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Damn Texas needs to run the ball better in 2025

1st & Goal at the 1... Who Gets the Ball? | Texas Football | Arch Manning | CJ Baxter | Tre Wisner   

BOBBY...     July 16th

Gerry and I talked about the Texas run game in this morning’s Saturday Conversation.

Texas finished 69th in the country in rushing yards per game a year ago.

If Texas wants to win a national title, that figure alone must improve.

Perhaps it’s the rehabilitation of Cedric Baxter, perhaps it’s the threat of a QB run game, or maybe it’s the makeup of the interior OL (or perhaps a mix of all of those factors) that can do the trick.

But if Texas wants to win big this season, running the football effectively has to be a major piece of the puzzle.

Furthermore, if Texas can effectively run the ball, the Texas defense will get just that much better as a result.

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With Baxter's injury last year, I agree with Scipio Tex that Sark really whiffed in not adding more experience at RB for 2025...

Scipio Tex on UTEP game

Running Back

CJ Baxter went out after his first run of the game. Clark, Gibson and Simon held it down, with each getting their respective time to ply their trade. Clark ran it into the hole more. He didn’t add much at contact. We tried to employ him in the passing game, to mixed results.

Gibson runs hard where he’s supposed to and there were no fumbles, but he didn’t push many piles. Simon maximized most of his runs, many of them zone runs, and he was the only Texas running back who consistently broke tackles.

All other Texas runners averaged around 1.6 yards after contact. Simon averaged 4.2. When you consider that Simon averaged less than 4 yards per carry, I’ll let you figure out where he experienced average first contact.

This room is about what I expected. One of the highest paid rooms in college football, but not remotely elite or even that good. It should have been re-hauled back in January, but now the goal is to see if Simon can help us. We could see a switch back to more zone running. I think we’re flailing around a bit.

 

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