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Showing content with the highest reputation on 02/19/19 in all areas

  1. 23 points
  2. Summary of EJ's latest periscope: - He's about to have a business meeting before going to Las Vegas next week. Looking forward to seeing Savell Smalls, Sam Adams II, Kelee Ringo, and other Texas OOS targets in action. He'll be posting updates from Pylon Las Vegas 7v7 on his Twitter. - 2020 DB board: Kelee Ringo, Fred Davis, Lathan Ransom are at the top of the OOS board. In-state, Texas really likes Joshua Eaton and Ryan Watts. Chris Thompson is still a huge priority. So is Bryson Washington. - Big update on Zach Evans; Texas is still very high on his list. He'll visit again soon. Likes Alabama and Clemson as well. Right now Texas is still in very good shape. Said he likes our O-line class. Chad Lindberg joined the periscope and asked for more info on Evans, EJ told him to subscribe to Horns247. - EJ covers whoever Texas recruits, not limited to Dallas-area. - UT's next commit might be Alfred Collins, Joshua Eaton, Ryan Watts, or Kelvontay Dixon. Good spot for Chad as well, but he'll decide later. Stanford visit looms large. - Chances of landing Bryce Young are unknown. One of EJ's favourites in the class, he hopes UT will pursue him. - Too early to predict where the class finishes. Texas can finish in the top 3 again if everything falls right. - McCoy leaving USC has some impact with guys like Justin Flowe (same 7v7 team). Helps with Kendall Milton/Johnny Wilson as well. - RJ Proctor; Texas wants to see how things go with Parker Braun/Jonah Jackson first before pursuing him hard. - Texas still in a good spot with Vernon Broughton, Oklahoma and A&M are in the mix as well. - Don't know anything about the Booker kid from Westfield. Doesn't know if Zach will enroll early. - There are some off-field questions with Lorando Johnson, but he's a tremendous talent. Would take a risk on him. McGlothern's recruitment is a whirlwind, Mickens is more of a safety as is Jaylon Jones. Not many true CBs in Texas, UT likes both Eaton and Watts. - Justin Flowe also joined the periscope, EJ said he hopes to see him in Vegas. - Some random FB guy from Ohio State is apparently flaming EJ now. - Johnny WIlson has legitimate interest in Texas and should visit soon. Will also make an OV. Mehringer doing a great job recruiting him. Similar to Collin Johnson. - Won't be at the UA Dallas camp, but will be at the Dallas opening. - Down year in-state at LB. Scott was offered but they need to find OOS guys. Flowe obviously at the top of the board. They had White on campus, may eventually pick up an offer. But Flowe and Smalls are the two main priorities. - Lindberg will commit before his senior season, no exact timeline. No timeline for Flowe either. Floyd and McCoy are helping out in the latter's recruitment but he must make it to campus. - Something about BBQ in Dallas, tuned it out. - Smalls got off to a good start with Orlando and Carrington, good relationships. Still think he'll make a visit. He's a pure pass-rusher, same mold as Joseph Ossai but bigger. Would do very well in the Big 12. - Thinks Texas will get a couple of five-stars, same as in 2019 and 2018. Wilson, Evans, Ringo all realistic options. Still thinks Demas is in play but a flip chance is low. Talked to him over the weekend. - Good WR named Collin Sullivan from Round Rock. Great in 7v7, runs good routes with strong hands. Mid-to-high 3-star guy, Texas has shown a bit of interest. - Apparently EJ disagrees with his wife re: his hairstyle choices. - Elias Ricks will be in Vegas this weekend, Texas will keep working on him despite the LSU commitment. - Would have Broughton as a top 5 player in the state, alongside Evans, JaQuinden Jackson, Demas, and Chris Thompson. - Something about breakfast at Norma's? IDK. - Loves Tyler Owens, thinks he was the steal of the class. Special talent, athletic freak, etc. etc. - Dorbah and Broughton don't really know each other, no way to know if they want to play together. - Texas didn't offer Branard Wright because they like longer D-linemen. Not a scheme fit. Same reasoning with Bryant, who chose LSU after blOU backed off a bit. - Chances of getting Damien George depend on Zach Evans. Strong chance they end up playing together. Damien really likes Texas, as does Zach. - 70% chance Texas gets both Chad Lindberg and Damien George. - Preston George really liked his Texas visit, he's one of the best 2021 prospect overall. - 50/50 with Troy Omeire between Texas and A&M. Lot hinges on his March 9th visit here. - JaQuinden Jackson will wait until the UA AA game to commit. Won't commit early. Not sure when he'll get back to Texas. But he wants to do it soon, maybe this month. - Doesn't know much about the 2021 class, too early. Loves Preston Stone, Tunmise Adeleye, Jake Garcia (CA QB). Demetrius Davis is a very good player, but Stone is special. Closest thing to Johnny Manziel in a while. Offer list is amazing as well. Preston hasn't talked about A&M at all. Not worried about the level of competition he plays. - O-line class is off to a great start. Couple more will jump on board. - blOU is the favourite for Jahari Rodgers. Medium/high chances for Kelee Ringo. 2021 O-line class, Texas is in the mix for Donovan Jackson/Fatheree/Hayden/whatever. - Tried to give Taylor Hamm a hug this weekend. It didn't end up working out. - Will Bru McCoy start this season? Has the potential to do so if he's cleared. Texas had McGlothern on campus this weekend so they still push for him.
    21 points
  3. He’s running around with a boner and a bag of candy!?!
    19 points
  4. From 1998-2018 Texas had 18 DL drafted that have combined for 275 sacks in the NFL. aggy has had 11 DL drafted that have combined for 114 sacks.
    14 points
  5. Gotta give it to EJ - outsourcing his Periscope summarization to India was a great move.
    12 points
  6. Is this not the most perfect representation of Peak aggy? This is what they have always done, from Carriger's forearms, all the way to Randy Moss' and Jerry Rice's bastard love-child Demas. They are truly gifted at one thing, and that is revising ANY narrative to always make aggy look like they are THE BEST! It isn't enough to have a commitment from a true 5-star elite player. No sir. This must be the single greatest football specimen that has ever existed in the last 30 years. It isn't enough to have students serve in WW2...they must be fellated by General Patton and be the best student warriors ever known to mankind, including those slackers at the Service Academies! It isn't enough to have a lot of money...no, aggy must be the richest school basically ever in the history of modern finance. Student Body: BEST! Stadium: BEST! Head Coach: BESTEST EVER!! And yet, these legendary revisionists have spent the better part of the last month complaining loudly about recruiting rankings being revised in favor of Texas. They will never change, and they will never stop tripping over their tiny dicks in the most embarrassing fashion. It is a truly unique spectacle that I will never get tired of.
    10 points
  7. And it applies to life far beyond the realm of sports. I'll start: After boasting about being the richest public university on the planet their current mental gymnastics to explain their demands for more money from the state legislature are truly impressive.
    9 points
  8. /Puts on blackface /Goes to liquor store and buys a fifth of the cheapest gin they have and tells the vaguely ethnic clerk to go back to where he came from /Drives around and yells at minorities to pull up their pants /Makes incredibly unclever joke and laughs hilariously to self /Posts the same thing 2,000 times in a day /Gets insanely angry about women existing /Attempts to come up with 10 nicknames for Obama, gives up after finding out someone already come up with Obummer Insane Nobama I have completed my training. I am ready.
    9 points
  9. This comment from Noah Rothman’s op-Ed in the Times sums up my sentiment about this pathetic affair. Chew on it David Dennison: “The demand for racism, homophobia, misogyny, and bigotry vastly exceeds the supply. It only stands to reason that absent evidence that their deeply held world-view is actually true, True Believers simply invent it. As per a late, great Journalist, it's "fake, but accurate". The left desperately needs this to be a deeply bigoted country. If it weren't -- and, oh, by the way, it's not -- that utterly demolishes their identity-obsessed ideology. As a rule of thumb, the more closely the facts of any particular story track the leftist Narrative, the more likely the story will be revealed to be a hoax.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/opinion/jussie-smollett-attack.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage#commentsContainer The obsession with identity politics is a uniquely American obsession by the left in this country.
    8 points
  10. America everyday since Trump has been in office.
    8 points
  11. He’s going to have sex with your wife.
    8 points
  12. 7 points
  13. It’s bizarro world. A lot of + rep from the Politics board probably means you’re a cunt.
    7 points
  14. Actually, the vast majority of the "Obama is a deranged socialist running our country into the ground" posters have crawled under rocks since DJT started running things. There are only a handful left who will attempt to defend him. The others who are still around spend most of their time away from the politics board until they see something like the Smollet incident and rush to the boards to point out...I'm not sure what, but in their minds it counts as a victory. I'm sure whenever the next D takes office, they'll come running back to again lecture us on the dangers of a ballooning debt and an overreaching executive branch.
    7 points
  15. So apparently we are running all recyclable containers through the dishwasher so they can be clean before we place them in the trash.
    7 points
  16. Wife (no pics) brought this home from the store - 2.25 lbs of gorgeous ribeye. Something something on sale something. Didn't care cost; devoured with abandon.
    7 points
  17. That post was a blatant dog whistle. Not only the crosshairs. Stone also used the word “hitman” and requested that his audience help him “fight for his life.” That is incredibly suggestive language, directed at a bunch of riled-up simpletons who own small armories and harbor delusions that they are charged with protecting America from a liberal conspiracy. Stone knew what he was doing, and what he did revealed what a dangerous psychopath he is.
    7 points
  18. https://247sports.com/college/tcu/Video/Sara-Evans-No-Place-That-Far-498708/?View=Full
    7 points
  19. From Satyanash...... "Great read if you want to know more about how our pass coverage schemes work under Orlando." (Ian Boyd) Inside the Gameplan: Nickel play for 2019 The nickel defender has been one of the most important players in the 21st century. The proliferation of spread tactics made him a focal point and players like Roy Williams and Tyrann Mathieu demonstrated what defenses could do when they had a hybrid playmaker in that role. When you watch film of the 2015 and 2016 Houston Cougars it’s quickly obvious that nickel was a key position for them. Tom Herman’s big opening day win over Oklahoma in 2016 was achieved in large part due to fantastic play by nickel Brandon Wilson, who had 10 tackles while regularly finding himself at the point of attack against OU’s spread. The AAC is largely dominated by “spread to run” offensive tactics that force the nickel to be a hybrid who splits his time between covering slot receivers and supporting the edge against the run. Tite front defenses like Herman’s Houston or UCF under Scott Frost were fueled by having big time playmakers at nickel.  Griffin was a unique player and not just because he dominated with only one hand. He was a freak athlete who ran a 4.38 at the combine. Griffin knew how to disguise hisdeployments then used his insane speed to show up where he was not expected. Obviously, Texas’ production at nickel the last two years did not match even what Todd Orlando got from his crew at Houston to say nothing of Griffin’s outstanding play. Texas’ lack of statistical production here as well as some fairly obvious targeting by opponents has led to a lot of consternation over the nickel role in the Longhorn defense. With P.J. Locke graduating and Texas looking to fill this position in the spring, now is a good time to talk through what that position has been and needs to become in 2019. Does Texas need a super nickel? One of the challenges confronting a nickel in the tite front defense is the open C-gap created by the front. The dilemma facing four-down defenses is that with defensive ends on the edge, there are four interior gaps to be accounted for by two defensive tackles two linebackers. At least one of those backers also has to match routes in coverage from the inside receivers, so RPOs (run/pass option plays) can force whichever linebacker is in a B-gap to have to cover two different actions at the same time. In this case, getting to the perimeter to stop a screen while the offense runs inside zone downhill into his B-gap: It’s hard to be in two places at once for anyone but particularly for a 230+ pound inside linebacker. This is a major reason for the bust rate of blue chip linebackers that Scipio has been detailing in his series on finding modern linebackers. The three-down tite front Texas uses erases many of these conflicts for the inside linebackers by planting a big defensive end in each of the B-gaps and trades those problems for an open C-gap, which makes the more athletic nickel the player who’s put into conflict rather than a linebacker. Additionally, Texas’ base scheme against twin receivers is to play “cloud coverage” where the corner reads the slot and picks him up if he goes outside while the safety plays over the top. The benefit of cloud coverage is that it frees up the nickel to attack the edge on an RPO without being put into conflict: Cloud coverage and the tite front pair very nicely for allowing a defense to play a big, aggressive nickel to help close on the C-gap. P.J. Locke beefed up some in the offseason and learned over the course of his time at Texas how to be a physical edge defender in this scheme, but there were some other problems that emerged for the Longhorns. A considerable issue that Tom Herman and his staff have encountered in the Big 12 is that this league does not embrace a “spread to run” playing style. Big 12 O’s spread you out to throw it and then come back to the run game after you concede leverage in the box in order to give the scoreboard operator a break. Oklahoma State hunted P.J. Locke with slot receiver Dillon Stoner: West Virginia hunted Texas’ nickel Josh Thompson anytime the Horns played anything other than cloud coverage that gave him help over the top: Trips formations were particularly problematic for Texas because they moved the nickel away from the edge and made him a coverage player while putting the mac linebacker into conflict: If that Y receiver runs a vertical route then a safety needs to match him over the top. If it’s the strong safety, that means the slot can’t count on him helping over the top against the H receiver if he goes deep. The Air Raid teams don’t let you put run-stopping specialists hardly anywhere on the field. If you play someone that can’t hold up to a good slot receiver in space they’ll find a way to isolate him and make him do exactly that. Eventually you have nearly everyone backpedaling at the snap, then they run the ball. So a Texas nickel might at one time find himself setting the edge against a downhill run scheme on first down then out wide trying to match a slot fade by a skilled route runner like David Sills on second down. The Longhorns have had a lot of star defenders that could handle such a variety of tasks such as Aaron Williams, Earl Thomas, Kenny Vaccaro, and Quandre Diggs. The tite front ups the ante on the run defense quotient when the nickel has to be a C-gap defender while the Big 12 is constantly upping the ante on the coverage component by asking the nickel to carry vertical routes by increasingly skilled and freakish QB/WR tandems. Personnel mismatches in 2018 Texas got into a lot of trouble in 2018 when it didn’t have complementary skill sets interacting in the defense. Brandon Jones was the best tackler in the secondary but when Texas played in cloud, it turned him into a deep observer while leaving P.J. Locke and Anthony Wheeler underneath trying to cover sideline to sideline. They had some cover 3 match schemes with Sterns rotating deep and Jones spinning down over a slot: When Jones dropped down, Locke didn’t always have help over the top and had to give up a lot of space underneath to avoid getting burned. Additionally, it left Kris Boyd on an island against some of the league’s best receivers and that island didn’t prove to be a consistent tax haven for the Longhorns. Another solution UT used at times was “sky” coverage. In cloud coverage, the corner and safety read the slot while the nickel plays the run first. In sky coverage the nickel (or outside linebacker) plays the slot first and one or both safeties fit the run from depth. Sky coverage asks less of the secondary in terms of being on the same page and trading off routes. It’s simpler and ends up turning into man coverage more often than cloud, which often becomes something akin to cover 2. That means the corners have to be able to hold up outside without help over the top (but they do get help inside) and the safeties need to be rangy and active in run support. Texas played some sky in 2018 and it’s the base call when the offense only has one removed receiver from the formation, but cloud remained the default call facing a slot. Josh Thompson and the nickel position in 2019 Texas has a number of tasks to resolve in 2019 that the nickel tends to be involved in. The Longhorns need to make sure they always have someone capable playing over slot receivers on vertical routes, someone in the C-gap in a timely fashion against the run, and someone who can be effective off the edge in the pass-rush. The base cloud coverage used regularly against twin receiver sets faces two issues here in 2019. The first is the same as in 2018, it fails to leverage senior Brandon Jones’ talent as one of the better tacklers on the team. The second regards who plays nickel. Currently, Josh Thompson is first in line and he’s yet to master serving as the primary edge defender in the C-gap. When he had to start against West Virginia, once the Mountaineers had forced Texas to keep Sterns over the top to help Thompson against slot receivers, they focused on attacking Thompson’s edge in the run game and gashed the Horns for over 200 yards. Thompson is going to be a junior next year who’s listed at 6-0, 200 pounds (may be heavier in 2019) and competed at a SPARQ combine in high school where he ran a 4.57 40, 4.27 shuttle, jumped a 40.4” vertical, and threw the power ball 36.5.’ In other words, he’s one of the best overall athletes on the whole team and it’s possible he’ll make a leap this offseason while under the staff’s careful scrutiny and become a “super nickel” that can fulfill every possible obligation of the position with aplomb. It’s also possible that he’ll be a jack of all trades, master of none, who can be exploited either in coverage or run defense because he hasn’t put it all together in either realm yet. Other options for nickel could include using B.J. Foster or DeMarvion Overshown, both of which are clearly deserving of a role in the defense. That would generate some of the same concerns as with Locke since neither have shown much coverage ability yet. One possible solution here would be to move Brandon Jones closer to the ball to play as a joker, linebacker, or at boundary safety and move Sterns to strong safety. If Texas wants to stay in cloud coverage more often than not and Thompson becomes a physical edge player or else Foster starts at nickel, then it makes more sense to have the best cover safety behind the nickel. With Sterns growing in confidence in the new defense he should be ready to be a reliable helper over the top. If Thompson wins the job and has a higher upside in coverage though, then Texas needs to consider changing the base coverage against twin receiver sets. Texas will probably run some cloud, sky, and match-3 coverage next season but the main question is where it places emphasis and what is the “home base” call that the defense defaults to. For the last two years that’s been cloud but that may need to change to make the most of 2019. Sky coverage could allow UT to deploy big, rangy safeties more aggressively against the run while allowing an athletic nickel and young corners to have simpler pattern-matching rules in coverage. This coming spring will be about figuring out who the best players are, what they do best, and what coverages and calls allow the best players to put their best foot forward. Whether or not anyone can be a “super nickel” or whether anyone needs to be will be one of the first questions on the docket.
    7 points
  20. He's right. We are celebrating beating the #2 team from the vaunted SEC and frankly, won't stop celebrating it any time soon, especially when we continue to get daily reminders of how much that win broke aggy. And yes, we are LITERALLY celebrating the fact that we finished ahead of aggy because it is fucking hilarious. And yes Chin Pubes, we are ignoring the ESPN rankings because everyone ignores them. And the transitive property in college football is never a good argument, even for a trog doing an extremely long-running Smashmouth cosplay.
    7 points
  21. So that’s what Tahoe’s been up to.
    7 points
  22. Our house is now 5 years old. Mrs Stanco has small complaints about our builder but nothing serious. Just now: "mark! The dishwasher is making odd noises!!!1! Typical! Another 5 year issue from xxxxx the builder!" Me: He built our dishwasher too? Still no response, and it's been about 10 minutes.
    7 points
  23. I love Pinky the cat so much, I know what's coming and I still laugh my ass off every time
    7 points
  24. You’ve heard me refer to this previously in the Sugar Bowl write-ups. UGa uses it as their base defensive front. So does Texas. You’ll see it again from LSU next year on nearly every snap. This is one of the most important trends in FBS defenses today and the importance is only growing. Get used to hearing about it even if it doesn't get as much press as the sexier pass defense schemes. What is it? The Tite Front stars with a 3 man DL that aligns with 4i-0-4i techs. IOW, 2 DEs play inside eye on the OTs and a 0-tech NT. Behind them are 2 ILBs – Mac and Rover in Orlando’s terminology with an OLB (Buck or Jack LB) setting one edge. The other edge is usually controlled by either a 4th LB (Sam) or 5th DB (Nickel Back). Why use it? It shuts down the A-gaps using the NT and one or both ILBs. It threatens both B-gaps with the inside shade 4 techs. It discourages teams from pulling guards due the ability of the 4i DEs to pinch down and follow the guard to the ball. And it does all of that with 5 players, usually leaving a free hitter while spilling runs to the outside. The 4i shade makes it easier to double the DE with the guard and tackle but then you’re likely using 5 OL to block 3 DL, leaving the LBs completely clean. RPOs take advantage of conflicting LB responsibilities. A favorite uses either inside zone or power run with a pass option to the backside slant. The QB reads the backside OLB like a read option. If the LB crashes down, throw the slant instead of a QB keeper since he’s the underneath coverage for that pattern. If the LB stays to the outside, the QB hands off. The 404 Tite Front helps stymie this by spilling the play, forcing the RB to slow down and cut to the outside toward run support from the secondary. The backside OLB (or NB) can hang out there in space to clog the hook/slant zone against the RPO pass. What are the weaknesses? There is no big run stopper to set the edge and control the C-gaps, like a 4-3 DE. The secondary has to come up in run support and be effective once the play is forced outside to them, much like a safety running the lane against the triple option. The critical role as run stoppers can create opportunities for vertical routes over the top. Many teams have judged this tradeoff to be worthwhile to stop the horizontal stretch and shorter vertical stretch aspects of Spread Offense from gashing them on long, sustained drives. There’s a lot of complexity and variation behind the basics. I just wanted to cover the what and why behind the switch to 3 down linemen across FBS so people can see how defenses are adapting to the Spread. For those who want more detail these articles are a great start: https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2019/2/5/18205641/tite-front-defenses-explained https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2018/2/19/17021322/college-footballs-new-favorite-defense-4i-tech-4-0-4-georgia-texas https://matchquarters.com/2016/10/10/the-3-4-tite-front/
    6 points
  25. 6 points
  26. "...new strain of cotton that can help feed half a billion hungry people..." They're going to eat cotton? Who's running that place? Milo Minderbinder?
    6 points
  27. Glad the Supreme Court limited the Voting Rights Act of 1965 because racism is solved in America.
    6 points
  28. 6 points
  29. “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Some of the lawmakers laughed at McCarthy’s comment. Then McCarthy quickly added: “Swear to God.” Ryan instructed his Republican lieutenants to keep the conversation private, saying: “No leaks. . . . This is how we know we’re a real family here.”
    6 points
  30. 5 points
  31. Collin Johnson keeping our team mentally sharp in the offseason.
    5 points
  32. Bourdain’s Veal Chop and Shrooms:
    5 points
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