Texas Versus Wyoming: Inside the Numbers
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 12, 2010 2:17 PM CDT
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- Texas did not turn the ball over on offense for the second consecutive game.
- The offensive line also protected Gilbert well again and did not allow a sack, also for the second consecutive week.
- The 16th consecutive home victory ties the record for the fourth-longest home winning streak.
- Punter John Gold averaged only 35.5 yards per punt attempt, with a long of 41 on his four tries.
- The Longhorns averaged 5.8 yards per rush attempt, picking up 167 on 29 attempts, a week after rushing 42 times against Rice. The effort was greatly aided by Fozzy Whittaker's 62 yards on seven attempts -- 8.9 yards per carry.
- The 389 yards of total offense gained by Texas amounted to only five more yards than Southern Utah gained against the Cowboys last week.
- For the first time since the UCF game last year, the Texas defense failed to produce a fumble recovery or interception. Texas did force a fumble recovered by Wyoming and intercepted passes on two consecutive plays, both out of bounds. Only three times in the Will Muschamp era have the Longhorns failed to recover a fumble or intercept a pass.
- The Longhorns did force three turnovers on downs, stopping Wyoming each times the Cowboys tried to convert fourth downs.
- In two games this season, the Longhorns have scored a combined three points in the first quarter. The Horns have scored 41 points combined in the second quarter.
- Starting tackle Kyle Hix now has three false starts on the season.
- After having two negative plays on offense last week against Rice, the Longhorns matched that number again this week, along with three plays for no gain.
- In 55 games, Texas has only lost four times all time against unranked opponents at home in the Mack Brown Era.
- As always, perhaps the single biggest indicator of a Texas victory in the Mack Brown era is total rushing yards -- Texas is 108-3 when outrushing the opponent under Brown.
- The seven receptions by Mike Davis put him in a tie for second place among freshman on the Texas record list. It was only the 12th time in Texas history that a freshman has had 100 or more yards receiving.
- The two touchdown runs by Cody Johnson give him 26 for his career, putting him in a tie with Longhorn legend Roosevelt Leaks for 10th all time at Texas.
- The 101,339 fans in attendance at DKR marked the second-largest crowd in stadium history.
- A week after leaving 27 points on the board against Rice, the number dropped to four this week after the illegal crack back block by Malcolm Williams negated a touchdown and resulted in a field goal.
- Overall, the Longhorns were called for nine penalties resulting in 80 yards for Wyoming. Four of those Texas penalties came on third down in the second half and allowed Wyoming offensive possessions to continue.
- A week after failing to kick the ball into the end zone against Rice, Justin Tucker had three touchdbacks in seven tries -- Wyoming brought one other kick out of the end zone.
- Coach Boom's defense forced four three and outs by the Wyoming offense. The Cowboys were only 3-12 converting third downs.
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The team averaged 5.8 yards per rush
which is good. But who put up the worst numbers? Tre, averaging 2.9 ypc . In fact everyone else, including Gilbert, averaged over 5 yards a pop.
Why is it that whomever we decide is going to be the guy this week always performs the worst. I imagine that if we start Fozzy against Tech, his numbers will be similar. Is it the kind of carries we’re giving the starting back, or just the consistency of inconsistency?
I think a lot of it
has to do with the team being stubborn offensively early in the game and wanting to out-execute the opponent even though they know what is coming. Mack Brown alluded to that in his post-game press conference and I think it has a lot to do with the starters struggling and the back ups playing better when the offense either opens up a bit or the defense gets a little bit tired.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 12, 2010 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Problem is
the wait’em out and wear’em down approach might not work as well against better, deeper teams. Although this was the same problem last year, and it worked out pretty well in the end.
"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese
Post game presser, where can I see this?
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs -- ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-- Harold Thurman
Thank you. Is there any place to see the video?
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs -- ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-- Harold Thurman
They don't usually post the post-game presser
But in a day or two, they usually do a defensive and offensive breakdown hosted by either the OC or DC. Great watching and gives you insight into their coaching mentalities.
thanks again. will look out for it
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs -- ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-- Harold Thurman
I translated that as Wyoming playing a D and inside technique
which should have meant that GD changes the attack somewhat. Instead he was stubborn for a while, wanting to overpower them instead of going to something different and more successful, which did happen in the second quarter.
Tre suffered in terms of ineffective blocking; therefore, not so much his fault.
The quote at texassports.com:
Wyoming came in with the way we ran it last week and stacked everybody inside. They were playing inside techniques. Greg [Davis] was trying to be stubborn early and we just decided to go ahead and be who we want to be and be more wide open and be more balanced. That’s why we picked up the second quarter.
Mike Davis is the stud we thought he was
“It was only the 12th time in Texas history that a freshman has had 100 or more yards receiving.”
Redshirt freshman included or just true freshman?
I thought GG had an apparent TD pass to Darius White which was ruled incomplete but replays showed otherwise.
Booth reviews irritate me to no end at times.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." ~ Will Muschamp
"I always felt like, and I paid a price for it, that it didn't seem right for one guy to bring me down." ~ The Tyler Rose
"I'm Colt McCoy and I Am Second." ~ Colt McCoy
I would have given it to him
if nothing else than for the effort: it was a good throw, a great catch and the game was out of reach. This is probably why I would make a lousy official.
However, the replay booth needs to get this right. No excuse when they have the benefit of all the camera angles.
"Well, a guy did a Horns down to him. You just shouldn’t do that."
It wasn't conclusive enough
Sure they had a still image of the ball in his right arm and his leg down in bounds but you can’t tell control from a still image. I think if the call on the field had been TD then it would’ve been upheld.
by aaronlybrand on Sep 12, 2010 8:15 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Seemed conclusive to me. Had control and foot in bounds. TD.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." ~ Will Muschamp
"I always felt like, and I paid a price for it, that it didn't seem right for one guy to bring me down." ~ The Tyler Rose
"I'm Colt McCoy and I Am Second." ~ Colt McCoy
by Mulliganville on Sep 12, 2010 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions
It was close
that’s why they didn’t overturn the call. I thought it was a TD, but it was just one of those bang bang plays where they don’t overturn it if it’s not conclusive enough.
by aaronlybrand on Sep 13, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
The camera angle from the backside ...
… showed that he had control with his right arm throughout the fall to the ground. Was very clear. Should have been overturned but glad that it didn’t matter in the game. But these booth guys have GOT to get something like that right when it matters. Regardless, college replay system i MUCH better than the NFL system right now.
I really wanted the catch more for the player than I did for pumping up the score.
If I had to bet one way or the other...
I’d call it a catch. BUT… I didn’t really have a problem with that one being too inconclusive.
The ones I hate are the ones that are very clear that don’t get overturned – the “touchdown” last week, for example. The receiver was clearly down while the ball had not crossed the plane, and they still called it a TD. It’s irritating when it happens in a blowout, but it’s really bad when it decides a game. I think I’m mostly irritated because the college game has the right system in place (compared to the NFL version, where it’s down to the coach to wager a timeout on the vagaries of replay officials), they just implement it so shoddily.
And because they did such a piss-poor job of implementation, they’ve driven up the expectations, which makes it seem even worse than it is. Personally, they should have gone in from the get-go with the message that they were only in place to correct egregious errors, and that if they didn’t see enough to overturn the call really clearly, before the next play, they’d just let it go and play on. We all know when it’s a close call, and they should be looking at those immediately. If they don’t see enough to overturn it within the time it takes for the next snap, it really wasn’t egregious enough to overturn at all. When it’s clearly a game-changer, obviously you’d take a little more time if it was close. But in the end, it shouldn’t be about correcting every single mistake by the officials, just correcting the really obvious ones – the ones that make them cringe when they see them after the game…
Then we wouldn’t see these interminable stoppages for review, and we also would be more inclined to not sweat every single call. The officials would feel more in control, and the game would have its own rhythm, but we’d still hopefully get the big calls right, and fix the really bad ones…
Can't argue with any of that. You've said it well.
The main thing I like is that college replay is so much more quickly done than the NFL. It hardly ever takes away from the flow of the game. Conversely, the NFL system is absolutely ridiculous – it’s like the on-field refs & booth refs are not even watching the same game sometimes & purposely trying to take twice as long as necessary. And, seemingly, the college replay refs get it more right more than the NFLers. (I’d like to see stats on that.) I’ve got no problem at all with not changing a call when there’s not enough evidence to overturn it. I just thought that, in Darius White’s catch, it should have been corrected. Thanks, though, for replays being in place for the CCG last-second!
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