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Did anyone else think the answer to this pop quiz was "Win the turnover battle"?

Even with Parsons, Dallas was in the bottom half of the league against the run. Parsons only had ONE sack in 4 playoff games. I don’t think any non-QB is worth that kind of dough. I actually think I like this trade. Dallas now has 4 1st-Round picks in the next 2 years.

Do we know if he’s practicing and if so, is he still limited?

2 more yahoos, looking forward to it!

https://x.com/NFL_Memes/status/1961207735304720664 😜

Our outfield is extremely thin for next season especially after losing two portal commits to the draft. Jonah would be penciled in to start in CF. He would be a lock there if not for football.

With OSU not having a lot of depth on their dline, we need to wear down the starters, that way the oline can really lean on them in the 4th quarter

Ohio State has depth issues that will be exposed in the 3rd and 4th quarters I think. I don't care if the weather is beautiful, their OL is going to get worn down by having a fresh set of legs (Texas has 7 quality DTs) in front of you for the entire game. Also, their DL won't be able to rotate enough players. I think Texas wins a game that is close until the end of the 3rd quarter. Texas by 10.

The late Mike Leach made it popular to say that a quarterback can't go broke taking a profit. That's the mindset Texas needs when running the football against the Buckeyes. Build on the small gains and they're likely to have a bigger impact later in the game.

For all of the talk regarding strategy, keys to victory and other games within the game that will determine a winner in Saturday’s blockbuster season opener between No. 1 Texas and No. 3 Ohio State (11 a.m., Fox), Ryan Day’s response to a question during his Tuesday press conference reinforced what makes the difference when push comes to shove in a high-stakes battle. “If we don’t stop the run and run the ball,” the Buckeyes’ coach said when asked about the importance of success in the trenches, “we’re not going to win the game.” Under Steve Sarkisian, the Longhorns are 33-4 when winning the rushing yardage battle. Since the start of the 2021 season, Texas has held an opponent under 100 net rushing yards in 19 games, winning 18 of them (last season’s College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl is the only loss). While using a variety of formations and pre-snap movements to create mismatches in the passing game separates Sarkisian’s offense from other attacks, it’s much more potent when the Longhorns can run the football. If the defense remains stout against the run, the offense doesn’t need to pile up rushing yards to be successful (only four of the team’s 13 wins last season saw Texas rush for 200 or more yards). Still, the ground attack can’t falter the way it did in the Longhorns’ losses last season, three games in which Texas averaged a paltry 39.3 yards per game and a forgettable 1.4 yards per attempt. When adjusting the yardage totals to exclude sacks, Texas still only rushed for 231 yards on 61 attempts in its losses. Averaging 77 yards per game and 3.4 yards per attempt didn’t cut the mustard for an offense that netted 186.3 rushing yards per game and ran the football at a 4.8-yard-per-game clip in 13 victories (even with a 30-carry, 53-yard outing in the Peach Bowl win over Arizona State counting toward the production). The Longhorns failed to reach 30 official rushing attempts in last season’s losses, including the loss to the Buckeyes (58 yards on 29 carries). Still, a sack-adjusted 85-yard effort on 25 carries (3.4 yards per attempt) positioned Texas to reach the national championship game. Such production (as long as the re-tooled offensive line can create enough room for C.J. Baxter, Quintrevion Wisner and the other running backs to operate, Sarkisian stays patient, content to let his offense work over the Ohio State defense with a series of body blows throughout the bout) can get it off on the right foot in the first step of the 2025 squad’s quest to ascend to the top of the mountain. View full news story

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He's going to be fun to watch.

You did it. *tear*