Continuing with the positional breakdowns from Saturday's opener, we take a look at the performance of our wide receivers...
Wide Receivers
This review might be considerably more negative if not for the coming out party of...
BON tailgate hero Limas Sweed! Five catches, 111 yards, 2 touchdowns?!? Joe Newberry just pitched a tent reading those stats. And why not? The best part about Limas' big day was the way he got it done. He used his speed to get open on the first score, juggling a low ball into his cradle as he raced for the 60 yard touchdown. But the second one... oh, man. That was the one to get excited about.
Sweed lined up on the short side of the field, ran four yards, received the ball, and then put on a show. After juking one defender, Sweed stiff-armed another before ducking further to the outside and racing down the sidelines for the score. It was the kind of play he's been talking about making since he arrived on campus and donned Roy Williams' old jersey, and the one us fans have been waiting for him to show us.
Sweed appears to have crossed some sort of mental barrier, such that he's using that big size to his advantage and actually exploting this mismatches he creates. There was some doubt whether that would ever come around, but Saturday's game, coupled with the Rose Bowl, indicate a player whose confidence is catching up with his abilities. A terrific Saturday for Limas, and for our co-host at the tailgate, Joe. Limas, a well-deserved A+.
Unfortunately, Limas may have hogged all the wide receiver mojo on Saturday, for the rest of the unit was uncharacteristically flat. Billy Pittman and Nate Jones each dropped easy catches. It's not clear what, precisely, was the matter, but the focus wasn't there. One wonders what McCoy's stats would have looked like had his receivers shown up with the same poise and focus. We won't know, but they'd better get ready for week two. The week one grade - we're lumping 'em all (sans Sweed) in together - earned a C-.
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Saturday's tailgate
Hey...where are the pictures of the old folks?? We were there, too.gn
Mama New - September 5, 2006
It's a crime!
If your son had sent me some, Gail, they'd be front and center! I think they decided that there were enough Californians rushing to Austin as is. No need to show off all the ladies of Texas!Can't wait for next week. More fun ahead!
Peter Bean - September 5, 2006
Saturday's tailgate
Crappy game, but great tailgate - best ever! I don't see the pics though. The tv interview was a nice touch.gn
Mama New - September 11, 2006
Mama New speaks
you better get those old folks pics up.i agree with the assessment of LS, he looked like he was playing 6'4" instead of shorter like last year. you know that confidence is going to be even higher going into tOSU where he started to find it last year.
you didn't even mention the great white hope.
can't afford drop balls this weekend.
jimmer - September 5, 2006
What about ship
should have had that touchdown catch, but other that that I think he looked good in limited minutes.Wells - September 5, 2006
Ship
He holds a mean place kick.whoopspat - September 5, 2006
Made them all
and you know he had laces out.Wells - September 5, 2006
Sweed and his little brothers
That's what it looked like on Saturday. I know it was just North Texas, but Limas made this game his the same way Roy Williams did against LSU in the Cotton Bowl a few years ago. All he was missing was an end-around.I was not pleased with the performance of the others. I hope the chemistry fostered between QBs and WRs over the summer manifests itself this week. We need at least 3 WRs and one TE to be effective targets for the Coltster against OSU or we could be in a heap of trouble.
It would not surprise me if OSU loads up the box and forces the Horns to win through the air a second straight year.
Kool Hand - September 6, 2006
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