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View from the Cheap Seats-Baylor
Thank you Coach Orlando
Let us make no mistake, our D is seriously bad azzed. They faced an excellent offense and held them to 17 points. More importantly, they held them to 7 points in the 2nd half while our offense was being shut out. We will bitch about the offense later but we open praising Coach Orlando and his charges excellent work. TEXAS remains unbeaten in conference play and the front runner for a seat in the non-sensical Conference Title Game thanks to the outstanding play of our defense. And make no mistake, pulling up the conference standings and seeing TEXAS in sole possession of 1st place in the conference is SWEET SWEET music to our eyes (get it? Eyes of TEXAS). Two weeks in a row TEXAS has risked blowing a 4th quarter lead, a stat we still lead the nation in over the past 2 years. Two weeks in a row, Coach Orlando and crew did just enough to secure the win. Though like last week, they made sure most Horn fans were pucker factored to the max.
Here at the Cheap Seats we'll take an ugly win over a "pretty" loss any day of the week. We are not aggies afterall. Despite a career day in catches for Collin Johnson and a career number of carries and yards gained by Keoatay Ingram, our offense looked pretty lame. Coach Herman survived another test, for 4 straight weeks TEXAS faced bigger and bigger challenges and produced emotional wins. This week TEXAS was coming off the biggest game of CTH's career here against a 2nd Tier team. The opportunity for a let down stared the team right in the face. And the team would lose it's emotional leader and single most important player as Sam E went down with a shoulder injury on the 1st drive. Perhaps one of the medical types can explain to me why he didn't have an ice pack bandaged to his shoulder while in street cloths. We saw just how important Sam is to this offense. Sadly, we also saw how much he has been disguising some real weakness in the offensive and in the game plan. Our offensive line should have feasted on Baylor's poor rushing D, worst in the BigXII and one of the very worst in the nation yet TEXAS threw the ball as often as we rushed the ball. We also reverted back to a very predictable and unimaginative offense. We also saw the value of quality depth. While Shane wasn't perfect (who would expect him to be), he also made some great throws, showed good pocket presence and helped deliver a win. Lots to like about the kid.
Had we faced a decent team today, we lose. It's that simple. Where was the jet sweep? Even if only to distract Baylor inept D? Where was a play action, waggle? And once again, we see the middle of the field turn into a scary dark place we need to avoid in the passing game. The one time we ran a seam route, our TE didn't bother to turn and look for the ball. Why we bring that play up? Had we completed the play, instead of kicking a career long FG, we kick a chip shot at worst. The difference between a 6 point and 9 point lead in the 4th quarter would have been YUGE late in the game.
What is critical, we eeked out a win, we remain atop the BigXII standings and most importantly, we have a bye week coming up for Sam to heal. Since the Cheap Seats reads no other write ups or listens to any post game, at this point, we have no idea the severity of Sam's injuries. We do know that after a 5 game win streak, we have over rated our offensive line. Against an outmatched Baylor D, we should have been able to establish a run game, move the ball and shorten the game. Missing not one but two 2nd half FGs certainly did us no favors. Make no mistake, the offense will not be eating the cheese over the bye week.
OTOH, the defense was truly impressive. It was not a pleasant welcome home as Charlie Brewer was rudely welcomed to DKR. Sacked, hit, pressured and harassed, the TEXAS D did not seem too concerned with Charlie's pedigree. Baylor's rushing attack was held to less than 3 yards a carry and Baylor was held to half their season scoring average. The Defense showed up to play.
5 Key plays of the game +1
Not 2 minutes into the game, Sam suffers a shoulder injury sidelining him for at least the rest of this game.
Shane's TD pass to Collin Johnson putting TEXAS in the lead.
Caden Sterns INT late in the 1st half sets TEXAS up with a short field and FG. Gotta score points off takeaways
Will lump the 2 missed FGs together. Difference in a 6 point instead of 9 point game was significant in the 4th quarter.
Lil Jordan from the Wildcat on the goal line gives TEXAS the margin of victory they would need.
+1 Chris Nelson has 2 batted balls and the DL would get another. Seemed all came on 3rd downs
Players of the Game
Offense: Collin Johnson was in beast mode. 11 for 132 and a TD. And his presence drew a key pass interference call keeping another drive alive. Runner up: Keaontay Ingram with his best day as a Horn, 19 for 111. This kid is special
Defensive: Caden Sterns with his 4th INT of the season. Runner up: Chris Nelson who was very disruptive at the line and came up with 2 (3?) key pass blocks.
Key Stats
17-52 Margin which TEXAS has been outscored this year in the 4th quarter.
9-18 3rd down conversion rate
4.1 Rush average against a team giving up 6.1
36 Baylor's season scoring average, we gave up 17
8-52 Penalties.
RANDOM THOUGHTS
We will make not bones, we thought the offensive play calling was offensive. We seemed to go turtle. Yes, we get you don't go wild with a QB who had not thrown a ball in a game all year. So why did we ask him to throw 34 times? Why didn't we run a single jet sweep or even just fake a jet sweep? We also thought the game was poorly called and the refs took far too much time conferencing after each call. Make the call and get out of the way. We think Rod Gilmore might be the most annoying announcer in CFB, his partner not far behind. Seemed that the fans helped impact the outcome which is a very good thing. We loved ISU's win but were not impressed at all with WVU. Who would have thought TT's D better than their O v TCU. . .though the game scares us, Halloween weekend in Lubbock. Need to "Orange Out" vs WVU at our house. Come early, be LOUD, wear ORANGE and stay late. WTF happened to Okie State???? Bye week couldn't come at a better time.
Just random thoughts (alright, mostly bitching).
In the race for a 1000 receiver, it's possible TEXAS has 2 this season. As it stands through 7 games which should be half the season. LJH and CJ are in a virtual tie with 576 and 563 yards each. Collin with 1 more (5) TD and both averaging 13.7 ypc. Rushing wise, KI simply does not have enough touches though if he can pick that pace up, he is averaging 6.1 a carry.
Going Forward
To quote Bill Parcells, DON'T EAT THE CHEESE (read your press clippings). Should not be a big problem after this game. Players know they dodged a bullet and they have a welcomed bye week to heal. Hope Sam can come back 100%
RANKING THE BIGXII
#1 TEXAS Undefeated in conference, your TEXAS Longhorns, in the hunt for a 1 January bowl at worst. And now getting National love as a potential play off team.
#2 Land Thieves advance a notch thanks to WVU getting OWNED in Ames
#3 Texas Tech More impressed with their D than O in a big win for them at Horny Froggy U. They need to win 2 more to go bowling and Cheap Seats things they should get there
#4 Iowa State YUGE win vs Top 10 WVU. Will need 3 wins but the addition of Incarnate Word should be win #6 and a bowl bid for them. Their QB is for real.
#5 WVU Heisman dreams crushed, playoff berth dreams crushed. Expect 1 loss to turn into 2.
#6 Baylor Need to win 2 of the next 5. Will be interesting as they do not have an easy road
#7 TCU Needs to win 3 of their last 6. Last game vs Okie State might be for the last BigXII bowl slot.
#8 KSU Another team needing 3 wins and with OU/TCU/KU/TT & ISU on deck, can they find 3? Not taking that bet
#9 Okie State They looked so good early on, 4 early wins set them up but a brutal schedule down the strech. Not sure they get there
#10 Kansas Is it basketball season yet?
Playoff Vote today:
#1 Bama (or SEC champ if they are upset in CCG)
#2 Clemson
#3 tOSU
#4 ND
Outside looking in?
#5 is your TEXAS Longhorns.
#6 Michigan, they win out, they take tOSU's place
#7 OU re-match at the Death Star for the final playoff spot? Of course assuming one of the top 4 stumble.
Thank you Coach Orlando
Let us make no mistake, our D is seriously bad azzed. They faced an excellent offense and held them to 17 points. More importantly, they held them to 7 points in the 2nd half while our offense was being shut out. We will bitch about the offense later but we open praising Coach Orlando and his charges excellent work. TEXAS remains unbeaten in conference play and the front runner for a seat in the non-sensical Conference Title Game thanks to the outstanding play of our defense. And make no mistake, pulling up the conference standings and seeing TEXAS in sole possession of 1st place in the conference is SWEET SWEET music to our eyes (get it? Eyes of TEXAS). Two weeks in a row TEXAS has risked blowing a 4th quarter lead, a stat we still lead the nation in over the past 2 years. Two weeks in a row, Coach Orlando and crew did just enough to secure the win. Though like last week, they made sure most Horn fans were pucker factored to the max.
Here at the Cheap Seats we'll take an ugly win over a "pretty" loss any day of the week. We are not aggies afterall. Despite a career day in catches for Collin Johnson and a career number of carries and yards gained by Keoatay Ingram, our offense looked pretty lame. Coach Herman survived another test, for 4 straight weeks TEXAS faced bigger and bigger challenges and produced emotional wins. This week TEXAS was coming off the biggest game of CTH's career here against a 2nd Tier team. The opportunity for a let down stared the team right in the face. And the team would lose it's emotional leader and single most important player as Sam E went down with a shoulder injury on the 1st drive. Perhaps one of the medical types can explain to me why he didn't have an ice pack bandaged to his shoulder while in street cloths. We saw just how important Sam is to this offense. Sadly, we also saw how much he has been disguising some real weakness in the offensive and in the game plan. Our offensive line should have feasted on Baylor's poor rushing D, worst in the BigXII and one of the very worst in the nation yet TEXAS threw the ball as often as we rushed the ball. We also reverted back to a very predictable and unimaginative offense. We also saw the value of quality depth. While Shane wasn't perfect (who would expect him to be), he also made some great throws, showed good pocket presence and helped deliver a win. Lots to like about the kid.
Had we faced a decent team today, we lose. It's that simple. Where was the jet sweep? Even if only to distract Baylor inept D? Where was a play action, waggle? And once again, we see the middle of the field turn into a scary dark place we need to avoid in the passing game. The one time we ran a seam route, our TE didn't bother to turn and look for the ball. Why we bring that play up? Had we completed the play, instead of kicking a career long FG, we kick a chip shot at worst. The difference between a 6 point and 9 point lead in the 4th quarter would have been YUGE late in the game.
What is critical, we eeked out a win, we remain atop the BigXII standings and most importantly, we have a bye week coming up for Sam to heal. Since the Cheap Seats reads no other write ups or listens to any post game, at this point, we have no idea the severity of Sam's injuries. We do know that after a 5 game win streak, we have over rated our offensive line. Against an outmatched Baylor D, we should have been able to establish a run game, move the ball and shorten the game. Missing not one but two 2nd half FGs certainly did us no favors. Make no mistake, the offense will not be eating the cheese over the bye week.
OTOH, the defense was truly impressive. It was not a pleasant welcome home as Charlie Brewer was rudely welcomed to DKR. Sacked, hit, pressured and harassed, the TEXAS D did not seem too concerned with Charlie's pedigree. Baylor's rushing attack was held to less than 3 yards a carry and Baylor was held to half their season scoring average. The Defense showed up to play.
5 Key plays of the game +1
Not 2 minutes into the game, Sam suffers a shoulder injury sidelining him for at least the rest of this game.
Shane's TD pass to Collin Johnson putting TEXAS in the lead.
Caden Sterns INT late in the 1st half sets TEXAS up with a short field and FG. Gotta score points off takeaways
Will lump the 2 missed FGs together. Difference in a 6 point instead of 9 point game was significant in the 4th quarter.
Lil Jordan from the Wildcat on the goal line gives TEXAS the margin of victory they would need.
+1 Chris Nelson has 2 batted balls and the DL would get another. Seemed all came on 3rd downs
Players of the Game
Offense: Collin Johnson was in beast mode. 11 for 132 and a TD. And his presence drew a key pass interference call keeping another drive alive. Runner up: Keaontay Ingram with his best day as a Horn, 19 for 111. This kid is special
Defensive: Caden Sterns with his 4th INT of the season. Runner up: Chris Nelson who was very disruptive at the line and came up with 2 (3?) key pass blocks.
Key Stats
17-52 Margin which TEXAS has been outscored this year in the 4th quarter.
9-18 3rd down conversion rate
4.1 Rush average against a team giving up 6.1
36 Baylor's season scoring average, we gave up 17
8-52 Penalties.
RANDOM THOUGHTS
We will make not bones, we thought the offensive play calling was offensive. We seemed to go turtle. Yes, we get you don't go wild with a QB who had not thrown a ball in a game all year. So why did we ask him to throw 34 times? Why didn't we run a single jet sweep or even just fake a jet sweep? We also thought the game was poorly called and the refs took far too much time conferencing after each call. Make the call and get out of the way. We think Rod Gilmore might be the most annoying announcer in CFB, his partner not far behind. Seemed that the fans helped impact the outcome which is a very good thing. We loved ISU's win but were not impressed at all with WVU. Who would have thought TT's D better than their O v TCU. . .though the game scares us, Halloween weekend in Lubbock. Need to "Orange Out" vs WVU at our house. Come early, be LOUD, wear ORANGE and stay late. WTF happened to Okie State???? Bye week couldn't come at a better time.
Just random thoughts (alright, mostly bitching).
In the race for a 1000 receiver, it's possible TEXAS has 2 this season. As it stands through 7 games which should be half the season. LJH and CJ are in a virtual tie with 576 and 563 yards each. Collin with 1 more (5) TD and both averaging 13.7 ypc. Rushing wise, KI simply does not have enough touches though if he can pick that pace up, he is averaging 6.1 a carry.
Going Forward
To quote Bill Parcells, DON'T EAT THE CHEESE (read your press clippings). Should not be a big problem after this game. Players know they dodged a bullet and they have a welcomed bye week to heal. Hope Sam can come back 100%
RANKING THE BIGXII
#1 TEXAS Undefeated in conference, your TEXAS Longhorns, in the hunt for a 1 January bowl at worst. And now getting National love as a potential play off team.
#2 Land Thieves advance a notch thanks to WVU getting OWNED in Ames
#3 Texas Tech More impressed with their D than O in a big win for them at Horny Froggy U. They need to win 2 more to go bowling and Cheap Seats things they should get there
#4 Iowa State YUGE win vs Top 10 WVU. Will need 3 wins but the addition of Incarnate Word should be win #6 and a bowl bid for them. Their QB is for real.
#5 WVU Heisman dreams crushed, playoff berth dreams crushed. Expect 1 loss to turn into 2.
#6 Baylor Need to win 2 of the next 5. Will be interesting as they do not have an easy road
#7 TCU Needs to win 3 of their last 6. Last game vs Okie State might be for the last BigXII bowl slot.
#8 KSU Another team needing 3 wins and with OU/TCU/KU/TT & ISU on deck, can they find 3? Not taking that bet
#9 Okie State They looked so good early on, 4 early wins set them up but a brutal schedule down the strech. Not sure they get there
#10 Kansas Is it basketball season yet?
Playoff Vote today:
#1 Bama (or SEC champ if they are upset in CCG)
#2 Clemson
#3 tOSU
#4 ND
Outside looking in?
#5 is your TEXAS Longhorns.
#6 Michigan, they win out, they take tOSU's place
#7 OU re-match at the Death Star for the final playoff spot? Of course assuming one of the top 4 stumble.
