Seriously. What is the plan?  Maybe I should say, "What was the plan?", since we won't have to play them again this year.  How does the Texas coaching staff go about beating Leach? How did Stoops do it last year?  What is the actual list of things that you have to do to beat that wild passing attack?

Do you:

1. Limit Yards After Catch?

2. Put up so many points on them that it doesn't matter?

3. Constant blitz or no blitz?

4. Zone or man to man?

5. All the above?

I've been looking at Leach's offense for years and it still looks sandlot to me. When I was a kid playing in the vacant lot we had one play.  It was called Everybody Go Deep.  Leach's version is similar. He has two plays.  The main play (90% of the time) is four wideouts with options to go left, right, short, or deep. There's one back next to a shotgun QB. The RB is there for the flat outlet and the occasional draw (which is the only other play in the playbook).   So, if it is so simple, how come its so hard to defend?  And how come its so hard to pressure the QB?  Is it because he gets rid of the ball so quick? Wouldn't a quick pass lead to frequent mistakes like drops and interceptions?  And if he passes so quick you'd think the DBs would only have to cover for a short time.  And what about those OLinemen?  Where does he get them? I don't remember any of them being considered great coming out of high school and almost none have gone on to have big pro careers.  How come TTech has such a low sack to attempts ratio?  You'd think throwing 60 times a game in a hurry would produce proportionately more sacks and mistakes. But no.  Even with all that passing frenzy Mack has managed to beat TTech almost every year. When we had Benson and Roy we just stuffed 'em. Major, Vince, and now Colt put up so many points and time of possesion that Tech couldn't compete. Chance Mock bailed us out one time, but usually it has been pretty comfortable.  So does it just boil down to a sheer talent edge? Or is it The Plan?

So, back to my question:  What do Mack, GD, and Muschamp talk about when game planning for TTech?

Granted, we all want The Texas Longhorns to win every game, but, since we can't get ALL the players, which team would you prefer to be second best?

Watching Texas play TTech the other day, my buddy asked how TTech got so good since the mid-90's and did that have anything to do with the Aggies and Bears (and Cougars!) dropping off to a degree. That got us talking about the relative strengths and our relative hatreds of our Big XII South compadres (OU, A&M, TTech, OSU, and Baylor).  We seem to have our way with most of them with the notable exception of the Sooners.  I would rather TTech be strong than the Aggies. I would rather OSU be strong than OU. I frankly don't care if Baylor ever wins another game. My buddies would rather that the Aggies be good and Tech weak.  I really like beating the Aggies more than just about anybody, but mostly because the Ags I know are so incredibly aggravating. I don't know any OU folks. The few OSU folks I know are very nice.  The Techsters are getting almost as annoying as the Aggies. The only upside to a really strong conference rival (like OU) is that when we beat them it gets us national attention.

So, my question is two fold.

1.  Which team would you PREFER to be good, even to the point of beating UT once in a while.

2.  Do you want all the Big XII South teams to be chumps and go 5-6 every year.

It seems MB-TF still has "To be determined" in their Team/Depth Chart page and still has "Holiday Bowl -- Arizona State" on there as well.  Mmphh.

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