Given my newfound, work-in progress commitment to this place:
I was not able to watch the game live in-person or live on tv, yes I know I'm a bad fan. But after watching the game on dvr today, I feel a little better after initially hearing the final score was Texas 34, Rice 17. I understand what the coaches did yesterday and am holding back any criticism towards them at this point. However, I sincerely hope that the coaches analyze this game with realistic minds and have a serious discussion about the future of the offense.
Unlike a lot of the articles I read today, I'm not ready to abandon ship and hit the panic button on this team, ala 2007 post-mortem Arkansas State. I saw some very encouraging things this weekend; Garrett Gilbert's comfort in the pocket and excellent decision making, a fast and active front seven, a potentially explosive special teams unit (if we can settle on a punt returner who can catch), and a receiving corps that actually paid attention to Shipley the last 5 years and caught every pass with their hands. If a few things would of gone different the score could of easily been 48-6 and the masses wouldn't be flooding the blogospheres with panic.
However, my optimism for this season did take a hit after yesterday's game. If I were a betting man, I would be hedging my bets against any championship-type payouts for this season. Unless the coaches used this game as a glorified tryout to see if the offense can handle a pro-style attack, I have serious concerns about our ability to control the game by running the ball at will. The same issues that costs us from taking a 14-0 lead on Alabama in the BCS Championship are going to cost us at least 2 losses this year -- inability to execute when teams know what's coming. All championship teams have one thing in common; an unmistakable identity. Texas has one more week to figure out what kind of team it is going to be in 2010, because the "Vince Young on 2" days of play-calling are long gone.
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