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1.07.2010

Blogging The Texas Game

Hey everyone. Texas is playing for the national championship tonight.

We'll be following along here.

Please join in.

Photo credit: Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press

Questions? Comments? Post directly to the blog below or email me at jgtate@gannett.com.

854 Comments:

FSJ said...: Oh heck yeah!!!!!; 6:56 PM
Dear Leader said...: I wanna see the chaps..; 6:58 PM
wtc said...: If AU was in this game, how many of you would fork out about $2,500 per person to go to Pasadena and watch the game knowing it would easily run you about $4,000 per for the entire trip.; 6:58 PM
wtc said...: JayG-Is tim gayle blogging from Pasadena tonight?; 6:59 PM
dan dan the AU fan said...: Hatin time!; 6:59 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: the only #1 for FSJ tonight, I'm afraid.

BTW, that first Texan looks pretty weathered.; 7:00 PM
Anonymous said...: wtc, afraid I would have go that route. Might even consider taking the bride Heheh (like I could go without her!); 7:02 PM
Bellefay1 said...: If AU was in this game, how many of you would fork out about $2,500 per person to go to Pasadena and watch the game knowing it would easily run you about $4,000 per for the entire trip.

In a heartbeat....thought, i'm not married and don't have any kids.; 7:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Now that is substance!

WTC - My TV and new sound bar make it easier to save the $4G's; 7:03 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: I'd consider it seriously, wtc. Not being in that situation, I haven't run the numbers to see if it's justifiable.; 7:05 PM
Dear Leader said...: I would go and it's much more costly from Korea..

I hate ABC...

And do not even get me started on Brent Muff-burger

And lastly, remember,

Beauty is only a light switch away.; 7:05 PM
wtc said...: I would certainly be there.; 7:06 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: I'd really like Jay G to do a Ustream during this game.; 7:06 PM
wtc said...: Beat the rush, go ugly early.; 7:06 PM
Fearless Freep said...: OK, I worked on this post long enough, not going to have it left behind on the previous thread:

So tonight's football game is officially called the "Citi BCS Championship". Think of it, one of this nation's most corrupt, ethically bankrupt organizations, which by all rights should have been allowed to fail due to its own administrative incompetence, has gotten themselves involved in the BCS Championship game.

And they even got Citibank to sponsor it.; 7:07 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: I think Bag may be blogging from Pasadena. Not Gayle.

I'm working on my final AP ballot. Had to put the Iowans at 7.; 7:08 PM
dan dan the AU fan said...: I would certainly want to. Hopefully it will happen when the MNC is in Miami again. That will be more affordable for me.; 7:08 PM
Jet said...: Cows are parachuting on the field!; 7:10 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Nope. No live blog.

Incredible.; 7:10 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: I hope those girls on the blog front, particularly the brown-haired ones, are hot enough for this hot blog.; 7:11 PM
dan dan the AU fan said...: So the government is sponsoring the BCS championship.; 7:11 PM
Anonymous said...: Freep - I did see your post earlier and meant to comment.

Wouldn't that also be similar to the GMAC Bowl as well?; 7:12 PM
dan dan the AU fan said...: The brown haired ones are hot enough.; 7:12 PM
Dear Leader said...: the fact that texas got its butt kicked by neb... gets them the win.; 7:13 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: no live blog 'cause Bammers can't read?; 7:13 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: so, Jay G, Ustream?; 7:14 PM
Anonymous said...: The one all the way on the right has my vote!; 7:14 PM
Dear Leader said...: I hate the fact that I agree with LOU...

lotta hate going on tonight; 7:14 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: ...without waving hands, of course.; 7:15 PM
JgobravesHAG said...: jhags going out for this one...hooook em horns!; 7:15 PM
E-Bro said...: Y'all seen the Texas cheerleaders wearing the chaps?

Bless you child.; 7:16 PM
API said...: Eddie/E-Bro, good luck to all the McCoys tonight!; 7:16 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Here's my preliminary poll:

1. Alabama 1
2. Texas 2
3. Boise State 5
4. Florida 6
5. Ohio State 7
6. TCU 3 lost to Boise
7. Iowa 11
8. Virginia Tech 10
9. Penn State 12
10. Nebraska 14
11. Oregon 8
12. BYU 13
13. Cincinnati 4
14. Georgia Tech 9
15. Utah 19 10-3
16. Pittsburgh 21 10-3
17. Wisconsin NR 10-3
18. Clemson NR 9-5
19. LSU 15 9-4
20. Miami Florida 17 9-4
21. Texas Tech 24 9-4
22. Ole Miss 9-4
23. Oklahoma NR 8-5
24. Auburn NR 8-5
25. Oregon State 16 8-5; 7:16 PM
cincytiger said...: Lee picks Texas; 7:17 PM
Taylor said...: I love how its the texas game! That's why jay g is #1. War damn longhorns!; 7:18 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: I can't Ustream for hours. I don't have that much material.; 7:18 PM
E-Bro said...: API...thanks. Me and Eddie are hoping that Cuz does us (and all the other Hotties minus Mark and FSJ) a big favor tonight.; 7:19 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: yep, my Horned Frogs really let me down this week.; 7:20 PM
Fearless Freep said...: JGT, are you committed to the idea that tonight's participants finish 1-2? Or does it depend on how close the game ends up being?

I'm thinking Florida might get a lot of support for #2 if Bama wins convincingly. Which is what is likely to happen, I'm afraid.; 7:20 PM
Anonymous said...: So did the Ramblin Wreck!

Bust!; 7:20 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: JayGT - when you get to be my age you can UStream for hours.; 7:20 PM
cincytiger said...: THT,
Too much information. Your sense of humor sounds like you are feeling better. I hope so :); 7:22 PM
Anonymous said...: Amen THT; 7:22 PM
cincytiger said...: I don't know if y'all want me to pull for Texas. I have pulled for GT, TCU and Troy lately and look where that got us.; 7:23 PM
Secondaid said...: Sign spotted at the Rose Bowl: "You can't spell slUT without UT." Stay classy, 'Bama.; 7:23 PM
Taylor said...: Ha! They show alabama has 7 mncs; 7:23 PM
E-Bro said...: Cincy...you pulled for Auburn last Friday. You're good.; 7:24 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Freep: It's preliminary. Gotta see what happens tonight.

THT: RIMSHOT!; 7:24 PM
Anonymous said...: Two of the most storied programs???
Does that mean they tell "stories" about their number of championships?; 7:25 PM
dan dan the AU fan said...: Is there one that says, "you can't spell...at UAT."; 7:25 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: Boise State: only second team to ever go 14-0, more wins in the past decade than any other team (112), non-conference wins include the Pac-10 Champ and number 4 team in the nation/MWC Champ, and and can't get Jay G to rank them any higher than 3rd...wanna talk about the Rodney Dangerfield of college football, that's it right there, folks. Iowans got off easy.; 7:26 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Is the first girl on the left 50 years old?; 7:26 PM
API said...: As to the Texas girls, the 2nd to the right has my vote .; 7:26 PM
E-Bro said...: Soak it up Hotties.

Auburn will be here in four years time, led by Heisman Trophy winners Tyrik Rollison and Michael Dyer.

Book it.; 7:26 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: I'm not serious, by the way. Don't take it personally.; 7:27 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Hookem' Horns!; 7:27 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Vision ... power ... burst.

All things Ingram didn't show against Auburn this season.; 7:28 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: RK: Wifey and I were saying the same thing. Maybe she's someone's mom?; 7:28 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: WTC- I would be there no doubt!; 7:29 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: if she's someone's mom, she's hit the gym religiously. that body is hard.; 7:30 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: I'd be there.

Well, that's if newspapers still exist in 2014.

Haven't missed a game since App State in 1999.; 7:30 PM
dan dan the AU fan said...: I'm gonna go so I can better focus my hate.; 7:30 PM
E-Bro said...: Well Hotties...I'm out. Gonna turn off the laptop and focus all my hate on the television.

Hook 'em Horns!!; 7:31 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Have you been to a gym lately, Peter? Hot moms are all over!

That girl looks skeevy to me, btw.; 7:31 PM
Jet said...: In the first round of the Texas Cheerleader Draft, Jet selects 2nd from left.; 7:32 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: Jay G, if you're still an Auburn beat writer in 2014, I'm gonna kick you in the jewels. Your title should be nothing less than "Emperor" by then.; 7:32 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: wth is up with this national anthem duo? Strangest thing I've ever seen.; 7:33 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: no, Jay G, I haven't been to the gym lately. thanks for pointing that out....no hot moms at the gym I'd be going to if I had been in the last 3 months, anyway.; 7:33 PM
Jet said...: Oddest pairing since Luciano Pavarotti and Courtney Love sang "Itsy Bitsy Spider" on side A and "Hey, Good Lookin'" on side B.; 7:34 PM
Peter Frankenschmidt said...: sweet sounding flyover.; 7:35 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: Flea? Really?; 7:35 PM
WarEagleRK said...: 1. 2nd from left
2. far right
3. 2nd from right
4. the old lady; 7:36 PM
Jet said...: Jay G will be on ESPN in 2014.; 7:36 PM
WarEagleRK said...: the old lady = gym mom; 7:37 PM
Anonymous said...: Jet, He will be "Coach Lou's" counterpart; 7:37 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Wow, bama fans all excited over a coin toss win. That's the only thing they are winning tonight.; 7:38 PM
Jet said...: I always knew Keith Jackson was an Infidel sympathizer.; 7:38 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: ugliest coin i've ever seen; 7:38 PM
Jet said...: ABC one-upping Fox will unveil ...

"The Boom Mike!"; 7:39 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Well I didn't want to confuse "the old lady" with the slang for wifey "my old lady".; 7:39 PM
Taylor said...: did that alabama cheerleader just say war eagle?; 7:40 PM
cincytiger said...: I love Keith Jackson; 7:40 PM
Jet said...: Jet says ...

Marquis Maze.; 7:41 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: DEFENSE!!!! DEFENSE!!!; 7:41 PM
Anonymous said...: Big East Refs?; 7:41 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: BEASLEY!!! says Hook 'em 'Horns!!!; 7:41 PM
Jet said...: Why couldn't Ron Cherry officiate this game?; 7:42 PM
Anonymous said...: Man down!; 7:42 PM
API said...: BOOM !!!; 7:42 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: Ugliest sack ever, horrible by McElroy... I love it; 7:42 PM
Anonymous said...: confusion?; 7:42 PM
Jet said...: Boom Shakalaka!; 7:42 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: That's a stinky first drive for Alabama. Peee-you.; 7:43 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: man, some talent Texas has there on the frontpage!!!; 7:43 PM
Jimmy said...: thank you Muschamp; 7:43 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Love it Texas Def!!!! Keep it up.; 7:43 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: man, what a dumb@ss call!; 7:43 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: hahaha Intercepted.; 7:43 PM
Anonymous said...: Heheh; 7:43 PM
API said...: Ha Ha !!!; 7:43 PM
Fearless Freep said...: McElroy is playing like Faker said he felt before the game. That was a pukey drive.; 7:43 PM
Jet said...: STUPID.; 7:43 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: AWESOME... should have just batted that down.; 7:44 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: wtc...I'd be there...no questions asked!; 7:44 PM
cincytiger said...: Are you kidding?; 7:44 PM
Jet said...: That was Tubervillian.; 7:44 PM
digger4au said...: Early reports says Bammer is up tight Texas is loose as a goose; 7:45 PM
Anonymous said...: Lot of running; 7:45 PM
Fearless Freep said...: Hmmm. . .faking a punt on 4th and 23? From your own 20?

That was almost Tubervillian. I'm talking Ole Miss Tubervillian.; 7:45 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: BURNAGE!!!; 7:46 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: I am loving this!!!!; 7:46 PM
Anonymous said...: His dad had more Marijuana then that boy weighs.; 7:46 PM
Anonymous said...: and getting looser Digger; 7:46 PM
Anonymous said...: Uh oh; 7:46 PM
Fearless Freep said...: Great minds, Jet.; 7:46 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: uh oh...Texas is in TROUBLE now...; 7:46 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: Not good; 7:47 PM
Jet said...: On the Problem Scale, that would be a 42.; 7:47 PM
cincytiger said...: I just said I feel kind of bad not pulling for the SEC. My hubby looked at me and said "you're crazy, I hate Alabama's stinking guts! It goes all the way back to my childhood."; 7:47 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: come on Colt...get back in there.; 7:47 PM
Jet said...: CincyT...

Your husband is a great man.; 7:48 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Well Auburn's fake punt vs Ball State is no longer the dumbest play call of the year, it's been beaten twice already in this game.; 7:48 PM
cincytiger said...: Yeah, I know. I'm hating, too, just feeling guilty about it.; 7:48 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Cincy- I don't feel one ounce of guilt about that. I'm donning my Texas shirt and pulling them horns on.; 7:48 PM
digger4au said...: Front page Texans for the most part pretty good eye candy; 7:49 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I have met Cincy's hubby and he is, indeed, a great man. Made even greater by his impressive hate.; 7:49 PM
Jet said...: Go.; 7:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Ok, son...welcome to TX. GOOD LUCK!; 7:50 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Weird injury to McCoy.

What happened?; 7:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Didn't see it, not even on the replay; 7:51 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: How great would it be if this Gilbert character beats Bama.; 7:52 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: i have no idea, JGT.; 7:52 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: I wish they would show what happened. I saw nothing on the play about Colt getting hurt.; 7:52 PM
cincytiger said...: My friend's son who is at the Air Force Academy just called and asked me who I was pulling for. I told him I was a huge Texas fan, hook em horns. He said he was watching the game with an Ole Miss fan and the OM fan was sure I wouldn't pull against the SEC. My friend said you don't know Mrs. Chandler, she would pull for Attilla the Hun against Alabama! Good boy!; 7:52 PM
Unknown said...: McClain- Cheap Shot artist?

I have never been, but I have heard Austin has the hottest students of the female variety.; 7:52 PM
Jet said...: He either got his bell rung, or has a rib injury based on where he was hit.; 7:52 PM
digger4au said...: Texas needs to try some where else.; 7:52 PM
digger4au said...: That stinks; 7:53 PM
Jet said...: That hurts.; 7:53 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: No fake by Texas....LOL Saban.; 7:54 PM
API said...: I've been to Austin. The girls were very forgettable.; 7:54 PM
Unknown said...: not good for TX.. you gotta get a td there. shoot McCoy up with cortizone, tape it up, and get yourself back in there. only college game left there, Colt. Dude, your name is Colt; you gotta be tough.; 7:54 PM
M said...: Hating the Bammers more than ever!; 7:54 PM
cincytiger said...: How sucky is it to get knocked out of the game on the first series? I sure hope he can come back.; 7:54 PM
Anonymous said...: Ouch.

I have been to Austin, I want to go back. Nuff said!; 7:55 PM
Jet said...: Coach Jet would have run again on 3rd down ... pass was way too predictable.; 7:55 PM
WarEagleRK said...: Alabama's # 3 was lined up offsides on that first 1st and goal and the refs caught 2 other penalties besides that one.; 7:55 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Hit him in the back of the right shoulder ... could that be a collarbone problem?; 7:55 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: API- i've been to Austin many times and I completely beg to differ on that account.; 7:55 PM
cincytiger said...: Did I hear them right when they said bama had not been called for holding in 34 quarters?; 7:55 PM
Anonymous said...: Bear - And he is a McCoy!!; 7:56 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: me too, Jet. And then on 4th down if needed.; 7:56 PM
cincytiger said...: I would have run on 3rd, but kicked the FG on 4th. Take for sure points.; 7:56 PM
Anonymous said...: LIVE BALL; 7:57 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Hard times for the Tiders.

Again.; 7:57 PM
Jet said...: UAT's head is elsewhere.; 7:57 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: wth? Bama looking dead out there...; 7:57 PM
Unknown said...: wow. the kickoff is live is covered in pee wee football. yeah, Bama looks focused. geez...; 7:57 PM
M said...: Please come back in Colt! Hope he's ok.; 7:57 PM
cincytiger said...: I think the Florida game did them in.; 7:57 PM
Anonymous said...: That a boy Julio!!!

Play that video now!; 7:57 PM
missinit said...: SWEET!!!!!!; 7:58 PM
Anonymous said...: Wholio superstar?; 7:58 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: 8 in the box until freshman shows he can throw.; 7:58 PM
digger4au said...: They need McCoy while bammer is playing "give up the ball"; 7:58 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: The UA-T fans aren't focused on the game. That's the problem right now.; 7:58 PM
Jet said...: 11 in the box.; 7:58 PM
Anonymous said...: Well he threw it, and they missed it.; 7:59 PM
Jet said...: Shoulda run on 3rd down ... run clock without McCoy.; 7:59 PM
Dav4AU said...: McCoy injury huge; 7:59 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Pass was too hard. Easy, young man.; 7:59 PM
Unknown said...: some of the local stores here in Mobile have been announcing they will be open right after the game to sell Bama national champ gear. Nothing like counting the chickens...; 7:59 PM
digger4au said...: This ain't gonna get it folks; 7:59 PM
M said...: It should be 14-0 Texas!; 8:00 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: well, the Bama D is alive...bet those guys will be cussing every offensive/skill player UAT has if they screw up again though...; 8:00 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Colt McCoy has to be in the game for Texas to win. I'm afraid he won't be.; 8:00 PM
Unknown said...: Dear texas-not being up 14-0 right now may haunt you. I hope it does not, but it may.
Sincerely,
Momentum; 8:01 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I like & respect FSJ, but nowhere near as much as I hate UA-T.; 8:01 PM
Jimmy said...: It's up to Muschamp's Defense; 8:01 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Eddie, can't you make a call?

Get this Colt kid back on the field.; 8:01 PM
Anonymous said...: The women in Austin are hot and rich.

College Station ...not so much.; 8:02 PM
Anonymous said...: Not good at all; 8:02 PM
Jet said...: That's a problem.; 8:02 PM
Unknown said...: no pads, off to xray = not a good sign; 8:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: 1+BEASLEY!!! says Hook 'em 'Horns!!!; 8:02 PM
digger4au said...: Kicking it short is OK but not that short; 8:02 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: that returner was waving that ball out there. UT should have stripped it.; 8:03 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: News flash: McElroy still sucks; 8:03 PM
Jet said...: If Texas somehow wins, they'll have to give Boom a $1 million raise.; 8:03 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: didn't Bama's RB win the Heisman or did I miss something?; 8:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Ol' Boom's got Lil' nicky figgered out so far.; 8:04 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: wow...running it works huh?; 8:04 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: I can live with a 6-0 final. Or maybe UT can add a pick 6.; 8:04 PM
Jet said...: Is that Brodie at QB?; 8:05 PM
Jay G. Tate said...: Three sacks already?!?!?; 8:05 PM
Wakeriderof87 said...: Honk if you sacked Greg; 8:05 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: man, these Bammers sure are getting ill with each other on d@mn near every play...; 8:05 PM
Jay 'W. not Tate' said...: Keepin HATE alive!!!; 8:05 PM
Eddie McCoy said...: Honk if you sacked McElroy; 8:05 PM
Tar Heel Tiger said...: If Texas somehow wins, Hotties should give Boom a raise!; 8:05 PM