From: mhorbove@digi.lonestar.org (Mike)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: Re: Texas-Syracuse.   Good game, but..  :-(
Date: 14 Sep 92 14:52:09 GMT
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Organization: DSC Communications, Plano Tx.

In article <2AB3FEAA.29634@news.service.uci.edu> jaykay@orion.oac.uci.edu (R. Jayakrishnan) writes:
>
>  Sigh..racuse 31  -  Texas 21.  Oh well..  What can I say ?
>
>  UT loses another game that they could have won. So, what's new ?...
>
>  Did any of you think that Syracuse pushing the ball in from 2 yards
>  with 7 seconds to go with a lead already, and with Texas having no
>  time-outs left, was a little (not much, though..) unclassy ?..
>  I guess nobody except David McWilliams (as he did against the aggies
>  two years back) does such things these days.
>
>  Just that I would have really liked a 24-21 score in this, which is
>  how close the game really was. Also, wasn't the two-point catch really
>  on the ground ?  I saw the game at a sports bar that refused to have
>  the audio on for anything other than the Jesus..oops..ND game, and so
>  didn't hear what the announcer's said about it.
>
>  Frankly I was surprised to see the improvement that the Horns offense
>  showed from the previous week. But, I have to say this. I don't think
>  it helps to continue with Gardere. He was not pressured all that much
>  and a better quarterback would have won this game. Had the Syracuse
>  guys not dropped two or three easy interceptions, the score would
>  have been much different. Even though Peter's stats may look marginally
>  acceptable, it could easily have been a disastrous game. Anyone in Austin
>  has heard anything about when we will start seeing Shea Morenz ?.
>  UT has some excellent receivers, and a good QB could work wonders
>  with this team. 
>
>  The defensive line and pass rush still look suspect, but I know that
>  Leon Fuller will get his defense to improve very fast. If they don't,
>  they are in for a long day at Dallas soon.  
>
>  Heard that Miss State had 8 turnovers in this week's loss !   Why didnt
>  they do that against Texas ? Come to think of it, nobody seems to have
>  had more than 3 turnovers against Texas in the last 7 years (except OU
>  once perhaps !). Wonder why Texas never seems to get many breaks, except
>  may be against Rice...
>
>  Things will turn around some day, I guess... I just want to be alive
>  then, that's all  :-(
>
>  GO HORNS !!
>
>  Jay  (the other one !)
>
>  R. Jayakrishnan,  UC Irvine.


i taped the game so i was able to slow down the 2 point conversion.  yes,
the ball did hit the ground but Graves' hand (one) was around the ball.
did the ground help the catch??  it's possible that it did.  as far as
pushing the ball in from 2 yards out, why not???  i slowed that down to
and it seems to me that he was down before he crossed the goal line.

you're right Gardere did make some bad reads.  one of the missed
interceptions was thrown into double coverage when there was a receiver
to either side that was not covered.  but again i plea, Johnny Mac, please
redshirt Shea Morenz!!!!  i did hear the announcers mention that Mac
was considering this.  YEAH!!!

the defense???  well, Joey Ellis was burned a couple of times.  the
one most remembered was the Missles catch at the 2 yard line.  there was
only one sack.  we have no pass rush.  hopefully, with Norm Watkins coming
back from injury will help the pass rush.  of course, Graves isn't the
easiest quarterback to sack.

but an 0-2 start for Johnny Mac???  i will go out on a limb and say
that we WILL WIN the next game on Sep 26 against The University of North
Texas.


mike

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