2019 Alamo Bowl: Texas vs. #11 Utah - Pregame Discussion Thread

[orangecat92 306]

Good grief.  This is either a blowout loss for us, or the players show us how happy they are the old coaches are gone.  I think Utah should be happy to be in a warm spot.  

[SHOOTER12 8787]

2 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

the game will sell out instantly.  texas has a huge fanbase that either never stepped foot on the 40 or only has a tangential attachment to the brand, and they don't know fuckall about the surl, who cdc is, or therm's love for love and ravioli.  every time we play in san antonio it's been a huge party.  it's new years.   it's texas.   drink up.

Bastard, you leave my old shriveled genitals out of this.

[HeyMcFly 144]

1 hour ago, texifornia said:

Yeah, it's a state school. Plenty of non-Mormons go there. But Mormon jokes are the usual way to make fun of Utahns.

Being called a Utahn is a joke. 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21781]

When's the last time Texas played a pac12 school?

The debacle at Cal which I was at. My daughter has already informed me that we will be spending NYE at the second Alamo massacre

[Dbeasy 14961]

So this is what it’s sunk to huh? No chance to beat Utah, a state of weirdos and a school that has historically had a big bag of nothing.

Well not me. Screw those guys. We win in the Urban Meyer coaching tree bake-off.

[TreatyOak 16148]

19 minutes ago, JFKFC said:

Screw Tom.

[mdmost 42827]

8 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

 

The debacle at Cal which I was at. My daughter has already informed me that we will be spending NYE at the second Alamo massacre

 

We just had a home and home with USC. 

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

1 hour ago, BurntEyes said:

It's Texas, they will be plenty motivated.

Yeah, it's nice to sit there with the "we're everybody's big game" mantra, but playing bad name teams in sh*tty bowls isn't a sure fire way to motivate human beings.They could come out flat or not, and it probably has nothing to do with a fantasy of beating up on the orange and white.

[Bevo14 8272]

Just now, Bobby_Batronic said:

Yeah, it's nice to sit there with the "we're everybody's big game" mantra, but playing bad name teams in sh*tty bowls isn't a sure fire way to motivate human beings.They could come out flat or not, and it probably has nothing to do with a fantasy of beating up on the orange and white.

So what you're saying is...they might not want to be there?

[wood 11121]

But, but, my aggy neighbor told me yesterday he saw a projection that had aggy playing Texas in the Texas Bowl. I told him aggy & SECSECSEC would never let that happen, but he wasn't tryna hear dat.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21781]

We just had a home and home with USC. 

They’re in the PAC 12?

[NowThis 931]

Texas has only played Utah once, a 1982 win in Austin. The score was 21-12, Texas didn't pass much but the RUSH was jamming.

[TwiceHorn 31240]

This is perplexing.  

Until Baylor, Herman had a pretty good record in games we should lose.

We have some talent and coaching could well be addition by subtraction.

Should be interesting, at least.

[Helobious 9480]

Memes/jokes aside, this should be an easy W for Texas. Utah isn't very good at all. They haven't beaten a good team all year, and none of their players will care about playing in the Alamo Bowl. 

[Hook1997 5270]

Some of y’all need to quit being pussies, you’re not going to watch your team play the #11 ranked team in a bowl game?!  I know it’s been frustrating but Orlando won’t be there to rush 6 on 3rd and 18, I say we win and it’s going to fun to watch. 

Edited December 9, 2019 by Hook1997

[WBT 20411]

6 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Memes/jokes aside, this should be an easy W for Texas. Utah isn't very good at all. They haven't beaten a good team all year, and none of their players will care about playing in the Alamo Bowl. 

and ours will?

[Neonmoon 38127]

8 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Memes/jokes aside, this should be an easy W for Texas. Utah isn't very good at all. They haven't beaten a good team all year, and none of their players will care about playing in the Alamo Bowl. 

Gonna save this post for later 

[Levi 2576]

16 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Memes/jokes aside, this should be an easy W for Texas. Utah isn't very good at all. They haven't beaten a good team all year, and none of their players will care about playing in the Alamo Bowl. 

[TexasMan 10785]

Texas opens as an 8 point underdog v Utah

Over/under 53.5

Thoughts? 

[Helobious 9480]

3 minutes ago, DoneWithit said:

Touche... but I still believe Texas is the superior team talent-wise. 

[El Squared 1792]

SIAP/ Not SIAP: I understand Case McCoy will be working one of the cameras for the game.

Edited December 9, 2019 by El Squared

[Born Burnt 6147]

29 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

Some of y’all need to quit being pussies, you’re not going to watch your team play the #11 ranked team in a bowl game?!  I know it’s been frustrating but Orlando won’t be there to rush 6 on 3rd and 18, I say we win and it’s going to fun to watch. 

Not shit. Some people on here are as bad as Star Wars fans. They say they love it, but spend more time complaining about it.

 

[HeyMcFly 144]

Some dudes here are more pussy than the one my son came out of. 

[Zavala 1384]

1 hour ago, JFKFC said:

I won't watch this massacre. 

Screw Tom.

Aggy plays Okie lite in the Pinstripe bowl in Houston on the 27th

[BigHorn'13 3352]

9 minutes ago, TexasMan said:

Texas opens as an 8 point underdog v Utah

Over/under 53.5

Thoughts? 

Maybe we'll beat them by an 8 point underdog

[texifornia 56479]

7 minutes ago, Zavala said:

Aggy plays Okie lite in the Pinstripe bowl in Houston on the 27th

Man, aggy and OSU's rebrands came just in time for bowl season I guess

 

[RollLeft 5039]

Where is the Shag New Years eve party gonna be in downtown SA??? I get the feeling its going to be epic!

[Auto Driller 2504]

Utah is probably the only team that spent significant time in the top 10 that Texas has a puncher’s chance against.

 

They run a ball control, run-heavy offense. Good RB but not going to beat you with speed. Conservative offensive play calling.

 

Texas wins 27-24

[BrazilHorn 6576]

Is this a record for number of games Texas has been the underdog?

[Pam Cummings 9560]

Crazy to think that the line between a possible CFB playoff berth and the Alamo bowl really is that thin.

[bullet 1596]

15 minutes ago, Auto Driller said:

Utah is probably the only team that spent significant time in the top 10 that Texas has a puncher’s chance against.

 

They run a ball control, run-heavy offense. Good RB but not going to beat you with speed. Conservative offensive play calling.

 

Texas wins 27-24

I like your prediction, but Texas only lost by 7 to #1 and #4.  #7 was a convincing loss, but still only 14.

[bullet 1596]

3 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

Crazy to think that the line between a possible CFB playoff berth and the Alamo bowl really is that thin.

Remember KSU losing that Big 12 game to aggy.  Meant instead of playing in the BCS title game, they played Purdue in San Antonio.

[TornACL 7674]

If CJohnson decides to play in this game he will go crazy if Sam gets time to test that Utah secondary deep. They were atrocious against USC and we saw some of the same in the Pac12CG. 

[Steel Shank 9409]

[Steel Shank 9409]

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

7 minutes ago, bullet said:

Remember KSU losing that Big 12 game to aggy.  Meant instead of playing in the BCS title game, they played Purdue in San Antonio.

 

11 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

Crazy to think that the line between a possible CFB playoff berth and the Alamo bowl really is that thin.

Alamo bowl: where dead dreams are laid to rest. 

[wood 11121]

2 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

Allright, allright, allright....

[Alien Octopus 499]

4 hours ago, NowThis said:

The two UTes

[texifornia 56479]

5 minutes ago, Steel Shank said:

That's a quality lineup there.

[mdmost 42827]

1 hour ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

They’re in the PAC 12?

The University of Southern California? Last time I checked, yes. 

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

1 hour ago, Bevo14 said:

So what you're saying is...they might not want to be there?

I’m saying that beating By God Texas probably isn’t high up on their motivation list. 

And yes, they may or may not want to be there. It’s hard to gauge interest level after a conference title loss. 

[El Hornarino 367]

Interested to see if the remaining coaches can slap together a semi-competent defense.  Obviously the first step is to burn all the pages in the playbook with Egypt blitzes.

Edited December 9, 2019 by El Hornarino

[closetohumping 17386]

5 hours ago, Juke_Em said:

Uh oh, Tom Herman's perfect bowl record could be in jeopardy!

And if he wins it’ll be because utah doesn’t want to be there.  Amirite???

[Goodman 3273]

Get ready for late and dirty hits. This game might set a record for total penalties. 

[Huckleberry 32694]

40 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

Crazy to think that the line between a possible CFB playoff berth and the Alamo bowl really is that thin.

The Alamo Bowl is not a lower tier bowl anymore. Not sure why people don't get that. It gets top choice after NY6, it has the second highest payout of any non-NY6 bowl, it has a good time slot. 

Things have changed. 

Edited December 9, 2019 by Huckleberry

[UTEX_ME 4754]

6 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

The Alamo Bowl is not a lower tier bowl anymore. Not sure why people don't get that. It gets top choice after NY6, it has the second highest payout of any non-NY6 bowl, it has a good time slot. 

Things have changed. 

Yep, the Texas Bowl today is basically what the Alamo bowl was from the original Big 12 bowl affiliations. The Alamo bowl today is the Cotton Bowl from that time period. 

Sugar is the same tier as the Fiesta was prior to realignment 

Alamo is same tier as Cotton was prior to realignment 

Camping World is same tier as Holiday was prior to realignment 

Texas is same tier Alamo was prior to realignment 

Edited December 9, 2019 by UTEX_ME

[Goodman 3273]

1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

The Alamo Bowl is not a lower tier bowl anymore. Not sure why people don't get that. It gets top choice after NY6, it has the second highest payout of any NY6 bowl, it has a good time slot. 

Things have changed. 

The bowl sounds shitty for us because it's in San Antonio.

[satyanash 14280]

This feels like it'll be a repeat of the 2013 Alamo Bowl. A mobile senior QB who doesn't make mistakes, a defense that allows just 13 ppg, and a coaching staff far superior to ours.

[Armybrat 40710]

3 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

29 year and 3 missed home games during that time.

Made most of the bowl games. 

No interest in spending more money to hang out in San Antonio for new years just to watch the Longhorns lose.

If that qualifies me as fair weather and a realist, so fucking be it.

To each his own.

[Dbeasy 14961]

The Alamo Bowl is not a lower tier bowl anymore. Not sure why people don't get that. It gets top choice after NY6, it has the second highest payout of any non-NY6 bowl, it has a good time slot. 
Things have changed. 

Yes people should remember the Alamo.