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  1. lord, people. he’s as likely to admit some medical issue/fall as he is to resign. he’s making an announcement so that everyone can see how “healthy” he is. the content of the announcement won’t be health-related. you’re thinking of literally every other president. just listen to whatever he says tomorrow and know it’s window dressing and likely 180 degrees inaccurate. it’ll be about how strong he is, how the radical leftists are trying to take him and his tariffs down, and how it’s more important than ever to fight. it’ll be short and he’ll bring up newsom.
    18 points
  2. Honestly I blame Mitch McConnell and the GOP Senate. They could have voted to convict after Trump led a violent attempt to stay in power culminating in the death of at least 3 people and the injuries of more than 100 police. It would have been the easiest decision to defend and Trump never would have been able to hold federal office again. But at the end of the day, despite witnessing this first hand, they are nihilists who crave power over everything else. Fuck democracy. Fuck voters. And especially fuck our founding fathers.
    17 points
  3. Ok …saw this and laughed…
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  4. 13 points
  5. They reelected that jackass congressman. They voted for Trump overwhelmingly. Project 2025 was out there for everyone to read.
    13 points
  6. The Ezra Klein show had some gen zer on who called him the first algorithm president or something like that. That stuck with me. It’s not that he’s a good communicator. It’s just that what he says is the shit that drives engagement. It’s controversial and elicits a response or reaction. And like the algorithm, there’s just a continuous spewing of content to the point that ‘nothing sticks’. Endless new content that blocks the impact of any old content. Maybe instead of call him a good communicator we just call him a man of his time. There are a lot of soulless humans out there. Hell the GOP is a party full of them. But it took a special narcissist reality TV grifter to completely embody all the rot of social media to the point where we were almost powerless to his ‘charm.’
    13 points
  7. After Texas panhandle congressman Jodey Arrington shepherded the big beautiful bill through congress, many of the 30 rural hospitals in his extremely Republican district are facing huge financial issues. I wonder how many will close. https://www.texasobserver.org/jodey-arrington-obbba-cuts-west-texas-rural-hospitals/?goal=0_975e2d1fa1-86132abb6e-34961614&mc_cid=86132abb6e&mc_eid=62883d93bc
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  8. Hello everyone! My nonprofit is sending a kiddo and his mom to the SJSU game. The student has a mobility impairment and will be using a chair here and there. We are looking for 2 students that need service hours to help mom and push the chair around/hangout and ensure he has the best time possible pre-game. Family will be arriving at 8am to swap their ticket for an ADA one. If you know someone interested, send me a message so we can work out logistics! Link to student going finding out that he is going-
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  9. We got here because of morons and disinformation and horse paste, not because of much the CDC really did wrong. There is not a single goddamn thing that Anthony Fauci or anyone else at FDA/CDC did in your wildest, wettest fever dream that justifies puttting Robert Fucking Kennedy Junior in charge of the public health apparatus of the United States of America.
    12 points
  10. The Heritage Foundation dipshits have clearly stated that they do.
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  11. This is too depressing, going t go read the football board.
    10 points
  12. In response to a Truth bomb from Trump that prices are down! My personal favorite: Poor lady. If only there'd been a candidate who was friendly to those with student loans. Oh well T.K. is the living embodiment of this meme:
    10 points
  13. I will offer this....IF the Dems ever re-take the White House (I know, it will happen when unicorns fly and fart rainbows), the first act of the new POTUS should be executive orders freezing/rescinding all federal dollars spent in red states. Every. Single. Dollar. Including Medicare, medicaid, all of it. They want a Civil War. Let's fight it to win.
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  15. You can thank Joe Biden, Merick Garland, and the Department of Justice for treating him with kid gloves.
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  16. I honestly don’t understand how there are zero consequences for abusing the office to net yourself and family billions No other person in US history has been permitted to do this without at minimum impeachment or federal prosecution. And yet, maybe from now on, corruption simply is baked in and everyone shrugs. It’s the opposite of what our founders intended
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  17. Wordle 1,536 3/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #814 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪
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  21. Wordle 1,536 5/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1317 7️⃣6️⃣ 5️⃣3️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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  22. After Week One's madness of high stakes ranked-on-ranked action, this is... not that. But it's a full fun couple days of college football with some offbeat rivalry games in an unseasonably cool early fall. Enjoy it! Friday James Madison @ Louisville (-15) - 7/6 ESPN 2: Jeff Brohm's teams are usually a lot of fun to watch - JMU probably won't be able to hang, but they're a solid program (and one that I've never met a bad alumni. Good, social folks). Miller Moss should be able to play loose out from under the psychodrama that is Lincoln Riley USC Football. Northern Illinois @ Maryland (-16) - 7:30/6:30 BTN: We all know what Northern Illinois is capable of after last year. Maryland Football in the Big Ten is a pretty joyless experience, even when Taulia Tagovailoa was slinging it around last year. Freshman QB Malik Washington looked great against FAU. Saturday Early San Jose State @ #7 Texas (-36) - 12/11 ABC: After last weeks defensive heavyweight battle in the Shoe, this is a gentle walk in the park against a lower-level G5 program that lost all of its good players from a good-by-their-standards team last year. Enjoy the demolition. Iowa @ #16 Iowa State (-3) - 12/11 FOX: El Assico returns! Matt Campbell didn't shit the bed in a major televised rivalry game in Week Zero, but the chance comes to do it again against a powerfully mid Hawkeyes squad. #11 Illinois (-2.5) @ Duke - 12/11 ESPN: Bert! Manny Diaz! Durham! This is actually a fun, good matchup of coaches Texas fans have plenty of history with (provided Duke playing with their food against Elon was just a vanilla first game and not a sign of deeper badness). Baylor @ #17 SMU (-4) - 12/11 CW: Will the wheels fully fall of the Aranda train? Is SMU a paper tiger or for real? Could be a fun one at Gerald Ford (not that one) Stadium. Mid-Afternoon Kansas @ Mizzou (-6.5) - 3:30 / 2:30 ESPN2: Border War! A pretty intense rivalry between two often overlooked schools. Neither is ranked, but neither is actually bad either, and Liepold and Drinkwitz are quality coaches. #20 Ole Miss (-9) @ Kentucky (-6.5) - 3:30 / 2:30 ABC: Kentucky annoyingly avoided the upset against Toledo (barely) but now it's definitely time for prime sad Stoops face. West Virginia (-3) @ Ohio - 4/3 ESPNU: Why on earth is this game happening. Ohio nearly upset Rutgers in Piscataway and now they get another bad P5 school, this time in Athens (the Midwestern one). As you can see by the line, The 'eers on are upset alert. South Florida @ #13 Florida (-19) - 4/3 SECN: South Florida's upset of Boise State means this game has a little more life than expected. The Gators should roll, but the USF defense can cause those talented but fragile skill players some problems. Primetime #15 Michigan @ #18 Oklahoma (-5.5) - 7:30 / 6:30 ABC: A matchup of great programs, beautiful jerseys, and mid-to-decent football teams. Here's hoping the Michigan defense pounds Mateer and Ott to dust behind that suspect OL and terrorizes their JUCO caliber WRs. #12 Arizona State (-7) @ Mississippi State - 7:30 / 6:30 ESPN2: Is ASU for real again? Does Miss State have any juice at all this year? Even if it's uncompetitive, watching Sam Leavitt made a bunch of rednecks sad is a joy. Vanderbilt (-4.5) @ Virginia Tech - 7:30 / 6:30 ACCN: A chance to watch Diego Pavia in a cool venue and another measuring stick for the bottom half of the SEC. UCLA (-2) @ UNLV - 8 / 7 CBSSN: Dan Mullen's UNLV is 2-0. Nico Iamaleava looked like butt as UCLA got smoked 43-10 by a revitalized Utah. There's a chance for some fun on Saturday in Vegas. After Dark Stanford @ BYU (-19) - 10:15/9:15 ESPN: You guys want to see a dead tree?
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  24. I mean, if it gets any darker and starts to spread, he'll lose his right to vote and all
    9 points
  25. Wordle 1,536 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #1320 (02.09.2025) 1/6 (100%) 🔥 Current Win Streak: 6 days 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 🧭⭐🚩📜🛡️🔤🗣️👫🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/share 🙂 Daily Quordle 1317 9️⃣5️⃣ 4️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #travle #993 +2 🟧✅🟧✅✅✅✅ https://travle.earth ^^went north instead of south. Connections Puzzle #814 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Maybe the worst connections ever:
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  26. Wordle 1,536 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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  27. Wordle 1,536 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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  28. Wordle 1,536 4/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #814 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I have no idea what the blue category is
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  29. Wordle 1,536 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #814 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1317 5️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
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  30. highest graded freshman cb in week 1:
    8 points
  31. I'm just thankful that politically-connected billionaires have finally arrived to solve things. We're in good hands now.
    8 points
  32. Didn't see this posted yet but this is just crazy.
    8 points
  33. ICE to Gain Access to Paragon Spyware After Biden Order Dropped https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-02/ice-to-gain-access-to-paragon-spyware-after-biden-order-dropped Takeaways by Bloomberg AI US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on track to gain access to spyware designed to hack phones and read private messages after the Trump administration reactivated an ICE contract for spyware from Paragon. The Paragon software has allegedly been used to target activists and journalists in Europe, and is designed to hack into mobile phones and secretly record messages sent using encrypted apps such as Signal and WhatsApp. The contract renewal gives ICE a powerful new spying tool in its crackdown on undocumented immigrants, as it attempts to deliver on President Donald Trump’s promise to carry out the largest mass deportation in US history.
    8 points
  34. I understand where you’re coming from, but 80 million arsonists are lighting this country on fire, and if the Democratic Party ever regains control, I’d like them to aggressively put those fires out, rather than spraying gas all over them. I have a family, a career, and most of my friends here. My child is 2 and has her entire life ahead of her. I’m still clinging to some small hope that this is salvageable, even though the chances of that get worse by the day. If I truly thought there was a 0% chance of recovery, then I should move today. If we get a Democrat president again, I would like to see executive orders on Day 1 that dismantle 100% of what Trump had done. Re-establish institutions like USAID. Rebuild the CDC and EPA and everything else that has been damaged. Lay off 99% of ICE agents and put that money into climate research and medicine and healthcare. Take a long hard look at the structure of our government, elections, congressional districting maps, etc to reduce the chances of this happening again. Is it a long shot? Absolutely. But it was also a long shot for Germany and France and Spain and Italy about 87 years ago.
    8 points
  35. One of the biggest, consistent, knocks on Sark is his desire to force his will offensively rather than take what the defense is giving him. This is not just at Texas and not a singular media source.
    8 points
  36. I've been as high on Arch as anyone on this board. Here are some true statements: 1. He looked like shit in his first Spring game. Clearly a huge jump from Newman to college ball and he looked very raw and overwhelmed. 2. He looked good in the Spring game last year. Much more confident and accurate throws. 3. He played well when Ewers went down in UTSA game. 4. He made some glaring "rookie" mistakes along with nice deep balls in UL Monroe game. 5. He played fantastic the following week vs. Mississippi State. 6. He was completely off vs. Ohio State He needs consistent reps to find consistency. Just like every other Manning. Peyton threw one of the ugliest balls we've ever seen. He had almost 30 INTs his rookie year in the NFL. Eli made a bunch of dumbuck mistakes. Arch is just now the true starting QB. I'm just as disappointed in his performance on Saturday as everyone else. But it makes more sense when you look back at people saying "How can Arch ever meet the hype?", "This is biggest opening CFB ever", and Texas being pre-season ranked #1 with Arch as the Heisman favorite. We were hoping that stuff didn't matter, but it looks like it had an effect on him. Now he can take a breath and get shit figured out. He always does that. Even in High School.
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  37. The sooner that America realizes that ICE is not an immigration agency, it is instead "Trump's all-purpose secret police" with its entire mission being inwardly focused (targeting "enemies of the regime"), the better a chance we'll have. Stasi, the Gestapo, the FSB, what have you....they're here. They are called ICE. All of us who grew up reading books and watching movies where we recoiled in horror when we saw states with "secret police" who targeted the state's own residents for being disloyal to the regime and whatnot? We're here. It's our turn now. Wake the fuck up. ICE is not getting this tool so they can spy on some illegals hanging sheetrock. They are getting the tool so they can spy on Americans who the regime does not like. Remember how some people freaked out about FISA courts and warrants? This dispenses with even that level of formality and legal review. They are just going to use it. Then, in the endgame, the people they target with it are going to be disappeared. That's how secret police work.
    7 points
  38. should just combine all the categories and say the #1 cause of childhood death is republicanism
    7 points
  39. Fuck UNC, did you forget this is the school that created fake classes for athletes and didn't get shit down to them by the NCAA. Fuck them and fuck Duke while I am thinking about schools that have gotten away with cheating and never got touched by the NCAA.
    7 points
  40. I've done the same thing at least a dozen times in Yellowstone. Drives me fucking insane. On the rare occasion I've caught someone tossing food to wildlife I've ran in and thrown the food back in their face before taking their license plate and reporting them to rangers. Fucking dumbass cunts.
    7 points
  41. Scipio's postmortem is out. It's not pretty. I was very distressed about missing this game to coach youth football, but after checking the score and reading a few of the 200+ texts blowing up my iPhone, it turned out to be for the best. Rewatching it, even knowing the result and having scanned the box score, was remarkable. I didn’t expect that my 6th grade volunteer staff would come up with a better game plan for the Spartans on two hours prep than what the Texas offensive staff dialed up for Ohio State after two months, but Saturday was full of surprises. I pointed out that Matt Patrica would represent a unique challenge for Sark as he offered very little tendency to game prep. Patricia was going to build out a defense tailored to us. I didn’t expect total game plan domination and a diagnosis of our strengths and weaknesses like he was in our practice facility though. Patricia shrugged at the Longhorn running game as empty calories and focused solely on limiting passing game explosives. The Buckeye DC assumed he’d get stops on money downs and in the red zone. He was right on both counts. It’s difficult to bag on Sark’s game plan when execution by the QB and the larger passing game was so poor and our running game couldn’t punish overplay. Offensive success tends to allow for more success and we never got real traction. So it’s difficult to say what Sark’s game plan adjustments could’ve been if Arch hit basic throws or we had a legitimate running game. The first Longhorn pass attempt was a wide open potential 25 yard gain to DeAndre Moore that Manning spiked five yards into the turf in front of him. We were in 11 personnel from the pistol with trips to the wide side and the TE split out up top. Ohio State busted their coverage and our reward was not a first down at midfield and a nice start, but 2nd and 10. That ain’t on Sark, folks. Sark also schemed several numbers advantages in the run game where we had leverage and an opportunity to drop a big run and get them out of some of their shifting, occasionally junk defenses. Watch the sky view and sometimes Ohio State is misaligned with massive run bubbles. That yielded only workmanlike, irrelevant gains and apparently everyone has decided that this means our running game was good or adequate. It was not. Sometimes, I feel like Roddy Piper in They Live and I’m the only one wearing the special sunglasses that let’s you see the alien infiltrators. I have good news though. There were several bright spots in this game and we’re really close to having a good offense if we can just tidy up a few executional areas. Just kidding. It was mostly dog shit. Quarterback Manning threw 11 completely inaccurate balls in 30 attempts and made four high quality throws. He threw one pick and tried to throw another that ricocheted off of a DB’s hands. His misses ran the gamut from fastballs hurled at top speed to a receiver 5 yards away, to skipping balls in front of the receiver, to crossing routes thrown behind a receivers head. Ohio State did a masterful job of keeping him contained while changing up their pass rush tempo and angles. He struggled to recognize coverages and when he did have protection, he hurried throws instead of letting routes develop. There was a goal line sequence where Arch threw an errant fastball at DeAndre Moore on a crosser with perfect protection while Moore was blanketed. Spencer Shannon was wide open going to the other way for a walk in TD. On the same series on 4th down, Wingo came open on a scrape route in front of him that could have been 6. Arch threw it early, incomplete to Livingstone in the end zone. You can find open receivers on any given play, but these were open receivers in front of him that were part of the read progression and he chose to throw to covered receivers from a clean pocket. In fairness, Ohio State had our receivers blanketed for a lot of the game. Manning probably assumed his situation wouldn’t improve with time. He scrambled somewhat successfully. The called QB run game didn’t really work. I don’t understand what he’s done to his release. Are our QBs obligated to degrade mechanics the longer they’re on campus? We’ll see if it cleans up. I thought he moved in the pocket well. He certainly competed through a lot of adversity. Offensive Line Trevor Goosby is a good pass protector. Surprisingly, Neto pass blocked better than he run blocked. Stroh and Baker hurt the offense several times. No, the OL didn’t play well. Ohio State played a light box and we didn’t punish them for it. When space condensed they dominated us on money downs and they got consistent pressure on Manning when they needed it. They made up for a light or honest box with physicality and effort and we never matched either. Please read this. The timing of my writing was not a coincidence. Explosiveness? We had zero runs over 15 yards against a light box and some Buckeye misalignments where we had numbers before the snap. Want to run someone out of exotic coverages, blitzes, and crazy presnap shifts in a light box? Drop explosive runs on them. Texas couldn’t. Consistency? No fumbles. Not a lot of negative runs. Passing grade. We met the JAG standard. Situational? Fail. The box score is lying to you. Ohio State conceded exactly what they wanted to. On short yardage, the OL fired out like mummies and got jacked up. Feet stopped moving at impact. No control or fit. Defenders slip off and rally to the ball. Except for the 4th and 1 Manning sneak where the playside laid down on their bellies like they were on a slip and slide. Every Longhorn OL lost on that play. Pad level? Generally bad. Finishing blocks? Not often. Initial contact, stand straight up, feet stop moving. Baker did have a pancake on Sonny Styles when he got low and drove him over a pile early in the game. That didn’t happen often enough. Cole Hutson also got a 1 on 1 with Styles early. He got jacked up and thrown into the runner. Stroh is slow-footed. He makes initial contact and then defenders slide right off. Kenyatta Jackson – a 265 pound DE – lined up in a 3 technique backside and drove Neto Umeozulu – who was blocking down on him – so far across the line of scrimmage that he used him to plug the playside hole three gaps away. That’s a 55 pound weight differential and the Texas guard had the angle advantage. Our OL is not very strong at the point of attack. The ability to run the ball was directly correlated to Ohio State’s box count and whether they had reserves in. Ohio State had so much contempt for our running game that they played a light box on 1st down on their 9 yard line, fearing we might try to throw it in. We were 70% gap run, but our angles on pulls are terrible. The puller who should turn up in the hole and find the first enemy jersey is overrunning and then trying to loop back. They need to scrape it tight and turn quickly. Not drift aimlessly. We had a goal line Arch run where we motioned the RB out to clear the safety standing at LB depth. Vacant spot. Ohio State had light numbers! Looking good. Going to stroll in. We ran counter towards the only LB remaining…and he made the tackle. Maybe run to the vacant space. That you vacated with the motion. It’s why you sent your RB in motion. WR/TE I love Jack Endries. Ball player. Willing blocker, super reliable receiver. Hands. Good routes. Played very hard. He overran on pulls like the OL. Pretty clearly not a teaching point for Flood. Our receivers are an incomplete due to a great pass denying game plan from Patricia, inaccuracy, and a lot of Buckeye bodies in coverage. Livingstone won in single coverage for a TD against a grabby Ohio St cornerback. I didn’t see a lot of separation, but I have no idea how DeAndre Moore can be evaluated with five bad balls thrown at him. We’ll see, I guess. RB Baxter had some good blitz pick ups. Both he and Wisner repeatedly stumbled out of their breaks to daylight and neither added much to their runs after contact. Watch Wingo’s acceleration on the end around. Then watch our RBs run. Very different explosiveness. Matt Patricia was not scared of any Texas RB that played on Saturday hurting his defense, I can promise you that. They were game planned as an irrelevance. Closing Thoughts Use the next few weeks wisely. This offense has a few issues, some that were foreseeable, many that can be addressed, but a couple that are genuine surprises. Units can improve dramatically over time and openers can be particularly jarring, but this was a bit of a wake up call for the Longhorn offensive staff and players.
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