Wouldn't you know, with the Texas Longhorns standing one win from an appearance in the national championship game, Sports Illustrated would go and put star quarterback Vince Young on its cover this week?

SI will be the second national magazine to feature Young on its cover this week, joining ESPN The Magazine. Young also was interviewed on ESPN's popular sports talk show "Pardon the Interruption" on Tuesday.

So will the Longhorns suffer from the SI jinx, joining other high-profile athletes or teams who have gone on to lose huge games the same week Sports Illustrated featured them?

Longhorns offensive coordinator Greg Davis was asked about the jinx after Tuesday's practice and rolled his eyes, saying nothing.

But when reminded that Adrian Peterson ran for 225 yards in Oklahoma's 12-0 victory over Texas in 2004, the same week he was featured on SI's cover, Davis perked up.

"I guess that would be a good thing,'' he said.

Griffin in on 23 stops

After the Longhorn coaches graded the Texas A&M game film, they determined that safety Michael Griffin was in on 23 tackles, making him the most active single-game tackler in the past 13 years.

Linebacker Winfred Tubbs, who had 22 stops back in 1992, previously had the honor.

UT's tackle stats before 1992 aren't that consistent, so it's difficult to know if another Longhorn defender ever had a better day.

The Texas A&M stat crew credited Griffin with 21 tackles immediately after the Longhorns' 40-29 victory Friday afternoon in College Station.

Killebrew not pleased

Sophomore linebacker Robert Killebrew is one of the most intense players on the Texas defense and also one of the most outspoken. Like many of his teammates, Killebrew , who had 10 tackles and two sacks, was not pleased with the team's performance against Texas A&M

"We didn't give (A&M quarterback Stephen McGee) enough credit and respect because we didn't think he could do that to us,'' he said. "It wasn't one of my best games and I want to redeem myself against Colorado."

Killebrew expects a different Buffaloes team than the one that lost 42-17 on Oct. 15 in Austin.

"We'll see a different style of play and more emotion from them,'' he said. "They don't want to be beaten again the way they were beaten at our house.''