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Manny Diaz

We're coming off a bye week so we had a chance to work on some things...They had gone from being an empty to being two-back team and we didn't' play that as well as we needed to on the opening drive.

If I look back, almost every drive they scored [Trevone Boykin] made a run on third down to keep a drive alive...I don't think there was a time when we weren't aware of that and didn't have a guy assigned to that...It's a credit to him, he made plays with his feet that were really telling in the game.

I think [Boykin] had about 70 yards rushing and they had about 217, it was the quarterback rushing yards that were crucial in the game.

The story of this season has not yet been written completely, but [Kenny Vaccaro and Alex Okafor], with what they've sacrificed for this team, they're two guys who you couldn't be more proud of with the way they've played.

I read what Mack said and I was SMDH side to side.

I read what you typed and I was SMH up and down.

Bryan Harsin
On if the change in QBs in the first half was due to health or performance:
It was just that we weren't doing anything offensive and needed to make a change there and get ourselves going and get back into rhythm.

Where we got ourselves into issues was in the red zone with turnovers.

We talked about taking some shots during the week down there, and credit to TCU, they made some plays on those.

As the game went on we continued to have our struggles. You turn the ball over that many times it's difficult to win many games. I thought Case came in and did a good job of moving the ball down the field.

On abandoning the run:
That's why they're the No. 1 rush defense in the conference. Their goal is to stop the run....We knew that was going to be a physical challenge and we were up to the test there...What hurt us was the turnovers. That's what takes away opportunities for other guys to touch the ball...If we eliminate those I think we have the ability to run the football.

All those seniors on both sides of the ball, we care tremendously about them and what they've given to this university. We wanted to do everything we could to have them go out the right way at home.

Yeah Harsin cares so much about our seniors that he gave senior DJ Monroe exactly zero touches tonight.

If you were a prospective recruit, why would you want to play for these coaches next year ?

That set has murdered his defense and multiple opponents used it. I didn't need for Diaz to confirm in print he doesn't have it but at least it's humorous at this point.

They were looking ahead to KSU. Came our flat like against Kansas and let TCU gain a lot if confidence. Unfortunately TCU isn't Kansas.

Manny is totally in over his head for one simple reason. He refuses to do the things that need to be done, thinking that surely the next team won't do that, i.e. the next time I head butt a wall it won't hurt. Duke Thomas, Josh Turner, Leroy Scott and Sheroid Evans should be starting if for no other reason because the guys ahead of them can't tackle, so what diffence does it make if they are in the area.
For all the smoke & mirrors about fire zones and being a scheming boy genius, Manny's really just not very good. Got lucky against Cam Newton and he looked like a rising star. Manny has fully earned his firing if it happens, which it probably won't knowing Mack. Dave Campo showed how to coach, and now Peterson dot's the I.
Mack will give Manny one more year because he asked him for a 3-year commitment.
Another poster on another thread commented on Harsin's formations and motion trying to confuse a zone defense in a two deep. That is what's comical. Looks fancy but it has little effect. It wouldn't break my heart if he resigned and went elsewhere.
I know Mack needs to go, but that's not going to happen.

It's become fingernails to a chalk board listening to Mack's excuse conference.

"The kids were trying" doesn't cut it when you recruit 4 and 5 stars. You either do or you don't. There is no try!

Maybe Texas should start by not stunting against the two-back set?

Don't go bringing logic into the argument. By God, Manny wants to run all the stunts in the defensive playbook.

Bobby- is there any reason a DC at any level would not notice that two back sets have been giving his defenses problems and then be surprised by it this late in a season? Or AT LEAST notice that stunting it is not working? Lets be honest, does Manny get football at this level?