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The program itself was tired. They were used to having only OU to compete with, and that changed after the 2009 game with Alabama. There was increased penetration by LSU. Meanwhile Baylor had become a legitimate program in the early part of the decade and Briles was starting to peel away Texas...

True. Texas was really good under Mack Brown only when they had a superlative quarterback (Vince Young, Colt McCoy). They weren’t going to outscheme or outinnovate their opponents. I remember how disgruntled the fan base was with Mack prior to the 2004 season, when they had been using Chris...

I live in Austin and the circumstances are a bit different, even though the record is the same as Miami's. And what is different is injuries. Texas has suffered an inordinate amount of injuries on defense as the season progressed, and it really started to catch up with the Longhorns after the OU...