Tearz49ers Presents: This Is Texas (NCAA Football '14)

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Offensive Stats Comparison 34.1 (#10) Points Per Game 20.9 (#99) 412.1 (#20) Total Offense 337.8 (#88) 164.6 (#67) Rush Offense 168.5 (#59) 247.5 (#15) Pass Offense 169.3 (#85) Defensive Stats Comparison 327.4 (#45) Total Defense 403.4 (#119) 66.6 (#1) Rush Defense 182.3 (#102) 260.8 (#125) Passing Defense 221.1 (#108) -2 (#90) Turnover Difference -4 (#107)

Injury Report QB Shane Buechele (Ruptured Disk) Season LT Joseph Noteboom (Broken Elbow) Season HB Kyle Hicks (Foot Stress Fracture) Two Weeks WR Isaiah Graham (Bruised Shoulder) Probable

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2017 SEASON PREVIEW.....2017 ROSTER.....2017 SCHEDULE.....


WEEK TEN

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#6 TEXAS LONGHORNS (7-1, 5-0) AT. TCU HORNED FROGS (2-6, 0-4)

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FORT WORTH, Texas -- For two quarters TCU balled out, no way in any shape or form did they look like a program who were coming into the game on a six game losing streak, a streak in which included a 35-19 pummelling at the hands of SMU and a 34-31 overtime loss to Kansas (The Longhorns next opponents). What came to be the Horned Frogs undoing in this one you ask? Well like Texas' its inability to play mistake free football, and a complete second half offensive meltdown which saw the Horned Frogs score just six points.

In total, both Texas and TCU combined for a total of seven turnovers.

The Longhorns got on the board early with a 4-yard touchdown run to take a 7-0 lead, this quick touchdown came off the ball of the games first turnovers Texas defense end Malcolm Roach broke free off TCU's sophomore right tackle Lucas Niang and punched the ball straight out of the hands of the rushing Kenny Hill Jr. on the Horned Frogs first play of the opening drive.

You could hear the moans ringing around Amon G. Carter Stadium, but they were soon silenced by two quickfire Horned Frogs touchdowns. Sewo Olonilua took Texas safety Brandon Jones for a ride for a full five yards before ending an 18-yard scamper with a touchdown. The Horned Frogs second touchdown was set up when Michael Downing Jr. snapped down on an extremely under thrown pass from Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger, Ehlinger threw three interceptions in today's game. The Horned Frogs took just one play to take their first lead in the game when Kenny Hill Jr. found a wide open Jaelan Austin and the junior receiver walked the ball in pretty much untouched for a 23-yard touchdown reception, despite Brandon Jones effort.

The Longhorns answered with a quick strike of their own, scoring 82 seconds later on a 35-yard touchdown reception by sophomore wide receiver Collin Johnson to tie the game at 14-14.

Texas and TCU exchanged field goals in the second quarter before TCU running back Sewo Olonilua capped off a long 9-play drive with a 2-yard touchdown run, and if you couldn't write a better movie script on the next play Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger fired the ball straight into the arms of TCU senior cornerback Ranthony Texada who took it 36-yards to the house to give TCU a 31-17 lead going into the final minute of the first half. It isn't the first time this season that Ehlinger has had multi interception games and his head coach Tom Herman could be seen showing the young quarterback just how he felt about the latest turnover. Texas closed out the first half with a 21-yard Josh Rowland field goal.

Whatever was said to the Longhorns at half-time worked and when Devin Duvernay took the opening kick-off 100-yards to the house (A NCAA record) you could see the life almost sucked out of the Horned Frogs defense, who up until this point had played well above their No. 119 ranking.

Two more Josh Rowland field goals would give the Longhorns a slim 33-31 lead going into the fourth quarter.

A 39-yard catch and run by Lil'Jordan Humphrey on the first Texas drive of the fourth quarter put Texas at the TCU 2, and Humphrey found himself wide open and was found by Ehlinger to almost certainly seal the win, but that came a few moments later.

Texas cornerback P.J. Locke III and senior safety Jason Hall (who had an interception already in the game) almost got in each others way to pick off Kenny Hill Jr. setting up a quick 5-yard Chris Warren touchdown to seal the win for the Longhorns, despite a late touchdown connection between Hill and Austin.

"We talked about the stupid mistakes we had made on offense," Texas head coach Tom Herman told reporters after the game. "I told them that if we continued on this path then we could kiss our playoff chances goodbye..."

When asked if he considered taking Ehlinger out of the game, Herman quickly rebuffed suggestions that he was close;

"It never crossed my mind, he is a young kid, he knows what I expect from him and today he didn't get to that level. We go again next week and I am sure, based on what I know of this kid that he will up his level when we take on Kansas."

Junior linebacker Breckyn Hager, who had 7 tackles, senior safety DeShon Elliott who pitched in with five tackles, led the Longhorn defensive effort, but it was Malcolm Roach who once again stole the show for the Longhorns defense; Roach collected three sacks and a forced fumble along with four tackles in the game, he also had four tackles for losses.

On offense, Texas were led by a steady running game. Kyle Porter who is so far keeping Chris Warren III to limited carries finished the game with 109-yards on 19 carries. The Longhorns totalled 215-yards and two touchdowns on 41 carries. Ehlinger had his worst game since taking over for the injured Shane Buechele, and looked ever like the true freshman he is. Ehlinger completed just 8-of-17 passes for 192-yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions, he was also sacked twice in the game.

The Longhorns are back in action on Saturday, Nov. 11, when the will play host to the Kansas Jayhawks at Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial. The Jayhawks come into the game on the back of a three game winning streak with wins over TCU, Kansas State and Baylor.

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Tough first half for your squad, great bounceback to secure the win.

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Oklahoma's top rated recruit chooses Texas
Four-Star defensive end Lawrence Franklin is "potentially" the real deal.

By Cody Daniel | @CodyDanielSBN | Nov 11, 2017, 14:20 CDT

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Austin, Texas -- After roughly three years of recruitment, Union High School defensive end Lawrence Franklin has finally put an end to one of the wildest recruiting cycles we have ever seen. After much deliberation, which began with a verbal commitment to Arizona State, a decommitment after just three weeks and then another commitment to LSU after finally opening up his recruitment again at the beginning of this year before ending all speculation once and for all today by giving the Texas Longhorns a hard commit.

This is a huge deal, obviously, as just about everyone knows, but I think it's important to talk about exactly why it is such a big deal. What makes Lawrence Franklin such a highly touted prospect, a prospect that had offers from Alabama, Michigan and Ohio State to name just a few. Is he worth all of the hype though? The only answer to that is, well, yes, he's worth all the hype that surrounds him and will continue to surround him when he walks on the Austin campus in a few months time.

So what exactly gives Franklin that sort of hype, and what will he bring to the Longhorns?

The main thing that makes Franklin so enticing to all, and the main thing you will head people talk about when he takes the field at the next level is his athleticism for a guy who comes in at 6-foot-7 and 246 pounds. Franklin runs a 4.62 40-time which is ranked joint third at the defensive end position in this years recruiting class behind Ohio State commitments Oliver Allen (4.54) and Bo Ford (4.60), he has been seen at times lining up at Tight End for Union, all be it limited but that is a scary prospect.

His potential is sky high, he looks like a game changing player and should he be teamed up with current sack leader Malcolm Roach next season that could be the best defensive end partnership inside the Big 12.

Whilst there are plenty of high points to talk about we have to look at the fact that Franklin has had his fair share of injury issues during his time at Union, at points is what said to be extremely frustrating for his high school head coach Kirk Fridrich, but his pure natural talent obviously out ways any injury scares that come with him.

He look every bit the talented teenager in his senior season, there were times where he would just blow past an offensive tackle or just run right through anyone in his way because of his natural strength, however he needs to work on consistently doing it at the next level because there were times when he came up against a tackle with more weight he would find it more challenging to shed that block.

Carrying a four-star rating, Franklin was graded by both ESPN and 247sports composite as the 34th best overall recruit in the nation, but the 2018 Class' 3rd best ranked defensive end.

Franklin becomes Tom Herman's sixth in season recruit and third four star recruit to go along with three five star's. Despite that, Texas has now dropped down from having the nations first overall class to the fourth behind Notre Dame, Auburn and Alabama respectively.

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Offensive Stats Comparison 19.9 (#105) Points Per Game 35.4 (#8) 294.1 (#116) Total Offense 411.6 (#22) 115.4 (#123) Rush Offense 170.2 (#60) 178.7 (#71) Pass Offense 241.3 (#19) Defensive Stats Comparison 369.6 (#91) Total Defense 323.4 (#38) 170.9 (#80) Rush Defense 70.0 (#1) 198.7 (#92) Passing Defense 253.4 (#125) 17 (#1) Turnover Difference -3 (#95)

Injury Report LE Dorance Armstrong Jr. (Broken Hand) Three Weeks QB Shane Buechele (Ruptured Disk) Season