Texas Football Mid-Camp Report: OL, TE/H-Back

I’m on board if you retract that slight against L’Amour.

I love Louis L’amour. Required reading for all boys.
 
The Iron Marshal and Hondo are favorites.

Looks like some unfortunate timing for the mullet. We switch to be more physical as he improved his play. No way he can play at 275 – this isn´t JUCO.

I wasn’t able to make the open practices to see how the guys look in person, but is Espinosa a little soft at his current weight? Because 6-4 at 295 isn’t terrible for a true-freshmen center, or at least something not needing 3 years in the weight room to remedy…

His height and weight aren’t accurate. And if it were, they don’t mean much in and of themselves. There are guys who are 6-4 295 who are built like brick shithouses and there are guys with those dimensions who are fat tubs of goo. It’s about distribution and body fat.
 
That’s the value of open practices – you know right away which players we’re bullshitting on size-wise.

On that note, does Chris Jones really weigh in at 160 lbs? Cause that almost knocked me to the floor.

Thanks for this. Unbelievable that we’re still so thin at TE. You’d think that when everyone is healed we’d be stacked at the position…. doesn’t seem so.

I have nightmares of Hix against elite DEs. GG will too. Its a shame that the OL may take another year to get where we need it. Every other position group ont eh tem is either strong, or positioned to be strong in the next year. Unfortunetely OL by nature, takes longer to develop players.

jon -
 
He would fit in around Addis Ababa.
 
Ochipper-
 
Very bad luck + bad evaluations = bad results.
 
fear the cow -
 
I think you could an advance an argument that our D is light years ahead of our O (despite their domination of scholarships #s) in almost all phases and that has everything to do with the difference between Muschamp’s development and recruiting and the O’s.
 
I can count the dead weight on our defense on two or three fingers. On O? Two hands.

Good write up Scip. Dom Jones is actually a redshirt fish.

Thanks, mib.
 
Good catch. Thanks.

‘Britt Mitchell gets worked over by our DEs.’

Considering the dearth of talent we have at DE, someone needs to take this poor soul out back and put one in his ear.

Well done, sir. Can’t quibble with the personnel totem pole but feel encouraged that we are entertaining the possibility of actually helping potential slobber-knockers in the passing game with deal breaking blocking schemes. Word on the street is you actually spent considerable time in the trenches your own sweet self in another life—-any chance a sound play action blocking scheme takes the starch out of greyhound DE’s simply out-sprinting OT’s mired in a spread formation/scheme. While outstanding bull rushers might still out-athlete our current OT’s, taking away their quickest move at least gives us a puncher’s chance when combined with a better percentage of doubt before the snap. Just betting here Scip but I magine you weren’t thinking rip, swim, or bull in your four point against opponents that smiled as their first step was placing that steel cage in your gizzard early and often.

Thanks for the read—-it’s bout time to call in the dogs and piss on the fire.

Not unbelievable we don’t have tight ends…we don’t recruit prototypical tight end dimensions. There are some out there…they just take time to develop and we want the harry high school allstars with the numbers….good athletes mind you but not bodies built for Sunday play.

And Scip dead on about Fozzy…every running play call he hears in the huddle has an 8 or a 9 on the end of it. He would take a QB sneak over to Mack if he took the snap.

talent acquisition is the most important part of any organization, and texas football is no different.

the difference in dead weight between offense and defense is clear, and shocking.

there is no excuse for having dead weight at positions like rb and wr. you’re going to miss in some evaluations on OL and DL, and those big bodies are impossible to move around, but to have upper-class skill players who will never see meaningful time at any position is silly.

Scipio I don’t always agree with you. But these posts are so well written and informative. Thank you so much for all you do.

Scipio,

I agree with your assessment of Britt Mitchell. Assuming Tray Allen is back early and retakes his position at right guard, do you think the coaches start Walters over Mitchell at tackle?

You can’t tell me that Milon Talon didn’t have depth. Nobody could have seen that ending.

What percent of offensive snaps is the H-Back (not counting short yardage when he would be lined up as a TE) on the field?

Walking Drum? Lonesome Gods? Jubal Sackett? Don’t talk to me about lack of depth.

As for the football, I think there are four guys who will contribute at TE/HB: Matthews, Smith, Howard, Whaley, which is a far cry from the last couple years at TE.

Agree with everything you said about OL except Poehlmann. I’d like to actually see him play before saying he can’t bang with the big boys. Size can be really overrated. My two deep for the OL: Hix-Huey-Snow-Allen-Walters/Poehlmann-Hopkins-Porter-Ashcraft-Mitchell

Don’t you, forget about me . . .

Please. Let’s try

Trulove Sackett (could stop Suh with one arm)
William Tell Sackett
Kin Ring Sackett
Nolan Sackett
Lando Sackett

Texas Football -
 
It would have been enjoyable to have been coached by you instead of misdemeanor felons and closet boy voyeurs. You’ve got me fired up. And I agree with every word you wrote, as I usually do. If we can raise the OL pups in a culture where aggression won’t be rewarded with a time-out and a chat with a psychiatrist’s doll, we’ll be in good shape soon enough.
 
el jinca -
 
You speak truths, sir.
 
Nathan -
 
You’re welcome.
 
TKO -
 
That’s my guess.
 
dedfischer -
 
L’amour’s Western’s generally had cliffhangers like a Scooby Doo cartoon.
 
Taylor -
 
I’ll go with 50%.
 
llogg -
 
My perception is based on seeing him play against Jeffcoat, Wilson, Jones.

Whither the great black Whale?

Alien
The name is to be spoken no more in the Temple.

If quickness is really the issue we have with stopping the pass rush then Poehlman could be the answer if he is strong enough to stop the bull rush. 275 is a bit heavier than most DE’s he will face. That also assumes he is quicker than the other guys.

For those of you who have seen him, can he hold his own, is he a bit quicker than Mitchell?

Monahorns -
 
Yes, he is quicker than Mitchell. But he’ll be playing against much quicker athletes nearly his own size. That’s why a base you can rely on is so key. If an OT can’t stop the bull rush, he’s fish in a barrel for anything the defender wants to do.
 
Luke would hold up fine in 70% of our games. But the remaining 30%?

Scip, I agree with what you’re saying. That’s why I wonder about his strength. For some guys strength can compensate for weight to provide that base. With strength there also has to be the understanding of how to use it. Is Luke one of those guys? Never watched him play or practice so I don’t know. There are not many (any?) good 275 lb tackles in college football these days, but adding fat isn’t a solution in my mind either.

I am sure we will not be the greatest line this year, but I just can’t worry too much due to the fact that we got rid of Ulatoski. I know he did some things well, but every time I focused on him he got beat or made a mental error (see down 24-21 in NCG).

“The coaches think we’re taking to our new identity. I think it will take some time. We’ve recruited a combination of spread guys and maulers with little coherence between the two and establishing a physical identity springs from the schemes and low pad levels as much as big talk and bench presses.”

Bingo, bro’.
Obviously, we’re hoping the process is accelerated.

If Tray Allen cant get back in the next two weeks we need to save this 5 star recruit who is finally coming into his own. He showed a lot during the national championship playing RG for a good portion of the game. A great run blocker it would be a shame for him to come back half way this year being out of shape an in his final year. I rather him come back next year hungrier then ever and take charge as the leader of the young offensive line.

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