Up until the latter half of 2004, I was a pessimist. Our teams never showed direction, our players never developed, and any team with good coaching seems to negate our talent advantages with ease. It peaked with the Washington St. Holiday Bowl, a game that should’ve ended Greg Davis’ career. It remains, to this day, […]
“I’m not saying it didn’t. You did.” - Duane Akina when asked why his defense didn’t work out last year.
When asked if he was happy with his defense, he replied “Yeah, I was.”
We’ll find out after the Holiday Bowl whether or not Mack Brown makes any changes on the defensive staff. Other teams don’t have the luxury of waiting that long and so there has been some changes in the past couple of days.
Defensive Coordinator Ron English and every other Michigan assistant was fired by Rich Rodriguez […]
The conventional wisdom on Duane Akina is that he is a damn fine defensive backs coach who has proven to be a horrid defensive coordinator. I don’t think the latter is debatable for most sentient beings. The former may be more debatable than most would think at first blush.
I’d contend that […]
Coach Akina is now faced with stopping the Aggie option and it should be interesting to see how he defends it. Most DC’s completely scrap their foundation schemes and revert to teaching assignment techniques with a revamping of alignments in order to give their group an even opportunity for success against an attack that has […]
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Texas needs to win this game to keep their BCS hopes alive. Stop laughing.
First and foremost Texas needs to stop the Oklahoma State running game. Easier said than done? Maybe. Would have been nice to have Sergio Kindle for this game.
No idea which Oklahoma State team shows up.
McCoy said […]
You gotta love the next three weeks of UT football if you like defensive football. We get the opportunity to see how coach Akina plans to stop the option while defending a strong passing attack against the Cowboys in the first week, slow down the air show complete with circus acts against Texas Tech the […]
I have a work colleague whose husband is a manager at the Venetian in Las Vegas. It might surprise you then, classy joint that the Venetian is, to learn that it is the site of the prestigious Adult Video Awards. Aside from the enjoyment of seeing porn stars being led through the lobby […]
From today’s Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
After elevating safety Ishie Oduegwu to the starting lineup against Nebraska, co-defensive coordinator Duane Akina hinted Monday that a similar promotion could be in store for linebacker Sergio Kindle.
Kindle, a sophomore, had a team-high eight tackles against Nebraska. In five games as the backup to Robert Killebrew, Kindle has three tackles […]
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