A year after giving up 51 points to the Maryland Terrapins, the Texas Longhorns defense played marginally better last Saturday, but not to the standard of coordinator Todd Orlando, who said on Wednesday that he was disappointed with the slow start and the penalties committed by his group.
Despite plenty of preparation time for interim head coach Matt Canada’s offense, which includes plenty of motions, shifts, and misdirection, the Longhorns defense struggled to defend a staple of the offense — the jet sweep.
“The first one, we kind of misread,” Orlando said. “It’s kind of like option football.