We had some depth issues last year, although they weren't as pronounced as the previous few years. Our main problem (particularly earlier in the year) was that in a lot of positions, there was a significant drop off from the starter to the backup, so we'd overplay the starters and they'd be winded come 4th quarter crunch time. Part of it was coaching mismanagement, but part of it was just our roster situation at the time. We also had players on defense (particularly DB's Malik Foreman and Emmanuel Moseley) who were forced into PT earlier than we wanted them to be, and they were liabilities early in the season, to the point I cringed when I saw them on the field. Both improved, and were solid by the end of the year, in fact, Foreman made the play (a forced fumble deep in UT territory with <1 min remaining) that may have saved us from a disastrous loss to USCe. Both had a pick in our bowl game. Lastly, I don't think Curt Maggitt's loss can be overlooked. Not only was he a beast and a tackle machine, he was the heart and soul of our defense, and we lost him for the year early in the week 2 game vs OU. I think his presence would have quite possibly won us a game or even two that we lost.

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