an atempt a rational thought
so here goes, I haven't read anything on this site since wed. of last week so I am not sure what has and has not been said and even still at this point I am not sure how this is going to come across other than in what apperes to be one of the longest run-on sentances I have ever written.
First and foremost, the better team won that night. I have no doubt in my mind of this fact. With that said, a couple of things bother me. In all my life I have never seen a team dominate the line of scrimmage the way we did and still only put up 7 points. Texas avg. almost 6 yards per carry(on what looked like 4 different plays that were called over and over again). On the other hand, Texas flat out stuffed the ohio st. running game. I was very pleased with these two areas. I love the Texas offensive line, they played their butts off and looked lived up to their hype. Thats about where the good ends.
I believe that Corso said it best(yeah you read that right) in the wrapp up show when he said(paraphrasing)," I'm sure that Colt McCoy is a great kid, but this is Texas and that is not a Texas quarterback". His ball fluttered and was not delivered on time for most of the game despite ample time to throw. Texas avg. 4 yrds per completion which is flat out unacceptable and leads me to my next point that I was very affraid of.
Mack and Greg Davis looked like they had warped back to 2002. I don't mind trying to hide a young qb and protect him but there are a few things that I have to point out. These are in no order other than that which pops into my head first.
1) 3rd and 1 from the osu 30(ish), Texas lines up in shotgun and runs the zone handoff(i refuse to believe that there was any reading going on here). tOSU stuffs the latteral run and texas misses the fg badly. Here is my problem and something that I don't understand yet. Where was Henry Melton? How in the world was he good enough to play as a true freshman in one of the toughest venues in college sports but not as a soph at home? Moreso, where was the power package with Lokey at fb...If you must have Selvin in then at least let him run down hill.
2.) Where was the saftey help on Ginn at the end of the Half? Were we worried about the threat of the run with seconds to go? I haven't rewatched this play but it really bothered me at the time...I know the kid is fast but he ran a go rout, its not complicated, tricky, or even unexpected...We could have really used Brown here, don't know if it would have made a difference but it wouldn't have hurt.
3.) This is actually my largest problem with the whole game and is the sole reason that I left a game early for the first time in my life. Our coaching staff gave up on the team. Late in the 4th as Texas is down by 3 scores with the ball on the 25ish, 3rd and 15+. I look down and Kasey Studdard is pleading with the fans to get into it, it is tough but I begin to yell scream and what not and then it happend. We ran a speed option to the short side of the field and got 3 yards.
That is flat out give up football and is unexcusable in my book. I am sure that deep down the coaches didn't want Colt to lose any more confidence than he already had but in doing so they sent a message to the team and the fans that this is a rebuilding year. That is a sad thing to do when you have a team as tallented as we do. They should have scratched and clawed away doing everything they could to win. Tressel is not going to run up the score, he is not bob stoops, and now Mack and Greg have to look guys like Blalock and Studdard and Michael Griffin in the eye and convince them that they made good decisions on comming back to school.
I am not going to proof this so I am sorry if it rambled but I had to get it off my chest. I am sure that I will take some time off from this site but I will be back at some point. Till then I wish yall luck and I hope that ever one had a good time that came to Austin,
Hook 'em and
lets keep it going!
