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Loyalist of Texas and Oklahoma won’t find problem in what can only be described as a sloppy turnover fest that ended in a 16-13 win for the Longhorns.

Ranked second in the nation the Longhorns mission was simple, Beat OU and continue on with the season.

For Oklahoma it offered a chance to avenge two earlier losses in games in which quarterback Sam Bradford did not play.

Things changed early in the contest.  Early in the first half after Oklahoma had taken an early lead Bradford reinjured his right shoulder leaving him out for the remainder of the contest. Jones was 24 of 43 for 250 yards in relief of Bradford but he threw interceptions on the final two OU drives which doomed the Sooners.

Say what you want about Landry Jones the kid may be talented and all that but comparing him to Sam Bradford is oh I don’t know comparing Colt McCoy to Vince Young the season after Texas won the National Championship.

In truth Bradford, McCoy and Jones were pretty ineffective at getting the ball downfield. After Demarco Murrary’s 64 yard catch on the opening drive the Sooners came away with just 3 points while McCoy’s longest pass of the game went for 14 yards.

Neither team ran the ball well something Texas has struggled with all season. Oklahoma took it a step further finishing with -16 yards rushing on 22 attempts.

All the talk that Texas needed a big victory is pretty loud. I disagree though, Texas just needed a victory. They just needed to keep their record spotless and move on and they were successful. Texas just needs to win the remainder of their games and everything will take care of itself.

Oklahoma was hoping to upset Texas but they kept the game close in large part to their defensive line and had a chance to win late. The game was all we could hope for despite the sloppy play. A close game in October between two rivals.

Any talk of moving Alabama up to second can be ruled irreverent. Alabama still has to beat LSU and more importantly their final game of the regular season which is against…. Florida for the SEC championship.

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas

Now if 1 beats 2 or 2 beats 1 then 3 moves up. It’s simple math because no one wants to see two teams that just played each other for a Conference Championship play in the National Championship.

So yeas the Eyes of Texas are still upon us all, and more importantly the mouths of the burnt orange can keep smiling.

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Ok I’m not sure where all the Colt McCoy Heisman Trophy talk is coming from the last few days. It seems like everyone is trying to play up the “big” match-up between unbeaten Texas and their rivals Oklahoma.

As a fan of Texas and a person who does not like Oklahoma football I’ll sum up all that needs to be said about this game.

Two all-time teams who met 103 times in a series of classic games like last seasons classic game that was so great it has it’s own page on wikipedia. Texas needs to beat Oklahoma if they want to have any chance at a National Championship this season and Oklahoma is looking to avenge last seasons loss.

The end.

No where did I mention that Sam Bradford is returning, because had Sam Bradford not appeared in this game that would be really odd considering his performance last week. I also didn’t mention Colt  McCoy’s Heisman credentials because to be frank if he can’t beat Oklahoma this year he don’t deserve anything.

Let’s be honest people are trying to play up McCoy’s season when in reality he’s looked well not the same Colt McCoy we saw last season. His rating is down as are his TD’s while his INT’s are up. Even his running game has looked bad,he’s gone from 561 yards last season and a 4.1 average to 58 yards and a 1.7 avg this season.

I’m not saying Colt McCoy is a bad QB or anything of the like. It’s just he put up better numbers last season and frankly talking about the Heisman trophy just because he’s on the number two team in the country as they play one of the biggest rivalries in college football. A rivalry so big it’s played at a neutral site and is the highlight of the Texas State Fair.

Heisman? Oh come on.

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