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I would bet this is was essentially a 1 man route. If AD was covered 1 on 1, throw the jump ball and give him a shot. I would have preferred to see this taken earlier, so the offense coudl see how Washington was playing him.

getting what the OL blocks for you in college, gets you a job as an insurance salesman. Its not an A..

OL did not have a great game in pass pro. I am not going back to watch it, but I thought Christian Jones really struggled.

He had one really good play. It was a swing pass, where he juked some guy out of his jock strap. The catch on the 12 was a better pass, than a catch. It was almost identical to the earlier drop.

No. I did not think that was special. Ewers almost ran for as much as Blue. His scrambles were huge. He accounted for 372 yards in the game. When all the RBs are running for more the 6 yards a pop, perhaps it is more about Washington's game plan and the OL then the RBs. Mostly getting what the OL blocks for you is not an A performance. An A performance is consistently getting, than what the the OL blocks for you. Go back and watch Bijan, to figure out my point. When a player has a bad turnover and a bad drop that could have been a TD, an A is baffling.

He is probably one of the guys I would give a B grade. That is my point. Nobody had their best game vs Washington. No special catches or runs..

J Whitt has a hold that negated a big play. He was fine, but didnt so anything special. Baxter and Blue did not have an A game. They were not breaking tackles left and right. Most of the yards they got were based on blocking and Washington playing back. Blue had a big drop that might have been a TD and an unforced fumble. Saying he was an A, is baffling.

Strange game. There was a few drops and the passes at the LOS were just annoying. I dont think Quinn was bad. I dont think he was great. I dont remember a pass that went behind Worthy, I remember the one sideline that may have hit the DBs foot. TO be honest Quinn might have been one of the best offensive players for Texas last night, that is the issue. I can not name an offensive player that had an A game. You can say the same for the defense. None of the Texas stars stepped up and played great. Washington's stars were great last night. Trice was teh best defensive player of the field. Penix and WRs were great.

Michigan has more talent than Texas, especially grown talent.

I am not sure there is was an offensive player for Texas that I would say had a better, than a B game. Quinn is probably up there for best offensive players vs Washington. It was not on of the best performances by Texas.

Coach Flight was on OnTexas and said he ran a sub 11.0 100 as a sophomore. If that is true, he has plenty of speed

First time I have heard that Peyton Kirkland was ever the heir apparent to Banks

This maybe 100% correct, but I think we need to stop saying the P5 P4. The Big 10 killed the Pac. SEC took all the Blue Bloods from the Big 12. ACC undefeated champion got neutered on ESPN during the selection show. It is the P2. Big 12 and ACC are now somewhere in the middle of the P2 and G5, clutching at any relevancy they can hold on to.

You want Michigan. That would give Texas the ability to beat all 3 of the playoff teams in one season. I am not sure that has ever been done.

According to the IT guys Arch has been getting 2nd team reps in practice for at least half the season.

I find it interesting how many people talk about Ewers and the script. Ewers has 6 picks on the year, all of them are in the 1st half. 3 of them are in the 1Q. He has the highest 4Q QBR in the nation. Here is his QB rating by quarter 1st Quarter 158.32 2nd Quarter 143.04 3rd Quarter 163.76 4th Quarter 219.25 1st Half QB Rating: 150.16 2nd Half QB rating: 183.81 Seems odd the 4Q is his best quarter, if he is dependent on the script.

I think ISU is just always been a tough match up on Sark. They will drop 8 and take away the explosives. They make you have long time consuming drives and they run their offense at a turtles pace, those things usually make it a low possession game. One of Sark's weaknesses as a play caller is patience. He has been much better this year, than in the past, but historically it drives him nuts to play ball control offense. Bama is the inverse. Bama will leave their Dbs on an island and that works to Sark's advantage. He is very good at finding match-ups. Bama generally does what they do. You dont see dramatic changes from game to game in their defense. Tech was just a beating, but Texas had 3 false starts in the 1st half alone. Also a hold early in the 3rd to stop a drive. That was sloppy. Not sure why Texas seems to have less focus at home (penalties)

Texas put up 7.04 yards per play vs Tech. That was the most Tech allowed all season. That is a number Texas only achieved 3 times (Tech, Kansas, and OSU).. They struggled in the red zone, but outside of that the offense was dominant ISU gave up 5 yards a play on the season. Texas put up 6.04 vs them.. That was the 3rd highest number they yielded all year. ISU gives up 1.85 per drive and Texas put up 2.6 per (excluding the last drive that Texas ran out the clock). I am not sure either was a poor game. Washington put up 4.86 yards/play vs a WSU team that averaged giving up 5.67 yards They put up 5.13 vs OSU, who averaged 5.29 allowed ASU held them to 4.37 yards vs 4.75 Seems Washington had its struggles also..

No.. He was injured on a sack (missed block by Sanders).

I would say he is kind of like Quinn. He can hurt you, if you get undisciplined. He prefers to move to throw the ball. His last option is to run to scramble. Doesn’t mean that Washington might not run a couple QB draws, like Texas did last year in the bowl

I did a quick count, so dont crucify me if I am off a bit, but I counted 31 pass plays and 9 runs (1 of which was a Penix run, so that was likely a scramble) in the 1st half of last year's game (77.5% passing plays).. I think you can expect something similar on Saturday. Washington will run, when presented with light boxes or when they feel they have tired out the DL. They are not going to attack a fresh DL, especially of the quality Texas has, unless presented with light box.

That brings me to a question. Who do you think starts for Texas at CB? Homes and Muhammad are rated the 2 best cover CBs on the team by PFF. Muhammad is #1.. Brooks is actually last, but I expect him to start. I do wonder if Texas uses Muhammad more at the boundary, than Watts. You give up some run stopping ability and screen game, but you are better down the field. (I would flip that thought vs Michigan, where I want my most physical CB on the field more)

It was in response to you and the idea that Texas needs to continually bring blitzes to slow the Washington offense down. I am sahying DaBoer and Penix are too good for something that simplistic. Penix threw for 5.3 yards/att vs Texas last year. That was the lowest in his 2 years at Texas. Texas managed to bottle up the Washington passing game last year, despite not registering a single sack.

you are missing the point. Mixing coverages means bring heat and playing some man behind and playing some coverage looks. You dont want to just sit back and bring 5 and play press every down. Penix and Washington will go into mad bomber mode and hammer the secondary. Blitz, press man, 2 deep safety looks, 1 deep safety. That said if you completely blow up their OL, go ahead and blitz every play. Just keep in mind that Washington has been very good in pass protection all year, so it is highly unlikely that Texas will overwhelm Washington with their pass rush. The best possible outcome is the interior pass rush dominates and there isnt a need to bring a lot of blitzes. (Murphy #1 interior pass rusher in Big 12, Sweat #2, and Collins #3)