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View from the Cheap Seats-Baylor
Anybody too excited?
If we are being candid, the season seems to have reached the “can we get it over with, fire CTH and try for the 3rd time since the Mack era to hire someone who knows how to coach fundamental football” stage of the season. ESPN’s guys project us to the Texas Bowl. Seems about right, ASSUMING, we win enough games to be eligible. More on that later. Back to Baylor, TEXAS used a 27 point to ZERO advantage in quarters 2 and 3 to put their foot on the Bears throat and not let them into the game. Baylor would open the 4th with a 9 play 75 yard drive and then would follow up punching in a short drive off a Sam INT to try to make things interesting late but simply not enough clock
So let’s start with some positives. We won and are 3-2 this year. And yes, win out, we’ve got a really good shot (with some help) of playing for the BigXII title. So in theory, all the pre-season goals are in front of us even if not fully within our control. Sam got him a score (3 of them in all) vs Baylor, 1st time in 4 years. Most/many of the players stood for the Eyes without the band which is fine. To take a line from the great Nuke Laloosh, Jared Wiley announced his presence with authority. Very nice to see the TE being used as a weapon. Look forward to seeing more of Mr Wiley in the games/years to come. Facing a patchwork at best OL, the TEXAS D Line also made their presence known with the best effort this season.
Generally speaking, the defense played better. Charlie Brewer is a pretty good QB and 1st QB at Baylor to start 4 years in a row. Among the things we’d have never believed pre-season Sam has for the most part been the #2 QB on the field week over week. Bijon Robinson had a pretty good day, 4.5 ypc on his busiest day of the year with 12 carries. Did not like seeing Sam hit so often and 15 carries for him, simply too much. At this pace he doesn’t last the year.
Stats that matter
47-23 Run to pass ratio. Bad news 15 of those rushes were Sam
5 Penalties on TEXAS, lowest since UTEP. 2nd week I a row Derek K has recorded a stupid late hit. This time, with the ball on the Baylor side, kept the team from going for it on 4th & 3 vs punting 4th and 18.
5-14 Defense held Baylor on 3rd downs, best effort of the year
4-4 Red Zone scoring chances. Stat sheet say 4-5 but TEXAS took a knee to end the game at Baylor’s 17. That was the right call.
0-1 TEXAS turnovers gain vs Baylor
Conclusions
Beat a mutt, that is what good teams are supposed to to. Certainly, wasn’t flashy but had some flashes. This team’s strength is throwing the ball not rushing the ball, so the game plan was odd unless the plan was run till we have to throw. We hope we don’t see this same game plan next week. Our #1 concern, those in power are going to give CTH the rest of the season before deciding on his future. It is clear he’s out of his depth and is unable to coach fundamental football much less get the best out of his players. It's been 3 and a half seasons where we have wasted the career of an absolute warrior in Sam E. Cannot fault Sam, he truly bleeds Burnt Orange.
TEXAS needs to win 2 of the next 5 to go bowling this year. Okie Lite, WVU Kansas (Cheap Seats projects we go 2-1 and are bowl eligible which CTH will try to spin as success in a COVID era) then ISU KSU. If we can keep Sam upright, which means we need to reduce his number of called runs, think we split the last 2 and finish 6-4, well out of the conference race.
On Deck
Conference leading Oklahoma State and the Mullet Mike Gundy who is 2-1 vs CTH so far. OSU coming off a big win over ISU to take the top of the BigXII for now. They have a great RB in Chuba Hubbard, #7 in the nation in rush yards per game. And it’s on the road where CTH only 6-7 at TEXAS. OSU is also #8 in the nation in scoring defense so TEXAS will have it’s hands full.
Fighting Mack Brown’s
Mack’s guys bounced back from a humbling though self inflicted loss to Miami to absolutely destroy #23 ranked (at the time) North Carolina St. They were rewarded by dropping 1 place in one poll. Playing a better opponent than we faced, they looked well coached. Oh how I miss Mack in his prime.
Ranking the conference
#1 Oklahoma State. Very good game vs a well coached ISU team. Big step for OSU to play for the conference title. They have TEXAS on deck
#2 Kansas State. Destroyed the mutt of the conference.
#3 ISU Tough loss for Mr Campbell’s crew
#4 OU Beat up on TCU this weekend, not sure if they are the bottom of the top tier or the top of the mid tier
Mid Tier for sure
#5 TEXAS solely on a 2-2 conference record and the 2 wins vs 2 of the worst teams
#6 WVU based on being 2-2 in conference, against 2 of the worst teams
#7 TCU 1-3 in conference, their win over TEXAS. Gary simply owns CTH
#8 TT
#9 Baylor
And the mutt of the conference
#10 Kansas
Way too early Playoff Projections
#1 Clemson
#2 Bama
#3 tOSU
#4 BYU (mostly because I think they run the table)
In the mix
Notre Dame-watch out for the fighting mack brown's
Georgia
Okie Lite (needs to run the table)
Anybody too excited?
If we are being candid, the season seems to have reached the “can we get it over with, fire CTH and try for the 3rd time since the Mack era to hire someone who knows how to coach fundamental football” stage of the season. ESPN’s guys project us to the Texas Bowl. Seems about right, ASSUMING, we win enough games to be eligible. More on that later. Back to Baylor, TEXAS used a 27 point to ZERO advantage in quarters 2 and 3 to put their foot on the Bears throat and not let them into the game. Baylor would open the 4th with a 9 play 75 yard drive and then would follow up punching in a short drive off a Sam INT to try to make things interesting late but simply not enough clock
So let’s start with some positives. We won and are 3-2 this year. And yes, win out, we’ve got a really good shot (with some help) of playing for the BigXII title. So in theory, all the pre-season goals are in front of us even if not fully within our control. Sam got him a score (3 of them in all) vs Baylor, 1st time in 4 years. Most/many of the players stood for the Eyes without the band which is fine. To take a line from the great Nuke Laloosh, Jared Wiley announced his presence with authority. Very nice to see the TE being used as a weapon. Look forward to seeing more of Mr Wiley in the games/years to come. Facing a patchwork at best OL, the TEXAS D Line also made their presence known with the best effort this season.
Generally speaking, the defense played better. Charlie Brewer is a pretty good QB and 1st QB at Baylor to start 4 years in a row. Among the things we’d have never believed pre-season Sam has for the most part been the #2 QB on the field week over week. Bijon Robinson had a pretty good day, 4.5 ypc on his busiest day of the year with 12 carries. Did not like seeing Sam hit so often and 15 carries for him, simply too much. At this pace he doesn’t last the year.
Stats that matter
47-23 Run to pass ratio. Bad news 15 of those rushes were Sam
5 Penalties on TEXAS, lowest since UTEP. 2nd week I a row Derek K has recorded a stupid late hit. This time, with the ball on the Baylor side, kept the team from going for it on 4th & 3 vs punting 4th and 18.
5-14 Defense held Baylor on 3rd downs, best effort of the year
4-4 Red Zone scoring chances. Stat sheet say 4-5 but TEXAS took a knee to end the game at Baylor’s 17. That was the right call.
0-1 TEXAS turnovers gain vs Baylor
Conclusions
Beat a mutt, that is what good teams are supposed to to. Certainly, wasn’t flashy but had some flashes. This team’s strength is throwing the ball not rushing the ball, so the game plan was odd unless the plan was run till we have to throw. We hope we don’t see this same game plan next week. Our #1 concern, those in power are going to give CTH the rest of the season before deciding on his future. It is clear he’s out of his depth and is unable to coach fundamental football much less get the best out of his players. It's been 3 and a half seasons where we have wasted the career of an absolute warrior in Sam E. Cannot fault Sam, he truly bleeds Burnt Orange.
TEXAS needs to win 2 of the next 5 to go bowling this year. Okie Lite, WVU Kansas (Cheap Seats projects we go 2-1 and are bowl eligible which CTH will try to spin as success in a COVID era) then ISU KSU. If we can keep Sam upright, which means we need to reduce his number of called runs, think we split the last 2 and finish 6-4, well out of the conference race.
On Deck
Conference leading Oklahoma State and the Mullet Mike Gundy who is 2-1 vs CTH so far. OSU coming off a big win over ISU to take the top of the BigXII for now. They have a great RB in Chuba Hubbard, #7 in the nation in rush yards per game. And it’s on the road where CTH only 6-7 at TEXAS. OSU is also #8 in the nation in scoring defense so TEXAS will have it’s hands full.
Fighting Mack Brown’s
Mack’s guys bounced back from a humbling though self inflicted loss to Miami to absolutely destroy #23 ranked (at the time) North Carolina St. They were rewarded by dropping 1 place in one poll. Playing a better opponent than we faced, they looked well coached. Oh how I miss Mack in his prime.
Ranking the conference
#1 Oklahoma State. Very good game vs a well coached ISU team. Big step for OSU to play for the conference title. They have TEXAS on deck
#2 Kansas State. Destroyed the mutt of the conference.
#3 ISU Tough loss for Mr Campbell’s crew
#4 OU Beat up on TCU this weekend, not sure if they are the bottom of the top tier or the top of the mid tier
Mid Tier for sure
#5 TEXAS solely on a 2-2 conference record and the 2 wins vs 2 of the worst teams
#6 WVU based on being 2-2 in conference, against 2 of the worst teams
#7 TCU 1-3 in conference, their win over TEXAS. Gary simply owns CTH
#8 TT
#9 Baylor
And the mutt of the conference
#10 Kansas
Way too early Playoff Projections
#1 Clemson
#2 Bama
#3 tOSU
#4 BYU (mostly because I think they run the table)
In the mix
Notre Dame-watch out for the fighting mack brown's
Georgia
Okie Lite (needs to run the table)
