From: HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.)
Subject: Re: UT at Austin seriously???
Organization: University of Houston Administrative Computing
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 16:09:30 GMT
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In <2ADD770C.19522@news.service.uci.edu> jaykay@orion.oac.uci.edu writes:

  Okay, let's ditch the flame-bait and get serious.

>   But seriously, when will the aggies stop crapping about how bad the
>   Texas team is ?   Our losses have only been against two top-15 teams,
>   and at least one of the two games we could have won, but for the QB and
>   the team taking time to adjust to the new offensive schemes. Did any
>   of you farmers *watch* the OU game ?  Now, if OU beats Colorado this week,
>   will you farmers change your opinion (oops... that is a big if.. I just
>   remembered that the OU coach is Gary Gibberish...)

  You lost to two top 15 teams, yes.  But 2 of your wins are against the
University of North Texas (1AA and having a bad year, I could be wrong) and
Rice.  The good win is against OU -- but one good win does not yet mean the
'Horns should be considered more than pretenders.  Arkansas beat Tennessee
after losing to The Citadel.  So anything can happen.  And you're right.
Gibbs is no superman as coach.  I personally think OU is overrated this year.
And the transitive property does not hold in college football.  This is proven
every week.  So it don't really matter what OU does to Colorado (who Mizzou
played close even though they lost -- We beat Mizzou by a bigger margin.  Does
this mean A&M is better than CO?  No.  We might be, but you won't find out
by comparing our games vs. Mizzou.) or the rest of the year.  5-6 Longorn
teams have beaten far better OU teams these last several years.  We've all
seen it.

  On top of that, the 'Horn defense has allowed 20+ points in EVERY game 
except UNT, I believe.  This is something you should be VERY concerned about.  
These are all valid reasons to say the Longhorns are not a very good football 
team.  And given the state of the SWC, the 'Horns could be 8-2 by thanksgiving.
Having beaten TCU and SMU (who both suck), Tech and Houston (who are hot and 
cold running teams), and Baylor (having a very so-so year).  Unless you guys
blow all/most these teams out of the water, I will still say you are not a 
good team.  Not an awful team, but not good either.  And Tech or UH could give
Texas fits, given the current porous nature of the Texas D.

  Now, this is not BS.  Many similar things can be said about A&M.  Only it's
our offense that is suspect (more specifically, the QB).  We struggle to put
up points when we should not.  And this is making the D look worse than it is.
We're only a corrected throwing motion away from getting in high gear.  Will 
that happen?  Only the Shadow knows...


semper fi,

Jammer Jim Miller 
Texas A&M University '89 and '91
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