As was already stated this is a very good and reasonable assessment. I largely agree with most everything.
Some primary agreements/my thoughts based on performance to date.
1) This biggest area of improvement defensively is the secondary. It's is, imo, a marked improvement. Now, to be fair, we haven't played a good passing O all year. However, I have more confidence now against Georgia give this and the on/off or hot/cold nature of their QB. I don't think ousux brings much in the way of passing but they're our biggest test to date, imo. (Need to do some stats analysis, which i should have prior to this post but, lazy)
2) This biggest drop off I've seen in the D is in the gap fill game primarily but not entirely by the LB crew. Our D requires some assistance with line on gap fill, so isn't entirely on the LBers, but...
3) Wisner should be, imo, our primary RB moving forward. He might not have the flash/speed of Blue but he's consistent and he goes HARD. He's also go some nice moves. Effort.. amazing effort.
4) Arch It's interesting to watch him. Early in the game he seemed just a little out of sync with his timing and the speed of his reads. However, he doesn't let one mistake lead to more. He seems to overcome errors well. As the game progressed his confidence grew and so did his sync and read speed. He's growing, quickly. Really, Really quickly. It fun and amazing to watch. His long ball... is SPECIAL!
5) I was as stressed as anyone else. Mainly, gap misses, back tackling on d and dropped balls, penalties and rhythm in general on O. I'm absolutely certain part of that is due to recent history under other coaching regimes. For me at least. I suspect the same for others, cause old scars are soft spots, but that's just my spit ball.
6) Effort/intensity It really felt like MSU came out ready to play and wanting it way more than Texas. Again, that's a previous regime scar, and probably exacerbated the flinch response by me and other Longhorns.
7) ousux... I'm ready, I'm pretty confident the team will be. I love having a week off. I hope our players and coaches really amp up and come out ready to go full Mike Tyson on those punk ass bitches in Dallas.
Let's. FUCKING. GO!!