The Wee Democracy

You know, for someone who went to UT, i think i hate longhorn football more than any other sport out there.

which is not to say that i hate football, or even the longhorns. but to love their team is to be in a sadomasochistic relationship. and you must understand that all criticisms i heap upon them (and believe me, they are a-plenty) are based on a bittersweet love for the team.

they are, as much as i love them, THE most consistently overrated team in the five years i've followed college football. which is not to say that i'm some kind of connoiseur, or even someone who's opinion is, what is known in some circles, as "well informed". it is merely the opinion of a young boy who believes that his team is good, but is perhaps the victim of misappropriated expectations. we are such a big football school we must force ourselves to believe that we are in the top tier of college football.

but, as i type, we are in the midst of being shown great football by an unranked arkansas team. i see our defense fucking up one-armed tackles, letting their running backs and quarterback escape with a little hug instead of a big hunk of black manflesh flying at them with the momentum of a drug addled locomotive.

we are currently ranked no. 6 (or somewhere thereabouts depending on which poll you read). last year i believe we were ranked somewhere in the top 5 at the preseason. and i must ask -- based on WHAT?? we haven't won a truly big game in over three years. we haven't beat OU since i was a freshman (the debacle and subsequent illness that marred the road trip in my sophomore year ruined any future desire to see the games live - and i must tell you, that i am apparently not missing much) so i want to know, is it merely potential and expectation that leads these ignorant-ass pollsters to give us such high rankings?

for if it is, then that is a detriment to the football team. we THINK we have the ability to justify those expectations, and we labor under the delusion that we do. however, i have only been witness to the numerous occasions when we have, to date, not.



feeling: disappointment, as only a parent can know about his failure of a child
thinking of: banging eliza dushku
song of the day: the seeker - the who