TEXAS COACH EMBARRASSES HIS UNIVERSITY...
Paul Bryant once said that after touchdowns players should "act like you been there before." I have always remembered that and used it at times when fortune gave an unexpected benefit. Texas Coach Tom Hermon acted like a fool when he announced: "Texas is back". The Longhorns played a great game in beating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Take nothing away from the Texas players. I laughed when he said that. I bet the AD winched. First, Georgia was beaten by the University of Alabama once again. When Georgia lost a chance to beat Alabama in the SECCG, their season was over. And even if Alabama wasn't present on the Sugar Bowl gridiron, the Tide killed Georgia against Texas.
Texas beat a demoralized and unmotivated team. Georgia had prepared themselves to compete for a national championship. It appeared that the Dawgs would beat Alabama when Tua went down with an injury. Instead, a second-team quarterback led Alabama to a stunning win every bit as surprising as the season before. I'm not sure how a team that lost their purpose can motivate themselves for a meaningless game. The New Year's bowl games are becoming insignificant in the scheme of modern football. Texas had something to prove. Georgia didn't. The truth is that neither Georgia or Texas are there yet. At least not there like Alabama is today. The truth is that Georgia hasn't won a significant game under Kirby Smart quite yet.
Hermon's behavior on the sidelines left something to be desired from my perspective. Saying you are great and actually being great are two separate things. Texas might be on a track to be better than Georgia to some. Alabama? Sorry, but you aren't even close. Perhaps the best way to look at what happened in the bowl season is that some teams identified themselves as candidates for a step up in national opinion. Texas lost four games. Georgia lost three games. Alabama and Clemson are a class above everyone else in the nation. Those elite programs are in of championship caliber. Everyone else is just trying to win the First Flight.
Paul Bryant once said that after touchdowns players should "act like you been there before." I have always remembered that and used it at times when fortune gave an unexpected benefit. Texas Coach Tom Hermon acted like a fool when he announced: "Texas is back". The Longhorns played a great game in beating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Take nothing away from the Texas players. I laughed when he said that. I bet the AD winched. First, Georgia was beaten by the University of Alabama once again. When Georgia lost a chance to beat Alabama in the SECCG, their season was over. And even if Alabama wasn't present on the Sugar Bowl gridiron, the Tide killed Georgia against Texas.
Texas beat a demoralized and unmotivated team. Georgia had prepared themselves to compete for a national championship. It appeared that the Dawgs would beat Alabama when Tua went down with an injury. Instead, a second-team quarterback led Alabama to a stunning win every bit as surprising as the season before. I'm not sure how a team that lost their purpose can motivate themselves for a meaningless game. The New Year's bowl games are becoming insignificant in the scheme of modern football. Texas had something to prove. Georgia didn't. The truth is that neither Georgia or Texas are there yet. At least not there like Alabama is today. The truth is that Georgia hasn't won a significant game under Kirby Smart quite yet.
Hermon's behavior on the sidelines left something to be desired from my perspective. Saying you are great and actually being great are two separate things. Texas might be on a track to be better than Georgia to some. Alabama? Sorry, but you aren't even close. Perhaps the best way to look at what happened in the bowl season is that some teams identified themselves as candidates for a step up in national opinion. Texas lost four games. Georgia lost three games. Alabama and Clemson are a class above everyone else in the nation. Those elite programs are in of championship caliber. Everyone else is just trying to win the First Flight.
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