We are the trendy "Upset Special"

Stewart Mandel and Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated both forecast a Tech win Saturday night, as does Bruce Feldman of ESPN, and so it seems the trendy upset pick among the national media is that Texas is ripe for an upset in Lubbock.

Not that the team needed any extra motivation, but these little nuggets of disrespect will surely provide extra motivation for the Horns, particularly the defense, and our extra dose of Bill in Sinton style "focusness" is the reason I predicted on our podcast that we hold the Red Raiders to 10 points. 21-10 Texas. Zack is going with a more typical UT-Tech scoreline in his 30-20 UT win prognostication. What does everyone think? Post your score in the comments section and we'll give an on-air shout-out (or props, if you prefer) in our Saturday night postgame podcast to the closest guess. Winner wins nothing.

Finally, I'm sure the Horns are shivering in their cleats at the prospect of the "Silent Scare" the Tech fans are evidently concocting. This sounds like possibly the dumbest idea of all time, or at least a close second behind the tradition of throwing tortillas on the field after a score (congratulations Tech, you're running first and second in the dumbest ideas of all time rankings). But seriously, is that high school stadium going to attempt to use silence as a psyche-out ploy? Is Gilbert supposed to get rattled when he gets under center and hears only swirling funnels of distant sandstorms? I just don't get the "Silent Scare," but I really hope they go through with it because it would be awesome to hear only the Longhorn band and a chorus of Texas Fight from our road fans.