Hayes’ Hot Seat: Time for ‘Horns to prove themselves
1. The Texas statement
We’ve come again to this spot in the season, when Texas and Oklahoma meet in Dallas with Big Tex standing in the middle of it all and the national championship on the line.
Only last year, it wasn’t.
Never has a game that means so much eventually meant so little when the BCS system spit out the final two teams for last year’s national championship game. And Texas, after a 10-point win over Oklahoma, wasn’t one of the two.
The Sooners were.
“Because of what happened after that game,” said Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, “it almost feels like we lost it.”
So this is where Texas sits going into this weekend’s Red River Rivalry: seeking redemption for winning last year’s game. But now it’s suddenly more than a bitter rival
SportingNews.com
10/14/9
Magnolia Tribune
