Bevo’s Daily Roundup: Penn State HC James Franklin breaks down former Texas OC Mike Yurcich’s first year leading offense

Former Texas Longhorns offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich, who led the Longhorns’ offense under former head coach Tom Herman, had an up and down and down again first year in the same role with the Penn State Nittany Lions under head coach James Franklin.

Franklin had a few things to say about Yurcich’s job so far, too, per 247Sports.

“I haven’t really at this point gone back and literally broke it all down and studied all the data,” Franklin said. “Obviously, we would have loved to have put more points on the board and been more explosive and been more consistent. And that’s really what we will spend a lot of time doing once the season is ended, is go back through everything, offense — defense, special teams — and really kind of map it all out and where were we good, where were we not good, what were the reasons for us not being good in really all three phases.”

Franklin later continued, “That will be something we’ll do a deep dive on. But offensively, defensively and special teams — obviously, we would like to be No. 1 in the country, No. 1 in the Big Ten, whatever it is in every single category. And we’re going to have to do a deep dive on all those things and say, OK, where weren’t we good enough, why weren’t we good enough in that area, what modifications can we make and what needs to be resolved — either through the recruiting process, through the transfer portal or the old-fashioned development, which is a huge part of it as well. That’s development of the players and development of the staff, too.”

Your typical non-answer, in other words. Yurcich might be on the hot seat this offseason.

WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

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Dallas Morning News: 3 reasons why Texas could be worse in 2022: Longhorns may suffer from lack of experience

247Sports: The Morning Brew: It’s about energy with Tashard Choice

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Inside Texas: Status check on Texas basketball before Big 12 play

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

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RECRUITING ROUNDUP

247Sports: Mike at Night: Thoughts on prospects from Texas state championship week

Inside Texas: Fun with On3 data and Texas’ 2022 recruiting class

Inside Texas: Texas throws big numbers at ‘big humans’ in the trenches

Inside Texas: Late night recruiting notes & Brennan Marion’s potential at Texas

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

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The Smoking Musket: No Leddie, no problem

Wide Right & Natty Lite: Iowa State men’s basketball moves up to No. 9 in latest AP Poll

WHAT WE’RE READING

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NEWS ACROSS THE FORTY ACRES AND BEYOND

• Texas women’s basketball dropped a spot in the latest AP Poll, to No. 12.

• Texas volleyball All-American Skylar Fields is hitting the NCAA transfer portal.