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Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin
Conventional wisdom has always judged defensive success in terms of yards allowed.
That's why most would think Texas is struggling. The Longhorns rank 103rd nationally in pass defense and 58th in total defense.
Suzanne Halliburton of the Austin American-Statesman discusses how new Texas coordinator Will Muschamp is moderating some of his previous beliefs and looking at new statistics to judge his defense's success.
"People are going to throw the ball and get yards," Texas coach Mack Brown told the Stateman. "A 300-yard passing game is nothing anymore, and that's what we're seeing."
Muschamp now looks at statistics like yards per pass attempt, quarterback hurries and defensive third-down conversion percentage as better judgments of how a defense is playing in today's game.
Texas will be facing even greater challenges in upcoming games. The Longhorns will face four of the top 10 quarterbacks in passing efficiency during the rest of the season with games against Texas Tech's Graham Harrell, Missouri's Chase Daniel, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford and Kansas' Todd Reesing.
So young Texas safeties Blake Gideon and Earl Thomas better grow up quickly, because it will get much tougher for Texas as the season progresses.
Even as Texas tops the Big 12 and ranks 11th nationally in the most important defensive statistic of all -- points allowed.
Then here is a very good article about the defensive stats of Texas
The Link
Conventional wisdom has always judged defensive success in terms of yards allowed.
That's why most would think Texas is struggling. The Longhorns rank 103rd nationally in pass defense and 58th in total defense.
Suzanne Halliburton of the Austin American-Statesman discusses how new Texas coordinator Will Muschamp is moderating some of his previous beliefs and looking at new statistics to judge his defense's success.
"People are going to throw the ball and get yards," Texas coach Mack Brown told the Stateman. "A 300-yard passing game is nothing anymore, and that's what we're seeing."
Muschamp now looks at statistics like yards per pass attempt, quarterback hurries and defensive third-down conversion percentage as better judgments of how a defense is playing in today's game.
Texas will be facing even greater challenges in upcoming games. The Longhorns will face four of the top 10 quarterbacks in passing efficiency during the rest of the season with games against Texas Tech's Graham Harrell, Missouri's Chase Daniel, Oklahoma's Sam Bradford and Kansas' Todd Reesing.
So young Texas safeties Blake Gideon and Earl Thomas better grow up quickly, because it will get much tougher for Texas as the season progresses.
Even as Texas tops the Big 12 and ranks 11th nationally in the most important defensive statistic of all -- points allowed.
Then here is a very good article about the defensive stats of Texas
The Link
