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Texas Longhorns vs. West Virginia: Confidence level and staff predictions

Longhorns Wire staff members express their confidence level ahead of Texas’ critical matchup with West Virginia on Saturday.

Texas is looking to win their third consecutive game when they host the West Virginia Mountaineers on Nov. 7.

The Longhorns are 2-1 overall at home this season with the lone loss to Texas Christian in early October. Texas has shown that they can compete with the top teams in the country, but they’ve also succumbed to the play of lesser opponents.

There are just as many question marks off of the field as there are on it. Which team will show up on Saturday to remain in the Big 12 title race?

Confidence 1-10?

Patrick Conn, Staff Editor

This is a tough one to nail down. Just when you think you have this team pegged, they fall back. When they began the season with a 2-0 record, many thought that the Longhorns were on the rise after a disappointing 2019 season. This year has been extremely inconsistent. Win two, lose two, win two. Are they about to lose two more? Let’s hope they can figure it out against the best total defense in the Big 12 Conference.

Confidence Level: 3

Cami Griffin, Senior Staff Contributor

I chose a confidence level of 5 here because I truly feel as if this game can go either way. West Virginia has a solid defense — the best overall defensive unit in the conference — but Texas also deploys the highest scoring offense. If it weren’t for Texas’ recent inconsistency issues, i’d have this score as high as an 8 here. However, you truly cannot predict a team led by head coach Tom Herman anymore.

Confidence Level: 5

Griffin McVeigh, Staff Contributor

It has been a long time since Tom Herman has had the ability to put quality back-to-back games together in one season. Last week’s win over Oklahoma State was great and could be seen as a momentum boost for the rest of the season. West Virginia has had their up and downs as well. Nobody knows which team will show up on either side. I am banking on Texas since they are at home in this one.

Confidence Level: 6

The fans haven’t been overly confident either. According to a recent Twitter poll, the fanbase had no idea whether or not to trust Herman’s team against West Virginia.

Polling the nation: Confidence in Texas beating WVU

— Patrick (@PatSportsGuy) November 4, 2020

View the staff predictions on the next page.

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Three defensive key players for the Texas Longhorns on Saturday

For the Texas Longhorns to stay on track to challenge for a Big 12 Championship, they will need these defenders to guide them Saturday.

A week ago in a hostile environment, the Longhorns defense rose to the occasion. They faced one of the top teams in the country with a three-headed monster on the offensive side of the ball. Chuba Hubbard, Spencer Sanders and Tylan Wallace were ready for their biggest challenge on the year with Texas coming to town. It didn’t go their way.

Wallace was able to do what he wanted against the Longhorns secondary, every one of his 11 catches went for either a first down or touchdown. Texas and Chris Ash didn’t provide much help on the backend as they focused on slowing down Hubbard and the rushing attack. It worked as they allowed only 2.5 yards per rushing attempt with zero rushing touchdowns.

They need to be geared up for this game against West Virginia and Leddie Brown. He is another Big 12 running back that can fill out a stat sheet. Last week against Kansas State they rushed for over 200 yards between their two explosive backs. If the Longhorns are able to slow them down, it will likely be due to three players on defense as the keys.

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Texas Longhorns vs West Virginia Mountaineers: Three areas of concern

No matter how hot UT is, there are always problems that can be fixed. Here are three areas of concern going into Texas vs West Virginia.

Coming off a win against Oklahoma State, Texas will return home to play host to West Virginia. The Mountaineers themselves had a massive win, defeating Kansas State by 27.

No matter how hot the Longhorns are, there are going to be areas of concern. West Virginia currently holds one of the best defenses in the country, holding opponents 19.8 points per game. In their four wins, Mountaineer opponents have only scored 14.5 points.

For Texas offensively, the numbers have been there but it has not always looked the best. Sam Ehligner does not look like his normal self throughout the course of the game. Offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich needs to do a better job spicing up his play calling.

Here are three areas of concern going into Saturday’s matchup with West Virginia for Texas:

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Texas vs. West Virginia: Who are the experts predicting to win?

Texas is coming off of a monster win at Oklahoma State, but they’re now preparing to face one of the best defensive units in the country.

To realistically have a chance to compete for the Big 12 title, Texas must win the final four games on their schedule. Continue reading “Texas vs. West Virginia: Who are the experts predicting to win?”

Updated BetMGM Odds: Line moving in favor of West Virginia

After opening as 7.5 point favorites, the spread has dropped one point per BetMGM. UT is now only favored by 6.5 against the Mountaineers.

After opening as 7.5 point favorites on Monday, the spread has dropped one point per BetMGM. Texas is now only favored by 6.5, meaning they can cover the spread by beating West Virginia by a touchdown.

This will mark the fourth occasion the Longhorns will going into the game as the favorite. Texas is 1-3-1 against the spread this season, only covering against UTEP in the season opener.

A win would be the Longhorns’ first Big 12 three-game winning streak since Nov. 2018 against Texas Tech, Iowa State, and Kansas. Tom Herman will once again be coaching to maintain his job for the rest of the season. A loss would be the second at home.

For West Virginia, they have gone on the road twice this year and lost both matchups. The first came against Oklahoma State, losing by two scores. On Oct. 24, the Mountaineers had a shocking loss in Lubbock, dropping one against Texas Tech.

It should be a fun one with the best scoring defense in the Big 12 coming to visit the best scoring offense in the Big 12.

Line: Texas (-6.5)

O/U: 55.5

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Texas Football: Offensive line will be tested against the Stills brothers

The Texas Longhorns offensive line will be tested on Saturday against the West Virginia Mountaineers defensive front and the Stills brothers

The Texas Longhorns just faced the No. 1 scoring defense in the Big 12 Conference on Saturday. On deck this week is No. 2, it doesn’t much easier for this one. Continue reading “Texas Football: Offensive line will be tested against the Stills brothers”

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