Here is a good article about the UT defense http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn...c.php?t=230329
I don't see us losing to OU with these preseason predictions, which essentially are always based on what the teams look like "On Paper".
Only way we lose to OU with a new quarterback and no APeterson is two words:
Greg.DAVIS.
Seriously though, why DOES THIS GUY STILL HAVE JOB?!?!?!?!?
Yes he's a good QB coach but demote him to ing QB coordinator, for the love of longhorn gods stop letting him call the plays!!!!!
While I agree with you about GD and his game planning and play calling, we both know that as long as Mack is the CEO, Davis will be around as OC.
I know that....so I'm resigned to ing about it on message boards using lots of ?!?!?!??!?!'s
Mack just needs to have a little bit more control. I heard he completely took over during the 2nd half of the OU game, GD still didn't trust colt that far into the season. Mack wanted to throw deep and GD didn't.
I hope they use Sherrod Harris a lot this season, I don't want to see this shotgun bull if they aren't going to let Colt make the decision to run. Charles better only come out when he is gasping for air aswell.
GD is the worst offensive coordinator in college football. With the weapons on that team they could literally go to a local Austin High School, like say LBJ or Westlake, pull an offensive coach off the squad, and he'd call a better game than GD. I never knew the timing for a shovel pass or quick hitch to a WR could be so bad until I watched a GD called game. The damn corner could be up in Sweed's (or Roy Williams circa 2003) jock and GD would call the hitch.
I have 3 main worries that could kill us going into the season:
1) Greg Davis
2) Charles actually being able to hold onto the ball
3) Secondary, namely CB
As for Oklahoma - there is no concievable way they should win the shootout this year with a half for QB and no Peterson. I agree with CBF - Greg Davis could be the Achillies' heel with a lucky OU arrow hitting it.
I hope our defense can stay healthy, MLB44(huge brain fart on his name, to lazy to look up) was the only LB who didn't miss significant time. Killebrew broke his arm, kindle and kelson were injured most of preseason with bad ankles.
We were mainly just unlucky last year, unlike 2005 where we didn't have many significant injuries. I can think of 3 off the top of my head from 2006(lokey, killebrew, dockery all had season ending injuries).
I've actually almost made myself forget about our fumbling troubles. Jesus christ texas sucks. How hard is it to hold the ball close to your body?
Jamaal almost fumbled a huge one for us back in the rose bowl, although it was a catch not a handoff.
^Agree that GD sucks as an OC, but as long as Mack is the head coach then we've got to deal with GD. Although from what I've heard Mack has taken a more hands on approach to offensive play calls, and I think that is a VERY good thing.
I also think the offense has the potential to be truly dominant this season, as long as the O line can come together. The WR depth is amazing, 4 deep you're looking at L. Sweed, Q. Cosby, B. Pittman, and J. Shipley. And then you've got guys like N. Jones, M. Weber, M. Williams waiting in the wings. Add in J. Finley at TE and you can basically throw the ball anywhere on the field.
I also expect J. Charles to have a big year, he's put on muscle and from all reports I've read has lost none of his speed. I also expect my dark horse, C. Ogbannaya to make some plays from the backfield this season. He's got a good burst and goes about 225lbs, should be much better than Melton-who was a complete bust at RB.
Sept. 1, 2007 North Texas W 31-0
Sept. 8, 2007 Miami-FL W 17-7
Sept. 15, 2007 Utah State W 38-0
Sept. 21, 2007 at Tulsa W 31-14
Sept. 29, 2007 at Colorado W 27-14
Oct. 6, 2007 at Texas (in Dallas) L 14-20
Oct. 13, 2007 Missouri W 24-17
Oct. 20, 2007 at Iowa State W 27-10
Nov. 3, 2007 Texas A&M W 38-7
Nov. 10, 2007 Baylor W 31-21
Nov. 17, 2007 at Texas Tech W 27-24
Nov. 24, 2007 OK State W 30-20
Overall: 11-1, 7-1 in Big 12, On to Big 12 le Game after UT stumbles like last year, and to a BCS game.
I think that early in the season, OU's offense won't be able to hang with UT but it will be much closer than some expect. OU will have success running the ball in the first half but inexperience at QB in the second half will be their downfall.
Last edited by scott; 07-04-2007 at 09:06 PM.
Shipley strained his hamstring yet again and look for him to probably miss alot of games again this year.
Typical.
Mookie says the guy to look for at tailback this year is Vondrell McGee. But I doubt he's worth a . Texas loves to ignore recruiting amazing game changing runningbacks now, and I'm sure running out of shotgun and getting roughly 2.6 yards per carry as a team led a bunch of young RBs to avoid our team like the plague.
Vondrell McGee is 2nd on the depth chart right now, Charles will no doubt get most of the carries, they better not do this subbing bull like last year.
And you should change your name to Jorvorskielooms
He does loom...dumb fat bumblin sumblin aggie
he looks like he ate 14 bigmacs a day as a kid and by sheer genetics alone turned all the calories into explosive quick muscle.
The run stoppage was there because the secondary was up at the line helping. The top 2 tacklers last season were from the secondary, that is not a good thing. But also like you said the linebackers were to slow to get out and cover the pass, the corners were always in man coverage. The secondary has 2 first round draft picks, and possible could of been a 3rd high pick if Brown didn't go and smoke pot.
^I don't doubt we'll see some of V. McGee, and he was a big time recruit coming out of HS. But from all indications it's J. Charle's time to shine at RB, he'll get plenty of carries and needs to be a workhorse for us to win. There has been some 'talk' in UT cirlces that J. Charles needs to be more tough game to game, not ask out of games because he got dinged up a little. It's D1 football, ya know? You're going to get hit hard running the ball in the Big XII, and hit often. I just hope J. Charles is ready to deal with that.
As for Shipley, don't worry CBF, he'll be ready by the time 2-a-days start in August, I'm expecting him to have a solid year at WR. I would also like to see Bobino lose his job to S. Kindle. Can you imagine Muckleroy, Kindle and Derry starting at the LB spots? NICE.
Derry was exposed last season IMO, way too slow, he got smegmalized by Tech, Nebraska, and KState's passing attack
Muckleroy is one of the quickest LB's we have, hopefully he stays healthy the whole season.
Derry was never unexposed. I really don't blame him for getting blown up in the Tech game, I was at the game and ready to go on the field and ready to kick the d-cord in the nuts. There is no way you are gonna stop Tech running the 4-3 unless one of those linebackers is Kindle or Kelson since they have decent speed.
I think Charles will do that, he said during the spring how much he hated splitting carries and having to come out every 5 or 6 snaps. He could never get in a rhythm. Hopefully they go under center more, something the entire team wanted to do more. If they don't they better let Colt make the decision to either hand off or run, something they didn't let him do last year.^I don't doubt we'll see some of V. McGee, and he was a big time recruit coming out of HS. But from all indications it's J. Charle's time to shine at RB, he'll get plenty of carries and needs to be a workhorse for us to win. There has been some 'talk' in UT cirlces that J. Charles needs to be more tough game to game, not ask out of games because he got dinged up a little. It's D1 football, ya know? You're going to get hit hard running the ball in the Big XII, and hit often. I just hope J. Charles is ready to deal with that.
As for Shipley, don't worry CBF, he'll be ready by the time 2-a-days start in August, I'm expecting him to have a solid year at WR. I would also like to see Bobino lose his job to S. Kindle. Can you imagine Muckleroy, Kindle and Derry starting at the LB spots? NICE.
Word.
I don't want to see Colt run the ball. Only as a last result on broken plays, and that is it. After seeing what one good hit did to him last season we should not risk letting him run as part of our offense. Ever. Again.
Sherrod won't pull a Snead on us and make himself look like Matt Leinart's heir for College Footballs Greatest , but he wont be ready to handle game after game if Colt goes down.
Sept. 1, 2007 North Texas W 31-0
Sept. 8, 2007 Miami-FL W 17-7
Sept. 15, 2007 Utah State W 38-0
Sept. 21, 2007 at Tulsa W 31-14
Sept. 29, 2007 at Colorado W 27-14
Oct. 6, 2007 at Texas (in Dallas) L 14-20
Oct. 13, 2007 Missouri W 24-17
Oct. 20, 2007 at Iowa State W 27-10
Nov. 3, 2007 Texas A&M W 38-7
Nov. 10, 2007 Baylor W 31-21
Nov. 17, 2007 at Texas Tech W 27-24
Overall: 11-1, 7-1 in Big 12, On to Big 12 le Game after UT stumbles like last year, and to a BCS game.
I think that early in the season, OU's offense won't be able to hang with UT but it will be much closer than some expect. OU will have success running the ball in the first half but inexperience at QB in the second half will be their downfall.
Nov. 24, 2007 OK State
Oh corso, something tells me CORSO is on his way to getting another bill gates signature CORSO!
Now that he has gained 15 lbs of muscle I wouldn't mind seeing some designed runs, just as long as he has blockers infront of him.
They better get Harris time at QB, he will revitalize our offense if they let him run the QB choice plays out of shotgun that VY did so well and colt sucked on.
I know this sounds dumb, but I would love to see Coly and Sherrod on the field at the same time with another RB out of shotgun. Colt in the middle the the RB and Harris on either side. They could either hike it right to colt for a precision pass, or straight to harris for an option. Or to colt who hands it off to Harris and then runs with the RB on an option. Or to keep the defense guessing hands the ball off and Harris passes.
Yeah the possibilities are endless for a competent offensive coordinator, but therein lies the futility.
I think Scott's prediction is almost dead-on, since he didn't include any predictions regarding a loss to Okie State, which I think will beat both UT and OU this year.
Yeah, I've bought into the hype. The Pokes are for real. Problem is, they chose a bad year to break out. Have you seen their sked? Us Orangebloods (and the Sooner faithful) are going to write them off since they should be carrying three losses into the Texas game, but OSU has to go to Athens, to College Station, and to Lincoln before they get the Horns at home.
I didn't even bother including 2006 bowl teams like Troy (on the road) and Tech, because the Cowboys should dispose of each easily.
As for the Horns, I'm thinking 10-2 with losses to Okie State and Nebraska.
Arkansas State (W, 51-17)
TCU (W, 16-7)
@Central Florida (W, 45-10)
Rice (W, 35-17)
Kansas State (W, 44-17)
OU (W, 27-13)
@Iowa State (W, 31-20)
@Baylor (W, 41-23)
Nebraska (L, 16-10)
@Okie State (L, 38-31)
Tech (W, 38-21)
@A&M (W, 17-6)
I do not see any home losses this year, that is the only thing I can say based 'on paper' analysis.
OU is always going to come to play and will be a coaching victory more than anything, and A&M will be swirling towels and spraying maroon flavoured into the stands, not unlike a gwar concert, enciting their fans to a highly decibilized frenzy, I never really thought about OSU as a threat, but its possible.
Whoops... I fixed it.
scott i trust our annual sig bet will remain valid for 2007 red river shootout?
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