Texas Longhorns head coach Tom Herman bills his offense as a pro-style spread. A secondary attribute of that system is the occasional use of tempo to keep defenses from substituting and to produce simple pre-snap reads for the offense because there isn’t time for a lot of disguise.
When the Horns were struggling in the season opener against the Terrapins, the offensive coaches decided to start operating at tempo in order to help the players relax and think less.
The decision jump-started the Texas offense, which scored touchdowns on two of its final three possessions in the first half in producing 155 yards on those three drives.