STILLWATER, Okla. – Players and coaches had a lot to say after Texas’ 49-31 loss against Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Here are the highlights from the postgame media sessions, plus some team notes:
The most interesting postgame exchange occurred between Texas guard Patrick Vahe and me during Saturday’s media session. In order to avoid any controversy, I am going to give you my full question and Vahe’s answer for total disclosure:
Q: What’s the confidence level in the staff with you guys right now?
A: Hmm? (Vahe seemingly didn't understand or hear the question)
Q: The confidence level in this staff with you guys?
A: Can’t answer that question. I really don’t know. I’m just trying to go on with the week.
Q: You can’t answer where the confidence level with this staff is? You can’t answer that?
A: Coaches are just going to be coaches, and that’s all we’re going to ask them to do, just coach.
- Here is Vahe’s explanation for the OSU’s success with the blocked point after attempts: “Just simple field goal block. Head up, nose on the center, A-gap presence. It just mixed well together. They were able to get into the backfield.” Vahe said the staff did make adjustments.
- After taking a lot of heat, Texas defensive coordinator Vance Bedford made his first postgame appearance since 2014. His defense gave up 49 points and 555 offensive yards on Saturday.
- When asked about what happened against OSU, Bedford said, “We didn’t play well. You look at the first half, we had them in two third-down situations. Should have been off the field. Didn’t execute. Had to turn a guy loose playing man-to-man. They converted on first down. Then you had a missed tackle on that same drive that led to the touchdown. The right before the half, we should be in position to get off the field, they send a guy through the middle of the field, we’re playing two-deep zone. Again, we miss a tackle and have guys in position. There’s no magical answer. We just have to go out and play. We got to do a better job of putting guys in a position to play.”
- Bedford does not believe his defense was successful in the second half. Instead, Bedford said they just slowed down OSU. He said they were trying to defend the lead, which helped out his team. Bedford said his team was in a position to make plays in the first half, but just didn't make them.
- In addition, Bedford said his team has to find a way to get turnovers: “We should have been going from top to bottom trying to rake the ball back from our offense instead of just trying to get the guy down. We got to think about making plays. I would imagine we missed five or six sacks in the first half. The quarterback is an excellent player, and he looked like an excellent player today.”
- Bedford said they started off playing a lot of young players in an effort to get them on the field. After a few hiccups, he played the veterans in the secondary.
- Strong and Bedford did not have any conflicts on the sidelines, according to the defensive coordinator.
- Here is Bedford’s answer to his biggest frustration right now: “We lost. It’s just that simple. There’s no other way to put it. We lost. The name of the game is to win. We didn’t get that done. We need to cut down on giving up big plays. If we do that, we will be just fine. Our offense can score points. We got to keep it in a position where they have a chance to come back and win a football game. I think that’s very important.”
- Texas offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert said losing running backs D’Onta Foreman and Chris Warren to injury did affect his team.
- Gilbert said some of the windows quarterback Shane Buechele had to throw into were probably tight for him. However, he needs to watch the film to determine what his quarterback did or didn’t see.
- When about the similarities between Buechele’s pick with his team’s back against the wall and the interception thrown against Notre Dame, Gilbert said he could not remember it after the game: “Just still growth with him. Just got to learn. Just got to see some things.”
- Gilbert said Buechele’s rib injury did not affect his quarterback’s performance. It was more about OSU forcing them to make throws underneath.
Team Notes
With the loss, Texas falls to 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in the Big 12.
• The Longhorns are now 24-7 all-time against Oklahoma State and 8-2 in Stillwater.
• Texas is 16-5 in Big 12 openers and 16-5 in Big 12 road openers after today’s game.
• WR Jake Oliver, S Brandon Jones and FOX Malcolm Roach made their first career starts, while WR Jerrod Heard made his first at receiver.
• Erick Fowler made his debut for the Longhorns on Saturday. Texas has now played 15 freshmen this season with four having made a start.
• Prior to Saturday’s game, Texas had not had a 100-yard rusher against the Cowboys since Oct. 15, 2011 when Malcolm Brown had 138.
• Today’s game marked the first time since 1970 that Texas has had two running backs go over 100 yards rushing in consecutive games. D’Onta Foreman and Chris Warren have each rushed for 100 yards in back-to-back games.
• UT has had two rushers go over 100 yards in consecutive games just two times prior to today -- 1970 (RB Steve Worster, RB Jim Bertelsen) and 2004 (QB Vince Young, RB Cedric Benson).
• Texas has now had two 100-yard rushers 38 times in school history.
• Texas tied their season-high with 568 yards of total offense in the loss.
PLAYER NOTES
• Shane Buechele started his fourth consecutive game to begin the year. His four starts are 10th among freshmen all-time in UT history, but are tied for third (Mark McBath, 1976) among true freshmen QBs.
• Buechele finished with 239 passing yards and now has 959 on the season through four games. He also has eight passing touchdowns.
• Tyrone Swoopes rushed for multiple touchdowns for the second time in four games this season. He now has 17 rushing touchdowns out of the 18-wheeler package and five this season.
• Swoopes is now third in school history among QBs with 22 rushing touchdowns. He has 904 rushing yards in his career following today’s game.
• Chris Warren III rushed 10 times for 106 yards in the first half, before missing the second half with an injury. He has gone over 100 yards in back-to-back games and now has four career 100-yard efforts.
• D’Onta Foreman finished the game with 17 rushes for 148 yards and two scores. It was his third 100-yard game this season, fifth consecutive in which he has played and seventh in his last nine games. He left the game in the third quarter with an injury and did not return.
• Poona Ford blocked an Oklahoma State PAT in the third quarter. It was Texas’ first blocked PAT since Sept. 14, 2013 against Ole Miss, a span of 38 games.
• Andrew Beck’s 39-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter was the first of his career.
• Jason Hall led the Longhorns with eight tackles and two sacks.
Here are the highlights from the postgame media sessions, plus some team notes:
The most interesting postgame exchange occurred between Texas guard Patrick Vahe and me during Saturday’s media session. In order to avoid any controversy, I am going to give you my full question and Vahe’s answer for total disclosure:
Q: What’s the confidence level in the staff with you guys right now?
A: Hmm? (Vahe seemingly didn't understand or hear the question)
Q: The confidence level in this staff with you guys?
A: Can’t answer that question. I really don’t know. I’m just trying to go on with the week.
Q: You can’t answer where the confidence level with this staff is? You can’t answer that?
A: Coaches are just going to be coaches, and that’s all we’re going to ask them to do, just coach.
- Here is Vahe’s explanation for the OSU’s success with the blocked point after attempts: “Just simple field goal block. Head up, nose on the center, A-gap presence. It just mixed well together. They were able to get into the backfield.” Vahe said the staff did make adjustments.
- After taking a lot of heat, Texas defensive coordinator Vance Bedford made his first postgame appearance since 2014. His defense gave up 49 points and 555 offensive yards on Saturday.
- When asked about what happened against OSU, Bedford said, “We didn’t play well. You look at the first half, we had them in two third-down situations. Should have been off the field. Didn’t execute. Had to turn a guy loose playing man-to-man. They converted on first down. Then you had a missed tackle on that same drive that led to the touchdown. The right before the half, we should be in position to get off the field, they send a guy through the middle of the field, we’re playing two-deep zone. Again, we miss a tackle and have guys in position. There’s no magical answer. We just have to go out and play. We got to do a better job of putting guys in a position to play.”
- Bedford does not believe his defense was successful in the second half. Instead, Bedford said they just slowed down OSU. He said they were trying to defend the lead, which helped out his team. Bedford said his team was in a position to make plays in the first half, but just didn't make them.
- In addition, Bedford said his team has to find a way to get turnovers: “We should have been going from top to bottom trying to rake the ball back from our offense instead of just trying to get the guy down. We got to think about making plays. I would imagine we missed five or six sacks in the first half. The quarterback is an excellent player, and he looked like an excellent player today.”
- Bedford said they started off playing a lot of young players in an effort to get them on the field. After a few hiccups, he played the veterans in the secondary.
- Strong and Bedford did not have any conflicts on the sidelines, according to the defensive coordinator.
- Here is Bedford’s answer to his biggest frustration right now: “We lost. It’s just that simple. There’s no other way to put it. We lost. The name of the game is to win. We didn’t get that done. We need to cut down on giving up big plays. If we do that, we will be just fine. Our offense can score points. We got to keep it in a position where they have a chance to come back and win a football game. I think that’s very important.”
- Texas offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert said losing running backs D’Onta Foreman and Chris Warren to injury did affect his team.
- Gilbert said some of the windows quarterback Shane Buechele had to throw into were probably tight for him. However, he needs to watch the film to determine what his quarterback did or didn’t see.
- When about the similarities between Buechele’s pick with his team’s back against the wall and the interception thrown against Notre Dame, Gilbert said he could not remember it after the game: “Just still growth with him. Just got to learn. Just got to see some things.”
- Gilbert said Buechele’s rib injury did not affect his quarterback’s performance. It was more about OSU forcing them to make throws underneath.
Team Notes
With the loss, Texas falls to 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in the Big 12.
• The Longhorns are now 24-7 all-time against Oklahoma State and 8-2 in Stillwater.
• Texas is 16-5 in Big 12 openers and 16-5 in Big 12 road openers after today’s game.
• WR Jake Oliver, S Brandon Jones and FOX Malcolm Roach made their first career starts, while WR Jerrod Heard made his first at receiver.
• Erick Fowler made his debut for the Longhorns on Saturday. Texas has now played 15 freshmen this season with four having made a start.
• Prior to Saturday’s game, Texas had not had a 100-yard rusher against the Cowboys since Oct. 15, 2011 when Malcolm Brown had 138.
• Today’s game marked the first time since 1970 that Texas has had two running backs go over 100 yards rushing in consecutive games. D’Onta Foreman and Chris Warren have each rushed for 100 yards in back-to-back games.
• UT has had two rushers go over 100 yards in consecutive games just two times prior to today -- 1970 (RB Steve Worster, RB Jim Bertelsen) and 2004 (QB Vince Young, RB Cedric Benson).
• Texas has now had two 100-yard rushers 38 times in school history.
• Texas tied their season-high with 568 yards of total offense in the loss.
PLAYER NOTES
• Shane Buechele started his fourth consecutive game to begin the year. His four starts are 10th among freshmen all-time in UT history, but are tied for third (Mark McBath, 1976) among true freshmen QBs.
• Buechele finished with 239 passing yards and now has 959 on the season through four games. He also has eight passing touchdowns.
• Tyrone Swoopes rushed for multiple touchdowns for the second time in four games this season. He now has 17 rushing touchdowns out of the 18-wheeler package and five this season.
• Swoopes is now third in school history among QBs with 22 rushing touchdowns. He has 904 rushing yards in his career following today’s game.
• Chris Warren III rushed 10 times for 106 yards in the first half, before missing the second half with an injury. He has gone over 100 yards in back-to-back games and now has four career 100-yard efforts.
• D’Onta Foreman finished the game with 17 rushes for 148 yards and two scores. It was his third 100-yard game this season, fifth consecutive in which he has played and seventh in his last nine games. He left the game in the third quarter with an injury and did not return.
• Poona Ford blocked an Oklahoma State PAT in the third quarter. It was Texas’ first blocked PAT since Sept. 14, 2013 against Ole Miss, a span of 38 games.
• Andrew Beck’s 39-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter was the first of his career.
• Jason Hall led the Longhorns with eight tackles and two sacks.
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