...that sucked.
I had prepared psychologically and emotionally for a loss. Two great defenses, two offenses who do what they do better than just about anyone. Dangerous return men on both teams and shaky coverage for both.
I was prepared for a close game against a very good Bama team. But to have Colt go down on the first drive was gut wrenching. At that point I had all but conceded the loss. And then to stage that second half come back only to cough it up on the one sack(thanks a million Herbstreet) we gave up all night...ugh. That sucked.
Hate it for Colt. Crappy way to end a great career. Hate it for all the seniors. Hate it for the defense that played great. Hate it for Gilbert, tough place to get your first meaningful snaps.
That said congrats to Alabama. That's a great team. Ingram overcame the Heisman pressure to become one of a very few people to win both in the same year. There is no way to know what would have happened with Colt. We would have played different on offense. But Bama would have played differently on defense, and likely on offense too(less conservative). So there is no way to know and to take anything away from Bama is BS. You build depth to protect against injury. We lost the worst possible person, but we also didn't have Gilbert in the offense enough this year. Still with that the receivers dropped balls, etc. or we might have pulled it off. Bama made fewer mistakes and won the game. Congrats to them.
On the upside for Texas I was proud of how the team handled the adversity. The OL really bounced back against a great D in game plan that became much more predictable. Muschamp's D really played well and I look for to seeing it get better in the coming year(s). I also feel a lot better about Gilbert going into next year. I was already felt good about the level of talent, but handled that situation incredibly well and I look forward to seeing him taking snaps next year.
And I'm really proud of Colt. Great player, and great career. He handled what had to be his toughest night as a player incredibly well. And his post game interviews made me proud as a Longhorn and a person of faith. It's easy to thank God and praise him for his blessings and talk about how you trust in his sovereignty when you're on top of the world. It's another thing when you feel like the world just took a big steamy one on your face and took away the one thing you've been working toward for years.
"I always give God the glory. I never question why things happen the way they do. God is in control of my life. And I know that if nothing else I'm standing on the Rock."
Whatever else he does or doesn't do in the NFL I'll show my son how he responded in that situation.
I had prepared psychologically and emotionally for a loss. Two great defenses, two offenses who do what they do better than just about anyone. Dangerous return men on both teams and shaky coverage for both.
I was prepared for a close game against a very good Bama team. But to have Colt go down on the first drive was gut wrenching. At that point I had all but conceded the loss. And then to stage that second half come back only to cough it up on the one sack(thanks a million Herbstreet) we gave up all night...ugh. That sucked.
Hate it for Colt. Crappy way to end a great career. Hate it for all the seniors. Hate it for the defense that played great. Hate it for Gilbert, tough place to get your first meaningful snaps.
That said congrats to Alabama. That's a great team. Ingram overcame the Heisman pressure to become one of a very few people to win both in the same year. There is no way to know what would have happened with Colt. We would have played different on offense. But Bama would have played differently on defense, and likely on offense too(less conservative). So there is no way to know and to take anything away from Bama is BS. You build depth to protect against injury. We lost the worst possible person, but we also didn't have Gilbert in the offense enough this year. Still with that the receivers dropped balls, etc. or we might have pulled it off. Bama made fewer mistakes and won the game. Congrats to them.
On the upside for Texas I was proud of how the team handled the adversity. The OL really bounced back against a great D in game plan that became much more predictable. Muschamp's D really played well and I look for to seeing it get better in the coming year(s). I also feel a lot better about Gilbert going into next year. I was already felt good about the level of talent, but handled that situation incredibly well and I look forward to seeing him taking snaps next year.
And I'm really proud of Colt. Great player, and great career. He handled what had to be his toughest night as a player incredibly well. And his post game interviews made me proud as a Longhorn and a person of faith. It's easy to thank God and praise him for his blessings and talk about how you trust in his sovereignty when you're on top of the world. It's another thing when you feel like the world just took a big steamy one on your face and took away the one thing you've been working toward for years.
"I always give God the glory. I never question why things happen the way they do. God is in control of my life. And I know that if nothing else I'm standing on the Rock."
Whatever else he does or doesn't do in the NFL I'll show my son how he responded in that situation.
