gkp - that's a good point.
There is no question that what happens in the trenches is a critical factor in determining the outcome of any football game. The 2008 Horns appear to have outstanding talent in the OL, and Mack McWhorter arguably is one of the best offensive line coaches in college football. We should be tough up front this Fall, which definitely could help our running game.
On the other hand, the 2006 Horns also had considerable talent in the offensive line (e.g., Tony Hills, Kasey Studdard, Lyle Sendlein, Cedric Dockery, Justin Blalock, Adam Ulatoski, Dallas Griffin) ... and Texas still gained only 70 yards rushing on 25 carries (2.8 ypc) in our loss to A&M.
Although Dockery was injured for that game, we still started Hills, Ulatoski, Sendlein, Studdard and Blalock vs. the Aggies. Colt was at QB (he carried the football twice for minus-14 yards), Selvin Young and Jamaal Charles were our RBs, and we had Limas Sweed, Jordan Shipley, Billy Pittman, Quan Cosby and Jermichael Finley as receivers.
The Horns' offense scored just 7 points in the 2006 A&M game, and the Aggies beat us in the fourth quarter when their QB (Stephen McGee) led A&M on a 16-play, 88-yard TD drive -- while personally accounting for half of the Aggies' yardage on the drive with seven runs for 44 yards (6.3 ypc).
Under the circumstances, it is at least arguable that what happened behind the offensive line (for both Texas and A&M) -- with our running and passing schemes -- directly affected the outcome of that game ... which could have been won by the Horns with just 13 points from our offense.
Somehow, the objective arguably should be to get all of the different parts of the Horns' offense (and defense) working together as a team in order to achieve the optimum results ...
... like Texas did in the 2005 football season.
We'll see what happens this time around.
Hook 'em.
There is no question that what happens in the trenches is a critical factor in determining the outcome of any football game. The 2008 Horns appear to have outstanding talent in the OL, and Mack McWhorter arguably is one of the best offensive line coaches in college football. We should be tough up front this Fall, which definitely could help our running game.
On the other hand, the 2006 Horns also had considerable talent in the offensive line (e.g., Tony Hills, Kasey Studdard, Lyle Sendlein, Cedric Dockery, Justin Blalock, Adam Ulatoski, Dallas Griffin) ... and Texas still gained only 70 yards rushing on 25 carries (2.8 ypc) in our loss to A&M.
Although Dockery was injured for that game, we still started Hills, Ulatoski, Sendlein, Studdard and Blalock vs. the Aggies. Colt was at QB (he carried the football twice for minus-14 yards), Selvin Young and Jamaal Charles were our RBs, and we had Limas Sweed, Jordan Shipley, Billy Pittman, Quan Cosby and Jermichael Finley as receivers.
The Horns' offense scored just 7 points in the 2006 A&M game, and the Aggies beat us in the fourth quarter when their QB (Stephen McGee) led A&M on a 16-play, 88-yard TD drive -- while personally accounting for half of the Aggies' yardage on the drive with seven runs for 44 yards (6.3 ypc).
Under the circumstances, it is at least arguable that what happened behind the offensive line (for both Texas and A&M) -- with our running and passing schemes -- directly affected the outcome of that game ... which could have been won by the Horns with just 13 points from our offense.
Somehow, the objective arguably should be to get all of the different parts of the Horns' offense (and defense) working together as a team in order to achieve the optimum results ...
... like Texas did in the 2005 football season.
We'll see what happens this time around.
Hook 'em.
