Texas Longhorns: Keys To The Season, Top Game, Top Transfer, Fun Stats
Texas Longhorns: Key To The 2022 Offense
Be more consistent.
There were times – like in the first half against Oklahoma – when the offense looked and played exactly like was supposed to.
There were other times – like in the second half against Oklahoma – when it looked and played like it couldn’t do anything right.
The attack that was almost perfectly balanced as it hung up 70 on the board against Texas Tech couldn’t throw against a mediocre TCU secondary a week later.
It couldn’t run for stretches even when Bijan Robinson was in the mix, and it hit over 200 yards on the ground in the two games when he was out late in the year.
The passing game couldn’t get to 180 yards in four of the last six games, but threw for 280 against Baylor and rolled against Kansas, and …
You get the idea.
There’s more than enough talent to get off the bus knowing that 400 yards of total offense and 35 points – a consistent 35 points, and not heavy-loaded like last year – are on the way every time out.
Texas Longhorns: Key To The 2022 Defense
Find a pass rush already.
This is inexcusable.
The run defense has to be far better, and there have to be more big plays from the secondary, but it all has to start with a pass rush that didn’t show up for long stretches last season and averaged a pathetic – considering the talent on the front seven – 1.67 sacks per game.
But, to be fair, the pass rush has been an issue for years – it hasn’t been great since the 2016 defense blasted away for 41 sacks.
Failing to get more than one sack in six games isn’t okay. There has to be steadier pressure, even more tackles for loss – that actually wasn’t quite as big a problem – and quarterbacks can’t be so comfortable.
So with that in mind …
Texas Longhorns: Key Player To The 2022 Season
Edge Ovie Oghoufo, Sr.
An okay pass rusher in his three years at Notre Dame, he earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 honors last season making 42 tackles with two sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, and two quarterback hurries in his hybrid role on the outside.
That was great. Now he needs to at least double the pass rushing production.
The defensive line is big and needs to hold up against the run. It’s Oghoufo in the Buck position who has to get to the quarterback after failing to come up with a sack in the last nine games.
Texas Longhorns: Key Transfer
QB Quinn Ewers, Fr.
Arch schmarch. Ewers would be the star quarterback at Ohio State right now if CJ Stroud wasn’t busy possibly being the 2022 Heisman winner and potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
A five-star of five-star talents, don’t totally dismiss the idea that he’s so good that it’s not a forgone conclusion that he’s keeping the seat warm for Arch Manning when he gets into the quarterback room next year.
He has two incredible deep threats in Xavier Worthy to throw to, and he has the best running back in college football in Bijan Robinson to take off all the heat.
All Ewers has to do is be the can’t-miss superstar everyone expects him to become.
Texas Key Game To The 2022 Season
Oklahoma, Oct. 8 (in Dallas)
Texas was 4-1, it was putting the blowout loss to Arkansas in the rearview mirror with a dominant first half in the Red River Showdown against Oklahoma, and then Caleb Williams entered the game and everything changed.
If you pause your TV, you can actually see the moment the Texas season ended once Williams got into the clear on his touchdown run.
The Longhorns lost six straight – including to Kansas – and …
Beat Oklahoma, Texas. It’s a moral imperative.
Texas Longhorns: 2021 Fun Stats
– Time of Possession: Opponents 31:54 – Texas 28:06
– Punt Return Average: Texas 10.1 yards – Opponents 2.9 yards
– Rushing Yards Per Game: Opponents 201.6 – Texas 199.3
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