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Here’s six Texas Longhorns that could be on college football award watch lists for the 2021 season.
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It may be a little too early in the year, but new head coach Steve Sarkisian has been giving Longhorn faithful plenty to be excited about. Continue reading “Six Texas football players that could be on early award watch lists”
In the ongoing tale of the tape series, we preview the wide receivers in the Alamo Bowl. Does Texas Longhorns’ Joshua Moore have the edge?
We have seen the quarterbacks and the running backs, now time to take a look at the wide receivers in this game. For Texas, they will be without Brennan Eagles, who opted out to prepare for the NFL Draft. That puts Joshua Moore under the microscope for the wide receiver tale of the tape for the Valero Alamo Bowl.
Joshua Moore started off on fire to begin the 2020 college football season. After the first two games on the year, Moore led the team with 11 receptions for 200 yards and four touchdowns. That included the game-tying and winning catch against Texas Tech in overtime of the Big 12 opening thriller in Lubbock.
Slot specialist Jake Smith is right behind Moore in terms of production level, Moore leads the team in touchdowns with seven total. Smith is third with three touchdown catches throughout the season.
Continue reading “Alamo Bowl: Wide Receiver Tale of the Tape”
The Texas Longhorns offense was slightly better in some areas in 2020 compared to 2019. There is one area they failed to compare to.
When looking at the Texas Longhorns offense in 2020, it doesn’t appear to be much of a difference between the two teams outside of scoring offense in comparison to 2019. Continue reading “One area the Texas Longhorns need to improve in for 2021”
The Texas Longhorns passing game has fallen off a bit over the last several weeks but do they have the edge over the Iowa State Cyclones?
We have taken a look at the quarterback and running back tale of the tape, now for the wide receivers. The Longhorns’ top guy is Joshua Moore. The redshirt sophomore came out hot to start the year. Over recent weeks his impact has been lessened but he still leads the team in receptions, yards and touchdowns. For the Iowa State Cyclones, they counter with Xavier Hutchinson.
A huge portion of the passing for the Cyclones is a bit different than the Longhorns. While Texas has more receivers making an impact, Iowa State counters with a trio of tight ends with NFL aspirations. They are led by Charlie Kolar. Texas has Brennan Eagles, Jake Smith, Tarik Black, and Jordan Whittington as their secondary options.
So which team has the edge in receiving?
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| Moore | vs | Hutchinson |
| 6-1 | Ht | 6-3 |
| 169 | Wt | 207 |
| RS-Sophomore | Class | Junior |
| 22 | Rec | 41 |
| 343 | Yards | 518 |
| 15.6 | Average | 12.6 |
| 7 | TDs | 4 |
| 23 | Touches | 41 |
| 342 | Yards | 518 |
| Moore | vs | Hutchinson |
| 3.6 | Rec/Game | 4.3 |
| 47.7 | Yards/Game | 73.7 |
| 13.0 | Yards/Rec | 17.0 |
| 1.0 | TDs/Game | 0.7 |
| Brennan Eagles | vs | Charlie Kolar |
| 6-4 | Ht | 6-6 |
| 229 | Wt | 257 |
| Junior | Class | Junior |
| 19 | Rec | 25 |
| 286 | Yards | 286 |
| 15.1 | Avg | 11.4 |
| 5 | TDs | 4 |
The Texas Longhorns may have more touchdown production from their players, the Cyclones get more consistent production overall. The big key is can the Longhorns get the passing game going against Iowa State? They have averaged just 207.7 yards per game through the air in the last three games. Against West Virginia, they totaled just 184 net yards through the air. The Cyclones allow just 229 per game.
The Longhorns defense is actually the worst in the Big 12 in terms of yards per game. They allow 283.1, which is 0.5 yards per game worse than Texas Tech. If Brock Purdy is as efficient as he was against Kansas State, it could be a long afternoon for the passing defense.
The extra time off was crucial for a few Texas players that were dealing with nagging injuries.
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Texas head coach Tom Herman provided an injury update for several key players during his media availability on Monday. Continue reading “Texas HC Tom Herman provides injury update ahead of Iowa State”
The extra time off was crucial for a few Texas players that were dealing with nagging injuries.
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Texas head coach Tom Herman provided an injury update for several key players during his media availability on Monday. Continue reading “Texas HC Tom Herman provides injury update ahead of Iowa State”
Two players joined the injury report during Texas’ third scheduled bye week.
Texas unfortunately added players to their injury report during their third scheduled bye week. Continue reading “Texas HC Tom Herman provides injury update on several key players”
Entering into the final three weeks of the Big 12 Conference’s season we hand out disappointments, surprises and the title game prediction.
With the final three weeks in the Big 12 Conference underway, we are looking at surprises, disappointments and the title game. Continue reading “Big 12 Conference surprises, disappointments and title prediction”
Tom Herman provided an injury update after the win against West Virginia. Going into a bye week, the Longhorns will have time to heal up.
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Texas scraped by West Virginia on Saturday and will now enter its third bye week of the season. The week off could not be coming at a better time for the Longhorns, as their final three games are going to be the most important stretch in Tom Herman’s tenure.
Luckily, Texas will be dealing with very few injuries before playing Kansas on Nov. 21. Starting with defensive tackle Keondre Coburn who suffered an injury during the first quarter of the West Virginia game.
Herman says Coburn’s has “pretty mild high ankle sprain” and will be in a walking boot for a couple more days. The redshirt sophomore has recorded 17 tackles this season, 2.0 which were for a loss.
The Longhorns’ wide receiver group could get a big boost as Joshua Moore and Jordan Whittington are expected to play against Kansas. Both could return to practice as soon as Sunday.
Moore is currently in a sling after spraining his shoulder on Saturday. He is the team’s leading receiver in catches, yards, and touchdowns.
As for Whittington, the true freshman has not played since the Red River Shootout. He had ten receptions and 65 yards in the loss to Oklahoma.
Finally, there were reports that punter Ryan Bujcevski had torn his ACL and would be out for the season. Herman confirmed those reports and said Cameron Dicker will take over the punting duties for the rest of the season.
Bujcevski was “literally just running down there to be a safety on the punt coverage team and planted wrong on the turf. Knee buckled on him.”
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The ultimate game preview for the Texas Longhorns-West Virginia Mountaineers matchup that kicks off Saturday at 11:00 CST.
[After losing two games in a row, the Texas Longhorns followed that up with a win over Baylor and the upset win over Oklahoma State. After jumping back into the Big 12 Conference race, the Longhorns face off with West Virginia at home. This game will feature The top scoring offense in the Big 12 against the No. 2 scoring defense in the conference.
Texas head coach Tom Herman is trying to follow up a huge win with another win as they try to march back to the Big 12 Championship. They are currently tied with the Oklahoma Sooners and WVU for fourth in the conference. Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Kansas State all ahead of them. Which could all change this weekend.
As far as the West Virginia Mountaineers are concerned, we break down the full matchup in the ultimate game preview.
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