WELL, SHOOT!
By Danny Reagan / Abilene, Texas
The first three quarters of this Red River Rivalry were some of the most entertaining ever. How about that quarterback show on both sides I talked about earlier?
Unfortunately, the fourth quarter ... not so much. The bad guys won, 28-21.
Now that the pressure is off, however, Colt McCoy and the Longhorns can concentrate on winning the rest of their games (with the possible exception of Texas Tech) and finishing with that nice 10-3 record I was also talking about earlier.
And speaking of earlier talk, this is the second time Auston English has taken a victory away from Colt (see previous entry). The OU defensive end had two sacks on his old high school opponent, and one cheap, post-whistle "slobber-knocker" he got away with.
Well, at least another tipped pass that turned into a pick for Colt (4 of his last 5 INTs have come off of tipped passes) didn't result in OU points ... but that's a big, ol' moot point now, isn't it?
What this day at the Cotton Bowl showed was that there is a great potential for two more rivalry games with equal or greater fireworks from the two quarterbacks.
These two - one a sophomore and one a freshman - will meet again.
That's good news for fans of great football - just maybe next time there will be four full quarters of it.