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Staff Predictions: Texas - OK State

  • Okst will blitz a lot on early downs to try and put texas in third and long situations. They have the DBs to make Harsin a bit reluctant to throw the deep ball too. Walsh starting will ultimately be the bane of the osu team. Lunt is better for sure and this just kills them. I do feel itll be closer than people think. I think everyone feels that every game for texas will not look like an Ole Miss do over. We will see, but osu just wont have enough offense with Walsh. Ash will get picked a couple of times though.

    28-20 texas

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  • bruthaman said...

    Okst will blitz a lot on early downs to try and put texas in third and long situations. They have the DBs to make Harsin a bit reluctant to throw the deep ball too. Walsh starting will ultimately be the bane of the osu team. Lunt is better for sure and this just kills them. I do feel itll be closer than people think. I think everyone feels that every game for texas will not look like an Ole Miss do over. We will see, but osu just wont have enough offense with Walsh. Ash will get picked a couple of times though.

    28-20 texas

    bruthaman,

    I agree with the run blitzes. Texas is going to have to hit it outside or go with misdirection to hurt the Cowboys.

    My worry for the Horns come from several places. But the biggest deal is the defense being ready to get punched in the nose. They've been punched a couple of times this year and really they've only punched back a few times. Ole Miss is a perfect example, and they even let Wyoming stick around for three quarters before bowing up.

    With OSU, I think their O is going to be a constant pressure point against the Texas D.

    I think OSU scores 30, even with Walsh. I wonder whether or not Texas will score 30 on OSU.

    Someone said turnovers would be key. And I agree with that. Texas needs to play a clean game in a big way.

    This post was edited by BobbyBurton on 9/29/2012 at 7:43 AM

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  • bruthaman said...

    Walsh starting will ultimately be the bane of the osu team. Lunt is better for sure and this just kills them. I do feel itll be closer than people think. I think everyone feels that every game for texas will not look like an Ole Miss do over. We will see, but osu just wont have enough offense with Walsh. Ash will get picked a couple of times though.

    28-20 texas

    Not sure which Walsh you have seen but this guy can play and lost a very close competition for the starting QB spot. He is no slouch and is more of a dual threat than Lunt. His stats have been very good. He has a 183 QB rating and completes 67% of his passes and for more yards per pass than Lunt. The two are truly a toss up at the position IMO.

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  • BobbyBurton said...

    bruthaman,

    I agree with the run blitzes. Texas is going to have to hit it outside or go with misdirection to hurt the Cowboys.

    My worry for the Horns come from several places. But the biggest deal is the defense being ready to get punched in the nose. They've been punched a couple of times this year and really they've only punched back a few times. Ole Miss is a perfect example, and they even let Wyoming stick around for three quarters before bowing up.

    With OSU, I think their O is going to be a constant pressure point against the Texas D.

    I think OSU scores 30, even with Walsh. I wonder whether or not Texas will score 30 on OSU.

    Someone said turnovers would be key. And I agree with that. Texas needs to play a clean game in a big way.

    OSU's offense, led by Walsh, WILL NOT score 30 on its own. If they score 30 it is because our offense and special teams brain farted their way to bad plays or breakdowns.

    Everybody is just overrating Walsh too much, especially since he has not played that much in 2 yrs. Maybe OSU wins but it will not be because of Walsh. However, I doubt that occurs.

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  • This OSU offense is fools gold having racked up most of their numbers against an FCS school. Give me the more experienced qb playing behind a more experienced oline combined with a better defense every say of the week & twice on Sunday. OSU failed their only test against a decent team, a mediocre AZ team at that. They aren't playing Savannah State or ULL tonight. Horns win this one big fueled by multiple TO's by our opportunistic defense playing against a freshman getting his first start.

    Horns win 45 -17

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  • BobbyBurton said...

    I agree with the run blitzes. Texas is going to have to hit it outside or go with misdirection to hurt the Cowboys.

    Good news about MB starting is that he is much better at both than JB (sorry, it's the truth) and our offense is built around such misdirection.

    But I think the BEST thing in the world for this team is to get punched in the mouth, get their backs against the wall and to be pushed.

    It doesn't get any easier so I'm all for a game where TEXAS needs to "reach down" and figure out who they are. Also, a great way for a team to start really believing in itself.

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  • BobbyBurton said...

    bruthaman,

    I agree with the run blitzes. Texas is going to have to hit it outside or go with misdirection to hurt the Cowboys.

    My worry for the Horns come from several places. But the biggest deal is the defense being ready to get punched in the nose. They've been punched a couple of times this year and really they've only punched back a few times. Ole Miss is a perfect example, and they even let Wyoming stick around for three quarters before bowing up.

    With OSU, I think their O is going to be a constant pressure point against the Texas D.

    I think OSU scores 30, even with Walsh. I wonder whether or not Texas will score 30 on OSU.

    Someone said turnovers would be key. And I agree with that. Texas needs to play a clean game in a big way.

    Bobby,

    That offense can without a doubt put pressure on any defense. You just dont know where its going. I was suprised at what I saw in the Ole Miss game from the texas defense and the osu offense is better by a long shot.

    The osu defense couldnt stop the texas run game last year at all. We will see if they can stop it this year. I wouldnt bank on the WR/DB matchup if I were texas in this game. osu does have some talent on the back end. They also have decent size on the DL and really good size at LB. So, I dont know about wearing them down.

    If I were texas, I would keep in between the gaurds. I think you lose the speed battle going outside. If I had to throw it, I would throw it to the RBs a lot and Shipley on 4-7 yard outroutes from the slot all day. osu will come downhill hard and man up on the edges. On defense, I would make sure to keep Randle from beating you. IMO, he is the best back in the conference, stats withstanding. The texas LBs are going to have to be on it all day long to keep him under control.

    If I were osu, I would run the texas LBs ragged. Crossing routes, over and unders with the slot and RBs, misdirection running plays, you name it. I would keep them in thik mode all day long. That puts pressure on the safeties. Vecarro has been good knocking the hell out of people, but I still doubt his cover skills. On defense for osu, I would do what everybody knows already. I would bring the house. On first or second down, I would run hard off the edge with speed to get in the back field and stop that G sweep that texas ran so well @Ole Miss.

    I still dont really know what will happen. I said texas based on how bad osu is against the run, but we will see.

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    bruthaman

  • texokanar said...

    Burton is a d__k head. I never have felt that he was a good longhorn fan. He is always so negative.

    You're out of bounds on this one. Those of us who choose to imbibe in the burnt orange Kool-Aid are not required to be as objective as the pros who operate this board. I think Bobby is wrong on this one, but I did have my Kool-Aid with breakfast this morning

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  • Bobby - If I didn't know better, I'd swear you are playing the contrarian role with your pick. I recall your post regarding last years TX - OU pick in which you basically indicated it was typically best to go with the team with the better/more experienced qb. I have little doubt that the pick would be Ash. I'm not on the "Ash for Heisman" bandwagon but he's shown me enough through the first 3 games & the last 4 to believe that he will take care of the ball. I just can't put much stock in Walsh's 1 game performance against a bad team. There is no replacement for experience.

    AllenHorn

  • OSU's defense is bad. They gave up 450 yards per game last year. This year, they've played one decent team, Arizona, and Arizona had 500 yards of offense and 59 points.

    I don't think UT's offense is all of a sudden good enough to score 40 on Alabama or LSU, but I do think it's good enough to score 40 or 50 on every defense in the Big 12 except 2 or 3, and OSU is 1 of the bad defenses UT will score at least 40 on. OSU will not be able to stop the run.

    Like bruthaman said, OSU couldn't stop UT's run game last year, and last year, UT's passing game was no threat whatsoever. This year, the passing game is a threat and their are several players OSU will have to worry about in UT's passing game. That will help UT's running game, and the running game will also set up the play action passing game. Harsin will have OSU's head spinning.

    As long as UT continues to avoid turnovers, I think UT will score a bunch of points and will use a lot of clock.

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  • Chuckie Finster said...

    I guess I just don't get the hype with Oklahoma State.

    They've beaten up on two bad teams and lost by three touchdowns to Arizona. They are now being QB'd by a guy who got beat out by a true freshman.

    They're probably the best team we've faced to this point, but Weeden and Blackmon aren't walking through that tunnel.

    This. I see it 45-20 Texas.

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  • Chuckie Finster said...

    I guess I just don't get the hype with Oklahoma State.

    They've beaten up on two bad teams and lost by three touchdowns to Arizona. They are now being QB'd by a guy who got beat out by a true freshman.

    They're probably the best team we've faced to this point, but Weeden and Blackmon aren't walking through that tunnel.

    This. I see it 45-20 Texas.

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  • AllenHorn said...

    Bobby - If I didn't know better, I'd swear you are playing the contrarian role with your pick. I recall your post regarding last years TX - OU pick in which you basically indicated it was typically best to go with the team with the better/more experienced qb. I have little doubt that the pick would be Ash. I'm not on the "Ash for Heisman" bandwagon but he's shown me enough through the first 3 games & the last 4 to believe that he will take care of the ball. I just can't put much stock in Walsh's 1 game performance against a bad team. There is no replacement for experience.

    This Baylor-West Virginia game is exactly why I'm picking Oklahoma State. It's just a different type of offensive game that they play. Not sure how it will translate but it's just something the Texas D has not seen this year and they're having problems regardless.

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  • Sorry but I don't see the correlation. Both Baylor & WVU have putrid defenses and Sr. Qb's. Our defense hasn't loved up to expectations but to compare them to either of these two teams is a huge stretch. OSU is also playing with a RS freshman vs a Sr Qb. I respect your opinion but I disagree with your comparison. We will see what happens tonight.

    AllenHorn

  • This one isn't as close as some think...

    45-20 good guys

    45-28 (with garbage points)

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