By The Numbers

by PB @ BON on Sep 3, 2008 3:49 PM CDT in Football Comment 17 comments

96 -- Season opening wins in Texas program history.

5 -- Times in the last 6 seasons Texas has scored 50+ to open the year.

29 -- Yards covered on John Chiles' first career touchdown pass to James Kirkendoll.

33 -- Consecutive games Quan "Velcro" Cosby has caught a pass.

40 -- Yards on Hunter Lawrence first career field goal.

3 -- Scholarship kickers on the Texas roster (Lawrence, Tucker, Bailey).

4 -- Times out of 4 Colt McCoy has punted and pinned the opponent inside the 20.

98,053 -- People in attendance Saturday night, the largest crowd to watch a football game in the history of the state.

47 -- Consecutive games sold out at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.

51 -- Number of minutes shorter this year's season opener (2 hours, 23 minutes) was than last year's (3 hours, 14 minutes). [Or not. --ed]

2 -- Trips inside the red zone out of 4 which resulted in points for Florida Atlantic.

0 -- Sacks recorded by Texas and Florida Atlantic.

5.2 -- Yards per carry by Vondrell McGee, 20% above last season's average.

15 -- Blaine Irby receptions predicted by Kirk Bohls in 2008.

7 -- Blaine Irby receptions in the season opener.

54 -- Career touchdown passes for Colt McCoy, moving him past James Brown (53) for 3rd all-time at Texas.

60 -- Career touchdown passes by Major Applewhite, tops all-time at Texas.

13 -- Consecutive completions by McCoy during the opener, two shy of the school record.

1.6 -- Yards allowed per rush by Texas Saturday.

67 -- Yards rushing (2.6 per attempt) by UTEP in their season opener against Buffalo.

3 -- Interceptions thrown by UTEP quarterback Trevor Vittatoe against UB.

14 -- Points UTEP was outscored by in each of the 1st and 4th quarters against UB.

0 -- Tickets still available for Saturday's game in El Paso.

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Proud

My wife & I were proud to be 2 of the 98,053. It’s like a different stadium now. Of course we set in good seats for once, which really helped our perspective.

Irby impresses. I like McGee but Cody Johnson was immediately noticeable. I was a bit concerned with no sacks, but Schnellenberger prides himself on pass protection – he is an accomplished coach.

by HalfmileHorn on Sep 3, 2008 4:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I like the Harper's Index feel of this series

PB the next Lewis Lapham?

by billyzane on Sep 3, 2008 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Zero Sacks

…and this doesn’t bother anyone?

It's Mean to Ween

by Bombilla on Sep 3, 2008 4:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Oops...

Actually it looks like HalfmileHorn is concerned, too…

It's Mean to Ween

by Bombilla on Sep 3, 2008 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We talked about this some already...

I think we decided that Schnelley did a great job sticking to quick stuff to avoid the pass rush and avoid getting Rusty killed. Pressure was there, and sacks were there, Rusty just got rid of the ball quickly. We’ll get sacks against teams like CU with less experienced QB’s, and against Mizzou when Daniel holds the ball for a week and tries to scramble around. They’re coming.

by Horn Brain on Sep 3, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The great debate of FAU

Funny how there seems to be a huge discrepancy on alot of Longhorn boards/blogs. Even the mods. on Orangebloods differ on this.

by Horncasting on Sep 3, 2008 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

is Irby the next Gates or Winslow

7 receptions? Pretty sick for a tight end… I don’t care if it’s not exciting, stick with the short stuff

utfootball.net

by LonghornFan on Sep 3, 2008 6:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Irby

Gates or Winslow? How about the next David Thomas!

by rchorns on Sep 3, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Time of game...

I beg to differ on your time of game stat, PB. This opener was 3 hours and 23 minutes. Someone needs to fix that on the MB-TF box.

by BigTexBD on Sep 3, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Makes more sense

And ruins my number. Damn.

Ignorance is bliss.

--PB--

by PB @ BON on Sep 3, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought something was wrong with that too.

A couple of times in the first half, I remarked to my wife that this has got to be one of the longest halfs we’ve seen at DKR.

I'll never forget ol' what's-his-name.

by Horntod on Sep 4, 2008 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of Irby...

I don’t know about yall, but I’m feeling tremendously optimistic about this team’s goal-line TD potential. With Cody Johnson’s (we desperately need a bad ass nickname for this kid) power, Chris OB’s quick feet, and Blaine Irby’s Dave Thomas-like hands, I feel like they should convert more GL possessions into TDs than either season since VY left.

by BigTexBD on Sep 3, 2008 7:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

CoJo? .nt whills

by Horn Brain on Sep 3, 2008 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

this is scary

I thought of the same thing, CoJo, then peeked down and saw your post.

Let’s let a guy play more than one game before we get in the nickname business. Same with Blaine Irby — I love that he can be part of the passing game, but is he really more of an impact player than Finley? Well, on the blocking side, he probably is, and I see that as a big plus regardless of Irby’s impact as a receiver.

by edsp on Sep 3, 2008 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed about holding off

Melton looked like an unstoppable beast in his first game.

by Wells on Sep 3, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought of the same thing, CoJo, then peeked down and saw your post.

Let’s let a guy play more than one game before we get in the nickname business. Same with Blaine Irby — I love that he can be part of the passing game, but is he really more of an impact player than Finley? Well, on the blocking side, he probably is, and I see that as a big plus regardless of Irby’s impact as a receiver.

Irby is clearly a far better blocker than Finley, and this was even true last year when Irby was just a true freshman. He’s a better route runner already, and he looks to have a better feel for finding the soft spots in zone coverage. Toss in that he’s a comparable athlete to Finley, and I think he may end up breaking a lot of school records for tight ends.

by sessamoid on Sep 4, 2008 12:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Slow down there budy

when Irby gets 150+ yards and a touchdown against OU, then we can start comparing the two, as it is Finley is in the pros and Irby just had his first game as a starter.

by Wells on Sep 4, 2008 7:35 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs