<p>With OU weekend countdowns already starting, I think it’s high time for us to have a thread dedicated to discussing football on here! So feel free to chat away about Longhorns football (or any other sport for that matter).</p>
<p>I’m related to David Ash by marriage, so I’m enjoying watching how well he’s doing. I don’t know him well, but my relatives say he’s really a great kid. I think he’s shown a lot of poise when he’s playing.</p>
<p>It was great to see the Horns beat up on Iowa State. It will be interesting to see how they do against OU!</p>
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<p>Interesting is the right word… I’m not too comfortable with the whole rotating quarter back scheme. It’s our rebuilding year and we should be ready to sacrifice this season to give one qb the proper field experience he needs to last the next few years. God knows we can’t keep this up forever</p>
<p>I don’t think we can go wrong with either Ash or McCoy, but I agree that we need to settle on one. My guess is that the coaches are expanding the package for Ash who I think will be the long-term starter. However, McCoy could do the job, as well. We are in a good position having two great leaders.</p>
<p>I think we need our QBs to simply do a solid job managing the game and pound the ball with our running game. Hopefully we can do that against OU so that there is much less pressure on Ash and McCoy.</p>
<p>So who’s going to Dallas this weekend? Excited for the traffic? I’m already getting pumped up. For some reason I think we stand a chance this year <em>knock on wood</em></p>
<p>I hope Malcolm Brown can get on a roll and rip off some big runs.</p>
<p>We are going! Headed up Friday afternoon, staying in Plano because hubby wants to go to Bob’s Chop House and taking DART to the fairgrounds early Saturday morning. </p>
<p>For me, I am getting use to the rotational quarterback thing, I think this will be the new normal for UT under Harsin/Applewhite. They have been interviewed extensively and they feel it is best for this situation and for player health. They like playing each of them so that they stay healthy. When you put all your eggs in one quarterback basket, you can get burned (See Indinanopolis Colts). On campus my daughter says they call them McAsh. They see them as one unit that works as team. My daughter’s roommate has a brother on the team and she said they are stoked for Saturday. They don’t care if OK is favored by 10. It gives them drive to fight harder. This is a young team but they have so much potential. Malcolm Brown is a beast and led his HS team (Steele) to a State Championship his senior year. I am sure OK is planning to keep him from advancing the ball, but plan is the operative word. Hopefully Team Longhorn can outwit, outlast and outplay.</p>
<p>Hook’em and TEXAS FIGHT!</p>
<p>well…it appears Gilbert is transferring…hook em \w/</p>
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<p>I wonder where he will end up. He will be a one-year deal for whichever school takes him and I would think that many good programs aren’t looking for a one-year deal and would like to develop QBs instead. We’ll see. I hope for the best for Gilbert though.</p>
<p>Let’s bump this thing up. Hook 'Em Horns!</p>
<p>Here are some comments and things I took away from today’s game:
- Case needs his shot at a full game before we decide on a starter because Ash did nothing to prove he earns the starting job.
- I like Ash’s ability to keep plays alive, but he hangs onto the ball for too long, stares down receivers, and doesn’t go through his progressions.
- Once again, we are too fancy on offense. 3rd and 3 and we roll out Ash twice in a row? Last time I checked Cody Johnson (5’11’’, 252) still plays for the Horns. Overall we could’ve have 50+ more rushing yards this game in my estimation but we started getting away from our running game.
- This team seems like it’s going to be built off the run-game on offense as long as Brown is here. We need a QB who simply manages the game (doesn’t turn the ball over, is good at throwing screens/short-intermediate routes, and picks up the blitz). We don’t need a Landry Jones, we just need a guy who can throw for 200 and compliment the run game.
- Our DBs did a pretty good job today. We did well to shut down Blackmon (7-74 I think) and other than in the 2nd quarter when Blackmon went off on a series for 3 catches and a big run, we held our own on the perimeters. That was good too see against a pass-happy OSU team.
- The busted run play coverages killed us and our kick coverage isn’t the best.
- Ash isn’t fast enough to run it in inside the red zone, nor is he accurate enough to pass it for a TD. I’m just not comfortable with Ash inside the red zone at all…
- DKR needs to amp it up. I was watching the Oregon-ASU game and Oregon had a record attendance of ‘just 65,000’ and that place was rocking. How are 65,000 fans in an open, bowl-type stadium louder than 100,000+ fans in a noise-promoting stadium like DKR? That’s beyond me…
- The QB-rotation is officially over (I think we all saw this coming)…which is nice to see. </p>
<p>Overall, I’m not too disappointed with today’s game. I definitely think we have room to improve (Ash’s throw on 3rd and 3 that was short, the dropped potential interceptions, busted run coverage, kick-off return for TD by OSU, not maintaining drives when we get past the opponents ~35, etc.). The rest of the season should be very interesting. UT has the potential to reel off 5 wins (6 for those of us who are ultimate wishful thinkers), but it could very easily go in the complete opposite direction with it all unravelling after a gimme win against Kansas next week. We hung right in there with the supposedly 6th best team in the nation…I’m a dreamer, so I’m hoping for a 9-3 year.</p>
<p>Were you watching the game on ABC? My friends told me that they complained about DKR being pathetically quiet…</p>
<p>I was at the game, but my friends who watched it on TV told me about the commentators talking about how quiet DKR is.</p>
<p>Future (and present) looks very promising with this killer running game, DBs maturing, O-Line losing just 1 player next year and our run D (not to mention us getting the no.3 HS QB next year and no. 2 RB, and 2 of the top 6 WRs, etc.!)</p>