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Game Thread Game Two: #1 Ohio State 24, #2 Texas 7 (9/9/06)

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The point is that Texas is not going to average 40+ points a game--for the season--with their top two QBs never having taken a single snap yet (one of them isn't even on campus yet). Now, by season's end, one of them may be spun up to speed and be leading the offense to 40 points a game, but not out of the chute.

If Young were still at QB, I'd be very, very concerned about our defense, and think Texas would win and maybe win big. Conversely, if we still had our enitre defense back with Young gone, I think we'd win this in a blowout. But, since neither is the actual case, this will be a very good game with the complete inexperience of the Texas QBs being the biggest factor overall IMO.
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
with their top two QBs never having taken a single snap yet (one of them isn't even on campus yet).
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Actually Snead enrolled in the Spring and is on campus. Not that it matters too much, but it should help in the fact that the two are already battling for the job. The third QB, Sherrod Harris, is not on campus yet, but he is supposedly driving down to Austin every weekend, as Greg Davis told him to be ready.
 
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Texas A&M - 40+ average the past 4 years, 46 in 2002 and 2003
Tech - 40+ average the past 5 years
Baylor - 50+ average the past 4 years
Ok State - 40+ Average the past 4 years
Rice - 40+ Average the past 3 years
North Texas - 65-0 the last meeting
SHSU - See North Texas

If UT averages 30 over the other 5 games tOSU, Iowa State, OU, Nebraska, Kansas State they will average better than 40 for the year.

Also consider that unlike last year when we ran the ball tehlast 20 minutes or so in the blowouts, Mack intends to let the backup QB run the standard offense.
 
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xrayrandy said:
Texas A&M - 40+ average the past 4 years, 46 in 2002 and 2003
Tech - 40+ average the past 5 years
Baylor - 50+ average the past 4 years
Ok State - 40+ Average the past 4 years
Rice - 40+ Average the past 3 years
North Texas - 65-0 the last meeting
SHSU - See North Texas

If UT averages 30 over the other 5 games tOSU, Iowa State, OU, Nebraska, Kansas State they will average better than 40 for the year.

Also consider that unlike last year when we ran the ball tehlast 20 minutes or so in the blowouts, Mack intends to let the backup QB run the standard offense.
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First of all, North Texas and Sam Houston State shouldn't even be in the mix. NT is a Sun Belt Conference team and Sam Houston is I-AA. And again, none of those years you mentioned had QBs with absolutely no college experience at all as the starters. You really expect your brand new, never-taken-a-snap-in-college QBs to run up 50 against Baylor, 40 against Oklahoma State, and 40 against Texas Tech?

Also, I saw a couple Texas games last year (aside from the game against us), and Brown didn't hand the ball off to RBs for the last 20 minutes in those games (especially in the Big 12 title game against Colorado).
 
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Mili, I'm flying to Kona next week. I have a layover in Honolulu on the way back but it's only 30 minutes. America West. Is that airport pretty easy to get around in? I'm a little worried.

Sorry about the random question, but I'm pretty lazy and it's really convenient to ask this right now.

And of course we expect to score a bunch against those teams. Jamaal Charles by himself should score at least 5 touchdowns in each of those games.:biggrin:
 
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The Spring Practices are closed because

...we are installing the Single Wing (on occasion with the "spinning" fullback). The coaches do not want undue stress put on two quarterbacks with no experience. Since we have lots of tailbacks, we will minimize the use of quarterbacks--as long as we can teach "spinning" to the fullback.

We will expect the defense to hold teams to less than seven points per game and score at least one touchdown per game. Yeah, that's how we'll do it. Actually, we haven't a clue how the QBs will do. The practices are closed until the Spring Game. That's coming up at the end of March. So, have to check back around then. Until then expect never-ending posts about the heat down here. I'm surprised none of us have pulled out stuff about sabre-toothed armadillos, flying scorpions and the mysterious sewer snakes. :wink2:

Until then here's to a good time to be had by all.
 
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xrayrandy said:
Texas A&M - 40+ average the past 4 years, 46 in 2002 and 2003
Tech - 40+ average the past 5 years
Baylor - 50+ average the past 4 years
Ok State - 40+ Average the past 4 years
Rice - 40+ Average the past 3 years
North Texas - 65-0 the last meeting
SHSU - See North Texas
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not many teams that know how to play D on your schedule, huh? Who does? OU, nebraska's ok, and some think our D will be suspect early (not many around here :biggrin:).
 
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You really expect your brand new, never-taken-a-snap-in-college QBs to run up 50 against Baylor, 40 against Oklahoma State, and 40 against Texas Tech?
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No, I expect our RBs to get most of it. And, nobody with the Texas program or Texas fans likes the fact that Sam Houston was the only team we could find to fill the 12th game slot.

As for the defenses we'll play. The Aggies should be down defensively and hired 'arnell (no D) as their new DC to help that happen. Tech will have a down year defensively, and they are a team that you need to score 40 on to ice the game. If we don't score 40 in Lubbock we will lose that game.

I think the tOSU defense will be very talented, but will still be stuggling playing mistake free as a unit in our game. UT has several players that can turn one mistake into a TD, without a lot of effort from our QB.
 
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NFBuck said:
Date Opponent Location Time
Saturday, Sept. 2 North Texas Austin, TX TBA
Saturday, Sept. 9 Ohio State Austin, TX 8:00 PM
Saturday, Sept. 16 at Rice Houston, TX TBA
Saturday, Sept. 23 Iowa State Austin, TX TBA
Saturday, Sept. 30 Sam Houston State Austin, TX TBA
Saturday, Oct. 7 vs. Oklahoma Dallas, TX TBA
Saturday, Oct. 14 Baylor Austin, TX TBA
Saturday, Oct. 21 at Nebraska Lincoln, NE TBA
Saturday, Oct. 28 at Texas Tech Lubbock, TX TBA
Saturday, Nov. 4 Oklahoma State Austin, TX TBA
Saturday, Nov. 11 at Kansas State Manhattan, KS TBA
Friday, Nov. 24 Texas A&M Austin, TX 12:00 PM

In all honesty, with the likes of North Texas, Rice, Sam Houston State, Baylor, Ok St and Kansas State on their schedule...it probably won't be very difficult to average 40.
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The Big 12 will be better as whole next year. But North Texas State AND Sam Houston State on our schedule is just embarrassing. And at the ticket prices, it's ridiculous when the entire second half is handing off to the third string fullback.
 
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EngineerHorn said:
Mili, I'm flying to Kona next week. I have a layover in Honolulu on the way back but it's only 30 minutes. America West. Is that airport pretty easy to get around in? I'm a little worried.
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Yeah, it's not really spread out too much and they usually have the connecting flights farily close to each other gate-wise...usually.
 
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So far Michael Griffin and Selvin Young have been assuming the leadership role. Blalock, Crowder, Robison and Studdard are other guys who are leaders who will put their stamp on the team as things go along. With so few seniors it will be an interesting team dynamic.

No captains have been named and we usually do that on a game-by-game basis until the season is over.
 
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