Texas v. Rice

rather than review the game (although i'll say i love watching jamaal charles run), i am going to rant on our scheduling.

granted, texas did play osu this year and will play them again next year, i am still concerned that playing a cream-puff noncon schedule will not prepare the team for the rigors of conference play. vince young essentially took the night off. our receivers were relegated to blocking duty.

rather than palying bottom dwellers from the sun belt or cusa, i think texas, or any other contender, would benefit from playing bottom dwellers from bcs conferences. the step up in talent would present a greater challenge and i think better prepare them for conference play. the texas offense could use more game experience than ulala or rice could provide. so, i would suggest scheduling teams like arizona, ole miss, maryland, vandy or illinois.

i know that there are any number of factors that dictate playing teams from the houston are or the metroplex. but speaking just in terms of being ready for games at mizzou, against ou, and at a&m, i just don't feel like the games that are scheduled get the team up for conference play.