ESPiN Classic...
by rindworld on Mar 22, 2010 8:52 AM CDT
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Amidst all the March Madness this weekend did anyone notice the 2002 Texas Tech vs Texas clash on ESPiN Classic on Sunday afternoon...Kind of random by the WWL but I enjoyed it anyway. I watched the whole thing. Just what I needed since the Runnin' Raiders on not in the dance. All home games should be played at night with all black uniforms in the "Raider Crater". Tough to beat...Watching Mack pacing and fidgeting with his headset as Welker and Co dissected the whorns was priceless...the Captain looked so green when being interviewed after the Tech win...why do you think ESPiN put that on during the basketball chaos? The Red Raiders are always a draw, I guess...
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Wish I knew they were showing that!
I DVR’d the 2008 game and put it on sometimes when my buddies come over….good way to get everyone fired up! Hope they show the 2002 game again soon.
wasnt that with chris simms as their qb?
lol…they HATE that guy.
What do you call a Serbian with an insatiable desire for sweets with only one nad (in his throat)?
CHOCOHOLICINADINHISNECKDARKOINSKIVICHSKI
that is correct, sir...
Simms threw a huge interception late in the fourth quarter that sealed it for our Raiders…the crowd was going ape…Simms just got cut recently, I think.. that is probably it for him…at least his dad wasn’t like CJ…how in the world did a New Jersey boy end up in Austin anyway?
"Fill it up again". "It's so good! Once it hits your lips it's so good!" -Frank the Tank
Poor Chris Simms
talk about a guy caught between a rock and a hard spot….He is the giftted son of a darn good player who may have expressed too much influence in his son’s opportunities—I don’t know but I think it happens.
Well, he did not meet all the expectations and could not capitalize on all the doors opened for him…so what, there are plenty of guys who do more with ‘less’ and they are the ones to think about…I cannot see giving much energy to another well, he-didn’t-quite-have-it-did-he-kind of guy…one could almost sign that set of words /s/ Adam James.
women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans
How do you know his dad wasn't like CJ?
ut mysteriously benches the previous year’s Big 12 offensive player of the year in Applewhite to start Simms. Then Applewhite has to be brought in multiple games to bail Simms out. I always thought that was kind of odd. I think Mack just plays the game. Leach tried to do what was right. Look where that gets you!
don't know the story then...
but Phil Simms doesn’t seem to be the type and I never heard anything in the press…of course, I never paid much attention to tu anyway… C. Simms did kinda suck in the big games though…but he is much richer than his dad…I remember going to Cowboy games at Texas Stadium on MNF against the giants and yelling “get Sting”…
"Fill it up again". "It's so good! Once it hits your lips it's so good!" -Frank the Tank
Truth, even though Simms dad isn't the total slime bag CJ is.
And I will never forget how well Applewhite handled being benched for a completely inferior Chris Simms. He was classy in the midst of a total sham.
"Winning isn't everything"... Bob Knight
by raider realist on Mar 22, 2010 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Major will be HC somewhere eventually...
the guy was a winner…always seemed to rally the troops at nut cuttin time….the players really responded to him the second he set foot on the field…don’t we have someone similar to that on our roster?
"Fill it up again". "It's so good! Once it hits your lips it's so good!" -Frank the Tank
Sticks...
Not only do the faithful respond but his teammates do, as well…he has what is commonly called “intangibles”…I can truly see him emerging as Big 12 player of the year…he has got what Major Applewhite had…it is called leadership…and he doesn’t throw off his back foot…
"Fill it up again". "It's so good! Once it hits your lips it's so good!" -Frank the Tank
I was being sarcastic.
I knew who you were talking about.
by Damien Franco on Mar 23, 2010 1:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I coulnd't find the sarc font...
I must have left it in the shed.
by Damien Franco on Mar 23, 2010 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions
still in the Big Easy I'll bet
"There's going to be ups and downs but you have to enjoy the battle." Mike Leach
Is he ever really "here"?
He was on a work trip and took a little extra time off or something.
Of course, it’s also possible that he’s helping Tubs with insider information on all things Tech.
I can see him and the Tubster getting along splendidly. I bet they have tons in common. /sarc
by Damien Franco on Mar 23, 2010 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
drawn up on a napkin at BWW
"There's going to be ups and downs but you have to enjoy the battle." Mike Leach
Toilet paper,
They are kinda long plays.
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
Thank you.
I had a lot of reading to catch up on. And…….I’ve been dehydrated for 2 weeks. Gawd!!
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
if you really thought Simms was inferior to Applewhite
you never watched them play
Simms was physically the superior quarterback, but was never allowed to learn to fight through adversity under Brown and Davis. Every time he threw an interception, they’d pull him. When Applewhite threw an interception, they’d put him back on the field the next series, and let him fight through it; Simms was never given that opportunity. As a result, Simms had a fragile psyche while in college, which I think he overcame in the pros. Simms played with a ruptured spleen during a game, so he learned mental toughness. Applewhite wasn’t even tough enough to make it through one FL offseason; he didn’t even make it to training camp before he quit.
Applewhite has been the recipient of a lot of revisionist history, because everyone loves the backup QB. Simms became the starter because Applewhite kept getting injured; people forget that Applewhite kept blowing out his knees and was injury-prone, because that doesn’t fit the myth.
Not to stir up trouble,
But didn’t Applewhite take over for Simms against yall in the 90’s and cause the come from behind win…. with the “flu”?
I would appreciate it if you didn't immediately assume people didn't watch either of them play....
You could have started this thought with, “I think that Applewhite and Simms”, instead of stating that somebody doesn’t watch enough.
That’s like me saying that you obviously don’t understand the game of football because you part your hair on whatever side of your head. Follow me?
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
I watched them, and
we beat simms………..just sayin………….
"There's going to be ups and downs but you have to enjoy the battle." Mike Leach
4 pics and lost them the holiday bowl,
and I think another 4 pic day to loose the Big 12 against Colorado. Could go on, but you go right ahead with the notion that he was given a “fragile psyche”, because we are convinced of your ability to see into the head of any football player and know what he is thinking and feeling.
Maybe you have one of those “men who stare at goats” programs at ATM too.
"Winning isn't everything"... Bob Knight
by raider realist on Mar 25, 2010 8:17 AM CDT up reply actions
That's called flirting, as long as we're going there.......
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
How does an aggie film porn...
"Winning isn't everything"... Bob Knight
by raider realist on Mar 25, 2010 8:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Clooney...
looks like Hilter right there.
Back on topic, +1 for Aggie porn.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Mar 25, 2010 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions
I watched the two play often enough to know that Applewhite was one of the greatest college QB's of all time
And Simms was a waste of a uniform. I was at the Big 12 title game in 2001 vs Colorado. Simms had 3 picks & a fumble before Applewhite was sent in to replace him. Applewhite threw a 70 yard TD on his second play. That happened over and over during their career overlap. Besides, you mention the backup QB syndrome. Applewhite was the starting QB. Simms was the backup. The only love Simms got as a backup was from Coach Brown. He was a local hero to none of the Longhorn faithful. Makes sense that an Aggie would prefer him though. “So long to the Orange & the Whi-hi-hite.”
John Hancock
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