Chuck Carlton, Big 12 columnist for The Dallas Morning News and SportsDayDFW.com, recently joined SportsDayDFW's "Ballzy" podcast with Kevin Sherrington, Evan Grant and Barry Horn to talk all things college football. Here are some highlights:

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Sherrington: I've never been blown away by Vance Bedford as a defensive coordinator. When the head coach, that's his particular forte side of the ball - and obviously defense is Charlie's side, I obviously give that guy a little extra credit there because I'm thinking this is really the head coach's defense, not Vance Bedford.

We've seen what's happened at Texas with a previous offensive coordinator at Texas ... Is that what's going to have to happen here on defense? Is someone going to have to go out and get a new defensive coordinator for Charlie?

Carlton: That's a great question: Are we looking at a Shawn Watson situation? It may be a Shawn Watson situation but one that's a little more subtle. Not a dramatic announcement - more along the lines that if Charlie Strong's not calling the defense, he's definitely going to be sitting in in the defensive coaches' room a lot more. This is how Strong made his [name for himself] at Florida, on teams that won a national championship, concocting things. Even at Louisville where he had Vance Bedford, he had a top-ranked defense in 2012.

This might be the sort of situation where he kind of takes over without the announcement. Kinda what Gary Patterson does at TCU - it's clear that's Gary Patterson's defense. Charlie Strong said back in August, 'It's Vance Bedford's defense, he's the one calling it.' Looking at what Texas has to face in the Big 12: Davis Webb is a nice quarterback and given his size and measurable, he may go in the first round of the draft.

Where did CFB defense go?

Sherrington: The thing that's striking to me this year is seeing these teams play such poor defense and give up so many points. ... [A&M] gave up over 200 yards of total offense in the fourth quarter against UCLA. We're seeing it across the country, with the Texas-Cal game [even though] I don't think Texas defense is great. But it's better than that, isn't it?

Carlton: There was a lot of confusion and some of the things Texas did in that game? They're giving soft cushions and Davis Webb will take full advantage of it. They're really - the guys people were raving about, [Malcolm] Roach and [Breckyn] Hager, as specialists. [Webb] didn't even play in the first half and next thing you know Davis Webb is in the comfort zone. He's not getting pressure. Texas had a couple sacks but he didn't look uncomfortable back there for all the talk about trying to force him.

He's not the most nimble guy, to be charitable, and when he's in a rocking chair back there, he's going to hit you hard, do what he does. He's got a former walk-on receiver catching 12 passes for 196 yards.

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