And the answer is: Beat the snot out of teams like we've done... and like we used to do... and then it doesn't matter.
Still love the UT Cotton Bowl. Like a 1000 yards in penalties and we still slaughtered them. I could have sworn Denis mouthed "Fu.. you, we'll beat the crap out of them anyway" after one call.
That game was epic. Co-worker is a big Texas fans and we talked about that game the one day. Hilarious. I just remember the announcer (can't think of his name) saying how much of a dis-grace we were and how it wasn't football and how he wouldn't vote us for
#1 although we were, at the end of the year, playing better than anyone else. Heck, remember all the smack talk Texas did the week leading up to the game? The one 'sign' "We mess with Texas". Good times.