Which program becomes the second program to win their 1,000th game?

[StPaulHusker]

A lot can happen in 15 years but Texas is going the wrong way right now so I can see us get there before them. It will be interesting to see if ND can keep up their resurgence after several down years - I vote no. That would put us in very good position to be #2. I don't think (hope) that tOSU, OU or even Bama can make up 20+ wins on us in that time...

They just won 9 games, 8 the season before, 5 the one before that. How are they going in the wrong direction? They are back to where we are...with a much higher ceiling. And they only got blown out once in 2012. I guess we've closed the gap on them the last few years - but that does nothing to make up for how much they widened the gap over the previous 6-7.

Depends on how they do this season. If they have a bad season Mack Brown is good as gone. He is under a ton of heat....a lot more than Bo is here. A lot of Texas fans and boosters were not happy with their last recruiting class.

Regardless of the pressure on Mack Brown, Texas will get to 1,000 wins before NU. They got to 800 almost a full season before NU. NU would have to average AT LEAST one more win over the next 10 years just to tie them. Then would have to beat them in wins almost every year moving forward from there to get to #2. Big hill to climb.

Texas is only 10 ahead of Nebraska, and we've gained 7 games on them in the past 3 seasons alone. I dont see it as difficult as we're making it out to be.

Since 2000, they have 28 more wins than NU. I'm not saying it can't be done. I just don't see it happening. Texas brass will not let their program turn to crap.

 

[walksalone]

Depends on how they do this season. If they have a bad season Mack Brown is good as gone. He is under a ton of heat....a lot more than Bo is here. A lot of Texas fans and boosters were not happy with their last recruiting class.

 

[zoogs]

5. Mack Brown is old and he will be fired soon.

That's the best thing that could happen to Texas. Mack is a Made Man in Austin for some reason, but once they get smart and axe him, presuming they hire a good coach, not a figurehead, they should take off to the stratosphere.

Of course, the history of Texas is one of underachievement, so maybe they do that again. Hard to say.

I understand they've fallen on some hard times lately, but didn't Mack take a previously struggling program to the stratosphere (however 'brief'-ish-ly?)

I'm not that up to date on my Texas history granted. I just see Mack frequently get negatively grades and I'm just curious as to some of the reasons for it.

 

[nebraskafaninwi]

5. Mack Brown is old and he will be fired soon.

That's the best thing that could happen to Texas. Mack is a Made Man in Austin for some reason, but once they get smart and axe him, presuming they hire a good coach, not a figurehead, they should take off to the stratosphere.

Of course, the history of Texas is one of underachievement, so maybe they do that again. Hard to say.

I understand they've fallen on some hard times lately, but didn't Mack take a previously struggling program to the stratosphere (however 'brief'-ish-ly?)

I'm not that up to date on my Texas history granted. I just see Mack frequently get negatively grades and I'm just curious as to some of the reasons for it.

There is a Texas fan on the Ohio State Scout forum that explained all of this. I will search for the info tonight. If memory serves, a lot of it came down to recruiting misses (bad recruiting), poor assistant hires and the like.

 

[kchusker_chris]

5. Mack Brown is old and he will be fired soon.

That's the best thing that could happen to Texas. Mack is a Made Man in Austin for some reason, but once they get smart and axe him, presuming they hire a good coach, not a figurehead, they should take off to the stratosphere.

Of course, the history of Texas is one of underachievement, so maybe they do that again. Hard to say.

I understand they've fallen on some hard times lately, but didn't Mack take a previously struggling program to the stratosphere (however 'brief'-ish-ly?)

I'm not that up to date on my Texas history granted. I just see Mack frequently get negatively grades and I'm just curious as to some of the reasons for it.

There is a Texas fan on the Ohio State Scout forum that explained all of this. I will search for the info tonight. If memory serves, a lot of it came down to recruiting misses (bad recruiting), poor assistant hires and the like.

Why can't you ever provide the info, instead of saying it exists and never posting anything after?

Mack has 1 big recruiting miss...Garret Gilbert. We've had plenty of those at the QB spot. Every team does. If you miss there, you win 8 games a couple years in a row instead of 11. And there were very few poor assistant hires - in fact his assistant hires were maybe too good - because he was turning them over to SEC coordinator and HC jobs on a near yearly basis.

 

[nebraskafaninwi]

5. Mack Brown is old and he will be fired soon.

That's the best thing that could happen to Texas. Mack is a Made Man in Austin for some reason, but once they get smart and axe him, presuming they hire a good coach, not a figurehead, they should take off to the stratosphere.

Of course, the history of Texas is one of underachievement, so maybe they do that again. Hard to say.

I understand they've fallen on some hard times lately, but didn't Mack take a previously struggling program to the stratosphere (however 'brief'-ish-ly?)

I'm not that up to date on my Texas history granted. I just see Mack frequently get negatively grades and I'm just curious as to some of the reasons for it.

There is a Texas fan on the Ohio State Scout forum that explained all of this. I will search for the info tonight. If memory serves, a lot of it came down to recruiting misses (bad recruiting), poor assistant hires and the like.

Why can't you every provide the info, instead of saying it exists and never posting anything after?

Mack has 1 big recruiting miss...Garret Gilbert. We've had plenty of those at the QB spot. Every team does. If you miss there, you win 8 games a couple years in a row instead of 11. And there were very few poor assistant hires - in fact his assistant hires were maybe too good - because he was turning them over to SEC coordinator and HC jobs on a near yearly basis.

Simple, if I could remember who the recruit was I could easily bring up the article.

 

[kchusker_chris]

Why can't you every provide the info, instead of saying it exists and never posting anything after?

Mack has 1 big recruiting miss...Garret Gilbert. We've had plenty of those at the QB spot. Every team does. If you miss there, you win 8 games a couple years in a row instead of 11. And there were very few poor assistant hires - in fact his assistant hires were maybe too good - because he was turning them over to SEC coordinator and HC jobs on a near yearly basis.

Simple, if I could remember who the recruit was I could easily bring up the article.

So when you're ignorant of the subject just keep your mouth shut.

 

[HuskerNationNick]

Simple, if I could remember who the recruit was I could easily bring up the article.

So when you're ignorant of the subject just keep your mouth shut.

 

[nebraskafaninwi]

Why can't you every provide the info, instead of saying it exists and never posting anything after?

Mack has 1 big recruiting miss...Garret Gilbert. We've had plenty of those at the QB spot. Every team does. If you miss there, you win 8 games a couple years in a row instead of 11. And there were very few poor assistant hires - in fact his assistant hires were maybe too good - because he was turning them over to SEC coordinator and HC jobs on a near yearly basis.

Simple, if I could remember who the recruit was I could easily bring up the article.

So when you're ignorant of the subject just keep your mouth shut.

I will just let the mods take care of this.

 

[kchusker_chris]

I will just let the mods take care of this.

 

[HuskerNationNick]

I will just let the mods take care of this.

 

[In the Deed the Glory]

DONU will go no higher than 3rd. Michigan is going to be first, then Texas. That Michigan lead is monstrous.

 

[Count 'Bility]

With the talent Texas has at their disposal year after year, anything less than conference championships can be interpretted as the entire recruiting class(es) being one giant miss.

Or the coach is just a complete, overrated idiot.

 

[Landlord]

Mack Brown got lucky, in my opinion. Entered into the program with all the momentum in the world - a new conference, an enormous upset to win the inaugural conference championship, etc., and took advantage of it, turning it into a snowball.

His first six seasons were only a hair more impressive than Bo's current resume as a head coach. Then Vince Young happened.

I can't tell if he got lazy over time, or always was, but the prevailing Texas attitude has always been that they are already superior to everyone else. This leads them to think they can get away with taking all the best high school kids (on paper, not necessarily from thorough evaulation) from their state and their state only and they'll magically produce results.

 

[Count 'Bility]

Mack Brown got lucky, in my opinion. Entered into the program with all the momentum in the world - a new conference, an enormous upset to win the inaugural conference championship, etc., and took advantage of it, turning it into a snowball.

His first six seasons were only a hair more impressive than Bo's current resume as a head coach. Then Vince Young happened.

I can't tell if he got lazy over time, or always was, but the prevailing Texas attitude has always been that they are already superior to everyone else. This leads them to think they can get away with taking all the best high school kids (on paper, not necessarily from thorough evaulation) from their state and their state only and they'll magically produce results.

I disagree with the bold. Mack Brown entered a situation similar to what Bo did. Texas had a losing record (4-7?) in 1997. It's what was the axe for Mackovic.