“They say misery loves company. We coud start a factory and make misery. FRUSTRATED. INCORPORATED” – Soul Asylum, Misery
When: 11:00 am Nov 5
Where: Austin, DKR Stadium
TV: FX (look for the rotating announcer logos, its like FX is spoofing FOX)
Weather: low 70s, sunny
Line: -14.5 UT (opened at -9)
Alright alright alright. Time for another matchup between the Longhorns and the Red Raiders. Got NO clue what team is traveling to Austin for Tech, but before we get to that, lets briefly look back on the past two week….(sorry boss came to town so no writing)
OU – 41-38. A Huge WIN in Norman, we’re the best team ever.
ISU – 41-7. To quote Norm McDonald “What the H?”
Ok Coach Tuberville, to continue the Soul Asylum song lets see if you can make the cure, because you made the disease. Good lord, I don’t know what to take out of that Iowa State game. About the only thing good is that there is no written record of Wisdom of the Crowd’s preview with a 42-7 Tech win prediction.
Tech is beat up across the board. Against ISU they lost another two starters and the backups look like they had no clue what to do. On offense, I swear Doege must be injured. Against the Cyclones he didn’t step into throws, floated passes and was just about as accurate as Zebbie Lethridge with a head cold.
So now you get to lick your wounds by hoping on a plane and flying down to Austin. In case you don’t have the Longhorn Network (and that’s pretty much everyone), you missed them picking apart Kansas. But UT has some issues as their losses to OU and OSU showed. Now the Oklahoma State game could have been much closer than it was, but OU just destroyed UT both offensively and defensively. That has got to give every Red Raider fan some hope.
UT on defense has some holes. Against the two “good” schools they played and lost to, they gave up an average of 46.5 points. Now those were to two Top 10 national offenses. Tech was another Top 10 offense until last week so that’s good.
Offensively, I still think their rotation of Ash and McCoy at quarterback is a bad idea and they should settle on one. And here’s a hint, the coaching staff is very much rumored to be leaning hard towards Ash. The horns have two great backs to. Malcolm Brown gets the majority of the carries, but Fozzie Whittaker gets his touches to.
And then there is some kid named Shipley. And than name should strike fear into any Big 12 defense.
Overall, I want to throw out the best and worst games for both these teams. Doing that, I think Tech has a pretty good shot here and knowing that UT fans will not be at full tilt for 11 am kick, DKR might not be the usual canyon of doom for tech.
But then history slaps you right in the face. The Longhorns have won two straight against the Red Raiders and lead the all-time series 44-15 and Tech hasn’t won in Austin since 1997. Tech has a puncher’s chance.
BEST GUESS
Tech – 35
UT – 38
FUN WITH NUMBERS
16-32 Doege’s passing stats last week against ISU
4-0 Tech’s road record stretching back to last year
1928 – Year that these two teams first met. UT won in Austin 12-0
GUNS UP!
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