SB Nation's 2012 Texas Longhorns Preview

by Sailor Ripley on Aug 9, 2025 12:03 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns and Other Football

Give it your attention, please.

2012 Texas Football Preview: The Joneses And Their Iffy Offense

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great article

by codaxx on Aug 9, 2025 12:46 PM CDT reply actions

Otiose.....

But reflective of where the program’s been the last couple years…

by Philly Frog on Aug 9, 2025 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions

Not bad

though using stats to compare Case & Ash is head bangingly frustrating, though excusable for a non-longhorn follower.

by Dreadful on Aug 9, 2025 1:49 PM CDT reply actions

agreed

but so used to it by now. Context is never given. No adjustment for opponents.

by codaxx on Aug 9, 2025 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Agree on the major points of the article

But the offense was just starting to form a semblance of an identity when Shipley, Fozzy, Brown and Bergeron all went down in a short time span. The stats (including overall record) look different at year end if that didn’t happen.

by Big(g) Ern on Aug 9, 2025 2:52 PM CDT reply actions

that is the spin

but I am not sure that is the whole story either. Offense developed against Kansas and TTU. Not exactly LSU or Bama. Most defenses with a pulse dominated the OL. Blocking in last 2 games was pretty poor and healthy RBs would have helped, but would not have made the Texas offense good. I great deal of the 2012 season will depend on the OL taking a major step. I think they will

by codaxx on Aug 9, 2025 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions

chicken or egg...

It is easier to dominate an OL when you are defending the 4th team RB. I think everyone agrees that the OL needs to continue to improve though.

by sunburnt orange on Aug 9, 2025 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions

not suggesting that we would have put up the similar dominant performances later in the year, but it is foolhardy to argue that losing nearly every single effective cog of our offense and replacing them with dysfunctional upperclassmen or unprepared freshman didn’t retard what was looking like a pretty competent offense. after all, the offense looked pretty sharp against OSU which i would argue had a far more stout defense than Mizzou or Baylor.

and i don’t disagree with your major point — the OL needs to be better, and should be this year. simply by virtue of another year of experience and S&C, they should be better than last year.

by Big(g) Ern on Aug 9, 2025 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions

it would other helped

OSU was a solid defense for what they do, but a weak DL. OSU’s strength was their back 7, which was meaningless vs Texas. All yr long we faced teams that could stop the run, but had weak secondaries (Mizzu and A&M) and could never take advantage.

by codaxx on Aug 9, 2025 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions

This...

Bill Connelly@SBN_BillC
I look at Texas’ recruiting rankings, and I get angry at them for having it so easy. And then I get angry at them for not winning more.

Ah, Bill has just Put into a 2-sentence Tweet the dichotomy that is a Longhorn fan’s existence.

by Zzzizzzy on Aug 9, 2025 4:12 PM CDT reply actions

Let me fix that for you

I look at Texas’ recruiting rankings, and I get angry at them for having it so easy. And then I get angry at them for not ~~winning more~~ beating OU.

by notsofst on Aug 9, 2025 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions