I’m getting really tired of everyone saying that Vince Young has never been through adversity. The guy was hounded at Texas for a year and a half. For those of you who make blanket statements about players like Vince Young, but know absolutely zero about the past, maybe you should check your facts before you post on that person. Vince played his RS Freshman year and was not great to say the least. Texas played Washington State in a Bowl Game and was BENCHED!!!! at halftime for Chance Mock. The entire offseason the local paper, www.statesman.com, railed that he should be moved to WR. Oh, excuse me, they didn’t rail, they used the “journalistic” trick of saying “Some Insiders Say Vince should be moved to WR”, clever journalists with their “Journalism” degrees.

Your post was positive, so I aplogize Beans for replying so forcefully. This is a MYTH about Vince, plain and simple. Like Tennessee, Alabama, and other big time football schools, the entire city and sports radio, paper etc. is built around Texas Football. Vince was trounced non-stop (not as bad as Simms was trounced). He was booed—-oh yeah Titans fans, he’s been booed before, by us devoted Texas fans. Mid season his RF Soph year he went something like 3-12 passing, either against Kansas or Missouri, the exact game escapes me. There were MAJOR doubts, out loud, among huge portions of the Loud (and wealthy) boosters up until he got off against Michigan in the Rose Bowl.

So for posters who spread this myth (including Peter King at SI) Please, I’m begging you, quit saying things that are not true, it ruins the discussion and is very embarrassing.