Austin Fans, The Big Seven, and Briscoe High: A Filler PostI must begin by saying how different the noise, atmosphere, and fans are in Austin compared to Baton Rouge. In Baton Rouge, it’s requisite for the entire student section to make noise on defensive plays when you’re playing the number one team in the country. In Austin, I’m pretty sure most of the students believe that holding up Hook ‘Em in the air will somehow intimidate the opponent and inspire the defense. Not to mention the tailgating—sure, I’ll take free brisket in any circumstance, but, as expected, the general atmosphere outside the stadium wasn’t very special or expansive.
Kind of already getting tired of this
Then the game got underway, and Ohio State proved that they’re well worthy to make a title run—with or without that early Billy Pittman fumble. All I’m hearing on campus is how the game would have been completely different had Texas gotten points in the first. That’s absolutely Texas being Texas. Ohio State made one memorable mistake Saturday night, and that was missing an early field goal. They were more prepared and businesslike as players, and vastly more imaginative and resourceful as coaches. Long gone are the days of a puttering Ohio State team relying solely on defense. What the Buckeyes represent this year is simply a well-balanced attack with smart special teams, a maturing defense, and four or five NFL skill players on offense.
Hey Anthony-- you sleep in an oxygen chamber suspended five feet above the floor every night.
Greg Davis’s offensive gameplan was supposed to severely limit the amount of responsibility delegated to Colt McCoy and allow the stable of running backs to shoulder the load. And when Jamaal Charles and Selvin Young contributed to a successful running game in the first quarter, it looked like Davis’s plan was working. It’s one thing to let McCoy ease into the game before making big-time throws, it’s another to make him throw ten-and-curls all day. Clearly, all Jones and Brown could think about this offseason was how shiny their new rings are, how big that Godzillatron thing is, and how good Taco Shack would be right now.
Taco. Shack.
Here’s an updated top 7. Clearly, there’s a dropoff from seven to eight and below:
- Ohio State
- Auburn
- USC
- Notre Dame
- West Virginia
- LSU
- Florida
Good work, AP and Coaches. Factor out the Notre Dame bias and our polls are almost exactly alike. Ohio State doesn’t have any sizable weakness right now, but I’d like to think the next six teams are on a similar level.
Nike may have outdone themselves with the Briscoe High commercials. I think it’s the only commercial on right now where I stop everything to watch it every time. I especially like the hallway scene with Vick looking like the prototypical dumb athlete and LT and Polamalu (pen in hair) give a friendly embrace.
I wish I was cool.
And then I researched Nike Gridiron and found out how in-depth this ad campaign is. We’ll pretty much be getting fresh commercials of Urlacher and Polamalu just hitting people each week. That ridiculously hot wife of Deion and mother of Ryan… well, it’s none other than Jill Arrington! It’s like this commercial was specifically tailored towards me.
- P.T.
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