Messing with Texas: UT @ BYU

[Jennerstein]

I went to the OU boards for amusement. Found this GIF on LandThieves. LOL.

[SeattleUte]

I just can't wait to see how people explain how this wasn't a big game ... since we know BYU is not capable of winning big games.

Here, let me try. How about: Once again, Texas isn't very good. It's been a long time since Texas has been very good, hasn't it.

Seriously, good for BYU. This makes our game that much bigger.

[Lost Student]

I just took the jerseys off me and my dog. Biscuit doesn't deserve this!

http://www.burntorangenation.com/2013/9/7/4706090/texas-longhorns-at-byu-cougars-game-thread-2nd-half#comments

[myboynoah]

At what point do you bench Hill? Seriously.

lol

[myboynoah]

Wow. Just wow.

Gametime was churchtime, so off I went, but AFN rebroadcast it at 4:00 pm this afternoon our time. Amazingly, no one said anything about the result, so I watched as if in real time. My faith has been restored. Ours is a very trickster diety.

The D was awesome. I understand the frustrations with the cornerbacks, but seriously guys, what do we expect given all the injuries?

Taysom is a rich man's Riley. But he can grow out of that, thank diety, and will.

[Pheidippides]

Here, let me try. How about: Once again, Texas isn't very good. It's been a long time since Texas has been very good, hasn't it.

Seriously, good for BYU. This makes our game that much bigger.

Aw. Look at that. Seattle is talking about football again. So cute.

[Omaha 680]

Aw. Look at that. Seattle is talking about football again. So cute.

At least he is admitting the rivalry game is big for Utah. It's almost as if he's admitting it's all Utah realistically has to play for this year.

[Uncle Ted]

Asked if Manny Diaz will call UT’s defensive signals vs. Ole Miss next week, UT’s Brown replies, ‘I’d like to watch the video’

The job security of Texas defensive coordinator Manny Diaz again became a question following a 40-21 loss Saturday night to BYU.


The Longhorns surrendered a school record 550 yards rushing including 259 yards on 17 carries to quarterback Taysom Hill.


Asked if Diaz was the right person to lead the defense, Brown responded in general terms: “I didn’t think our coaches or our players lived up to what we needed to do tonight to win … including me.”


Said Diaz when asked the same question: “That’s not even a topic to talk about.”


Diaz had been on the hot seat throughout much of the 2012 season, when his defense yielded more yards per game than any unit in Texas history. He interviewed for the head coaching job at Florida International but took his name out of the running and coached Texas in the Valero Alamo Bowl, and returned this season.


When asked a second time during his press conference if Diaz would be calling the defensive signals against Ole Miss, Brown responded: “I haven’t even gotten out of the game. I’d like to watch the video.”

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/09/asked-if-manny-diaz-will-call-uts-defensive-signals-vs-ole-miss-next-week-uts-brown-replies-id-like-to-watch-the-video.html/

It seems heads are going to roll but who would they hire. I hear that Lane Kiffin might be looking...

Fans done with Lane Kiffin after timid offense undermines USC

LOS ANGELES -- Not much of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum crowd of 77,823 stayed for the end, but those who did stay were angry. They were booing Lane Kiffin and his Southern California football team after the Trojans' 10-7 loss Saturday night to Washington State, and they were screaming at true freshman quarterback Max Browne to take off his redshirt and save this team, and they were chanting "Fire Kiffin."


And USC defensive end George Uko, one of the last Trojans off the field, summed it up for pretty much everybody in the program when he slammed his hands into his thigh pads and yelled this as he walked toward the tunnel:


"I didn't come here for this s--t!"
[...]

http://www.cbssports.com/general/writer/gregg-doyel/23535006/fans-done-with-lane-kiffin-after-timid-offense-undermines-usc

[BoylenOver]

Congrats, Cougs. Impressive win.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews....he-video.html/

It seems heads are going to roll but who would they hire. I hear that Lane Kiffin might be looking...


http://www.cbssports.com/general/wri...undermines-usc

The Pac 10's coaching has improved significantly since 2003-2004. They need to fire Kiffin soon. Looks like Al Davis wasn't totally crazy in hating the guy.

[Uncle Ted]

Dallas Morning News... Ouch

Carlton: Punishing loss to BYU leaves Longhorns searching for answers in make-or-break September

PROVO, Utah – Texas players promised it would be different, that the defense which made opponents look Heisman candidates, was a year older, wiser and healthier.


Today, the defensive game film will look an awful lot like 2012, with the emphasis on awful. Actually, it might look worse.

BYU plowed through, over and past Manny Diaz’s defense for 550 yards rushing in a 40-21 victory Saturday at Lavell Edwards Stadium. The total was the most allowed by a Texas defense ever, surpassing the 452 yards amassed by Rice in 1997, John Mackovic’s final season. BYU already had the record at the end of the third quarter.

It was also the most single-game rushing yards in BYU history, obliterating a mark that had stood since 1958. The pass became almost irrelevant for BYU, a school that was pretty much Quarterback U. under Edwards from 1972 to 2000.

Texas suffered its first non-conference road defeat in 14 games, dating back to the 27-24 loss to Stanford in 2000.

All of the optimism that surrounded Texas with 19 starters back seems hollow.
[...]

Against Texas, they looked like Barry Switzer’s old Oklahoma teams, minus the Wishbone formation.


Among the defense was the most obvious culprit, there was plenty of blame to go around.


The most experienced offensive line in the Bowl Subdivision had trouble keeping a fourman rush off Ash (19-of-34, 251 yards, two touchdowns).
[...]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/texas-longhorns/20130907-carlton-punishing-loss-to-byu-leaves-longhorns-searching-for-answers-in-make-or-break-september.ece

[ERCougar]

atmosphere at les was as good as i've ever experienced for a non-utah game. that was fun.

Yup.
I had a fun moment with my 12 yr old son, telling him about the time 33 years ago when I watched a BYU team dismantle a #1 ranked Miami team from "the seat you're sitting in, behind this same family in front of us, in front of these same guys behind us". That was the last time I felt this kind of energy. This was the first game for my 6 yr old, who may not know everything going on the field, but just funneled all that stadium energy through his whole body. He was a superfan last night.

Winner of best prediction from that ShaggyBevo board goes to this guy:

Lol...he just did. Fans are funny after games.

It shows our RB depth. Williams, Lasike and Alisa are all really good. Hine is right there too.

I agree. I'm not all that panicked about Williams because I think he'll be okay, and there's not a huge drop off. A lot of that credit goes to the OLine. Speaking of...what the? Where did they come from? Huge holes all night against what I was told was a good DLine.

More history--taking my 6 year old to that game reminded me of my first memory as a real BYU fan where I really knew what was going on, as I watched Baylor edge out another team led by a QB with great feet. Here's to hoping for a similar season.

BUT...
I get the frustration from Longhorn nation. I think they completely underestimated our speed, particularly on defense (remember that 4th down called run around the left end? Lol), but on offense too. Taysom, as good as he was, should never have done that to them. You look at the company he's with in those top 5 rushing QB performances and I have a hard time believing he'll keep that up. He's fast and shifty, but he's no Vince Young. He has to learn to throw the ball. He made a few really nice throws, but a lot of WTF? ones. Maybe Bronco's right in that it will just take time for him to get down. I hope he is, anyway.
I need to watch the game on TV, but those UT receivers seemed as good as I've seen anywhere. A few of their drives had me worried--we just seem too easy to throw the ball on--but I think KVN's right that we're capable of enough pressure for long enough that we can rattle most QB's out of being capable of those by the end of the game. I don't think Utah, or anyone else, will have more success on us--we just keep down turnovers and hope that Taysom learns to throw the ball.

I got home about 2, I'm at work at 7, all after working all night Friday. But I feel AWESOME!

[Uncle Ted]

More melt down... Kirk Bohl:

Bohls: These Horns not a pretty sight

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This team looked a whole lot like last year’s 9-4 team, except worse. And it will have to improve mightily to find nine wins.


At least Texas didn’t get anyone hurt.


Well, that’s not true either. Daje Johnson limped off with an ankle injury after the third play of the game and never returned. And starting quarterback David Ash walked off gingerly with eight minutes remaining in the game and then jogged to the locker room.


But those injuries didn’t compare to those Longhorns teammates who stuck around the entire game and suffered the abject humiliation of a shocking performance against a BYU team that barely registered a pulse in its opening loss to Virginia.


Best hit the pause button on those Texas resurrection stories.


Texas ain’t back. Ain’t even close to being back. Unless you consider back to 5-7, which suddenly doesn’t seem all that long ago and seems dangerously possible because the schedule toughens considerably.


This looked nothing like a team sick in its gut about three subpar seasons and eager to make amends. BYU played with more heart and spirit. Texas gave up 40 points and didn’t even commit a turnover.


Forget any plausible excuse. Like a nearly two-hour rain delay. Like losing Johnson, admittedly the team’s most explosive weapon. Like playing on the road. And like blah, blah, blah. None of it matters.


Texas was dominated by 1-1 unranked BYU. Flat out dominated. From beginning to desultory end.


By game’s end, the Longhorns were broken as LaVell Edwards Stadium rocked with the euphoria of a big-time win over a heretofore big-time name opponent.


A Longhorns team that crushed a crushable New Mexico State squad with a school-record 715 total yards struggled offensively and disintegrated defensively.


This wasn’t Ash’s fault. He played decently. So did Mike Davis, who caught two touchdown passes from Ash. Punter Anthony Fera was dazzling, if you’re interested.


Blame most of it on a defense that didn’t give its team a chance and regularly missed tackles as it did last season. Texas gave up a mind-boggling 679 yards on 99 plays.


Blame it on the offensive line, which had no push and had trouble holding off the Cougars’ solid front and especially linebacker Kyle Van Noy.


Blame it on missed tackles and stupid penalties and glaring mental errors.


Blame it on a coaching staff that didn’t have its team ready.


This one was Halloween ugly from the outset.


Texas has 10 games left to prove this was a disastrous exception and it really is a good team. There seems to be no elite team in the Big 12, but we know now Texas isn’t one either.


Mack Brown said all summer his program was headed in the right direction. Maybe he didn’t see the cliff at the end.

http://www.mystatesman.com/news/sports/bohls-these-horns-not-a-pretty-sight/nZqTc/

[Omaha 680]

Yup.
I had a fun moment with my 12 yr old son, telling him about the time 33 years ago when I watched a BYU team dismantle a #1 ranked Miami team from "the seat you're sitting in, behind this same family in front of us, in front of these same guys behind us"

Good post, but the Miami game was 23 years ago. You blew my mind for a second.

[ERCougar]

Good post, but the Miami game was 23 years ago. You blew my mind for a second.

Ha...oops.

Hill one of the three Saturday's Studs on ESPN just now. Text to vote. He should win this.