Spring Game Takeaways and Observations

[prosfromdover]

Kerstetter - Good

Cosmi- Good

Shackelford - Above Average

Vahe - Acceptable

Rodriquez - Acceptable

Okafor - Unacceptable

Imade - Unacceptable

Urquidez - Unacceptable

Being a positive person: if Anderson is above average we'll have 2 goods, 2 above averages, and 2 acceptables. Considering the last 8 years, I'll take that all day long. And if either Grandy or Hudson step up, we'll be pretty strong.

 

[MikeV73]

How did Cosmi fare in the spring game?  Can't remember him being mentioned, or his play being talked about.  Of course I wasn't glued to the TV either.

 

[MikeV73]

Also interesting that Cosmi and Kerstetter got better grades than the vets.  IMO the vets have been dissapointing through last year, but Kerstetter was an undersized tackle who was getting beat from what I remember last season.  He is more of a guard from what I remember, especially at his weight as a true frosh.  I'm assuming he has bulked up from last season.

 

[Coal Harbour]

I'm just not sure this offense can be explosive enough to challenge for a Big XII Championship.  Both QB's don't push the ball vertically as evident by the Yards/Attempt being 7.0 or lower for both last season.  This means that the offense can afford no mistakes and most likely sets up multiple 3rd down conversion attempts to maintain possession.  A running game would help, and I do believe Daniel Young is a good player, but the OL is still suspect unless Anderson and Grandy become top flight starters.

I think the defense will be good, as Orlando's scheme is the closest in the conference that resembles a NFL type scheme.  UT has recruited that side of the ball very well, I just hope its not wasted with a poor offense.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

How did Cosmi fare in the spring game?  Can't remember him being mentioned, or his play being talked about.  Of course I wasn't glued to the TV either.

Here a few comments about Cosmi from the aforementioned article from the spring game.

only had a few egregious errors during the scrimmage and kept the damage to a minimum on those.  

he's already a better option than Tristan Nickelson or Rodriguez were at either tackle in 2017. An immense upgrade, in fact. 

Before we get too head-over-heels, though, it needs to be remembered that a lot of his work was done against guys like Andrew Fitzgerald, etc. Still, he was the lone bright spot among the three "depth" players on OL. 

 

[Danny Hale]

The key to solving O-line problem starts at center whose 1st job is quality snaps moving Kerstetter there would be smart once Anderson,Grandy and Hudson are all ready to go. If they can block and QBs make right read Texas has multiple problems for DCs with Collin,LJH,Duvernay,Heard,Burt can all stretch defense. 

Texas defense just needs to stay healthy and give frosh reps so that depth is not an issue. Orlando has some serious weapons rushing passer if Roach can give reps at LB and DE.