Watching UT-AL only reminds me of what an [deleted] Mack Brown is

[George S. Patton]

Tell you what, Al you retract and apologize for your malicious comments about me including the enemy of smu comment after the Jones extension and I'll talk to you about the Mustang Club at the signing day function.

[ponyscott]

Jevan Sneed transfered to Ole Miss three years ago, and Childs moved to receiver, but, I had to wonder the same thing.

Thats part of the game....people transfer, ect....all schools face those challenges....it's just hard to fathom how Texas with all their advantages..all their top recruits, ect... has no one else but a true freshman QB to throw into a National Championship game when Colt goes down very early in the game.

That's the first thing I thought of when it happened....WTF?...I know Colt has been durable for the past four years at Texas but someone should have been backing him up other than a Frosh as injuries do happen, especially with a QB like Colt that tends to run the ball more than not.

As for a#$$ holes, the cake was taken by the Bama coach Saben as he is a real [deleted]..the way he handled the customary Gatorade ( or whatever that was) drenching was over the top negative with all his scowling. Sorry but that happens on major Football wins and if it stained your shirt then get another one, but that should have been welcomed as after all he had just won the National Championship for hecks sake....and it didn't seem like he even respectably recognized his opponent Texas during his post game on the field interview to at least give them some customary kudo's...he is so arrogant.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

As for a#$$ holes, the cake was taken by the Bama coach Saben as he is a real [deleted]..the way he handled the customary Gatorade ( or whatever that was) drenching was over the top negative with all his scowling.

ponyscott i think i may usually agree with you, but on this point we'll agree to disagree. i have grown tired of the gatorade drenchings of the head coach. yeah I guess it was funny the first few years, but personally i think it's stupid....people have found a unique way to be an "A-HOLE" and get away with it....why "F" with somebody that brought ya to the big dance? I don't get it.

[San Antonio Mustang]

I don't like the fact that Mack Brown is such a formidable opponent in recruiting, but the coaching mistakes he and his assistants make keep Texas from being unstoppable. So, with the money Texas has I would rather have Brown then a Pete Carol, Urban Meyer, or Nick Saban. They can recruit and coach.

I don't follow Texas games closely, so I do not know if they had any runaway wins this year, but if they did then it was a coaching mistake to not get your only backup in to gain some experience. I think June tends to make the same mistake. Of course this year we did not have a runaway until the bowl and I wish he had put Bo in at the end of the game. I think this is about the only thing on which I disagree with Coach Jones. I am sure he has good reasons for how he handles QB substitutions.

I also think it was a coaching mistake to call a play that runs Colt into the middle of the Alabama line with Texas offense not able to open a hole. That is what you use Running Backs for not your star QB. It was also a coaching mistake to not teach Colt to hit the line with his shoulders squared instead of turning his back to the line. If he doesn't hit the line with his back he doesn't get hurt.

[ponyscott]

As for a#$$ holes, the cake was taken by the Bama coach Saben as he is a real [deleted]..the way he handled the customary Gatorade ( or whatever that was) drenching was over the top negative with all his scowling.

ponyscott i think i may usually agree with you, but on this point we'll agree to disagree. i have grown tired of the gatorade drenchings of the head coach. yeah I guess it was funny the first few years, but personally i think it's stupid....people have found a unique way to be an "A-HOLE" and get away with it....why "F" with somebody that brought ya to the big dance? I don't get it.

Thanks, we are cool and I do agree that the water cooler drenchings are over done as the 'wave' was over done but how do you stop it? And it wasn't the drenching but just the way Saban handled himself after it was done was what brissled me. But can't disagree with the fact that it probably shouldnt be done to the HC. They should be picked up and carried off the field to honor him not chastise him.

[KnuckleStang]

by PonyTime » Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:10 pm

Interviewed Mack Brown following his UNC squad taking on SMU at Owenby circa 1993 and the entire postgame comments focused around the fact that his team could not "get up" to play a team like SMU and that they should not have even been on their schedule (a heavily favored UNC barely beat Ramon Flanigan and SMU that day). He also complained (rightfully so) about the facilities and would not comment about the actual game.

I walked away from that with the impression in the title of this thread.

He wouldn't comment about the game because it was obvious that the game had been stolen for UNC by his all ACC official crew.

You know its funny, the head referee in that 94 UNC game is my dad's best friend and also my godfather. He was a 30 year ACC official. Having known him for 40+ years, I can tell you that a.) he is an honest man, b.) he will readily admit that he is not perfect, and c.) nobody is, and d.) when he watches games as a fan, he always roots against Carolina, as that is his least favorite ACC team (put mildly). Simply put, he really doesn't like UNC. I've sat next to him at the ACC basketball tournament numerous times, and trust me, as a fan, if anything, he would have liked nothing better than to see UNC lose to SMU. Bad calls is different from trying to steal a game

Oh, and he maintains to this day that after that game, a random SMU fan walked up and assaulted one of his line judges. Anybody care to own up to that one?

[RGV Pony]

good to hear that all people w/ ACC affiliations aren't UNC apologists.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

....it was a coaching mistake to not get your only backup in to gain some experience. I think June tends to make the same mistake. Of course this year we did not have a runaway until the bowl and I wish he had put Bo in at the end of the game.

Yeah I did not understand that either. After all Bo Levi Mitchell was the starter for almost half of our regular season wins. Heck why not let the guy play a few series at the end of the Hawaii Bowl when we were so far ahead so he can say he actually played in a Bowl Game, so his family could see him, and just as a courtesy for him playing sick, hurt, and giving his all and doing the best he could early in the season.

[ponyscott]

....it was a coaching mistake to not get your only backup in to gain some experience. I think June tends to make the same mistake. Of course this year we did not have a runaway until the bowl and I wish he had put Bo in at the end of the game.

Yeah I did not understand that either. After all Bo Levi Mitchell was the starter for almost half of our regular season wins. Heck why not let the guy play a few series at the end of the Hawaii Bowl when we were so far ahead so he can say he actually played in a Bowl Game, so his family could see him, and just as a courtesy for him playing sick, hurt, and giving his all and doing the best he could early in the season.

I never thought of that but that is a good point as he deserved to be put in. I talked to several parents of players that said they feel bad for Bo and his family after losing his starting spot after all he put into it, taking alot of heat from fans etc. and they also don't think he will come back next year.

[Insane_Pony_Posse]

I never thought of that but that is a good point as he deserved to be put in. I talked to several parents of players that said they feel bad for Bo and his family after losing his starting spot after all he put into it, taking alot of heat from fans etc. and they also don't think he will come back next year.

ponyscott maybe thats part of the reason June didn't put Bo in. Maybe he wants Bo to transfer and wanted to really send the message to Bo that "you are not going to play here". still I wish Bo could have got a few snaps. and I think we need Bo at least until we see more of J.J. McDermott and/or Kaiser....but maybe June already knows McDermott will be the backup next season and wants Bo gone so he can use that scholarship on someone else?

[RGV Pony]

I think maybe those wounds from WSU run pretty deep

[PK]

...it wasn't the drenching but just the way Saban handled himself after it was done was what brissled me. But can't disagree with the fact that it probably shouldnt be done to the HC. They should be picked up and carried off the field to honor him not chastise him.

I'm not standing up for Saban since I don't have any feeling about him one way or the other, but in case you missed it, he got hit on his shoulder and neck and maybe his head with the cooler when they doused him...that may have had something to do with his reaction.

[Hoofprint]

God Bless Mack Brown. Very easy for those to take cheap shots at those who have been and are successful including Brown, Pete Carroll, Urban Meyer, etc...

These guys understand the territory. Envy will get their critics nowhere.

Thanks, Mack for a great season. Looking forward to another run 2010.

Not envy, at least on my part. Meyer and Carroll are great coaches. Brown is a traditionally underachieving snake oil salesman who is slick enough to charm the simple.