Texas Georgia game thread #2. This time it's serious.

[Saint Jimmy]

I found the courage to watch about 2/3rds of the game again. It appears that the pass blocking was adequate. Maybe more than adequate. And we were converting more than a few long third downs because we couldn’t run the ball. For much of the game, Quinn was reasonably sharp.

So this question:

If we play George again, and we’ve demonstrated that we can’t run the ball “against Georgia,” do we really need a running game? That’s a serious question.

In the game last Saturday, all the running game did was put us further behind the sticks, creating more challenging second and third downplays. If the pass blocking is adequate, why not play the 5 to 15 yard short pass game, and occasionally throw a 30 to 40 yard pass in there? If we don’t match up well against Georgia’s front seven — and we don’t — why not take what they’re giving us?

I don't know but I think they would just sit back and clog up the passing lanes while occasionally blitzing us silly. Georgia seems to love to blitz and they seem to be good at it. Georgia's main weakness is a very pedestrian offense. If they run into a team that has a solid defense and can put up more than 17 or 20, I think they are done.

 

[Saint Jimmy]

Fix one of the areas we bolo’d in that game and we win:

- 11 penalties for 94 yards that killed several drives and negated 2 turnovers

- stop the fake punt

- make 1 or both of the missed field goals

- 3 turnovers

- convert 1 of the red zone series to a TD

Just one of these likely makes the difference. But, that’s why you play the game….some days you get the bear. Some days the bear gets you.

We’re really darn close….and we have a really good shot to go the distance. Much better than 5-7, 8-5, and not being in the CFP (for the second year in a row).

Agree.... except for the first point. Texas certainly needs to minimize penalties but it seemed to me that there were people who really, really, really wanted Georgia to win that game. I'm not a fan of human nature or humans in general and I'm not an optimist so take that for what it's worth. I'm no longer afraid to admit that.

 

[Texadelphia]

Agree.... except for the first point. Texas certainly needs to minimize penalties but it seemed to me that there were people who really, really, really wanted Georgia to win that game. I'm not a fan of human nature or humans in general and I'm not an optimist so take that for what it's worth. I'm no longer afraid to admit that.

Ok - but I’m talking self-inflicted, no doubt penalties that there is no conspiracy theory against us: false starts and lining up offsides are the two main examples that I want to go Elvis on my TV when they happen - we had several of those that are just plain maddening and drive killers, or extenders to their drives.