttery Cal defense.

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What band is that? threenickelcreedfingerbackdoorselevendown?

by DJ on Nov 19, 2008 11:22 AM EST reply actions

Methinks the band is Tool.

by meatybob on Nov 19, 2008 11:27 AM EST reply actions

The first band is Breaking Benjamin. The second is Nickelback. Tool is who buys it.

by Orson Swindle on Nov 19, 2008 11:29 AM EST reply actions

As has been said, fast video editors have terrible taste in music.

by dubyadee on Nov 19, 2008 11:37 AM EST reply actions

Ever notice that teams that spend most their December complaining of the injustice of their bowl spot tend to end off losing said bowl spot?

by SC_Gator on Nov 19, 2008 11:42 AM EST reply actions

Goddamn, I feel like ripping the sleeves of my t-shirt and bleaching my hair all of a sudden.

by BurritoBrosShits on Nov 19, 2008 11:52 AM EST reply actions

Why are those three guys fans standing in front of that Nick Saban statue? I thought this was a post about Texas.

by sevenDs on Nov 19, 2008 12:04 PM EST reply actions

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guys/fans redundancy. please disregard one or the other

by sevenDs on Nov 19, 2008 12:08 PM EST reply actions

I guess I don’t get it — why are Texas fans giddy over locking in an untested 37 year-old as their head-coach-in-waiting at $900,000 a year until Brown retires? And what about the dysfunction you’re breeding on the staff? It’s either suck up to the kid or resent the hell out of him. And I wonder what Major Applewhite is thinking right now?

You’re Texas, man! If Muschamp bolts this year, go get the best damn DC on the market. If Brown retires, go get the best HC in the country. Trust me — letting Muschamp learn on the job against the likes of Stoops and Leach will be much more painful than the transition with a new, but tested, head coach.

by RIP Logan Young on Nov 19, 2008 12:17 PM EST reply actions

The PIP shots of the Texas Tech fans for added coolness was a nice touch.

by RotoJeff on Nov 19, 2008 12:19 PM EST reply actions

@4 – given that the game was in 2005 and this music is much more recent, I’d hardly call this fast editing. But then again – maybe in the Big 12 it is. I keep forgetting that they don’t have SEC speed.

by Last Dragon on Nov 19, 2008 12:40 PM EST reply actions

One day some creative soul will work Paul Anka, Del McCoury and MC Lyte into one single YouTube team highlight reel.

by Godfrey on Nov 19, 2008 12:43 PM EST reply actions

That Holiday Bowl game, along with Mack’s lobby for Texas over Cal, was in 2004. 2005 was the season Texas needed no lobbying to get USC in the Rose Bowl; Tech played Alabama in the Cotton. I got you!

by Dr. Saturday on Nov 19, 2008 12:55 PM EST reply actions

Can somebody in the know PLEASE tell me what Ron Franklin did to Holly Rowe to get him booted? God I miss that guy calling SEC games. Or any games for that matter. I can not tell you when the last time I heard him call a game.

by shovel-pass on Nov 19, 2008 1:05 PM EST reply actions

Can somebody in the know PLEASE tell me what Ron Franklin did to Holly Rowe to get him booted?

That would be remonstrating her sarcastically with “It’s 49-21, sweetheart” during the ND/Purdue game.

by AllWhoYonder on Nov 19, 2008 2:04 PM EST reply actions

#9, I think UT’s forgetting about the last time a spastic DC at a Big 12 school was hired to be a head coach. It’s only taken him 4 years to get U of A to a bowl game. Hopefully Butterteeth can get Will to switch to decaf before he checks out.

by Raider Red on Nov 19, 2008 4:06 PM EST reply actions

Allwhowonder… she is an idiot. Worst sideline reporter ever. And now she is trying to look like a drag queen. Did you see her two weeks ago with a leopard print hat and bright red lips blue eyeshadow? FIRE HOLLY ROWE!

by Carolina girl on Nov 19, 2008 4:36 PM EST reply actions

#11: I dunno about the Nickelback song (I intentionally avoid their so-called “music” whenever possible), but that Breaking Benjamin song is definitely from way before 2005.

by SpartanDan on Nov 19, 2008 5:07 PM EST reply actions

God I’m hoping we can put all of the SEC speed bullshit to rest soon. I mean for fuck’s sake just because a dude committs to a SEC school doesn’t mean he automatically shaves a second off his 40 time.

I hope and pray Florida beats Alabama and that Tech beats OU, and them MU in the B12 Title game so we can truly settle this shit.

by Darth Iggy on Nov 19, 2008 5:40 PM EST reply actions