Practice Report Number Five From the Asset

I could live with a victory against UCLA for once.

Great stuff.
 
Mason Walters playing OT is very good news for the OL long term.

Disappointing to hear the secondary is a major issue. Guess it’s better to have it be an issue now rather than right before kickoff of the season.

Diaz has mentioned and stressed not giving up big plays. If the secondary continues to struggle in any capacity, are we looking at a lot of Cover 3 to avoid over the top as expected from BYU, OU and Okie St?

I remembered to login before I posted this time!

Anyways, great to hear that the O-Line is seeing marked improvement with each day. I can’t wait to see what a real offense looks like.

As for the secondary, we’ll take our lumps. Being in a pass-happy conference, it’s a bit worrisome, but at least we should stand a chance against UCLA and Kansas State this year.

I heard some more good stuff about Edmond by someone who knows their stuff. Apparently Chet Moss moving to FB isn’t a coincidence.
 
We think we have a 250 pound MLB with solid lateral range and great instincts. Apparently, whatever he hits is going backwards. And then it’s laying there for a while until the cobwebs clear.
 
Needs to watch his weight.

Love all the work y’all have put in, and have religiously followed the Cosm for a year now, so count me as a true believer.

The question I have, especially in light of the heat from Bellmont you mentioned, is why does The Asset share potentially sensitive info with the JS? Seems like an all risk no reward situation.

Any information is greatly appreciated, so there’s no need to burn bridges. I certainly appreciate the Assets’ willingness to share this information with the fans and this venue for delivery.

I am more than a tad worried about the lack of reporting on Malcom Brown, even though I had a feeling Joe B might steal his thunder. Are we still running Freshman in split practices? How much lateral quickness does Joe B possess?

Great update JS…Now we know why the “Vanilla” is flowing with some of the other sites’ practice updates. I’m all for keeping specifics under wraps, for now…Let the Horns surprise and black some eyes…

Good shit on Edmond Scipio. He was a beast in high school. I know who your sources are and that’s f’n awesome news to hear.

sorry to hear of the problem with the staff, but sounds like you are working it out. your reports really matter to a lot of people, you know.

sounds like the secondary issues are going to be the biggest challenge this season. not really a surprise. i think it’ll work out at some point, but we may not be to crazy about our record up to that point unless we can outscore some people.

great news on the offensive scheming. man, is it good to hear we have a staff that can do that. also good to hear about the offense being so much better than the spring units. really encouraging. also liked hearing about another solid performance by white. the man is key.

when moss was moved, i wondered if edmond might have been an influence on that. great to hear scip’s word on that.

thanks again for another refreshing bag of treats.

“The question I have, especially in light of the heat from Bellmont you mentioned, is why does The Asset share potentially sensitive info with the JS? Seems like an all risk no reward situation.”

Maybe a site like this gives the program a degree of plausible deniability while at the same time fulfilling an obligation to share as much info about the program as possible.

Hell, if I wasn’t reading this site all I would know about the horns is that we are looking to bounce back from 5-7, and for qb. These are the main stories being published about us right now on the likes of ESPN.

This site makes me want to go see a game and be proud to wear my burnt orange, and maybe in some strange way Bellmont knows this…

Apostle -
 
Malcolm has been dinged up a little.
 
Joe B has decent quicks, but he’s 225 pounds. This isn’t DJ Monroe. He’s skilled though. Great hands, understands how to run routes, picks up concepts.

No. I know who YOUR sources are.

Obviously it would be great to have MB at full strength but reading these reports about how we are actually scheming on offense and not just running what the defense tells us to run makes me believe all of our running backs will be, or at least look, better this season. If the boise running backs can have success against some of the better teams in the nation over the past few years, i feel safe believing fozzy/cody/hills/shead/joe can get the job done as well. It seems MB is more of a luxury rather than a desperate necessity/savior now.
Thanks as always for the report guys. ANY information is much appreciated.

I’ll happily take whatever y’all want to put up and be glad with it.

That having been said…I just went back and looked at all the BC/Cosm practice updates, and I don’t see what’s so specific or sensitive, info-wise.

They’re all more or less the same: So-and-so looked really good. Other guy has an issue with _.

The only thing I saw that was really play-specific had to do with us practicing waggles to help out Walters at Tackle.

If that gets you (or your source) in trouble with the staff, then the staff is gay. No homo.

Long time reader, 2nd time poster. Visit your site almost religiously. Love you guys’ write-ups, and all of the info. Has helped me keep my sanity. Keep up the good work!

Really worried about the BYU game. They appear to match-up against us really well, and they’re already 2-0 overall against us. Would love to get a win versus those guys. Hope we can get the secondary worked out by then.

100% agree pitt

Right now, I’d take scraps of disinformation and like it.

Mack and his gestapo Bianco act like this is national security. Its college football for crissakes.

R4Shox: I think Cover-3 may be the reason we are seeing busted coverages, this reminds me of 2006-2007 when we blew zone assignments on a regular basis with experienced starters. It also reminds me of why I was extra excited to have Jerry Gray as DB coach.

Cover-3, for it’s conservative approach, is vulnerable to 4 verticals plays where, as you might guess, 4 WR’s run deeper routes. To use it and other zone coverages your secondary absolutely has to be able to make checks and adjustments or they’ll find themselves in bad spots down the field. The suggestion that we make our DB’s as athletic as possible makes me think wonder if we would play more man to avoid blown coverages and make it simple. Really not a good sign…

Exciting news about Edmonds, I’ve not see a middle linebacker at Texas like him since probably never since I’ve been watching only in the Mack Brown era.

JS: anything you can give on Desmond Jackson as a 5-tech vs. 3-tech? Or his chances at starting?

Boner! (no homo)

Keep the peace with thy Master, lest a lightening bolt strike down the Asset’s means of communication. It’s all good in da hood receiving what info we can whenever we can.

JS,

Please relay our thanks to the Asset and, by all means, phrase things however you need to to keep the flow of info open. Readers here are smart enough and familiar enough with the program to read between the lines.

The consternation about MB1 and the news about scheming to advantage is interesting. Looking to a true freshman RB to be dominant immediately smacks of GD-induced PTSD—a hangover from years of requiring overwhelming/savior talent to overcome inadequate play design and scheme. We all have a treat in store in watching a real offense this fall, even with growing pains.

Agree with Scip that Walters at tackle is an excellent sign for our OL meaning others have come on at guard to enable the move.

So, let me get this straight. Mack is planning to do a show on the Longhorn Network each week during the season called “Gameplan with Mack Brown” or soomething to that effect, but your info is too sensitive or revealing. That’s either hugely hypocritical or Mack’s show is gonna be amazingly awful.

Good one, triplehorn.

I did wonder about specific details, but like a junkie I needed my fix on the scouting reports. That said I will take what we can get. If the secondary has issues our best forethought should be for the secondary to bump the slot / wide out / TE out of the route within the first yards of allowable contact. So much as to weaken the attacks of Weeden, Jones, (any passing QB). Dial up a dual blitz from the DT or LB combo on the qb , while hammering the receiver off route for a full court press type of attack. This messes up all the offensive timing anda buys the Dt time to plunder. You may then have a total `shut it down` defense I crave as a junkie. This may solve the secondary issue.

Blake Gideon disagrees with your assesment of the secondary. He wanted to offer a rebuttle to your claims, but he took a bad angle on his way here and won’t make it on time.

Hopefulhorn, I believe your handle is perfectly appropriate for that take. The cynic in me worries that the Walters move is more a reflection of our dissatisfaction with the other options at tackle.

Either way it appears we are finding ways to get our best 5 on the field which I love.

Gigglesworth: if it were that easy everyone would do it. I’m sure that strategy will be featured at times but you keep that up every play you’re gonna get burned real bad downfield.

What specifically was the staff upset about? I’ve read 5 practice reports and haven’t noticed one single thing that would aid an opposing coach other than Shipley had trouble breaking press coverage, which I also read on Bobby B’s reports. Actually, 247’s “mother of all practice reports” went into a lot more detail about everything from positional battles to schemes. Sounds odd the staff would care about anything on here.

+1 Doctor

It’s MALCOLM Brown, not Malcom Brown—-the latter is still in high school. It matters to each of them, and to me! Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to change my tampon.

The front seven may be the best in the Conference???? You can’t be fucking serious, good God these practice reports are funny.

Great stuff, as always. Thanks to JS, the Asset, and the rest of the Cosm and it’s operatives. Season can’t get here soon enough.

…we’re going to back off with the specificity of our reports especially when it comes to relaying specific plays.

Yeah, it could be tragic if Rice found out that we have contradictions in our play packages, or which ones to expect when they see #26 on the field… or whose presence on D might indicate we’re going hybrid man and balls-out blitzes coming.

Sounds like this means we’ll not be sharing game films with anyone, and no recording of broadcasts will be allowed.

Lonnghorn Scott will be reduced to animated stick figures, imo.

As long as Gideon is on the 40, we’re toast in the secondary, playing a man short.

Has anyone put together a vid of Blake Gideon’s good plays? You know, where he’s breaking up passes, slamming the crap out of someone who doesn’t have a longhorn on his helmet… that sort of thing?

I’m afraid Gideon’s career is summed up for most of us by two passes - the one he didn’t catch in Lubbock, and the one he did catch in Pasadena. Other than those two plays, it’s mostly a blur of not tackling runners and dropping hammers on his teammates. There has to be something good to see, doesn’t there?

Blake Gideon’s highlights, courtesy of the WWL.

You’re welcome.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/videos/_/id/377932/blake-gideon

Genius - I’m a big fan of the ironic username, but your posts would be more interesting if you added a little content to them. What exactly is so ridiculous about Texas having the conference’s best front seven?

Genius: who are you ranking higher?

Genius,

Can you name me another team in the conference that will feature 7 players with NFL talent in its front 7? These are all guys that either started or got significant reps in a top 10 defense last season. This is not some unexpected surprise or purely the result of preseason hype, this was expected to be the strength of this team.

“Offensively, the Asset tells us this team is MUCH better than the one he saw in the spring. A lot of that has to do with scheme.”

Offensive scheme…what is this concept of which you speak? Sounds like witchcraft to me. Are you sure it is fair? Because if some teams think it is unfair, they might threaten to leave the conference.

Quandre and Mykkele just may be our very own Revis and Asomugha.

Well this is pretty much the same front 7 that got absolutely STEAMROLLED last year by the vaunted rushing attacks of UCLA, KSU and ISU. Yes I know you have a new DC, but sorry he isn’t an upgrade. OU, A&M and Mizzou all have better front 7’s.

our front 7 won’t mean jack if our secondary is a sh!t.

@ A musing P1

….Or Kareem Jackson and Jason Allen

Let’s not get too carried away when they haven’t even played a meaningful snap. Save your fan jizz for a more deserving pair like JJ and Okafor.

“…room to maneuver against Texas’ porous secondary. "

don’t like this at all. Have to pressure the qbs in the Big 12 every year so this isn’t any different than normal. I like that the dline looks quick but they’re going to need to some time. Think we have a young one with the instincts of an Earl Thomas?

Genius, there will be more future draft picks out of our front seven than from all of those teams combined. Kheeston Randall shits all over every other DT in this conference.

Blake Gideon’s highlights, courtesy of the WWL.

Sarc-Irony meter batteries dead. “No videos available”?

Thanks for the news: good and bad. If there was never any negatives reported, it would be hard to believe the positives. JS, what you say about offensive scheme should help improve the Defense too. Just think, if GD were still here it would be much easier for the young DBs to learn their assignments against such a simple scheme. Now the offense is quickly highlighting where ever the weakness is. So now we know a month before the season starts that the extra effort and focus needs to be given to teaching the Secondary. Many of these guys are freshmen so they didn’t get to see the offense in the Spring. I expect improvement over this next month. We will still blow some coverages against BYU, but less frequently and for less yardage. Hook’em.

Genius,
you clearly didn’t watch the UCLA/Texas game or you’d know that Texas didn’t stack the line against the run which was the main complaint. This had everything to do with the scheme and coaches. Go shit somewhere else.

Your “future draft picks” got butt fucked by the murderers row of ISU, KSU and UCLA. I won’t even mention what A&M’s back up RB did to them. But yeah cool dude at leat you will get to see them play on Sunday in a few years.

Kemit, are you trying to claim that Diaz will have a better scheme/is a better coach than Muschamp? Dear God I hope not.

quit feeding the genius.

If you feed the trolls then they come back. If you ignore them then they stay in their trailers in Snook with their Kessler’s Bourbon and Stouffer’s microwave dinners.

Genius… stating A&M has a better front 7 than Texas is the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. A&M’s front 7 got run over by LSU, Baylor, and… holy effing jeez… 5-7 TEXAS1 Cody Johnson ran all over that defense last year. A&M loses its two best LBs and have no true nose, but the A&M front 7 is better?

Scip - would you say Bergeron is a slightly more talented version of Chris O?

Appreciate the news.

“Scip – would you say Bergeron is a slightly more talented version of Chris O?”

please say hell yeah.

There’s also the fact that last year’s front seven had already given up on the season as a whole for most of those games…

Bergeron has looked like a true sleeper for some time. Hearing he has soft hands too means two genuine FB at least (CoJo, too, yeah?) with run/block/catch-abilities. Harsin should be able to tear oppos new assholes in places where they didn’t even know they had places. Stoked, fer sher.

In the practice photos released on MBTF there are a couple of photos of Harsin coaching QBs. He has a long conical pad on his hand and he’s tapping the QB on the shoulder as the QB looks downfield to pass. Anybody know what that drill is about?

And thanks for these great reports.

Speaking of that photo, Roma, who is John Paul Floyd?

In other words, Harsinwhite is running honest to goodness offense that doesn’t take what the defense gives him, but exploits where the defense is weakest.
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Offensively, the Asset tells us this team is MUCH better than the one he saw in the spring. A lot of that has to do with scheme. Thank you Bryan Harsin and Major Applewhite.

Not trying to be snarky, but how much of the new O can be attributed to Applewhite? (I ask this w/ the disclosure that I was in the Applewhite camp during the Applewhite vs. Simms Civil War.) Throughout all reports, it sounds like Texas is running the Boise State O.

Anyone follow Bama when Applewhite was the OC? What were their schemes/plays like?

Fried Rice FTW.

I was at practice. It was truly a spectacle to see. When Kheeston Randle gave more effort in one play than he had in his entire career to this point, I looked at my dad and said.. “this is the happiest moment of my life!”

You mean JP? Of course, I like to call him the Pope. Lubbock guy. Loves to dance, not many people know that. I thought everybody knew that.

JP Floyd is walk-on scout-teamer, mostly unmentioned, no seat on the plane.

I’m hoping that with Harsin’s rep for having plays for everyone, that at some point we’ll actually see him on the field - maybe after Connor Wood throws a 68-yd TD pass to make it 66-10 over Rice… would be huge imo after years of seeing players on sidelines NEVER get a sniff of action, not even seeing backup QB, WRs, or anyone else until five-TD lead.

Former fullback who was at practice recently said Roberson has a mean streak and ought to see the field. I know Cody and Bergeron are priority, but when was the last time we had so much quality depth at fullback?

“photos of Harsin coaching QBs. He has a long conical pad on his hand and he’s tapping the QB on the shoulder as the QB looks downfield to pass. Anybody know what that drill is about?”

Teaches you to keep your concentration while getting slapped on the shoulder pads by on-rushing DL.

It isn’t even close to reasonable to even consider the possibility that the coaching staff isn’t fully aware that there would be, is, and will continue to be an intense interest regarding Malcolm Brown’s progress and development.

The fact that he has been, thus far, one of the very least visible players on the roster, both literally and figuratively, can only be interpreted as being by design.
That’s usually an indication of a surprise in store for the near future.

If that’s true, I hope it’s a good surprise rather than a bad one.

Anyone follow Bama when Applewhite was the OC? What were their schemes/plays like?

I think he was under Saban’s thumb pretty tightly, which was likely one of the reasons for moving here. I watched a couple of their games, and it looked like most of the plays were heavily slanted to the run game and called by co-coordinato. I did notice several passes that were Major-like, with open receivers 20 yards downfield, but the QB - not John Paul, but John Parker something, Wilson? maybe - totally inaccurate getting the ball to them. Nothing like the Rice team Major coached.

I was disappointed that Major didn’t make a bigger impact and change some - or more - of GDGD’s stupid play-calling. I wondered if his not following Will to Fla was his call, or Will’s…

only be interpreted as being by design.

I dunno - the story about his “tweaking” the ankle might be part of this design, if it’s real, but it’s damned disturbing, anyway.

“how much of the new O can be attributed to Applewhite?”

my impression is that the two have been in close cahoots ever since bryan got here. it would be essentially impossible to distinguish or to need to distinguish which influenced exactly what in the new offense. i doubt either has any interest whatever with that matter. scoring points and prevented opponent offenses from having the ball is probably very much on their minds, however.

My expectations for this season have always been that some teams will score on us BUT we will cause those same teams some losses and turnovers that will stop them from getting first downs on some occasions. In other words, they won’t score on us every time we get the ball.

On the other side I think we will field an offense that can score every time they get the ball. It will be a case of finding the players who will make that happen and letting them go.

Please, no more shutting down the offense if we get ahead, Mack. It kills the player’s spirit. Play the subs, the guys who work at it but aren’t there yet, but let them try and score. They deserve that for all they have put in. Other coaches might not like you as much but you don’t work for them. You work for the team.

PS; ‘Genius,’ I hear your mother calling. It’s time to go home.

The odds of Connor Wood even completing a 68 yard pass against rice are about as good as the odds of Tips and JS announcing they are betrothed and getting married in a Unitarian Church.

Wood couldn’t hit a bus if he threw a barn at it.

like some of you, i didnt get to much specific info but if the coaches feel its too much, fine, whatever it take. yeah mabye not rice but we need to take care of business vs BYU and UCLA.

to me Joe B will be better than Chris O but it will take a year or so. He is the ideal FB and goal line RB that this team will need in the future. the versalitity with Brown, Bergeron and Grey will cause issues for D.

patch, i wish i was there with you but appreciate that note!!

A musing, good point about depth at FB, not in past 15 years. CoJo is a sr but we have 2 fr and a Jr returning. 3rd and 2 should be ours every time!

Tex Long, from reports it was Major who wanted to stay here but other will know more. We was 90% pass at rice and 75% pass at Syracuse and 50/50 at bama but you are right, it was co-system that he didnt get much playcalling duties. And yeah, John Parker Wilson sucked.

keep sending any and all info you can at us JS!! thanks!!

Longonhorns, I couldn’t agree more. I often wonder why we don’t seem to put more pressure on receivers to disrupt the timing btwn. them and the QB. I’m dreaming of what Jordan Hicks could do to Ryan Broyles.

Since we already have 19 tight ends on the team why not add one more in Connor Wood? He’s 6’-4", athletic, and I’m sure given the chance could catch. He probably wouldn’t be able to block to save his mother’s life though!

Contractor, whatever happened to jamison berryhill? rofl

Anyone shed any light on why Chet Moss is at fullback with COJO, J BERGE and Roberson all ahead of him? Maybe he will be a kick coverage home wrecker, because he shan’t see the Field Turf otherwise.

The Asset, Big Cigar, Jesus Shuttlesworth, Tipsy Gypsy…they make the sun shine a little brighter each day. I’m gonna write a Randy Rodgers song about our Cosm.

"Scip – would you say Bergeron is a slightly more talented version of Chris O?"
 
Chris O was a combo utility back who blossomed late in his career after growing out of WR. Not surprisingly, he had great hands and understood how to get open. He also had underrated running ability. He could pass protect and was a willing, but mostly average run game blocker.
 
Joe Bergeron is a born and bred fullback who was a grown ass man at age 16. He has hands and running ability, but that’s paired with a true FB frame and the ability to light people up as a lead blocker.
 
What they have in common is versatility, but they each got there in very different ways.

“We’re not into hurting anyone’s livelihood, so we’re going to back off with the specificity of our reports especially when it comes to relaying specific plays. "

Nice clarification, scipio.

That’s what I meant by comparing them. It seems like both are good at a lot of things, but maybe not elite at anything. When Chris O was in the backfield, it didn’t necessarily mean he was going to run a route because he was also a capable blocker or runner, and very motivated. That has been how Bergeron seems to me so far, except possibly a little more talented and built for the position.

“I often wonder why we don’t seem to put more pressure on receivers to disrupt the timing btwn. them and the QB. I’m dreaming of what Jordan Hicks could do to Ryan Broyles.”

You know who else is dreaming about that matchup? Josh Heupel. He sees Jordan Hicks getting shaken out of his socks by a veteran slot WR who is faster, more agile, and makes his living on beating more physical players by being smarter and more precise.

Be grateful Diaz is smarter than that.

Who the fuck wants Jordan Hicks on Ryan Broyles other than OU fans?
 
And if we’re using Hicks to chip Broyles with coverage behind and leaving six men in the box, OU will rush for eleventy thousand yards.

JS we always appreciate the info. The most encouraging for me is the manhood challenges going on in the trenches with bo davis and stacy searles throwing fuel on the fire. I just left bellmont with my season tix! Hookem

NateHeupel,

With all due respect I think its me again meant IF Jordan Hicks could pancake Ryan Broyles at the LOS!

Is Hicks back at 100%?

HorninHouston -
 
94.73%

So we’re not to disperse information about the play in which QB B pitches to McNamara before …?

“they each got there in very different ways”

nicely put. but also the versatility of one of those guys wasn’t the same as the versatility of the other. makes no sense to compare them.

chris was one of my fave horns of the past several years, and i’m hoping and pretty much expecting joe to earn that honor, such as it is.

“not elite at anything.”

i gather joe is elite at cleaning plows.

Looks like my suggestion in the secondary has merit:

SS: Vacarro
FS: Adrian Phillips
CB: Diggs
CB: Turner/Scott/Thompson

=)

No more Blake Gideon and his horrendous pursuit angles!

Lngh4Life, The best care senario IMO would be for AJ Phillips to move to Gideons starting spot. FS: AJ Phillips SS: Vacarro CB: Diggs CB: candidate should be L.Scott, Josh Turner. We’ll known pretty early if we use the baptism by fire approach. You know from the first snap AJ Williams, ET, Diggs, and Vacarro […]

http://recruitocosm.fantake.com/2011/07/29/qa-with-the-cosmonauts-3/

No more Gideon talk of ‘coach on the field’ BS. He can be the player coach from the sideline.

I figure this opinion will be unpopular but I think Gideon’s our best call for one more year in centerfield. It’s awfully late to tell a freshman kid, “hey buddy, you’re going to be aligning the defense against BYU”. Gideon’s pretty good at that stuff and it’s important, even if you can’t see it easily on game tape. If we took him out our best option there would probably be Nolan Brewster and not some kid who’s only been learning CB reads for a few months.

If we’re moving young kids with athleticism and speed from CB to S in this system, it’s probably because they aren’t making the right reads off of one or two guys. You really want to put that kid in charge of reading 11 guys, every play, on behalf of the whole team? If you must, put him at SS where he can simply play the flat on passing downs, where mistakes on the read are not liable to give up 6. FWIW, the coaches seem to agree with me.

isn’t this phillips 2nd year at Texas? Did a ET as a redshirt freshmen blow it up? AJ is the second coming of ET which is why i’ve been adamant about him not as a corner, but as a FS ala ET II.

DR, Gideon can coach he’ll just best serve the teaming coaching from the sidelines.

Is it possible for us to put Gideon 40 yards deep in prevent coverage all the time? That would be the best way in my mind to optimize him taking bad angles!

mjohn713 - maybe. I’m not so sold on a kid until I see him in burnt orange on gameday, but Phillips does have a ton of talent.

But one of the benefits of this system is that the CB duties shouldn’t be as hard to master, and one of the challenges is that the alignment responsibilities are more difficult. And it seems they’re trying this out because pass coverage has been lackluster in practice from the CB position. And they’re talking about moving Vaccaro to nickel, which means moving a CB to SS, not FS. On passing plays he’ll be in the short field most of the time where he can be aggressive and take some risks. On running plays he’ll probably leave the field as Kenny V moves back to SS. Reading between the lines, that’s a move a coach would make to reduce the pressure on a young kid, simplify the playbook and let him play more aggressively.

You definitely don’t achieve that by placing him 15 yards from the LOS and having him call the pre-snap adjustments. Maybe eventually. But it doesn’t seem that whoever’s being moved will take over that role this year. If it was, we’d be hearing about Gideon moving to nickel.

And yeah I know Phillips played some last year. But I frankly don’t remember it; our games were too close and he didn’t get enough run.

" bump the slot / wide out / TE out of the route within the first yards of allowable contact."

There is no restriction on bumping a receiver if the ball is not in the air. You might be confusing the NFL rules with real football rules.

DR,

Appreciate the discussion. FWIW I don’t want E.Acho starting just as much as I don’t want Gideon.

mjohn… you don’t want a future NFL linebacker on the field? Geez. And yes, ET did blow up his RS freshman year, and he happened to do so playing next to Gideon.