5 Thoughts Following The Win Over KSU

[Daniel Seahorn]

I’m not Daniel, and maybe he has a better perspective, but I think Cuney could be serviceable. K State has a quick DL and Cuney held his own. He got beat several times, but that happens. All his snaps were clean. If he can continue, the staff might consider moving Shack over to G/T to help with depth. Maybe gets a look at LT. 

Shack isn’t a tackle. If anything he gets work at Guard possibly. Interior guy all the way. 

 

[Embrey]

Regarding Carter,I have heard/read that he has not been doing a good job in practice picking up blitzers/pass rushers in practice. That fits with his being moved outside on several pass plays last night. They were just not ever able to get him the ball on those pass plays. 

I agree he is our best runner. But apparently he needs to improve his blocking.

This might also explain his lack of playing time.  If the opponent knows by film review that Carter is not up to par in the pass protection game it would become obvious that Texas was going to run when he enters the game.  That kind of defeats the whole concept of the RPO.

 

[Daniel Seahorn]

Regarding Carter,I have heard/read that he has not been doing a good job in practice picking up blitzers/pass rushers in practice. That fits with his being moved outside on several pass plays last night. They were just not ever able to get him the ball on those pass plays. 

I agree he is our best runner. But apparently he needs to improve his blocking.

Wouldn’t surprise me at all. Pass protection is one of those things young backs always tend to struggle with. 

 

[Daniel Seahorn]

Was Foreman hurt last night?

Not to my knowledge. And according to his father’s twitter rants he wasn’t. 

 

[Daniel Seahorn]

No. But from what I read of how he acted during and after the game, he does not have the greatest attitude. And his Father is not doing him any favors. Don't think Tom is going to put up with it. 

It hasn’t gone unnoticed. Trust me. 

 

[Daniel Seahorn]

I watched the winning TD run on highlites  today and it was awesome watching Sam help push the herd into the end zone to make the TD.  Great effort and team play!

Also props to Terrell Cuney for playing a solid game.  No bad snaps, held his own, amazingly no false starts by the OL that I can remember.  He has been the butt of jokes for never playing or developing over the years (some by me), but I thought he was great today at an important position at center.

Cuney had one false start. But penalties in general were way down which is a big improvement. Texas was only flagged three times last night. 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Wow! You knew the other QB would wasn't the man the first time you saw him play. Shane let UT to an upset over 9th rated ND. You should be a scout for a NFL team.

Do you think an NFL scout could tell that Notre Dame was a complete and utter farce during that game?

 

[DMAC]

It hasn’t gone unnoticed. Trust me. 

One of the main reasons I stopped coaching youth football.   Helicopter parents.   

 

[CharcoalPuppy]

10 minutes ago, DMAC said:



One of the main reasons I stopped coaching youth football.   Helicopter parents.   

Uh oh. 

 

[Daniel Seahorn]

Do you think an NFL scout could tell that Notre Dame was a complete and utter farce during that game?

To be fair, we all knew ND wasn’t a Top 10 team after that game, but we had no clue they were going to be 4-8 bad. Everyone was stoked with Shane’s performance considering it was his first collegiate start as a true freshman. 

 

[Daniel Seahorn]

Uh oh. 

Lol. Im all for going to bat for your kids, but to act in that manner after a great team win showed me plenty. 

 

[drgilbert]

Have a question. On the final TD run we had players pushing and pulling Warren. My brother said that it is illegal to pull a player. Is that correct?  If so it looks like we got away with it. 

 

[prosfromdover]

We don't really need Foreman with everyone we've got, but I for one think we don't use him well either. He's not a runner. He looks like a runner. He probably practices like a runner. So the temptation is to get him the ball quickly and let him get yards. But he does't seem to know how to turn upfield like the great slot guys. Like young Reggie does instinctively. Foreman's a better outside pass catcher than runner. But who are you going to take out? He's not better than Heard or as solid as Joe and he's not bringing in passes that Johnson, LJH and Leonard don't. But they bring in passes he can't, just by size alone. So he's kind of a weird fit. I hope he can be a good teammate and wait for his turn (which will probably come) but I understand that is saying a lot for a senior with dreams of getting paid who's had some pretty big moments in the burnt orange.

 

[Embrey]

Whoever #64 is on Texas' line, he deserves an extra slice of pizza.  I thought he was the main reason Warren scored.

 

[Huskie1]

Have a question. On the final TD run we had players pushing and pulling Warren. My brother said that it is illegal to pull a player. Is that correct?  If so it looks like we got away with it. 

They changed the rule a couple of seasons back. It is no longer illegal to aid a runner. 

 

[Jameson McCausland]

You and DMAC both made interesting points regarding Herman and when, why (or why not) to take these risks.  In that light my working hypothesis is that Herman is a risk taker provided he has time remaining in the game to adjust his game plan in case his risks fail.  The sample size is small for now so I assume my theory will change as I receive more info.  I appreciate y'alls input.

As a football coach, you can’t fear failure. The great coaches take calculated risks and aren’t affected by what’s happened in the past. As a whole the past 3 season, Texas seemed to wait for the game to come to them and never was the aggressor. Herman is trying to change that and he has a “go in for the kill mentality”, which this program needs.

 

[tejasrulz]

As a football coach, you can’t fear failure. The great coaches take calculated risks and aren’t affected by what’s happened in the past. As a whole the past 3 season, Texas seemed to wait for the game to come to them and never was the aggressor. Herman is trying to change that and he has a “go in for the kill mentality”, which this program needs.

That's what I meant to say earlier.    Very well stated sir.

 

[drgilbert]

As a football coach, you can’t fear failure. The great coaches take calculated risks and aren’t affected by what’s happened in the past. As a whole the past 3 season, Texas seemed to wait for the game to come to them and never was the aggressor. Herman is trying to change that and he has a “go in for the kill mentality”, which this program needs.

Then why were we so conservative on our play calling at our own one yard line?  Run up the middle= one yd. pass up the sideline thrown out of bounds. Dropped pass on third down that wouldn’t have gotten a first down. If he is going to be aggressive then he needs to be consistent with it. 

 

[drgilbert]

They changed the rule a couple of seasons back. It is no longer illegal to aid a runner. 

Thanks 

 

[Bear19]

Then why were we so conservative on our play calling at our own one yard line?  Run up the middle= one yd. pass up the sideline thrown out of bounds. Dropped pass on third down that wouldn’t have gotten a first down. If he is going to be aggressive then he needs to be consistent with it. 

I don't agree with your example. In my opinion you run it every day play from the 1 yard line. You just mentioned two pass plays. I would not call that conservative.