No. 1 Texas Longhorns 34, No. 18 Oklahoma Land Thieves 3
Texas dominated the Land Thieves to secure a second win in three years over Oklahoma, a notable feat given the last 15 or so years of this match-up. With the win, the series in my lifetime is now 32-31-3 (which includes the OU win in the Big 12 Championship Game in 2018), and the overall series is now 64-51-5 in favor of the Longhorns.
After a flat first quarter offensively for both teams, Texas and Ewers found theirrhythm and curb-stomped the Land Thieves. The 31 point differential more than doubled the line that was available most of the week leading up to the game, although I saw it bumped up to 17 Saturday morning. Even there, for Texas to cover the spread by 2 touchdowns in a huge rivalry game is a very good win.
Special recognition to the Texas Longhorns defense, now the Number One defense in the country, in both raw stats and in most of the advanced analytics, all of which is part of the preview for the Georgia game. We knew the Land Thieves had a bad offense, but to hold an Oklahoma team to 89 yards rushing in the RRS is impressive. The numbers are staggering: OU averaged 2.3 yards per rush and 4.9 yards per pass attempted. The Land Thieves ran 69 offensive plays (8 more than Texas), and they averaged 3.4 yards per play. Texas was 6.7 yards per play. That is domination on both sides of the ball.
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No. 4/5 Georgia Bulldogs vs. No. 1 Texas Longhorns
Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs come to Austin for one of the biggest games on the Forty Acres this millennium. Georgia is 5-1, with the one loss to their nemesis, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Excited to welcome Uga to Austin!
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For the second week in a row, we get the best broadcast team in college football from the World Wide Leader: Chris Fowler in the booth with Kirk Herbstreit, and Holly Rowe and Katie George on the sidelines. The game will be televised on ABC and streamed on ESPN+. As things worked out, I watched the Beating of Land Thieves from Austin (more below), and I think Chris and Kirk are two of the best ever.
College Gameday will be in Austin for the 10th time. Going to be crazy on the South Mall, but what a great setting to show off our beautiful University and especially the UT Tower. The Longhorns are 12-11 in College Gameday games, the Bulldogs are 17-18. One of the truly great Longhorns and a super good human, Scottie Scheffler will be the guest picker. Love watching Gameday when it is in town.
Hopefully Pat McAfee will get the warm Texas welcome he so richly deserves.
Always good to keep receipts.
Georgia is 3-5 all-time against No. 1 teams, including winning their last two opportunities (33-18 over Bama in 2022 to win the Natty, and 27-13 over Tennessee during the 2022 season). If my math is right, Texas is 33-7-3 as Number 1. About to be 34-7-3!
The game can be heard around the world on the Longhorn Radio Network with the Voice of the Longhorns Craig Way, joined by Roger Wallace and Will Matthews. Listen in Austin on the Flagship, KVET 1300 AM and 98.1 FM. In Marshall on 1450 AM, in Henderson on 1470 AM, and in Del Rio on KWMC 1490 AM. In the Metroplex on KRLD 1080. In Tyler on KTBB 600 AM and 92.1 FM. SiriusXM Channel 82. Dr. Rubén Pizarro-Silva and Jesus Mendoza with the call in Spanish on certain Longhorn Radio Network affiliates and streaming on the Longhorn apps.
Sunday night, Texas was a 3.5 point favorite, the over/under was 56.5, and the money lines were all over the board. Early Friday morning, the line had moved significantly, and Texas was a 5 point favorite. Will be interesting to see where it closes.
Texas holds a 3-1 series record against Georgia. That one loss was the 1984 Cotton Bowl. Texas beat the Bulldogs in the 1949 Orange Bowl, 41-28, as Coach Blair Cherry’s Longhorns ran all over No. 9 Georgia, racking up 324 yards in a big win for a team that finished the 1948 season 7-3-1. Leading rusher for Texas in Miami that day was Tom Landry, who carried 15 times for 107 yards and a score (Landry also threw and completed a pass). Billy Pyle added 76 yards on 13 carries, and Randall Clay also rushed 13 times, gaining 69 yards and 2 touchdowns. H.J. Shands, Jr. (of Lufkin, Texas) had 7 carries for 43 yards for the Horns. Paul Campbell was 4/8 with 2 interceptions and one touchdown.
Texas and Georgia played a sort of home & home in 1957-58. Texas beat Georgia in Atlanta, 26-7, in Darrell K Royal’s first game as Texas head coach. In 1958, Texas beat the Dawgs in Austin, 13-8. The game winning touchdown was scored by Bobby Gurwitz, whose son Zane had a nice baseball career here at Texas. The quarterback for Georgia that year was a guy some of you older folks (like me!) will remember, Fran Tarkenton. As the story was told in The Athletic, Tarkenton put himself in the game (Butts was the Georgia coach):
“I just ran on the field,” Tarkenton said. “My teammates were telling me: ‘What are you doing here?’”
Butts either didn’t have enough time to stop him or just didn’t bother. Asked what Butts said to him afterward, Tarkenton said: “Nothing! Nothing!” Either way, what ensued was what is still one of the longest drives in Georgia history: 21 plays, 95 yards, capped by Tarkenton hitting Jimmy Vickers for a 3-yard touchdown, then hitting Aaron Box for the first two-point conversion in program history. (It was a new rule that year.)
A huge weekend in Austin with the biggest college game of the weekend (and one of the biggest of the season) and the F1 U.S. Grand Prix. ESPN is billing at as “Texas Takeover”. Been cool to watch the promotional ads on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network family of channels all week. Love seeing our great City!
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