The Morning After

So the ‘Horns lost.  I’m over it, though.  Record recovery speed for me.  Maybe that calm was brought on by a trip to church this morning (more on that tomorrow).
Either way, here are my observations of that game.
1.  Time to start questioning Greg Davis again.
Davis is the offensive coordinator.  After winning the title, people started praising him, which was a marked departure from the previous six years of criticism he’d received from anyone that observed Texas.  His problem before was that he was crazy predictable.  And last night, he was back at his old tricks.  We sat in my living room and could predict the plays after a while.  I’m assuming the OSU coaching staff could, too.  Why?  Because the series when the drives died weren’t because the line was getting pushed back or that the backs weren’t hitting holes.  The Buckeye defenders were shooting gaps like they knew where the plays were going.  Without Vince, they can’t be that predictable.  McCoy just isn’t good enough to beat teams when they know what’s coming.
2.  The ‘Horns can still make the title game.
Why?  Because Young and Charles looked great last night.  The defense looked pretty good without Brown (even though Chizik ran way too much Cover 0 to be down a corner).  The line was stout.  And McCoy has a while to get it together before the Oklahoma game.  And over the last six years, Mack has done a good job regrouping the team after losses.
3.  Troy Smith is that dude.
He was incredible.  He deserves every bit of praise he’ll receive in the next week.
4.  The Animal does his father proud.
James Laurinaitis played a monster game.  His father, Animal from the Road Warriors, is one of my childhood heroes, so I said that I wouldn’t be bothered if he was the man to do us in.  But dammit, that wasn’t an invitation for him to do us in.  Either way, the OSU defense showed me enough to make me certain OSU’s the best team in the country.
5.  The Godzillatron is incredible.
We could have watched the game on the Godzillatron from my TV.  It’s that massive.
6.  Bet Mack wishes he would have waited a little before suspending Tarell Brown.
More and more, it looks like Tarell was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  I guess Mack had to suspend him to make it clear that players need to be more careful, but he sure would have been nice to have yesterday.
7.  College football is my favorite sport.
I wanna write about this later, but just know that I feel that way.
8.  At least I don’t live and die by one of the football teams around here.
‘Twas a really bad day of football in the 919.  State lost to Akron AT HOME.  Carolina looked terribly coached, so bad that a die-hard Carolina fan said rooting for them is like being in an “abusive relationship.”  And Duke…well, it’s Duke.  I have no idea how people that live here don’t have the college football package on their cable.