Crap....Cobb done for season

by BigTexBD on Oct 15, 2007 6:41 PM CDT

Jo Duarte of the Houston Chronicle reports that Antwan Cobb is having surgery on his left ACL, which he injured during the ISU game. This leaves Texas scary thin at fullback until Tiemann gets back. He says it will be Irby and Redwine getting most time at FB.

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Wait

Does Texas use fullbacks?

So take that.

by Kahuna on Oct 15, 2007 7:54 PM CDT reply actions

Not a big deal

but he was a nice amenity to have when he was needed. He has good hands and is a decent blocker. I'm not excited about using a TE (Irby) or a former LB (Redwine) as our 1st string fullback.

atsmahboy Kelson

by BigTexBD on Oct 15, 2007 10:36 PM CDT reply actions

His father

who is a man, and is 40, thought it was a big deal.

Growing up, I only fed Jared Norton paper. That's why he eats plays.

by Horn Brain on Oct 15, 2007 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Gotta Think

That Mack's absurd avoidance of scoring there at the end contributed to his injury. (Preface: I was only listening to the game on webcast of the radio feed.) According to what Craig Way's narration, Texas was going out of it's way to not even kick a field goal by taking one or two delay of game penalties and then obviously planning to run straight up the gut with Cobb on the play where he got injured.

Doesn't this make a point that one should try to be classy and not run up the score, but that one should still run some semblance of a real offense? Or that one should only have an all walk-on team out if you're gonna do what Mack did?

I'm just thinking that by completely shutting things down the way he does, Mack is putting his players' health behind not giving off a poor impression,

by kiev482 on Oct 16, 2007 7:09 AM CDT reply actions

that is a bit of a streach

If you want to take that logic, when should not put Chiles in as QB, because everyone knows it is going to be a zone read.

by Wells on Oct 16, 2007 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions

Well

My issue was not that the defense knew what was coming, but that we were effectively asking our players to go out and NOT perform at the level they practice--which, so the wisdom says, is a good way to get injured.

by kiev482 on Oct 16, 2007 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions

I dont think that is true

I don't think we told them not to gain any yards, otherwise we would have just taken a knee. The players were still all excusing at 100%, trying to show the coaches that they deserve a look for more playing time.

by Wells on Oct 16, 2007 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Cobb

Surely wasn't giving anything but a Herculean effort. Guy was flying through defenders. It probably increased his risk for injury slightly, if only because the defense knew what was going to happen, but it's no more dangerous than, say, Wisconsin's offense. Which is basically that, with a bigger Cobb.

Growing up, I only fed Jared Norton paper. That's why he eats plays.

by Horn Brain on Oct 17, 2007 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Gotta Think

I'm just thinking that by completely shutting things down the way he does, Mack is putting his players' health behind not giving off a poor impression,and

by kiev482 on Oct 16, 2007 7:09 AM CDT reply actions

I disagree

If he had taken a knee, you'd probably be saying that he should have given the young players an opportunity to gain experience. You can't say that Mack should have known that there would be injuries if he called running plays up the middle.

Unfortunately these things just happen in the game of football, it can be on any play.

I adopted Colt McCoy - but I can't take credit for throwin' genuine Texas dirt under the bed when he was born.

by SelimSivad on Oct 16, 2007 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions

Sorry, last bit cut off

and that maybe there's some truth to the Spurrier/Leach model of late game, blowout coaching. Don't shutdown evrything, because asking players to not play the way they've trained, there at a greater risk for injury.

by kiev482 on Oct 16, 2007 7:10 AM CDT reply actions