The upcoming Tennessee game (12-14-08)

[papabear]

Originally Posted by Mike

. If he had come from any school other than UT, nobody would give a flip about him.

People get entirely to worked up about this kind of thing...Anytime a "local" college player is successful they are going to get extra attention. Throw in the fact that many people had Okam as a first round type pick at one point, and I understand the extra attention he gets. It does get a little ridiculous sometimes, see Vince Young, but people are always going to be interested in the players they cheered for in college. I know a guy who follows the Texans for no other reason than Petey Faggins and Zach Diles were a couple of his favorites from his alma mater K-State...yes even he admits Faggins sucks. There's a lot UT fans in this area. It's going to happen. Any time a Texas college has a high profile player there's going to be a group of people who want the Texans to take them. It doesn't mean it's the right thing, but it's only natural.

I'm about as big a UT fan as anyone. I never wanted Vince. I didn't think Derrick Johnson fit our system at the time. I questioned Charles between the tackles. I thought just about every one of the highly touted Longhorn DB's was over-rated/hyped. I've been as hard on Okam as anyone.