Recall his claim back in the preseason: "I think people are going to quit talking about just us and Oklahoma.”
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Nailed it.
And it only took the first full weekend of Big 12 play, which delivered Kansas State 41, Texas 21 and Colorado 27, OU 24.
Come Saturday, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M will clash in College Station for the South Division lead. Missouri and Nebraska collide in Columbia for a North showdown.
Big weekend for the Big 12 pacesetters.
OU and Texas? Yeah, they're still playing in Big D.
"Big deal,” fans of both schools must be grumbling this morning.
Big dud is what we'll call the Red River Shootout loser, which will find itself 0-2 in the league after holding national title hopes when the sun rose Saturday in Austin and Boulder.
"Hopefully, not us,” Texas linebacker Scott Derry said.
Right now, the Longhorns seem to be built on a whole lot of wishin' and hopin'.
As bad as things got in Boulder — and getting outscored 17-0 in the fourth quarter is plenty bad — it was worse in Austin.
So bad that at one point, boos descended down from Darrell K. Royal — Texas Memorial Stadium.
It was Brown's worst home loss as Longhorns coach and the worst at Memorial Stadium since the other Mac — John Mackovic — was calling the shots.
The early going of this season gave Texas foes no cause for fear. The 'Horns twice needed onside kick recoveries to ensure victories over the likes of Arkansas State and Central Florida. Wins over TCU and Rice registered only with folks who still remember the old Southwest Conference.
Kansas State not only arrived in Austin without fear, they brought the swagger, winning the opening coin toss and taking the ball — on the road.
Then the Wildcats boldly marched 80 yards in 11 plays, reaching third down only once.
K-State, a 14½-point underdog, never trailed. They made the plays, forcing four turnovers and returning punts and kickoffs for touchdowns.
"We kind of beat down on them and really got after them as the game went on,” said K-State middle linebacker Justin Roland, who predicted the win during the week.
The Longhorns have problems and Brown knows it.
In the postgame press conference, a reporter started a question with, "Are you worried…” but got no farther, with Brown cutting him off.
"Yes,” Brown said, "don't even know what it is yet, but yes.”
And he should be.
The rebuilding of the Texas offensive line remains a work in progress, resulting in a lame running game and hurried throws by Colt McCoy, who looks nothing like the quarterback who calmly led the Longhorns to 10 wins a year ago as a redshirt freshman.
McCoy tossed four interceptions Saturday, running his season total to nine — two more than the seven he pitched all last season. Making matters worse, he was battered often Saturday and eventually pulled due to concussion-like symptoms.
The Texas defense kept springing leaks and at times seemed incapable of matching the speed of the K-State skill players. That's K-State.
Now it's on to Big D, where both the Sooners and Longhorns enter with sub-.500 league records for the first time since 1997.
A dose of good news: People aren't just talking about OU and Texas these days.
The bad news: What they are saying about the Sooners and Longhorns isn't so good.
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Sorry for the multiple posts. It was a technical glitch.
I don't think you can make burial arrangments just yet, but start getting some price quotes.
The South looks up for grabs, certainly with both of these bullies taking an early, unplanned loss. Certainly next week's Red River Flameout will seriously dent the psyche of one of these overrated programs.
I'm certainly not an OU fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I was hoping that if OU was going to keep winning, I wanted to see Stoops go up against Les Miles at LSU in a end-of-year knockdown, drag-out.
Now that Stoops doesn't have the luxury of superior forces, I wanted to see who was the better coach.
Now that OU has been exposed by the Buffs, I don't have to wait. I know who's the better coach now.
Oh, well. Stoops would have blown it in the MNC game anyway had he gotten that far.
That's now a moot point.
I don't think you can make burial arrangments just yet, but start getting some price quotes.
The South looks up for grabs, certainly with both of these bullies taking an early, unplanned loss. Certainly next week's Red River Flameout will seriously dent the psyche of one of these overrated programs.
I'm certainly not an OU fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I was hoping that if OU was going to keep winning, I wanted to see Stoops go up against Les Miles at LSU in a end-of-year knockdown, drag-out.
Now that Stoops doesn't have the luxury of superior forces, I wanted to see who was the better coach.
Now that OU has been exposed by the Buffs, I don't have to wait. I know who's the better coach now.
Oh, well. Stoops would have blown it in the MNC game anyway had he gotten that far.
That's now a moot point.
I don't think you can make burial arrangments just yet, but start getting some price quotes.
The South looks up for grabs, certainly with both of these bullies taking an early, unplanned loss. Certainly next week's Red River Flameout will seriously dent the psyche of one of these overrated programs.
I'm certainly not an OU fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I was hoping that if OU was going to keep winning, I wanted to see Stoops go up against Les Miles at LSU in a end-of-year knockdown, drag-out.
Now that Stoops doesn't have the luxury of superior forces, I wanted to see who was the better coach.
Now that OU has been exposed by the Buffs, I don't have to wait. I know who's the better coach now.
Oh, well. Stoops would have blown it in the MNC game anyway had he gotten that far.
That's now a moot point.
Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, right, is chased down by Kansas State defender Rob Jackson during the third quarter in Austin on Saturday. Associated Press
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The South looks up for grabs, certainly with both of these bullies taking an early, unplanned loss. Certainly next week's Red River Flameout will seriously dent the psyche of one of these overrated programs.
I'm certainly not an OU fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I was hoping that if OU was going to keep winning, I wanted to see Stoops go up against Les Miles at LSU in a end-of-year knockdown, drag-out.
Now that Stoops doesn't have the luxury of superior forces, I wanted to see who was the better coach.
Now that OU has been exposed by the Buffs, I don't have to wait. I know who's the better coach now.
Oh, well. Stoops would have blown it in the MNC game anyway had he gotten that far.
That's now a moot point.
The South looks up for grabs, certainly with both of these bullies taking an early, unplanned loss. Certainly next week's Red River Flameout will seriously dent the psyche of one of these overrated programs.
I'm certainly not an OU fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I was hoping that if OU was going to keep winning, I wanted to see Stoops go up against Les Miles at LSU in a end-of-year knockdown, drag-out.
Now that Stoops doesn't have the luxury of superior forces, I wanted to see who was the better coach.
Now that OU has been exposed by the Buffs, I don't have to wait. I know who's the better coach now.
Oh, well. Stoops would have blown it in the MNC game anyway had he gotten that far.
That's now a moot point.
The South looks up for grabs, certainly with both of these bullies taking an early, unplanned loss. Certainly next week's Red River Flameout will seriously dent the psyche of one of these overrated programs.
I'm certainly not an OU fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I was hoping that if OU was going to keep winning, I wanted to see Stoops go up against Les Miles at LSU in a end-of-year knockdown, drag-out.
Now that Stoops doesn't have the luxury of superior forces, I wanted to see who was the better coach.
Now that OU has been exposed by the Buffs, I don't have to wait. I know who's the better coach now.
Oh, well. Stoops would have blown it in the MNC game anyway had he gotten that far.
That's now a moot point.