Two observations.
a) Winston is yet one more example of dynamic playmaker that Mack looked over b/c he did not want that person to be a QB at UT but yet the player wanted to go (JFF and RGIII being other notable examples) but yet they continue to struggle at the position with underachievers. Clearly with Snead, Gilbert, Ash, McCoy younger, etc. something is wrong with whoever is evaluating talent at that position.
b) Beware of Media...it is about ratings and celebrity. Do your own research on stories that matter to you......The storyline for A&M game was going to be about JFF and that was it. Anyone who saw the game and watched it had nothing but praise for Rice. I have had countless interactions at game, after game, emails, texts, etc. about how good Rice looked. Media coverage of game was 'JFF scores on 4 of 5 possessions and gets benched' even though anyone who watched it knows the storyline was nothing like that. Strangely, that is the media coverage by pretty much all outlets...not just the Worldwide Leader. Makes you pretty scary to see power of media to manipulate things that really matter w/ world events..
A bit of a tangent but relevant to the point...I unfortunately witnessed a horrible accident in NYC a couple weeks ago. The story and all headlines were 'Dr. Oz saves patient' Example here...
http://fox13now.com/2013/08/20/dr-oz-rus...york-taxi/
I was physically there (very gruesome to see girl get leg cut off) and Dr. Oz showed-up after police, paramedics, etc. were on scene. He was not part of anything other than the photo opps but yet media story is not about the cab driver who was nuts, the girl, hero plumber who saved her life, etc....it is about celebrity. That is what the media and news is today.
JFF running/throwing/pointing fingers at opposing team/ turns on televisions, online websites, social media (e.g. more things about Elders tweet and Winston's girlfriend than game), etc. and that is what matters as people want to digest soundbytes and celebrity...
Bottom line...A&M beating Rice in a closer than the experts think game is not going to drive ratings like a JFF story...