Other than Tyrone Swoopes’ struggles, there wasn’t a whole heck of a lot of news coming out of Charlie Strong’s first spring game at Texas.
Well, that and a Longhorn giving a conference rival some serious bulletin board material.
Following the spring game, Steve Edmond was one of several UT players to make an appearance in front of the media. When asked about how Strong can improve the Longhorns’ fortunes from the last couple of years, the linebacker decided to go off on a tangent and aim some rather sharp words directly at the reigning Big 12 champs, Baylor.“We could have won the conference. Even though I didn’t get a chance to play in the Baylor game, I really feel like we should have beat Baylor. I really don’t like Baylor. I still think they’re trash. ...
“I’m mad as I can be. I knew we were a better team than they were. And then … Baylor gets the win and acts like they had never won before. Even in high school, you know how to react when you win a game. It’s not like you never won a game.
“I’m like, ‘They won it, so what?’ They still suck to me.”
Thanks to Oklahoma State’s upset loss to Oklahoma earlier in the day, the Texas-Baylor game Dec. 7 turned into a de facto Big 12 championship game. After playing to a 3-3 tie through the first two quarters of play, the Bears outscored the Longhorns 27-7 the rest of the way to claim the conference title and its first-ever spot in a BCS bowl.
In fact, Baylor has come out on top of Texas in three of the last four meetings, with the only loss in that span coming by six points in Austin in 2012. Perhaps that’s why Edmonds, who missed last year’s loss due to a lacerated liver, reiterated his stance with an “I don’t like Baylor” to conclude his remarks.
Regardless, current and former members of the Baylor football program had a chuckle at Edmond’s bombast.
Steve Edmond mad cause we big 12 champs... He say we suck but who we beat for the big 12 championship?
— Patrick Colbert II (@BUFOOTBALL69) April 19, 2014
And if any of my followers know his twitter account till him we will kick our feet straight through his teeth AGAIN!!
— Patrick Colbert II (@BUFOOTBALL69) April 19, 2014
I love this trash too. pic.twitter.com/WosPbdSTJa
— Troy Baker (@T_Baker75) April 19, 2014
Trash. I love trash. Trashy trash trash. pic.twitter.com/okrp3Kdfvr
— Troy Baker (@T_Baker75) April 19, 2014
Lol to Steve Edmonds comments. Sorry your 4/5 star rating on rivals doesn't translate to you beating Baylor.
— Jordan Najvar (@CoachNajvar) April 19, 2014
Oh, and for those wondering, Baylor and Texas will next meet again Oct. 4 in Austin. Go ahead and grab yourselves some popcorn now as that one’s going to be some fun.