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TEXAS –13.5
People will look at last weeks score and just think that the Horns have no offense and can’t move the ball. The fact is Stoops owns UT offensive coordinator Greg Davis and to think Mizzu will have the same success could be costly. Mizzu has no where near the athletes on defense that OU has. Mack Brown has a tendency after the OU game to go on great runs through the conference and I expect the same this year.
The Tigers just aren’t the same team on the road as they are at home the last couple of years. They lost at Troy this year, and struggled at woeful Baylor in the first half. The Tigers only led 6-3 with under 2 minutes to play until an interception taken down all the way down inside the ten led to a touchdown to put them up 13-3 at half-time.
Now they have to play at Texas where the home crowd and players should be fired up after yet another loss to the Sooners. The coaching staff is under some heat right now especially Greg Davis, so I’m sure he will be opening up the playbook to try and pad the statistics.
Vince Young and Cedric Benson running behind one of the top offensive lines in the country have already combined for 1,120 rushing yards. You can say that Mizzu will load the box like OU and stop the run, but everyone including Arkansas has done that this year and the Horns still got their yards. OU was the only team to shut down the Horns rushing attack, and Mizzu isn’t even in the same class as OU.
The Mizzu offense lives and dies by the dual threat of QB Brad Smith. While Benson may have loss the Heisman last week, LB Derrick Johnson all but one the Butkis and any other defensive trophy out there. Johnson had a pick, and forced his 7th fumble of the season and mind you he has only played two full games. DJ will be the main spy on Brad Smith, and will be all over him when he leaves the pocket.
The poor road record and the recent success of Mack Brown after the OU game leads me to believe Texas will win this game very comfortably.
People will look at last weeks score and just think that the Horns have no offense and can’t move the ball. The fact is Stoops owns UT offensive coordinator Greg Davis and to think Mizzu will have the same success could be costly. Mizzu has no where near the athletes on defense that OU has. Mack Brown has a tendency after the OU game to go on great runs through the conference and I expect the same this year.
The Tigers just aren’t the same team on the road as they are at home the last couple of years. They lost at Troy this year, and struggled at woeful Baylor in the first half. The Tigers only led 6-3 with under 2 minutes to play until an interception taken down all the way down inside the ten led to a touchdown to put them up 13-3 at half-time.
Now they have to play at Texas where the home crowd and players should be fired up after yet another loss to the Sooners. The coaching staff is under some heat right now especially Greg Davis, so I’m sure he will be opening up the playbook to try and pad the statistics.
Vince Young and Cedric Benson running behind one of the top offensive lines in the country have already combined for 1,120 rushing yards. You can say that Mizzu will load the box like OU and stop the run, but everyone including Arkansas has done that this year and the Horns still got their yards. OU was the only team to shut down the Horns rushing attack, and Mizzu isn’t even in the same class as OU.
The Mizzu offense lives and dies by the dual threat of QB Brad Smith. While Benson may have loss the Heisman last week, LB Derrick Johnson all but one the Butkis and any other defensive trophy out there. Johnson had a pick, and forced his 7th fumble of the season and mind you he has only played two full games. DJ will be the main spy on Brad Smith, and will be all over him when he leaves the pocket.
The poor road record and the recent success of Mack Brown after the OU game leads me to believe Texas will win this game very comfortably.