2005 National Champions

Woooooohoooooooo!
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Well, have to add my 2 cents. I remember '63, '70 and all the tribulations since. It's been one full week now and I'm still not recovered. It was the grandest two days and conclusion of a short vacation ever. Went with my son ... biggest fan in a family of Horns. Congratulations to the entire team (everyone contributed), coaches and fans. It's been a great ride and has rejuvenated my enthusiasm for everything about UT.
 
Man, everytime I say 2005 National Champion Texas Longhorns, it gets better saying it everytime.

2005 Big XII champions, 2005 National Champions, and 2006 Rose Bowl Champions, what a year.
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It is hard to put into words for some of us that have waited for so long - a UT National Championship. It was a fun, fantastic and an extraordinary record setting season. Simply amazing. Many monkeys died, many ghosts were banished, many demons exorcised and Craig Curry was thankfully given some level of relief or mercy.

The University of Texas won the 2005 NCAA Football National Championship - undisputed. Our 4th NC - they all were good, but this was perhaps our best since it is the most recent and the most recent many of our fans watched or witnessed.

I rememeber 1963 when I was 10 and how excited my Dad was that season when UT & DKR won the first NC - undisputed. I saw some of the games - I especially remember the CB win over Navy and Roger Staubach 28-6.

I witnessed the 21-17 win over ND on Jan. 1, 1970 with my Dad. It was incredible excitement, bedlam & some felief in the stands at the CB that day. The NCAA 1969 NC - the Longhorn nation experienced an incredible high that lasted for at least a year. The 1970 season was bittersweet for UT - finishing the regular season 10-0, a rematch loss in the CB to ND 1/1/71 resulted in a split NC with Nebraska.

But in 2005, the buildup, the hype, the lack of respect we got, the win over mighty Goliath USC was of epic proportions. You know... the 34 game win streak, two Heisman trophy winners, Pete Carroll genius, the best team of all time, we were 0-4 against them, etc. etc..... USC had been the media darlings for several years. They were the clear favorite to most all in the sports media. This was an incredibly sweet and tasty victory.

With all due respect to past Longhorn legends, I start with Vince Young, THE most incredible athlete to don a UT football uniform IMHO. I am not sure I have ever seen a player for any college team anywhere, take over a game and play consistently the way Vince did. He is one of a kind - we will greatly miss him in 2006.

Next. Vince was not a one man team. He lead and inspired everyone around him, but he had incredible athletes around him on both sides of the ball. ALL of them made key contributions to our 12-0 season and NC victory. They include, but are not limited to (and in no particular order other than running through my memory):

Sweed, Huff, Robison, Harris, Pittman, Thomas, Crowder, Studdard, Wright, Sendlein, C. Giffin, M. Griffin, S. Young, Blalock, Brown, Taylor, Charles, Dibbles, Scott, Crowder, Killabrew, A. Hall, Allen, Bambino, Quan, Ross, Kelson, Miller, Tweedie, Carter, Orakpo, Lokey, Pino, McGee and many others that Took Dead Aim at winning them all.

Several of them have great days ahead in the NFL, some in other walks of life and many return to the defending national championship team.

Last but not least. Mack Brown. A coach that "couldn't win the big one". All that died. It was a record breaking season that resulted in a Big 12 Championship, a berth in the BCS Championship Game and 2005 THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. I am so happy for you & with you Coach Brown. OC Greg Davis had his best year. DC Gene Chizik was key also. He was the architect of a defense that won 2 championships in 2005, and MAYBE... our future HC if he sticks around a few years.

As I said on another thread, it was so sweet to see Vince score with :19 seconds remaining to stick the win in the eye of sports media. A University of Texas National Championship for the ages!
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I left Dallas on January 1 with big dreams. I thought we would do it. This is saying a lot for me. I'm a big time pessimist. But even though the national media was fellating USC left and right, I just didn't think they could stop us.

I was fortunate enough to witness the game in person with my baby sister, who just graduated from UT. It is something I will never forget. If ever I'm down in the dumps, all I have to do is pop in a tape of that game and relive those moments.

To all of the coaches, players, trainers, assistants, and administration involved with the team: Thank you.

I landed at DFW last night after my two week vacation ended, and it finally dawned on me what had happened. I was wearing my national champions t-shirt and was grinning from ear to ear just thinking about what I witnessed. People must have thought I was crazy. Nope. I'm a Longhorn fan. Wait. That may be the same thing.

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Congratulations to all the 2005 Longhorns' players and coaches. You guys were totally awesome in beating a fantastic team on their own field. Thank you for giving us fans such great memories and joy that will last for many years to come.
 
You know, TEXAS just flat-out beat them in old fashion football. Between the goal lines, throwing running tackling, gut-checks, just getting it done! It's so sweet!
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I was watching the NFL division championship games today, and thinking to myself "These are snoozers after seeing the Rose Bowl! I get more excited watching reruns of the NC game than watching live NFL football". Anyone else feel the same way?
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That's right, NATIONAL CHAMPS, baby!
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I don't even bother watching pro football anymore. I've waited 35 years of my 48 year life and I can die now. Thank you Horns for a magical season. Hook 'em!!!!!!!!!!
 
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