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It’s just like 2005 all over again. We now can look forward to a month of talking heads and sportswriters and reporters talking the Longhorns down, saying they don’t deserve to be in the National Championship Game, claiming we have no chance to defeat Alabama, a team the folks at CBS and ESPN will do their dead level best to build up to be one of the greatest teams of all time.
We’ll get to watch next week as Mark Ingram is given the Heisman over Colt McCoy, and observe as he is hyped endlessly as the second coming of Emmitt Smith. Destiny, it will be constantly repeated, is with the Crimson Tide, with only a weak and undeserving Texas team standing in the way, now that His Eminence, The Tebow has been vanquished to an also-ran BCS bowl.
Texas will be established as a 6 or 7 point underdog early this week, and the wizards of sports punditry will marvel that the line is not one of double digit variety. After all, they’ll say, the Longhorns were lucky to beat a 3-loss Nebraska team – how can they hope to even stay on the same field with the Crimson beasts from the vaunted SEC? Columns and monologues assuming an Alabama victory will be written well in advance of the game actually being played, and the sports intelligensia who run ESPN will make plans to install Nick Saban as the latest, greatest coach who ever was, and ever will be.
This is what the Longhorn team and its fans face after winning a squeaker over the Children of the Corn at Jerry World on Saturday night. Frankly, that’s most likely not a bad thing for this team. After all, these guys went into the Big 12 Championship Game as a heavy favorite, expecting a big win over an inferior opponent, and barely escaped with their football lives still intact. Maybe a month of being downgraded and criticized will serve to piss them off and get them into the same frame of mind that the 2005 Longhorns took into their game with Southern Cal, at team the sports punditry billed as perhaps the greatest team ever to take the collegiate gridiron.
Saturday’s performance was not pretty. The defense was pure greatness, but the offense and special teams stunk the new Cowboys’ Stadium up to the point that Jerry Jones probably ordered the place to be fumigated this morning.
This is Bart, clearing the stench out of Jerry World.
But when all was said and done, the 2009 Texas Longhorns were 13-0, and Big 12 Conference Champions for the second time in five seasons. They didn’t cover the 14 point spread, which was absurdly high to begin with, but it wasn’t about covering spreads. It was about winning, and one point was all it took, even if the team had to get it by adding 1 second back onto the game clock which had erroneously been allowed to expire.
When the game was over, the vacuous sideline reporter asked Mack Brown about the lack of style points for the Longhorns in this game. Mack appropriately responded that style doesn’t matter – Texas won the game and will play Alabama for the national championship January 7 in Pasadena.
The Longhorns’ home away from home.
See you all there.
Let’s go to the Good, Bad and Ugly:
Ugly – Pop Warner pass scheme. Everything is a hook or stop route – we can’t run afreaking slant? How hard is that? We still have no hot reads other than a hook or a stop? Come on.
The spirit of Pop was alive and well in the Texas coaching booth on Saturday.
Ugly – another game for which Greg Davis showed up with no discernible game plan to attack the specific defense we are playing. Where are the screens? Draws? Play action? Anything at all to limit the pass rush? The “running” game actually functioned decently early, but Davis would not stick with it. Horrible, nonsense game plan, if there was a plan at all. Seriously – you have 10 days to prepare, and this shit is what you come up with? Maddening.
Ugly – the Texas “running” game. Yet again, in a championship situation without Vince Young, our offense generates squat on the ground. 38 attempts, 18 yards. It was like a replay of our games with OU in the early part of this decade. What a horrible place to regress to, and a terrible time to do it.
Good – the Nebraska DL. Suh is a monster, Turner and Crick are also outstanding players. Suh just terrorized Huey all night – why not double up on him, like every other team they played did? Then again, when Hall and Huey did double up on him early in the 3rd, he just shrugged them off like a horse swatting away flies, and brutalized Colt. Unreal. Suh is easily the best football player in the country, in my opinion. Easily.
Ugly – offensive offensive line play. Neither OL had the slightest capability of coping with the opposing DL. Colt and Lee were lucky to escape the game still breathing.
Ugly – the Texas OL. End of every play – we have 3 Ols standing around looking confused. McWhorter cannot retire soon enough. We gave up 9 sacks – the OL coach should be ashamed of that performance, I don’t give a shit who the opponent was. Shameful.
Good – the Texas DL. We end up with just one sack, but Kindle and Acho were running free most of the night. Houston and the other tackles plugged the middle extremely well, allowing bascially no running room at all. As bad as our OL looked, NU’s was no better.
Good – the rest of the Texas defense. Muschamp’s boys were pure greatness in every aspect of their game. The secondary was just nails all night.
Good and Bad – the WRs. Williams is the only WR fighting to get open, and strong enough to get off the LOS against the press. The big guy came up huge in the 4th quarter. Shipley managed to be the game’s leading receiver despite being doubled up on most every play. Kirkendoll was nothing but a liability all night long.
Bad - Colt repeatedly runs out of bounds for a loss rather than dump the ball. That has to stop. Winning has to take priority over completion percentage.
Bad – Musberger and Herbstreit openly rooting for a Nebraska win throughout the game. They repeatedly admitted celebrating whenever Nebraska managed to accumulate one of its 5 first downs on the night. I realize that these guys do not dislike Texas, and were just hoping for something interesting to finally happen to the BCS rankings in this most boring of seasons, but it was still annoying and frankly unseemly for them to be so open about their preference for a winner in this game, or any game for that matter.
Ugly – Kickoff/punt coverages were uniformly dismal all night. Returns were nonexistent for the most part. We get a punt blocked to boot. At this point, our special teams are a festering sore after having been a real strength for much of the year.
Ugly – Officiating. Tom Walker’s crew normally calls a good game, but they were pathetic in this one. Pass Interference in the end zone against NU – play starts at the 19, and the officials spot the ball at the freaking 4 yardline??? What the hell??? Walker even announced it would be placed on the 2, and then marked off a 15 yard penalty instead. Also, horrible chop block call against us early in the 3rd quarter – not remotely a chop block, just a simple cut. If that’s a penalty, we have no chance. Horrible PI call goes in our favor in the 3rd quarter – just an unreal call. Not even close to a penalty. Terrible call putting us at the 1 yardline when Goodwin’s knee touched on the kickoff return – Goodwin clearly did not have possession of the ball, and of course, no review of one of the key plays of the entire game. Putting the second back on the clock at the end was the right call, but all in all, not a good night for Big 12 officialdom.
Good - Really nice block by Cody Johnson on the TD run. He misses that block, we do not score a TD all night.
Bad – Any hope for the Heisman was gone with 2 INTs six minutes into the game.
Ugly – Texas clock management – or I should say, non-management. First half: 3rd and 7, 1:20 left, ball on NU 29 – why did we not call timeout? We had 3. Horrible clock management. We get the ball back with 43 seconds instead of 1:10, and time runs out on us as we were moving into FG position. Clock management at the end of the game was also laughable.
Good – thank God for Hunter Lawrence.
Badass of the week, for more reasons than one.
Special Teams Player of the Game – Hunter Lawrence. No one else even deserves consideration on what was an atrocious night for this aspect of the team.
Defensive Player of the Game – I can’t pick one. The entire unit deserves the honor here. I realize Nebraska’s offense is mediocre, but when your defense has given up just 5 first downs and 106 yards to a 9-3, nationally-ranked football team, every player has done his job.
Offensive Player of the Game – Hell, I don’t know. Tre’ Newton and Malcolm Williams worked their asses off and produced valuable plays in a mindless scheme when it mattered, so I’ll go with them.
Congratulations to the coaches and the team on the completion of another great, undefeated – and most importantly – championship season.
Hardware is what counts.
It’s been one hell of a ride.
On to Pasadena.
Hook ‘em!!!
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 13 hours, 26 minutes ago
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Trips write up pre and post better then the game plan and O schemes.
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 14 hours, 46 minutes ago
I wasn’t trying to say they quit. They just didn’t play hard a lot of the time. Lazy = lack of effort. Example, our transition defense was about 75% effort and 25% stupidity. We loafed down court a lot. The kids didn’t like to lose so they would fight back,
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This the most disappointing team because our talent level is higher than those others.
The DGib/Buckman team was the least talented, barely, after the injury to LaMarcus and Tucker’s suspension.
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Agreed on Damo being my favorite Longhorn basketball player, I wish him all the best.
This was definitely the worst, by far.
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RichardJ said:
December 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Vince needs to WAKE THE HELL UP. He is PLAYING AWFUL and PEYTON is kicking the Titans butt. WAKE UP DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Huckleberry said:
December 6th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I’m pretty sure the PI spot was correct. Good writeup.
Richard – If you think Vince has played awfully so far today then I’m not sure what game you’re watching.
RichardJ said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Vince needs to score here or game is over. He needs to take over and run over the Colts. Now or never.
EyesOfTX said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Huck: on the PI call, my understanding of the rule is that when the PI occurs in the endzone, the ball is spotted at the 2. When the PI occurs anywhere else on the field, the penalty is 15 yards, and “half the distance” does not apply. i.e., had the PI occurred on the 1, and the ball was at the 19, then a 15 yard step off would have been correct. But Walker clearly announced initially that the PI occurred in the endzone, and the ball would be spotted at the 2. He then changed it for whatever reason. If the back judge told him it was because the PI did not occur in the endzone, then that was a screwup, too.
RichardJ said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
game over…..this sucks. What a joke. Ist and goal at the 1 yard line and cannot score. Fuck the Colts
Huckleberry said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Defensive PI can never be more than a 15 yard penalty. It was the right spot. Their screwup was announcing it would be at the 2 in the first place.
Bob in Houston said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Where are the screens? Draws? Play action? Anything at all to limit the pass rush?
Snarling at the TV, I was, for these sorts of plays. The only thing they tried was the QB draw, and Nebraska unfairly prepared for that.
On the PI, IIRC, it’s a spot foul if committed within 15 yards of the LOS. It’s a 15-yarder elsewhere, with no consideration of distance to the goal, and if in the end zone but 16 yards or closer, it goes to the 2.
If it were placed on the 2 if committed in the EZ, it would be no different than the pro rule, because you could fling it from anywhere and get it to the 2…
EyesOfTX said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Yep, I was thinking of the NFL PI rule instead of the college rule. Oh, well…
Varsity said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Kirkendoll was almost the new Blake Gideon.
realmccoy said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
The refs did have an off game – but on the Goodwin KR return it was impossible to review because they blew the play dead. It was a terrible call, but the die was cast when that whistle blew.
In addition, don’t forget about the re-spot on 4th and 1 where the handed NU a precious field goal.
Groundhog Day said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
The PI call on Williams was holding if not pass interference.
Piss poor special teams play except for Hunter Lawrence.
The whole offense and staff should take a bow for a job well done. You covered it all in the write up.
Clock mismanagement cost us an orange bowl berth last year and it reared its ugly head last night. Take another bow Brown and Davis, Miles would be very proud.
Congrats should be given to Muschamp and the D. Colt and our horrific special teams play tried to give the game to the corn but they stepped up big time!
hopefulhorn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Thanks for providing these summaries all season, Eyes. Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Agree across the board. Defense came back from the aggy embarassment with a vengeance as we expected them to. Five first downs and 106 total yards is stout no matter who you are playing–particularly in a championship game.
It was completely predictable that NU would rush four and cover the short zones we tend towards aggressively with nickle and dime looks. Yet, Greg Davis looked clueless. The OL looked awful (it is time for MacWhorter to retire) but Davis puts them in terrible positions. As you note, draws, screens, play-action–not rocket science. The few zone reads we saw did well too now that Colt has a green light to run.
Problem here is Davis is constitutionally incapable of sticking with a running game, even when the defense is begging for it. He will always “take what the defense gives us” so long as that is the short passing game he favors.
Main addition to bad/ugly was Kirkendoll’s drop of the deep ball that had 75 yard TD written all over it. Kirkendoll hangs on to that pass and keeps his feet, it is 17-6 in the 4th and game over.
After all of that, we still find a way to steal it and go to the MNC game. Whew.
EyesOfTX said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
At this point, I just marvel that Kirkendoll still sees the field. At least, I guess, we should be grateful that the Wild Horn did not rear its ugly head in this game.
Hook ‘em!!!
hopefulhorn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Forgot–good point that yesterday’s showing will set up a build-up for the MNC game much like the 2005 Rose Bowl in which our opponent (Bama this year, SC in ‘05) is a heavy favorite and we are given no chance. Saban will play Pete Carroll’s role as greatest defensive mind ever (never give Saban a month to prepare!). Perfect. Hope we can take advantage again.
BEHorn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
“End of every play – we have 3 Ols standing around looking confused. ”
This, this, eleventy-billion-times this. At some point, I don’t even care if it’s the right guy, or if there’s two of you and one of him — LOCK ON to the whistle!
One other good – we will get to see endless replays of us beating USC in ‘06. While I suspect the media buildup will, by and large, be as you’ve predicted, there will eventually be a contrarian undercurrent of, Look what happened the last time everyone said that about Texas.
Tim said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
“Bad – Musberger and Herbstreit openly rooting for a Nebraska win throughout the game. They repeatedly admitted celebrating whenever Nebraska managed to accumulate one of its 5 first downs on the night. I realize that these guys do not dislike Texas, and were just hoping for something interesting to finally happen to the BCS rankings in this most boring of seasons, but it was still annoying and frankly unseemly for them to be so open about their preference for a winner in this game, or any game for that matter.”
This is a joke right? Please, tell me you were just trying to be funny. This duo has been verbally sucking off Colt for 2+ years, and you have the nerve to actually complain whenever they are not 110% pro-UT homers?
ballrific said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
“yesterday’s showing will set up a build-up for the MNC game much like the 2005 Rose Bowl in which our opponent (Bama this year, SC in ‘05) is a heavy favorite and we are given no chance.”
yeah, except even the most pessimistic of longhorn nation knew we had a chance, resting on one individual and unfortunately I don’t see Superman walking through that door anytime soon.
ghostofagroundgame said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Tim! Enjoy your last month on the site.
Bad — our linemen literally laying down on every running play in the second half, most of the time without actually touching whoever it was they were supposed to “block.”
Bad — not running Cody Johnson directly at their huge defensive line early in the game. Did Cody shit in someone’s office?
ghostofagroundgame said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
“yesterday’s showing will set up a build-up for the MNC game much like the 2005 Rose Bowl in which our opponent (Bama this year, SC in ‘05) is a heavy favorite and we are given no chance.”
Also — Saban is a better coach than Pete Carroll.
BEHorn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
“Saban is a better coach than Pete Carroll.”
But McElroy is worse than Leinart.
Ingram/Richardson worse than Bush/White.
Jones is worse than All Those Fucking Receivers USC Had.
I like Bama’s D better than SC’s, however.
NY Horn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
My one hope for our offense against Bama’s D is that they aren’t built to stop a spread team. That D is made for SEC type, physical running/play-action pass, offenses so we could possibly have some room to exploit this. For instance, fat Cody ain’t gonna like having to run McCoy down in the open field – his job is to just be a big ass chunk of meat on the field that takes up an ungodly amount of space. If we can spread them out, hit them with some up-tempo, I think we can do some things.
Also, if we can score 24, I think we can win. I’m sure everybody here will be in fits due to the anticipation of seeing Davis’ handiwork in this game.
ballrific said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Forgot about that Saban guy or maybe I just dont want to even fucking think about him and his defensive staff planning for our offense. Outside of coach boom, you can tell by watching them play that their whole staff runs circles around ours, from offensive line coaching to special teams. Saban is just as good a recruiter as Mack and probably twice the coach. Think about that, as much as everyone loves Mack. I’m thankful for Mack but not for his coaching ability. To start, see greg davis is still on this staff, and fucking getting raises….
BEHorn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
NY Horn -
“That D is made for SEC type, physical running/play-action pass, offenses so we could possibly have some room to exploit this. For instance, fat Cody ain’t gonna like having to run McCoy down in the open field – his job is to just be a big ass chunk of meat on the field that takes up an ungodly amount of space.”
Agreed. if we run a TRUE zone read (which we didn’t do much last night), test their LBs a bit with Buckner and Shipley, run the quick skinny posts (not stops or hooks) that we used in the 2nd half to get away from our goal line, etc. — plus toss in a reverse or two — I’m not even sure how much we’ll see Cody on the field on 3rd downs. He just ain’t built to chase guys all over the field for 4 quarters, and doesn’t see a ton of 3rd-down action as it is.
ghostofagroundgame said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Um, BE. Buckner has regressed dramatically over the course of the year and seems to be struggling getting open against linebackers. I’d rather he not play much.
Another Bad — did anyone else notice that after the Goodwin kick-off return when we were going to QB sneak it twice in a row that we put Cobb in for like the 3rd time this year, leading promptly to a false start? WTF was that?
jdlooneyii said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Eyes, Here’s the difference between 2005 and 2009:
Great football teams are built on OLs and DBs. 2005 vs. 2009 DBs are essentially a wash. 2005 OL = 5 future NFL starters, in spite of Mac McWhorter. 2009 OL = 5 finished products of Mac McWhorter’s “system.” In 2005, when the pundits gave the Horns no chance, we who had watched the team all year knew better. In 2009, it’s best to just nod and change the subject.
Cricketslayer said:
December 6th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Great stuff, Eyes.
However, I’m not quite as convinced that Colt is out of the Heisman race yet. In fact, I think he still might win. It’s amazing to me that people are acting like the Heisman race is about one game as opposed to the entire season. If not Colt, then Ingram, but it is going to be close. We’ll actually get some genuine drama in New York this season.
DougNTexas said:
December 6th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
I knew we were in deep do do when we started the game with the tunnel screen. They almost tackled the receiver before he caught the ball for about a 5 yard loss. It’s bad when defense after defense seems to know what play is coming next all season long. I told my wife at half time that Greg Davis must think a crossing pattern is illegal.
We think a lot alike Eyes. My Pastor is a Teacher and a Coach. He asked me this morning why were we playing so bad. I told him Greg Davis forgot the game plan back at the Hotel. If he had a Game Plan. Any one from planet Mars who saw that game plan run by our offense last night has to think Greg Davis is among the very worst Junior High O C’s in the Nation. Mack Brown is a great man and a great Head Coach, but he has to be blind to put up with this kind of crap in big games after big games. if that Ref had not agreed to put that second back on the clock last night we would have blown a chance at a MNC. That in a nut shell was about as poor of a last minute and a half as I have ever seen run on a football field. Greg , Mack and Colt were all playing the clock like it was their first time to ever play.
Groundhog Day said:
December 6th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Cricket,
I would be shocked if Colt wins it and quite frankly he doesn’t deserve it. If I had a vote, I would vote Gerhart number 1, Ingram 2, and Spiller 3.
BEHorn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Ghost – I’m not saying Buckner’s awesome. I’m saying he’s one of the few screwdrivers in the toolbox that can help unlock our difficulties against aggressive Ds. He drew an important PI call doing exactly that last night.
Look at it another way: Kirkendoll certainly hasn’t been the answer this year, Goodwin’s still a little raw at times, Shipley’s quadruple-covered — Malcolm’s the only remaining option, without Bucker at least being a credible threat. (And I love what Malcolm did last night, so don’t get me wrong …)
NY Horn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Apparently someone committed sometime today or yesterday – nobody knows who yet. Maybe kids do care about winning championships?
Cricketslayer said:
December 6th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Groundhog,
Heismanpundit.com says that Colt will win, but it will be close. That site is usually spot on, but then again, it’s going to be much closer this year than in years past.
All I’ve heard during that past season is that Colt would have won last year if not for one play–Crabtree’s catch. If that’s the standard that the voters have set, then you can’t give Gerhart the trophy on a team with four losses. I think I would vote Ingram, McCoy, Suh/Gerhart.
Just don’t be shocked if Colt wins. It could happen.
MaduroUTMB said:
December 6th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Suh deserves the Heisman, and the stiffarmtrophy.com polling gives him a fighting chance to pull it off.
EyesOfTX said:
December 6th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Guys, if Colt wins the Heisman – and I would love to see it happen, don’t get me wrong – it will be for his career body of work, not for his performance on the field this year. He came up very, hugely small in our two most important games of the season – NU and OU. That’s just a fact.
If the award were to be given to the best player on the field this year, it would without any question at all go to Suh. It’s not really even close.
Hook ‘em!!!
scagnetti said:
December 6th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
McWhorter’s group is just plain awful.
Never helping Colt get off the mat EITHER. he gets pummeled on the sideline and in the replay, theyre already heading off the field.
they have no fire, no fight, no strength, no passion, and NO BALLS.
McWhorter and Davis are dead.
scagnetti said:
December 6th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
… to me. sorry, not a death threat, just for clarification, but i wouldnt mind if they died and passion-filled duo sex strangulation suicide.
dishonor in death should be the way they go out.
NY Horn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
The only way Colt gets it is because of lazy voters and a huge split in votes between all of the candidates. If he wins I would expect it would be by the fewest votes of any Heisman winner of recent memory.
However, I hope he wins it too, those are always good for recruiting if anything, and he’s put his ass on the line for us his entire career and he deserves something for it. God knows how many times that kid has been concussed playing behind our OL.
ransomstoddard said:
December 6th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Speaking of fat Cody, why wasn’t grinding it out with him part of the answer? Is it just because the village idiot is the most incompetent coach in college football? Is it that simple?
Levander Williams said:
December 6th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Ugly – another run out of the I-formation from our own 1-yard line.
As if the previous attempts (a safety vs. Tech and an “almost” safety against UCF) didn’t send the message that it won’t work for us.
Unconscionably bad decision-making, Greg.
SteindamHall said:
December 6th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Colt shouldn’t be eliminated from Heisman IMO. All the candidates this year are flawed. Is Colt’s performance any worse than Ingram’s 30-yard turd vs rival Auburn last week? Was Ingram’s performance this week better than Colt’s last week? I say, no, and NO.
I think Gerhart’s been the best back, but all the losses hurt a LOT.
Suh can change a game, but again with the losses, and it’s SO hard for a lineman to have a “signature, game-saving moment.” I don’t think you can say Suh has anything approaching one.
Bonus points to Colt for being a senior, a bridesmaid, GREAT role model, and (yes) such a phenomenal career.
Especially in a year where no one really jumps off the page, bonus points count.
Colt, Gerhart, Timmy, Ingram.
Kosciuszko said:
December 6th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Nice work again, Eyes. Always appreciated. Your new photo regime is a great upgrade . . .
The best thing about the BCS championship game is that Colt will no longer be in a Heisman race. His best games this year were after he though he was out of the running following the OU game. Last night, as the front-runner in many people’s mind, he seemed oddly wooden. In addition to the issues you observed (running out of bounds for a loss instead of throwing the ball away), a fair number of his “sacks” were due to holding onto the ball too long, rather than throwing it away and accepting another incompletion.
Still, he managed enough for a win, which I appreciate. I just hope his dramatics didn’t kill the heart attack victim whom Colt had earlier saved and who attended the game last night.
Chad said:
December 6th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I noticed that Nebraska DL has been improving every game, noticeably after a near shutout of OU. They are one of the most disruptive DL in the country with Suh, the best player that starts the domino effect. Alabama does not have anyone like that but they are balance. I like our chance that Colt at least will have some time to make plays. Our defense will have more difficult task but our offense will have sometime to breathe. I can see the game as evenly match on both defense and offense.
NorthDallasSooner said:
December 6th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
2005–everyone thought USC was invincible, but no one ever said Texas didn’t belong there before the game. I, for the record, thought you’d win that game.
kafka said:
December 6th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Great writeup, Eyes (best of the year, imho).
I was told that Herbstreet and Fowler spent quite a bit of time on ESPN after the game campaigning against UT for the BCS championship game.
BatesHorn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Nadukamong Suh deserves the Heisman, and after last night, to even invite other people to stand on the stage with him is an insult to how much better he is than everyone else.
texoz said:
December 6th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
After the first quarter I wanted to stop watching the UT offense play. It reminded me of when I lived in Los Angeles and was watching the Rodney King trial.
Not long after the non-guilty verdict came in the local TV cut away to a scene at Florence & Normandie where the locals were getting out of hand, to put it mildly. I kept thinking, “Okay, the police will show up soon and do something about this mayhem.” Ah, the police drive up just as that truck driver is getting his ass beat. This should end shortly and we’ll all sleep well tonight. Wait. The police are driving away. Why? How could this happen? There’s some defenseless guy (aka The UT O-line) getting his brains bashed in and I’m watching it live on television. This is kind of frustrating. Can’t someone do something? Can’t we call a play-action pass? Can’t we run a few screens? Can’t SWAT swoop in with tear gas and drag Suh away in handcuffs?
Crikey. I’m fairly certain I just cut 2 or 3 weeks from my life watching that game last night. If I get the slightest hint that our offense is going to be that putrid in Los Angeles, i’m just going to walk out to my driveway, open the hood of my car, and attach the battery cables to my testicles. I’ll probably scream a lot less if I do that.
uthookem said:
December 6th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
“2005–everyone thought USC was invincible, but no one ever said Texas didn’t belong there before the game.”
Also the by-product of only have two undefeated teams in 2005. Obviously we deserved to be there in 2005. This year, cases must be made for the other undefeated teams thanks to the BCS system.
texoz said:
December 6th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Forgot to say – thank you EOT for you write ups. They’re great and I enjoy them every season.
Hook’ em
OldTimeHorn said:
December 6th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Lots of good signs reading the owl entrails for Jan 7. If nothing else, plunking a plane-load of good ol’ boys from the Deep South down in Greater LA for several days prior will lead to them stumbling around transfixed and feeling inferior.
Plus, pretty sure there won’t be any coasting in Texas’ bowl practices.
java said:
December 6th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
kafka, Fowler did, but didn’t think Herbstreit did. Oddly enough, Mark Mayes (sp?) stated plainly that Texas should be number 2.
I thought Colt was oddly lacking in emotion last night. He usually gets after the offensive line when they screw up and gets really intense after the first hit. Last night there was none of that. Of course, on about the 3rd play from scrimmage, Suh grabbed him and flung him to the turf like he was a featherweight. McCoy isn’t small for a college quarterback, but that must have brought out a few insecurities.
It sucks to feel helpless. It happened to me once while riding a bad mother of a horse. As the most experienced rider in a group, I got the temperamental brute with a bad temper. All was well for about 2 hours, and then he decided to pitch. I was good for 3, then decided to bail off while the bailing was good, and managed to escape with 3 separated ribs. The horse was sold to a bucking string, and the last word I had, no one had been able to ride the mother. No one could control Suh, and McCoy couldn’t bail out of the game. Maybe you saw the o-line running off the field, leaving their qb to fend for himself.
I’m glad McCoy didn’t get hurt last night. Suh is extremely capable of hurting someone, not intentionally, but because he is so strong and quick. He is a brute force and cannot move to the NFL quick enough for me. He looks ready to start. Today.
Davis had better come up with an innovative game plan that emphasizes our strengths and takes advantage of Bama’s weaknesses. Dammit.
Juice said:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Bad – Goodwin and Shipley running hooks within two yards of each other on a third down. That play cried out for a throwback screen.
Kudos to the poster who noted that there was no read in the zone read. McCoy could have run for significant yardage had be play call not been decided in the huddle on many of the zone read looks.
Kirkendoll catches that ball and the game isn’t even interesting the rest of the way.
We must be 21 carries for 15 yards on the quick snap this hear.
I think RichardJ might be the idiot savant who posts on Burka Blog. If you read it, you now who I’m talking about.
Not that anyone asked, but my first impression is 27-6 Alabama.
Juice said:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
P.S. The last series was a half second from being the most monumental fuck up in Longhorn history since having Curry in to field the punt instead of Moerschell.
CrazyJoeDavola said:
December 6th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I don’t think I’ve seen the Horn faithful this despondent since 1997.
panchoclaus said:
December 6th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I agree the PI call had to be something… holding, illegal contact, whatever.
Calling a play dead without a clear view of the ball is inexcusable.
I am going to dial back the GD criticism. They did try some designed QB draws and they ran the shovel pass effectively a number of times, but if you go to that well too often, you end up with a jailbreak Pick-6 with your QB at the mercy of several large DL.
I don’t think you can run the RB draw against a good middle push. I think we did try that a couple of times, including a counter play that were completely blown up to the extent that they were unrecognizable. Play action is also notoriously ineffective against a good middle push. And when you don’t have a tight end who can catch, it makes the situation much worse.
There’s just not much you can do when you are completely incapable of controlling the LOS. Look at what we’ve done to teams this year. This is going to cause us big problems in the Bama game. Hopefully we can do the same to them and force them into some mistakes.
What I would have liked to have seen is a few more fades to Malcolm and Marquis. They should be working the shit out of that in practice. Also having Bucker line up at TE and run a quick release for him would be helpful. Yes they should know it’s coming but how are they going to stop Buckner?
FTimmy said:
December 7th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Can you open up a category called “Beyond Ugly”.The assault and battery committed by Nebraska against the offensive line would qualify as such.
The clock management at the end of the first half was almost as bad as at the end of the game.
And can we finally retire that god damned, pansy-ass rugby kick? Please.
Bob in Houston said:
December 7th, 2009 at 6:55 am
I like Bama’s D better than SC’s, however.
Unfortunately, this is the key to the game, given UT’s performance against good defenses.
That, and not having Vince Young, because he had the physical gifts that Colt McCoy does not have to save plays/move chains. Right now, I have so little faith in GD that I think it’s 50/50 whether Texas scores an offensive touchdown.
Somewhere Ray Guy Cries said:
December 7th, 2009 at 7:08 am
“And can we finally retire that god damned, pansy-ass rugby kick? Please.”
We caught some teams off guard last year and Bama probably doesn’t have time to prepare for it.
Anyway, that punt getting blocked was a good thing considering we didn’t lose the game. If it hadn’t happened I’d be willing to bet that Saban would get one when it matters most next month. Mack, Greg, Duane, (okay, every coach not named Boom) are totally reactionary and incapable of change unless they’re forced to do so…
Mr. Suh said:
December 7th, 2009 at 7:56 am
If you are gonna bitch about a chop block call, make sure to bitch about the 37 times I was held as well. If it wasn’t for the o-line holding, Colt would be in the ICU this morning.
P said:
December 7th, 2009 at 7:57 am
I was looking at the numbers, after having watched Bama play, and wanted to figure out if Bama was as stout up front as Nebraska. Bama has less sacks from it’s entire front 7(10 from DE/DTs and 13 from linebackers), than Nebraska has from just it’s front four(31).
NU was the perfect team to defend us, as was OU. Two teams with disruptive defensive lines, that don’t need to bring extra heat to get pressure. I am pretty sure Alabama does not fit in that category, unless they significantly improved from what I saw in the Utah game last year.
Watching them play Auburn, they seemed extremely beatable. Auburn isn’t a great defensive team, and was able to stifle their running game, and force McElroy to beat them. They didn’t break 300 yards in that game, and they didn’t break 300 yards in the Tenn game either.
That was the worst game we played all year on offense and special teams. As bad as it was, if we don’t turn it over three times, we walk away with about 19 points. No one is confident after that performance, but we can’t play any worse!
LurkerintheDark said:
December 7th, 2009 at 8:10 am
I agree with P.
Nebraska had the perfect D for us: King Kong against our greatest weakness with enough good players elsewhere to defend Mickey Mouse quite well.
Oh, I meant Ndamukong. Easy mistake to make. The other I meant as stated.
Sugarpants said:
December 7th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Mr. Suh,
I didn’t see you held one time. I think someone has to get in front of you to hold you.
Sugarpants said:
December 7th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I also agree with P
nordberg said:
December 7th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Shit, I wish we would have held Suh.
Harsh said:
December 7th, 2009 at 8:41 am
We did hold him. We held him to 31 tackles, 15 TFL, 9 sacks and 14 QB hurries. On a related note, somewhere Michael Huey is alone in a dark room curled up in the fetal position sobbing quietly…
uthookem said:
December 7th, 2009 at 9:06 am
One thought that gives me hope: Alabama has been waiting a full year to beat Florida in the SEC Championship game. Texas has been waiting a full year to get the chance to win the National Title.
Alabama played their best game of the year against Florida. Texas has yet to play its best game.
BatesHorn said:
December 7th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I kept thinking about CTJ’s buddy getting thrown thrown the air by Casey Hampton. Man among boys…..
EddieTheAlbinoSquirrel said:
December 7th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I disagree on the 3rd quarter PI call in our favor. The DB pushed the received out of bounds, making him ineligible. That’s why the receiver gave up on the play, making the ball appear uncatchable.
ballrific said:
December 7th, 2009 at 10:01 am
This is a good sign for things to come, right? We’ll just ignore these stats for the next 30 days
“In his three games against top 40 pass defenses this season (Colorado, Oklahoma and Nebraska), McCoy has thrown for an average of 192 yards, with no touchdowns and five interceptions. (Overall: 270.2 yards, 27 TDs, 12 INTs). Alabama’s pass defense ranks seventh nationally.”
Jim Bob said:
December 7th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Kirkendoll was already having a dismal game when he dropped the big one, and he came within an eyelash of costing us a title shot.
However, it’s worth pointing out that in the four games before Nebraska, he caught 23 passes for 5 touchdowns, including a terrific run after the catch that helped us stay ahead of the ags. He was given a reprieve from being this year’s Gideon, and hopefully he makes the most of it in L.A.
Thanks for another good writeup.
Jim Bob said:
December 7th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Ballrific-
Mandel’s stats are not correct. Colt had touchdown passes against Colorado and Oklahoma.
johngoing said:
December 7th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Eddie, I thought the rule on a receiver being forced out of bounds by a defender is that he is allowed to re-enter the playing field and is still an eligible receiver. Is that incorrect?
Not Eddie, but said:
December 7th, 2009 at 11:38 am
You are correct, johngoing.
P said:
December 7th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Ballrific-
As stated, Madel didn’t do his research properly. Here is the inside skinny. I won’t count the tipped ball, and the perfectly thrown pass to his receiver, only to have the ball taken right out of his hands. Neither is his fault.
He has struggled to the tune of 64% passing. He threw three legit interceptions. More than anything he just needs to cut down on the mistakes. We were going in to score when Colt was stripped of the ball vs OU, and again when Goodwin ran the slant route behind the man, and Colt got picked. So we should have had two more TDs there, or at least two more field goals, as we were in field goal range already. So say, we score 22-30 points vs OU,I am fine with that. The OU game was ugly, but it shouldn’t have been that bad. We should have walked out of there with 30 points, even as bad as we played.
If we can cut down on the bone-headed mistakes, we should be able to win this game.
I look at the little things, when studying a team’s defense. For example, how many plays does the defense see? How many yards per play do they give up. Going on just yards per game doesn’t show what you need. Look at them compared to big12 defenses. Here is the breakdown.
Sacks………….
Bama 1 sack for every 13.1 attempts
OU 1 sack for every 11.21 attempts
Tech 1 sack for every 11.17 attempts
NU 1 sack for every 10.9 attempts
To me this is a good indicator of what we can expect. We seem to also struggle when teams have a dominant interior D-linemen. Guys coming off the edge don’t seem to bother us. Considering Cody is a run stopping 400lber, and doesn’t have a single sack on the season, I am not too worried about him.
Here is what Bama looks like in total defense.
I average yards per play allowed Bama is the same as NU, and OU at 4.1 a play. Conversely, Texas is number 1, allowing only 3.8 per play.
Where Bama kills you is in Time of Possession. They are third in that area, with 33:31. They keep the ball away from you, allowing less shots at their defense, so they aren’t used to being on the field a lot. Which means if we can sustain drives up tempo, it could really hurt them.
I think Bama is really good defensively, but I think we will get plenty of opportunities to put points on the board. We need to have one of those no turnover games.
P said:
December 7th, 2009 at 11:56 am
johngoing-
If you watch the replay, the DB is pushing him out at Colt is letting go of the football, which would constitute the PI penalty.
Those guys were trying to extremely physical with the receivers all night.
P said:
December 7th, 2009 at 11:57 am
forgot the
“as” and “be” oops
Iowa State said:
December 7th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Don’t stand around sucking yourselves off, thinking your defense is anything special. We shut them down, too.
Saltshaker said:
December 7th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
The middle was open all night, but we don’t have a tight end to hand the LB’s. The middle LB was on a Colt Spy all night long which killed the designed run play for Colt, not to mention the zone read.
Expect Saban to do just that as well….why not? We don’t have a tight end.
They need to keep Cody in the game to help pick up not just blitzes but the line rushes because our horrible O-line cant give Colt the extra second or two he needs to find Jordan or Williams after they separate on their routes.
Cody Johnson and some screen passes would have went a long way in that one.
Cody would have helped to soften Suh and the rest after repeated run attempts. Tre’s blocks were not effective against real defensive linemen charging.
Suh showed signs of softening in the 4th quarter, yet still pulled the double team allowing someone else to rush.
Cody in the forth quarter would have been effective for the long drive, that ended with the Buckner fumble/interception, but Davis only uses the run in the 4th quarter to run out the clock on a victory well in hand.
Glaringly Obvious said:
December 7th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I’d like somebody to go back and chart success or more likely, failure, on empty backfield sets this year. ( I assume/hope the staff does it). I don’t recall to many (or any) positive plays coming out of it for Texas this year, though I may have missed some.
It seems to me the second that you see Fozzy run out to the sideline, in order to stand and do nothing, it’s pretty much automatic that the defense sends the LB in on a blitz, preferably up the middle where the Hall-Tanner-Huey combo makes a token effort, then spends the rest of the play trying to figure out whose turn it is to lift Colt off the turf.
I understand they had moderate success with it last year vs. Oklahoma, and realize that I am arguing with a brick wall of stupid, but doesn’t its high failure rate this year militate against its further employment? Just a suggestion as I have no coaching background whatsoever.
EyesOfTX said:
December 7th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Glaringly Obvious: What you say would be glaringly obvious to most coaching staffs. However, you seem to presume that our OC engages in some form of self-scouting. It think it is equally glaringly obvious that that just does not happen.
Hook ‘em!!!
johngoing said:
December 7th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
The PI on Williams was a good call (or defensive holding at a minimum). I wanted a clarification of the rules because the announcers did a lousy job of that all night.
someone said:
December 7th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
” Hall-Tanner-Huey combo makes a token effort, then spends the rest of the play trying to figure out whose turn it is to lift Colt off the turf. ”
I’d also like for someone to chart how often one of the OL goes and helps Colt off the turf after he gets blasted. I can’t remember once seeing that happen.
Glaringly Obvious said:
December 7th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I’d also like for someone to chart how often one of the OL goes and helps Colt off the turf after he gets blasted. I can’t remember once seeing that happen.
Well, I said they deliberated on the issue – ultimately they table the resolution and adjourn the meeting until the next time they open up an EZ-Pass lane to the Colt, with or without exact change. Repeat ad nauseum….
Sugarpants said:
December 7th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
EddieTheAlbinoSquirrel – good to see you. Are you still smoking butts on the East mall?
To whoever said they hope Kirk redeems himself in Pasadena, I would just rather him not. I would like to see Malcom and Marquis make that a non-issue.
Given our lack of TE, if Irby were healthy would you let him burn his year of eligibility to play in the game? He would still have a senior season, which would likely be a rebuilding year anyway.
I still like the notion of the 5 yard hot route to Dexter Pittman. A 6-10 TE? UNSTOPPABLE.
Mike said:
December 7th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I’m thinking (and I’m sure someone else has said it before) that the Alabama game will look like a lower scoring version of last year’s Fiesta Bowl against tOSU. Ingram is far less injury prone than Beanie, and will likely break off a few big downhill runs. This will offset the fact that Terrelle Pryor won’t be in their backfield to gash us on runs of his own, as running QBs tend to be able to do vs. our defense.
This year’s offense looks a lot more plain jane to me than last year, if that’s even possible. Workman like, but plain – and based on the Nebraska and OU games, very stoppable. At this point in any such rant, I lose my train of thought and begin to daydream about Mack Brown firing Greg Davis tomorrow and replacing him with a ball boy, or a chimp. If only for a single scrimmage. Hey – at least then we’d know for sure.
EddieTheAlbinoSquirrel said:
December 7th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
P and Johngoing – I stand corrected. Thanks!
Sugarpants – glad someone else shares my UT memories. : )
romulus75 said:
December 7th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Great GBU. Couldn’t agree more about Davis’ gutless offense. Also, other than those 2 downs, where was the heck was CJ? Strength on strength!