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MikeDeTiger

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Re: Longhorn Football
« Reply #1624 on: February 10, 2025, 11:37:10 AM »
And also the first Longhorn to score two TDs in the Superbowl...

Worthy's second half performance was Mrs. DeT's only silver lining for the evening.  Not that she was rooting for the Chiefs.  Just as a die-hard Dallas fan, she was rooting against the Eagles.  

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« Reply #1625 on: February 10, 2025, 11:49:09 AM »
Man, hard to believe that no other longhorns in 50+ years have scored a TD in the super bowl?  I have no idea how many aggies have scored, but Mike Evans won one with TB a few years ago and I would think he scored some, but IDK.  We have a lot of players in the NFL, but not many WR/RB/QB.  

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« Reply #1626 on: February 10, 2025, 11:50:37 AM »
I just looked it up.  No TD for Mike in the SB.  One catch, 31 yards.  Underwhelming.  

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« Reply #1627 on: February 10, 2025, 11:56:09 AM »
I just looked it up.  No TD for Mike in the SB.  One catch, 31 yards.  Underwhelming. 

Making a catch in, and winning, a SB puts him in, like, I dunno, .0001% of all people on the planet.  So I mean....there's that.  

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« Reply #1628 on: February 10, 2025, 11:58:19 AM »
Yeah Texas really hasn't sent a ton of great QB/skill position players to the NFL and, when they do, those guys end up on crappy teams.

Earl Campbell to Houston when they sucked.  Eric Metcalf to the Cleveland Browns. Ricky Williams to New Orleans when they sucked.  Cedric Benson to Chicago when they sucked (since 1986, when HAVEN'T the Bears sucked?).  Vince Young to Jeff Fisher's shitastic offense in Tennessee.  Jamaal Charles and Priest Holmes both to Kansas City when they sucked.  Roy Williams to Detroit when they sucked.

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« Reply #1629 on: February 10, 2025, 12:07:53 PM »


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Re: Longhorn Football
« Reply #1630 on: February 10, 2025, 12:33:20 PM »
Were  there Longhorns who were perhaps underutilized in college who are in the Pro HoF?

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« Reply #1631 on: February 10, 2025, 01:11:55 PM »
 Ricky Williams to New Orleans when they sucked. 

You mean, like, every year in history that Drew Brees wasn't there?

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« Reply #1632 on: February 10, 2025, 01:49:17 PM »
Were  there Longhorns who were perhaps underutilized in college who are in the Pro HoF?
Dunno, not sure who's in the pro HOF.


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« Reply #1633 on: February 10, 2025, 02:27:06 PM »
Making a catch in, and winning, a SB puts him in, like, I dunno, .0001% of all people on the planet.  So I mean....there's that. 
Oh, no doubt.  But for an all-world receiver like Mike Evans (certainly he will be in the HoF) with Tom Brady as the QB I would have thought he would have more than 1 catch in the biggest game of his life.  

I have no idea how to look up if any Aggie has ever scored in the superbowl.  Lots of players on the list, may Von Miller had a defensive score or something?  

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« Reply #1634 on: February 10, 2025, 03:05:27 PM »
I don't remember any specifics of that game, though I did watch it.  It's not uncommon for a defense to take away whatever they think stands to hurt them the most.  So guys like Mike Evans draw double coverage all game, and the scheme makes it a better option for Brady to hand the ball off, or throw it elsewhere. 

Could be nothing more than that. 

Saquon Barkley didn't really have a Saquon Barkley game yesterday, but that wasn't a knock on him as a RB.  Just that the Chiefs said "You have to find another way to beat us."  (which, they did.)

 

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