Here for the Wins

Need a side by side with LSU for comparison purposes

Since when is DH 9? And well all the others. A whole nother source of confusion.

Penn State lost to UCLA and gave up 42 in doing so. Collectively UCLA scored 43 versus Utah, UNLV and New Mexico and lost all 3. PSU gave up 36 points and 500+ yards to Rutgers. They did win but that’s a poor Rutgers team. PSU had enough ugly to question what team you were getting.

It would seem there was some befuddlement.

Here’s an interesting stat. Texas averaged more yards per rush and had more yards rushing than anyone versus Ohio State. Within those numbers several teams broke a longer run so their runs games were less consistent, more volatile. i am quite curious as to several actions within the season. These numbers bring into question some of those actions. I also think Sark is getting a pass for some of the offenses shortcomings regarding preparation and play calling. And my appreciation for Wisner grows. Not a game breaker, but he’s pretty consistent. And in retrospect I think him missing the non-P5 games may have hurt our consistency and confidence.

Some, yes. Two early-ish 3rd downs we blitzed to no avail. Believe that long throw to Brown for 60 was a blitz with a safety brought down. They had some run success early. We brought McDonald down both times from recall. One was in the red zone. The other was press coverage - a first time starter at CB. I get the tendency to drop a safety for the run game. That’s overly aggressive in my book. I’d need to look again at the information, but we blitzed a fairly a high rate to no avail. 40+%. Miami gave UF problems, they weren’t typically a high blitz team. I don’t think LSU did either and made Lagway think. And from my recollection that was one of Lagway quickest average time to throw. My preference is that when you have a Simmons you let him work. Often that is made more difficult when you bring an extra guy or two because the read is easier so the ball is out quick. My view of overly aggressive is likely more subtle than most others view.

No one runs man all the time. He’s 70 years old so at best he was a short term solution. His heyday was in a different era that was not predominantly 3-3-5 or 4-2-5. What 15-20 years ago? Defenses have evolved a great deal. From what I see, Arizona was 103 in DFEI in 2024. 14th in 2025. Without looking it up, Stanford wasn’t worth much during his tenure. A dude doesn’t get run after a year of there weren’t signs leading into it. Texas and money. Odd choice.

Akina was an odd choice. I was not here so no idea if there was discussion regarding the whys of bringing him back. I thought he and Nansen were familiar with each other and was likely a positive in bringing Akina back. For much of 2024, the schedule had offensive incompetence on the opposite sideline. There’s a reason Clemson, ASU and OSU had some success. We also were relatively healthy in 2024. Good health, simplistic offenses, limited offenses generally make for easier defense. UTSA, Colo State, ULM were all in the 100s in OFEI. Michigan was 61. OU was 80. Florida was 49, but that was built on Lagway. The Ivy League transfer likely has them worse. Kentucky was 73. Mississippi State was 31, but they did have a backup QB making his first start. Georgia was 13 so that was for a decent offense. Vandy was 27, Arkansas 48. A&M 29th. So those first 5 P5 teams were either unsettled at QB or had injured QBs when we played. in 2025, the non-P5s were in the 100s. Vandy 1st. Ohio State 8th. Georgia 9th. a&M 15th. Arkansas 16th. MSU 42nd. OU 54th. UF 61st. Kentucky 84th. So the P4 teams that got worse in OFEI were home games in 2024 and road games in 2025. Two of those were also the 3rd and 4th games in a row away from home. Also two of the 3 started backup QBs in 2024.

I’d be interested to know. I like the numbers. UF had quite a few interesting elements. V Brown had his longest run and longest catch of the season. The run was his only carry of the season, believe it was on 3rd too. D. Wilson threw Black down on one TD, maybe press coverage. The other may have been because of their run game success and we brought McDonald to the box. Since that was D Wilson’sfirst game, it was difficult to know how they’d use him. I don’t recall the exact specifics, but Lagway didn’t take long to get rid of the ball amongst the quickest all year. I put that partly attributable to being overly aggressive.

Where does one find good data on blitz rate and man coverage? What I had seen shows our personnel typically ran man 5-10 percent more in 2025 than 2024. Yet probably not many dudes would choose 25 over 24. What percentage of man coverage would you like to see?

So maybe PK is not quite the moron?

Thing that wows me more than anything was that he played two different roles. From all over the field at Texas to run plugging NT at the Steelers. I’m talking style of play at Texas not specifically the position.

As best I can tell Laya was 1-11 versus Texas, 3-16 versus UCLA, and 4-15 versus USC. 2 doubles. He did tear Yale up in the regional. Played well versus Nebraska. Great games versus Purdue, Northwestern. As a senior in high school, his average decreased 50 points from his junior year although homers went up. He must have some really good advanced metrics because his performance is not that special to date.

Hampton is special. Unique. Dominant.

Just gonna ignore the guard from Georgia Tech? What was his name?

Thinking you missed a year. He had 15 starts with a 3.06 ERA over 70 innings in 2025. 2024 was not a good year so, yes, it did take awhile to recover.

Do tell. Offered to stay but no guarantees?

2023 also had Becht and Hoover as freshman. Jason Bean was an NFL practice squad. Then the most traveled college QB of all JT Daniels. I’m assuming he’ll hold the all time record for number of starts versus Texas for different teams.

That’s part of the problem with the play call. We weren’t great at running the play in the first place. If you ranked our plays in order of execution, that one was well down the list.

Perhaps not directly……….but maybe something something about time, something about resources…… Yeah, I’m guessing wagers are never done during company time for anyone. At this point, I’m not exactly sure what my personnel manual says.

Shouldn’t you be setting a better example for today’s youth?

In their wins over UNC they gave up 3 runs and 2 runs. In game 1, it was tied 3-3 then all 6 OU runs after that were via non-home runs. In game 3, only 1 of OUs first 10 runs was via home run. In their first 3 CWS games, they gave up 0, 3, and 4. Versus Bama, only two of the 9 runs were from homers. In their Super they gave up 1 and 2 runs. They were up 7-1 in one of those games before their first homer. In the other game, KU didn’t score until the 8th. In their final game in the regional they scored 3 runs via home run. But down 7-3 heading into the 7th all 4 runs scored to send it to extras were scored via something other than a homer. In their 7 wins in the Super Regional and CWS, they gave up no more than 4 runs, and that 4th run in that game was up 8 in the 9th. Team ERA just above 2.00 in those 7 wins. They won it all because they were playing the best all around game.

If Rodriguez is healthy and the guy Schloss believes he is, his power and overall production could increase considerably. Laya, I’m sure would be fine, but he was terrible in the Super. For those that criticize our guys for weak CWS performance. i have no idea about the incoming freshman, but a program like Texas should receive immediate contribution from at least one incoming freshman. Mendoza should improve back to his better self too. Pack could increase power numbers even if the average doesn’t quite hold.

That’s good. Some of us have to change things up to remain safe.

May be premature. Are you certain they are someone you want back? And I ask that as someone who has been scolded a time or two maybe thrice for my behavior.