Why settle for just one Q&A with a Texas site for perspective on Cal's weekend opponent when you can have two? Exactly. Just as we did with Jason Suchomel of Orangebloods, we sat down with Eric Nahlin, editor at Inside Texas, to get even more insight on this Texas Longhorn squad.

Texas only had 38 offensive snaps last week, scoring 28 offensive points in the process. The game flowed more oddly than any I can remember; punt return touchdown, one play drive, two play drive, defensive score, etc. Because of this we didn't get a good feel for what exactly Jay Norvell is trying to do. Texas did run more tempo than it did versus Notre Dame, which is a Charlie Strong mandate. They also took numerous deep shots with the Rice defense focused on Jerrod Heard's legs. Those shots accounted for 14 points. Expect more of that. They'll likely move the pocket and give Heard the option to tuck and run if he has no one open. Of course expect heavy zone read and much more by way of the screen game.

Without a doubt they need to keep outside contain and make him try and beat you from the pocket. Take away his primary receiver on a given play and he's likely going to look to run rather than go through his progressions. Heard's more dangerous than any running back on the roster so while you can't ignore the running backs on zone read, you better understand Heard will do much more damage. He only attempted 7 passes but he completed four for 120 yards. Texas has speed on the outside at receiver - Cal better not lose focus on those guys - but if you go man, Heard will be running right by them as they have their back turned to him. Make Texas drive on you rather than hit the big play.

They were downright horrific versus Notre Dame, and with the step down in competition against Rice, there was nowhere to go but up. That said, there was some tangible improvement, not so much with manhandling defenders (there was some of that) but with less confusion. You expect lack of cohesion and mental mistakes when you start two true freshman on the line but luckily for Texas those two - Connor Williams and Patrick Vahe - are the two most talented players meaning they may make mistakes but they'll make some play the others can't as well. The biggest take away from game one to two was there was better cohesion and less confusion. Texas is still playing a center and left guard who would be depth at most places and a right tackle who should be playing guard. Not ideal.

It's ironic that Strong wants nothing more to run the ball but the three most dangerous players aside from Heard are Armanti Foreman (X), Daje Johnson (Y) and John Burt (Z). The sophomore Foreman has only three touchdowns in his career but they've been on a 45 yard post, a 73 yard reception that should have been a five yard gain and a 32 yard fly. True freshman John Burt only has two receptions for his young career but they've gone for 48 yards versus Notre Dame and a 69 yard touchdown to open the second half versus Rice. He ran 13.5 in the hurdles last year as a high school senior. He fast. The player UT needs to involve the most, however, is senior Daje Johnson, a player who has tantalized with his ability in the past but hasn't been able to keep things together off the field. There probably aren't five guys in college football who could have made that punt return touchdown he had versus Rice last week. Look for them to involve him on sweeps, screens and even some seam routes. Of course that's the thought going into every game.

If Cal keeps Heard in the pocket, it will be a long and low scoring day for Texas. UT has yet to show the hint of a productive quick game which would force the Cal defense to back off and get them a little off balance and Texas is unable to come out and simply assert the run.

UT hasn't been generating a pass rush outside of blitzes and therefore the secondary has been hurt at times, especially when they've sat in zone. With Goff getting the ball out so quickly that will mitigate the blitz quite a bit. Compounding UT's problems is it hasn't been tackling well in space. UT ran zone versus Notre Dame and Rice because they were facing mobile quarterbacks but now I expect them to run more man. While everyone's worried about Cal passing, Texas also needs to worry about the run. Gap integrity has been poor so far. The d-linemen aren't occupying blockers like they should and the young linebackers haven't been filling the right fit. Cal could get Texas totally off balance and have a field day.

Missed tackles and playing poor leverage in space, plain and simple. Texas coaches had these defensive plays called correctly, sometimes scarily so, and defenders routinely let Rice players get to the sticks. We're talking missed sacks 10 yards deep that netted first downs and missed tackles 4 yards behind the sticks that cost them. The linebackers are fast, but they don't always play under control and tend to over pursue. This appears to rear its ugly head on 3rd downs more so than others for some reason. At this point I don't know if it's just been weird happenstance or something that will plague the team all year.

Last year Texas flustered Bryce Petty into a 7-22 day and 111 yards. They also had Trevone Boykin the most confused he'd been in a stellar year. How? Disguise. They'll switch fronts between 3 and 4-man while Goff is about to receive the snap and bring pressure from all over. They'll blitz any and all gaps and pre-snap it's hard to tell exactly where the blitz is coming from. Guys you're thinking are about to rush drop and vice versa. That said, UT's defense this year is not as good as last year because of graduation giving way to youth.

When playing honestly, Texas has gotten little pass rush but that could change this week with Hassan Ridgeway starting to get healthy. He absolutely wrecked the Rice o-line at times last week. There aren't many guys in college football with his raw ability and versatility and certainly Cal has seen nothing like #98. They like to line him up at NT, 3-tech or 5-tech. He's an absolute behemoth when he's fresh, healthy and motivated. The guy Cal has to account for on every play is true freshman Malik Jefferson. From a size and athleticism standpoint he's every bit as uncommon as Ridgeway. He's hyper-athletic and plays with motor. He missed about three sacks of a mobile quarterback last week that he likely won't miss in the future. He's into the backfield in a hurry and often makes the play even though he doesn't always play it honestly. O-linemen hate that. For the young season Jefferson has 18 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 4 QBH and a fumble returned for a touchdown. All that while missing a handful of sacks and tackles for loss. They don't call him the Predator for nothing, though like many a young cub his prey sometimes gets away. He's a 3-year player, though he still has a lot to learn. He leads all freshman in the nation in WTF! and WTF? plays. It's a new NCAA category.

If Cal runs the ball it's over with and Texas has struggled to defend the run particularly in its 3-man fronts. You have some nice running backs thanks to the great state in which I live, though I'm not sure you have the o-line to give Texas fits up front or climb to the linebackers. If you do run the ball that will slow the rush/blitz and Goff will pick Texas apart. If Texas can stop the run and tee off on Goff, then the game becomes much more interesting.

I think the game will be very close. When I left DKR last week I thought Cal would win. After re-watching the Texas game through sober eyes I didn't think the defense played as bad as others (game was over in the late 3rd). After writing these responses I'm back to thinking Cal wins a close one.