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Chalk Talk: Texas vs Itself (And SJSU)

Hooo, boy.

Last Saturday...was not fun.

Maryland did a number on the Longhorn defense, but more than anything else the Longhorn D did a number on themselves. Things were a mess from the coordinator’s headset on down, but there were four crucial areas that demand major cleanup:

  • Getting consistently out-leveraged on the edge of the box to create immediate jeopardy
  • Poor force/contain play and understanding of assignments by the secondary
  • Linebackers chasing ghosts rather than reading keys
  • Tricky calls getting the safeties out of position for cleanup

That’s a shit-ton to get fixed in short order.