The father of former Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert would like everyone to know that his son was not to blame for the Longhorns' 5-7 record in 2010.

Speaking with the Dallas Morning News recently, Gale Gilbert had some unflattering words for the team that Garrett played on in 2010. 

"It was a bad team anyway," Gale said. "You could have put John Elway in at quarterback and it wasn't going to be pretty. I'm proud of the way Garrett handled himself. He showed great perseverance putting up with what he had to deal with here in Austin."

Garrett is now at SMU where Gale believes June Jones will turn his son's career around. Garrett could probably take some of the blame for Texas' struggles in 2010. Remember Gale, your boy did throw 17 interceptions and only 10 touchdowns that season. Garrett was injured two games into the 2011 season when he got off to another rocky start, completing 15 of 31 passes with one touchdown and two interceptions.

To his credit, Garrett did not throw any stones unlike his old man.

"It was definitely a learning process down there, facing that adversity, but you have to go through that kind of stuff," Garrett told the Morning News. "Now that I'm here, I don't look back on it negatively; I look back on it and say, 'What can I learn from it?'"

Now that's mature.

Gale might have had a point -- other than the Elway nonsense -- as the Longhorns' talent wasn't as other-worldly in 2010 as it has typically been in past seasons. Yes, it was a down year and his son took a lot of the blame. But let's not act like the Longhorns were starving for talent. Their defense still led the Big 12 in total defense and was fifth in scoring defense. As for the offense, Texas didn't have much of a running game and the pressure was on Garrett. 

That's all the in the past now. Young Mr. Gilbert isn't looking back and his father should take note. It's probably best to focus on the future and let his son prove his talent at SMU.

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