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The Daily Texan Presents:

Vol. 6, Issue 7Oct. 14, 2011

GETTING PUMPED UPIt will be hard to forget last week’s drubbing, but

Texas is looking to put the past behind it and rebound against Oklahoma State at home.

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theLINEUPA Hot And Cold defenseThe Cowboys know how to force turnovers, but they also know how to give up a lot of yards.

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sizing uP thE visitorOklahoma State is one of the conference’s top teams, as well as the best offense in the country. It comes as no surprise then that this may be the Cowboys’ season.

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With a little luck and a host of quality coaches, the Oklahoma State football program has quietly crept into the upper echelon of teams.

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Many units were considered strengths for Texas heading into this year’s Red River Rivalry be-fore getting embarrassed against Oklahoma. The offensive line was no different.

Despite giving up only five sacks in its four games, the Longhorns of-fensive line allowed the Sooners to rack up eight. Oklahoma’s defense also made 17 tackles for loss as Texas averaged fewer than one yard per carry in spite of the production the Longhorns got out of running backs Malcolm Brown (59 yards), Fozzy Whittaker (45 yards) and D.J. Monroe (23 yards)

“We did not play well in the of-fensive line,” said head coach Mack Brown. “We did not make the yards we needed to make. We did not pro-tect the quarterback like we needed to. We’ve got a lot of work to do this week at that area.”

There could be a bit of movement along the offensive line as there is now an “or” between senior Tray Allen’s and true freshman Josh Co-chran’s names on the depth chart at left tackle. Allen, who waited four years behind players such as Kyle Hix and Adam Ulatoski to start,

was the top-rated offensive tackle coming out of high school in 2007. Cochran, on the other hand, is in his first season at Texas and was not nearly as highly touted of a prospect as Allen.

“[Cochran]’s a guy that comes in and competes,” said co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin. “Like a lot of our young guys, you’re want-ing to get those guys experience and you’re wanting to get those guys to play.”

Another first-year offensive line-man who has also caught the coach-ing staff ’s eye, Sedrick Flowers, is finally over an ankle injury. The ear-liest the 6-foot-3, 310-pound guard would see the field, however, would be after the Longhorns’ bye week against Kansas Oct. 29.

“We think he has a chance to be really good,” Brown said. “He’s bet-ter but he hasn’t been able to get the experience in practice we’d need him to get so he’s not as far along as we’d like him to be at this time.”

Even though Texas held Okla-homa to 86 yards rushing, 64 of them coming on one long, Domi-nique Whaley-touchdown run, the Longhorns were out-rushed as they managed only 45 yards on 36 car-ries. Texas lost 51 yards on eight sacks and a whopping 117 yards on

Oklahoma’s 17 tackles for loss, in-cluding going backward 35 yards on back-to-back sacks of David Ash.

“That stuff can’t happen, especial-ly against a good team,” said senior guard David Snow. “You can’t have that. You play a really good team and make mistakes, it’ll cost you.”

Another chunk of lost yardage came on trick plays, which had worked wonderfully in the Long-horns’ first four contests. Freshmen receivers Miles Onyegbule and Jax-on Shipley were both brought down for big losses on reverse-pass plays. One piece of trickery was effective, however, when a screen pass went for a sizable gain with Allen lining

up near the left sideline and throw-ing a nice lead block.

Oklahoma State’s defense, even though it ranks near the bottom of the Big 12 in yards allowed, is superb at getting takeaways. The Cowboys have already forced 17 turnovers and the nation’s third-best turnover margin, along with 14 sacks in five games, which is good for 21st in the country and third in the Big 12 behind Oklahoma and Texas A&M. Texas’ offensive line should have easier time with Okla-homa State’s defensive front than it did with Oklahoma’s.

“We played a very good oppo-nent up front,” Harsin said. “Those

guys did a very good job of giving us some different looks and obvi-ously being talented. I thought the O-line did a nice job of competing. It wasn’t perfect, nor was any posi-tion on the field, but those guys kept competing.”

The blame for turnovers is often placed on those who commit them. However, the fact that McCoy and Ash had their worst game the same week that their offensive line did is no coincidence. Texas won’t be giv-ing up eight sacks or committing five turnovers anytime soon but that doesn’t mean the Longhorns offensive line doesn’t have to step up this weekend.

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Texas’ offensive linemen try to make push up front for quarterback David Ash. The line was hammered by Oklahoma all game, giving up eight sacks and 17 tackles for loss.

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Oklahoma State’s defense is known for its ability to create turnovers. This season, they have created 17 turnovers, 10 of which were interceptions.

“We practice it,” said Oklahoma State defense end Jamie Blatnick. “If you practice forcing turnovers, you will do it in a game. The harder you work, the luckier you get.”

Saftey Daytawion Low leads the team with 34 tackles and defensive end Jamie Blatnick boasts three of the team’s 14 sacks. Cornerback Brodrick Brown has three picks.

Last season, the Cowboys finished with 34 takeaways, which was fifth highest in the country.

Defensive coordinator Bill Young said the team emphasizes turnovers in practice.

“Our goal is to get five turnovers in practice every day,” Young said. “We post a sign on our meeting room doors about how many takeaways we got in practice the day before. So we definitely emphasize that aspect of

the game.”Over the past three games, the

Cowboys have scored 52 points off of 14 turnovers.

After coming off of a tough loss to rival Oklahoma where Texas allowed five turnovers, the Longhorns will need to protect the ball to stay in the game.

Freshman wide receiver Jaxon Shipley said Texas is well aware of the success of Oklahoma State’s defense.

“They have a great defense,” Shipley said. “I think they are young, but they have proven themselves so far. We need to come out and start the game fast.”

Although forcing turnovers is a strong suit, the Cowboy defense definitely has holes and does not appear strong in statistics. The young Longhorns offense definitely has the opportunity to take advantage of some lapses in the Oklahoma State defense.

Through the first five games of this season, the Cowboys rank 75th in the country against the run and 103rd in both pass defense and total defense.

On average, they give up 438 yards per game in total defense.

Although these statistics aren’t what someone would expect from the No. 6 team in the country, the defense is getting the job done and helping the Cowboys maintain their undefeated record.

After the Cowboy’s 70-28 win against Kansas last week, head coach Mike Gundy said he believes that their defense is getting better.

“Our tackles are getting better each week,” Gundy said. “I feel that we did a better job last week playing gap sound defense. We tightened some of the creases, where we were giving up big plays in the weeks before last week’s game. That is really important in our opinion.”

The defense gave up a touchdown on the Jayhawks’s opening drive.

Texas co-offensive coordinator Major Applewhite said that though the Cowboys are not a great defense statistically, that is skewed information.

“There is no doubt that they are better than their numbers,”

Applewhite said. “A lot of times those numbers will get skewed if you are not blitzing, so you are not as aggressive. You are not trying to give them a one-play drive. Then you look at some of those games, those guys are getting

pulled in the second quarter.”Although the stats of the defense

aren’t very impressive, no one can deny that the Cowboys can make big plays.

The young, inexperienced Texas

offense will definitely be challenged by a defense who thrives on turnovers. Saturday will definitely be a time for both teams to prove themselves.

“They’re kind of shadowed by their offense, but I believe I think it’s four different players on their team have interceptions,” said Texas center David Snow. “They’re a very good defense. We’ve just got to start preparing for them, and it’s going to be a great battle out here in DKR.”

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Kansas quarterback Jordan Webb, center, is sacked by Oklahoma State linebacker Tyler Johnson, right, and linebacker Shawn Lewis, left.

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edge in this game under center. Texas saw some improvement a� er switching to the two-quarterback system, but that system was abused last week by Oklahoma. David Ash threw two interceptions, and McCoy was sacked and fumbled twice, with one of each of those turnovers being returned for scores. Meanwhile, Brandon Weeden is averaging almost 380 yards per game through the air, and although he has thrown six interceptions this season, none of those have come in the last two games. He has completed 80 percent of his passes over the last two games and has completed 79 percent of his passes since the � rst game of the season, where he completed a paltry 61 percent.

Oklahoma State has a strong running game, but it is by no means a dominant attack. � e Cowboys have been outrushed in each of their two conference games, and were held to 46 yards rushing against Texas A&M. � e strength of the Texas o� ense had been the rushing game going into last week’s butchering. Texas gained 153 yards rushing against the Sooners, but lost 117 yards for a net total of only 36. � e Cowboys will be looking to pass � rst, so most of their rushing yards will be supplemental, but Texas has to establish the run in to have a chance to win the game. Texas has a little more talent at the position, and will be relying on it to win.

A week a� er facing one of the best receiver tandems in the conference, Texas will now face one of the best receivers in the nation. Justin Blackmon is the primary target on the Cowboys’ o� ense. He has caught for more than 100 yards in three games this season including receiving for 128 and 121 yards in tight games against Arizona and Texas A&M respectively, and 13 percent of his catches have gone for touchdowns. Texas’ one consistent target this season has been true freshman Jaxon Shipley. Last week, he caught nine balls for 89 yards and the only o� ensive touchdown for the Longhorns. Blackmon alone gives the Cowboys the edge in this one, but Oklahoma State has had at least one 100 yard receiver in three games this season, and two against Texas A&M.

Last week, the Sooners spent as much time in the Texas back� eld as the Long-horns did. � e Texas o� ensive line gave up eight sacks against Oklahoma, and an additional seven quarterback hurries. � e Sooners turned all that pressure into four turnovers and 117 yards for loss. Kansas was only able to get one sack, and one QB hurry on Weeden as he passed for almost 300 yards. � e Cowboys averaged 3.9 yards per carry against Kansas, and are only aver-aging 3.1 yards per carry over the last three games. If Texas is going to pull the upset this weekend, then the o� ensive line has to do a signi� cantly better job than it did last week, because the Oklahoma State line, is going to give Weeden ample time to throw.

While Oklahoma was able to set up base camp in the Texas back� eld, the Longhorn defensive line was not able to get any pressure on Landry Jones. It only recorded two hurries and one sack against Oklahoma. Oklahoma State’s line fared a little better against the Jayhawks, with 3.5 sacks and a hurry, but gave up 4.6 yards per carry to the Kansas running backs. � e one bright spot from the Red River Rivalry was that Texas was able to limit Oklahoma to just 86 yards rushing, and didn’t let through a lot of runs up the middle. Neither team will be taking in a dominant defensive line, but the Cowboys may have little more going for them in pass rushing, though Texas is a little better at defending the run.

Texas’ Linebackers were only able to muster up 13 tackles against Oklahoma, with most of the work being done by the defensive backs. � e most troubling stat is that the linebackers combined for one quarterback hurry, and no sacks. Most of the blitzes done by the linebackers got stopped at the line of scrimmage, and could not apply pressure on the quarterback. Oklahoma State’s linebackers are solid, but don’t make a lot of plays behind the line of scrimmage, nor do they account for a lot of sacks. � ey are a decent group, but none of them being exceptional. A backup, Tyler Johnson, led the team in tackles last week with seven. Texas has more talent at the position, but it has to start producing, especially on blitzes in order for the team to have success.

Texas’ secondary got torched by Landry Jones and the Oklahoma receivers, but some of that may be on a defensive front seven that was not able to get any pressure on Jones. But the defensive backs were only able to get their hands on three balls for pass breakups, and no interceptions. � ey made a lot of tackles, but there were too many instances of Oklahoma receivers running open down the � eld, and too many poor angles taken by the entire back� eld. � e Cowboy’s secondary has picked o� 10 passes this season, with most of those coming in the last three games, including three in the comeback win against Texas A&M. Texas; corners are young, but talented, but the OSU defensive backs have a lot more experience, and have been more consistent at getting their hands on passes.

Texas hasn’t gotten much out of its punt return units this season, but its kick return game came alive against the Sooners. Texas racked up 248 return yards on nine returns averaging over 27 yards per return. Fozzy Whitaker had a 100-yard kick return for a touchdown, and D.J. Monroe had a 90-yard kick returned called back on a penalty that would have given the Longhorns over 330 yards on kick returns for the day. Oklahoma State averaged 18.5 yards per return on four kicks, and was a perfect 10-10 on PAT’s against Kansas. If the game is close, Texas’ newfound advantage in special teams could mean the di� erence in this game.

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5Bears quarterback Robert Griffin III rushed for more than 100 yards last week against Iowa State and added a rushing touchdown to bring his overall touchdown total to 21 this year. Running back Terrance Ganaway added 200 yards and three scores to remind us all that this Baylor squad is extremely well-rounded offensively.

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3The Wildcats continue to impress and are off to a quiet 5-0 start. Quarterback Collin Klein isn’t going to “wow” anyone with his arm but he continues to produce significantly for a Wildcats’ rushing attack that ranks 18th in the nation. Klein rushed for three more touchdowns in last week’s victory.

Kansas State

2Much like his counterpart down the road in Norman, Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden continued his scorching pace last week against the Jayhawks, recording five more passing touchdowns. The Cowboys will take their air show on the road to Austin this week and will be licking their chops after the performance the Texas secondary turned in last week.

Oklahoma State

1Quarterback Landry Jones and the Sooners got off to a quick start against the Longhorns last weekend in Dallas and proved once again that they are indeed one of the best teams in the country. Jones tossed three touchdowns passes and didn’t turn the ball over while the Sooners’ defense forced five Texas turnovers en route to a decisive victory on a big stage. The Sooners are bigger, stronger and faster than any team in the conference.

Oklahoma

6Not too many positives to take away from last week’s 55-17 shellacking at the hands of the Sooners, but the Longhorns did hold the Sooners to 86 yards rushing. That’s good and all but the Longhorns still gave up nearly 400 yards through the air also. Whatever the problems the Texas secondary had last week need to be fixed at warp speed because Oklahoma State comes to Austin this week averaging more than 400 yards through the air per game.

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8The Tigers are talented, especially on the ground The team is averaging a hefty 253.3 rushing yards per game. They have the big numbers but only two wins to show for it. In the Tigers’ three losses they have not lost by more than 10 points. The potential is there, they just need to get over the hump late in games and finish off opposing teams.

Missouri

9Cyclones’ quarterback Steele Jantz has shown he can make big plays when they matter the most, but he’s also shown a propensity for turning the ball over. He has thrown eight interceptions so far and has squandered opportunities to put his team ahead. Baylor seemed to just be too fast and powerful for the Cyclones to handle last week and they could be in for another rude awakening this week against Columbia if they don’t assess some glaring issues on the defensive side of the ball.

Iowa State

10The Jayhawks are in week two of a four-game stretch against ranked opponents. After losing 70-28 last week at the hand of Oklahoma State they get the luxury of playing Oklahoma this week. Tough break for a team that is clearly a cut below the conference’s best.

Kansas

The Red Raiders nearly handed Texas A&M their third-consecutive loss but fell just short in the end. Any time a quarterback can complete 44 passes like Seth Doege did for the Red Raiders last week, his team will have a shot at winning games. The Red Raiders just need some defense to go with all that firepower they have on offense.

For a moment last Saturday it looked as if the Aggies would blow another late lead, but they were able to snap their two-game skid and edge Texas Tech by five points in Lubbock— which is no easy feat. The Aggies’ secondary did give up some alarming numbers once again, but running back Cyrus Gray was able to rush for more than 100 yards to help the Aggies beat the Red Raiders. A Baylor team that is much different than in years past will make a visit to College Station next.

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Just like the Kansas State Wild-cats who he leads on o� ense, Collin Klein has � own under the college football radar.

� e 6-foot-5 wide receiver turned quarterback from Loveland, Co., isn’t going to be confused with Lan-dry Jones or Robert Gri� n III, but his balance of consistent passing and strong running numbers has helped put the Wildcats on top of the Big 12 standings.

“He’s made tremendous strides in regards to his leadership of our foot-ball team,” said Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder of Klein this sum-mer. “He’s a very intelligent young guy and grasps concepts well. He’s just grown and grown and grown in his understanding of the o� ense and how to have dominant control of our o� ense.”

Although completing less than 58 percent of his passes and throwing for an average of fewer than 120 yards per game, Klein has managed to lead the Wildcats — who were ranked num-

ber eight in the media’s preseason Big 12 football poll — to their � rst 5-0 start since 2000 and a No. 17 spot in the latest Associated Press poll.

Compiling more rushing attempts (115 for 468 yards) than passing at-tempts (101), the junior Klein has mobility and moderate speed to pow-er the Kansas State o� ense along with sophomore running back and Waco native John Hubert.

“He has had his ups and downs throughout the course of the year, but he has been very competitive and has shown a tremendous amount of lead-ership and toughness,” Snyder said. “He is a guy who makes it important to enhance his game and become a better player week in and week out. As long as he is doing that, I am con� -dent he will continue to improve.”

Utilized mostly as a running, change-of-pace quarterback for the Wildcats in 2010, Klein played in 10 games attempting only 18 passes for 138 yards and rushing for 486 yards — becoming Kansas State’s second leading rusher.

Despite his limited play, Klein won his � rst collegiate start when he

rushed 25 times for 127 yards and two touchdowns in the Wildcats’ 39-14 victory over Texas — setting a school record for the most rushing yards by a quarterback in their � rst career start.

“Last year was pretty unique situ-ation,” Klein said. “It was a good op-portunity to get game reps and I just tried to take advantage of that oppor-tunity the best that I could.”

Klein, who appeared in each of Kansas State’s games during the 2009 season as a wide receiver or on special teams, has used last season’s experience to lead the Wildcats to fourth-quarter comebacks against Miami and then-ranked No. 15 Baylor.

However, things have not been all smooth sailing for Klein and the Wildcats who have blown double-digit leads against Miami and most recently Missouri, a game in which Klein rushed for a career-high three touchdowns.

“We are leaving a lot out on the table, which is good and bad,” Klein said a� er the win over Mis-souri. “� e bad part is that we are still making some mistakes

which is unacceptable and needs to be corrected.”

Leaving a lot on the table has caused Klein and Kansas State to not only � y under the Big 12 and college football radar but also to remain considered the underdogs against unranked and lower-ranked opponents.

Klein and the Wildcats are once again listed as the underdog this

weekend as they face unranked Texas Tech in Lubbock. With the Red Raid-ers averaging more than 524 yards of total o� ense per game, which ranks seventh nationally, Klein can’t leave much on the table if Kansas State aims to remain unbeaten.

“� ere is more out there we can do on o� ense,” Klein said. “We cannot grow weary right now.”

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ing, we have to have great cover-age in the back end,” said senior linebacker Emmanuel Acho. “And when we have great coverage in the back end, that allows us to get a great rush going. It’s a total col-lective effort.”

The Longhorns struggled in cov-erage against the Sooners, partly because of poor communication. The speed of the game also factored in. The Cowboys call plays at a blis-tering pace, meaning the defensive backs must be clear on their assign-ments against a no-huddle look.

If Texas has breakdowns in pass coverage like it did against Okla-homa, they will pay a similar price in this game.

“If you do things 85-percent right against a quarterback like this, it is punished,” Diaz said.

Blackmon and the rest of the Cowboys receivers are going to get their catches. The Longhorns understand this. Oklahoma State throws for over 431 yards per game, so the yards will come. Texas just needs to limit the explosive plays that swing momentum and put points on the board.

The Longhorns will have to tackle better than they did a week ago,

though, in order to reduce OSU’s game-breakers. Blackmon is the type who can take a swing pass for six points from anywhere on the field.

“We need to tackle well once they do catch the ball,” said senior safety Blake Gideon. “You can’t let a team like that get extra yardage. You can’t let them catch and run. That’s always going to be a stress for us.”

Few teams face prolific offenses like these on consecutive weeks. But

the Longhorns aren’t complaining. They’ve moved on. The last game was a forgettable one for the second-ary. And they’re pretty good at wip-ing the slate clean.

They’ll have a shot at redemp-tion Saturday and another chance to prove their worth against a record-setting offense.

“It’s another challenge for us and one we’re looking forward to,” Byn-dum said.

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Defensive backs have short memories. That will come in handy this week.

The Longhorns don’t have any time to sulk over last week’s implo-sion against Oklahoma. Not with the No. 1 scoring offense in the na-tion coming to town on Saturday.

Texas entered the OU game with the country’s seventh-best pass de-fense. They left the Cotton Bowl ranked No. 55. If Oklahoma and Landry Jones were good, Okla-homa State and Brandon Weeden are better.

“They’re throwing it as good as anyone in the country,” said head coach Mack Brown. “This offense might be better than the one we just played. This one’s the real deal.”

For the second-straight week, the Longhorns will face a top-five pass-ing offense manned by a top flight signal-caller.

“We’re playing two Heisman can-didates back to back here at quarter-back,” Brown said.

The young Longhorns corner-backs underwent a trial by fire last week against Jones and his talented group of Sooners receivers. And it won’t get any easier this week against Weeden and elite wide out Justin Blackmon. Still, sophomore starter Carrington Byndom says the sec-ondary is up to the challenge.

“We’re ready to show that last

week was just our fault back in the back end and we’re going to step it up and bring our game to another level,” Byndum said. “We pride our-selves on being good in the back end. We’re just going back to basics and we’re going to play our game.”

Defensive coordinator Manny Diaz says it takes more than just a good defensive backfield to have success against the pass. It takes 11 players, from the front seven to the deep safety.

If the Longhorns want to slow down the Cowboys aerial at-tack, they must limit the running game first.

“Then we can squarely focus on hammering the pass, hammer-ing the quarterback, making him unsure of his reads,” said senior linebacker Keenan Robinson. “We need to make the quarterback feel uncomfortable and that way we can force turnovers, force intercep-tions, force him to hold the ball. And maybe somebody can come up from behind him and slap the ball out and get a fumble.”

But to do that, Texas must find a way to pressure Weeden. It’s been a struggle this season for the Long-horns to get sacks and disrupt the quarterback’s timing.

Texas has just six sacks through five games. An inconsistent pass rush has hindered the sack totals. The onus isn’t squarely on the de-fensive line or front seven, though.

“When we get a great rush go-

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Cornerback Carrington Byndom tries to pull down an Oklahoma receiver. The secondary will take on another Heisman-caliber quarterback this week.

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Texas obviously did many things did

wrong against Oklahoma. But maybe the Longhorns’ � rst mistake was made before the game even started when the

team did a walkthrough at the Cotton Bowl the Friday before the game.

“We thought so many young players had never been the Cot-ton Bowl that we should walk through and let them see it,” said head coach Mack Brown. “It’s

probably something we’ll never do again.

Texas lost � ve of their last seven games a� er falling to

Oklahoma last season. One of those two wins was a 20-13 triumph in Lincoln, Neb., over No. 5 Nebraska the contest immediately following the Red River Rivalry, but it didn’t keep the Longhorns from going down a slippery slope. � is year’s Texas team seemed on the right track toward redeeming itself from last season’s 5-7 debacle but took a

step backward at the Cotton Bowl last Saturday. Now, the Longhorns need to bounce back.

“� e loss Saturday doesn’t discourage me at all,” said senior linebacker Keenan Robinson. “I feel like we’re still the same team we’ve been all season. We played four great games before this.”

Oklahoma State, who has played � ve great games so far this year, travels to Austin this weekend. � e Cowboys, led by 28-year-old quarterback Bran-don Weeden, have one of the most explosive o� enses in the nation. A� er giving up more than 300 yards and three touchdowns to Oklahoma’s Lan-dry Jones in the � rst half last weekend, Texas is faced with the tough task of slowing down the nation’s second-most productive o� ense, led by a gunslinger seven weeks older than Super Bowl winner Aaron Rodgers.

“We made OU one-dimensional but we didn’t make them pay because we didn’t stop the pass and get o� the � eld on third down,” Robinson said.

Robinson is a senior but is playing on a young team with freshmen con-tributing at virtually every position. Many of the Longhorns’ underclass-men either weren’t in a Texas uniform or didn’t play much when Texas col-

lapsed last season. So while Robinson’s solution of limiting Weeden’s short throws is viable, fellow senior, running back Fozzy Whittaker, o� ered another one Monday, saying “senior leader-ship” is the most important thing the Longhorns must have moving for-ward. Robinson agreed.

“I have to make sure that, as a senior leader and someone that’s supposed to lead by example, I do the little things right,” Robinson said. “I have to make sure I play at the highest level because everyone is going to follow a� er me. If they see me take a play o� , they’re go-ing to think it’s ok to take a play o� .”

Many of Texas’ youngsters are play-ing on two of the most important spots on the � eld — behind center and in the secondary. � ose crucial posi-tions also require a short memory, which will come in handy a� er a game like the one David Ash, Case McCoy and the Longhorns secondary had against Oklahoma.

“It’s not all on the quarterbacks, it’s not all on any one position,” said co-of-fensive coordinator Bryan Harsin. “� e � rst thing you go back and look at is the turnovers. � at’s the number one thing we focus on.”

One adjustment Texas will be look-

ing to make against Oklahoma State is getting their two fast-est players the ball more o� en. Junior wide receiver Marquise Goodwin did not catch any passes against the Sooners while D.J. Mon-roe had 53 all-purpose yards on just � ve touches.

“We’ve got to get it in [Marquise’s] hands more,” Brown said. “And we’re really impressed with what D.J. [Mon-roe’s] done. For the � rst time, in my estimation, he is playing really, really well. ”

A� er last year’s Red River Rivalry, Texas’ season began to snowball, de-spite the big win over Nebraska. But there are many things about this year’s squad that will keep recent history from itself. � is season’s Longhorns are younger and more talented but still have upperclassmen with a fresh memory of the program’s � rst los-ing season since 1997 and a height-ened sense of urgency to prevent a similar letdown.

“Everyone responds to di� cult days di� erently,” Brown said. “Last year, I got depressed. I’m not going to do that this year. � ey’re going to take my lead and be positive.”

Mack Brown knows how to get the Long-horns to forget about the Oklahoma game and move on.

He’s never lost a game following the Red River Rivalry in his 13-plus years at Texas. Brown said he learned early on the dif-� culties of coaching before and a� er the OU game.

So what’s his secret?“We’ve made a real conscious e� ort to not

talk about that game the week before, but to put it to bed really quickly, win or lose, immediately a� erwards.” Brown said. “Its such an emotional game and it means so much to everybody that it can linger.”

� e Longhorns have been in this posi-tion before: coming o� a loss to OU and preparing for a top-10 opponent. Last year, Texas upset No. 5 Nebraska on the road a� er a 28-20 loss to the Sooners.

Now, senior tailback Fozzy Whittaker says the Longhorns are looking forward to another tough matchup against No. 6 Oklahoma State.

“We’ll be ready to answer the bell,” he said.

Keenan Robinson believes Texas will be able to pull o� another upset this year, just like in 2010. � e senior linebacker

says this group of young Longhorns is ready to turn the page and get back to the success that followed them before a disap-pointing trip to the Cotton Bowl.

“� e loss doesn’t discourage me at all,” Robinson said. “We’re still the same team we’ve been all season. We played four great games. We just have to focus on the little things. We’ll be � ne.”

� e Longhorns pouted a� er losses a sea-son ago and would let one loss beat them twice. But Brown maintains that Texas is a changed team and that his players won’t make the same mistake twice.

“� is team’s got a lot of pride,” he said. “Es-pecially a� er last year. � ey’re not to let what happened last year happen again. � ey’re going to � ght every week and make sure we don’t get the down games we had last year.”

Senior linebacker Emmanuel Acho saw that happen one too many times in 2010. But the Longhorns are a year older and a more mature team than that 5-7 out� t. He says Texas will get the mistakes that plagued them a week ago against OU � xed — and quickly.

While the Longhorns don’t want the re-sults o� last week’s debacle to carry over, they think there’s room to learn from their mis-

takes and take those lessons forward. Acho expects to see growth in the green

Texas secondary this week a� er a tough matchup in OU game — one that’s typically an eye-opener for the younger players.

“It grows you up quickly and it helps you mature,” Acho said. “I think that’s what they’ll do.”

Sophomore cornerback Carrington Byn-dom is one of a handful of � rst-year starters in the back end who got a � rst-hand look at a high-powered o� ense in the Sooners last week. � ey’ll face a similar opponent in OSU.

� e Cowboys have an all-American wide receiver in Justin Blackmon and a Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Brandon Weeden.

� e Sooners torched the Texas secondary for 347 yards passing and three touchdowns. But Byndom and company views it as part of the learning curve for this inexperienced defensive back� eld.

“We can de� nitely learn from what hap-pened,” Byndom said. “It’s just an experi-ence you have to go through. Sometimes you have to experience things to learn from them.”

Brown said he spoke with his team this week about his 2003 team that lost to OU, 65-13. � at was a similar game to the Long-horns’ 55-17 loss this season. Texas turned the ball over at least � ve times in each game and had a freshman quarterback throw mul-tiple interceptions. But the coach reminded his squad that the ’03 team ran the table in the regular season a� er the OU game and � nished 10-3.

It’s part of the positive mentality Brown is trying to create in the locker room.

“It’s my job to pick them up,” he said. “I’m not going to let them get down because it ob-viously didn’t work last year.”

Brown’s been around long enough to know the ins and outs of coaching a� er the Red River Rivalry. But his sta� fea-tures six coaches in their � rst-year with the Longhorns.

Bryan Harsin got his � rst taste of OU weekend, and the co-o� ensive coordinator is looking forward to the Longhorns’ response on Saturday.

“� is is a great opportunity to see where we are a� er a di� cult loss,” Harsin said. “How we come back and how we prepare and our mentality going into this week. I’m excited to see how we respond. Because I think we’ve got guys who are going to respond well and execute.”

Texas has done it before.

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Horns hope to put OU drubbing behind them

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Texas obviously did many things did

wrong against Oklahoma. But maybe the Longhorns’ � rst mistake was made before the game even started when the

team did a walkthrough at the Cotton Bowl the Friday before the game.

“We thought so many young players had never been the Cot-ton Bowl that we should walk through and let them see it,” said head coach Mack Brown. “It’s

probably something we’ll never do again.

Texas lost � ve of their last seven games a� er falling to

Oklahoma last season. One of those two wins was a 20-13 triumph in Lincoln, Neb., over No. 5 Nebraska the contest immediately following the Red River Rivalry, but it didn’t keep the Longhorns from going down a slippery slope. � is year’s Texas team seemed on the right track toward redeeming itself from last season’s 5-7 debacle but took a

step backward at the Cotton Bowl last Saturday. Now, the Longhorns need to bounce back.

“� e loss Saturday doesn’t discourage me at all,” said senior linebacker Keenan Robinson. “I feel like we’re still the same team we’ve been all season. We played four great games before this.”

Oklahoma State, who has played � ve great games so far this year, travels to Austin this weekend. � e Cowboys, led by 28-year-old quarterback Bran-don Weeden, have one of the most explosive o� enses in the nation. A� er giving up more than 300 yards and three touchdowns to Oklahoma’s Lan-dry Jones in the � rst half last weekend, Texas is faced with the tough task of slowing down the nation’s second-most productive o� ense, led by a gunslinger seven weeks older than Super Bowl winner Aaron Rodgers.

“We made OU one-dimensional but we didn’t make them pay because we didn’t stop the pass and get o� the � eld on third down,” Robinson said.

Robinson is a senior but is playing on a young team with freshmen con-tributing at virtually every position. Many of the Longhorns’ underclass-men either weren’t in a Texas uniform or didn’t play much when Texas col-

lapsed last season. So while Robinson’s solution of limiting Weeden’s short throws is viable, fellow senior, running back Fozzy Whittaker, o� ered another one Monday, saying “senior leader-ship” is the most important thing the Longhorns must have moving for-ward. Robinson agreed.

“I have to make sure that, as a senior leader and someone that’s supposed to lead by example, I do the little things right,” Robinson said. “I have to make sure I play at the highest level because everyone is going to follow a� er me. If they see me take a play o� , they’re go-ing to think it’s ok to take a play o� .”

Many of Texas’ youngsters are play-ing on two of the most important spots on the � eld — behind center and in the secondary. � ose crucial posi-tions also require a short memory, which will come in handy a� er a game like the one David Ash, Case McCoy and the Longhorns secondary had against Oklahoma.

“It’s not all on the quarterbacks, it’s not all on any one position,” said co-of-fensive coordinator Bryan Harsin. “� e � rst thing you go back and look at is the turnovers. � at’s the number one thing we focus on.”

One adjustment Texas will be look-

ing to make against Oklahoma State is getting their two fast-est players the ball more o� en. Junior wide receiver Marquise Goodwin did not catch any passes against the Sooners while D.J. Mon-roe had 53 all-purpose yards on just � ve touches.

“We’ve got to get it in [Marquise’s] hands more,” Brown said. “And we’re really impressed with what D.J. [Mon-roe’s] done. For the � rst time, in my estimation, he is playing really, really well. ”

A� er last year’s Red River Rivalry, Texas’ season began to snowball, de-spite the big win over Nebraska. But there are many things about this year’s squad that will keep recent history from itself. � is season’s Longhorns are younger and more talented but still have upperclassmen with a fresh memory of the program’s � rst los-ing season since 1997 and a height-ened sense of urgency to prevent a similar letdown.

“Everyone responds to di� cult days di� erently,” Brown said. “Last year, I got depressed. I’m not going to do that this year. � ey’re going to take my lead and be positive.”

Mack Brown knows how to get the Long-horns to forget about the Oklahoma game and move on.

He’s never lost a game following the Red River Rivalry in his 13-plus years at Texas. Brown said he learned early on the dif-� culties of coaching before and a� er the OU game.

So what’s his secret?“We’ve made a real conscious e� ort to not

talk about that game the week before, but to put it to bed really quickly, win or lose, immediately a� erwards.” Brown said. “Its such an emotional game and it means so much to everybody that it can linger.”

� e Longhorns have been in this posi-tion before: coming o� a loss to OU and preparing for a top-10 opponent. Last year, Texas upset No. 5 Nebraska on the road a� er a 28-20 loss to the Sooners.

Now, senior tailback Fozzy Whittaker says the Longhorns are looking forward to another tough matchup against No. 6 Oklahoma State.

“We’ll be ready to answer the bell,” he said.

Keenan Robinson believes Texas will be able to pull o� another upset this year, just like in 2010. � e senior linebacker

says this group of young Longhorns is ready to turn the page and get back to the success that followed them before a disap-pointing trip to the Cotton Bowl.

“� e loss doesn’t discourage me at all,” Robinson said. “We’re still the same team we’ve been all season. We played four great games. We just have to focus on the little things. We’ll be � ne.”

� e Longhorns pouted a� er losses a sea-son ago and would let one loss beat them twice. But Brown maintains that Texas is a changed team and that his players won’t make the same mistake twice.

“� is team’s got a lot of pride,” he said. “Es-pecially a� er last year. � ey’re not to let what happened last year happen again. � ey’re going to � ght every week and make sure we don’t get the down games we had last year.”

Senior linebacker Emmanuel Acho saw that happen one too many times in 2010. But the Longhorns are a year older and a more mature team than that 5-7 out� t. He says Texas will get the mistakes that plagued them a week ago against OU � xed — and quickly.

While the Longhorns don’t want the re-sults o� last week’s debacle to carry over, they think there’s room to learn from their mis-

takes and take those lessons forward. Acho expects to see growth in the green

Texas secondary this week a� er a tough matchup in OU game — one that’s typically an eye-opener for the younger players.

“It grows you up quickly and it helps you mature,” Acho said. “I think that’s what they’ll do.”

Sophomore cornerback Carrington Byn-dom is one of a handful of � rst-year starters in the back end who got a � rst-hand look at a high-powered o� ense in the Sooners last week. � ey’ll face a similar opponent in OSU.

� e Cowboys have an all-American wide receiver in Justin Blackmon and a Heisman Trophy candidate in quarterback Brandon Weeden.

� e Sooners torched the Texas secondary for 347 yards passing and three touchdowns. But Byndom and company views it as part of the learning curve for this inexperienced defensive back� eld.

“We can de� nitely learn from what hap-pened,” Byndom said. “It’s just an experi-ence you have to go through. Sometimes you have to experience things to learn from them.”

Brown said he spoke with his team this week about his 2003 team that lost to OU, 65-13. � at was a similar game to the Long-horns’ 55-17 loss this season. Texas turned the ball over at least � ve times in each game and had a freshman quarterback throw mul-tiple interceptions. But the coach reminded his squad that the ’03 team ran the table in the regular season a� er the OU game and � nished 10-3.

It’s part of the positive mentality Brown is trying to create in the locker room.

“It’s my job to pick them up,” he said. “I’m not going to let them get down because it ob-viously didn’t work last year.”

Brown’s been around long enough to know the ins and outs of coaching a� er the Red River Rivalry. But his sta� fea-tures six coaches in their � rst-year with the Longhorns.

Bryan Harsin got his � rst taste of OU weekend, and the co-o� ensive coordinator is looking forward to the Longhorns’ response on Saturday.

“� is is a great opportunity to see where we are a� er a di� cult loss,” Harsin said. “How we come back and how we prepare and our mentality going into this week. I’m excited to see how we respond. Because I think we’ve got guys who are going to respond well and execute.”

Texas has done it before.

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By Christian CoronaDaily Texan Sta�

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Mack Brown to put perfectpost-rivalry record to test

Horns hope to put OU drubbing behind them

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14 players to watch

� e Texas secondary cannot catch a break.

Last week they went up against one of the best trios of receiv-ers in the country, Ryan Broyles, Kenny Stills and Jaz Reynolds of Oklahoma. Now the defense gets the pleasure of going up against the talented receiver in college, and a projected top-� ve pick in the NFL dra� this year, Justin Blackmon.

Blackmon is a physical speci-men at wide out. His 6-foot-1, 211-pounds frame is strong enough to outmuscle any corner he comes up against, and it is athletic enough to out-jump ev-ery corner in FBS.

But what really separates him from the other receivers the col-lege game is his elite ability to run the ball a� er the catch. When he brings down the ball he im-mediately turns into a running back and an elusive one at that. He makes cuts in tight spaces and is strong enough to shrug o� any corner or safety that tries to make an arm tackle.

But it’s not only the people in the secondary that respect Black-mon’s ability. Other receivers, such as Texas freshman Jaxon Shipley, do too.

“He’s incredible,” Shipley said. “He

is one of those guys who is a ball hawk. He is going to go up and get the ball. I have watched him for the last cou-ple of years. He’s one of those truly great receivers.”

Shipley has watched him from home the last couple of seasons in high school, but the Texas secondary has seen him up close and personal the last two years and not with good results.

In 2009, in Blackmon’s fresh-man year, Texas did a decent job of controlling his playmaking ability, holding him to only 38 yards and a touchdown. � en, in his sophomore campaign, he made the Texas defense look silly going for 145 yards and a score. Perhaps even more impressively, he did that against former Texas cornerback Aaron Williams, who was an early second-round pick in the 2010 dra� .

“He’s as good as I’ve ever seen because he’s so physical,” said head coach Mack Brown. “Last year, Aaron Williams plays the fade as well as it can be played, and he reaches above him and catch-es the ball with his big, strong body and hands and just runs o� and leaves him for about a 60, 70-yard touchdown.”

Williams wasn’t the only cor-ner that Blackmon dismantled in his sophomore campaign, he did

14 players to watch


— By Wes Maulsby | Daily Texan StaffPLAYERSTOWATCH

With so much attention being paid to the Oklahoma State passing attack, Randle has quietly put together a good season having rushed for almost 500 yards so far. His 484 yards this season is already higher than his entire season total last year at 452. After rushing for 378 yards in the first three games, he has been held to 106 in his last two, including just 23 against Kansas. He may be the most important “X-factor” in the game this weekend. With the Texas defense preoccupied with stopping the high-powered Cowboy’s passing attack, he could take advantage of the lack of attention to get some yards on the ground against the Longhorns.

Joseph Randle, Sophomore RB

After tossing the pigskin 367 yards in the air last week, the Texas pass defense doesn’t catch a break this week with Weeden coming to Austin. The 28-year-old senior has experience to spare and enough arm strength to make every p a s s seem like a casual flick. He threw for a season-low 288 yards against Kansas on 24 of 28 passing. He threw five touchdown passes against the Jayhawks and has 15 on the season. He does have six interceptions this year, but all of those came in the first three games of the season, with half of them coming in game one against Louisiana-Lafayette. Last year, he had one of his three 400-plus yard games against Texas, passing for 409 in Austin.

Brandon Weeden, Senior QB

The Cowboy’s have began to form a bit of a reputation for producing NFL talent at receiver. Following Dez Bryant,

Blackmon won the Biletnikoff award last year as a redshirt junior. Along with being named the best receiver in the country,

he was a unanimous all-American and received Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors. He lit up Texas last season, catching 145

yards on just nine receptions, including a 67-yard catch and run in second quarter. He had at least 100 receiving yards in 12 games last

year and has three so far this year. Against the young Texas corners, he has a chance to have a big game on Saturday.

Justin Blackmon, Junior WR

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Receiver Blackmonadds NFL-level talent to Cowboy’s o� ense

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Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon, left, avoids a tackle. Blackmon is especially good at racking up yards after the catch.

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yards and a touchdown. � en, in his sophomore campaign, he made the Texas defense look silly going for 145 yards and a score. Perhaps even more impressively, he did that against former Texas cornerback Aaron Williams, who was an early second-round pick

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is one of those guys who is a ball hawk. He is going to go up and get the ball. I have watched him for the last cou-ple of years. He’s one of those truly great receivers.”

Shipley has watched him from home the last couple of seasons in high school, but the Texas secondary has seen him up close and personal the last two years and not with good results.

In 2009, in Blackmon’s fresh-man year, Texas did a decent job of controlling his playmaking ability, holding him to only 38 yards and a touchdown. � en, in his sophomore campaign, he made the Texas defense look silly going for 145 yards and a score. Perhaps even more impressively, he did that against former Texas cornerback Aaron Williams, who was an early second-round pick in the 2010 dra� .

“He’s as good as I’ve ever seen because he’s so physical,” said head coach Mack Brown. “Last year, Aaron Williams plays the fade as well as it can be played, and he reaches above him and catch-es the ball with his big, strong body and hands and just runs o� and leaves him for about a 60, 70-yard touchdown.”

Williams wasn’t the only cor-ner that Blackmon dismantled in his sophomore campaign, he did

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BLACKMON continues from PAGE 14it to every school and secondary he came against. Blackmon went for more than 100 yards in all 12 games he played on his way to a 1,782-yard season and a Bliet-niko� award for being the best receiver in college football.

Blackmon hasn’t slowed down much o� of last season’s pace in 2011 either, he’s already caught 534 yards and six touchdowns this year, while routinely seeing double teams.

Blackmon is also key to their o� ense in other ways besides his outstanding catching skills. He gives defensive coordinators � ts because he mandates more than one player to cover him at all times, which frees up the other receivers for one-on-one cover-

age and will usually keep eight men out of the box to help the running game.

� e threat of Blackmon is constant, and the Cowboys have used it to their fullest advantage on o� ense. � e attention paid to him is one of the main reasons the Cowboys have the No. 1 of-fense in the country, averaging 51.4 points a game.

Texas will certainly pay plen-ty of attention to him when the Cowboys head into Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday a� ernoon. � ey might even have a corner and a safety meet him when he gets o� the plane on Friday, so they don’t lose track of him at all in Austin.

man year, Texas did a decent job of controlling his playmaking ability, holding him to only 38 yards and a touchdown. � en,

“He’s as good as I’ve ever seen because he’s so physical,” said head coach Mack Brown. “Last year, Aaron Williams plays the fade as well as it can be played, and

es the ball with his big, strong body and hands and just runs o�

man year, Texas did a decent job of controlling his playmaking ability, holding him to only 38 yards and a touchdown. � en,

“He’s as good as I’ve ever seen because he’s so physical,” said head coach Mack Brown. “Last year, Aaron Williams plays the fade as well as it can be played, and

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Oklahoma StateCenter Grant Garner, a Rim-

ington Award nominee, sat out last week’s game against Kansas with a sprained knee. Freshman running back linebacker Tyler Johnson also made his season debut a� er su� ering a knee in-jury in preseason camp. Johnson recorded seven tackles, with two going for losses.

OklahomaWith his nine catches for 122

yards last week, wide receiver Ryan Broyles became the 12th player in NCAA history and the second in Big 12 history to reach 4,000 yards receiving. He is only four receptions from breaking the NCAA record of 316 set by Taylor Stubble� eld of Purdue in 2004. Defensive ends Frank Alexander and Ronnell Lew-is have been added to the watch list for the 2011 Bednarik award, pre-sented annually to the top defensive player in college football.

MissouriLinebacker Will Ebner missed

his fourth-straight game last week with a high ankle sprain. One half of the Tigers’ injured running back duo returned last week when Ken-dial Lawrence carried the ball six times for � ve yards in his � rst game back since breaking his � bula. � e other injured back, De’Vion Moore (high ankle sprain), traveled and dressed for the game but did not see any action.

Kansas StateRunning back Bryce Brown has

been absent from all team func-tions for the past three weeks and uncon� rmed reports speculate that the Tennessee transfer will leave Kansas State and declare for the NFL Dra� .

TexasTight end Blaine Irby caught his

� rst pass since injuring his knee in a game against Rice in 2008. � e Texas defense still has not allowed an opponent to score a � rst-quarter touchdown through � ve games. Running back Fozzy Whittaker tied a UT school record with his 100-yard kicko� return last week. Johnny “Lam” Jones was the � rst to do it in 1978 against SMU.

Iowa StateRunning back Shontrelle Johnson

did not play against Baylor because of a neck injury and will likely miss this week’s game against Missouri. Redshirt sophomore James White � lled in for Johnson by rushing for 148 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries in his � rst career start last week. Linebacker Jake Knott dis-located his shoulder twice against Baylor and was in a sling earlier this week but is still expected to play this week.

KansasSafety Keeston Terry le� with

an undisclosed injury in the � rst quarter of last week’s game against Oklahoma State and did not return. Running back Brandon Bourbon su� ered a concussion in the second quarter a� er he was tackled on a kicko� return.

Texas TechJunior running back Eric Ste-

phens injured his le� knee late in the third quarter last week against Texas A&M and could miss at least one game. Senior kicker Donnie Carona tied a Texas Tech school record with four � eld goals against the Aggies. Carona connected twice from 49 yards, once from 30 and again from 27 yards out.

BaylorWith his 22 completions last

week, quarterback Robert Gri� n III became the all-time leader in pass attempts at Baylor. � e junior from Copperas Cove now owns 43 school records and is the career leader in 16 categories. Senior wide receiver Kendall Wright moved in to a tie for second on Baylor’s sin-gle-season touchdown reception list when he grabbed his eighth touch-down last week.

Texas A&MWide receiver Je� Fuller was

knocked out of last week’ game against Texas Tech with a concus-sion. Defensive end Brandon Alex-ander also le� the game with a dis-located elbow. � e Aggies received a commitment from the recruiting class of 2012 this week with the sign-ing of junior college running back Marion Grice from Blinn College.

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Michigan won their � rst � ve games last season in convincing fashion, but then the Wolverines ran into in-state rival Michi-gan State and fell 34-17, sending them into a second-half spiral to � nish the season 7-6. � is year Michigan has an opportunity to rec-oncile last year’s woes, putting its 6-0 record on the line, against the Spartans. Michigan is an explosive team that averages 38 points a game. Its o� ense is powered by a dynamic quarterback, Denard Robinson. Robinson is a signal caller with a solid passing ability and a sprinter’s speed and a runner’s mentality that has made defenses look silly all year. Robin-son is a clear cut Heisman candidate early on this season, and the Spartans will have a tough time containing him. However, if there is a defense that is equipped to do so it would be Michigan State’s third-ranked squad who only allow 10.2 points a game. � e Spartans would love to do nothing more than knock o� their rival for the second season in a row and derail the Wolverines’ title hopes.

� is game features two of the best and quickest scoring teams in the country. Baylor averages 47.6 points a game, while the Aggies boast a pass-happy o� ense that puts up 39 points a contest. � e Bears have had a breakout season and have only lost one game so far, falling to Kansas State by a single point. Baylor’s resurgence can be attributed to their human highlight reel of a quarterback, Robert Gri� n III. Gri� n has video game like numbers this season passing for 1520 yards, 19 touchdowns and only one interception through � ve games. � e Aggies will have a hard time stopping Robinson if their defense numbers for the year are any indication, as they give up 26.8 points a game and were torched by the top o� ense’s they have faced this year. Arkansas put up 42 points, Oklahoma State 30 and even Texas Tech scored 40 against a weak A&M defense. But the Aggies do put up points fast and furiously, so expect a high-� ying passing attack from both sides .

A� er Oregon’s season-opening loss to LSU, the national runners up have quietly went about their business of winning foot-ball games, looking to win a second-straight Pac-12 crown. However, the competition that the Ducks have faced has been subpar at best, which could be why they are averag-ing 56 points a game in the last four games a� er their loss against the Tigers. However, this week they come up against a resilient and senior laden Arizona State squad that is looking toward a conference title of their own. � e Sun Devils have had an impressive early season run so far, notching wins against quality teams such as Missouri, USC and Utah thus far. However, the test against the Ducks is a whole new level of di� culty for Arizona State, as they face a team that aver-ages 539.6 yards a game. � e Ducks are also riding an 18-game, home-win streak, so the odds are stacked against the Sun Devils. If they could come away with a victory though it could mean BCS in Arizona.

Florida just cannot seem to catch a break. Two weeks ago they ran into No. 2 Alabama who dominated the Gators 38-10. � en they met up with the No. 1 team in the country, LSU, who laid the wood on them as well 41-11. Now the Gators � nish up quite possibly the toughest three-game stretch in the coun-try, against the defending national champions Auburn. � e Tigers only have six returning starters from the aforementioned national title team. However, they are still a talented group despite their youth and present a challenge for any opponent. � e Tigers are a run-� rst of-fense, and that attack is spearheaded by sopho-more Michael Dyer, who has 679 yards and eight touchdowns so far, while eating up a ton of possession time, carrying the ball 21 times a game. Florida will have a tough task though, as they have a freshman Jacoby Brissett under center a� er their starter John Brantley was in-jured against the Crimson Tide. Brissett strug-gled in the LSU contest throwing for only 94 yards, while adding two interceptions.

KEYS TO THE GAMEBy Wes Maulsby

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Home � eld disadvantageUnder Mack Brown, Texas is 12-1 against the Cowboys, averag-

ing almost 38 points a game with an average margin of victory of 19 points a game. Texas’ average margin of victory is actually higher on the road than at home in this series. � e Longhorns’ average road margin is 21.5 points, while their home margin is 15.2 points per game. And the only loss for Brown in the series is at home in last year’s 16-33 contest.

Mack Brown has never lost the game following Oklahoma, hav-ing a record of 13-0 in those games. Six of those wins came against ranked opponents. � e average margin of victory in those games is just more than 20 points, but that average drops to 12 against ranked teams. But only twice has Texas faced a team ranked in the top 10 in that week: beating Nebraska 24-20 in 1999 and beating the Huskers again in 2009, 20-17. Under Mack Brown, Texas has faced Oklahoma State immediately a� er Oklahoma one other time, rolling to a 45-17 win against the Cowboys in 2001.

Because of a scheduling quirk that came about with the con-ference shrinking from 12 to 10 teams, Texas will play Oklahoma State at home in consecutive years. � is is the � rst time this has happened since the 1961 and 1960 seasons. Texas played Tech in those games, and won 17-0 in 1960 and 42-14 in 1961. In 1943, Texas lost at home to Southwestern, 7-14. � e next year, Texas won the same game at home 20-0. And you have to go back 90 years for the last time that Texas to the same team at home in consecutive years. In 1921, Texas lost to Vanderbilt, 20-0. � e next year, Texas lost to Vanderbilt again, 20-10.

� ree of Texas’ four-largest comebacks in history have been at the expense of the Cowboys. � e � rst and largest of which came in 2004. Texas trailed 35-7 with 1:21 le� to go in the second quarter. � e Long-horns then reeled o� 49 unanswered points to win the game emphatically, 56-35. It didn’t take long for a repeat performance: the next year, Texas trailed by 19 in the second quarter in Stillwater, but the Long-horns again took advantage of a strong second half to tint he game. Vince Young led Texas to 35 second-half points to down Oklahoma State. Following in Young’s footsteps, Colt McCoy again found a way to dash the hopes and dreams of the Cow-boys by coming back from being down 21 points in the second half. With a little help from Jamaal Charles, Texas scored 24 points in the fourth quarter to keep the Cowboys waiting for their � rst win against Texas since Brown took over.

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Comeback kidsIn the 13 games under Brown, Texas has averaged 480.5 yards

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LaMichael James RB Oregon Week 6 vs. California- 30 carries for 239 yards, 1 TDSeason stats- Rushing: 95 carries for 852 yards (9.0 ypc), 8 TD Receiving: 11 receptions for 159 yards (14.5 ypc), 1 TDIn the past three games, James has rushed for six touch-downs and more than 700 yards. He’s making a serious case for the Heisman but he did dislocate his elbow last week against California. The Ducks will miss James dearly if he’s not able to go this week against Arizona State and the monster that is linebacker Vontaze Burfi ct. James opens up another dimen-sion for the Ducks’ off ense and without him they are very vul-nerable. Something tells me he’ll fi nd a way to play this week; the Ducks need his big-play threat to stretch opposing defenses.

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— By Nick Cremona | Daily Texan Staff

Landry Jones QB OklahomaWeek 6 vs. Texas- 31/50 for 367 yards, 3 TDSeason stats- Passing: 142/205 (69.3%) for 1,814 yards, 13 TD 5 INT Rushing: 8 carries for 3 yards, 2 TDJones put on a clinic at the Cotton Bowl last week, record-ing more than 300 yards passing in the fi rst half against the Longhorns. He never batted an eye at the pressure Texas brought and could have very well had 10 to 15 more completions had he not overthrown his receivers on a few occasion. The Sooners have now beaten two ranked teams this year and have four more scheduled the rest of the way. With the way Jones and Co. have been performing lately, Kansas stands little to no chance of stopping Jones from putting up huge numbers this week.

Andrew Luck QB StanfordWeek 6 vs. Colorado- 26/33 for 370 yards, 3 TD 1 INTSeason stats- Passing: 106/145 (73.1%) for 1,383 yards, 14 TD 2 INT Rushing: 12 carries for 60 yards, 1 TDAnother week, another big game for Luck, and this time he welcomed new Pac-12 member Colorado with a whooping in Palo Alto. Only one ranked team remains on the Cardinal’s sched-ule and that comes in mid-November when Oregon rolls into town. Other than that it should be smooth sailing for Luck and the rest of the team. If he continues to put up even decent numbers he will remain the Heisman front-runner. Analysts, Heisman pundits and NFL general managers all love this guy and project him to perform very well at the next level.

Marcus Lattimore RB South Carolina Week 6 vs. Kentucky- 22 carries for 102 yardsSeason stats- Rushing: 146 carries for 779 yards (5.3 ypc), 9 TD Receiving: 16 recep-tions for 153 yards (9.6 ypc), 1 TDThe Gamecocks rolled to a 54-3 victory last week against Kentucky but Lattimore didn’t see the endzone for the fi rst time since last season’s Chick-fi l-A Bowl. However, he was able to gain more than 100 yards on the ground after being held under the century mark for the past two games. Lattimore will need to fi nd a way to score more touchdowns if he wants to stay in the Heisman race.

ON THE RISEOrwin Smith RB Georgia Tech Week 6 vs. Maryland- 4 carries for 41 yards, 1 TDSeason stats- Rushing: 32 carries for 464 yards (14.5 ypc), 8 TD Receiving: 8 recep-tions for 239 yards (29.9 ypc), 1 TDSmith hasn’t offi cially qualifi ed for any post-season awards — at least not yet. That’s partly because of the fact that he hasn’t received more than nine carries in any game this year. Still, he’s averaging a rush-ing touchdown every four carries and is just one piece of a Yellow Jackets’ ground at-tack that averages more than 360 yards per game running the ball. Clemson and Virginia Tech loom on the Jackets’ schedule, but for now they remain un-defeated, in part thanks to Smith’s out-standing play.

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All ‘Bout Texas Tailgate de� nitely lives up to its name.

� e group started four years ago when graduates from the years 2007-2009 decided they wanted to stay more connected to the Univer-sity. What started as a group of six graduates enjoying themselves in the parking lot across the street from the Bob Bullock Museum has grown to a group of 20 with approximately 200 people coming to the tailgate each week.

“We had just graduated from UT and we wanted to show our support,” said Brenton Riley, a 2008 alumnus and one of the founders of the group. “We were all still living in Austin and we all got jobs here. We wanted to do it as big as we possibly could and have something we could invite all of our family and friends out to and just have a really good time out there for all the home games.”

Riley said some members of group who started the tailgate passed up better job opportunities to stay in Austin.

Before every home game, you can � nd their tents and a huge smoker that says “All Bout Texas” on it. In it,

they usually smoke two or three bris-kets and sausage.

� e smoker has been with the group for six years. It belongs to Ri-ley’s roommate, who has had it since he belonged to Absolute Texxas as a student.

“� e fact that we all graduated and found job opportunities in Aus-tin that kept us here really contrib-uted to the fact that the tailgate is still around,” said Peter Vincent, class of 2009 graduate. “We live and breathe Texas football.”

� e group also has a DJ, a bar and plenty of drinks — especially since Corona and Corona Light sponsor them. � e group’s growth has led to sponsorships and a need for organization.

� e group de� nitely adheres to Mack Brown’s saying “Come early, be loud, stay late.” � ey usually ar-rive at the parking lot at about nine in the morning and set up and be-gin drinking.

“It’s ridiculous getting out there and getting to see thousands of people wearing burnt orange and everybody pulling for Texas and having the best time of their weekend,” Riley said.

In the parking lot where All ‘Bout Texas is located, people tend to mi-grate from tailgate to tailgate. But,

All ‘Bout Texas has a television, so people who don’t have tickets can still enjoy themselves.

In addition to throwing a fun party, the group also gives back to the com-munity. Vincent said that members of the tailgate were all involved in or-ganizations while they were students. Because of this, they knew they want-ed to give back.

� e group works with � e Fed-erico Cuevas Foundation — a nonpro� t charity that supports juvenile diabetes research. � ey donated $500 to the charity last year and hope to double that amount this year. In addition, they

make yearly donations to the Bob Bullock museum.

“Tailgating is one of Texas’ great-est traditions, but also we believe that giving back to the community is one of the things that we believe provided the most value to us while we were on campus,” Vincent said. “� at’s what our tailgate does. We throw great parties for all of our friends and we also donate our prof-its to charity.”

Vincent said having both academic and athletic prestige is something very unique about Texas. A native Hawai-ian, he moved here to go to school at Texas and hasn’t le� .

“I think Texas has a culture of do-ing everything bigger and better than the rest of the nation,” Vincent said. “Not to say that tailgating doesn’t hap-pen anywhere else, but Texas is very proud of its traditions. I believe that tailgating is kind of an extension of your school pride.”

Riley, who went to Dallas last week-end for the Red River Rivalry, said he hasn’t missed that game for the past seven or eight years and he has trav-eled to 10 or 15 games.

“We are about as passionate as it comes, I think,” Riley said. “We like to think we have the best tailgate going in the entire city.”

By Lauren GiudiceDaily Texan Staff

Josh Rachner| RD Photography The All ‘Bout Texas Tailgaters fist pump to some music while enjoying drinks and barbeque. The tailgate, which began in 2008, started with only a few friends, but it quickly grew in to one of the busiest tailgates in town.

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Oklahoma State running back Jeremy Smith, left, celebrates his touchdown

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Somewhere above the Red River, lives a top-10 team, one with a Heis-man contender at quarterback, the nation’s most dangerous receiver and an o� ense that moves so fast it —

OK, I’ll save you from the whole “Ha! Made you think it’s Oklahoma and then it turns out to be Oklahoma State!!” thing because the Cowboys are clearly the focal point of this issue.

So let’s get right to it with this ques-tion: How did we get here? How is OSU better than Texas?

Luck’s a good place to start with it. Its quarterback, Brandon Weeden, joined the program as a walk-on a� er spending time in the New York Yan-

kees’ minor league organization. Its best receiver and Biletniko� recipient, Justin Blackmon, was considered the 91st-best wide receiver coming out of high school.

Nintey-� rst. Wow. So it’s luck for the Cowboys that some of their biggest starts are bypassed by the bigger programs — Texas didn’t o� er Dez Bryant — and head to Stillwater instead.

But luck’s only so much of it. OSU and head coach Mike Gundy have proven very successful at developing major talent. Far better at it, I must say, than Texas. Here, we tend to spend the season asking, “What hap-pened to that guy?”

� ere, at OSU, they wonder, “Where did we get this guy?”

� e Cowboys have churned out NFL running backs, guys like Tatum

Bell and Kendall Hunter. � ey’ve had a ton of talent at the wide receiver po-sition, with Bryant and Adarius Bow-man and Rashaaan Woods and now Blackmon. Former tight end Bran-don Pettigrew is now starting with the Lions.

Has OSU produced better talent than the Longhorns? Historically, no But now, there’s better talent in the orange and black than there is in the orange and white.

� e ‘Pokes will win Saturday, even though there’s no way Texas will play as poorly on o� ense as it did against the Sooners. I’m not sure the defense will be able to contain the Cowboys’ high-speed, high-skill passing attack, a Heisman contender at quarterback, the nation’s most dangerous receiver and an o� ense that moves so fast it just might be faster than Oklahoma.

Cowboys rise to top dog with luck and coachingBy Trey ScottDaily Texan Columnist

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Wildcats head coach Mike Stoops was fired Monday after eight years with the team. Athletic direc-tor Greg Byrne made the move to fire Stoops after a 1-5 start to the season.

“I was concerned about the di-rection of the program and where we were going and felt that needed to be addressed,” Byrne said. “We felt this would give everybody a fresh start for the remainder of the season.”

Stoops led the Wildcats to three-straight bowl games after a de-cade of mediocrity, but that wasn’t enough to keep him around. His overall record at Arizona was 41-50, including 27-38 in conference games. Defensive coordinator Tim Kish will serve as interim head coach for the remainder of the sea-son while the school searches for a new coach.

South Carolina dismisses

former starting QB Garcia Senior quarterback Stephen

Garcia was dismissed from the team earlier this week after failing to meet the guidelines put in place after his fifth suspension this past spring. His dismissal results from testing positive for both alcohol and marijuana.

“Being a student-athlete at the University of South Carolina is a privilege, not a right,” said athletic director Eric Hyman. “And we re-mind all of our student-athletes that there are consequences for their ac-tions. For Stephen to return to and remain with the football squad this fall, we agreed on several estab-lished guidelines. Unfortunately, he has not been able to abide by those guidelines and has therefore forfeited his position on the roster. We wish him the best of luck as he moves forward in life.”

Utah QB out for season, needs shoulder surgery

Junior quarterback Jordan Wynn will undergo surgery on his left shoulder within the next 10 days and will miss the remainder of the season. It is the second-straight season that Wynn will have season-

ending surgery.“Obviously, this is disappoint-

ing news for Jordan and the en-tire team,” said Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham. “The good news is that he is eligible for a redshirt season.”

Junior transfer Jon Hays now permanently moves in to the start-ing role as the Utes’ quarterback. Hays made his first collegiate start last week against Arizona State and threw three interceptions and one touchdown.

Jared Crick done for year after suffering muscle tear

All-American defensive tackle Jared Crick has a torn pectoral muscle and will miss the remain-der of the season for the Corn Huskers. The senior had been pro-jected as a first-round NFL pick, and was ranked as high as 18 on Mel Kiper Jr.’s most recent 2012 Big Board.

“I feel extremely bad for Jared,” said head coach Bo Pelini. “Jared has a bright future in front of him on the field at the professional level. I know he will bounce back from this and become a stronger player and person.”

With 20 career sacks, he ranks eighth on Nebraska’s all-time sack list. He also totaled 35 tackles for a loss in his career.

No major violations found

in Newton recruiting caseThe NCAA has said that they

have not found any major viola-tions committed by Auburn re-garding former quarterback Cam Newton or other play-for-pay al-legations. The NCAA released a statement earlier this week stating that the 13-month investigation had been closed. Auburn was also cleared by the NCAA of allegations pertaining to four former play-ers that received payments dur-ing their recruitment or career at the university.

“Any allegations of major rules violations must meet a burden of proof, which is a higher standard than rampant public specula-tion online and in the media,” the NCAA said in a statement.

It also says the investigation could be reopened if evidence surfaces.

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TEXANSTAFFPICKS

Sameer Bhuchar

Trey Scott Austin Laymance

Christian Corona

Nick Cremona

Lauren Giudice

Wes Maulsby

Chris Hummer

Last Week’s Record 82 100 100 82 010 73 82 73

Overall Record 3515 3812 3911 4010 2723 3317 3614 3713

No. 6 Oklahoma State at No. 22

TexasTEXAS TEXAS OKLAHOMA

STATE TEXAS OKLAHOMA STATE

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No. 11 Michigan at No. 23 Michigan

StateMICHIGAN MICHIGAN MICHIGAN MICHIGAN MICHIGAN

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No. 18 Arizona State at No. 9

OregonOREGON OREGON OREGON OREGON OREGON OREGON OREGON OREGON

No. 17 K.ansas State at Texas Tech TEXAS TECH KANSAS STATE KANSAS STATE KANSAS STATE TEXAS TECH TEXAS TECH TEXAS TECH KANSAS STATE

No. 20 Baylor at No. 21 Texas A&M TEXAS A&M TEXAS A&M BAYLOR BAYLOR BAYLOR TEXAS A&M TEXAS A&M TEXAS A&M

No. 15 South Carolina at Mississippi

StateSOUTH

CAROLINAMISSISSIPPI

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MISSISSIPPI STATE

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No. 8 Clemson at Maryland CLEMSON CLEMSON CLEMSON CLEMSON CLEMSON CLEMSON CLEMSON CLEMSON

No. 13 West Virginia at Syracuse WEST VIRGINIA

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WEST VIRGINIA

WEST VIRGINIA

WEST VIRGINIA

WEST VIRGINIA

Ohio State at No. 16 Illinois OHIO STATE ILLINOIS ILLINOIS ILLINOIS ILLINOIS ILLINOIS ILLINOIS OHIO STATE

East Carolina at Memphis MEMPHIS EAST CAROLINA

EAST CAROLINA

EAST CAROLINA

EAST CAROLINA

EAST CAROLINA

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HOBBIES: “I like singing with UT’s premier co-ed a cappella group, the Ransom Notes. I also enjoy baking as well as rock climbing.”

WHAT HE’LL BE DOING BEFORE THE GAME: “Eating a few breakfast tacos.”

THOUGHTS ON WINNING BY TECHNICALITY: “You know what? A win is a win, and at the end of the day, I’m the one who gets to go see a free movie.”

LASTWEEK’SWINNERSubmit your weekly picks on the Double Coverage site for a chance to be immortalized as a “Fan Pick ‘Em” winner, as well as receive two free movie tickets courtesy of Regal Cinemas. Last week, Eli Perez won the contest off a technicality. His 7-3 record was good, but other

competitors beat him in terms of percentage. Still, Perez gets the win because our other competitors were not eligble for the prize.

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