Texas Longhorns: Coach V
April 25, 2021
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The best thing about a spring game is it tells each individual exactly where he stands after installing the new system. Film study not only helps the player but also illustrates the strengths and wea...
January 2, 2020
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Some games are fun to watch on both sides of the ball.
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November 30, 2019
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We can play the hell out of batting practice. Once we figured out Tech was minus their E. J. Holub (Brooks-#1) war-hog we boxed their ears for close to half a hundred. It's fun when everyday is a hol...
November 25, 2019
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It's only fair that I admit it's getting extremely difficult to stomach watching much less grading this sad mess that we call our football program these days. It doesn't really matter to what extent ...
November 18, 2019
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Our Coach Venable grades the Longhorns each week and after a close loss to Iowa State on Saturday, some players and coaches might be headed to summer school.
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November 10, 2019
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Our offense consisted of several big time individual efforts mixed with a bunch of "let's try this" along the way. That's what you get when your chief play-caller has too many hats to wear. This offe...
October 21, 2019
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It's fun to watch our guys make plays. When you score half a hundred it stands to reason we must have played pretty damn well and we did. The best part for me was we had guys picking up other guys wh...
October 14, 2019
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Most teams like to make a statement with their first offensive play. We threw a five yard backward pass to a WR in motion where he had to fight to limit the loss due to the ineffective cupcake blocks...
September 22, 2019
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Coach V grades the performance of the Longhorn offense and defense against Oklahoma State.
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September 15, 2019
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We showed up ready to play. The game is fun when your guys work their way into displaying their talents on center stage. We have our share of good players. Many were back home---hometown heroes from ...
September 9, 2019
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We didn't execute the assignments we were assigned---across the board. Football players are supposed to make plays regardless of degree of difficulty. Since we gave up 45 points and over 500 yards it...
January 15, 2019
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Any grading scale applied to football is going to have some degree of subjectivity. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder the saying goes, and Inside Texas’ @UTexasfootball has seen a lot of beauty ...
January 10, 2019
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Any grading scale applied to football is going to have some degree of subjectivity. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder the saying goes, and Inside Texas’ @UTexasfootball has seen a lot of beauty ...
January 3, 2019
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Fun game to watch. We made too many mistakes and missed too many tackles but we stuck a bunch of busy into their operation. We turned several "big play" potentials into minimal gains with tremendous ...
December 3, 2018
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The chips were on the line in Arlington this time. We had some rise to the occasion. We had some that allowed the magnitude of the game affect their performance. We still scored 27 points but fell fa...
November 25, 2018
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We played very hard this week. We were a couple of "big" plays and too many missed tackles away from a very good game. Guys were flying around with kinetic energy abound. I liked the approach we took...
November 19, 2018
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Right up front I just want to acknowledge that these guys have some kind of blurs aligning as edge foundations. I wouldn't be surprised if they anchored the sprint relay back in their high school day...
November 11, 2018
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The grades are in after UT's 41-34 thrilling win over Tech in Lubbock. Offense making strides and defense going another direction for the Longhorns in early November.
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November 4, 2018
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If you are looking for feel good words about our defensive performance yesterday you might need to check another post. I will attempt to use only the best of the worst in describing the defensive eff...
October 28, 2018
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We played well enough to win despite some minor miscues along the way. Sam bounced back with a solid performance and even better leadership. The Oline broke down in a few situations but overall playe...
October 14, 2018
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It was a crazy Saturday in college football. The No. 9 Texas Longhorns held onto the win over I-35 rival Baylor. Coach Venable drops his game grades. Positive signs sprinkled with some guys that need...
October 7, 2018
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Wow, , what a game---what college football means to the entire nation. There is just something about a rival game that brings out the best of all of us. Can I get a "thank you" from everybody that mu...
September 30, 2018
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Texas did what it needed to do in Manhattan on Saturday with a 19-14 win. It was the first victory over Kansas State at Bill Snyder Family Stadium since 2002 and its first 4-game winning streak since...
September 23, 2018
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One might make a case for three things that just might have appeared obvious concerning our offense yesterday if one was so inclined. The lead story is we have a solid group of guys that just play we...
September 16, 2018
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We had a mixture of flashes combined with a steady workman like effort to beat a pretty good USC defense last night. We almost eliminated all ugly. It was obvious that we had all eleven focused and t...
September 9, 2018
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This offense is at best a work in progress. We had some individual star quality plays but overall we lack polish and coordination. The effort is much better than the results indicate in too many inst...
September 2, 2018
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Here are Coach Venables' offensive and defensive grades after Maryland's 34-29 win over UT at FedEx Field on Saturday. Some good, some bad, and some optimism.
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July 15, 2018
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You get inside by mid morning during the dog days---18 holes wrapped by 10 am or so and away you go. Always reminds me of the song "what a day for a daydream". Once the adult beverages rinse the dust...
March 25, 2018
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The term thud made it's way into my vocabulary at some point during the 70's. I first thought it to be very large human beings running to the football---you know, thudding along. By definition I came...
March 18, 2018
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Tuesday will begin another chapter in the yearly quest of building a championship football team. It's called spring training. My best bet is coach Herman would love to start the spring with a rousing...
March 4, 2018
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Every now and then I find reason to appreciate exactly why I'm so glad my days of teaching this wonderful game are history. I find keeping up with the new fangled discoveries contrary to every rule t...
February 10, 2018
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I always found the off season was good for two main reasons back in my day and I suspect it might hold true today if the truth be known. First and foremost is the growth spurt for the players. We alw...
February 4, 2018
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Did you ever have to make up your mind? Say as to one and let the other one slide. There's that to deal with.
Thinking back on Texas DC Todd Orlando's defense last year I don't get far before realizi...
December 29, 2017
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Our Coach Venable grades the Longhorns after UT's 33-16 win over Missouri in the Texas Bowl. Improvements across the board equal a great offseason and expectations in 2018.
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November 26, 2017
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We got out-toughed. It was ugly. That's being kind. Armanti Foreman was the best senior on senior night---we got his best for this year. Jake McMillon had the best night blocking---he actually got a ...
November 19, 2017
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Texas thumped No. 24 West Virginia in Morgantown on Saturday, notching bowl eligibility in Tom Herman's first season. Here are Coach Venable's grades following the 28-14 win.
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November 12, 2017
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It was bound to happen somewhere along the line. Playing hard has been covering for a multitude of less than smart football decisions by our usually scrappy defenders. We found out going around 90% i...
November 5, 2017
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It's my opinion we didn't play our best but we played well enough to win most contests in this league. I was disappointed in a few things but overall the effort was fun to watch except for a couple o...
October 29, 2017
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The grades are in after UT's 38-7 win over Baylor from McLane Stadium on Saturday. The offense is improving and the defense is on the Dean's List. More from our Coach Venable on the Longhorns perform...
October 22, 2017
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All right let's get this puppy discussed and hopefully stress as many positive points as possible along the way. We can blame a cast of dozens in the locker room and that's fair game as long as we at...
October 15, 2017
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Our Coach Venable turns in his grades after the Texas-OU brawl in Dallas on Saturday from the Cotton Bowl. The offense continues to struggle and rely on the QB, while the defense has spurts of greatn...
October 8, 2017
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The offense found a rhythm, the defense continued its solid play. Add those to a budding young QB, and Texas beat K-State and moved to 2-0 in the big 12 for the first time since 2013.
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September 29, 2017
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There are times when I strongly wish two platoon football was still in vogue. It would be nice if we could take the heart and desire of our defensive personnel into the offensive huddle but that's fo...
