TEXAS-OU Game Thread

I'm surprised that ou is favored over Kansas. There's no way that Venables and his staff can straighten out all the issues from the last three games in just one week. I really expect Kansas to win.
 
HornHuskerDad said:
I'm surprised that ou is favored over Kansas. There's no way that Venables and his staff can straighten out all the issues from the last three games in just one week. I really expect Kansas to win.
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They should at least have their QB back.
 
WorsterMan said:
An interesting observation on Sat.

Andrej Karic was listed on the Sat. game day stadium roster and today in the online UT roster as #69. On Sat. he was wearing #92.

He participated in a significant number of plays as an extra blocking TE. He did not catch a pass IIRC. Maybe this was a special assignment created for this game?

I watched him some and he was very effective blocking. Suspect we may see more of him in the future.
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It was noted by this poster after the ULM game.
 
WorsterMan said:
An interesting observation on Sat.

Andrej Karic was listed on the Sat. game day stadium roster and today in the online UT roster as #69. On Sat. he was wearing #92.

He participated in a significant number of plays as an extra blocking TE. He did not catch a pass IIRC. Maybe this was a special assignment created for this game?

I watched him some and he was very effective blocking. Suspect we may see more of him in the future.
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Karic has played most, if not all, games at TE. Seems like one he switched back to LT in the 2nd half (maybe ULM). We will throw out of that formation, but I have not noticed him running any routes.
 
WorsterMan said:
An interesting observation on Sat.

Andrej Karic was listed on the Sat. game day stadium roster and today in the online UT roster as #69. On Sat. he was wearing #92.

He participated in a significant number of plays as an extra blocking TE. He did not catch a pass IIRC. Maybe this was a special assignment created for this game?

I watched him some and he was very effective blocking. Suspect we may see more of him in the future.
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Karic has been doing that pretty much all season.
 
Your Wrong said:
Karic has played most, if not all, games at TE. Seems like one he switched back to LT in the 2nd half (maybe ULM). We will throw out of that formation, but I have not noticed him running any routes.
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Strictly "blocking " TE. He came in as an OL with a "mean streak" so it's nice that he is getting game time this way.
 
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mchammer said:
Usually it is Worthy and JWhitt at WR and Sanders and Helm at TE. That leaves QB and RB. 6 skill players and 5 OL. This is what I have suggested since August. I have one more package where we use 3 TE and one WR. I guess we can do that next week when Finkley can play.

You guys laughed me then, who’s laughing now???
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I really like our unbalanced look—especially where we roll Ewers to the opposite side. OU couldn’t figure that out. Campbell is a bit smarter, but it’s still hard to defend with our personnel.
 
mb227 said:
Yeah, but KU's backup did a pretty decent job in relief and put more points on the board than Gabriel did when healthy against TCU.
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I was speaking of OU's QB (as to why the betting line is where it is).
 
HalRex said:
I was speaking of OU's QB (as to why the betting line is where it is).
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And anyone who watched the three games (OU/TCU, OU/Texas, TCU/KU) should be getting second and third mortgages to get the points with Kansas...well, if they can still find a 9. It is down to a touchdown or less in most books...and it is off the books at Wynn and Station.

Gabriel is simply NOT GOOD. He sucked against TCU and his presence would not have made a difference against Texas.

There is a reason the line has been dropping throughout today...and there is a reason one Vegas director could only say "beats the hell out of me" when asked what they were thinking on some of those early numbers.
 
Chop said:
It seems to me that Flood is earning his keep.

When’s the last time we could say that about an OL coach?
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Hand was on his way to getting some improvement but I don't think really had enough time or turnaround.

I'll stand by my assessment that trying to "nab" Searels from OK State set the staff (and thus, the team) backwards about 3 years of progress. He spent his whole damn tenure here contacting lawyers and not recruits.

Need to be careful about laurels and resting and all that. We were super-blessed with the recruiting McWhorter did from 2002-03, but then he immediately went into "We're Texas so just come here" mode. Flood doesn't strike me as a "we're good enough" kind of guy. I do, however, think we'll probably get a lot of portaling in and out as the college football landscape changes.
 
Horns11 said:
Hand was on his way to getting some improvement but I don't think really had enough time or turnaround.

I'll stand by my assessment that trying to "nab" Searels from OK State set the staff (and thus, the team) backwards about 3 years of progress. He spent his whole damn tenure here contacting lawyers and not recruits.

Need to be careful about laurels and resting and all that. We were super-blessed with the recruiting McWhorter did from 2002-03, but then he immediately went into "We're Texas so just come here" mode. Flood doesn't strike me as a "we're good enough" kind of guy. I do, however, think we'll probably get a lot of portaling in and out as the college football landscape changes.
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It’s more than recruiting. Flood apparently develops as well.

Also Flood was going against the mainstream opinion that OL recruits went to Texas to die, not to thrive and go to NFL. We now have a potential no 1 draft pick on the team to point to for the next 2.5 years to dispute that. Huge difference. The 2022 OL class was epic.
 
I think Ewers "I got this"aura comes from his confidence in his Oline and skill players around him plus the defense and special teams. :headbang:
 
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It was 7-0 after 1st quarter and Texas had 80 yard of field in front of them. Presuming the FG should have been made, Texas scored 45 points in 3 quarters.
 
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