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The First Loss of the Season

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Guadaloopy

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7 minutes ago, TexasEx said:

Texas v. Colorado. 2001 Big 12 Championship. That shit sucked. 

I have been at some shitty losses when the team had an opportunity to make a statement.  '95 Sugar Bowl and 2000 Stanford game come to mind, but neither really compare to this shit show right here ☝️.  Such a wasted opportunity.  

This one doesn't feel like any of the above, because this time we have a real shot at redemption.  

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David Dennison

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34 minutes ago, TXpride said:

This loss was particularly disappointing because we saw Texas get physically outclassed for the first time in 2 years. I don't see how you fix that other than getting better players. Not sure how we would stack up against Oregon or OSU, but without otherworldly QB play (ha) it's hard to imagine us beating a healthy UGA if we meet again.

I think we can beat any team in the country.

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2 hours ago, David Dennison said:

Has anyone mentioned those two Maryland losses?

Brutal.

haha this thread made me think of Maryland. and both BYU games with their gimpy qb running up and down the field. 

there were some dark, dark times. honestly this one doesn't come close. 

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Tex Long

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4 minutes ago, TXpride said:

Not without vastly improved QB play.

Nah. Doesn't have to be vastly so... just ummmm better. Okay, a lot better, just not vast, and particularly if accompanied by somebody stepping up in the RB room.

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9 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

Nah. Doesn't have to be vastly so... just ummmm better. Okay, a lot better, just not vast, and particularly if accompanied by somebody stepping up in the RB room.

It will need to be vastly better compared to what we saw Saturday. Their QB also played like shit, and the game was never really in doubt.

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following a couple comments above

3 worst Texas games I have attended - in no specific order...

1997 UCLA at Texas - 66-3.  Sat through the entire thing, thinking, "It has to get better.  It has to get better."  It did not.
2012 OU-Texas - 63-21.  Texas starts the game with 2 decent defensive plays, then OU proceeded to march down the field and score a TD.  Texas blocked the kick and returned it.  6-2!  Texas/OU/Texas then went 3-and-out.  Then the rout was on.  36-2 at half.  46-8 after 3.  Stayed for the entire thing.
1994 Aggy at Texas - 34-10.  Aggy cheatery meant this game was not on TV (and not on T+1, either).  BIL and I were offered 4x face for our tickets in section 108.  "Nah; let's go."  Down 21-0, we said, "We could have used that money to buy beer at crown and anchor and listen to this on the radio."  Oh well.

As I have posted here, I attended both UND@Purdue and Nebraska@Purdue.  Both had 1997 UCLA/Texas vibes, but with less talent on the roster.

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18 minutes ago, TXpride said:

It will need to be vastly better compared to what we saw Saturday. Their QB also played like shit, and the game was never really in doubt.

One score down going into the 4th quarter is room for doubt in the outcome. 

You're right, Beck was not particularly good. Fact.

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11 minutes ago, Topper13 said:

I made the mistake of rewatching the game, last night. It ended with Monday night drinking, and being an asshole on the internet. I should have just punched myself in the nuts and called it a night.

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41 minutes ago, Topper13 said:

I made the mistake of rewatching the game, last night. It ended with Monday night drinking, and being an asshole on the internet. I should have just punched myself in the nuts and called it a night.

It is so so so much worse on rewatch because you see things that you can't unsee for the future without major changes. 

This wasn't some mistake laden game where Texas got dominated and just wasn't up to snuff. It was so much worse than that.

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2 hours ago, Ignatius said:

How have we made it this far without mentioning the goddam Crabtree game? Unlike any of these other years mentioned (including 1983), we were the best team in college football in 2008…

That one hurts to this very day. I still carry the anger from what happened afterwards with the "tie breaker".

I was at a conference for work a little after the decision was made. Some guy giving a presentation to a crowd of 80 people decided to opine on the situation. He said something about being impressed with the process and talked up ou.

I was in the very last row and couldn't help but stand up and object.

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David Dennison

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17 minutes ago, horn009 said:

We'll be favored in every single remaining game. Just win out and this loss will quickly become an after thought. At least it wasn't a loss to Iowa State or Kansas.

If aggy wins out, I doubt we'll be favored in College Station.

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6 hours ago, dcbc said:

Maybe not the worst, but the whiplash of emotions loss for a game I attended in recent memory was that loss to Cal after Heard (at QB) ran took it to the house in the last seconds of the game only to have Nick Rose miss the PAT.  Dead silence all the way out of DKR.

Man, y’all are reminding me how many shitty games I’ve attended. Thanks. 
 

Assholes. 

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16 hours ago, Gandalfish said:

So, if you like, share some of those painful memories of games you attended or just have stuck in your mind over the years.

OP, you asked for it, but what a god damned beating this thread is.

We should all just reminisce about the time we slammed a car door on our hands if we want to have painful memories.

I, for one, am not buying into this defeatist mindset. We are going to fuck shit up the rest of the way.

Who’s with me? 

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3 hours ago, Victor Lazlo said:

 

OP, you asked for it, but what a god damned beating this thread is.

We should all just reminisce about the time we slammed a car door on our hands if we want to have painful memories.

I, for one, am not buying into this defeatist mindset. We are going to fuck shit up the rest of the way.

Who’s with me? 

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First off, I’m with you. 🤘

I didn’t intend to foster a defeatist mindset in this thread.

Dealing with losses is just an important part of being a fan.

I have no idea how the rest of the season will play out, and neither does anyone else.

I think our team last year was excellent, and I suspect this year they are even better.

The team didn’t play up to its own standard, but shit happens. Hopefully that’s motivation for them to improve the rest of the way.

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21 hours ago, John Coctostan said:

I was about to post about Rout 66. Or that Miami Cotton Bowl. Or one of the OU games in the early 2000s.

But instead I'm going to close the laptop and repeatedly punch myself in the balls.

I'm not sure what shocks me more; that we absolutely got obliterated by UCLA in Rout 66 or the fact that my dad and I stayed and watched the entire game. 

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UCLA 2014 at Jerry World.  They were bad.  We kicked off twice and Nuehiesel's kid won the game for them.   That was just depressing.

I went to that game with a former player, and he was trying to keep it positive, which actually just made it worse.

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11 hours ago, boilerhorn said:

1994 Aggy at Texas - 34-10.  

I was at that game, too.  But I can't rank it as one of the worst home losses I've witnessed.  aggy came into the game having beaten Texas 8 of the last 9, during a period when (other than the 1990 season) the Longhorns had been wallowing in mediocrity, and we had lost to mother fucking Rice earlier that year.  Nobody I knew really expected to beat aggy, so the ass kicking was not a surprise like a lot of the other home losses I've attended.  Yeah, the loss sucked.  But given our program mentality at the time, the reaction was more along the lines of, "yeah, seems about right."  

I'd rank the 2006 loss to aggy worse than that one.  Colt was still not 100% after Greg David decided to run him into a pile at Kansas State.  But aggy had a pathetic offense, yet we couldn't figure out Stephen McGee's hero mode on the ground, and the chef's kiss was Colt McCoy getting knocked out of the game on a cheap shot.   

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2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I was at that game, too.  But I can't rank it as one of the worst home losses I've witnessed.  aggy came into the game having beaten Texas 8 of the last 9, during a period when (other than the 1990 season) the Longhorns had been wallowing in mediocrity, and we had lost to mother fucking Rice earlier that year.  Nobody I knew really expected to beat aggy, so the ass kicking was not a surprise like a lot of the other home losses I've attended.  Yeah, the loss sucked.  But given our program mentality at the time, the reaction was more along the lines of, "yeah, seems about right."  

I'd rank the 2006 loss to aggy worse than that one.  Colt was still not 100% after Greg David decided to run him into a pile at Kansas State.  But aggy had a pathetic offense, yet we couldn't figure out Stephen McGee's hero mode on the ground, and the chef's kiss was Colt McCoy getting knocked out of the game on a cheap shot.   

I only chose that aTm game because of the lost financial opportunity.  There was ample evidence that Texas would get beat, and soundly, by that aTm team.  Agree 2006 was more difficult to stomach...

In 1993, Rice was crushed in Austin.  However, I can still see the 50 yard run by Bert Emanuel.  IIRC, Rice spread the field, no RBs.  Emanuel takes 1 step back and then sprints up the middle for a TD.  Rice 10-7.  It was all Texas after that, but that was quite the play.

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Despite having two degrees from Texas spanning 7 years, I've only gone to 9 games (4 RRS, 2 Rose Bowls, 1 Away Game, and only 2 games at DKR, UNT & TTU). The worst loss by far was the 2009 Rose Bowl because it felt like we were cheated a fair game with Colt going down so early.

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