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Less than 54 hours til kickoff!
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I too was there, with my Dad. I will never forget that incredible team, that season, that day, that game and the euphoria of beating ND and winning a NC.
It has been far too long since we beat the Irish....
Time for an epic upset on Saturday!!!
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I haven't been this excited for a UT game since the Alabama NC game. That's six and half years ago.
Longhorns Success Rests on Longball
Charlie Strong would see his quarterback, Tyrone Swoopes, wind up the trebuchet hanging from his shoulder and cringe when he saw it launch the ball too far downfield.
Too far, he thought, until he kept watching.
A 6-foot, 189-pound blur named Armanti Foreman had a way of surprising him.
"Tyrone will lay a ball out, and you don't think he'll go get it, and all of a sudden he runs underneath it," Strong said.
The sophomore receiver gave Texas a sight it hasn't seen enough since its last Big 12 title in 2009. The only problem is that's the practice field. The Longhorns will try to make those long completions count for more than a pat on the back on Saturday when they travel to Notre Dame to open Strong's second season.
Swoopes has the biggest arm of any Texas quarterback since Colt McCoy's exit after the 2009 season, and this year, the Longhorns might finally have the speed on the field to make it matter.
The long ball has been predictably absent from the Longhorns' offense while Texas has struggled through a revolving door of injuries and underwhelming passers.
Passes longer than 20 yards
• 2010: 37 (61st nationally)
• 2011: 34 (76th)
• 2012: 42 (59th)
• 2013: 36 (79th)
• 2014: 28 (106th)
Meanwhile, the only Big 12 champion in each of those seasons to finish outside the top 10 nationally in passes longer than 20 yards was Kansas State, who won its title with a run-first offense quarterbacked by Heisman candidate Collin Klein.
Last year's offensive pains (4.92 yards per play, 110th nationally) meant an offseason shift to a fast-paced, spread attack. Texas has vertical speed its roster has largely lacked during its half decade in an offensive desert.
John Harris and Jaxon Shipley, Texas' two leading receivers in 2014, were quality targets but Shipley struggled to stay healthy and neither had an ability to stretch the field. Mike Davis, who led the Longhorns in receiving from 2011-13, had the speed Texas needed, but neither David Ash nor Case McCoy had the necessary arm strength to test defenses downfield.
Texas, for the first time since McCoy, has a legitimate combination of arm strength and receiver speed. The only question is if that strength and speed on paper can be cashed in for on-field production.
"(Armanti) got a lot bigger and a lot stronger ... got a lot faster," Strong said of the sophomore who averaged 18.8 yards a catch in 2014. "He has so much speed. I don't know if he really realizes how fast he is."
It won him a starting job this season across from Marcus Johnson. A change in attitude led to rave reviews for fellow burner Daje Johnson, who will be part of the rotation and arguably Texas' biggest home run hitter.
Complete a few downfield and Texas' offense will see a lot less bump-and-run coverage. If that happens, Swoopes' completion percentage will rise from last year's 58.3, which will make moving the chains easier and soften front sevens for Johnathan Gray and Texas' maturing offensive line to establish the running game.
Of course, until it happens with some consistency, that's a big if for Swoopes, whose big arm has yet to show it possesses reliable accuracy.
"We all have the utmost confidence in Swoopes, and I think that's because of his work ethic and determination," offensive lineman Taylor Doyle said. "All off-season he's the first guy in the building, the last one to leave, and on top of leading by example in his work ethic, he's very vocal, and Coach Strong says, brings the juice every day. He makes sure that juice is there."
However, a football team cannot live on juice alone.
"Can't really get outside of myself and do anything, try to do anything spectacular," Swoopes said. "Coaches always say that they want a manager, so I'll just go out there and do the best I can."
When will Texas finally re-emerge as a contender for a Big 12 title? Keep an eye on the deep ball for the answer.
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/147201514/texas-longhorns-tyrone-swoopes-big-12
Longhorns Success Rests on Longball
Charlie Strong would see his quarterback, Tyrone Swoopes, wind up the trebuchet hanging from his shoulder and cringe when he saw it launch the ball too far downfield.
Too far, he thought, until he kept watching.
A 6-foot, 189-pound blur named Armanti Foreman had a way of surprising him.
"Tyrone will lay a ball out, and you don't think he'll go get it, and all of a sudden he runs underneath it," Strong said.
The sophomore receiver gave Texas a sight it hasn't seen enough since its last Big 12 title in 2009. The only problem is that's the practice field. The Longhorns will try to make those long completions count for more than a pat on the back on Saturday when they travel to Notre Dame to open Strong's second season.
Swoopes has the biggest arm of any Texas quarterback since Colt McCoy's exit after the 2009 season, and this year, the Longhorns might finally have the speed on the field to make it matter.
The long ball has been predictably absent from the Longhorns' offense while Texas has struggled through a revolving door of injuries and underwhelming passers.
Passes longer than 20 yards
• 2010: 37 (61st nationally)
• 2011: 34 (76th)
• 2012: 42 (59th)
• 2013: 36 (79th)
• 2014: 28 (106th)
Meanwhile, the only Big 12 champion in each of those seasons to finish outside the top 10 nationally in passes longer than 20 yards was Kansas State, who won its title with a run-first offense quarterbacked by Heisman candidate Collin Klein.
Last year's offensive pains (4.92 yards per play, 110th nationally) meant an offseason shift to a fast-paced, spread attack. Texas has vertical speed its roster has largely lacked during its half decade in an offensive desert.
John Harris and Jaxon Shipley, Texas' two leading receivers in 2014, were quality targets but Shipley struggled to stay healthy and neither had an ability to stretch the field. Mike Davis, who led the Longhorns in receiving from 2011-13, had the speed Texas needed, but neither David Ash nor Case McCoy had the necessary arm strength to test defenses downfield.
Texas, for the first time since McCoy, has a legitimate combination of arm strength and receiver speed. The only question is if that strength and speed on paper can be cashed in for on-field production.
"(Armanti) got a lot bigger and a lot stronger ... got a lot faster," Strong said of the sophomore who averaged 18.8 yards a catch in 2014. "He has so much speed. I don't know if he really realizes how fast he is."
It won him a starting job this season across from Marcus Johnson. A change in attitude led to rave reviews for fellow burner Daje Johnson, who will be part of the rotation and arguably Texas' biggest home run hitter.
Complete a few downfield and Texas' offense will see a lot less bump-and-run coverage. If that happens, Swoopes' completion percentage will rise from last year's 58.3, which will make moving the chains easier and soften front sevens for Johnathan Gray and Texas' maturing offensive line to establish the running game.
Of course, until it happens with some consistency, that's a big if for Swoopes, whose big arm has yet to show it possesses reliable accuracy.
"We all have the utmost confidence in Swoopes, and I think that's because of his work ethic and determination," offensive lineman Taylor Doyle said. "All off-season he's the first guy in the building, the last one to leave, and on top of leading by example in his work ethic, he's very vocal, and Coach Strong says, brings the juice every day. He makes sure that juice is there."
However, a football team cannot live on juice alone.
"Can't really get outside of myself and do anything, try to do anything spectacular," Swoopes said. "Coaches always say that they want a manager, so I'll just go out there and do the best I can."
When will Texas finally re-emerge as a contender for a Big 12 title? Keep an eye on the deep ball for the answer.
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/147201514/texas-longhorns-tyrone-swoopes-big-12
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