What seems to be one of Davis’ favorite--and most frustrating—plays is the bubble screen or flanker screen (or whatever it is called). If you can find them, I would love to see the stats on this. I would guess it averages less than 2 yards per attempt, with losses on a large percentage of plays.

Many have assumed that Brown has stuck with Davis all this time out of loyalty and friednship. Another possibility is that Davis is doing pretty much what Mack wants in terms of personnel, play-calling, overall scheme, etc. It would be interesting to know just how freedom Davis really has.

While the stats about scoring offense and total offense from above do support Greg Davis. I want to see what the numbers look like against Top 15 opponents and the play calling during certain game situations. I feel thats more accumen to evaluating Greg Davis. Our talent alone should be able to blow out the likes of our usual pu pu platter of ooc games and the big 12 north (minus K-State). Also…if we know Mack Brown to be a conserative coach in big games, maybe he’s the one dictating Davis’s play calls during crucial drives and situations throughout the game

I’m not surprised at all that our offense ranks high consistently; after all, we do pummel quite a few bad teams every year.

I’ll also be the first to point out that GD gets way too much blame sometimes as fans are just looking for someone to skewer.

However, he still justifiably gets ripped for stupid gameplans, play calls, and overall ineffectiveness in bigger games. Against teams that are way below us, we can call whatever we want and still score. That doesn’t happen against quality opponents.

A few games stick out immediately: OSU in 2006, when we averaged 5.6 yards per carry and were running all over that overrated OSU defense and yet managed a measly touchdown (I love how we threw more times with our freshmen QB than ran it… and all those throws were wussy short ones). OU of that year wasn’t great either until Mack told him to allow Colt to throw the ball deep (touchdown, Limas Sweed). OU of 2004 comes to mind as we posted a grand total of zero points. Heck, OU of nearly every year sticks out. OU was better than us, but not to the tune of 65-13.

He also does things that normally don’t show up on a box score, like call a really dumb play to kill the momentum of a drive. Sometimes we’re driving fine until he calls one of those god-forsaken bubble screens or runs a mysterious option out of nowhere. Now our consistent second and fives of the possession turn into second and eights or nines. Gah.

But again, he gets way too much blame. At the end of the day, the players have to go out and play the game, and it’s not like he caused all the defensive collapses we’ve had.

I think GD excells with a mobile QB. I hope he learnes pretty fast how to run an offense with a passing QB, because another one is coming! I think he will though. The defense has been more of a problem than the offense.

.....delivers the exact offense that Mack Brown expects on the playing field. While his gameplan consistently puts 66 on NewMexSt and 69 on Stanford, Mack’s meddling to introduce a more conservative form off offense has led to less than successful results against opponents with equal, or close, talent levels. Thus, Mack’s record of 3-6 vs. Bob Stoops, 2-4 vs. Kansas State and 6-12 vs. Top-10 opponents.

As for the commitment of Garrett Gilbert and the need for a passing offense, I’m glad to believe Mack/Davis have finally come to the conclusion VY was a once-in-a-lifetime athlete who can’t be replicated. Even by R.Shepard. They are on board with a spread offense and Major will have an impact on the development of our version. Attacking defenses with various alignments and misdirection will make the offense less predictable. I believe we’re on a better path to future success.

although please don’t just regurgitate the same old critiques (some of which is in the comments on this thread). I think my favorite part will be watching the Davis apologists trying to stick up for him.

You shouldn’t be the first to do this, PB.

As early as ‘68 as I slaved in the bottom of the BEB with punch cards for the CDC 6600, truly ancient and forgotten by now, there was this giant rack of output for the UT football department. Part of that was the Horns scouting themselves, measuring in inches of pages. My buddy inside the glass said they did this every week of the season and it had priority over most everything. Never got to read it, but I tried several times. They were so possessive…

So, you’d think, at the very least, the Horns still do that; always a smart move. So, I am usually stunned to see the same shit happening in the play calling year after year. Knock knock! Is there anybody at home? What is this blindness? Who is so oblivious”

Well, maybe you’ll reveal some of that because I intuitively feel there was some willful ignorance over this span of years. Maybe GDGD is a closet minimalist while masquerading as a maximizer with grand stats. Who knows?

No doubt we bought a lot of hype, but then we, as fans, always create a buyers market.

By late June we are all orange-bellied piranhas in a dried up Austin water hole. We chew up the slightest news and wayward rumors with a scary, mind-stunning frenzy – and then gnaw on the bones – and then the ghosts of the bones, remembering how good it was the first time and how good it will be in the future. We hunger, relentlessly hunger.

I don’t even feel bad about that. Because there are more desperate characters out there waiting for good news. My in-the-know Baylor buddy is expecting three (count ‘em 3) victories from Briles…this lowered expectation thing is getting around. And despite the latest local flatulence (llf), the aggies ain’t saying nothing, nothing at all…psst…they have pros…of some kind.

At any rate, I’ll be looking for the great insight. Oh, bug in water….