Anybody else here remember the 1980 SMU game? Texas was 5-0 going into that game, ranked number 2 in the nation having just dispatched Oklahoma. The 1980 season got off to a great start, with a nationally televised Monday night game against Arkansas, which the 'Horns dominated. At this point, SMU was 3-2, the much vaunted "Pony Express" hadn't found it's giddy up yet, and they hadn't beaten Texas since about 1967, and on top of all that, Texas just didn't lose home games. We were on our way to a national championship run...everyone in the stadium knew it. Then the game was played. Fucking Craig James, that hookercidal maniac (allegedly), couldn't be stopped, Texas' offense couldn't do anything, and we ended up not scoring a TD in our own stadium in forever. Final score was 20-6, but the game really wasn't that close. The rest of the season totally collapsed, and we finished 7-5, with a loss to Lawrence Taylor's Tarheel team in the Bluebonnet bowl. That was the first time I learned to never get too emotionally invested in a game, or season...everything can change, instantly and with little/no warning.
To the OP...thanks for digging at the scab...asshole.