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From the AP via ESPN:

Wildcats turn tables again on McCoy, No. 7 Longhorns

The Kansas State Wildcats charged toward their purple-clad fans behind the end zone to celebrate, then turned around and left the field flashing downward "Hook'em Horns!" signs.

"Texas who?" shouted Wildcats wide receiver Deon Murphy.

No longer undefeated Texas, that's who.

Kansas State scored three touchdowns on special teams and an interception Saturday and the Wildcats stunned the No. 7 Longhorns 41-21, handing Texas coach Mack Brown his worst home defeat in 10 years.

"We're not the biggest and strongest team in the country," Kansas State coach Ron Prince said. "We had to create some havoc."

More here.

They're calling it an upset, but that's only true by virtue of the fact that the 'Horns were amazingly over rated from the first game of the season. They're saying that Texas was looking past this week's game to next weekend's UT/OU shootout; that may be true, but I don't think that's why they lost. The Longhorns lost because they suck.

The turnovers, the special teams gaffes, their inability to really run the ball, all this indicates that they're just not serious about winning football games. They're a bunch of talented underachievers who might not even beat the Aggies. After today's loss, they'll be lucky to retain a top 25 ranking.

OU lost today, too, which might have excited me if we hadn't blown it against the Wildcats for the second year in a row. I suppose I shouldn't be so hard on Texas--after all, things aren't as bad as the mid 80s when fans were yelling "Fire Fred" from the stands. Still, we now know that Akers' biggest rivals, Oklahoma and Texas A&M, were cheating out the wazoo back then: what's Mack's excuse?

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