LawDawg
Sic 'em Dawgs ... woof!
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i've read into this thread without posting yet but this comment ^^^^^^^deserves a response. It's OK to be a devoted loyal fan. Here's the difference. Next week Nebreaska is more than likely going to get beat (probably badly) by a ranked team. I'll be in the ER of the local hospital in catatonic shock if Nebraska wins. Most other schools fans are realistic about their football programs.
Texas fans always seem great at making excuses. The last couple of years it's been "We're a young team". OK, that's acceptable EXCEPT Brown had a string of ten years where he won ten games or more. And we all know that somewhere in that decade he HAD young teams and STILL managaed to win ten games every year. And yet when Brown had to or was forced to let go of many of his long time assistants, what's happened?. The school/AD/HC went out after some top notch assistants pay them good money and forgot about coaching chemistry as well as forgot to tell these assistants to leave their egos at home and coach for the good of the team and NOT for themselves. I said the same damn thing over at CBS. There is no chemistry...money alone won't buy that.
The sad thing is the school has boxed itself into a corner on this issue. What coach in their right mind would leave where they are to come and coach at Texas? You have a great loyal fan base, great facilities, great recruiting classes, a great history/tradition, and all the money in the world. Yet, whoever is offered the job is going to be on a very short leash.
One year year turnarounds? Maybe an Urban Meyer, but I don't know if even Texas would be willing to part with the salary and buyout of his current contract. Which leaves you with the Notre Dame syndrome. Sign someone to a 5 year contract and the dump then after three for not producing---over & over again.
So, yeah this is why the "peanut gallery" shows up after these types of Texas losses. Your fan base continues to be in denial of the real problems. So, you get made fun of. It's sad when the outside world can see your problems and Longhorn egos are so huge they won't admit to the real issues.
The reason the peanut gallery shows up is because there isn't a more arrogant, elitist group of posters here than UT fans. Constant potshots at TAMU, even though TAMU is more relevant today than UT. Constant potshots at OU, even though OU has dominated that series for a decade. The recent post that "we don't rush the field because we are Texas." That's why the "peanut gallery is here." Time to eat some crow, but it won't happen. We'll just get excuses.