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No more miracle QB at Baylor will make them struggle to be a 500 team this year and they are not going to beat Texas. TCU will be a better challenge but by then our offense is hitting all cylinders so I see us winning by two touchdowns on Thanksgiving. The games to worry about are the early season match ups, but I like our chances to go 10-2. This team will get its swagger back and no one is going to want to play us next year or late this year.

I can see Texas winning 10 games in the regular season.

I can also see 7 or 8 because sometimes that's the way the ball bounces.

There are only 2 home games that scare me and they are WVU and TCU.

I bought tickets to the WVU game but won't make it to the TCU game. Out of the 2, I think WVU is the biggest threat.
If we beat OU and WVU there is no way we lose to Baylor or TCU.

The way BU has been recruiting, we cannot afford to lose to BU again for 2-3 yrs.

OU's offense will be interesting to watch this year IMO. Especially if Gardner doesn't make it in (Bester made it in). They have Stills and Metoyer at receiver, and then totally green. Totally green at TE with the exception of the JUCO blocker Brannon Green. They also have Whaley back, and have a JUCO RB Williams that they are high on. I wouldn't be surprised to see them line up with a 2 WRs, a TE (Green), and a FB (Millard), and pound the ball with Whaley, Williams, Clay (scat back), Finch (scat back), and Ross (possible redshirt). That is the clear strength of their offense, as Jones isn't good enough to carry a bunch of green receivers throughout the year while throwing the ball all over the lot.

Man the Baylor love is about to come crashing down!! No way we win seven games. Last two years clouding some judgement.

I think I understand your point, but to be difficult, I have to say that I'd be very surprised if Florence somehow manages 41 wins as a starting qb in 2012, which is his last remaining season.

To be difficult, I think any QB winning 41 games in 2012 would be some kind of record.

I'm sure you get it, but the point is that UT followed VY with an unheralded QB who turned out to be a real winner. Florence showed well when he replaced an injured Griffin last year. He won't have all of the sick weapons that Griffin had, but he will have some excellent tools to work with. I'm not saying that they'll repeat their success of '11, but they could be more than a handful for most defenses. Give them even an average defense and they're dangerous on any given Saturday.

You are usually pretty much down the line with your opinions. All last summer (on hornfans anyway) you said OU would win big. I've seen other post where you're able to take the Crimson and Cream glasses off, so I know you are not just a homer and are capable of rational discussion. Exactly with matchups that he gave Texas the edge in do you disagree with because I think he was pretty accurate. Having said that I know this game is not played on paper. During OU's run of 5 straight, where they made Texas look silly a few times, only 2 of those teams ('00 and '03) were better than Texas 1-53.

We CANNOT drop 3 in a row to Baylor. It simply can't happen.

Florence wasn't impressive the year RG3 was injured. And I wouldn't look too much into a game against an awful Tech defense.

He was a true freshmen that year, and coming in cold and lighting up any defense for a half after two years of mop up duty is impressive.

He may bomb this year, but I doubt it. Briles doesn't recruit duds at QB, and once he gets them on campus he knows how to use them.

I just want us to hammer OU, by 50! That's it. Then I'll be happy.

No wait, we need revenge against Baylor and KSt too.

Oh, and newbies TCU and WV.

Crap, let's just beat them all!