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2023 Houston Post-Mortem: Offense

by: Paul Wadlington10/23/23
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Steve Sarkisian (Will Gallagher/Inside Texas)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Let's start with the good.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Texas scored touchdowns on 3 of their first 4 drives to stake out a 21-0 lead in the first quarter of play. That's a pretty good way to start a football game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Longhorn offense was poised and methodical as Ewers took consistent profits on check downs to the running backs while hitting receivers on short and intermediate routes. Sark was aggressive in maintaining the ball, going for it early on a 4th and 2 to Xavier Worthy on the Houston 30 yard line. That conversion led to a touchdown and Texas was 3 of 5 on 4th down for the game (the two misses were the Auburn fake field goal and a bad play call against a UH blitz to Adonai Mitchell in the 2H). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->