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NO UT homers in the entire universe can possibly believe our number 4 ranking, however, we've worked hard many years to earn an automatic high ranking (see USC, ND, OU, etc) and we'll take the win.
WAYYYYY too many holes and weaknesses exposed in this game for 1 thread to totally do it justice.
Positive:
Pass protection is solid.
Negative:
The offensive line has no run blocking capability. At all.
Positive:
Jamaal Charles looks greatly improved, better all around.
Negative:
Texas continues delayed handoffs, zone reads, and handing it to Jamaal while he is standing still looking East or West (STANDING ING STILL!!!!!!! THIS KID RUNS A 4.3 FOR DKR'S SAKE!!!) Greg Davis you have done it again you smug unbending !!!!!
Positive:
Sweed did not seem affected by wrist injury. Nate Jones is very solid.
Negative:
While starting off like he almost ended last season, McCoy got into a very very weird funk, and if it weren't for some clutch catches by Jones, McCoy would have had the worst game of his career, after the Agggggame.
Positive:
I cannot think of any more, especially in regards to the defense. Okam was Okam.
Negative:
It was like we only had one DT, and Orakpo, the undisputed Man to Watch this season, is probably OUT for the season. The linebackers looked as if they had not worked on stopping the run all offseason, and seemed lost in the coverage schemes. The secondary looked EXACTLY ING LIKE LAST YEAR, giving 7 yard cushions for easy short route catching, and we've already seen what our two Five foot Eight Cornerbacks are going to do, as we witnessed several catches in which they had good position, but made no play on the ball due to their size (Mack defends their small size...)
Duane Akina's defense does blitz more, and more creatively, but the timing and execution looked abysmal. What's the point of blitzing every play if it only works 1 out of 8 times and the other 7 times they gain an average of 6 yards? Bogus.
Overall, combined with Jamaal bobbling the ball on his very first carry, we are in for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong season.
Without a doubt the most scary thing about this situation is that we had all our coaches go on record saying we would go away from that stupid bull zone read, delay handofff, most predictable offense in paid sports history bull , and that is exactly what we saw on saturday, save for the three plays they ran out of the I formation.
Long season, brah. Very very long season.
UT is without a doubt on the decline, but its all good if we can pull in a clutch win or two along the way. I personally believe this season is cursed, one way or another, and the Orakpo debacle proves it.
