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UW vs Texas team stats of note
BleachedAnusDawg
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https://texassports.com/sports/football/stats/2023
https://gohuskies.com/sports/football/stats
A few things that caught my eye.
https://gohuskies.com/sports/football/stats
A few things that caught my eye.
- Texas is not good at converting on third down at only 38% on the year, but their third down defense is very good giving up only 26% on the year.
- Texas' pass rash is really overrated. Two or three sacks a game, not a big deal, and UW gives up less than one per game. Not super worried about that.
- Neither team creates a ton of turnovers, but Texas has recovered five more fumbles.
- UW's special teams coverage units are better than Texas. Kinda wondering if we don't stick Rome back there on punts to have a shot at breaking a big one.
- Texas has had to kick a lot of field goals this year. Twice as many attempts as UW. This probably is a reflection of their lousy 3rd down offense and might play into UW's bend but don't break defense, especially in the second half.
- UW opponents have committed 50% more penalties against us than have Texas' opponents versus them. Could just be differences in conference officiating.
- UW's offense has racked up almost the same total yards, and nine more TD's, than Texas on 87 fewer total offensive plays.
Comments
My memory is that Sark will make some off script calls on third downs. They'll try (and probably succeed once or twice) to burn UW with draws or screens on third and long. I like UW against that on third downs a lot better than I do against all the scrambling, rat ball QB play in the PAC 12.
Regarding penalties and differences in conference officiating... there is a big conspiracy theory about the Big 12 trying to screw Texas on the way out the door. I'm too lazy to look up the stats, but Texas (and Oklahoma) had massive disparities in penalties called on them compared to their opponents. Despite Texas having the Outland winner at DT and a second really good DT, I don't think they drew more than 1 or 2 holding calls all season in conference.
Relatedly, I wouldn't read too much into the sack numbers. The Big 12 doesn't really believe in calling even egregious holding, so it cuts both ways. The Texas Oline may be overrated in pass pro and the Dline might be underrated in their rush. Texas had 5 sacks against Bama. Texas had 27 sacks in the other 12 games combined. I have a difficult time believing that the rest of the Big 12 had a better offensive line than Alabama.
Texas special teams have been very good all year, really in all phases. I wouldn't look for that to be an area of weakness to exploit necessarily, even though UW did block a punt in the Alamobowl. The kicker has been really solid, the punter (Stanford transfer) has been good, and Worthy is a dangerous return man. They have also blocked a few punts as well.