Inside Texas Game Day Primer – Baylor
Catch up with everything from the Inside Texas staff from the past week.
Inside Texas Roundtable – Baylor
Texas returns to action Saturday when they welcome the Baylor Bears to Darrell K Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium. The Inside Texas Staff offers predictions, thoughts on Waco, keys to the game, and more in the Roundtable.
Humidor: Brief team, ‘21-‘23 recruiting, whatever you want Q&A
A few notes and tidbits on the team, recruiting across multiple classes, and a Q&A with the Inside Texas Staff. The Humidor is interactive this week, come join the fun.
Gameplan: Competing lame ducks in Austin
Vegas’ opening line for the upcoming Baylor game was Texas -10.5. It has since moved to Texas -8.5, perhaps due to a complete collapse of faith in betting Longhorn fans that their head coach has any real control over the direction of the program. When the athletic director is meeting with the players and giving them clear expectations for what’s expected of them after games and it contrasts with public statements made by the head coach days prior, that’s a sign the head coach is essentially a lame duck.
Tom Herman and the “save us, Sam Ehlinger” offense
A recurring theme is now evident in Texas’ conference games. The Longhorns sputter on offense with a big play here or there and limited production in the run game, while the defense gives up just enough to where the Longhorns need to mount a comeback in the late stages of a game. Texas’ corresponding efforts in the final stretch of conference games is based on spread passing and lucky bounces.
2020 Baylor Football Preview
The Baylor Bear program has been racked by COVID issues - 42 players have tested positive so far - and that fact paired with (overly) aggressive contract tracing protocols, has forced them to cancel 3 of their 5 games this season. Those players appear to all be fine now and it looks like it's starting to come together in Waco.
Was the Sugar Bowl win a good thing for Tom Herman?
I feel a bit like our resident contrar-Ian pondering the possibility the Sugar Bowl victory was in fact a negative, but I think a solid case can be made the victory hindered Tom Herman more than it helped him because it validated what turned out to be a broken process.
Recruiting: 2023s to watch for Texas + Anthony James
With the 2021 class currently in neutral, we take a look at a handful of 2023 rising prospects that Texas should know and one they just offered.
Herman hopes handling of bye week helps Texas during consequential stretch
Texas head coach Tom Herman mentioned following his four-overtime loss versus Oklahoma in Dallas he needed to create more “good on good” reps between his first and second team players during the bye week. Like every college football team, the Longhorns use a scout team in order to simulate what the next opponent will run for the starters and backups.
Inside Scoop: Coaching insight/scenarios, latest on 2021 targets, Keon Coleman
Analyzing the scenarios facing Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte as the 2020 football season continues, the Longhorns' standing with members of the 2021 class, and quotes from Louisiana wide receiver Keon Coleman.
