GD stands for...

god dammit.

Greg Davis was up to his old tricks again. Ignoring the strengths of the Texas offense, Davis instead made the following dubious play calls:

- On Texas' opening drive against tOSU, Texas ran the ball with impunity, driving down to the tOSU 7 yard line. Rather than lining up and pounding the ball in, he called a wide-receiver screen on 1st down, which went nowhere. On 2nd down, another wide-receiver screen, which Pittman fumbled on the 1, and tOSU recovered and returned to mid-field.

- On 3rd and 1, on the buckeye side of the field, rather than lining up and running up the gut to get a 1st down, Texas runs the ball out of the shotgun, and loses four yards and momentum. The good news is, in a similar situation later in the game, Texas lined up in goal-line and converted the 1st down. Maybe even GD can learn from his mistakes.

I may be a wistful old fogey, but in goal-line and short yardage situations, put in a fullback or an extra tightend, rely on your stout O-line, and get your yardage. Running out of the shotgun seems to work fine between the 20s, but once inside the red zone, the defense tightens up, and the horizontal running and passing game is ineffective.

tOSU played a great game, and I do not contend Texas would have won if they converted on the above scenarios, but their chances of winning would greatly improve. Its up to the coaches to put the players in position to win, and GD failed again. I have never been on the "fire Greg Davis" bandwagon, and it is hard to criticize a coaching staff that just won 20 games in a row, but if Texas gets inside an opponents ten yard line, and proceeds to line up in shotgun, I'll die a little inside.

Oh, and the zone read only works if you have a QB that is a threat to run.

That said, I still think Texas is the best team in the Big 12. But will the nightmares of RRS pasts come back to haunt GD and Texas on Oct. 7? We'll see.