re: Texas Defense

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Its almost fair to say that the offenses they have played this year are completely inept. That could make their D look decent. It is very uncharecteristic of the big 12 but every team in that conference has looked terrible except Texas.

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It certainly doesn't hurt that they haven't played anyone outside of Tech and OSU with a good offense.
Both Tech and OSU moved the ball on UT pretty much all game, but UT has a knack this year of picking off passes and taking them back to the house.

I do think their D stats are inflated b/c of the competition. I think of it sort of like how they were going on and on about how dominate their pitching was last year leading up to the CWS final, but their offense couldn't hit homeruns b/c they played in such a big park. Well, if you play in a big park that definitely pads the pitching stats. You can't have it both ways.

(Let me know if that analogy is too deep for you guys...I keed I keed)

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Well dickfur, I was defending UT the whole time saying that your D was fo realz. I know that Arky and Utah backed out, thus leaving UT scrambling trying to find an opponent it didn't want. I gets this.

BUT, and I don't know if this has to do with the whole "Playing down to the level of competition" excuse, but UT has looked like garbage in the first half of every game (Except UTEP) for the first 6 or 7 games. UT can consider itself lucky that they did not have to play an Arky or Utah in that stretch b/c they could have easily been beaten. They simply wore down the shitty team in the 2nd half b/c they were more athletic.

I have been impressed with Texas D...I think Muschamp has done a great job. Special teams have always been good at UT.

I am interested in seeing UT go up against a Florida or Bama...go up against a team as athletic and physical and see what happens when a team punches them in the mouth for 4 straight quarters. Could Texas win? I think so, but it would be interesting to see.

Playing OU without Bradford and Gresham, OSU without Bryant (and for the most part Kendall Hunter), and the fact that the BIG 12 sucks worse than the ACC this year all favors UT TREMENDOUSLY.

ETA: This last point actually pisses me off more than anything. Everything just falls in place for UT this year...guranteeing them a free spot in the NC game.

IMO i think the Texas D is better than last year but not by much...IMO the BIG-12 as a whole is down this year...the offenses are not as potent as last year...also i think Bama and Florida could handle Texas basically like UF did Oklahoma last year and just were down the Texas D...but LSU/Texas game would be like the OU/Texas game earlier this year and end the same...texas by 3

To say Texas must suck because they have a shitty schedule is moronic. What the hell does that have to do with them being any good or not? Yes I agree they may not have been tested like UF, Bama, or LSU but that doesn't mean they would lose to any SEC team by 10pts.

I never said they suck. I just think they will get beat easily in the NC game. We will find out most likely.

Texas has a bad arse D. That being said they had an easy schedule this year. If Bradford had been health I think OU beats Texas, Colt and Texas off played like crap in that game and only won bc of the defense, I am a Texas Fan and was at the red river shoot out and the crowd chanted D fence at the end of the game bc they played there arse off. Texas and Lsu mirror each other they both have great Defenses and have struggled on Offense all year with the exception of their last two games. It is easy for texas fans to talk smack at this point bc they dont have another challenge. Bama to me is the most over rated out of the bunch there big win is Vtech they suck did you watch there game last night child please.

Bama and UF have the best run Offenses this year....bama would just were them down and then UF runs the ball and then opens up the passing game and Tebow can throw the ball pretty good but the WR just aint the same caliber as they were last year