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  1. We gotta figure out our blocking. It is unbelievable how many guys come through untouched.
  2. They were coming completely unblocked.
  3. It all started with Ovie being in his face and making him rush the throw
  4. Yeah we can't block them. We shouldn't even be trying any downfield throws at this point.
  5. Considering the situation and your line that was a dumb ass playcall.
  6. You can't waste a timeout on a 4th and inches.
  7. We got caught with the wrong DTs in that 4th down.
  8. I know that you already know what I am saying, but there are thousands of other casual fans who read this thread that don't. So my posts are not for you, as you are always going to see yourself as the utmost authority on all things you engage on. @BigHorn'13 I am a black male making fun of a stereotype of black males preferring to date large white women in jest. CTJ is trying to use that to make me seem like a racist when in fact I actually poking fun at myself and my own people. Don't listen to his bullshit. Just go read his "we for sure got this guy" takes on the recruiting board for some insight into who he is. He is a fast talking, snake oil salesman in the character of Leonardo DiCaprio in Wolf of Wall Street. I picture him putting palm oil in his hair when he woke up this morning. CTJ wants you and everyone else on this board to believe that its actually him and his group that are recruiting for Texas through NIL. The coach is inconsequential.
  9. Akers lost to Joe Montana for that Cotton bowl and national championship. Mack Brown's best seasons was when he had a 5 star quarterback, and his best season ever is when he had his best one, Vince Young. Quarterbacks matter and the lack of a good one is why we've been wandering the desert since 2009. You know, when we had our last good quarterback.
  10. When the choices were keep Strong or hire Herman did it really matter? Herman's tenure did nothing for Texas just as much Strong's which is why we are here. Arguing over which shit sandwich was seasoned better is pointless.
  11. I was wrong about Strong and have admitted as much. However, the tail end of the argument was me NOT wanting Herman, which people read as me not thinking Strong was doing a poor job. I saw Herman as a guy who in the two years he was at UH never proved he was a good coach without someone else's players, and never proved he could recruit. I also said his offense would flounder in the Big12, and its low output would have us in dogfights every week because by nature it can't pull away from teams far enough. It's all still out there if you wanna go find it. Strong was my kryptonite. Admittedly. That said you guys were chest bumping the Herman hire and talking about shit like Mensa. I remember that he was supposed to be the next Mack Brown. The Savior. Jesus Christ himself returned as a football coach. Guy had a single good season and we pounced on him like a fat white girl on a black dude. Laughable business decision after the fact. Turns out those were just regular crackers, not Ritz. Now here we are trying to figure who's turn it is to be wrong this time.
  12. And that's just it. For all their efforts Jimbo couldn't get a top signal caller to come there and flounder around in his offense despite all the bag money in the world.
  13. You are leveraging Mack's past vs Steve's future which is unknown. He is saying if Mack and Steve had started at the same time Steve would've been better than Mack to this point.
  14. Recruiting is what it's all about. You can either look like an asshole or a genius depending upon who is playing for you. If Sark had a Banks at center and guard we are undefeated. The main reason Texas has been floundering is a lack of quality QB play. We haven't had anyone decent since 09. Meanwhile, the other Blue Bloods have one seemingly every year. Next year will be the first year in my lifetime that we've had 3 QBs with NFL tools on the roster at the same time. Hell, it could be this year, but folks get the point. I liked Charlie because he recruited well at Florida and again at Louisville. That never materialized here, and he brought that staff here. Tom Herman wasn't going to attract top signal callers with that offense, and he was spotty everywhere else, plus he brought that staff here. Sark seems to be filling all the holes nicely, and he brought a solid staff here. His handling of Devonta Smith got us Worthy, who's freshman year got us Cook and a whole lotta eyes. Every ball we throw to Worthy has some 5 star receiver salivating. Mac Jones got Quinn back and the Mannings signed on. The way Banks came in looking solid right away will get us other solid O-line recruits, as well as Terrence Brooks and Guilbeau seeing the field early. Sark may or may not make it, but there is no arguing this is the best recruiting we've done since the 2000's.
  15. Nothing to retort to since all you did was personally attack. But if you want an actual retort about FOOTBALL I will give it to you. I speak on things I know about, and like you, unapologetically. I don't wander into gun threads, even though I have guns. I don't wander into the watch thread even though I have watches. My only real time in the recruitment thread was telling you guys the inside scoop on Braylan Shelby and why he was gonna choose USC. I said that because I knew it as fact, and beside that I stay out of that thread as well. Everyone can think NIL is THE game changer or not, but the reality is kids largely play for a guy and not the organization. The school is a huge cog but to think WHO is recruiting said kids isn't important is short-sighted. Kids these days come with a team of people around them that are acting as a think tank, processing all the variables. The talented ones are thinking "who can get me to the league". So they are looking at the system they run and how they fit in it, the exposure they are gonna get, if the coach is going to be there the entire time or not, and every other variable. Steve Sarkisian is an intelligent guy, who has an amazing offensive mind. No surprise the Manning Family is interested in entrusting the heir apparent to him. Tom Herman, who I shit on from day one, would never be able to land Manning because that family isn't sending their kid to be a battering ram. One of the things I was concerned about since before Tom ever dawned a burnt orange shirt. They understand that Sark's system translates. Worthy is here because of Devonta Smith. Sark got him 1856 yrds and 23 TDs. However, Lincoln Riley is really good at utilizing receivers too, so he may jump ship now that Riley is in his home state, and his productivity isn't what he hoped it would be. WHO matters. If I think a coach is going to kill it in recruiting I am hopeful they are successful because at the end of the day if you have 5 Kelvin Banks on this team we are undefeated.
  16. This post is the best example of "Every Accusation is a Confession" I have ever seen. If there is a guy who has always thought they were the smartest guy in the room its been you. You've thumped your chest on some variation of Texas message boards for as long as I can remember. False Bravado. Always claiming to know a guy. Always claiming to have inside info. Energy trader? Code writer? Coach? I work for me, myself, and I my guy. I slave for no man. I will tell you the same thing I told your boy Derka. The recruiting board is thataway. You are king over there. Stay in your lane. You have a nice following over there. It's cute. Over here we don't give a shit whether your sister's boyfriend has a friend at Steele that says so and so is committing to Texas. We only care when they sign. So until then we know where to find you.
  17. At the 36 second mark of this video this is where I get misunderstood. I understand that this is a terrible effort by Quinn. We can all see that. Where I differ is the root cause. The amount of guys getting whipped on our line is staggering and Quinn hasn't really been able to settle down. Take Colt for example. Freshman Colt was a better decision maker behind VYs line than he was the next year as a sophomore behind a shitastic line. On the play at the 36 second mark Quinn can see yet again his center getting his ass whipped. That causes him to move in the pocket and now he is likely trying to hurry to get rid of it. An older, calmer, more experienced QB would still be able to make this throw despite Hutson's man looping back around from the other side. Quinn is a freshman. I don't think it's a coincidence that Quinn's play has gone down since opposing defenses figured out that we can't block from our guard and center spots. We can debate whether or not Card would've handled the pressure better, but bottom line if you want your QB to play well you have to quit allowing rushers to come free every other play. Both our QBs are getting rid of the ball extremely quickly. The reason for that is not necessarily a positive. Now before people come in saying "the pocket was fine", take a little closer look at it. TCU pushes the pocket 6 yards behind the line of scrimmage. Jake finishes 7 yards past the LOS.
  18. It's weird. We throw a good pass. Holding. We throw a bad pass. We get a procedure call. False start. Dropped pass. Pressure up the middle rushed throw. Pressure up the middle throwaway. When asked to pass our way up the field we almost always have a drive killing play or sometimes two. We have chances and the plays are largely solid calls. We just blow it. Let's look at a few series in the TCU second half for example. 1st and 10 on the 30 backed up- We hand it off to Bijan. Majors and Hutson doubleteam the nose. Hutson needs to help establish the block and then move to the second level. He never comes off. The LB comes crashing in. Christian Jones recognizes it, peels off his man, and picks him up. The guy Jones WAS blocking just falls in the hole and Bijan has nowhere to go. 2nd and 10- We try to run a screen with Sanders- The LB recognizes it. Banks is there and can pick him up but runs right by him and Sanders gets tackled for a loss of 3. Had Banks picked him up Sanders has one guy on that side to worry about AND a blocker out in front. It was a great call that we screwed up on. Youth and inexperience. 3rd and 13- Tough spot for a freshman QB. We drop back and TCU brings 5 and a spy(for Quinn Ewers Lol!). Pocket collapses and Quinn steps up and fires a pass to Worthy who is running a dig at the sticks. Would've been a tough catch but Worthy drops it. Punt This is the Series right after the Sander PI 1st and 10- We try to get Bijan to the edge, but TCU is overplaying it, with 4 bodies there. There is a cutback lane where Bijan can at least get 3 tough yards but he doesn't see it. 2nd and 10- We run a levels concept and Quinn drops it off to Billingsley underneath and he drops it. It would've only been 3 yards but 3 yards is 3 yards. 3rd and 10- Now we are in trouble. We drop back and TCU brings 5. Majors is getting worked by his guy. Quinn sees it, steps up in the pocket, and tries to flip a little pass to Rojo. Horribly. Sanders breaks free on a crossing route pass the sticks. Not sure if he would've had time to get it to him but he was def open. If we get the 3 yards on 1st and 3/4 yards on second, now we have quick developing options we can use on a 3rd and 3. 2nd and 3- This is the wheel route Quinn missed. Defender initially picks Bijan up but then falls and Bijan is wide open. Instead Quinn hits Sanders for a 1st. 1st and goal same drive- Okay okay, we are still moving it. We run an RPO. TCU bites so Quinn pulls it. The DE quickly recognizes Bijan doesn't have the ball and redirects. Quinn has to get it out now or get sacked. He throws it and literally hits Whittington in the hands but he didn't see it. 2nd and goal- We are running a screen with Sanders. Quinn has the ball knocked out on the fake to Bijan. Looks like we had something that would've worked but QE is holding the ball too loosely. 3rd and goal- This ball is about 6 inches from where it is supposed to be. TCU gets a hand on it. 4th and goal- Here is an example of trusting your players and not trying to play hero ball. It's 4th down and Quinn is likely thinking this ball has to go in the end zone. So he picks his highest leaper and throws a him or no one ball. TCU breaks it up. HOWEVER, Bijan is open at the 10 yard line. A more experienced QB would trust his all world RB to make a play. Get it to him and he likely makes it in the endzone. We had 3 legit chances on this drive to score. Missed read. Drop. Hero ball. So as I said at the beginning. When we try to lean on the pass we almost always have something negative happen. Looking back on these three series you can see we tried to throw a lot of screens and such we just didn't execute. The same thing was happening when we tried to run it. No one is making plays when plays need to be made. Our line play vs TCU was god awful. Someone was getting mauled on every play. It's frustrating to watch.
  19. He didn't schedule anyone is correct. Why couldn't he coach his team to success at Cal?
  20. Looks like you will be disappointed for the next year plus then. Have at it.
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