Texas Longhorns vs Wyoming Cowboys: Post Game Thread

I expected the O-line to be sub-par - and they ARE.

But, what is this defense?

Season is not going to be pretty

I’ve not seen a dominant defense. Don’t know what you are watching. Take off the homer glasses.

If we’ve ever stopped 3 KO returns inside the 15 in a game.

he’s played pretty well. Kept plays alive and made plays with his feet.
We’ve had some holes in coverage. Pressure hasn’t been bad, just hasn’t been consistently disruptive.

not able to watch the game for obvious reasons. someone help me out. does ash look qualitatively better than last year?

anybody know why there was no radio stream, I tried a bunch of stations that were supposed to be carrying the game none at it on there website

He looked better, but still doesn’t seem to have the touch on deep balls. Was late on a number of throws. He completed a lot of short passes today, averaging like 8 yards a pass. I think he looks like a capable game manager at this point, but I don’t necessarily see the natural, native spark of throwing talent that makes me think he’ll be a great passer. Maybe you can learn that, and he’ll become one. But then maybe he doesn’t need to be a great passer for us to have success.

Radio:
http://www.1440keys.com/

post game show on now

We’re looking at a 9-4 team this year. Could even be 8-5. They have a lot of improving to do on OL, QB, and somewhere on the D couldn’t tell exactly. It wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t that good either.

I seemed like we ran better to the Tackles out and really struggled with inside running. Ash was late on the deep throws so they ended up under thrown. I can’t put a finger on the D but it seemed like sloppyness. I think they can still be great but it was really sloppy.

just a thought. for some perspective.

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did i hear him say something like, “when you look around the country at all the upsets today…” Who the hell got upset today? am I missing something?

Defense with some first game type lapses but showed real talent . Wyo QB a real player.
Offense pretty solid. Ash still late/under throwing the deep balls

I’m mostly drunk and ready for bed, but this might be worth staying awake for. Tied 7-7 in 2nd quarter…

1. didn’t really look deep until late which didn’t make the safeties respect the deep ball
2. offensive line didn’t really blow guys up early but seemed like they kind of got better as the game wore on
3. Ship was used almost as an extension to the run game early on
4. late throws as remarked above
5. defense didn’t wrap up after initial hit
6. secondary which was supposed to be strength accounted for some major lapses
Positives
1. run shut down
2. Santos sighting
3. Ash didn’t have problems throwing shallow and good judgement throwing the ball away as well as running at times
4. Bergeron is the short yardage back/Brown has better vision
5. Monroe was impressive as a changeup back as well as returner (bet he breaks a few for tds)

on a 97 yard run if they had a wide receiver who could block

Is pretty much what I’ve come to expect from the Texas fanbase at this point. We are still adjusting, and we beat a bowl bound team by 20 points. Sack up. Ash showed he’s a gamer, and we have non horn game tape to adjust to. Drink deep tonight longhorn fans, we are trending well

if you watched almost any of the other top-25 games today other than the OU game, you will see that we have a very long way to go in order to compete. I know that we are one game in, but as of this weekend, we are only the 4th best team in the conference, not to mention the nation.

The defense is what is supposed to keep us in games this year while Ash continues to improve. Alabama’s holding Michigan to fewer points than we allowed Wyoming to score tells me that the off-season lauding of our defense was premature. If you don’t like that comparison, then analyze us vs. the rest of the top-25. Over 3/4 of the top-25 won by a larger margin, and many like Oregon only allowed late scores because they coasted after a dominating first half. Wyoming thought they were still in the game in the 4th quarter.

I’m glad we won by 20, and I want believe that next week will be better. But your glass-full assessment is the stuff of fairy tales.

Our offense seems to be exactly where we said it would be: long, sustained drives that eat up clock and end with a score (I especially liked how we took erased half of the third quarter in one drive).

We didn’t turn the ball over (save for a botched snap that I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt to), were pretty solid in the run (which got more solid as the game went on and Wyoming’s tiredness started to show), and were decent in the passing game.

Everyone on offense seems to be better than they were last year. DJ Monroe was fighting for yards after contact, our only tight end who made a catch had a huge effort to gain a first down… I even saw Mike Davis throw a mean block and try to catch balls that weren’t hitting him in the numbers!

I was pretty happy with Ash’s performance. I’ll take 20-27 for 156-1-0 any day if we can get two 100-yard rushers.

Our OL didn’t seem to have much success imposing our will through sheer force, but they got better as the game went on and were quite effective on pulling plays. And the fact that they gave up 0 sacks? Cherry on top.

Sad that Shipley’s perfect record of TD passes ended today—just a bit sooner on the pass and it would’ve stayed alive.

As for defense, I don’t have the knowhow to really talk intelligently here. It looks like there were some issues in the secondary, not for a lack of talent—I’m reasonably confident that’ll get shored up in time for Dallas. Our DL was able to consistently get pressure, and the people we expected to play well did.

So in conclusion, I saw basically exactly what I expected to see, which is a good thing (and is a lot more than can be said for our openers last year and the year before). We’re no means perfect, but no huge disappointments either, so I call that a win.

I’m also just really happy that football is back, and that our team seems to be on the right track for a great season.

Both the interior OL and the entire defense got off to a slow start and that’s why we didn’t score closer to 50. That Wyoming QB is a baller and he fucked us up in the first quarter and kept our offense off the field.

I thought Ash was OK to good. He didn’t make any ugly mistakes and aside from the errant snap he “fumbled” no turnovers. Had he hit one of those deep balls I’d say he played very good.

Worried about the kicking game.

Also agree that the 82 yard TD was more of a fluke and not indicative of much more than poor tackling in the first game of the year. Had that not happened and we made both missed FG’s, we’d be looking at 43-10 and a lot of the eeyores in the fanbase would be somewhat more subdued this morning.

Where Ash dumped it off to DJ and he took it for a 1st down without breaking stride. At least showed that Ash’s touch on the short pass has improved along with DJ’s catching.

Well, my son does. Just as good.
I listened on the radio through the first Texas TD. Arrived at son’s for dinner. Sat calmly through a very good salad and some nice chicken enchiladas. Then excused myself to “Catch up on the score.”
“Oh? What game?” says his wife.
“The Longhorns, of course,” say I.
“Oh. We have the Longhorn network,” says she innocently.
Dumbfounded silence for a beat. “WHAT???!!!” say I suavely.
So I got to watch the rest of the game (Wyoming was up 9-7 at that point).

—Ash’s targeting was a little off at times. He MUST learn to hit those deep throws with proper accuracy and timing. Those plays will be crucial against the better teams. I liked the ways we were getting ball around in the short passing game.
—The running game is about what we expected, but I would like to see more effectiveness inside consistently. Nice mixup and outside work. That’s encouraging. Two ballers at tailback. Nice.
—Passing game has miles to go before it sleeps, but it’s definitely better than last year. Not good enough yet to be a major factor against a good defense, though. Work needed.
—The defense was by turns sloppy and brilliant. Tackling, guys! I know the coaches told you about that.
—Not really a bad outing. Plenty to grow off of. Plenty to work on. If certain areas are not drastically better the next game, then we might have some worries, but it’s too soon.
—{vagina squeeze} Ohmygodwestvirginiaisgonnareamus!!! OK. A little Vagisil and I will be fine.

… seemed to be Greg Davis’s wet dream. This did not inspire confidence. No, trust me, I get it, you have to settle in, game 1, take what they’re giving you, blah blah. Sure, makes sense. But at some point you have to dictate what you want to do. Ash seemed to be handcuffed until the second half, not allowed to target a receiver beyond 8 yards. Was this intentional?

Not worried about the defense at all. O-line still scares me a bit, and the kicking game needs to get sorted out. But it’s gonna be an interesting year.