Longhorns Wire staff predictions for Texas Football vs. UTEP—
Longhorns Wire staff predictions for Texas Football vs. UTEP
AfteralosstoOhioStatetokickofftheseason,theTexasLonghornslookedbetteragainstweakerSanJoseState.Buttheoffense,especially,stillhadsomeissues.
TheHornspouncedonSpartanturnoverslastweekandproducedpointsfromthem.ButquarterbackArchManningisstillhavingahardtimemovingtheball.Itisn’tjustManning.Therunninggamehasn’tbeensensation,whichthenimpactsplayaction.Theoffensivelineisstillaworkinprogress.
Manningisranked135thinthenationinplayactionsofarthisseasonaccordingtoPFF.Heis2ndinthenationwhenitcomestostraightdropbacks.UTEP,ontheotherhand,istheNo.1tacklingteaminthecountry.
GetusedtoseeingUTEPinAustin.TheMinerswillplayTexasatDKRfouroutofthenextsevenyears.It’sdoubtfulUTEPwillbecloseinanyofthosefuturegames.
TommyBreseePrediction:
TexaswalksintoWeekThreewithplentyofthingstofigureout.Thisshouldbeanotherspottobeabletopolishtheoffense,eliminatepenaltiesandgetarelativelyeasywin.Tha