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BobbyBurton said...

Sorry guys but I won't be able to transcribe all of Ahmad's comments before the game.

I just reached him this morning. He had a high school game he had to travel to and I was in a meeting when he called on Friday.

Here's what he said:

He said he feels like this is one of the season's signature games. He felt like West Virginia was that, that OU was supposed to be that.

He said that Tech is very sound on defense.

He really thinks Tech's DT Hyder is one of the top 2 or 3 DTs in the league. Says running up the middle will be tough sledding because of Hyder.

Wants to see Texas run more toss sweeps, jet sweeps and do it early.

On defense, he wants Texas to play sound, fundamental football.

Thinks Tech may be underestimating the Longhorns because "right now, we can't stop anything. We can't stop the run, we can't stop the pass."

Feels like the streak of losses to ranked teams in the AP has to stop or you start to question a person's philosophy. "I have no idea how it happens," Ahmad said, "but I just know it effects the team on the whole."

"Bottom line is we need to beat a ranked opponent."

His prediction for the game was Texas 48- Tech 42. He also said he's never, in his life, picked against Texas and he's not going to start now. He thinks Texas has to be able to score to win the game and he feels like what Tech does - rub routes, big line gaps - those are things that Texas has not proven they can defend.

I asked him about his takeaways from Kansas. He felt like when Texas went simple in the second half on defense things started to seem to work. But he said that was against Kansas who just isn't any good. He said basically putting Vaccaro next to the referee behind the LBs was a move he'd like to see more of. He's the team's best tackler on the back end and the smartest, too.

Wants to see more out of the Texas offense. Wants to see more "pizazz". Also feels like it's hard to find the hot hand of your playmaker if you don't get them the ball until the 4th quarter. Feels like Texas has to get Monroe and Goodwin the ball in unorthodox ways because their speed is special and they're seniors who others look to for confidence in themselves.