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Texas vs. the Nation play by play

Texas Kicks off, nothing special for distance, Shields with good catch and mediocre return.

Lorenzo Washington is playing in the backfield already. Incomplete by Johnathon Crompton.

Curtis Steele stuffed for little gain, not much push up front by Nation

Crompton completes it for 2 yards to TE Scott Long, about half the distance he needed for a first down, dumb throw and call.

Nation punts to Trindon Holliday, holy batcrap, this is an even smaller version of Dexter McCluster. Very explosive.

Keithon Fleming with the carry, good leg drive, high motor, picked up 8 yards.

Fleming again, first down, even though the bozo doing play by play is clueless.

Perrileux throws a ball that Jared Perry drops.

Perrileux forgets to set feet and sails one way over the head of Perry, he did step up in pocket, did not set his feet.

EJ Wilson, pressure, SACK, he is a terror on the Dline. He beat the highly touted Nick Richmond on the play.

Texas punts to Nation, moderate return, gunner was McCoy, very solid open filed tackle.

Crompton at QB, his throw sails past Easley who was covered, Emanuel Stevens with some big pressure in the pocket.

Curtis Steele runs hard into the teeth of the Defense, positive yards, good inside runner.

Steele breaks it outside, tackled by Tim Knicky at the ankle, otherwise it would have gone for a lot more.

False start by Derick Hardeman.

Crompton with a good read, hits Preston Parker in stride, gets YAC.

Travis Gaithal, solid tackle, kid has a nose for the ball, reminds me of Spencer Larsen.

Marcus Easley with a nice grab on the sidelines, play coming back, he stepped OB before the catch and was ineligible.

Nation punting, Bowden from WVU with a lackluster effort.

Texas ball, Perrileux under center fumbles the exchange, very shaky start for the former LSU QB, recovery Texas.

Screen pass to Deji Karim, nets 10 yards, linemen out quick enough, and Karim waited for blockers.

FB McCoy tries the edge, nets 8 yards, solid decision, good footwork from awesome block from Clay Harbor. For a guy 6-3, 242 McCoy moves really well even on the edge.

Perrileux to Harbor, incomplete, a ball he should have caught, he may be a better blocker than receiver.

Simoni Lawrence with a great PBU, watched the ball and the QB had good position in space and tipped it away.

Perrileux tries the screen pass, throws it at the ankles of Karim, looks nervous at times.

Mike Brandtner booms one, bounces inside the five and kicks OB at the 6, terrific coffin corner punt, no return possible.

First and ten Nation, Crompton still the QB, Charles Alexander jumps off-side, now first and five on the hard count he bit on.

The FB out of Mass, Chris Zardas up the gut and stuffed by Texas front four.

Crompton has an open Jumaris Stewart but the ball sails and is uncatchable.

Bowden with a Shankapotamus, awful punt.

Texas Ball, EJ Cooley runs hard, gets 8 yards, he sees the hole quickly and runs downhill.

Cooley again, big run, he was patient waiting for the hole to develop. Nick Howell opened up the lane.

Alex Joseph stuffs the run, no gain.

DJ Karim with speed on the edge, huge gainer, waited for blocking

George Johnson, DE from Rutgers blows up the play,

DJ Karim with nowhere to run, play shut down by EJ Wilson. Wilson is all over the field, will be drafted.

Thadius Lewis in at QB, solid throw to Chastin West, good for 6 yards. West caught with soft hands.

Texas goes for it on 4^th and short, bad exchange from Lewis, put ball on hips instead of in Cooleys hands, turnover on downs.

Rusty Smith in at QB, 4 yards by Curtis Steele, good hard running.

WR screen to Preston Parker, ball was low and Parker peeked up field.

Rusty Smith with a wild side-arm heave, ball sails way off target.

Nation punts to Trindon Holliday, look out, every time he touches the ball something happens, he is your bargain basement Dexter McCluster.

Run up the gut, number obscured by crappy camerawork, but Eric Cook, OL New Mexico, and Ramon Harewood, OG/OT from Morehouse, open up a gaping hole, totally taking their man out of the play. My best guess is that it was Fleming that ran the ball.

Flemming with another carry, a real work horse.

Thadium Lewis with a nice toss to TE Clay Harbor.

Keithon Fleming again, huge hole opened up by Ramon Harewood, Fleming with great feet and balance, cuts and rumbles for 17 yards. Note here, that the ball was on the 22 yard line, so the defenders were not way downfield, this was all Fleming’s vision and cutting that got him this run.

Texas ball, first and goal from the six yard line, stuffed by Brandon Gilbeaux, but Flemming twists for 3 yards in heavy traffic, he kept his legs moving and most backs would have lost yards.

Second and goal from the 3, AdrianTracy hits Flemming in backfield, Gilbeaux cleans it up, nowhere to run, Fleming still fights for a yard.

Third and goal, Nick Polk, S, Inidana, with a PBU, a better thrown ball by Lewis would have been a TD.

FG by Josh Auraco, ball does not pop off his foot, this was an XP distance kick and I was not impressed.

Auraco with short KO, fielded by CB Marshay Green, Ole Miss, ran right up the field, very decisive.

First and ten, and a total FAILURE by Rusty “I suck” Smith, the RG was pulling and messed up the exchange, this is all on the QB for not being able to handle the speed of the game, result of the play was a FUMBLE and a very alert Corenilus Brown, picks it up and runs it in for six. C. Brown is a football player and you can see his value and alertness, reminds me of a future Anthony Madison.

Texas kicks off, again suck-wad kick by Auraco, Preston Parker with solid return, taken OB by D’Amon Cromartie-Smith, late hit out of bounds, not flag, but in the NFL that was an easy 15 yarder, Marcus Easley with the throw the flag gesture to the zebra.

Alphonso Smith, big bruiser for a tough couple of yards.

Alphonso Smith again, not much there, but he needs to react quicker and hit the hole, even when there is just a sliver of daylight. I think he may have played in the spread.

Rusty Smith looking a little better, hits Jason Harmon in stride, who caught with this hands, looks natural catching the ball.

Curtis Steele, runs hard up the gut, not much daylight, but his makes the most out of nothing.

Can Rusty Smith suck any worse, jeebus, a wild side-arm heave that sails 10 yards past Brett Hanlon. He looks downfield and motions to the Hanlon about the wrong route. Yo Rusty, he was flying down the field, it was your sucky suckfest of a suck throw that was the problem, reminds me of Jay Cutler. Note here that Veldheer stoned his man, he is looking better as the game goes on. I have also noticed him on Special Teams, for a OT he can flat out run.

Punt by Bowden, BOOMS IT, results is a touchback, should have angled it. I think with Trindon Holliday back there, you do whatever you can to kick it away from him.

Levi Brown in for Texas, hands ball to Karim, runs hard for 6 yards and a cloud of El Paso dust.

Texas with Trickery, Holliday in at TB, pitch to him and he explodes around the corner. At 5-5 and a 150 lbs. soaking wet, I am not sure about his durability, but WOW is he exciting to watch. Holliday is a former track star and it shows, but he has a football IQ.

Brown heaves it long, why I do not know, his man was covered and it falls incomplete, I saw the TE flash to the middle, but the LB had him covered, may have been a throw away but I did not see Levi look over the whole field, he locked onto the deep throw IMHO.

Levi Brown solid throw, set feet, complete to Jared Perry. (6-0, 175).Perry was overshadowed by Maclin but had a solid Sr. Season for the Missouri Tigers. On this catch Perry timed his leap perfectly and caught the ball at it’s highest point. He held onto the ball after being extended and hit. Had a leg injury in November and missed the final two games. It looks like his is fully recovered.

Karim in at RB and gets a solid 5 yards, really liking Ramon Harewood as a mauler.

Levi Brown rolling out, excellent throw on the run to McCoy, soft hands, net result is a first down, move the chains.

Karim again, running behind Michael Auguayo who got a great push, DJ pounds it for 6 yards.

Simoni Lawrence stays home, flows to the ball, wraps up the runner, nice solid play by the SS/LB.

EJ Wilson, blows past RT Richmond, and gets his second sack.

Brown being harassed by Wilson again, gets ball out to Karim, who gets hit by Lawrence, good stick, again solid tackler, kept Karim from getting first down.

Long punt, racing down the field was Cornelius Brown to down it inside the five, I really think he will make a roster on his ST play.

Nation Ball, HUGE gain by Tony Baker for 32 yards, sealing the edge was Derek Hardman, OT, E. Kentucky, who rebounded nicely after his false start earlier in the game.

Chris Zardas catches ball out of the backfield, soft hands, nets 7 yards.

Junior Gallette with speed on the edge, blows past Jared Veldheer and gets a sack. He will be in someone’s camp with that quick twist he has.

Rusty Smith looking better, hits Scott Long, WR Louisville, in stride. Long rebounds from an earlier drop, move the chains.

Smith in the hurry up, 2 minute drill seems to excell in the hurry-up offence and he hits Jarius Stewart again. Stewart out of Southern University is 6-1, 200 lbs. Smart player runs OB to kill clock.

Rusty Smith again, has Preston Parker wide open and he drills it low and incomplete, not sure if it was lack of arm strength or just a crappy throw, Parker had zero chance at catching the ball.

Scott Long beat his man, RJ Stanford, CB, Utah, but Smith’s throw was too far off target and Long had no chance at coming down with it in the corner of the end zone, ball sailed OB.

Solid throw by Smith to Juamorris Stewart, Stewart should be drafted late and will fight for a roster spot.

Rusty Smith throws to Jason Harmon in the end zone, thrown to wrong side of target, could have been picked.

Smith to Preston Parker in the end zone, ball was a little low, trapped, and flag on the play because Parker was ineligible because he went OB.

Petrie in for a FG, seems to have a much stronger leg than Arauco, kicked from the right hash mark, well struck for 3 pts.

Halftime.