Changes to the depth chart

Cody reduced due to the dinged ankle?

lol @ Message sent, imo. and the Chykie Zulu tag.

“So that’s two different excuses after the first game. Not good.”

No, dumbass. One was immediately following the game, and the other was after they found out about the ankle and saw it swollen up. If Mack had known about the ankle on Saturday, you can sure as hell bet he would have mentioned it during the post-game press conference.

Looks like they are moving towards Williams/Chiles/Goodwin as the starting WR’s… for now.

Aaron Williams is no longer listed as an “Or” on punt returns. One too many blows to the head, imo..

Blanton -

Goodwin is listed as an OR. It’s all about downhill running at the moment and Goodwin did not impress with his blocking acumen, or lack thereof. He’ll get reps against the Cowboys but mostly sit and ponder.

Williams/Chiles/Goodwin is certainly better than Kirkendoll/Chiles/Goodwin. Eventually I think we move to Williams/Davis/Goodwin as the main trio. That’s a threesome that oppsing DC’s have to game plan for, especially if Matthews can emerge as a receiving threat. Which reminds me, they sure as hell better showcase him at least a little this week.

JD, Orangebloods can be found at http://texas.rivals.com

You might find it more to your liking over there.

Call me a dumb ass worthless coach by name over the Chykie deal. Remember: you guys are experts. Or are comments like that reserved for when your expertise reveals a mistake by a coach who is not in vogue? My defense gave up 17 points to Rice, and the only turnover was on ST by one of my players coached on ST by one of my assistants. Give me my by-name berating, darn it! Boom, MF!

TXStampede, you are right about Goodwin’s blocking. Cody has a touchdown on one run, or at least goes another 10 yards if Marquise even attempts to block his man. I watched that run 3 times in slow mo and can’t figure out what the hell he was thinking. The only explanation I could come up with for the complete non effort was he thought the play was meant to go to the other side of the field or something. It was atrocious.

The only turnover not counting easily missed INTs as turnovers against us, that is (which is technically if not practically true).

“JD, Orangebloods can be found at ”http://texas.rivals.com" target="_blank">http://texas.rivals.com

You might find it more to your liking over there."

Who the fuck are you?

So JD, I take it you didn’t like OB?

Good call on the message sent to Chykie – he definitely gets it now!

RE: Free Safety.
It pains me to watch all of the MNC game highlights – all of the big runs from Ingram and Richardson go right through the FS spot…but at least the rest of the D was lined up! Imagine what would have happened had someone been out of position!

“…but at least the rest of the D was lined up! Imagine what would have happened had someone been out of position!”

We would probably be shaking our heads at our defense not being lined up properly leading to an extremely easy touchdown where the ball carrier went into the end zone totally untouched…or something along those lines. :-)

Either way, we lost the game, that season is over, time to move on. The situation is what it is. Maybe with more experience the roles change as this season progresses.

i say we take garret out if he cant stop saying “you know” twice every sentence

My thoughts :
Running backs
1) Alan Turnbow at the Statesman wrote yesterday that the staff still considers Cody Johnson their guy at tailback, you want that one back now Alan?
2) It’s funny now how every reporter is now claiming that they always knew that Tre Newton was our best back. Where was that during Fall Camp. All most Texas writers know how to do is jump on the band wagon and agree with everything Mack says in print. Reminds of the Obama White House and CNN.
3) I know one thing about the running back situation. Fozzy will never lead the team in carries for any game. I think it’s Tre or Cody leading the team in carries every week.
4) The running back by committee thing has to confuse and discourage these kids. Stick to your guns dammit. Go with one guy and make it work.
5) Bohls wrote in his 9 Things column that a NFL scout watching the Texas- Rice game told him that Texas didn’t have the personnel to run a pro-style offense. Dominant offensive line? Nope. Outstanding tailback? Nope. Julio Jones like receiver who can stretch field and demand double coverage? Again don’t have it. The coaches have to use their offensive strength at wide receiver and use the pass to set up the run. Our offense probably works if Rice has nickel as their base defense.
6) The running back by committee nightmare/ finesse offensive lineman nightmare cannot end soon enough. Bring on Malcolm Brown, Greenlea, Westerman and Flowers next year.
7) Mack is pretty clever about fabricating injuries when top players perform way below par. See Colt’s “flu like symptons” against OU last year. I think Cody’s ankle sprain is taken from the same bag of BS.
8) Stick with your players currently playing fullback in goal line situations. Berryhill can at least put a helmet on somebody.

Paden Kelley can possibly save this offensive line this year. The more snaps the better. I’m sick of everyone making excuses for Kyle Hix. He is a senior, he should have it figured out by now. Like they say on Hard Knocks with The New York Jets, just hit somebody and rest will take care of itself. Wise words Kyle.
Putting Chykie Brown on notice by naming a co-starter at the OTHER corner spot? Genius motivational tool. My bet is Chykie never gets it. Doing more harm than good out there, move him aside and give the young guys a shot. I still think Chykie is valuable in zone coverage, but he cannot be left alone in man to man.
Congrats to Vaccaro, it goes to show you can force your way into the starting 11. Williams, Curtis Brown, Vaccaro, Gideon and Scott are out 5 best options in the secondary right now. When Gideon graduates he will be the most forunate, by default 4 year starter in the history of UT Football. Scott Derry thinks Gideon lucked his way into a starting spot.
Maybe this is the Game that Malcolm Finally Gets It. He’s always been a deep threat and a good blocker, but no drops are very encouraging. Out of the starting lineup message sent and received Greg Davis.
I would have liked to see something more from the DT spot. Randall is a stud, but zero from anybody else. How long will the Okafor DT experiment last? Oak’s destiny is at end or Buck.
Kirk disappeared in this game against s*** corners. Don’t bother getting off the bus in Dallas and Lincoln Kirk because a good corner buries you under his island. Best summer and fall of any receiver my ass. More Mack- speak BS.

JD,

We all appreciate quick wit around here; not so much immediate resort to obscene rhetorical questions, know what I mean fucker?

The Answer sprained an ankle? Riiiiiiiigggggggghhhhhhhhhttttttt….

Guess that’s why, after benching him for being fat and slow, they put him back in the game on the very last series.

Cody obviously didn’t get hurt too bad, but go back and watch him get up from his second run and get lined up again. Hard to tell from the weird-ass camera framing but he appears to be hopping on one foot. Is it me?

I’m fat and slow and no one put me in on the last series. :-(

Kirk Bohls heard from a dude at the game, that when it’s hard to pass and you can’t throw good, you should run it, or do like a trick play. He also said if the defense is getting beat, they should try a blitz or something.

Bohls was completely blown away and told him to repeat it so he could write it down. After that, the article he was working on pretty much just wrote itself.

On a side note, relax JD, you’re going to blow an o-ring.

What’s with the sudden influx of losers posting comments?

It’s their angry season.

speaking of, has anyone heard from tim since their opener against SMU?

rice does have nickel base

I was glad when Tubby went full Leachian and went for it on 4th and short, only to have the TO set up SMU for a score. Made it more Tech-like.

Indeed, if Tuberville were a true genius, he would have engineered that entire sequence a means of demonstrating to the Red Raider fan base once and for all that there’s a REASON only the Pirate did such things, and as a baseline for why he will never pull such a boneheaded stunt again.

Where the starting RB is concerned, this year is going to be a replay of the merry-go-round we saw at that position last season. It was so absurd it became absolutely comical. For those who have forgotten how that went, here’s a summary:

http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2009/11/10/cody-johnson-is-doomed/

Hook ’em!!!

Same as in 08 too, right? Didn’t McGee, Fozzy, and Ogbanana trade off every week?

And I almost hate to even say this, but I’ve thought all offseason that they guy who would benefit the most from our offensive changes, is McGee. You watch, at some point this season, he’ll be “the guy” for about two weeks.

nordberg, I said the exact same thing to everyone at the tailgate. I think that McGee might be the best NFL-style back on the roster — this downhill running game is right in his wheel-house.

Chuckie Brown blows… he is our “number 7” of last year.

billfromlaketravis,

if the average “conservative” could pull his head out of his as for long enough to actually watch CNN, you’ll notice they blindly accept everything your party says as well. Why must conservatives use any excuse to bash Obama? It’s not like you guys didn’t fuck up the country enough when you gave us George Bush and his know-nothing governance, now you want to fuck up football discussion boards too. Allsome.

It’s already time for Shead. If Cody did actually hurt his ankle, well then not. He did look good early. But Tre and Fozzy don’t break enough tackles for where our line is at. As was mentioned, our line didn’t wiff much, but didn’t drive open 8 yard holes either. We need our back to find the hole and do some extra damage every once in a while. I know this is possible because I saw it in about 50 replays of other teams running backs. They had mostly small holes and broke 2 or 3 tackles on their way to 20 yards or the house.

Cody can do this, but looked slow after injury. Maybe he’s still our answer. But Tre and Fozzy and ESPECIALLY Mcgee are not our answer. Tre finds the hole just fine, but has he ever broken a tackle? He goes straight down. Destined to average mid 4s per carry. Fozzy looked better but he also goes down easy. Now that we are actually blocking, I just want a back who can break 2 tackles and speed to big yards. 30 other teams have one. That’s what will bring safeties up. That’s what I want. I am going to dream for that tonight.

I think we are sleeping on Shead because he is a 1A frosh. He has good acceleration to hit the hole and he can break some tackles. I GUARANTEE that if we put him in the game for at least 8 carries, he will do something big. He does something big everytime he has touched the ball lately.

Sure, why not. It’s not like he needs to be in the same class as Malcolm Brown and potentially Aaron Green.

I called for the removal of Shead’s redshirt on Scipio’s post-mortem, and this was his reply:

“Blueshorn, I don’t think adding another mediocre back to the RB mix helps our cause.”

So, I’m overwhelmed with optimism about our new downhill running scheme.

I don’t think we know that Shead is mediocre until he plays live in a game. And I don’t think he will gain that much by redshirting. He is physically ready, can block, and is a running back. Let him run.

Cody can break tackles, reads holes ok, but without injury didn’t show that he has the acceleration and speed we need every down.

Tre is best for our spread/ 4 receivers formations – as he’s the best blocker and he consistently has the best vision and picks a good hole. Problem is he doesn’t break tackles and he’s not fast enough. He won’t bring an 8th in the box when starting.

Fozzy, yadadada – we all know what I am typing about our backs. We have seen them all last year. We don’t know Shead. All we know is he has a lot of talent, can break tackles, has good acceleration and pad level, and could be great. Let’s try him out. If you feel bad about burning his redshirt, the redshirt him next year when Brown comes in. We will still have the same cast of characters above then. It’s not an eternal decision.

If Shead doesn’t blow a blocking assignment on a blitz and gets GG killed or puts the ball on the ground, everyone calling for him to play will look like geniuses. But he’s a true freshman and they do.

That said, if we’re not going to shirt him, play him now…Wyoming…or forget it until later in the season when we need a fresh set of legs. Don’t wait for shit to start getting serious (TTU, OU, UNub) to work him in. One thing he offers is a certain unpredictability. There’s tons of tape on CJ, Tre, and Fozzy, and their tendencies make them quite defensible.

I did see Foz take the ball upfield a little more this game rather than trying to get to the corner, so maybe there’s hope for him yet…though I think he’ll revert to his East – West running pattern as the season wears on.

See, the problem is that the field at Reliant doesn’t have a crown – the floor is flat – so that “downhill running game” is just running level. That’s the problem….

It’s raining and I’m tired from a three day weekend of family, sun, and booze and we have already covered our shitty running game, GD, the importance of lining people up correctly, injury excuses, a new lost poster, Ransom taunting Scip, opponents dying in a tragic car crash, overpriced bad white wine, poor personnel moves, poor play calling, Boise getting gifts from the zebras, Shead being mediocre, and Asian dating ads (which are served up by IP address Minny).

Let’s role.

Kirkendoll continues to impress as the Brandon Nava of receivers.

pats JD on the head Go sit on the bench by Marquise. Both of you need a little more block in your future.