Preview of the Texas Longhorns vs Tennessee matchup with analysis on run game strategy, Tennessee’s defense, and key stats for a winning performance.
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In this Longhorns Hit episode, Madison Davis breaks down why establishing the run game is absolutely critical for Texas to beat Tennessee, including detailed analysis on how to exploit Tennessee’s defensive scheme, which running backs could make a difference, and how the pass rush could impact Texas’ play-calling. If you’re a Texas Longhorns fan looking for straight-to-the-point, actionable game preview and analysis ahead of the next matchup, this episode is for you!
In order for the Texas Longhorns to win this game against Tennessee tomorrow, we have to establish the run game early and often. That's the only way we are going to win this game. What's going on everybody? I am Madison Davis and this is your Longhorns hit. Get your quick hits five minutes multiple times a day on your favorite team. So go ahead, go to the YouTube channel, subscribe, like, comment, subscribe, turn that post notification bell on so you know when we post. And for the everydayers, leave a score prediction down in the comments. I can't wait to hear it. We want to give a shout out to our. Sponsor Kalshi. Kalshi, K-A-L-S-H-I. Download the Kalshi app. Use code HIT, H-I-T, to get $25 when you trade $25 on us. Use this limited time offer. There's one thing that definitely worries me about the Tennessee defense, and we will get to that. You want to stay and hear that. But first things first, let's get into how we need to establish the run. heavy 12 personnel. They— so Jim Knowles likes to run a 3-high system. He likes to run a 3-high system. Um, so that's going to leave a light box for us, and we have a 3-headed monster. Uh, well, hold on, not really sure if Hollywood Smothers is going to play. There's been some conflicting reports. We're just gonna have to wait till Saturday. Honestly, we just got to wait till Saturday. But nevertheless, the game plan does not change. I trust Derrick Cooper and I trust Relique Brown. Um, if, if we could just establish the run Right, and attack that light box. We'll, well, we can get chunk plays. We can get chunk plays. Um, they, the Tennessee Volunteers, they're actually bottom, the bottom half of college football, um, in allowing chunk plays, especially chunk yardage on the run, right? They don't give up chunk plays, uh, in the air. They, they don't do that. They're actually really good thus far. Granted, it was against Furman, uh, against Kennesaw State, and against Georgia Tech. But with Georgia Tech, Justice Haynes, he was getting active on the ground, right? He was getting active on the ground. He was able to, he has some nice runs. He has some nice runs. And we have a 3-headed, maybe 2-headed, 3-headed monster in the backfield. So I believe if we can do that, if we could just establish a run and then that'll open up the RPO. That'll open up the RPO and that'll open up play action. Play action was very useful last week against UTSA. Yes, it was. Yes, it was. Now, how you're gonna have to attack them though, Right? When I mean the run game, let's go back 2 weeks ago when we went against Ohio State in that 4th quarter, really in the last 2 quarters, but let's just focus on the 4th quarter. Remember how we kept that defensive line on the field when we were running the ball constantly? They were gassed every single— it was like every single time they knew what we were going to do, right? They knew what we were going to do. Once we got the first down, we were going to run the ball. And we were getting, we were getting, Relique was getting active. It was Relique and Hollywood, but really it was, it was a lot, it was a lot more Relique. Relique was getting active. He was getting physical yardage. He was getting yards after contact. He was able to do that, was able to get downhill also. We have to do that early and often. If we can get these long methodical drives, um, it will take the hostile environment. They'll, they'll be like, man, that was a long 13-play drive, man. That was a— they had the ball for a minute, a good minute. If we do that, we will find success and we will win this game. Uh, Tennessee's pass rush, they, they scare me. They do scare me. I'm gonna let you know why in just a few moments. Shout out to our sponsor, Kalshi. Download the Kalshi app, K-A-L-S-H-I. Over on Kalshi, we, the Texas Longhorns, have a— they have us trading at 66% to win this game. They also have us trading at 13% to win the national championship over Ohio State, who's trading at 12%. So if you were to trade $100 on the Texas Longhorns winning the national championship, your max payout would be $600. $29. So do yourself a favor, go ahead, download the Kalshi app, K-A-L-S-H-I, uh, use promo code HIT, H-I-T, to get $25 when you trade $25. That is on us. Again, that's Kalshi, K-A-L-S-H-I, Kalshi. Trade on anything. This pass rush on, on obvious passing downs, yeah, they're, they're going to get after you. They are second in college football. In sacks with 13. See, remember I was telling you guys, I was like, hey, our numbers are a little low for us to be really, really, really nice. Now, uh, if we can again establish a run, we can, we will be just fine. I trust our tackles, right? I trust our offensive line. I trust our interior. I trust our, you know, I trust our guys. But the stats speak for himself. 13 sacks through 3 games, 2nd in college football. That worries me a lot. That means they can get to the quarterback and Jim Knowles, he will bring pressure. That he's that he's he's no stranger in doing so. He's no stranger in doing so. That means Sark, a lot of those concepts, those deep concepts are going to take a while to develop there. Yeah, no, nah, nah, that's not that's not going to work this weekend. It's not going to wouldn't be in our best interest. Now again, I trust our tackles, so sometimes it will work. But if we're going to spam it, nah, it's not going to work. It's not going to work. Let's let's go ahead. Let's do our crossers. Let's do our mesh concept. Let's let's do that. Right? Let's do that. If it takes too long to develop, I wouldn't necessarily— you can call it a few times, right? Whatever you see in the defense, whatever you— if you see a hole or what have you, cool, that's fine. But if it's obvious and you— we— they know what you're going to do, expect pressure. Expect pressure. Uh, expect pressure. Yes, expect pressure. Uh, that, that does worry me, but again, I trust our guys on the outside to handle business. It's your main man Madison Davis back at it again with the Longhorns Hit. Get your quick hits 5 minutes multiple times a day over here with the Locked On Podcast Network. Uh, this is Longhorns Hit. Make sure you subscribe, like, comment, subscribe, turn that post notification bell on so you know when we post. It's been real. See you next time. Hook 'em!