Ariz St vs A&M

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And Watson is no longer calling plays. Should have happened nine months ago.

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It is concerning that they have fallen so far. Interested to hear your thoughts. Are they still digging out of the Mack Brown mistakes, or is Charlie Strong not worth a shit? I commend him on the culture he is trying to instill, but you still have to win. I don't see UT letting this go on for very long.

As Denny said, I think it's some of both. Watching interviews with the players, it's pretty clear that it's the Freshman class (Strong's first true class) bringing the right mindset and firing up the Juniors and Seniors, which is kinda pathetic but it is what it is.

The vast share of the blame for this offensive debacle has to go to Watson, imo. It's very clear that Watson is in over his head and has no idea what he's doing with his "spread" attack. The stupid play calling is making the O line look even worse than it (admittedly) is. Saturday night was an utter embarrassment on every single offensive level. Other than the Arkansas game last year, I honestly can't recall ever seeing a power five offense looking that pitiful.

I will say that I was pretty shocked to hear Strong say that he was shocked by the offensive performance and that he isn't that involved with the offense. No matter what, it's on the head coach to manage all aspects, not just turn over the keys to your buddy and trust that he'll do a decent job.

I like Strong and hope he has success, and I think that he can. I think it's pretty clear he had no idea what he was walking into and is in over his head.

Unless there's a huge turnaround in a matter of days, I don't know that we'll beat Rice ... at home. It's a pathetic state of things, but I hope at least one correct choice was made tonight.

*EDIT - What did you guys think of Norvell from his time at ou? He has control of the offense now.

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Does Strong survive if UT loses to Rice?

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*EDIT - What did you guys think of Norvell from his time at ou? He has control of the offense now.

I don't have anything overly bad to say about the guy, but it is really hard to assign blame because he and Heupel were "co-coordinators". Whatever the fuck that means... There were times when play calling was maddening, but most of that can be narrowed down to last season IMO. That said, the 2014 offense was pretty mediocre, but so was the talent on offense.

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Does Strong survive if UT loses to Rice?

It's hard for me to imagine that he would. As the team is playing currently, I think we win 2 to 3 games this season.

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Joel Clatt being interviewed on 1310 right now, and he is absolutely trashing Strong's program. He openly admitted Watson is one of his best friends, but he makes some strong points. I'm sure it will be up on the Unticket tomorrow.

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Texas can't fire Strong, the athletic program is in the red and their is no buyout in his contract. So if they fire him they still have to pay his full contract. Canning him and getting another $5 million coach this year would net them a $15-20 million loss. Not going to happen.

Now if they lose to Rice this week...oh boy

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Steve Patterson (AD) is canned after 22 months.

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Steve Patterson (AD) is canned after 22 months.

Heard that. Interesting.