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The one thing I lean on is Texas blowing the game last year and Stutsman putting out those "OU fears God, Texas fears OU" t-shirts. I cannot see Texas coming out flat in this game. Texas is the better team and the team with the motivation.

He was definitely on some calls early last year, not sure if that was scouting or stealing. IF Texas scores 40, I will convince myself the comms made a difference. I dont think coaches talking to players is that big of a deal, when Texas has the ball. Quinn and Stutsman have been around. They pretty smart guys (football IQ) and have seen a lot. Probably more beneficial for younger players like Hawkins.

I think that is the 9.95er answer, because they wont come out say Venables is a known sign stealer. He was hated in the ACC for it. Offensively, you only have part of the field where you have to worry about hearing the comms. Perhaps I have my tinfoil hat on, but I feel better about the game knowing Venables scumbaggary is going to be limited.

Not sure any 9.95ers are talking about it, but helmet communication could be a big positive for Texas. Venables has reputations one of the best sign stealers in the country

Just for the record DFEI rankings: Texas 4th Michigan 8th OU 10th

Name Yr Pos G Att Yards Avg. TD Att/G Yards/G 1 Jovantae Barnes JR RB 5 57 199 3.49 2 11.40 39.80 2 Jackson Arnold SO QB 4 41 138 3.37 2 10.25 34.50 3 Taylor Tatum FR RB 4 18 116 6.44 2 4.50 29.00 4 Michael Hawkins Jr. FR QB 3 28 101 3.61 1 9.33 33.67 5 Sam Franklin JR RB 5 5 42 8.40 0 1.00 8.40 6 Gavin Sawchuk SO RB 5 18 33 1.83 0 3.60 6.60 that is not good I also looked at Sacks per drop back (Pass att+sacks allowed) Texas is 2nd in the SEC with a sack allowed every 33.2 drop backs.. Oklahoma is 13th with a sack allowed every 11 pass attempts. MSU was 15th at 8.7 to give you some reference. Texas had 6 sacks vs MSU. (Kentucky 14th)

One of the Sooner donkeys said he would attack Hill. Said he was undisciplined.

Simmons may get in trouble once or twice, but PK has dealt with a very similar QB in Milroe last year. I wouldnt be surprised if he just dusted out that game plan.

Here is Hawkins big run. Auburn slanting the DE/OLB and bringing the ILB around the edge OU OL doesnt pass this off. Guard is screwed and chasing the ILB But the ILB is gets too wide and 50+ yards later its an OU TD and the blitzing ILB is never touched by an OL.

This needs to get cleaned up for OU. Texas needs to stay in their Rush lanes. Ant needs to take on that Rb. He goes around him and opens up a huge hole. Texas ends having 2 rushers behind the QB

The double move against Muhammad was wide open. That one that most QBs hit. Again this more about the fact this was the 1st team to test Texas deep with decent athletes.

My bad on that. I thought it was Mukaba's grade. I still think MSU game exposed a potential weakness

The rebuttal of just Mukaba's grade is obviously focusing on 1 of the 5 starters. Again if MSU isnt MSU and they hit those shots, I would bet those grades are lower for the secondary, especially the Cbs. We do that vs Georgia and this board will be back into full panic mode over the secondary. That was the 1st team to attack the secondary deep this year and they did a poor job. Perhaps it was a good thing it happened vs a team that was unable to take advantage of the coverage lapses with idea that is can be addressed before it hurts the team.

I was highlighting that Texas showed some vulnerability to the deep ball vs the first SEC average WR group they have faced. We can ignore that and focus on 1 of the 5 starters, who wasnt involved in those.

Comment was directed more at the CB grade. I think it was Muhammad getting burned twice and Holmes once on deep balls. Holmes and MuKuba gave up a catch, but that was more of a tip your cap kind of thing. Great throw and catch in traffic.

I think OU will need to hit some big plays to win this game. They have been horrendous on 3rd down this season. OU hasn’t shown the ability to score on 8-10 play drives. I would guess they run some option to help the run game and test Texas’s discipline. This is a game the DL could make a statement vs a poor OU OL. Texas may not need to bring more than 4 to get pressure. (You don’t have to be vanilla in how you bring 4)

I believe Broughton is the highest graded DT in the SEC. Opposition hasn’t been great, but they have held their own. Probably deserve a higher grade, if we are simply basing it on how they have played. LBs have had their moments both ways. I think Texas has given up 2 TDs both were because LBs were not gap sound (UTSA/MSU). What’s that DB grade of MSU didn’t miss 3 open deep shots? I like the way the defense has played, but I’ll wait until at least the Georgia game before pontificating how good they really are. 1st 5 games they have been picking on kids getting off the short bus

Oklahoma has been quite lucky recovering 80% of fumbles this year.

Quinn has always taken care of the ball. I believe he leads Texas all-time in int-att ratio. He has attempted 769 passes and thrown 14 over his career. That is one pick per 55 attempts.

I like adjusted stats, but sometimes they seem to miss the mark. Arch was great vs MSU, but he didnt do much more than Toledo or Florida did. MSU's pass defense the last 3 weeks. QBs have completed 86.2% of their attempts at 10.2 per attempt. This is next level bad. Date Opponent Surface Result Att Comp Pct. Yards Yards/Att TD Int Rating 09/14/24 Toledo Grass L 17-41 28 23 82.1 285 10.2 3 0 203.00 09/21/24 Florida Grass L 28-45 28 26 92.9 277 9.9 3 0 211.32 09/28/24 @ 1 Texas Turf L 13-35 31 26 83.9 325 10.5 2 0 193.23

Dont know the kid or his motivations, but I would guess he is in a good spot financially based on the schools where he committed. I would guess that means he is not on the market after 1 year, but I am purely speculating.

He was an A&M commit and then flipped to Auburn. 5 star WR knowingly went into a complete rebuild with a dumpster fire at QB. I wonder what would cause him to make a deci$ion like that.

He definitely got a shit sandwich of no OL and no WRs. Just a terrible situation to develop a QB. Looked like Texas for years

Yes, OU is not a shut down defense. They are very good vs the run, but vulnerable vs the pass. They just gave up over 10 yards an attempt to Auburn (pass defense ranks in the 70s). I dont think OU can hold up in the backend against Texas. They lost one of their best players in their NB. They are highly reliant on Havoc plays. They are top 5 in turnovers forced and top 10 in sacks. If Texas protects Quinn, I expect the offense to put up some pts. Texas has seen a better DL this year an held up well (Michigan)