It is essential that Texas gets out to a fast start and though Rice does have some talent in dual-threat Taylor McHargue, Texas is no longer going to be looking past their opening game. They only won 34-17 last year and off a 5-7 season this Texas team is ready to make some statements. Before scoring just 34 points in last year's meeting Texas had scored 50+ points in 4 straight meetings. I think Gilbert will have his way this is a new offense as Texas brings over Boise State offensive coordinator to lead this offense. You will see a lot of movement and motions before the snap to take advantage of match ups and that is just bad news for Rice which perennially has one of the nation's weakest defenses. A year ago they gave up 449 yards 6.4 yards per play and 38.5 points per game. That's against C-USA teams mainly so playing a team like Texas with all the talent should be a nightmare. I also like that Texas went out and got Manny Diaz from Miss State to be the defensive coordinator and I think his aggressive style will give Rice dual threat QB a lot of issues leading to turnovers and points. Mack Brown has stated countless times nobody is safe at their position really challenging his players and I think it will work with all the competition and talent on this team everyone wants to play up to their potential and it'll look easy on Saturday night. Get pumped up to see Jaxon Shipley WR yes younger brother of Jordan and freshmen tailback Malcolm Brown and others that will be the future of the program.
