I continue to be amazed on what the Texas defensive coaching staff sees in Blake Gideon to warrant a starting Safety job.  Chalk up the Rice game as another example on how Gideon has no business in the starting lineup (I'd said this since before the infamous Texas Tech drop).

1.  Rice fluke passing play at end of half - Gideon chooses to cold cock the Rice receiver instead of knock the ball down or go for the interception.  The ball literally went 1-2 feet over his head to the trailing Rice WR for a TD.

2.  Gideon continues to not make any plays on the ball.  0 pass defenses.

3.  Gideon also showed twice that he cannot prevent the ball carrier from not getting any additional yards after contact.  He just piles on for the tackles.

Vaccaro led the team with 8 tackles, 6 solo, and played a great game from the Bench.  Gideon on the other hand had only 6 tackles with 2 solo while playing the entire game.