In all fairness I have been over there and was treated well and had some really good discussion reguarding the game. Hey I’m jonesing for MORE football. Can’t wait.

seem way more concerned with their top ranked basketball, baseball and vollyball programs over there.

We started with a running back by committee approach because the main guy, Cody Johnson, big back, was out of shape when the season started. Then we went to a guy named Fozzy Whittaker, he didn’t finish runs. You probably won’t see him much. Colt didn’t run at all in the beginning of the year, we were trying to keep him healthy because we knew he’d be marked this year and we’re pretty much in big trouble if we lose him.

So it came down to Colt and Newton who actually provided a nice spark when we needed it. I think he got over 100 yards against A&M. He was injured first part of the year. He’s Nate Newton’s son, good moves and good speed.

We don’t normally do a lot of tricky stuff with the run, mostly plain old zone reads and quarterback draws. We’ll use the pass to open up the run more than vice versa. Greg Davis takes a lot of heat but in my view his record is hard to beat and he usually calls his best games in big games, Nebraska aside.

Now how about a little bit from your side, if you don’t mind my asking. Who do you think will have primary responsibility for Jordan Shipley?

He’s the big back I was talking about, drags most people a few yards. I don’t expect we’ll see much of that in this game. We do expect an improvement in our o-line from the Nebraska game, though. Mack Brown has a way of getting coaches to fix that sort of thing. Not saying we’ll run consistently, but there will be an improvement I’m almost sure.

we just couldn’t decide who the starter would be
between cody johnson, vondrel mcgree, tre newton, and fozzy whitaker
they all have different skill sets and depending on what we were doing that game
one might’ve been better than the other
i was huge on fozzy at the beginning of the year, he’s very shifty, but not very big
cody is a pile driver, literally and figuratively
vondrell doesn’t have good vision and hasn’t been a fit for the team the past few years
and tre newton is just a good solid all around player, he’s big enough, fast enough and shifty enough
500 yards but he didn’t play for about 3 games with a concussion

but well saisNLS

Kheeston Randall is the nose tackle and has two sacks.

“Cody is a run stopper and that’s all he’s good for”. That’s ALL a 3-4 nose tackle is good for. That’s their job! Their only secondary job is to occupy 2 offensive linemen during pass plays to free up gaps for blitzing LB’s to run through. Seriously, read the link that I provided you with, because obviously you don’t know the role of a 3-4 NT.

This is further proven by the fact that you are comparing UT’s NT to Cody. Dude, TEXAS RUNS A 4-3 DEFENSE! It’s night and day difference as to what the NT’s role is in these defenses.

The 3-4 defense is a run stopping defense, period. That’s why I don’t believe that Cody will be playing much in this game, because Bama will likely implement more of a pass stopping defense. In this case, Saban’s scheme of choice is the Nickel package. If it was guranteed that Texas would not even attempt to run the ball all game, Cody would see more offensive plays than he would defensive; because again, his job is not to be a pass rusher and get sacks.