HOOK'EM HORNS!!!
For those of you who don't know (and you should!), tonight is the big National Championship game between the #1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide and the #2 ranked University of Texas Longhorns. Most people I have talked to (other than the Longhorn faithful) believe that Texas doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning this football game.
To all you doubters out there, here are a few reasons why you shouldn't count Texas out so soon:
Fact #1- Texas has NEVER lost in the Rose Bowl. True, they've only been twice, but I bet there is no other team in the country who has actually played in the Rose Bowl and can make that claim.
Fact #2- Texas has NEVER lost to Alabama. They've played one another 8 times in the past and their record is 7-0-1. A tie isn't a win, but it's not a loss either.
Fact #3- Everyone expects Texas to lose. In 2005 everyone expected Texas to lose too... USC had the game called before the fourth quarter even began but if you look up '2005 NCAA Football National Champion' you will not find USC listed.
Fact #4- An Alabama player won the Heisman this year. In the last 13 years only one team with the current Heisman winner on it has won the National Championship if they played in it. In 2004 Matt Leinhart won for USC and USC also won the national title. But in 2005 when Reggie Bush, also from USC, won the Heisman and they played in the National Championship...
For other examples of Heisman winners who lost National Championships see:
2008: Sam Bradford of OU- lost to Florida in the National Championship
2006: Troy Smith of Ohio State- lost to Florida in the National Championship
2005: Reggie Bush of USC- lost to UT in the National Championship
2003: Jason White of OU- lost to LSU in the National Championship
2001: Eric Crouch of Nebraska- lost to Miami in the National Championship
2000: Chris Weinke of Florida State- lost to OU in the National Championship
Needless to say I have no doubts that this time tomorrow I will be saying "I told you so!" to a great many people.
To all you doubters out there, here are a few reasons why you shouldn't count Texas out so soon:
Fact #1- Texas has NEVER lost in the Rose Bowl. True, they've only been twice, but I bet there is no other team in the country who has actually played in the Rose Bowl and can make that claim.
Fact #2- Texas has NEVER lost to Alabama. They've played one another 8 times in the past and their record is 7-0-1. A tie isn't a win, but it's not a loss either.
Fact #3- Everyone expects Texas to lose. In 2005 everyone expected Texas to lose too... USC had the game called before the fourth quarter even began but if you look up '2005 NCAA Football National Champion' you will not find USC listed.
Fact #4- An Alabama player won the Heisman this year. In the last 13 years only one team with the current Heisman winner on it has won the National Championship if they played in it. In 2004 Matt Leinhart won for USC and USC also won the national title. But in 2005 when Reggie Bush, also from USC, won the Heisman and they played in the National Championship...
For other examples of Heisman winners who lost National Championships see:
2008: Sam Bradford of OU- lost to Florida in the National Championship
2006: Troy Smith of Ohio State- lost to Florida in the National Championship
2005: Reggie Bush of USC- lost to UT in the National Championship
2003: Jason White of OU- lost to LSU in the National Championship
2001: Eric Crouch of Nebraska- lost to Miami in the National Championship
2000: Chris Weinke of Florida State- lost to OU in the National Championship
Needless to say I have no doubts that this time tomorrow I will be saying "I told you so!" to a great many people.