It’s a good day in Texas

Even though it’s a Monday and it’s 103 degrees it has turned out to be a pretty good day here in Texas. That’s because Garrett Gilbert was named the starting QB for the Longhorns which means that Texas could be in for another long season. After living in ACC Basketball country most of my life moving to Texas has taught me one thing, and that’s that Texas football fans are the equivalent of Duke basketball fans. Like Duke, Texas is a hard school to get into, and therefore most Texas fans never actually attended the school nor have relatives that did. The only connection they have to the school is that they are one of over 25 million people that live in this state. Despite this fact burnt orange and longhorns are everywhere. Therefore it was great news to hear that Gilbert will again be the schools starting QB this fall. Gilbert was horrible last year throwing 17 interceptions to only 10 touchdowns. He was a large reason why the Longhorns went 5-7. Gilbert remained the starter all of last season because Texas had no backups that were capable of doing better than an almost two interceptions per touchdown ratio. As the season spiraled out of control Mack Brown could do nothing except sit there and watch it. How you can have the entire state of Texas to recruit from and not have at least one QB who is capable of doing better than Gilbert did last year is mind boggling, but it looks like somehow Mack Brown has now managed to do it two years in a row.