Feels like if we lose this weekend or season tanks further that Bobby will finally rip the band aid off his approach to being positive and post the Steve Sarkisian mea culpa.
Bobby Burton
Posted just now
Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer was upgraded to “probable” last night. That decreases the chances of a Longhorn victory IMO.
But it simultaneously increases the odds that the Longhorns are going to be pushed to fight as hard as they can on every play. That they’ll play with an unbridled passion and focus.
Unfortunately, we haven’t seen a level of consistent focus and passion this year.
Maybe this game, maybe Mateer, shakes the cobwebs loose.
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I hope folks realize the indictment of what I wrote above really is.
Right now, this team is not playing well on a number of levels. The offensive line looks lost against pressure. The interior defensive line is not getting much of a push in the pass rush. And the offense seems to lack the punch it had a year ago.
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The bottom line:
We need to see something different in the Cotton Bowl tomorrow. If that game doesn’t get you amped up and focused as a team, then you may not have a pulse this season.
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Despite Mateer, I’m still picking the Horns.
I have faith that the Texas defense will come to play, and Sark and Manning will find a soft spot - at least enough of one - somewhere in that OU defense.
Hook’Em