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1 hour ago, Thatguy said:

Opponents are blitzing the a gaps and trying not to go past QB depth on the edge to keep Arch in the pocket. So all the cute shit is coming up the middle. 

UK did exactly what I thought OU would do to us. Pummel the A gaps. Lucky for us, Venables tried to get cute with different blitz packages.

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34 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

UK did exactly what I thought OU would do to us. Pummel the A gaps. Lucky for us, Venables tried to get cute with different blitz packages.

Venables fronts are undisciplined. You can bet that everybody we play will be playing contain on the edge and bringing pressure up the middle to prevent Arch from escaping. I dont forsee those LG and C PFF grades changing anytime soon. 

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Cross-posting...    Scipio Tex analysis

OFFENSIVE LINE 

Center and left guard continue to be a massive problem, no matter who starts there. Brooks gave up three sacks and six pressures. Robertson gave up 5 hurries and 5 pressures. Neither run-blocked well. Flood has failed at teaching protections and apparently no one in the building will tell Sark that pull protections are a fail when a defense smells blood.

Below we impressively combine bad pull protection with weak slide protection. This is supposed to be a gotcha play down the sideline to Endries on the fake screen. The pull “deception” in the pass protection proves useless to the play’s success. It just guarantees an immediate sack. 

Amusingly, if we’d actually run this as a screen with Endries leading, it would have gotten 8-10 yards. But we never went back to it, because Sark grab bag. We are just throwing stuff at the wall. “Let’s try a shot play from…a look! Also, is there any way that we can combine the two protections that no one on our team can execute?”

Goosby was average to below average. Baker had a tough penalty and got bullied some in the gap run game. Both tackles did well in outside zone last weekend. So…don’t do it? Take a bow DJ Campbell. You are the only OL who played passable football.

 

 

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I want to interrupt this review of the Texas O-Line shitshow with an example of aggressive, impressive play by Vanderbilt's LG, Cade McConnell. Now, this is how it's done.

 

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14 hours ago, William Bludworth said:

Damn. Goosby, wtf are you doing? It's Kentucky, not Georgia. 

I don't know what happened to Goosby this offseason. He was so damn good last year against some tough opponents. He's doing OK this year but nothing like what we saw.

He and Arch have been the biggest headscratchers this year because we saw what they could do and it's just not happening this year so far. The other 3 OL (besides DJ) were always question marks coming into the season, we just didn't expect this level of shittiness.

Neto also a major headscratcher. Idk what he could've possibly done to go from 1st team all offseason to still not seeing snaps behind this LG shitshow.

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7 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

I don't know what happened to Goosby this offseason. He was so damn good last year against some tough opponents. He's doing OK this year but nothing like what we saw.

He and Arch have been the biggest headscratchers this year because we saw what they could do and it's just not happening this year so far. The other 3 OL (besides DJ) were always question marks coming into the season, we just didn't expect this level of shittiness.

Neto also a major headscratcher. Idk what he could've possibly done to go from 1st team all offseason to still not seeing snaps behind this LG shitshow.

Agree about Goosby. It's a complete unknown. As for Neto, just take a look at who they started ahead of him in Stroh. Either Flood is blind or cognitively delayed. It took 4 games and the second half to finally remove him. I refuse to believe Brooks is better than Neto at G. A position Brooks has never played over a guy who has been playing that position at Texas for 3-4 years? Either he's just that bad, which would again reflect on Flood's inability to spot talent, or...I just think Flood is that bad at his job. If nothing else,  just try Kibble. He's a natural G. A right G, but he at least has been moved around in practice, so he should know both sides. Atascocita is an o-line factory, and I can't imagine even Flood screwing that up. 

I lied. Yes I can. He has to go. Sark, if he likes getting paid, will have to fire him. If Sark is let go/gone from his fourth school, he'll be radioactive. 

We also don't seem to have a Center, either. Hutson is terrible, Robertson looked terrible, so I guess we have to assume Cruz will be terrible, as well. 

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Has there been any more insight on Chatman? People have alluded to an injury and I can't remember seeing him play this year. Seems like he could be a solution at LG if healthy.

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4 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Has there been any more insight on Chatman? People have alluded to an injury and I can't remember seeing him play this year. Seems like he could be a solution at LG if healthy.

He came in at RT against OU for a few plays when Goosby went out and they moved Baker over.

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