Tech @ UT: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Just finished watching the replay.

The Good

• Our offense moved the ball well between the twenties.
  • Smoke Harris is the real deal
  • WR corp is much better than last year (Stanley, Graham, and Hebert played big)
  • J'Mar looked more crips and I only counted 2 terrible passes (the pick six was the worst and missing Powell when he was wide open)
• Jackson and Taylor were the bright spots on D. Both played fast and loose...that can be a blessing and a curse.

The Bad

• Defense looked like they were lost too often (I attribute this to the new scheme...there's ALWAYS a learning curve and we're not there yet)
• We got tight and couldn't finish on offense.
• Some of our DEs that are not LBs really struggled in coverage. Didn't help that they were playing a very good team.

The Ugly

• Special teams were abysmal.
  • We should be able to nail 43 yard FGs all day long.
  • We didn't punt much, but that was shaky.
  • I liked Harris in the return game...mainly because he called the fair catch when he was supposed to.
• Skip said on Tim Fletcher this morning that he needs to go more conservative.

Texas looked like the real deal. I wouldn't be surprised to see them beat LSU. CUSA is down. We have the talent to win the conference. That doesn't mean we will, but I didn't find the scoreboard to be an accurate reflection of how we played. YMMV