Bowl Season 2013-14

[Mississippi Blues]

I didn't really pick any games. Ole Miss-Georgia Tech is the first game of the bowl season I picked (I picked Ole Miss, duh!).

[zookeeper]

Two bowl games tonight with Big 12 teams.

Alamo Bowl - Texas and Oregon
Holiday Bowl - Arizona State and Texas Tech

I'd like to see the Big 12 win both of these and, in all seriousness, I would also like to see Mack Brown win his last game (probably ever as a head coach).

[Pete]

Texas already down 0-7 and the announcers can't stop slobbering over Mack Brown being a legendary coach, yada yada.

He's not 'retiring'... He's the same age of Nick Saban who Texas would sell their souls to get in Austin.

He was fired because he's just not that good and I suspect he may get embarrassed one last time tonight.

[zookeeper]

He's turned around every program he's been at. He's had good years and not so good years, but he's a great coach. He also had a great season at OU as offensive coordinator under Switzer in '84. Mack Brown is a great coach and a class guy. I'll never understand the pettiness of making football rivalries personal.

[Pete]

I disagree he's a great coach and I'm far from alone. Many of the Texas fans feel the same way.

[Mississippi Blues]

I picked Oregon to win, so I hope Texas loses.

[Pete]

I would say you're pretty safe...

They are only 13 points ahead at half but have almost 300 yards and Texas can't stop them.

[Mississippi Blues]

That pretty much seals it. Thanks Oregon.

[Pete]

If Mariota had been healthy, this would have been far uglier.

[venture]

Hey look...I picked Oregon and they won. It's a December 30th Miracle! /sigh

[ljbab728]

I would say you're pretty safe...

They are only 13 points ahead at half but have almost 300 yards and Texas can't stop them.

Actually Texas did a decent job of stopping Oregon. They only scored one offensive touchdown. Having an inept offense was Texas' main problem.

[bluedogok]

Mack is still the perfect person to be head coach at Texas, the problem is he missed on hiring great assistant coaches which is what a CEO type of coach has to do. Because he didn't have good assistants they missed out on recruits, brought ones in who had no business at UT and passed over others . It is a difficult job no matter the perks there, it is a fan base with a highly inflated view of themselves with many difficult donors. A HC there needs to play the politics there more than they need to coach, that is a what a friend who used to work in the athletic department told me. That is why I scoff at a lot of the names mentioned by the media, they don't have the personalities to deal with all the crap the head coach at UT has to deal with. Fans want a great coach, the big wheels want someone who will kiss their rears. Chip Kelly ran into some of that at Oregon.

[kevinpate]

So is anyone else going to the Sugar Bowl? I feel like Im the only one who is going, even though we'll probably get thumped. Cant turn down a trip to NOLA.

Youngest son, who hits 21 in another day. one of his housemates, housemates parents and brother, two other friends, head out wed a.m.

[dankrutka]

He's turned around every program he's been at. He's had good years and not so good years, but he's a great coach. He also had a great season at OU as offensive coordinator under Switzer in '84. Mack Brown is a great coach and a class guy. I'll never understand the pettiness of making football rivalries personal.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Mack Brown offense in '84 the worst of the entire Switzer era?

Mack has been a very successful coach overall in the sense that he's a good CEO, but he's not generally seen as a very good evaluator or developer of talent or a good Xs and Os coach. So, it kind of depends what we mean by "good coach."

[venture]

Back to bowl games. :-P

TTU is looking really good tonight against ASU. I didn't pick them, but screw it...Go Big 12.

[ljbab728]

Back to bowl games. :-P

TTU is looking really good tonight against ASU. I didn't pick them, but screw it...Go Big 12.

This game reminds of of when Mike Leach was at TT. Teams that didn't see them every year never knew what hit them.

[venture]

Horrible horrible free TD to ASU. SEC official blew that one.

[zookeeper]

This TT/ASU game has me thinking about some recent comments regarding Kingsbury.

Gil Brandt has made some pretty passionate arguments for Texas to look no further than Kliff Kingsbury for their new head coach. He makes some pretty good arguments and in response to concerns about his age, Brandt says it's a positive. Texas would have a coach for a long time. He thinks KK is one of the brightest young coaches he's ever known (and he's known a ton), wise way beyond his years. He said he was incredibly impressed with him when he was OC and QB coach at A&M and mentored Johnny Manziel.

Edit - To throw this in, Mike Leach said KK was the closest thing he's ever seen to a coach on the field. Now, to put that in perspective, it was Leach that recruited and coached Josh Heupel, who was another great coach on the field. That says a lot.

[venture]

Nicely done Tech!

Kingsbury is going to be one they want to hang on to out there.

[dcsooner]

He's turned around every program he's been at. He's had good years and not so good years, but he's a great coach. He also had a great season at OU as offensive coordinator under Switzer in '84. Mack Brown is a great coach and a class guy. I'll never understand the pettiness of making football rivalries personal.

I totally agree with this assessment of Mack Brown. He did nothing but win with class at Texas and for that matter everywhere he has coached. I think just because he coached at Texas people in Oklahoma want to speak badly of him, but although he did not win as many Big 12 championships as Bob Stoops he was/is certainly in his league as a coach.

[dankrutka]

I totally agree with this assessment of Mack Brown. He did nothing but win with class at Texas and for that matter everywhere he has coached. I think just because he coached at Texas people in Oklahoma want to speak badly of him, but although he did not win as many Big 12 championships as Bob Stoops he was/is certainly in his league as a coach.

I'd put Stoops a bit ahead of Mack. Not only did he beat him head-to-head (including 4 of the biggest blow outs in series history), but won 8 conference titles to Mack's 2. The resources and recruiting base of Texas provides a nice advantage too. Mack is a good coach, but I'd put him a level below Stoops.

[ljbab728]

The Duke - A & M game has been very entertaining so far but if I hear any more hosannas for "Johnny Football", I'm gonna barf. The constant fawning reminds me so much of Saint Tebow.

[venture]

Thanks Baylor... /sigh

[ljbab728]

Thanks Baylor... /sigh

The Cox cable in my area went out during the 3rd quarter. Maybe that's a good thing. LOL

[soonerguru]

Briles to Texas no longer scares me. Geez, zero defense.