*****GAME THREAD: West Virginia Mountaineers @ #22 Texas Longhorns*****

[Baron]

Herman will try to sell all of us a bill of goods that says we played the best defense yet today. He won't touch on Sam other than saying "everyone is hurt right now. There's a difference between hurt and injured"

 

[texbound]

I’ve been very negative and still am not a big CTH fan.  But to be fair:

Chris Ash was an excellent hire and our defense continues to improve steadily.  If CTH is back next year he can thank Ash. 
 

Jay Boulware has taken embarrassing special teams and made them a strength at times   
 

LB play has gone from atrocious to pretty good. 

100% agree.  Loved the game plan going in and they stuck with it.  Same thing they did against OkSt.  I'm ok with WVU getting 300+ yards in the passing game because they had to do it on 46 or 47 attempts.  They completely took away WVU's strength which is the run game and made them one dimensional.  With that said, I wish the DBs were more solid and played the ball more, but they came through when needed (Chris Brown and BJ Foster for sure).

 

[NEOkHorn]

Starting to believe its going to become very hard for any QB to survive throwing the ball 40 plus times a game against this front 7. At least hoping the progressions continue the positive trend.

 

[primal defense]

 

[NEOkHorn]

I could be way off but I'd almost bet that Bijan had more broken tackles today than all the backs combined so far this year. 

 

[UT1983]

At the game.  Nice to see the football team stay on the field and all stand (that i saw) for The Eyes of Texas.  

 

[primal defense]

 

[tejasrulz]

Bijan is no doubt the better runner between him and Roschon, he's exciting to watch. However I think Roschon may be the better pass blocker of the two. I have no problem using both. 

 

[tejasrulz]

Sam was off again today. He had some drops however there was at least one time he underthrew a wide open receiver which would have been 6 and a couple of more times it would have moved the chains. I'm thinking he has some kind of small nagging injury. 

 

[primal defense]

Sam was off again today. He had some drops however there was at least one time he underthrew a wide open receiver which would have been 6 and a couple of more times it would have moved the chains. I'm thinking he has some kind of small nagging injury. 

I heard he's all bruised up. He needs an off week.

 

[texbound]

I heard he's all bruised up. He needs an off week.

I honestly think this staff should consider giving Sam 2 weeks off.  Let Casey start against Kansas and see what you have in him.  Bring Sam and have him in case, but 2 weeks off for Sam would do wonders, imo.

 

[Mitch Lovell]

At the game.  Nice to see the football team stay on the field and all stand (that i saw) for The Eyes of Texas.  

Know what would be nicer? A competent Head Coach 

 

[Ntx dog]

3rd ugly week in a row. Not gonna move the needle on any recruits.

 

[drgilbert]

I honestly think this staff should consider giving Sam 2 weeks off.  Let Casey start against Kansas and see what you have in him.  Bring Sam and have him in case, but 2 weeks off for Sam would do wonders, imo.

Dam won’t go for this. He bleeds orange and it’s his last year. He will lobby to play

 

[UT1983]

Think how much BS we could have avoided if Herman would have followed orders.  Texas will probably end up with a decent record this year but the image of Herman walking arm in arm with some players heading to the Capitol will be with me for a longtime.   Won’t cry if this is his last year at UT. 

 

[83Dee]

I heard he's all bruised up. He needs an off week.

Of course he is.  
 

I believe the #1 problem for this team is OL.  I know some might argue cornerback, but corner seems to be showing improvement.

 

[83Dee]

Dam won’t go for this. He bleeds orange and it’s his last year. He will lobby to play

Sam?

 

[83Dee]

Does going undefeated and losing in the Big 12 championship game buy CTH another year?   Should it? 

 

[drgilbert]

Sam?

Yes, I meant Sam. Sorry 

 

[drgilbert]

Does going undefeated and losing in the Big 12 championship game buy CTH another year?   Should it? 

No. If he loses one more game it’s Meyer time