Texas burned by Perrilloux

Originally Published: February 18, 2005

QB Ryan Perrilloux has given Texas fans reason to believe they may be better off without him.

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By Mark Wangrin
Special to ESPN.com

With all due respect to beloved former Texas sports information director Jones Ramsey, who passed away last summer, his oft-repeated quip that there are two sports in Texas -- football and spring football -- is in dire need of a 21st Century revision.

Through the, um, marketplace of ideas that is the Internet, fans in the Lone Star state, and wherever King Football rules, have several new choices to fill the void between those seasons.

Recruiting. Second-guessing recruiting. And, a new favorite for Longhorn fans, rationalizing recruiting.

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