I was very, very wrong about this game -- in part because UT's good defensive effort was destroyed by turnovers, in part because Texas Christian played its best defensive game of the year, but mostly because the gap in talent between these two schools is much bigger than I realized. I do not understand how schools like Baylor and Texas Christian ended up with skill-position players who are so much faster and more talented than their peers at UT.
Charlie Strong is a solid coach, as he showed at Louisville, and his guys played hard for him today. For the first three quarters, they defended Texas Christian better than anyone I've seen all year. But the folks at UT will expect him to average close to 10 wins a year, and he can't do that unless he starts bringing in some of the speed and talent that we've seen at Baylor and Texas Christian. In the meantime, the Longhorns have lost their fourth consecutive UCFC game, and their all-time record in UCFC play falls to 40-23-3.
The Texas Christian Horned Frogs, on the other hand, had one of the greatest nights in their long football history. Not only did they humiliate the proud Longhorns -- in Austin -- but they kept the Big Gold Trophy and ran their record to 10-1 on the year. They are now 35-19-6 in UCFC play, and they picked up some style points that will help them in their efforts to reach the College Football Playoff.
One more regular-season battle for the UCFC -- next week, in Fort Worth, as the Horned Frogs take on Iowa State before what will be a very happy group of Texas Christian fans. They have waited many years for this season, and I am sure they are enjoying.
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