The Texas Longhorns vs. Scattebo and some 10 other guys -- Preview

caryhorn said:
BTW, Skattebo is by far the best runner the Horns will have faced all year. If they don't wrap him up and hold on for dear life, it will be a long, sad day for the horns.

At any rate, our talent level and depth are much better overall. The Horn defense should be good enough to allow our offense to outscore ASU. Bingo, Horns win!
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Not only will our guys need to wrap up and hold on for dear life, they will need to gang tackle in large numbers.
 
DC needs to tell them that anybody that makes the ESPN highlite reel, loses his scholarship. Quit tryin' to "blow them up" and just get their *** on the ground.
 
Is their OL that good? That they can open a hole and he takes it from there? 4 yards After contatct is insane. Wonder which position player is typically the first contact on him?
 
Horn6721 said:
Is their OL that good? That they can open a hole and he takes it from there? 4 yards After contatct is insane. Wonder which position player is typically the first contact on him?
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I dunno, but his film is real good.

Best power back we've played against in quite a few years.
 
Horn6721 said:
Is their OL that good? That they can open a hole and he takes it from there? 4 yards After contatct is insane. Wonder which position player is typically the first contact on him?
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4 yards after contact is skewed by whatever long breakaway runs he's had. It's not often a back goes 60 or 70 yards without ever being touched.
 
caryhorn said:
Arguably, the Horns schedule was not that tough either. We lost twice to the best team we played.
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For the most part we destroyed our schedule outside of Georgia.

For the most part they escaped their schedule losing to two mediocre teams. They did have a couple of good wins to end the season so I'll give them that.

We're on a different level and there's a reason the line is around 14.
 
Horn6721 said:
Is their OL that good? That they can open a hole and he takes it from there? 4 yards After contatct is insane. Wonder which position player is typically the first contact on him?
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Actually, according to the video posted on BON the PFF for their OL isn't very good at all. Skatteboo seems to mostly do it on his own. The Texas defense is one of the best in initial contact, but also one of the worst in allowing YAC, so I guess that kinda evens out.

Skatteboo has averaged 6.0 YPC this season. Our best backs since and including Ricky along with Jamal, Donta, Bijan averaged better than that their best seasons so it's not like he's better than our best. And our best were shut down or slowed down significantly by the best defenses Texas faced. What it will come down too will be Texas deciding they absolutely have to improve on that YAC stat.

ASU also has a week run defense so the best strategy may be keep the ball out of Skatteboo and Leavitt's hands.
 
So I'm looking at game by game stats for ASU and Skattebo this season. I am dismissing the UCF game because Skattebo didn't play due to an injury that week. Ironically, UCF wound up being the highest ranked run defense ASU faced all year. Had Skattebo played, they might not have been. Anyhoo...

KSU, BYU, and Utah were the best rush defenses ASU faced, ranking 30, 31, and 38 in rush yards allowed respectively.

The next tier of defenses they faced were Texas State, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, and Kansas. These schools ranked 72, 73, 75, and 81 respectively.

The last 5 schools had weak run defenses, to say the least. These are Arizona, Iowa State, Wyoming, Okie State, and Mississippi State, ranking 101, 105, 113, 128, and 131 respectively.

Looking at the best three schools, the average rush yds per game given up ranged from 125.6 to 134.0. Arizona State won all of these games, and rushed for more yards than BYU and Utah typically gave up. KSU gave up almost exactly what their season average was.

The middle tier of defenses gave up rush yards per game ranging from 157.1 to 160.6 and these four teams provided both of ASU's losses on the season. Texas State and Tech limited ASUs rush attack, but the same cannot be said for Kansas or Cincinnati.

The 5 weak run defenses allowed anywhere from 183.3 ypg rushing to a pathetic 225.2 ypg (way to go Miss St :rolleyes: )
As you might expect, Az State feasted on these teams.
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Texas, by contrast, allows 104.5 on the ground, ranking 9th in the NCAA. Arizona State will be the highest ranked rushing attack we have faced. They rank #18, at 198.8 yards per game.

The best two rushing offenses we have faced this season are aggy and Arkansas. We held aggy 80 yards below their season average, and Arky 95 yards below theirs (both games were also on the road). In fact, there are only three teams who have exceeded their avg rush yards per game against us, those being Mississippi State, Florida, and Georgia the 2nd time.

Most of the time we have not only slowed down our opponents rushing attacks, but we have pretty much stonewalled them. Contrast this with ASU. Only three defenses managed to have a better than average day against them. It really will be a game of strength on strength. However, the magnitude of our strength on defense is consistently greater than ASUs magnitude of strength on offense. Does that make any sense?

Put another way, our defense typically hurts the opposing offense more than ASUs offense hurt the opposing defense, when comparing performance against the opponent's season averages.
 
Dionysus said:
Skattebo: “There's nobody out there that can stop me.”

👀

Lotta talk for them to back up.

www.espn.com

Skattebo adds to ASU talk: Nobody can stop me

Arizona State running back in confident heading into the CFP quarterfinal matchup vs. Texas and its No. 1 defense, saying, "There's nobody out there that can stop me."
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Bold talk prior to the big showdown. Sounds like a challenge to the entire Horns D - hopefully they’ll have Horns Down all the live long day. 🤘
 
Dionysus said:
Skattebo: “There's nobody out there that can stop me.”

👀

Lotta talk for them to back up.

www.espn.com

Skattebo adds to ASU talk: Nobody can stop me

Arizona State running back in confident heading into the CFP quarterfinal matchup vs. Texas and its No. 1 defense, saying, "There's nobody out there that can stop me."
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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A lot may depend upon how much ASU is allowed to hold. We been badly abused in that regard most of the year.
 
Seems to me that we heard similar type of talk last year about Ollie Gordon going into the Big 12 championship game, he is a physical runner, Texas has faced a power back like Gordon, etc. Didn't work out so well for Gordon on that day. The Texas d-line will need to play with very good pad level. If they are upright Skattebo the bowling ball will take them for a few yard ride. Forget read and react, penetrate and disrupt. Get to Skattebo before he can get a head of steam and as all agree, populate the ball.
 
Uniform question. Assuming we are the visiting team as ASU has the higher CFP ranking….are we wearing the Icy Whites on NYD?

If so: Visiting team. Road game. Icy Whites. All positive mojo for the Horns. :bevo:

I see dead people. 🤘
 
Observation: the maturity, professionalism, respect for ASU from our players being interviewed (of those I’ve seen thus far) is so impressive. Ewers, Gbenda, and Helm all represented themselves and Texas extremely well, which made me smile. No trash talk, bulletin board material, false bravado …all very humble, team first, praise for their team mates and coaches, stating the impact of faith in their lives, a bit of self-deprecating humor…so nice to watch/hear.

Sark is doing such an amazing job as a football coach, but also obviously very impactful in creating good people/men simultaneously. A true leader and developer of men.

I’m very proud of the Horns record, but think I’m more appreciative of the positive impact these guys will have on families, spouses, team mates, companies, and communities long into the future after their grid iron days are over.

Much respect to CDC, Sark, the coaches, and staff for creating such a positive culture and environment. Well done!!
 
Texadelphia said:
Observation: the maturity, professionalism, respect for ASU from our players being interviewed (of those I’ve seen thus far) is so impressive.
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Generally speaking, I think those that boast are usually compensating for their lack of confidence. True confidence is quiet.
 
Texadelphia said:
Observation: the maturity, professionalism, respect for ASU from our players being interviewed (of those I’ve seen thus far) is so impressive. Ewers, Gbenda, and Helm all represented themselves and Texas extremely well, which made me smile. No trash talk, bulletin board material, false bravado …all very humble, team first, praise for their team mates and coaches, stating the impact of faith in their lives, a bit of self-deprecating humor…so nice to watch/hear.

Sark is doing such an amazing job as a football coach, but also obviously very impactful in creating good people/men simultaneously. A true leader and developer of men.

I’m very proud of the Horns record, but think I’m more appreciative of the positive impact these guys will have on families, spouses, team mates, companies, and communities long into the future after their grid iron days are over.

Much respect to CDC, Sark, the coaches, and staff for creating such a positive culture and environment. Well done!!
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Contrast that to Skattebo!
Contrast that to binder boy's guys who flexed after every tackle even when we were losing.
Sark is a class act and it shows in his players.
 
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