4 overreactions after Texas's commanding shutout win vs. CSU

Texas will have the best defense in the SEC in 2024

Regardless of which level of the defense you look at for the Longhorns in this game, multiple position groups did their job to high degrees in the shutout win over Colorado State this weekend. The defensive line did its job in run defense, limiting Colorado State to under four yards per carry and just barely over 100 total yards rushing on the day.

The consistent pressure Texas got with the front seven on Colorado State's quarterbacks yesterday was also decisive in helping to force some errant throws and disrupt the timing of the connection between the Ram QB and their receivers in the passing game.

Texas's defensive front was also able to generate consistent pressure with four-man fronts and some lighter boxes rushing the passer, which showed the effectiveness of the down linemen and edge guys coming from the outside to collapse the pocket.

I also thought the linebackers didn't get quite as much credit as they deserved for having a huge day making plays consistently in space to contain the Colorado State skill players and eliminate costly missed tackles. Linebackers Anthony Hill Jr. and super senior David Gbenda were studs.

In the secondary, Texas was sticking well to its coverage assignments and seemed to be communicating well to get everyone in the right spots and know where to be on the field in the back end. Pretty much everyone played well in the secondary yesterday, especially the corners in man coverage. They also did well to limit opportunities with well-executed zone coverage packages in the secondary to hold the Colorado State passing game at bay.

Texas allowed the fewest passing yards of any SEC school that faced an FBS opponent in Week 1, holding to Colorado State to fewer than 75 yards through the air yesterday. The 74 passing yards on the day was Colorado State's fewest in a game since 2016.

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