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Texas Longhorns (big hat, no cattle; please don’t Horns Down us)

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Why Texas and these 6 other teams probably aren’t as good as their rankings
Win games, and you’ll move up in the polls. But that doesn’t mean the advanced stats will trust you.
By Bill Connelly
Oct 16, 2018, 9:26am EDT

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Texas
  • AP rank: seventh
  • S&P+ rank: 43rd
Only Tom Herman teams seem capable of pulling off this balancing act. The only way to possibly understand how this team can be 6-1 and unbeaten in its (power) conference, with a win over an S&P+ top-five team, is to pretend that Texas has been two different teams this year.

One Texas is 3-0 against the three top-50 S&P+ teams it has faced (No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 30 USC, No. 46 TCU), winning by an average of 38-25. The Horns pulled away against USC and rode turnovers and late-game defense to a comfortable win against TCU. Then they surged to a commanding lead against Oklahoma (with help from the turnovers fairy), gave it all away, then calmly drove for the game-winning field goal.

The other Texas is a top-60 team at best. The Horns lost to No. 55 Maryland, beat No. 59 Baylor by six at home, beat No. 88 Kansas State by five, and beat No. 93 Tulsa by seven.

That has created one of the strangest dichotomies you’ll see:
  • Average scoring margin vs. the top 50: plus-13.7
  • Average scoring margin vs. the bottom 80: plus-3.5
That is not how that’s supposed to work. This only makes sense when you realize it is a Herman team. In Herman’s first year at Houston, his Cougars beat three 10-win teams (Navy, Temple, and FSU in the Peach Bowl), survived Louisville and Lamar Jackson, and destroyed the SEC’s Vanderbilt on their way to a 13-1 finish. They also needed quite a few bounces to get past Cincinnati and Memphis and lost to UConn. Final S&P+ ranking: 46th.

The next year, they beat Oklahoma and Louisville by a combined 36 and lost to SMU.

This is the Herman m.o. at this point. You will always get the best version of his team in big games, and that team will turn around and show you as little as possible against everyone else. It makes them almost impossible to project or to trust.

S&P+ is basically throwing up its hands at this point. It says the Horns have a 20 percent chance of going 10-2 or better and a 15 percent chance of going 7-5 or worse. But let’s not pretend the 11-1 scenario — win at Oklahoma State and Texas Tech, dominate WVU at home, and then just barely survive with the bare minimum against Iowa State and Kansas — isn’t on the table. Herman knows how to navigate this, as frustrating as it might be to watch.

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Buckeyebred97 said:
West Virginia is a possible loss, Tech, OKST and Iowa State could be trap games and then a rematch with either OU or WVU would be another possible loss. I think OU wins in a rematch if it comes to that.
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Really it all depends on how much OU's defense has improved in order to win. I think next year or in 2020 will we start see a run of dominance against the whorns. Our next hire at DC will be crucial to our success.
 
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Texas CB Kris Boyd warns former ‘Horn LB, current ESPN analyst not to show up at UT facility

No. 15 Texas started with a deficit against Oklahoma State before Saturday night’s game even started, as Tom Herman suspended starting wide receiver Lil'Jordan Humphrey and starting cornerbacks Kris Boyd and Davante Davis for violations of team rules. Humphrey returned to action after the first series, while Boyd and Davis, both seniors, missed the entire first quarter — a frame that saw Oklahoma State roll up 245 yards of total offense and 17 points.

Boyd and Davis entered with Texas facing a 17-7 deficit, and the night got worse from there for Boyd. Trailing 24-14 with just over a minute left before halftime, Boyd was in place to defend a 4th-and-1 heave toward the end zone but mistimed his jump, allowing Tylan Wallace to haul in a 36-yard rainbow from Taylor Cornelius for a touchdown. That score pushed the Oklahoma State lead to 31-14 at the break, serving as the decisive score in a 38-35 upset.

Watching and commenting alongside the game was Emmanuel Acho, a Texas linebacker from 2008-11 who, after a brief NFL career, now works as a studio analyst for ESPN. Acho was critical of Herman’s decision to suspend Boyd and Davis as well as Boyd’s performance. Acho did not call Boyd out by name, but it wasn’t hard to figure out who he was talking about.





It didn’t take long for Acho’s comments to get back to Boyd, who posted this message in an Instagram story, screen capped by Burnt Orange Nation.



This is not the first time Boyd has gotten into hot water for a social media post. As a freshman he re-tweeted a message soliciting a transfer to Texas A&M at halftime of an eventual 50-7 loss to TCU. He later issued an apology through the program.

A Texas spokesman did not immediately return a message to CFT seeking comment for Boyd’s latest post.

Acho followed up Sunday with this message.



Ironically, Mike Gundy ended his winning night with a rant about the negative affects of social media.



The difference between Gundy’s comments and reality in this case is that Acho was paid in part to rip Boyd’s performance.

Entire article: https://collegefootballtalk.nbcspor...t-espn-analyst-not-to-show-up-at-ut-facility/
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Texas CB Kris Boyd warns former ‘Horn LB, current ESPN analyst not to show up at UT facility

No. 15 Texas started with a deficit against Oklahoma State before Saturday night’s game even started, as Tom Herman suspended starting wide receiver Lil'Jordan Humphrey and starting cornerbacks Kris Boyd and Davante Davis for violations of team rules. Humphrey returned to action after the first series, while Boyd and Davis, both seniors, missed the entire first quarter — a frame that saw Oklahoma State roll up 245 yards of total offense and 17 points.

Boyd and Davis entered with Texas facing a 17-7 deficit, and the night got worse from there for Boyd. Trailing 24-14 with just over a minute left before halftime, Boyd was in place to defend a 4th-and-1 heave toward the end zone but mistimed his jump, allowing Tylan Wallace to haul in a 36-yard rainbow from Taylor Cornelius for a touchdown. That score pushed the Oklahoma State lead to 31-14 at the break, serving as the decisive score in a 38-35 upset.

Watching and commenting alongside the game was Emmanuel Acho, a Texas linebacker from 2008-11 who, after a brief NFL career, now works as a studio analyst for ESPN. Acho was critical of Herman’s decision to suspend Boyd and Davis as well as Boyd’s performance. Acho did not call Boyd out by name, but it wasn’t hard to figure out who he was talking about.





It didn’t take long for Acho’s comments to get back to Boyd, who posted this message in an Instagram story, screen capped by Burnt Orange Nation.



This is not the first time Boyd has gotten into hot water for a social media post. As a freshman he re-tweeted a message soliciting a transfer to Texas A&M at halftime of an eventual 50-7 loss to TCU. He later issued an apology through the program.

A Texas spokesman did not immediately return a message to CFT seeking comment for Boyd’s latest post.

Acho followed up Sunday with this message.



Ironically, Mike Gundy ended his winning night with a rant about the negative affects of social media.



The difference between Gundy’s comments and reality in this case is that Acho was paid in part to rip Boyd’s performance.

Entire article: https://collegefootballtalk.nbcspor...t-espn-analyst-not-to-show-up-at-ut-facility/
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God bless Texas?
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Texas set to give DC Todd Orlando new contract with raise to $1.7 million a year

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Orlando, who joined Tom Herman when he came over from Houston prior to last season, was already one of 15 assistants who were making over $1 million in 2017. He was courted by several programs this offseason however and the cost to retain him on the 40 Acres didn’t come cheap as his amended contract is set to pay him a reported $1.7 million as part of a new four-year deal.

Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...ew-contract-with-raise-to-1-7-million-a-year/

Ohio State has 2 of those 15:
  • Greg Schiano – $700,000 in 2017 to $1,500,000 in 2018: $800,000 increase
  • Ryan Day – $400,000 in 2017 to $1,000,000 in 2018: $600,000 increase
http://nbc4i.com/2018/02/14/ohio-state-football-assistant-coaches-get-big-raises/
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What happend to Dawn? Oh, wait. It's Todd Orlando. I read it as Tony and thought, "Well, pretty sure he never made that much in the music Biz.
 
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