History?

[FlourBluffHorn]

Found on a Texas website..

In 1985 Fred Acres was feeling the heat. "Not ready Freddy" is what the Longhorn faithful was calling him. Despite being only two years removed from a 11-1 season and a one point loss to UGa in the Cotton bowl that kept us from a national championship Acres was on the hot seat and had lost the support of the fans and alumni. After a 8-4 season Acres fires almost his entire staff in order to take the heat off of himself. It bought him one more year. After going 5-6 in 86' he was gone. I think history will repeat itself if Herman doesnt win 10. Below is the Acres era in Austin. Very successful and his ass got fired. I dont see how Herman survives without winning 10

 

[UTHWE]

That would be Fred Akers!

 

[Cotton #12]

Akers Had some good years at Texas and his teams played good defense compared to what we have seen over the last decade.

 

[UTHWE]

Fred played a run oriented offense in the Cotton Bowl in 1984 with a passing QB with one of the best if not the best option QB sitting on the bench. We kicked three field goals and lost the game when we fumbled a punt on about our 25 yard line. Played great defense and ultra conservative offense. Lost 10-9 to a Georgia team we should have beaten by 10 or more. Cost us the NC and Fred and Texas started down hill from there.

 

[Texas_Slim]

Fred played a run oriented offense in the Cotton Bowl in 1984 with a passing QB with one of the best if not the best option QB sitting on the bench. We kicked three field goals and lost the game when we fumbled a punt on about our 25 yard line. Played great defense and ultra conservative offense. Lost 10-9 to a Georgia team we should have beaten by 10 or more. Cost us the NC and Fred and Texas started down hill from there.

GA had not crossed the 50 yard line the whole second half, we had a dominant defense

 

[Cotton #12]

Fred played a run oriented offense in the Cotton Bowl in 1984 with a passing QB with one of the best if not the best option QB sitting on the bench. We kicked three field goals and lost the game when we fumbled a punt on about our 25 yard line. Played great defense and ultra conservative offense. Lost 10-9 to a Georgia team we should have beaten by 10 or more. Cost us the NC and Fred and Texas started down hill from there.

Yes,I remember that game and moment,IF he would have just fielded the punt.

 

[clob94]

Fred played a run oriented offense in the Cotton Bowl in 1984 with a passing QB with one of the best if not the best option QB sitting on the bench. We kicked three field goals and lost the game when we fumbled a punt on about our 25 yard line. Played great defense and ultra conservative offense. Lost 10-9 to a Georgia team we should have beaten by 10 or more. Cost us the NC and Fred and Texas started down hill from there.

Hmmmmmm, now what event coincided with Texas starting to tank?

Could it be that a team about 90 miles away hired a new coach that was dirtier than a pig sty after feeding time?

 

[westx]

1985 ou beats TX 42-10
1986 am beats TX 47-12

Also, Royal handed the keys to Akers, whereas Charlie handed the keys to Herman

one more thing, the dynamic was much different at the time. Assistants leaving wasn’t like it is today. Most assistants were lifers.

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

1985 ou beats TX 42-10
1986 am beats TX 47-12

Also, Royal handed the keys to Akers, whereas Charlie handed the keys to Herman

one more thing, the dynamic was much different at the time. Assistants leaving wasn’t like it is today. Most assistants were lifers.

Anyone who wants the keys to Texas gotta be crazy! or have a short Life Span...lol if ya don't win! Or the one that comes along once in a Century..and knows WTF he's doing..

 

[burnt 2 orange]

We will see. Recruiting has been outstanding for the last three years. Herman May have a bit more rope to hang himself with than Akers did

 

[HornsRuleU]

Akers Had some good years at Texas and his teams played good defense compared to what we have seen over the last decade.

Apples and oranges. Akers' defenses never had to face the kinds of offenses we see today. High school football is vastly different today, and so CFB is, too.

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

Apples and oranges. Akers' defenses never had to face the kinds of offenses we see today. High school football is vastly different today, and so CFB is, too.

I think the old school stuff could fly good in todays FB as look at Army running the Bone and others, all we need is the Real Veer running the what we run now is a cutout of Run n shoot and the Veer is like a Hybrid version..

 

[HornsRuleU]

I'm not saying an old school offense would have zero success today. If they do, it's due to novelty.

I'm saying if you recruited to run a defense with 4 defensive backs, and practiced against a run-first offense, what are you going to do against the spread?! You going to hope that a LB never has to cover Duvernay (or Collin, or Eagles, or Jake Smith, or Epps)?!

Fred Akers wasn't a defensive guy, anyway. So that's another reason the original comment doesn't make sense.

Here's what Fred Akers said about the topic, in https://www.hookem.com/story/the-statesman-interview-fred-akers/ :

Glad you don’t have to stop the spread, uptempo offenses we see today?
The main thing is guys that they’re recruiting are playing that spread offense a lot. You can put them out there and have almost a wishbone. All those handoffs that you see, their blocking is what’s accurate and what they have to have. I think it’s everybody in the country.
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I'm not sure Akers really answered the question well, but he's an old dude, and won a lot of games for Texas, so cut him some slack.