the only thing that Howard's comments did were make my damn vacation more frustrating by having to field jabs from Texas fans! I can't imagine Mack Brown getting to riled up by something like that but it certainly gave the fans something to talk about. Would have been nice to walk IN there humble and not walk OUT of there humbled (like we did).

As far as the game this game was hyped up too much and our mistakes took a huge tol, the missed snap, the int, the blocked punt, all crucial errors.  What I do know is that we have some injuries, but I still don't think Texas was as good as advertised our defense makes ag. BCS QB's  look like Tom Brady/  The runs COlt Mccoy had were ridiculous it looked like we just mad him run over us…I bet money he won't run over any other defense like that all season long.  This was a half played game, since rusty was out the game was handed to TExas at 7:25 left to play in the 3rd quarter.  IDK we may raise some eyebrows but we wil never garner out right respect until we show that we are competing on the road in hostile environment.  We continue to focus on the belt, and it matters that we go to a bolw game but we need PROGRAM Makers..wins over huge opponents will make headlines and be on the front page of newspapers  that will bring upon the national respect we deserve.  Beating North TExas and FIu gets us nowhere as far as the difficulty of those teams…I think we need to work back on the drawing board, not hype no more BCS games like we did Texas anymore and just play to win.  Games areent won with 30 mintutes with your qb, but with 60 minutes.  One day I see us doing this…as for now we need a lot of work!!!!!!!

faufan300 said

What I do know is that we have some injuries, but I still don't think Texas was as good as advertised our defense makes avg. BCS QB's  look like Tom Brady/   The runs Colt McCoy had were ridiculous it looked like we just made him run over us…I bet money he won't run over any other defense like that all season long.  This was a half played game, since rusty was out the game was handed to TExas at 7:25 left to play in the 3rd quarter.

McCoy isn't an avg BCS QB. In his FR year he tied the then FR TD mark while missing 1 game with injuries and playing injured in another.  He had the OL from the BCS title that year.  Last year he had a young and injury riddled OL that had FR start at every OL position and spent the year running for his life. That OL finally came together and got healthy for the Holiday Bowl. McCoy averages about 50 yards a game running and that is against Ds that respect his running ability and don't drop 7 back in coverage as FAU frequently did.  McCoy ran for ~90 against against Az St in 3 quarters in the Holiday Bowl. He ran for over 100 against OK ST.

As for Rusty Smith, the game was 42-10 when he got lifted. Texas made half time adjustments that pretty much shut down the FAU passing attack in the second half and Rusty was getting hit a lot.  You need him for the whole season it was the right call.

please stop complaining about spending $30 Bucks for PPV, there were many of us that were happy enough to go to the game and spend hundreds of dollars to watch the same game that you are complaining about paying 30 bucks for.

I dont regret a dollar spent on this game, just like i didnt regret a dollar spent on any of the PPV games that i bought in the past and we lost.

Glad to see Owl Football back on the field and lets look foward to next week…..no since in crying over split milk….

Barnacle said

As for Rusty Smith, the game was 42-10 when he got lifted. Texas made half time adjustments that pretty much shut down the FAU passing attack in the second half and Rusty was getting hit a lot.

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Sacks = 0.

fauowls44 said

arkstfan said

TexasAg4Life said

Arkie State got lucky

Lucky enough to have 5 more first downs than Texas A&M
Lucky enough to have 122 more yards rushing.
Lucky enough to outgain TAMU by 112 yards.
Lucky enough to hold the ball for nearly 7 minutes more than TAMU
Lucky enough to overcome TAMU being called for ONE penalty
Lucky enough to over come scoring only one TD on five red zone chances.

Congrats ArkSt fan on a good win.  Good for you guys and the SBC…But can we not have an arguement between ASU and TAMU fans on this board?

You a ref? They always call it on the guy who responds.  :D

Florida_Owl said

Barnacle said

As for Rusty Smith, the game was 42-10 when he got lifted. Texas made half time adjustments that pretty much shut down the FAU passing attack in the second half and Rusty was getting hit a lot.

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Sacks = 0.

Just because he is very good at getting rid of the ball and not taking a sack doesn't mean Texas wasn't hitting him.

Barnacle said

Florida_Owl said

Barnacle said

As for Rusty Smith, the game was 42-10 when he got lifted. Texas made half time adjustments that pretty much shut down the FAU passing attack in the second half and Rusty was getting hit a lot.

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Sacks = 0.

Just because he is very good at getting rid of the ball and not taking a sack doesn't mean Texas wasn't hitting him.

ok, i must have missed those plays…