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| Position | No. | Player | | | No. | Player | | | No. | Player |
| Flanker (Z) | 8 | Jordan Shipley | | | 11 | James Kirkendoll | 6 | DeSean Hales | |
| Sub B | 84 | Marquise Goodwin | | | 7 | John Chiles | |||
| Tight End (Y) | 83 | Greg Smith | | | 13 | Ahmard Howard |
| | 89 | Barrett Matthews |
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Flex TE: Dan Buckner
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| Right Tackle | 64 | Kyle Hix | | | 72 | Britt Mitchell | |||
| Right Guard | 63 | Michael Huey | | | 56 | Tray Allen | | | 54 | Mark Buchanan |
| Center | 71 | Chris Hall | | | 78 | David Snow | | | 75 | Steve Moore |
| Left Guard | 52 | Charlie Tanner | | | 56 | Tray Allen | |||
| Left Tackle | 74 | Adam Ulatoski | | | 77 | Luke Poehlmann | |||
| Split End (X) | 9 | Malcolm Williams | | | 4 | Dan Buckner | |||
| Tailback | 31 | Cody Johnson | OR |
28 | Fozzy Whitaker | | OR |
2 23 |
Vondrell McGee Tre' Newton |
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Specialty Back: D.J. Monroe
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| Fullback | 24 | Antwann Cobb | | | 31 | Cody Johnson | |||
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Short Yardage: Lamarr Houston
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| Quarterback | 12 | Colt McCoy | | | 3 | Garrett Gilbert | | | 17 | Sherrod Harris |
| Place-Kicker | 15 | Hunter Lawrence | | | 39 | Ryan Bailey | | | 19 | Justin Tucker |
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| DEFENSE | ||||||||
| Position | No. | Player | | | No. | Player | | | No. | Player |
| Buck | 2 | Sergio Kindle | | | 80 | Alex Okafor | |||
| Tackle (Nose) | 91 | Kheeston RAndall | OR | 92 | Ben Alexander | |||
| Tackle | 33 | Lamarr Houston | | | 96 | Calvin Howell | OR | 93 | Tyrell Higgins |
| End | 81 | Sam Acho | | | 32 | Eddie Jones | | | 95 | Tevin Mims |
| Strongside LB | 18 | Emmanuel Acho | | | 1 | Keenan Robinson | |||
| Middle LB | 38 | Roddrick Muckelroy | | | 42 | Dustin Earnest | |||
| Weakside LB | 1 | Keenan Robinson | | | 18 | Emmannuel Acho | |||
| Right CB | 3 | Curtis Brown | OR | 8 | Chykie Brown | |||
| Right Safety | 21 | Blake Gideon | | |
27 |
Nolan Brewster |
| | 5 | Ben Wells |
| Left Safety | 12 | Earl Thomas | | | 27 | Nolan Brewster | |||
| Left CB | 4 | Aaron Williams | OR | 3 | Curtis Brown | |||
| Nickel | 12 | Earl Thomas | | | 7 | Deon Beasley | | | 4 | Aaron Williams |
| Punter | 19 | Justin Tucker | | | 47 | John Gold | | | 17 | Trevor Gerland |
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| Punt Returns | 8 | Jordan Shipley | | | 12 | Earl Thomas | | | 3 | Curtis Brown |
| Kickoff Returns | 26 9 |
D.J. Monroe Malcolm Williams |
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6 84 |
Jordan Shipley Marquise Goodwin |
4 | Aaron Williams | |
| Kickoffs | 19 | Justin Tucker | | | 15 | Hunter Lawrence | |||
| Holder | 8 | Jordan Shipley | | | 17 | Sherrod Harris | |||
| Deep Snapper (PAT/FG) | 83 | Greg Smith | | | 72 | Britt Mitchell | |||
| Deep Snapper (Punts) | 58 | William Harvey | | | 48 | Alex Zumberge | |||
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Some brief analysis after the jump...
The big news here is obviously that Cody Johnson is now listed as the co-starter at running back, but in front of Fozzy Whittaker. It's hard to say if the coaching staff is upset with Whittaker, who missed open holes twice against Oklahoma State while bouncing his runs outside and also went out of bounds without contact again, a bad habit that was particularly damaging against Oklahoma, when Whittaker left 10-15 yards on the field. More likely, it's a result of Mack Brown's infatuation with larger backs and Johnson's tough running the last several games. He's still not a great fit in the scheme, but he does look quick and is a better blocker both on quarterback draws and in blitz pick up. It's also possible that he could see time as the lead blocker in the Monroe Series, where he could be much more effective than Whittaker.
Besides that, not a whole lot else worth parsing, although the coaches continue to list Shipley at flanker even though he has been playing in the slot almost exclusively since the Colorado game. Marquise Goodwin is now the starter in the slot in front of John Chiles. Malcolm Williams is also listed as the starter on kickoff returns with D.J. Monroe.
Notice that Curtis Brown is listed in front of Chykie Brown in their co-starter relationsihp, no surprise as Curtis has significantly outplayed Chykie for most of the season.
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Any word on Aaron William's knee?
aaronlybrand - November 2, 2009 via mobile
latest I can find is taking it “day-by-day” and may not play UCF.
Infield Elephant - November 2, 2009
Aaron needs to .....
….. take his time coming back. We won’t need him to kick the tomato cans in front of us. His #1 duty is to get ready for Aggie. If it is still sore, then wait for the bowl game.
HornChamps - November 2, 2009
The depth chart doesn't list the nickel?
Yes it does, its Earl in the “big nickel.”
CMDR - November 2, 2009
Must be blind.
I’ll take that section out.
Wescott Eberts (GoBR) - November 2, 2009
On another thread William’s injury was described as a strained patellar tendon.
If true, that could be good news. A knee “sprain” involves ligament stretching or tearing. A “strain” is less severe.
utexex - November 2, 2009
Barrett Matthews
Has he burned his shirt this year?
rchorns - November 2, 2009
Believe so, but not positive.
Wescott Eberts (GoBR) - November 2, 2009
Matthews has played
in 3-4 games, maybe 5. At the end of Mizzou and OSU, he and Ahmard Howard were in at the same time as double TEs.
Not certain — but true frosh I believe who WON’T redshirt include Gilbert, Okafor, Vaccaro, Goodwin, Matthews. I think Mims has played enough that he can’t RS. Not sure on Davis. Believe Barrett, Walters and Howell may be eligible for medical redshirt. First two were hurt in the first or second game; Howell is more recent and I don’t know how many games he got into.
edsp - November 2, 2009
I've seen Matthews on the field a lot.
On special teams. I believe he’s on the punt team.
CMDR - November 2, 2009
Interesting observation
Didn’t realize they were running double TE sets for Gilbert. It shows that even if he’s only getting 3 or 4 worthless passes in every game he plays, at least they know that they’ll have an embarrassment of riches at the TE position. I really hope Davis settles into a 3WR, 1TE, 1TB set.
TXinDC - November 3, 2009
Tray Allen Lost His "OR"
Guess the big guy blew his opportunity. Really rooting for him.
realmccoy - November 2, 2009
Think it's more about Huey being fully healthy.
Wescott Eberts (GoBR) - November 2, 2009
Good news then
realmccoy - November 2, 2009
We will be hurting at LT next year
Hopefully no empty sets next year for GG – could be one and done.
realmccoy - November 2, 2009
but dont the tackles suck now?
I apologize if this play(s) has already been discussed, but I couldnt find mention of it: On at least a couple of occasions the Texas tackle (cant recall if it was hix or ulatoski) simply chose not to block the DE lined up in a 3-pt stance across from him and instead helped the guard on a double team. As a result the osu de (Price on at least one of the plays) had a free run at Colt. Does anyone know what was going on? Was it a simple brain cramp on the part of the tackle? Or a flaw in the design of the play?
tha assman - November 2, 2009
As long as 'next year' doesn't refer
to January, I can live with it.
edsp - November 2, 2009
Cody
Glad to see Cody getting his chance to show what he can do. A big back can make a D pay for playing a nickel or dime. He should also block better. It would be great to throw some flare passes to Cody so that he can run over DBs. Sure would like to see the horns run out of the pistol with Cody and take a mlore downhill approach.
Kafka - November 2, 2009
Mack's approach
Mack has said in the past year or so that his philosophy was to use the smaller, quicker backs early in the game to tire out the defense, and then use the bigger back late in the game to bludgeon the tired defense. I’ve always thought it worked better the other way around – tire out the defense with the big back and they lose a step and aren’t as willing to chase the quicker guys. Not sure if this signifies a change in Mack’s approach or if he is just rewarding the rb that seems to be playing better/harder right now.
Horncasting - November 3, 2009
I agree with your method of tiring defenses out with big backs
However, I think Kafka’s point about defenses’ being more vulnerable to big backs like Cody when they’re playing nickel or dime is very important. The good news is that with Cody, UT can do both. While he may not be primed to get 20 carries in the first half, he, with a dose or two of Newton and McGee, could put a lot of strain on the defense early, and if Cody gets past the front six in a nickel situation, he can really get those extra yards against the secondary.
So both benefits are there, which I think is why Mack likes the big guys. Ideally the defense isn’t just tired from getting bludgeoned, it’s also playing on its heels after the big back gets into the secondary, and is stretched because of both dimensions of the passing game.
burntorangehorn - November 3, 2009
How do you defend the horns when Cody is at TB and Greg Smith is at TE?
One might stop the run first and go with a traditional 4-3, to have guys big enough to tackle Cody. Colt can then do play action and hit guys like Malcolm and Ship (or Goodwin, Chiles, Kirk, or Buckner) deep.
If one chooses to stop the pass first and play a nickel or dime, Cody can bludgeon a DB in the run game.
An efficient passing team that also has a power back really stresses a D.
Kafka - November 3, 2009
Cody Johnson:
He’s like getting beaten with a bag of oranges.
burntorangehorn - November 3, 2009
Rewarding performance probably
A couple of weeks ago I noticed that if you split Cody’s carries into the set of sort yardage carries and the set of non short yardage situation carries, it was true that Cody was efficiently getting 1st downs on short yardage downs and getting a good YPC on the other carries.
The implication is that Cody’s averages look much better when analyzed that way. Mack noticed the same thing because he started talking about a new metric that treats a 1.5 yard run on 3rd and 1 as a successful run.
Cody is also more dependable re: not losing yardage and keeping the horns on schedule re: down and distance.
Tiring the defense is still very important. The most effective way to do that is for the offense to keep moving the chains. Given that the horns D scores so much (which keeps them on the field a bunch), the horns O needs to run some clock when it gets the ball.
Kafka - November 3, 2009
Weird
Mack said they were going to try for the med shirt on Howell yet they list him as the #2 DT.
echeese - November 3, 2009
Monroe vs Goodwin on jet sweep
Goodwin ran at least one jet sweep vs OSU. I like to see this because Goodwin is as fast (faster?) as Monroe, is an outstanding WR (so no WR capability is lost), and does not telegraph that the jet sweep is coming.
If UT is going to run 5 wide, I wish they would at least fake a jet sweep so the D has to worry about a runner instead of focusing entirely on rushing Colt. This would discourage the D from blitzing Colt. If the D persists in blitzing the 5 wide, the jet sweep should be an effective run.
Kafka - November 3, 2009
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