Houston Preview – Week 01 | 23 Personnel Podcast – 219

Intro

Football

    • TTU Athletics Kickoff Party Quick Recap (Thurs, Aug 26th)
    • Realignment Update
    • Texas Tech v. Houston Preview
      • NRG Stadium, Houston, TX – 6pm – ESPN
      • Tech depth chart
        • h/t Rob Breaux: Tech OL: avg 6’6”; 312 lbs; 99 collegiate starts
      • Week 1 Press Conference
        • Tony Bradford 
          • Can’t let them run the ball through the heart of the defense
          • No difference in playing in NFL stadium vs college – “ same goal – go 1-0”
          • have to be ready for UH to show something new that they havent put on film yet; need to be ready to make adjustments on the fly
      • Historical Stats
      • CFN Preview
        • 1st Quarter Scoring: Opponents 72 – Houston 37
      • Houston depth chart
      • Offense
        • QB Clayton Tune, (6-3, 215, Jr – Carrollton, TX)
          • 3rd year starter, sort of (all 2020 games, final 7 2019 games)
          • 2020 Passing: 60%, 256 yd/gm, 10 interceptions out of 285 attempts, 15 TDs
          • 2020 Rushing: 72 att/253 yds, 5 TDs, 32 yd/gm
        • Only returning 8 starters, with 4 on the line, but several transfers
        • Receivers
          • Nathanial Dell (2020 leading receiver) 5-10, 155 lb, So
            • 29 rec, 428 yds, 14.8 ypc, 3 TDs
          • KeSean Carter (TTU)
            • Career: 83 passes 831 yds in 3 seasons
            • 2020: 30 rec/290 yds, 4 TDs before shoulder injury
          • Seth Green (Minnesota), listed as TE, 6-4, 240, Sr
            • Former QB who played RB and backup QB (Wildcat in 2018) and WR at Minnesota?
          • Jaylen Erwin (UCLA)
        • Runningbacks
          • Mulbah Car (5-11, 215 lbs, 6th yr Sr)
            • 2020: 52a,192yds – 2tds
          • Chandler Smith (5-6, 184 lbs, Sr)
            • 2020: 25a/119 yds
          • Ta’Zawn Henry (5-7, 170 lbs, Jr); not listed on initial depth chart
            • Sat out 2020
            • Best performance in 2018 against UofH
              • 24 carries, 111 yards, 4 TDs
              • 7 rec, 42 rec yds
          • Alton McCaskell (true freshman)
      • Defense
        • 11 returning starters
        • 2019-2020 DB coach Doug Belk promoted to DC
        • 3rd in AAC in sacks, 4th in Total Defense
        • Allowed 32 points per game (yikes)
        • From watching highlights; poor tackling team
        • CB Marcus Jones
        • DL David Anenih (4.5 sacks/6.5 tfl)
        • DL/FB Derek Parish
        • CB Alex Hogan (TTU)
        • LB Donavan Mutin is back (61 tackles in 2019, injured 2020)
      • Score predictions
        • Spencer – TTU 38 – 31
        • Michael – TTU 35 – 31
  • The Picks are In (Lines from BetOnline 8/28)
    • Stanford vs Kansas State (-2.5) – Arlington, TX
    • OU (-26.5) at Tulane
    • WVU (-3) at Maryland
    • UL Lafayette at Texas (-9)
    • Baylor (-13.5) at Texas State
    • South Dakota at Kansas (-15.5) Line from ActionNetwork
    • University of Northern Iowa at Iowa State (no line – oddshark predicted 39.6-13.4 score – set line at ISU -26?)
    • Duquesne at TCU (oddshark TCU wins 42-0, TCU -42?)
    • Texas Tech (-1; O/U 64) vs Houston – NRG Stadium, Houston, TX – updated from -1.5 on 8/31

Questions

https://twitter.com/23Personnel/status/1432730345279995915?s=20 

What did we learn?

Michael: Oven-made brisket can be good (and my wife can also make dad jokes)

 

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