Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night’s best basketball action. No. 4 Missouri at Texas, 9 p.m. ET, ESPN: The 2011-12 Missouri Tigers are not known for their defense. That’s not because the Tigers’ defense is particularly bad; it’s more like average, or slightly above. But beyond that, the main reason the Tigers aren’t known for their defense is their offense. We think about Missouri as an offensive team not only because the Tigers were an offensive, fast-break style team throughout former coach Mike Anderson’s tenure, but because this current group of Missouri Tigers happens to be really, really awesome at scoring the ball.
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Saddle Up: Missouri’s best offense
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Pflugerville Hendrickson’s Daje Johnson, an all-purpose player who can play either offense or defense, has justed tweeted that he has committed to Texas. Johnson previously had given a non-binding verbal pledge to TCU. He becomes the 25th member of
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Daje Johnson commits to Longhorns
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How would you like to be a defensive player for the Texas Longhorns? For the past month, you have basically gone into games knowing you had a really good chance to shut down the opposition, which in the offense-heavy Big 12 is somewhere between a shutout and 21 points.
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With this defense, even a little offense would make a big difference
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The Texas running game went from forceful to futile, and without its top talent at running back, the offense got worse and worse.
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Hookem.com analysis: Horns’ offense got worse and worse against Missouri
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The Texas running game went from forceful to futile, and without its top talent at running back, the offense got worse and worse.
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Hookem.com analysis: Horns’ offense got worse and worse against Missouri
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Entering today’s game, Texas Tech had scored a touchdown on 78.1 percent (32-of-41) of its red zone trips in 2011, the best mark in the Big 12 this season. That percentage is taking a hit. Tech has reached the red zone on two of three drives already, but has settled for field goals on both occasions. Texas is making them pay with a productive offensive day already, even though the offense is without Jaxon Shipley and freshman back Malcolm Brown is unlikely to play extensively with turf toe. Texas leads 17-6 in the second quarter after a Fozzy Whittaker touchdown run. On both third-down situations, Texas Tech went with a conservative play. A third-and-goal from the 9-yard line saw a screen play blown up to end the 15-play opening drive. Texas Tech settled on a short draw play on third-and-19. The culprit is penalties more than anything else. The offense has backed up and put itself in a hole, but the Red Raiders made offense look easy on the way to the red zone. Once they get there, Texas is outperforming them. That’s true on offense, too, and now Texas Tech will have to try to come from behind.
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Texas Tech offense playing out of character
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Here’s what I’m keeping an eye on in this week’s games. 1. Kansas State’s secondary. The Wildcats failed their big test last week against Oklahoma and it gets just as difficult, if not more so, this week in Stillwater. And time it’s on the road. OSU’s running game is better than Oklahoma’s, and its passing game is just as difficult to cover. Brandon Weeden has been sharp, and the task ahead of Nigel Malone and David Garrett is enormous. This matchup will decide the game. 2. Baylor’s front seven. The Bears are giving up almost 250 yards on the ground in conference play, and Missouri fields a two-headed rushing attack with James Franklin and Henry Josey , who both torched a solid Texas A&M front seven last week. These guys have to play well to give Robert Griffin III and the Bears a chance, or Missouri will control possession and the game. 3. Oklahoma’s home prowess. The home streak is gone, but did the mystique follow Texas Tech out of the building? Badly beating a good Texas A&M team would be a nice start for the Sooners, but Texas A&M has to be significantly less intimidated by a) seeing that result and b) beating Oklahoma last season. So which is it? 4. Texas QB(s)? Texas continues to list Case McCoy and David Ash as co-starters when the playing time looks like there’s nothing “co” about it.
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What to watch for in the Big 12: Week 10
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WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR THIS WEEK I’m looking for Longhorns tight ends to become a consistent part of the offense.
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Texas vs. Kansas: What Mark Rosner is looking for
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The No. 3 Sooners have looked invincible more often than not during their 39-game winning streak at Owen Field dating back to 2005. Saturday night against Texas Tech, they have looked anything but. The defense is getting shredded by Seth Doege and the Red Raider receivers, and the offense looks out of sorts, missing on blocks, throws and dropping passes. The Sooners trail, 24-7, entering the third quarter. A comeback looks anything but imminent. Oklahoma’s offense can hang points in a hurry, so it’s a very real possibility, but so is a shocking upset. Alex Torres has a pair of touchdowns on slip screens that were expertly blocked downfield against an Oklahoma defense that looked helpless. Texas Tech, four-touchdown underdogs, has Oklahoma in a precarious spot. Oklahoma officials told media in the press box that the largest deficit ever erased at home by an Oklahoma team is 15 points against Vanderbilt in 1977. Oklahoma can hang all the points it wants in the second half, but the defense has to get better first. Another 24 points for Texas Tech’s offense in the second half would almost certainly put this out of reach. Can the Sooners come back? I’m betting on a nailbiting finish either way. Should be an exciting second half.
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Texas Tech threat in Norman is very real
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Paul Rhoads stuck with Steele Jantz as his starter. Jantz, playing through a painful foot injury, didn’t reward Rhoads, failing to complete any of his first four passes, which included an interception. Like last week, Rhoads benched Jantz and went with Barnett. It’s paying off, and Iowa State now leads No. 17 Texas A&M, 7-3 . Barnett is taking on the nation’s last-ranked pass defense, and looking good doing it. Coaches often talk about new quarterbacks needing to provide a “spark” for the offense, and Barnett is proving why it’s more than a tired cliche. Barnett completed his first three passes for 47 yards and ran for a seven-yard gain. James White , stepping in for the injured Shontrelle Johnson , split the Aggies’ defense for a touchdown. Unless Barnett gets hurt or hits a string of turnovers, it’s hard to see Jantz getting back into this game. The freshman had a rough outing against Mizzou in limited action last week, but this week? So far, it’s all good.
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Important QB call paying off for ISU
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