Bobby Burton likes the horns chances in South Bend

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Not really

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Bobby Burton, Publisher

This is Texas vs Notre Dame. Two of the proudest, most storied programs in college football history. It's a chance for Texas to make a national statement early in the season, but that just won't happen. I expect the Fighting Irish to roll early and easily. With a veteran offense returning and a superior front on both sides of the ball, Notre Dame will test and ultimately dominate Texas in the trenches. But what might happen, and what could mean even more for the long-term trajectory of the Longhorn program, would be for a Texas quarterback to establish himself as the new leader of the program, even if it's only late in the second half.

Prediction: Notre Dame 41 Texas 13
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Expect Notre Dame to be favorites to win the national title after a beatdown of the Stronghorns
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Short version: Expect Texas to get boat raced. But by the time the Irish are celebrating on the sidelines and playing their third string we you will see the strength of the Longhorns as they score a meaningless TD to make it a respectable 41-13 game. Expect them to eclipse the 59 yds from their last game.
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But, Texas will have the Core Values victory sewn up by half time.
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Well played El Nino. I opened expecting to laugh for one reason, but ended up laughing for another.
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Lot of hedging going on from horn writers in May, so they can point back to this after they get called out for the predictable August pump.
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No way the horns score 13 points!
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Expect Notre Dame to be favorites to win the national title after a beatdown of the Stronghorns
I'm already nauseated. You all can cheer for the Irish. I'll be hoping for an asteroid.
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So basically, he's hoping one of their terrible QB's looks good in garbage time?
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Who will the quarterback be for the whorns?? Not even Coach Strong knows his name.
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Expect Notre Dame to be favorites to win the national title after a beatdown of the Stronghorns
I'm already nauseated. You all can cheer for the Irish. I'll be hoping for an asteroid.
THIS! Is there any way we could get Jim Jones to run the concession stand??
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I too was duped by the title. That was funny
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Bobby has 90-days or so before fall camp to talk himself off the ledge. By the time camp starts, the Horns will at least be competitive in the game.
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Bobby utilizing the rare pump/hedge/pump/hedge.
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You guys thought old Art was pissed last year? Just wait till Notre Dame is 11-1. Think that will help, or hurt, the big 12's playoff chances?

I am giddy with the thought of it.
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Whorns. Still living off the past.
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There are a lot of zealots who constantly clamor for a UT schedule to include early games against Notre Dame, USC, Ohio State, Florida State, Alabama, Michigan, Oregon, etal; I think they will get their ill advised wish in early September in the form of a nail-studded football suppository, placed early and often with the same gentleness as a Roman spear to the forehead of a prisoner of war.

DKR would have NEVER scheduled like this, as he wanted to get team momentum going, let a lot of the squad play, and see who performed best in game conditions, BEFORE he started playing the national behemoths.

DKR mostly scheduled teams like New Mexico, Tulane (players got to see New Orleans), UTEP, Army, North Texas, New Mexico State, etc. in the first 2-3 games, and it was an extremely wise decision, that parlayed into 3 national championships.

This very, very bad idea of playing Notre Dame at home in the first game of the season will be long and ugly..........and it will hurt recruiting.
Notre Dame 56 UT 9


But the schedule zealots will clamor for Michigan State replacing the next scheduled opponent, and they still won't have a clue.
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I'm already nauseated. You all can cheer for the Irish. I'll be hoping for an asteroid.


Just checked the Vegas numbers. It appears the big trend is towards the asteroid.
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Sips are so damn young. How could anyone expect them to keep up with veteran domers
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They're gonna have their asses more exposed in the first six weeks of the season than sasha grey would with a handful of basketball players and three video cameras.

It's gonna be filthy.
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Burton says 41 - 13? Sunshine pumper.
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DKR would have NEVER scheduled like this, as he wanted to get team momentum going, let a lot of the squad play, and see who performed best in game conditions, BEFORE he started playing the national behemoths.

DKR mostly scheduled teams like New Mexico, Tulane (players got to see New Orleans), UTEP, Army, North Texas, New Mexico State, etc. in the first 2-3 games, and it was an extremely wise decision, that parlayed into 3 national championships


When we speak of "structural" issues t.u. faces, this what we're talking about.

They could do these things back in the day when they had good A&M, Arkansas and Baylor teams on their home schedule, later amended with Colorado, Nebraska and Missouri.

This season, the best team to visit to visit Austin will be a glorified junior college from Kansas. You HAVE to schedule the Domers to sell tickets. If you don't, your season ticket base will continue to flee as if Ebola Sandwiches were for sale at the concession stands.
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DKR would have NEVER scheduled like this, as he wanted to get team momentum going, let a lot of the squad play, and see who performed best in game conditions, BEFORE he started playing the national behemoths.

DKR mostly scheduled teams like New Mexico, Tulane (players got to see New Orleans), UTEP, Army, North Texas, New Mexico State, etc. in the first 2-3 games, and it was an extremely wise decision, that parlayed into 3 national championships.


Except back in the 60's when DKKKR was putting 120 kids on scholarship to win those NC's, no one gave a rats ass about strength of schedule or who you played. Sips need to learn this is not their grandpa's era of football anymore.
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Blast from the past:

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When John Mackovic arrived in 1992 from Illinois to revive the once almighty football program at Texas, it didn't take long for folks to grumble.

Within two years, masses of Longhorn fans and the hometown newspaper were calling for his ouster.
Mackovic won just 11 of his first 22 [url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-09-18/sports/9609180284_1_texas-fans-john-mackovic-texas-a-m#]games[/url], not a good thing in a state that hates losing even more than solar-powered [url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-09-18/sports/9609180284_1_texas-fans-john-mackovic-texas-a-m#]cars[/url].
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But the dislike for Mackovic had as much to do with his failure to win over the locals as it did his failure to win.

Texas fans just didn't like him.

Born in Ohio, Mackovic spoke without a twang. He sometimes talked about his wine collection and his NFL experience, not hunting or the state's beloved [url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-09-18/sports/9609180284_1_texas-fans-john-mackovic-texas-a-m#]high school[/url] football.
They didn't even like how he wore his shirts, which were starched so crisply they might cut your finger.
A local columnist referred to him as an "arrogant outsider."

In short, they believed he didn't bleed orange. And in Austin, if you don't have orange in your veins, you may as well root for Texas A&M or TCU.
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Now the former Illinois coach prepares for the biggest game of his Texas tenure, if not his [url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-09-18/sports/9609180284_1_texas-fans-john-mackovic-texas-a-m#]career[/url]. His team is undefeated at 2-0, ranked sixth in the nation and plays host to ninth-ranked Notre Dame Saturday.

If Mackovic wins this one, Texas fans will gladly press his shirts.

This game is Texas-size big.

"Lemme say this," declared Rooster Andrews, a member of the [url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-09-18/sports/9609180284_1_texas-fans-john-mackovic-texas-a-m#]school's[/url] athletic council who played in the '40s, "This is the biggest thing that's ever happened to Austin.
"We've had governors inaugurated here. Lyndon Johnson came here many times. But nothing has ever happened to affect this many people."

The enthusiasm is reflected in ticket prices. Most tickets to games at Memorial Stadium go for $25. A seat to watch the A&M game goes for $30.

Saturday's tickets cost $35, the most in school history. And that price is for the lucky 80,000 people who already have them. For those still looking, Andrews said scalpers are asking for $600, or a modest $300 for an end zone seat.
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For a long time, it didn't look like Mackovic would be around for it. But since going 10-2-1 last season (including a 55-27 loss at Notre Dame) and winning the final Southwest Conference title, Mackovic has been Austin's main man.

Although the Longhorns were pasted by Virginia Tech 28-10 in the Sugar Bowl, Mackovic was treated like royalty in the off-season.

Once rumors hit that he had been contacted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers about their head coaching vacancy, Texas administrators, who had been dragging their feet, moved quickly, eventually signing Mackovic to a five-year extension worth $3 million plus incentives.

Mackovic needs no reminders about how close he came to not surviving.
"We didn't start out as quickly as everyone wanted," he said. "We had to have perseverance."
Texas fans weren't as [url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-09-18/sports/9609180284_1_texas-fans-john-mackovic-texas-a-m#]patient[/url], especially when their team started looking like an also-ran.
"We were playing young players, and we were trying to build maturity and depth," Mackovic said.

Wide receiver Mike Adams, a member of Mackovic's first recruiting class, said he never lost faith in his coach.
"I never doubted he would turn it around," said Adams, the school's all-time leading pass-catcher. "It took a long time for us to jell. It all came together last year."

Adams said the loss at Notre Dame Stadium last season was the team's "turning point."
"I wouldn't say we were intimidated, but a lot of guys were in awe of all the ghosts, the legend of (Knute) Rockne, Rudy and all that stuff," Adams said. "Some players thought that we would just try to stay close and give them a good game. There's a different feeling now. Everybody believes we can win."

Mackovic left Illinois and came to Texas to play in games like this one. He wants to win a national championship, and make fans in the Lone Star state proud.

"Texas people have a bravado," Mackovic said. "That's what made this a great state when it was formed. And that still prevails."
LINK

They lost to ND 27-24, BTW.
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This is Texas vs Notre Dame. Two of the proudest, and most storied programs, respectively, in college football history. It's a chance for Texas to make a national statement early in the season, but that just won't happen. I expect the Fighting Irish to roll early and easily. With a veteran offense returning and a superior front on both sides of the ball, Notre Dame will test and ultimately dominate Texas in the trenches. But what might happen, and what could mean even more for the long-term trajectory of the Longhorn program, would be for a Texas quarterback to establish himself as the new leader of the program, even if it's only late in the second half.

FIFY
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So they will get their ass kicked in ever facet of the game, but it will be a good thing because it will give one of their QBs a chance to lead a garbage time TD drive? That's like 10 steps ahead football strategy. Charlie has already been playing chess while we're busy getting the checkers out of the box.
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Yeah, they will likely lose by a double-figure margin on the road @ ND. Imo, Cal is the game lil brother sip badly needs to win and "is supposed" to win. It's a sip home game at dkkkr. Cal is a lower-echelon Pac12 team with absolutely no defense. But when Sonny Dykes' air raid offense gets rolling, it can put points up in bunches. If utx wins the game, it will give the sip team some needed confidence. If they lose to Cal, it likely puts the sip program into a severe downward spiral.
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Yeah, they will likely lose by a double-figure margin on the road @ ND. Imo, Cal is the game lil brother sip badly needs to win and "is supposed" to win. It's a sip home game at dkkkr. Cal is a lower-echelon Pac12 team with absolutely no defense. But when Sonny Dykes' air raid offense gets rolling, it can put points up in bunches. If utx wins the game, it will give the sip team some needed confidence. If they lose to Cal, it likely puts the sip program into a severe downward spiral.
The only way sips win that game is to out score Cal.

And, uh - yeah, that ain't happening. Asking t.u. to out score someone is like asking Ketch to outrun any other human on the planet - even paralyzed people.
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That's like 10 steps ahead football strategy. Charlie has already been playing chess while we're busy getting the checkers out of the box.

The orange shirted Hobbit cant call a coin flip right. His idea of football strategy is to turn on the vibrating football table and see what little player scores first. Chollie probably uses these things for game planning.
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wtb: Where things currently stand, I give Utx a 50% of beating Cal. Frankly, though, Charlie has no excuse next season for losing any of these 6 games: rice, cal, ku, ksu, @iowa_st, & tech. Five of those are at home against weak teams with substantially less talent than utx has. Some people think ksu will beat utx in 2015. I don't. Bill Snyder is a great coach, but he just graduated a ton of experience and talented playmakers on O and D, and his 2015 roster looks very thin next year.
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Oldest trick in the sips playbook. Lower expectations to a level that if they get blown out, it was expected (see recruits?, all according to plan). If they manage to keep it close , voila!, big progress on the 40 acres .
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There are a lot of zealots who constantly clamor for a UT schedule to include early games against Notre Dame, USC, Ohio State, Florida State, Alabama, Michigan, Oregon, etal; I think they will get their ill advised wish in early September in the form of a nail-studded football suppository, placed early and often with the same gentleness as a Roman spear to the forehead of a prisoner of war.

DKR would have NEVER scheduled like this, as he wanted to get team momentum going, let a lot of the squad play, and see who performed best in game conditions, BEFORE he started playing the national behemoths.

DKR mostly scheduled teams like New Mexico, Tulane (players got to see New Orleans), UTEP, Army, North Texas, New Mexico State, etc. in the first 2-3 games, and it was an extremely wise decision, that parlayed into 3 national championships.

This very, very bad idea of playing Notre Dame at home in the first game of the season will be long and ugly..........and it will hurt recruiting.
Notre Dame 56 UT 9


But the schedule zealots will clamor for Michigan State replacing the next scheduled opponent, and they still won't have a clue.
Gosh, this is a dumb post. Fail full.
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We should send the sips a present for good luck:

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I still think the hootems could give the sips a scare.... that QB they have, I think his name is Driphus Jackson.... gave us fits last year. He's a true dual-threat QB with experience. A fragile and inexperienced sip D could spit the bit in this game.
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