Tag: 2005 national Championship

LOOK: Current Texas quarterbacks pose with Vince Young

Texas Football’s Twitter account released a photo of Vince Young and the Longhorns’ quarterbacks on Saturday. You can see the photo here:

When discussing quarterbacks at the University of Texas, it does not get any bigger than Vince Young. The 2005 national championship winner will not only forever be the most well-liked Texas football player of all time, but probably the greatest.

Young attended Saturday’s scrimmage, watching both Hudson Card and Casey Thompson compete for the starting job. One week away from the spring game and Young should still be wondering why it has not clicked yet for either of them.

Sarkisian mentioned how both are progressing well in his press conference but still needed to fix some mistakes, especially in the red zone.

Young posed for a photo with the two battling quarterbacks, plus freshman Charles Wright and sophomore Ben Ballard. Texas Football’s official Twitter account released it on Saturday.

You can see it below:

From left to right: Charles Wright, Hudson Card, Vince Young, Casey Thompson, and Ben Ballard.

Young was recently hired by Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte and the athletic department as a special assistant. When your greatest player bleeds burnt orange the way Young does, getting him involved in every way possible is essential.

Mack Brown stated the final play in the National Championship was Vince Young’s call

Former Texas Longhorns head coach Mack Brown joined the Dan Patrick Show. On the topic of Texas he stated the final play was all Vince Young

On Wednesday’s Dan Patrick Show, former National Championship winning coach Mack Brown joined. On the topic of discussions they spoke about the upcoming season, Notre Dame and the National Championship game in 2005.

Patrick asked about why the ACC, Big 12 and SEC are moving forward with football but not the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences.

It seems to me that it just a difference in medical opinions. The medical experts seem to think it is not as safe for Big Ten and the Pac-12.

Brown goes on to talk about the medical experts have been in on every conversation from how many can be in the stands, how they eat, and how they meet. While the Big Ten and Pac-12 have stated that it isn’t safe enough the remaining three Power Five conferences believe that it is indeed safe enough to move forward.

When asked about what is the coolest item that Mack Brown has in his office in North Carolina, he answered the 2005 National Championship Trophy.

The National Championship Trophy that is right over my shoulder that I’m hoping every recruit sees.

Longhorns fans do have fond memories of Mack Brown despite how the relationship ended following the 2013 college football season. Brown led the team to two BCS Championship appearances and one National Championship in 2005. Brown stated that it was Vince Young’s call to run the final play that gave them the late lead.

It was a designed play. It was menu No. 2 because at that time we were going no huddle because it was the end of the game. You had to get the play in very quickly. And I will never for it, it was a place Vince (Young) told us he wanted to run if we got into that situation. Because we said what is your best go to play if we get down to the end and we have got to make a play. So we called it and I will never forget I said look quickly and if they are open throw it. But if not your legs are pretty darn good for five yards. Don’t be hesitant to pull it down and run it.

Mack Brown also discussed why it didn’t work out for Young in the NFL. You can hear the full interview below.

USA Today Ranks The Best 150 College Teams of All-Time

USA Today came out with a list of the best 150 college football teams of all time, the Texas Longhorns appeared seven times.

Another All-Time list, this time it comes from USA Today as they named the top 150 college football teams in history. The Texas Longhorns were well represented on the countdown with seven teams of the 150 listed. Sorry Aggie fans, this list isn’t for you. We will countdown the list starting with the Longhorns team that comes in at 125, the 1977 team.

1977 Texas Longhorns (Number 125)

Mandatory Credit: Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports

The Texas Longhorns in 1977 finished the season with a 11-1 record and a perfect conference record of 8-0. They opened the season at Texas Memorial Stadium beating Boston College 44-0. The team didn’t give up a point until their third game of the year where they beat Rice 72-15. The Longhorns beat Oklahoma in the Red River Shootout, 13-6. The Sooner were ranked number two at the time of the game.

Texas was led by team captain Earl Campbell as they marched towards the Cotton Bowl game where Notre Dame beat them 38-10 for their lone loss of the season.

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ESPN bowl projections: Matchups against historical programs

Currently at 9-3, Texas could end up anywhere this bowl season. ESPN projects the Camping World Bowl and the Alamo Bowl for the Longhorns.

Currently sitting at 9-3, which bowl game the Longhorns will make is still up in the air. They could go as high as the Allstate Sugar Bowl or they could end up as low as the Texas Bowl. According to ESPN’s bowl projections, Texas is somewhere in between there.

Here is a look at where ESPN thinks the Longhorns will be bowling:

First, Kyle Bonagura projects Texas to participate in the Camping World Bowl in Orlando, FL. Since 2015, it has been a bowl game between Big 12 and ACC teams. If the Longhorns were to play in the Camping World Bowl, it would be the first time they would participate in it. What sticks out is their opponent, Notre Dame. Two of the most historic programs of all time, both schools are in the top 10 in all-time wins in NCAA history.

Playing as recent as 2015 and 2016, the Fighting Irish and the Longhorns have played a total of 12 times, with Notre Dame leading the series 9-3. The latest game in 2016 is the infamous “Texas is back folks!” game when Tyrone Swoopes scored a touchdown to beat the No. 10 ranked Irish in Austin, 50-47.

With Mark Schlabach projecting both Oklahoma and Baylor to get spots in a New Year’s Six Bowl game, that would leave the second-best Big 12 bowl game, the Valero Alamo Bowl, open for the Longhorns. Texas has not played in the Alamo Bowl since doing it in back to back seasons in 2012 and 2013 when they played Oregon State and Oregon respectively. Playing Pac 12 opponents, Schlabach says Texas will face the Trojans of USC.

These two teams have a lot of recent history and if they met, would be playing each other for the third year in a row. The Longhorns lost a heartbreaker on the road in 2017, while they beat the Trojans by 23 at home last season.

As usual when talking about Texas and USC, you have to mention the 2006 Rose Bowl game for the National Championship. Widely considered the greatest college football game of all time, Texas fans will be remembering this game for the rest of their lives.

Even if the Longhorns are not able to make the most prestigious bowl game this season, these matchups could still be some fun ones. Especially when you are playing against historical blue blood programs like Notre Dame and USC.

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