He picked Texas to win the conference, Pre-Season. Makes since that he would stick with it after they beat top 10 ND.
National Perspective on Texas
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I'm not quite that optimistic. I'm thinking 9-3 now. Our D played three good quarters and made stops late when it counted, but I'm afraid there will be games where they look more like the third quarter team than the second quarter team.
What teams do you have Texas losing to? The thing that causes a lot of DC's problem and caused Texas fits were the spread offenses. ND did not run that and caused fits. OU actually handled the spread much better than all other teams in the Big 12 last year, according to stats and rankings at least, and making the playoffs but got out athleted against Clemson.
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We better beat Cal, but I don't see playoffs. We will lose a few conference games. TCU, Baylor, OkState, and OU are all toss up games, imo. Tech is another losable game. We won't come out the other end with just 1 loss barring massive injuries to opponents.
To be honest....the teams that usually give you trouble seem to always give you trouble. I expect that one of our hardest conference games will be Iowa State..............Now that the laughter has subsided.....(huh...still hasnt subsided)...I am serious. DKR had cnampionship quality teams in most of the 1960's, but TCU either beat, tied, or damn near both almost every year.
I am very proud of our young guys and ya'll know I am the sommelier of Kool-aide...but I expect someone to make us look bad
I am very proud of our young guys and ya'll know I am the sommelier of Kool-aide...but I expect someone to make us look bad
ISU was top ten in the nation last year for returning 2 deep. This year they are below us.
That 9:30 pm kick at Cal worries me.
One thing is for sure, last year has zero bearing on this year.
I had Texas dropping games to ND +1, @ Stillwater coin flip, OU, @KSU coin flip, @ Tech coin flip and TCU. I had them preseason 6-6 now 7-5 with the +1.
After watching them Sunday night, they can play with and or beat everyone on their schedule......Show me!
While somewhat true, I will hold that in this scenario it does because your defense was having coverage issues against ND. That in itself is not a huge issue and certainly doesn't mean the end of the world but the offenses you play are fixing to get a lot more complicated so it will probably still be causing Bedford problems, like it does most DC's.
They missed a few screens and blew a couple of coverage's, ND is not a simple offense and they run a spread attack, it's actually a spread/pro hybrid attack. It will likely be one of the best offenses they face the entire year. Two big missed tackles for long runs and a couple awesome passes to the endzone by the ND QB. Since you like to bring up last year...They didn't have any problems with Mayfield or OU last year, kept up with Tech an and on. You really don't come across very football savvy. While Hanies can be a liability in coverage he does help get the kids lined up and on point as a coach on the field. They were better with him on the field. We really won't know how improved this defense is until Cal. As for calling the defense, he did a pretty dang good job of it. It's the kids that have to make the plays and you cant make a play if you miss an assignment.
I saw significant improvement from last year in Sunday nights game. They are going to surprise you.
Furthermore, it's the Red Zone D that needs to stiffen up. ND scored on 4 out of 5 times within the red zone. They gave up 444 yards on 76 plays a 5.8 average. They weren't horrific against the run only giving up 2 big plays, one which lead to a TD, so ND put together 206 yards on 46 attempts, the QB was 17 of 30 passing. If they're within keeping them at 130 yards rushing stopping two big plays against a proven system on offense with a chance to shore up against the screen which they didn't fail on every attempt, I look forward to the coming weeks.
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Texspur i I would not refer to ND's offense as anywhere near a spread and certainly not what you'll see in Big 12 offenses. I will be willing to bet that 3 or 4 Big 12 teams at the very least will put up better offensive numbers for the year than ND will. Now calling them a hybrid spread is big reach in my opinion as well. Your team lost 6 games last year so obviously had issues with it. Now like I said, it's early in the year but ND will not be the best or most potent offense you face all year, not even close imo.
It is exactly what I said it is (Spread/Pro) use spacing, tempo, and options to augment both pro-style run and pass concepts in a balanced attack.. Last years team also got blown out in South Bend. Dude, this isn't the same team. Texas can simply outscore those teams you speak of whom don't have much on D at all. referring to last year is ignorant considering the attrition that takes place in college football, let alone the growth of young players.
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I'm not saying it's the same team so much as I'm saying that Some Big 12 offenses are better that what you saw out of ND
And I'm telling you that you are cutting ND off at the knees! Since you love last year, they were 27th in total offense...Don't go on about Big 12 offenses, they play too many cushy defenses and FCS schools that pad stats..
Matter of fact, ND finished 27th in total offense playing these defenses in 2015:
In order: Tex (106), UVA (79), GT (42), UMASS (103), Clemson (10), Navy (40), USC (65), Temple (20), Pitt (37), Wake (38), BC (1), Stanford (43) and Ohio State (9).
Out of all the soft defenses in the Big 12, the highest ranked last year was OU at 39. lol.
ND's 2016 offense will finish every bit as high as they did in 2015. Kizer is the real deal!
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Our D line needs to play better. ND Oline is supposed to be really good and they looked the part against us. Hopefully that performance is more a testament to ND's OL than it is an indictment of our D line. I don't care how simple your offense is, if the OL dominates the DL your defense is toast.
Texspur your team helped contribute to the soft defenses. The offenses aren't getting worse in the Big 12 and tgere are 3 or 4 that are more potent than ND's offense is. Alabama looked discombobulated against OU's spread a couple of years ago. It has a tendency to make defenses look bad.
Take another sip of shine and tell us who these badass offenses are in the Big 12 this season? You keep going back in time? Let's leave that to Aggy.
Who? OU? ha... Heck, we can reference Clemson from 2015 with ND if you'd like. Kizer was QB.
Baylor? Based on what?
TCU? We shall see what they got this weekend
Tech? Gaudy numbers doesn't make them a great offense, does it? Win 10 games Tech...
Who?
By the way I poked fun at the soft defenses in the Big 12 across the board....
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I'm not agree with Belldozer or anything, but I think there will be plenty of teams that are more prolific offensively than the ND that we saw week 1. That is not to say that ND isn't a good offensive team, but with the rotation of QB's in the 1st half, they never got in a rhythm. But, I would venture to say that every Big XII team in Texas as well as OU and OSU will have at least a better than average offense. Baylor will continue to put up lots of points and yards, Texas Tech has done nothing but be an offensive juggernaut, TCU can score tons of points, OU and OSU have proven that they can do the same. And I would think that gaudy offensive numbers would indeed make a great offense, that doesn't make them a great team, but I think that is the only way to measure an offense is by the numbers they put up. Kind of the point of the numbers.
Gaudy numbers doesn't make for a consistent offense that wins. The defenses in the Big 12 aren't good and top that off with good offenses and it compounds the ugly on the D side of the ball.
TCU is replacing their QB and best receiver, OU, meh. Okie State, he tends to get an offense rolling, Baylor, one injury from nothing, Tech, all numbers, very few wins.
OU - remains to be seen. OLine is nowhere close to NDs. Not even close and I will always believe the #1 thing that makes an O go is the OLine. I'd give the edge to ND until I see more out of OU. OU has the edge at RB, and push at WR. OU slight edge at QB, but Mayfield is very accurate when given time, but is a injury risk (runs way too much), and panics when his first read isn't there. We saw this against Texas and UH. 13 runs last week is way too many for him to finish out the year.
OSU - quite possibly, but I don't really follow them close enough to make an assessment.
Baylor - Yes. Very good QB, talent at RB and extreme talent at WR
Tech - probably, but I don't really know what they have at OLine. QB is better. Receivers are better.
TCU - no way. I expect TCUs O to get exposed this week. Hill is probably decent, but not as good as ND. OLine not close.
I'll say this, Texas has already faced the best Qb they will face all year. Best offense as a whole? Perhaps not but I'll put their offensive line, their WR St. Brown, and their Qb Kizer up against just about anyone. So if Texas faces a better offensive unit this season it will have to be the cream of the cream, legit top 5 in the nation. Kizer is a future first round pick, he made throws on the passing tree no other Qb in the big 12 is capable of making right now
ND is without a doubt, one of the best offenses they'll play this season. None of the teams left on their schedule have the OL taken and Kizer is probably the biggest mobile QB with killer accuracy they'll face.
Errrrbody is high on the ND offense.
Errrrbody is high on the ND offense.
Speaking of OU:
This year may very well be the most interesting RRR game of the Strong era. Charlie has throttled Stoops 2 straight years going 1-1, if this team is really improved and Sunday night wasn't a magical fluke. It's gonna be a great day in Dallas!
