BEVO Blog: Being humbled is so humbling.

There are two schools of thought about UCLA's drubbing of Texas last weekend:

1. The 'Horns were "looking ahead" to Saturday's annual clash with OU.
2. The 'Horns aren't living up to advanced billing.

I've chosen to enroll in the latter school. (The enrollment standards are much lower) Texas fans have had a great run the past few years, but things came to a screeching halt against 'Bama when Colt McCoy was knocked out of the BCS Championship game.

We were at the Texas-Wyoming game a couple of weeks ago in Austin, frankly the team was curiously flat. Compared to most teams, the Longhorns still rock. But in Texas there's winning and "not exactly."

QB Garrett Gilbert follows in the footsteps of Vince Young and Colt McCoy, but in his first full season as QB1, he's hearing the footsteps of defensive players instead. Running game? Haven't seen one yet. Mistakes? Far too many to be a factor in this year's BCS equation. Which equates at best to a 9-3 season. Maybe the Aloha Bowl?? Alo-HOWDY!

But betting on the outcome of the annual food and football fest in Dallas is a foolish thing. It's a game that brings out the best and worst in both Texas and OU. (And their fans) It's a sea of burnt orange and red, evenly divided.

Nothing about the game or the outcome will surprise me, or likely most members of Longhorn Nation.

So belly up to the chocolate covered bacon stand and enjoy the game. Don't forget to check out the fried butter.

There are a few other games of note, not the least of which being:

Alabama and Florida
Stanford and Oregon

Check out the full schedule here.

HOOK'EM HORNS!

Brian Olson
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BEVO Edition #1

Ok dear reader(s)...time for a new Friday feature which will run throughout the college football season.

***Update*** 1:41pm ET
Texas and BYU add home and home games to schedules.

Now back to our regularly scheduled blog:

The BEVO edition, named after the stalwart symbol of the glorious Texas Longhorns will of course cover the 'Horns, but also a couple of other favorite teams; the University of Wyoming Cowboys and the Auburn Tigers.

For fans of OU and CU and yes, Nebraska we extend our apologies in advance.

This past week, ESPN re-ran the National Championship Game between Texas and 'Bama. We didn't watch. Once was enough to see Colt go down. But a new season awaits and all is well with the world.

The Big 12 almost folded itself into what might have been the PAC 16. We would have liked the opportunity to visit new venues in cities like San Francisco. Now the Big 12 is the sort-of Big 12. With Nebraska heading to the Big 10 this years match-up between Texas and the Huskers will overshadow the OU game if you can believe it.

Lots of changes coming to several converences in the coming years. How it will all shake out remains to be seen but we'd be disappointed if there is no championship game in the Big 12 or whatever it ends up being called. It's very likely one or more teams will be moving into the conference depending on what kind of television deals can be made.

Then there's the whole mess with USC. We're not fans of Lane Kiffin, who is? But it's sad players who came to USC after Reggie Bush left will pay the price.

We're just weeks away from the happiest time of the year, college football season. It should be a grand one.

Brian Olson
Conversation Starters LLC
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