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2011 Texas Longhorn Defense in Review
Since I've primarily focused on Diaz and the defense this year I thought I would review the year, what we accomplished, and how. I've broken down the review into pieces: the stats of our play, our strategy, and individual performances. The Results We finished first in conference in yards per play...
Nickel Rover's All Big 12 Teams
The Nickel position has become one of the most important in football. When you see the Jets move Darrelle Revis to the slot against the Patriots you are seeing confirmation of a definite shift in defensive strategy (started by Belichik) as teams feel the pressing need to deny these little slot...
Alex Okafor: All-American
UT Junior defensive end Alex Okafor has been named to the American Football Coaches Association All-America team. Okafor is the first Longhorn named to the team since the trio of Colt McCoy, Chris Hall and Earl Thomas back in 2009. Okafor had a team-high 7 sacks this season along with 17...
2011 Texas-Texas Tech Post Mortem: Defense/Special Teams
Since the preseason, I've held that the aggressiveness and blitz talk about Diaz, while fun for fans, obscures Diaz's basic belief that defense is about preventing long scores, tackling, and getting offenses off of the field when down and distance are in the defense's favor. What we saw against...
Manny Diaz versus the Spread Offense
The offenses Diaz faced in the SEC were generally running-oriented and one of our biggest questions for him heading into the season is how he would handle the way Big 12 coordinators fling the ball around. What does a Diaz defense look like vs. the Air Raid? Or the Holgorsen adaptation? While the...
Texas-Oklahoma Football Preview: Sooner Offense
My preseason preview has held up pretty well, but there are definitely some modifications to be made. The Sooner offense is the dominant unit in this football game and the one area where either team holds a decided advantage. 42.5 ppg and 555 yards per contest speak to that. The Texas defense's...
Monday Practice Report From the Asset
You can’t be the original home of Practice Report if you don’t continue to provide practice reports. Once again, that dude with the cutesy name, the Asset, has you covered, undaunted by Bellmont’s Leninist effort to keep information from the Proletariat. Here at Barking Carnival we’re big...
Dream Wagon: Drivers and Horses
Priority one for Mack this fall is obviously determining the Quarterback to hold the reins for the dream wagon. I have an opinion or two on that front but it's important to note that the horses that will drag the wagon to 8 wins and Top 25 relevance will not include a QB this year unless we get...
Friday Scrimmage Report From the Asset
The scrimmage tonight was supposed to be the definitive battle for the starting quarterback position. The Asset tells us it wasn’t. Not to say the QB play was poor, it was actually pretty good, but there wasn’t enough separation in the Asset’s opinion to turn the reins over to Garrett Gilbert...
Wednesday Practice Report From the Asset
Welcome to Barking Carnival, where membership has its privileges, and practice reports. I just caught up with the Asset and he had a veritable jug of Kool Aid for information after yesterday’s dismal practice report—if you’re a fan of offense that is. We’ll start with, what else, the Quarterbacks....
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