Opponent Profile: UTEP
by PB @ BON
on Sep 5, 2008 10:51 PM CDT
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Irony: When everything in your life is going well you have no free time; conversely, when you're in a horrible rut you've got all the time in the world. Which is why we all look forward to that one time in life when the curse is broken... retirement.
Better late than never: A few words on UTEP.
2007 Season Cap
2007 Record: 4-8 (2-6 - Conference USA)
2007 Home Record: 3-3
2007 vs Winning: 2-5
2007 vs. Ranked: 0-1
2007 Bowl: N/A
Last year vs TX: N/A
All-Time vs. TX: 0-2
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By The Numbers
by PB @ BON
on Sep 3, 2008 3:49 PM CDT
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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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Two Freshman Safeties, One Brutal Schedule
by PB @ BON
on May 26, 2008 1:20 AM CDT
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If you spend some time looking closely at last year's stat sheets for Texas' 2008 opponents, you may well find yourself entertaining the same two thoughts that I did:
1. Holy crap the pressure on our redshirt freshmen safeties with zero game experience is going to be intense.
2. Will Muschamp is arriving not a moment too soon.
On the latter point, BZ's chapter in The Eyes of Texas 2008 will provide some relief: each of Muschamp's first years at LSU and Auburn resulted in significant improvement in the teams' pass defenses. While we thank our lucky stars Muschamp is taking over, click through the jump for a look at the challenge he faces.
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