This board has been like a ghost town this week. It probably has nothing to do with the fact that there hasn’t been a new article since the Big XII championship at half-filled Reliant Stadium in Houston Texas.
There is plenty to be said about why the Buffs lost 29-7 in Houston. The absence of Chris Brown and Bobby Purify from the lineup had plenty to do with it. Sure Pat Brougham missing 3 field goals had a role. Robert Hodge’s inability to complete a pass, I’d buy that. Katfish thinks it was telegraphing our plays by only putting Bobby Purify in the game when we were going to pass. Perhaps it was the fact that we never threw the ball downfield. Barnett might say it was the inability to convert in the red zone. Or maybe it was because our heralded offensive coordinator Shawn Watson never even considered using Marcus Houston in the game. All of these played a role in our defeat.
What I saw from my seat on the 30 yard line at Reliant was a lack of intensity. The fire that was there when we tore up UCLA and KState was missing. Everytime we missed a field goal, our team deflated. Everytime Mariscal was on the field our heads lowered. Even after we were primed to go up 14-13 in the game after we stopped OU with a 3 and out in the third, our team didn’t respond. We went through the motions, and no team will ever win a championship that way.
The Buffaloes impressed me as a team this year overcoming plenty of adversity as the saying goes. I enjoyed watching this team dig deep to find ways to win games throughout the season (USC excepted). That was missing in Houston. Let’s bring it to San Antonio.

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