Texas Longhorns Depth Chart: OU Version

This caught my eye.

Punter: John Gold OR Justin Tucker

Remember all the hand-wringing in the offseason over defensive tackle? Many hands, overly-excessive wringing. I don’t think I’ve heard a peep about any deficiencies there since August.

i heard both collins and scott may be back for the game…at least that’s the rumor coming outta norman.

Oh, if we lose, you can bet the great majority of Texas fans will be laying this loss at the feet of Norton and Irby. No doubt.

I was shocked at the lack of Goodwin and Monroe in the game last weekend. I guarantee we see a lot more of both on Saturday. Let’s just hope we don’t give the ball to Monroe EVERY time he is in the game. Starting to become a little obvious.

If someone is really really good does it really matter that much that the other team “knows” they will get the ball? everyteam we play knows that Shipley will get the vast majority of passes. If Texas had Barry Sanders or Walter Payton on the sidelines, would we not play them beacuse it would show a tendancy?

Furthermore, it is amazing that Mack and Co. seems so worried about tendancies, yet the offense is so predictable half the damn stadium knows the play.

“If someone is really really good does it really matter that much that the other team "knows" they will get the ball?”

On that play, yes. You can stop Earl Campbell by putting 11 in the box if you are absolutely confident it will be a run between the tackles. there is a big difference in your allocation of defensive resources between knowing someone is going to get the ball at that exact momment and knowing it will happen a number of times at some point in the game.

Tailback: 28 Fozzy Whittaker OR 1 Barack Obama

“On that play, yes. You can stop Earl Campbell by putting 11 in the box if you are absolutely confident it will be a run between the tackles. there is a big difference in your allocation of defensive resources between knowing someone is going to get the ball at that exact momment and knowing it will happen a number of times at some point in the game.”

I’ll give you this, but we heard this same excuse with Cedric Benson his freshman year. It is a relatively easy tendancy to break, run him into the line once, if it works, keep doing it, if not, play fake the shit out of it and go over the top. Its not like DJ Monroe is so inexperienced that he is going to get confused and tackle Colt as he sets up to pass.

Whither Chris Robertson?

One carry and Barack would be the leading John Heisman candidate.

Say what you want about Cody and his explosiveness. Nobody’s explosive behind that line. CJ had three td’s in last years game and one of them required some speed, along with power. He’s not slow, he just needs a larger hole when we’re incapable of supplying a microscopic one.

Defensive tackle has been a pleasant surprise. Muschamp has proven to be a talent maximizer. The other guy, not so much.

Yes Nordberg, but we didn’t wring our hands about being able to score a god damn touchdown. Substitute reasons and it was warranted. No, it doesn’t need to make sense. Not much I say in the next few days will.

“Remember all the hand-wringing in the offseason over defensive tackle?”

Muschamp covers a multitude of sins.

He also faces his first truly credible running threat on SAT. Hope it goes well.