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Never tell me the odds!

I believe I heard Captain Kirk tell Mr. Spock that a time or two.

perhaps Texas had too many bugs in the system in Week 1 and is really a fairly talented team that can compete if they execute.

Much like the last few seasons, the opportunity for improvement in this Texas team pretty much spans across all phases of the game.  However, I do believe the loss of D'onta Foreman is not helping matters.
I liked the look of some of our young RB's during garbage time last week.  I hope these guys are getting some good practice reps.  Chris Warren is the crème of our crop right now, and although he is fun to watch when he rumbles free, I'm not sure his size will dominate like it did with San Jose St.  But at least he does fight for every last yard.  Kyle Porter, otoh, goes down when he is grazed.  This was the case last year as well.  I just haven't seen much from that guy when it comes to netting crucial yardage.
Here's hoping one of our young backs can show us something as the season progresses.

I really don't feel like I've seen Warren have a great day against a good defense.  Of course, USC doesn't necessarily qualify as a good defense, so there is that.

But I agree, I like the way he fights for every yard no matter what.

I'd love to see him prove himself tomorrow with a great game, and like you, I'd love to see some of the other young RBs make some plays too.

I disagree... I think this one will bring USCw back into the realm we call reality.  they may not lose, but they're gonna be in a scrap.

if'n you fellers have been following my predictions so far this season, you should have learned three things:  take the outright, take the spread, but disregard the over/under. 

Tremendous finish to this game.  I thought foLonr sure Texas had won it with that last TD in regulation.  The Longhorn D was what I expected them to look like this season.  The baby QB grew up between the first quarter and the last.  I don't know if Texas is back but they took a big step forward.

For sure, OU and oSu are both better than USC.  Perhaps even significantly better.  But OU's a rivalry game and we play them in the Cotton Bowl, not on the road.  And oSu we get at home, not on the road.

But it's not just them, the meat of the B12 is also pretty scary.  TCU and WVU are both good and very dangerous teams.  KSU disappointed with their loss to Vandy, but they are proven to be our kryptonite and the Purple Wizard usually beats us.

Baylor and Kansas are probably the only easy outs, but of course Kansas actually beat us last year, so...

I'm feeling better and better about my predictions for Herman at UT.  The improvements from week 1 to week 3 are tangible and glaring.   

I just expect some very inconsistent play from Texas this season.  I would say so far, that's pretty much what we have gotten, although admittedly there has been significant variability in terms of opponents.
At this stage, the inconsistency to me is a good sign.  It means things are moving and shaking.  It's too bad we couldn't squeak out that win against USC because our players sure could have used that.  On the flipside, the UT fan entitlement may have passed GO and collected $200 had Texas have won - which is really not something that needs to be happening at this point.
I have called for Texas to pull out 7 wins, with a couple of them being pleasant surprises.  I was kind of hoping USC would be one of those.  It just wasn't quite to be.
It won't surprise me in the near future to see our offense have a bang-up game much like our defense did this time.  Herman is overhauling this thing - some days we will fire, some days we will misfire.  And likely not all on the same day when looking at the various phases of the game.
But for now I feel good with what Herman's doing.