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Collecting all the post-game analysis articles, including those behind paywalls, regarding the OSU game here:

Jeff Howe: Rally comes up short as Texas falls to Oklahoma State, 38-35

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STILLWATER, Okla. — A second-half rally came up short as No. 6-ranked Texas fell to Oklahoma State, 38-35, on Saturday night at Boone Pickens Stadium. The loss for the Longhorns (6-2, 4-1 in the Big 12) in the team's first in conference play and fourth in a row to the Cowboys (5-3, 2-3) who are now one win away from bowl eligbility.

Trailing by 17 points at halftime, which was tied for the largest deficit the Longhorns have faced all season, the Longhorns finally found their footing in the second half. Keaontay Ingram ended a 6-play, 78-yard drive when Sam Ehlinger, in his return from a shoulder injury suffered two weeks ago in a win over Baylor, hit him on a delayed release wheel route for a 22-yard touchdown to cut the Oklahoma State lead to 10, 31-21, with 2:15 remaining in the quarter.

With the ball back in his possession to start the fourth quarter, Ehlinger went to work. On an 8-play, 59-yard drive, Ehlinger had a 10-yard run and was 4-for-5 passing for 44 yards, including a beautifully-designed 10-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Beck where the action looked like the power stretch Ehlinger has had success running, but Beck squirted free in the clear and Ehlinger hit him with a jump pass to make it a one-possession game, 31-28. That's when mistakes the Longhorns made all night caught up with them and resulted in the program's six-game winning streak getting snapped.

The defense forced a punt on Oklahoma State's ensuing drive, but Brandon Jones fielded the punt and was ruled to have had his forward progress stopped at the 2-yard line. A three-and-out by the offense and a short punt put the defense on a short field and while the Cowboys needed six plays to cover the distance, Taylor Cornelius did as his 10-yard touchdown run on third-and-goal from the 10 put Oklahoma State ahead, 38-28, with 5:44 to play.

Texas then drove the ball 75 yards in 13 plays, a march that ended with a 1-yard Tre Watson touchdown run with 1:46 to play. The Cowboys, however, were able to run out the clock and came away with a win on Homecoming weekend in Stillwater. The first half couldn’t have gone worse for Texas, especially on defense. Oklahoma State racked up 378 total yards over the first 30 minutes and averaged 7.1 yards per play en route to a 17-point halftime lead where big plays allowed in critical situations killed the Longhorns.

The Cowboys finished the first half with seven passing plays of 15 yards or more, three of which went for touchdowns. Additionally, Todd Orlando’s desire to see the third-down defense get cleaned up was all for naught in the first half as the Cowboys were 6-for-12 moving the sticks on third down and 2-for-2 on fourth down as four of the explosive passing plays by Oklahoma State happened on the money downs.

Another trend unsavory trend the defense saw continue was opposing offenses getting points on their opening series. Oklahoma State made it six of eight times this season where the defense has surrendered points on their opening drive as Cornelius connected with Tylan Wallace for a 40-yard touchdown to finish off an impressive 4-play, 53-yard drive that staked the Cowboys to an early lead, 7-0.

Texas answered as Ehlinger moved the offense down the field 65 yards in seven plays. Ehlinger ended the drive by calling his own number and scored on a 5-yard touchdown run to tie the game. Oklahoma State, however, would then take control of the game. The Cowboys scored on three of their next four possessions, including a 10-play, 64-yard drive where Cornelius scored on a 1-yard run to put Texas down by 17 points, 24-7, which the largest deficit Texas has faced since it trailed Maryland by the same score in the season opener.

As was the case when the Terrapins pulled ahead of the Longhorns at FedEx Field on Sept. 1, Texas answered quickly. A 39-yard completion from Ehlinger to Lil'Jordan Humphrey and a 37-yard strike from Ehlinger to Beck down the seam highlighted a 4-play, 75-yard scoring drive that culminated with a 2-yard touchdown run by Ehlinger. The lead, however, would go back to a 17-point margin in favor of the Cowboys by halftime. Wallace concluded an impressive first half where racked piled up 167 receiving yards on eight receptions by hauling in a 36-yard touchdown pass over Kris Boyd. The touchdown hookup on a fourth-and-1 capped a 10-play, 70-yard drive and gave the Cowboys the lead at intermission, 31-14.

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Post-game commiseration thread: Oklahoma State 38, Texas 35

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(Bobby Burton) Snap Judgments: Miscues and Missed Opportunities

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(Ian Boyd) 5 Quick thoughts: Stopped in Stillwater

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Justin Wells: Pokes pull off upset of promising Horns, 38-35

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Chip Brown: Good, Bad, Ugly from Texas' 38-35 loss to Oklahoma State

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http://insidetexas.com/coach-vs-grades-oklahoma-state-3/

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  On 10/29/2018 at 1:55 PM, LTtxfan said:

Anybody hear that Coach Washington lost his Dad during off week before Okie Lite??

Not sure if true or not.....

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PRAYERS to Coach Washington and Family & Friends of

his Dad.... 🤘

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  On 10/29/2018 at 4:08 PM, Viper said:

isn't that a failing grade?

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I think a long time ago they always including the key, but here it is:

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GRADING KEY

My grading system is based on total points earned against number of plays played. The points are awarded individually on each and every separate play. There are five different possible grades for each play. Players may earn a plus three (3) for a five star type play—-plus two (2) for above average execution—-plus one (1) for doing their job successfully—-zero (0) for getting beat but knowing and attempting their assignment—-and minus 3 (-3) for a missed assignment.

Each player has a total number of points and a total number of his own individual plays. You divide the total number of plays into the total number of points which gives you scale. The grading scale is as follows:

Any player averaging one point per play (1.0) grades out a B which is winning football. If a player plays 60 plays with 60 total points he would earn a passing grade—each point he goes over the total number of plays raises his grade accordingly. The system is built around rewarding any player that doesn’t beat himself or his team with mental mistakes.

The system also punishes any player that knows what to do but loses too many individual battles. If a player plays 60 plays but loses 10 of those with zero special plays (60 plays—50 points) he falls below the 1.0 needed for a passing grade of B.

I use the plus/minus (A-, B+, etc,) when the numbers indicate a partial add or subtract from the grade. This system was used by my first coaching staff and I kinda carried it with me for thirty years—it’s not perfect but it gives the position coach a measuring stick for his individual players.
The only way to earn the highest grade of A is to play a perfect game. I’ve had exactly zero up to right now so great games still can be better so A- is a very popular second best. This system and my grades will always be subjective filled with agree and disagree opinions. It’s entirely fair for disagreement (without it we might not have horse races) but it’s important to remember that each play only counts once instead of allowing a big mistake to have major influence on an individual’s final grade.

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So yes, for whatever reason you need a B to "pass."

edit, which means here is the list of guys on D with passing grade: Omenihu, Hager, Nelson, Foster, Thompson.  And only Foster was above bare minimum pass with B+.

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  On 10/29/2018 at 5:04 PM, El Hornarino said:

I think a long time ago they always including the key, but here it is:

So yes, for whatever reason you need a B to "pass."

edit, which means here is the list of guys on D with passing grade: Omenihu, Hager, Nelson, Foster, Thompson.  And only Foster was above bare minimum pass with B+.

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That sounds about right. Though Foster picked some terrible plays to look like a freshman.

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Scipio Tex: Texas-OSU Post-Mortem: Offense

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  On 10/29/2018 at 8:30 PM, Machinator said:

Scipio Tex: Texas-OSU Post-Mortem: Offense

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I am genuinely surprised Scipio didn't use the technically correct term, Entmoot.

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  On 10/29/2018 at 9:37 PM, Viper said:

I am genuinely surprised Scipio didn't use the technically correct term, Entmoot.

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He's probably high off his ass on longbottom leaf or too far into his cups of entdraught to have proofread.

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Scipio Tex: Texas-OSU Post-Mortem: Defense

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  On 10/30/2018 at 3:02 PM, Viper said:

Scipio Tex: Texas-OSU Post-Mortem: Defense

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This one was painful to read. For sure Orlando's worst coaching performance at Texas, even worse than the two Maryland games.

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  On 10/30/2018 at 4:59 PM, Machinator said:

This one was painful to read. For sure Orlando's worst coaching performance at Texas, even worse than the two Maryland games.

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We can just hope other teams don't watch the OSU and both Maryland game films and get any wise ideas about how to attack an Orlando defense on the ground. 

 

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  On 10/30/2018 at 4:59 PM, Machinator said:

This one was painful to read. For sure Orlando's worst coaching performance at Texas, even worse than the two Maryland games.

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Unfortunately keeping Locke & Wheeler on the field is killing this Defense.  Late during 2017 B12 Season, Orlando moved both Locke & Wheeler to the bench.  

Stick a GoPro camera on Boyd's helmet during practice this week.

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  On 10/30/2018 at 6:45 PM, Amos Moses said:

Has Overshown played much?  I haven't noticed him in the lineup.  He was the talk of camp if memory serves - can GJ move over and let Overshown play on the weakside?

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Special teams.

We're grooming Overshown to take GJ's role, next season. I don't think he's a Mac.

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  On 10/30/2018 at 6:45 PM, Amos Moses said:

Has Overshown played much?  I haven't noticed him in the lineup.  He was the talk of camp if memory serves - can GJ move over and let Overshown play on the weakside?

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he was injured during fall camp

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  On 10/30/2018 at 6:42 PM, Machinator said:

In terms of like for like, Dele makes sense, but consider that he's a true freshman who missed most of training camp with an injury.

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The question was about next season, and although he may not be a team leader by then, he should be able to do the job after a year+ in the program. Not ideal but the best option. Also isn't our MAC on the field less than the other LBs, when we have like seven or nine DBs out there?

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  On 10/30/2018 at 6:54 PM, texastough said:

The question was about next season, and although he may not be a team leader by then, he should be able to do the job after a year+ in the program. Not ideal but the best option. Also isn't our MAC on the field less than the other LBs, when we have like seven or nine DBs out there?

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No, we take the B-backer (Roach/McCulloch/Ossai) off the field when we go dime.

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  On 10/28/2018 at 4:32 PM, satyanash said:

Chip Brown: Good, Bad, Ugly from Texas' 38-35 loss to Oklahoma State

 

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  On 10/30/2018 at 6:56 PM, Red Five said:

Well the worst thing that happens is he’s as lost as Wheeler is.

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I loved Scipio's quote along those lines

"I'm not convinced we can do worse and any sub we put in might at least make different mistakes, thus disallowing defenses to game plan #45 specifically."

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  On 10/30/2018 at 6:37 PM, Machinator said:

Thompson would be the straightforward replacement for Locke.

Wheeler is less clear, but I would think McCulloch. Our LB room is just not in a good state right now.

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Time for Orlando to coach his ass off like he's a great Defensive Coordinator

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