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Vol. 7, issue 3SEPtember 7, 2012

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Double Coverage returns to preview the Longhorns’ week two game against the New Mexico Lobos. Next up is Ole Miss. Roadtrip anyone?

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Monroe in motionAfter three years of spot duty at running back and return man, D.J. Monroe has be-come comfortable doing whatever it takes to get on the fi eld for the Longhorns.

10end gameSophomore defensive end Jackson Jef-fcoat has learned plenty from senior Alex Okafor, both as a teammate and mentor.

14Relax and take notesOklahoma State made a statement after their lopsided week one win and Baylor barrelled in to the new season with a bang, winning their fi rst game with ease.

17keys to the gameTexas will try to start 2-0 on the year with a win over New Mexico, but it will have to stick to the gameplan in order to come away with another victory.

The Longhorns face New Mexico this week for just the third time since 1948. Texas will have a distinct advan-tage over the Lobos, who are in their fi rst year under new head coach Bob Davie.

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It was not an outstanding start to the season for the Longhorns’ secondary.

At the start of fall camp Texas’ defensive backs were billed as a dominant unit, but this past Saturday the Long-horns struggled to defend Mountain West member Wyoming. In the � rst quar-ter alone the Texas defen-sive backs allowed Cowboys’ quarterback Brett Smith to throw for 158 yards.

That hefty total included one back-breaking play, an 82-yard touchdown pass which lifted Wyoming ahead of Texas 9-7 late in the opening quarter. Pre-venting big plays is prior-ity No. 1 in Manny Diaz’s

defense, and the long com-pletion didn’t mesh with his philosophy.

“What we violated [Satur-day] was the no long passes for touchdowns [part of our formula],” Diaz said. “� ose are the little things that can ruin a good day on defense.”

It wasn’t all bad for the secondary. The group com-bined for two interceptions, including Kenny Vaccaro’s momentum-swinging pick in the second quarter. Car-rington Byndom snagged the other pick, and his op-posite side corner, Quan-dre Diggs, had a quietly impressive game, as Smith rarely glanced at his half of the field.

Still, the secondary al-lowed 276 yards through the air and a pair of touch-

downs to a passing attack that ranked 79th out of 120 teams in 2011. � ey got away with it against the Cow-boys, but the Longhorns would’ve been in trouble if they started out slow against an explosive Big 12 rival like Oklahoma State, who dropped 84 points in their season opener.

Vaccaro, who played well, was demonstrative about his team’s performance. He insisted that individuals on the defense need to stop listening to people telling them how good they are and get to work.

“You really just have to keep your head out of mag-azines and online and all of the comments on Twitter

By Chris Hummer

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Elisabeth Dillon | Daily Texan StaffLinebacker Demarco Cobbs (7) and safety Kenny Vaccaro (4) advance an interception made by Vaccaro in the first half of last week’s game against Wyoming.VACCARO continues on page 12

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D.J. Monroe is the biggest enigma on the Longhorns’ roster. Again.

Each fall his name gets tossed around as a potential breakout star and weapon. Then every winter, the me-dia and fans question why Monroe didn’t receive more touches – he only had 94 ca-reer rushing attempts enter-ing this season.

For the Texas coach-ing staff it has always come down to a number of small issues that have kept him off the field. In spite of his speed Monroe is not the most du-rable runner because of his 5-fot-9, 175-pound frame and he doesn’t have the hands to excel at receiver either, a role players of his stature and skillset usually excel in.

However, Monroe, a fifth-year senior, has worked doggedly this offseason to improve upon his weakness, including some interesting methods to upgrade his pass catching ability.

“I tried to catch 100 ten-nis balls with [strength and conditioning coach] Bennie [Wylie] a day,” Monroe said. “He would not throw a foot-ball; he would throw a ten-nis ball to me while I ran my swing routes and my slants. It helped me focus, and I had to make sure it was one of the things I got better at.”

Those improvements were on full display in the Longhorns’ season opener against Wyoming. Monroe had 36 yards rushing on five attempts, including a purposeful 13-yard touch-down run on a reverse, and even contributed to the Texas aerial attack with a 15-yard reception.

But the most notable im-provement in Monroe’s game

was his toughness.In year’s past Monroe

would often be taken down easily when he went head-to-head against a safety or a line-backer. But against Wyoming Monroe seemed to run with renewed determination. On three of his runs he collided with a Wyoming defender and either bowled past him, or carried them forward for an extra few yards.

“D.J. had a great game,” wide receiver Jaxon Shipley said. “He was driven, espe-cially on the one where he came around to the end zone to score, he had to force his way there because there was a guy on him.”

His aggressive mindset on the field this year can be traced to his senior status. This is Monroe’s last sea-

son in a Longhorn uniform and he’s going to do what-ever he can do to assist his teammates in accomplishing their goals.

But it’s personal, too. Mon-roe has always been highly-regarded as a running back, but he’s never truly found a way to capitalize on his gifts. Because of this he’s been la-beled a disappointment by many, a fact that’s not lost on him, according to Shipley.

“I’ve talked to D.J. sev-eral times, and obviously he’s looking to go to the NFL,” Shipley said. “He’s looking to prove something to some people, so when he gets his chance he’s going to make the most of his opportunities.”

If he continues to per-form at the level he did last Saturday, the chances will

continue to come to Mon-roe. He may not be the most complete football player, but his elite track-level speed is an asset the Longhorns will never overlook.

“D.J’s got a place and he’s is really trying,” head coach Mack Brown said. “He’s been

positive, he’s been upbeat and he’s working hard trying to help our football team win. And I thought he looked re-ally fast on Saturday night.”

Monroe may never live up to his limitless poten-tial, but he’s been a blessing for Texas.

“D.J. is one of those guys who always gets the job done when his name is called,” Shipley said. “Even though it may not be called as much as he’d want it to be, he still manages to get the job done. That just says something about his drive.”

Monroe serves as jack-of-all trades for Longhorns By Chris Hummer Left: Senior

running back D.J. Monroe (26) evades a Wyoming defender on his way to a 13-yard touchdown run.

Below: Monroe flexes after scoring his third career rush-ing touchdown as a Longhorn against the Cowboys in week one.

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Texas has become accustomed to its run-ning backs taking over games and scoring most of the points. But that isn’t enough for this year’s o� ense.

Head coach Mack Brown has been push-ing for a more balanced o� ense since last season, but with the quarterback struggles, it has been di� cult to maintain a consistent passing game.

Now, he and co-o� ensive coordinator Bry-an Harsin want the o� ense to capitalize on explosive plays down� eld.

“We feel like we need to throw the ball more often deeper. And we have to make more yards on the short passes,” Brown said. “That’s something that we’ve been concerned about.”

Ash’s longest pass against Wyo-ming was 16 yards. � ere were � ve long down� eld throws called, ac-cording to Harsin.

Two down� eld passes to wide receiver Mike Davis were underthrown by Ash. Brown believes that as the season pro-gresses, Ash will get more com-fortable and the team will have more success when throwing the ball down� eld. Harsin says ulti-mately the goal is for the team to send two shots down� eld each quarter.

“We had some shots in there that we’ve got to hit,” Harsin said. “Those are game changing plays.”

Ash threw eight interceptions last sea-son and a goal of the offense this season is to avoid turnovers. Last season, when the Longhorns won the turnover ratio, they won the game. Ash wasn’t picked off by the Cowboys, so that’s a start.

� ough being responsible with the ball is important for Ash and the o� ense, throwing the ball down� eld is still a necessity.

“I played a pretty much mistake-free game,” Ash said. “I missed out on some op-portunities that I need to be able to exploit...there’s a couple of times I took a hitch step which threw off the timing which means the ball is going to be late. So for me that’s the main thing is trusting my reads, trust-ing my feet, and getting rid of the ball.”

Against Wyoming, the offense had 280 rushing yards and 156 passing yards. Hav-ing a running total that is higher than passing was a common theme for the

Longhorns last season.In a conference where teams scored 84, 69

and 59 points in their openers, the Longhorns will need more than Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron handling the ball in order to con-tend for the Big 12 title.

A deficit in explosive plays is nothing new for the Longhorns. They were seventh in total offense in the Big 12 last season. With newcomers West Virginia and TCU, the of-fense simply needs to score more points.

During Texas’ game against New Mex-ico, the team will have the opportunity to improve how it capitalizes on long passes downfield.

‘We’ve got to hit those big plays,” Harsin said. “I

think it will change the outcome.”

By Lauren Giudice

Texas has become accustomed to its run-ning backs taking over games and scoring most of the points. But that isn’t enough for

Head coach Mack Brown has been push-ing for a more balanced o� ense since last season, but with the quarterback struggles, it has been di� cult to maintain a consistent

Now, he and co-o� ensive coordinator Bry-an Harsin want the o� ense to capitalize on

“We feel like we need to throw the ball more often deeper. And we have to make more yards on the short passes,” Brown said. “That’s something that we’ve been

Ash’s longest pass against Wyo-ming was 16 yards. � ere were � ve long down� eld throws called, ac-

Two down� eld passes to wide receiver Mike Davis were underthrown by Ash. Brown

gresses, Ash will get more com-fortable and the team will have more success when throwing the ball down� eld. Harsin says ulti-mately the goal is for the team to send two shots down� eld each quarter.

“We had some shots in there that we’ve got to hit,” Harsin said. “Those are game

Ash threw eight interceptions last sea-son and a goal of the offense this season is to avoid turnovers. Last season, when the Longhorns won the turnover ratio, they won the game. Ash wasn’t picked off by the Cowboys, so that’s a start.

� ough being responsible with the ball is important for Ash and the o� ense, throwing the ball down� eld is still a necessity.

“I played a pretty much mistake-free game,” Ash said. “I missed out on some op-portunities that I need to be able to exploit...there’s a couple of times I took a hitch step which threw off the timing which means the ball is going to be late. So for me that’s the main thing is trusting my reads, trust-ing my feet, and getting rid of the ball.”

Against Wyoming, the offense had 280 rushing yards and 156 passing yards. Hav-ing a running total that is higher than passing was a common theme for the

Longhorns last season.In a conference where teams scored 84, 69

and 59 points in their openers, the Longhorns will need more than Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron handling the ball in order to con-tend for the Big 12 title.

A deficit in explosive plays is nothing new for the Longhorns. They were seventh in total offense in the Big 12 last season. With newcomers West Virginia and TCU, the of-fense simply needs to score more points.

During Texas’ game against New Mex-ico, the team will have the opportunity to improve how it capitalizes on long passes downfield.

‘We’ve got to hit those big plays,” Harsin said. “I

think it will change the outcome.”

By Lauren Giudice

Stretching the fi eld a must for Ash

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� e Mountaineers basically did whatever they wanted to against the � undering Herd, rushing for 331 yards on the way to 655 yards of total o� ense. � e defense could become a concern, though. Mar-shall was able to accumulate 545 yards in total o� ense and 28 � rst downs with turnovers and penalties slowing its o� ense in its tracks.

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2oklahoma state 84-0. Let that sink in. 84-0. � e Oklahoma State basketball team only passed 84 points twice last season. � e football team has already got half of that. � ere’s not much else to take away from last week’s game. Savannah State was clearly overmatched, and we’ll have a bet-ter idea of how good this year’s Cowboys are as they go into Tucson to play an Arizona team that should at least have a pulse.

3baylor � e Bears might not miss their departed players as much as everyone thought. Baylor laid down 613 yards, 26 � rst downs and 59 points en route to an easy win over SMU. � is is an o� ense that has the potential to score on seemingly any play. � at should sound familiar for a Big 12 team, as should this: the Bears defense is a little sketchy. � ey allowed SMU to accumulate over 500 yards in total o� ense with 28 � rst downs.

4oklahoma While West Virginia was doing as whatever it pleased on o� ense against Marshall, Oklahoma was having a tougher time against UTEP. � e Sooners put up 427 yards in total o� ense, with over 200 in passing and rushing, but they only earned 19 � rst downs while converting only 31 percent on third down. Two fourth quarter touchdowns broke open a three point game, and the Sooner de-fense was gashed for 177 yards by UTEP rusher Nathan Je� ery.

5texas � e Texas defense had trouble getting a hold of Cowboys quar-terback Brett Smith without blitzing and continues to have a pro-pensity to give up big plays. But the run defense held Wyoming under 70 yards and the rush o� ense was able to get 280 yards in game one with a pair of 100-yard rushers.

6kansas state Chronic su� erers from Jekyll and Hyde syndrome, Kansas State played in what may have been the strangest game of week one. Missouri State, an FCS team, scored on its � rst drive in the sec-ond half to tie the game at nine before Kansas State remembered that it came to play big boy football. � e Wildcats proceeded to score six unanswered touchdowns, � ve in the fourth quarter, to blow open the game.

7tcu � e Horned Frogs had the � rst week o� and will begin the sea-son against FCS opponent Grambling State. If TCU is the team that it expects to be, it should make easy work of the Tigers. Grambling State is coming o� a one-point loss to conference foe Alcorn State in a game that was very close statistically.

8texas tech � e Red Raiders had no trouble against Northwestern State last weekend. Texas Tech had 500 yards in total o� ense, but a large bit of that came on the ground, as it tallied 179 yards rushing. It also showed that it can play a little defense, limiting the Demons to 84 yards in total o� ense and six � rst downs. With the defense and running game both starting to take shape, the Red Raiders are beginning to look more like a Tuberville-coached team.

9iowa state� e Cyclones overcame a slow start to take their � rst game of the season against Tulsa. Iowa State’s rivalry game against interstate foe Iowa is next on the schedule, and the Cyclones haven’t won in Iowa City since 2002. But this Iowa team needed to overcome an eight-point fourth quarter de� cit to avoid losing at home in week one. If Paul Rhoads is really leading this Iowa State pro-gram back to relevance, then these are the games he has to win.

10kansas � e Jayhawks started the season o� with a win, which has be-come an increasingly rare occurrence of late in Lawrence. Kansas started last season with a pair of wins before losing 10 straight.

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New Mexico coach Davie faces familiar opponent By Sara Beth Purdy

Zachary Strain | Daily Texan StaffTexas wide receiver Jaxon Shipley is flipped by a Wyoming defender in last week’s 37-17 win. Shipley would finish the game with seven catches for 45 yards and a touchdown.

head over heels

In his � rst year as New Mexico head coach, Bob Davie is looking forward to facing a familiar rival in Texas. New Mexico is the second Mountain West op-ponent for the Longhorns in as many games.

Davie, who was an assis-tant coach at Texas A&M from 1985 to 1993 is 10-1 all-time against the Long-horns as a coach. While at A&M, David built up an 8-1 record against Texas as an assistant coach and then went 2-0 at Notre Dame as defensive coordinator and interim head coach.

� e Lobos opened this season with a 66-21 victory over FCS Southern at home,

an impressive start for the � rst-year coach and the � rst season-opening victory for the Lobos in seven years.

No. 17 Texas holds a 2-0 series lead over the Lobos, with the last meeting coming in 1988. � e Lobos also have a 13-game losing streak in the state of Texas.

“� is isn’t the � rst time for the guys that have been here playing against this caliber of team,” Davie said.

A third of the New Mex-ico roster is composed of true and redshirt freshmen. The game in Austin should be an eye opener for the young team.

“For our younger guys they’re probably so naive, they probably don’ realize that it is di� erent.... Obvi-ously the results, things

aren’t going to look like they did Saturday, but we still can improve,” Davie said.

Against Southern, junior running back rushed for 103 yards, becoming the Lobos’ � rst 100-yard rusher since Desmond Dennis in 2009.

In 2011, New Mexico rushed for 1,358 yards and had a 56.6 completion per-centage on its passes.

The Texas defense, which had a little trouble at first containing Wyoming quarterback Brett Smith, should have an easier time with New Mexico’s option-style offense.

While the Texas o� ense seems shaky to most Long-horn fans, New Mexico is concerned about the weap-ons Texas will � eld in quar-terback David Ash, senior

running back/wide receiver D.J. Monroe, and sophomore receiver Jaxon Shipley.

“[Ash’s] weapons. What concerns me is he’s a guy who’s smart, he executes, he’s big, strong, and athletic, but he gets the ball to those weapons, and they have a lot of them,” Davie said. “� ey have a lot of speed at receiv-er...those guys are like world-class sprinters...Shipley’s a heck of a player.”

On defense, the Lobos forced four turnovers, con-verting two into touch-downs in their opening game. They held Southern to 83 yards on the ground and 242 yards in the air. New Mexico will face a better rushing offense with Texas backs Malcolm Brown, Joe Bergeron, and Johnathan

Gray this weekend.� is weekend Davie is

anticipating a more active Longhorn passing game then was seen against Wy-oming last weekend. At A&M, Davie was known for his “Wrecking Crew” defense while employed as defensive coordinator. He hopes to use his prior expe-rience and knowledge of the Longhorns’ style of play (he

covered many Texas games as an ABC analyst, includ-ing the game against UCLA last season) to give his over-matched team a leg up.

“Texas didn’t try to throw the ball down the � eld a lot,” Davie said. “I expect them to try and launch it on us and get some big plays. What they did was just line up and ran the ball mostly and pounded Wyoming.”

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Junior Demarcus Rogers is the leading rusher returning for a New Mexico of-fense that amassed just over 1,300 yards on the ground as a team last season. Rogers looked impressive in week one, putting together a stat line much like the Longhorns’ backs, with 13 carries for 103 yards and a touchdown. Rogers possesses all the tools to succeed in the Lobos new option o� ense. He’s of a very stocky build, low to the ground, and has showed glimpses of big play ability with long runs. With an inconsistent signal caller at the helm, Rogers should get a lot of carries against a vastly superior Texas defense. He will have all the op-portunity he needs to help his team pick up yards and points, but it will be up to him to shine.

Gautsche looked very good with his legs in week one, as he rushed eight times for 88 yards and two touch-downs, including a 47 yard touchdown run. He only threw two passes in that game which suggests he’s most likely going to be wanted against Texas to � nd big openings to capitalize on. Gautsche is a big kid at quarterback, coming in as a 6-foot-4, 227 pound freshman. His arm hasn’t been seen enough for the Longhorn faithful to worry about it, but his athletic ability has been put on dis-play for everyone to see and should be taken into consideration if he sees any amount of playing time in this game. Senior B.R. Holbrook will likely get the majority of snaps in this game, but his inconsistency could provide an oppor-tunity for Gautsche to get in and show what he can do against the big boys.

Finding an individual defensive play-er to watch on New Mexico is a tough job. New Mexico gave up 500 points last season, which averages comes out to almost 42 per game. Although they don’t have much to brag about on either side of the ball, linebacker Joseph Har-ris is de� nitely a sleeper pick to watch out for on Saturday. He had 55 total tackles last season, with one sack. � ose numbers don’t jump out at anyone, but the team leader in tackles had 85, so his numbers look a little more solid in com-parison. Against Southern in week one Harris had four tackles and returned a fumble for a touchdown. At 6-foot-2 235 pounds, Harris is a guy that passes the eye test and should warrant a few looks come Saturday. On a team with not much to watch when it comes to de-fense, he could surprise a few people.

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Holding the line When Jackson Jeffcoat was in high school, he and his father, Jim, would watch film of Alex Okafor playing at Texas.

“I would say, ‘Man, this guy is good,’” Jeffcoat said. “And to come play with him, it was incredible.”

Now, the two are consid-ered by many to be the best defensive end duo in the country. Both are expect-ed to be first-round draft picks in the NFL draft next April, should Jeffcoat forgo his senior season.

But until then, the two are fighting to bring Texas back into the National Champi-onship picture with some high expectations.

“We want the No. 1 de-fense, I’m not going to lie to you,” Okafor said. “We want to be the best defense in the nation and that’s what we’re working towards.”

Okafor and Jeffcoat have both been named to the Bronco Nagurski Award watch list, given to the best defensive player in the na-tion. Okafor was also named preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. With the preseason accolades and na-tional attention the two have received, it’s time for them to live up to the expectations.

“You never really want to listen to the hype,” Je� coat

said. “� at’s how you get beat. You take it all, like I said, with a grain of salt and then you keep working.”

Okafor finished last sea-son with 58 tackles and seven sacks. He already registered his first sack of the season during Texas’ win over Wyo-ming. Though the line aims to sack quarterbacks, the group has been focusing on pressuring the quarterback and not necessarily sack-ing them. This mentality led to two interceptions from Wyoming quarterback Brett Smith. The Cowboys were only allowed just 69 yards on 30 carries.

“We played well, we didn’t play our best obviously,” Jef-fcoat said. “But you don’t want to play your best, I guess, at the beginning. We showed signs of being a great defense but we have a long way to go.”

Defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said the team had six or eight missed tack-les. Je� coat said that number is too high. � ough Okafor believes there were some technical issues on the line, he knows that the team can build upon that and be ready for New Mexico.

� e expectations and stan-dards that Okafor and Je� coat hold themselves to are the same as those of the media

and nation, but the two de-fensive ends are una� ected by what others say.

“Everything they say in the magazines is what we want to do for ourselves,” Okafor said. “Those are our personal goals and group goals of the whole defense... That’s what we expected out of ourselves.”

Diaz said the defense played much better in the season opener this year than last year. Although the de-fense allowed Rice just nine points in 2011 and gave up 17 points to the Cowboys, like Okafor and Jeffcoat, he is confident the team will play better against New Mexico. And he is confident expecta-tions will be met.

“When you have a football team, and this a� ects us or anybody else and there’s so much talk about you before the season, the only thing that you can control is just the next play,” Diaz said. “� ings will happen over the course of a game and for sure over the course of a season, the one thing you know that happens is that there will be adversity.”

Jeffcoat considers Okafor to be like a big brother. If they can live up to the pre-season hype, their play could lead to big problems for Big 12 offenses.

— Lauren Giudice

Tandem of defensive ends wreak havoc

alex okafor senior

jackson jeffcoat Junior

Jackson Jeffcoat (44) leaps to deflect a pass from Wyoming’s Brett Smith last week.Zachary Strain | Daily Texan Staff

jackson jeffcoat Junior“We showed signs of being a great defense but we have a long way to go. We have to work on things and

we’re going to start working on them in practice.”

“As far as meeting expectations, we did not last week for the most part.

We’re just coming to improve every day and get better as the weeks go on.”

Holding the line When Jackson Jeffcoat was in high school, he and his father, Jim, would watch film of Alex Okafor playing at Texas.

“I would say, ‘Man, this guy is good,’” Jeffcoat said. “And to come play with him, it was incredible.”

Now, the two are consid-ered by many to be the best defensive end duo in the country. Both are expect-ed to be first-round draft picks in the NFL draft next April, should Jeffcoat forgo his senior season.

But until then, the two are fighting to bring Texas back into the National Champi-onship picture with some high expectations.

“We want the No. 1 de-fense, I’m not going to lie to you,” Okafor said. “We want to be the best defense in the nation and that’s what we’re working towards.”

Okafor and Jeffcoat have both been named to the Bronco Nagurski Award watch list, given to the best defensive player in the na-tion. Okafor was also named preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. With the preseason accolades and na-tional attention the two have received, it’s time for them to live up to the expectations.

“You never really want to listen to the hype,” Je� coat

said. “� at’s how you get beat. You take it all, like I said, with a grain of salt and then you keep working.”

Okafor finished last sea-son with 58 tackles and seven sacks. He already registered his first sack of the season during Texas’ win over Wyo-ming. Though the line aims to sack quarterbacks, the group has been focusing on pressuring the quarterback and not necessarily sack-ing them. This mentality led to two interceptions from Wyoming quarterback Brett Smith. The Cowboys were only allowed just 69 yards on 30 carries.

“We played well, we didn’t play our best obviously,” Jef-fcoat said. “But you don’t want to play your best, I guess, at the beginning. We showed signs of being a great defense but we have a long way to go.”

Defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said the team had six or eight missed tack-les. Je� coat said that number is too high. � ough Okafor believes there were some technical issues on the line, he knows that the team can build upon that and be ready for New Mexico.

� e expectations and stan-dards that Okafor and Je� coat hold themselves to are the same as those of the media

and nation, but the two de-fensive ends are una� ected by what others say.

“Everything they say in the magazines is what we want to do for ourselves,” Okafor said. “Those are our personal goals and group goals of the whole defense... That’s what we expected out of ourselves.”

Diaz said the defense played much better in the season opener this year than last year. Although the de-fense allowed Rice just nine points in 2011 and gave up 17 points to the Cowboys, like Okafor and Jeffcoat, he is confident the team will play better against New Mexico. And he is confident expecta-tions will be met.

“When you have a football team, and this a� ects us or anybody else and there’s so much talk about you before the season, the only thing that you can control is just the next play,” Diaz said. “� ings will happen over the course of a game and for sure over the course of a season, the one thing you know that happens is that there will be adversity.”

Jeffcoat considers Okafor to be like a big brother. If they can live up to the pre-season hype, their play could lead to big problems for Big 12 offenses.

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Jackson Jeffcoat (44) leaps to deflect a pass from Wyoming’s Brett Smith last week.Zachary Strain | Daily Texan Staff

jackson jeffcoat Junior“We showed signs of being a great defense but we have a long way to go. We have to work on things and

we’re going to start working on them in practice.”

“As far as meeting expectations, we did not last week for the most part.

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and Facebook,” Vaccaro said. “Ultimately, we have to play the snap as this new defense and we need it come out every game and prove that we are the defense that everybody is talking about.”

Social media aside, the Texas defense has the abili-ty to live up to the talk. But in order to do so, the sec-ondary will have to play up to its potential. Vaccaro’s a likely first- or second-round pick in next year’s draft, Byndom and Diggs are both highly-touted and starting strong safety Adri-an Phillips has the versatil-

ity to play anywhere in the defensive backfield.

However, in spite of that talent, the secondary struggled in simple cover-age on Saturday. The Cow-boys averaged 9.9 yards a pass attempt and worked the rollout and short slant routes with ease early in the game. But the main issue still stems from the 82-yard completion the Longhorns allowed in the first quarter, which was 20 yards longer than any pass Texas had given up the past two seasons.

� e play itself was a blown coverage, an issue that has

its roots in the way the play-ers interact on the � eld.

“� at was just a bust,” Vac-caro said. “We didn’t have a middle � eld safety. We have inexperienced players, and we will get it corrected. � e team just needs to commu-nicate better.”

No matter how talented a defense is, communication is paramount. Without it, the Longhorns’ secondary will continue to struggle. But if they prove that the first quarter was just an aberration, the mounds of preseason praise the defen-sive backs received could be validated.

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With the first weekend of college football in the books, one thing is clear — the Big 12 has shown it is good, really good. The conference collectively went 9-0, with TCU on a bye-week. Some teams were more impressive than others, but make no doubt about it: the Big 12 is loaded.

• If there were any kinks to work out for Oklahoma State following the Bran-don Weeden/Justin Black-mon era, they seem to have been worked out in the offseason. The Cow-boys shut out Savannah State 84-0 Saturday night, scoring on their first five possessions in the first

quarter. Lousy FCS op-ponent aside, it’s apparent true freshman quarter-back Wes Lunt is capable of running head coach Mike Gundy’s spread of-fense. This Saturday at Arizona may prove to be a little more difficult for the Cowboys.

• Oklahoma State receiv-er Tracy Moore has been readmitted to the program following his suspension for legal troubles. Moore is the Cowboys top-returning receiver from 2011 (672 yards, 4 touchdowns). Moore was also demoted to special teams for the Fiesta Bowl last January for bad behavior in practice.

• South of Stillwater in Norman, Oklahoma, the Sooners are coming off a 24-7 victory over Texas-El

Paso last Saturday night. While Oklahoma came away with the win, many are left questioning the Sooners’ top ranking as the game was closer than the score shows. Quar-terback Landry Jones was not in sync with any of his receivers except Kenny Stills and although Jones passed for 222 yards and two touchdowns, many of his throws were off target, with a couple of near-in-terceptions. He was also sacked three times. To compare, he was sacked only 10 times last season. The Sooners have one more chance to tune up their offense this week-end versus Florida A&M before Kansas State comes to town in a few weeks.

• TCU’s second-leading receiver last season, Skye Dawson, will miss the opener against Grambling State because of a viola-tion against institutional policy, head coach Gary Patterson announced

Tuesday. As a junior in 2011, Dawson hauled in 45 passes for 500 yards and also returned 12 punts.

• West Virginia quar-terback Geno Smith was regarded as a preseason Heisman candidate, and after last Saturday he might be the frontrunner for the trophy. Smith threw for 323 yards and four touchdowns — with an 89 percent completion rating — and rushed for 65 yards add-ing one more score. Smith should only pad those stats on Sept. 15 versus James Madison. However, this is the same James Madison that went into Blacksburg two years ago and defeated Virginia Tech.

• Who needs RG3? Not Baylor (on Sunday night at least). The Bears defeated former Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert’s South-ern Methodist Mustangs, 59-24. Robert Griffin III’s replacement, Nick Flor-ence, passed for 341 yards and

four touchdowns proving the Baylor program is still a force to reckon with.

• Former Kansas tight end A.J. Steward, a graduate as-sistant with the Rice Owls, will be coaching against the Jayhawks on Saturday, just one season after playing for Rock Chalk.

• Texas Tech faces Texas State this weekend in San Marcos, coming off a 44-6 victory over Northwestern State. However Texas State might not be the tune-up game fans expect them to be. The Bobcats upset

Houston last Saturday, 30-13, prompting the first-year Cougars offensive coordinator Mike Nesbitt to resign.

• Iowa State punter Kirby Van Der Kamp was named the Big 12 special teams player of the week after dropping five punts inside Tulsa’s 15-yard line. Cyclones running back Shontrelle Johnson record-ed a career-high 120 rush-ing yards in his first game back from neck surgery.

• Kansas State offen-sive lineman Nick Puetz extended his streak of consecutive starts to 13

games when he started against Missouri State. Puetz was sidelined during the opener after suffering a foot injury and will miss an idefinite amount of time.

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on Sept. 15 versus James Madison. However, this is the same James Madison that went into Blacksburg two years ago and defeated Virginia Tech.

• Who needs RG3? Not Baylor (on Sunday night at least). The Bears defeated former Texas quarterback Garrett Gilbert’s South-ern Methodist Mustangs, 59-24. Robert Griffin III’s replacement, Nick Flor-ence, passed for 341 yards and

to be. The Bobcats upset extended his streak of consecutive starts to 13

games when he started against Missouri State. Puetz was sidelined during the opener after suffering a foot injury and will miss an idefinite amount of time.

• Baylor has won its past seven games dating backto 2011, the second-longestactive streak in the nation.

• The Bears have also totaled over 500 yards of offense in each of their last eight games.

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Week one of college football wrapped up on Monday night, capping o� a weekend of ex-citing performances. Looking ahead to week two, the excite-ment should continue.

• Florida head coach Will Muschamp has slated sopho-more quarterback Je� Driskel as the starter versus Texas A&M on Saturday in College Station. Driskel passed for 114 yards and a touchdown versus Bowling Green last week in a 27-14 victory. � is Saturday’s game will also be the Aggies’ season and SEC inaugural game.

• Florida State senior de-fensive end Brandon Jen-kins will miss the rest of the season with a foot injury sustained last Saturday ver-sus Murray State. Jenkins, a projected first-round NFL draft pick, is 2 1/2 sacks short of third place all-time at Florida State.

• Nebraska senior running back Rex Burkhead is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game at UCLA. Burkhead has a sprained ligament in his knee he su� ered versus Southern Mississippi last Saturday. Burkhead rushed

for 1,357 yards and 15 touch-downs in 2011.

• Multiple Michigan State football players took to Twit-ter on Saturday night poking jokes at Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson’s struggles (200 yards, 2 INTs) versus Alabama in the Wolverines’ 41-14 loss. “DENARD IS SOOOO BAD!” tweeted red-shirt freshman Kyle Artinian. Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio was not hap-py about it. “Our guys need to keep their mouths shut,” Dantonio said. “� at blunt enough? ... Especially the ones not even playing.”

• Former LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, who was kicked out of the Tigers pro-gram a� er his repeated posi-tive tests for marijuana, will take classes at LSU this fall as he continues drug rehabilita-tion. It is still unclear wheth-er Mathieu will be allowed to return to the Tigers football team in 2013.

• Division III Eureka quar-terback Sam Durley broke the NCAA passing yardage re-cord, throwing for 736 yards last Saturday night. Durley’s performance dethroned for-mer record holder Division III Menlo quarterback Zamir Amin’s 730 yards in 2000.

• Air Force Head Coach Troy Calhoun is provid-ing his personal USA Today Coach’s Poll ballot each week for the 2012 season. Typically coaches’ votes aren’t provided to the media until the end of the regular season. Calhoun tabbed the Texas Longhorns at No. 15 this week.

• Th e Boise State BCS-bust-er conversation ended early this season, as Michigan State handed the Broncos a 17-13 defeat in East Lansing Aug. 31. Boise State has had plen-ty of success versus ranked teams early in the season the past three years, defeating Oregon, Virginia Tech, and Georgia all away from Boise. However, behind running back Le’Veon Bell (210 yards, two touchdowns) the Spar-tans proved the Broncos are mere football mortals.

• Michigan reinstated run-ning back Fitzgerald Tous-saint and defensive end Frank Clark following the pairs’ suspension week one. Tous-saint is the Wolverines lead-ing returning rusher. In less positive news for Big Blue, the team lost top cornerback Blake Countess for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Countess, a sophomore, had 44 tackles in 2011. Countess

is now the fourth Wolverine to go down with a season ending injury. South Caro-lina junior quarterback Con-nor Shaw can hardly move

his right arm, according to his head coach, Steve Spur-rier. Shaw took a big hit to his shoulder at Vanderbilt last � ursday night in the Game-

cocks’ 17-13 victory. If Shaw can’t go this weekend ver-sus East Carolina, Spurrier would likely turn to sopho-more Dylan � ompson.

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Seminoles lose senior lineman, Mathieu stays put By Hank South

wrapped up on Monday night, capping o� a weekend of ex-citing performances. Looking ahead to week two, the excite-ment should continue.

Muschamp has slated sopho-more quarterback Je� Driskel as the starter versus Texas A&M on Saturday in College Station. Driskel passed for

versus Bowling Green last week in a 27-14 victory. � is Saturday’s game will also be the Aggies’ season and SEC inaugural game.

fensive end Brandon Jen-kins will miss the rest of the season with a foot injury sustained last Saturday ver-sus Murray State. Jenkins, a projected first-round NFL draft pick, is 2 1/2 sacks short of third place all-time at Florida State.

back Rex Burkhead is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game at UCLA. Burkhead has a sprained ligament in his knee he su� ered versus Southern Mississippi last Saturday. Burkhead rushed

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� e Longhorns’ commitment to Da-vid Ash paid immediate dividends in the team’s � rst game of the season. Ash’s decision making seemed to improve a� er a full o� season lining up with the starters, as he completed 20 of 27 pass at-tempts for 156 yards with a touchdown. � e sophomore did not take many shots down� eld, but he did not turn the ball over in the air either. � e Lobos’ quar-terbacks were not especially impressive in their season opener against Southern, as B.R. Holbrook and Cole Gautsche combined to go 7-10 for just 70 yards passing. Gautsche pitched in 88 yards on the ground in the win, but their overall impotency passing the ball gives Texas the edge.

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Both teams were extremely e� cient running the ball in week one. � e Long-horns were led by Joe Bergeron, who rushed for 110 yards and two touch-downs on 15 carries, and Malcolm Brown, who tallied 105 yards and a score in 14 attempts. Overall, Texas recorded 280 yards and four touchdowns on the ground with a 6.0 yard rushing average. � e Lobos rushed for 347 yards and � ve touchdowns in their � rst game, with 10 players registering at least one rushing attempt. None of these players were able to match the individual rushing totals of Bergeron or Brown however, and few teams can boast a duo with such explo-sive big play abilities.

Jaxon Shipley picked up where he le� of last season against Wyoming, lead-ing the Longhorns with seven catches for 45 yards. He also made an impres-sive diving catch for the lone touchdown through the air for Texas, and he was ef-fective in earning extra yards on several plays. Mike Davis also had 40 yards on four receptions for the Longhorns and could be used as a down� eld threat again this week. � e Lobos are a run-oriented o� ense that put little emphasis on throw-ing the ball, and no receiver had more than 24 yards or two receptions in their � rst game.

Neither the Longhorns nor the Lobos allowed a sack in week one, and both teams rushed the ball very well. Few match the experience of the Texas line. David Ash regularly had enough time to � nd an open receiver and was able to complete 74.1 percent of his passes. � e Lobos’ line was even more impressive, as it led the way for a potent rushing attack that tallied 347 yards and a 6.8 yard aver-age. Four players ran for at least 65 yards, with each of those players averaging at least 7.5 yards per carry.

� e Texas defensive line sacked Wyo-ming’s Brett Smith only once last week and Smith was given a lot of time in the pocket. It did seem as the game moved along that the defensive line got into a better stride. � e Longhorns only al-lowed 69 rushing yards to the Cowboys and the Lobos should not get too far on such a talented D-line that is hoping to improve a� er the � rst game.

� e Texas linebacking crew will face a triple option from New Mexico, an o� ensive scheme that seems like a lost art in an era where the spread o� ense is most prevalent. � e linebackers of Tex-as missed some tackles and allowed 11 third down conversions last weekend. With that said, it is almost certain that the Texas linebackers will perform at a high level against New Mexico and look to excel in the trenches against the Lo-bos’ triple option, where size and over-all talent will play as a factor that is in Texas’ favor.

Needless to say the Texas second-ary stepped up when they had to but a couple big plays were given up that le� some question marks. Kenny Vaccaro played exceptionally well against Wyo-ming. A Vaccaro interception kicked the momentum in Texas’ favor, with the en-suing drive ending with David Ash’s 16-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Shipley. New Mexico’s passing game should not be a problem for a strong Texas second-ary. � e New Mexico secondary allowed 242 yards through the air and one touch-down in their win against Southern.

New Mexico’s Justin Adams, who knocked in a 38-yarder last game, has the advantage. Nick Jordan missed his � rst � eld goal as a Longhorn (46 yards) but came back hitting a 31-yarder later in the game. � e Longhorns may still have to work out some special team kinks as the season rolls on.

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The New Mexico Lobos put on an exciting performance in Bob Davie’s debut as head coach, putting up 66 points against Southern in a game that had all the makings of a track meet.

The only two meetings between the Longhorns and the Lobos have ended with the Longhorns winning both games 47-0, but if the Longhorns want to extend their streak to 3 games they need to follow a simple game plan.

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In week one New Mexico accounted for 347 yards on the ground, with four players amassing 65 yards apiece. Freshman quarterback Cole Gautsche put himself on everyone’s radar after his eight- rush, 88-yard perfor-mance against Southern, proving that his athletic abil-ity could make him a player to watch throughout the season. While Texas should have no problem dispatch-ing the Lobos, the Longhorns should beware of New Mexico’s big play ability.

The New Mexico quarterbacks threw for 70 yards and one touchdown on seven of 10 completions as a unit last Saturday. Senior quarterback B.R. Holbrook hasn’t shown much in his four years with the Lobos. His stats last season weren’t anything to brag about, as he completed only 59 percent of his passes, throwing four touchdowns to seven interceptions. In short, the Longhorns need to force the Lobos to pass the foot-ball. If the score gets too ugly, or Holbrook is forced into compromising situations by pressure, expect to see freshman quarterback Cole Gautsche get a bit of playing time in New Mexico’s new option offense. When Holbrook and Gautsche realize they aren’t getting around Jeffcoat or Okafor and have to make throws from a small window in the pocket, expect a slew of turnovers to come the Longhorns’ way. If Texas can force the Lobos to throw the football, good things will likely happen.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. In week one the Longhorns followed the game plan and totaled 280 yards on the ground, with David Ash completing 74 percent of his throws. Sophomore backs Joe Bergeron and Malcolm Brown did exactly what was expected of them against Wyoming, each eclipsing 100 yards rushing. The Lobos gave up 500 points to only 144 scored last season. The Longhorns need to carry the football and carry it often to wear the Lobos down. This will undoubtedly open up the passing game for Ash to build upon his solid week one performance. The main plan for the offense should be to run fast and often against a New Mexico team that is outmatched.

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Georgia vs. Missouri Georgia Georgia GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia Georgia GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia

Florida vs. Texas A&M Florida Florida FloridaFlorida Florida Florida Texas A&MFlorida Florida

Auburn vs.Mississippi State Miss. State Auburn AuburnAuburn Auburn Auburn Miss. StateAuburn Miss. State

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Last Week’s Record 3-2 4-1 4-14-1 3-2 4-1 3-23-2 4-1

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