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Skipper

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  1. Strong strong disagreement with this. This years A&M game has, by far, biggest stakes of the year. That is on top of it being a rivalry game. It's setting up to be the biggest Texas/Texas A&M game since 1995. And just because these guys haven't played in it before doesn't mean they don't know it's been talked about constantly since it was scheduled. It's definitely a trap game for both Texas and A&M. That being said, it shouldn't matter.
  2. At this point this is the only thing he is really consistently elite at. He's not athletic and goes down too easy and his deep ball has always sucked. You can live with that if you have the short and mid range accuracy and consistently making the correct reads but we don't have the latter and he's playing way too hesitant.. I was hoping the injury was still nagging and Florida game was the start of Quinn playing confident again. But yesterday was frustrating. He didn't play shitty but he wasn't an asset. We should have been up 3 TD's in the first half and that game should have never been close. I like the idea above about just flat out calling a designed QB run early in games to get him to stop thinking and play football. But if we aren't moving the ball again against a good team that is actually scoring points (unlike Ark in first half yesterday) it's not going to shock me to see Sark pull a Saban in Bama's championship game when he benched Hurts for Tua. Manning may be more likely to throw a pick so I understand hesitancy to do that in a close game you feel like it still under control, but we're almost certainly going to have to play better offensively to win @ A&M. The stakes for that game are way too high to give Quinn an entire game to figure it out if we fall behind and he's part of the problem.
  3. I think this is a leading indicator of what I'm expecting. If we make this a 4th quarter game we might be in trouble as their crowd will be hostile and loud. But this is different than '21 for multiple reasons but primarily because it's an 11AM game and a fan base that has nothing to be excited about for the season. Half of them probably fully expect to get blown out after the last game. 2021 was an early season game where all the season possibilities are still in front of you. This Arkansas fan base has no expectations for this game beyond what it means one way or another for the Pittman tenure. If we can jump out to an early lead there will be no energy in the stadium before halftime.
  4. It wouldn't surprise me but best thing that could happen if you want potential for more SEC bids (giving us cushion) is for OSU to blow IU out of the water potentially knocking them out. OSU has that @PSU win in their back pocket if they lose again. To be clear, I'm not sold on PSU but it is what it is.
  5. I think TN/UGA is likely going to end up viewed as an elimination game. Particularly to the extent one team wins somewhat comfortably.
  6. Last week seemed better. Only one real total bust where DJ Cambell missed his assignment on the first series (costing us points). Penalties were better. Need to continue to clean it up. I think whether or not we can keep Quinn relatively clean against A&M pressure will likely determine that game.
  7. And I don't think most Texas fans have come to grips with that yet. I think everyone would have assumed a 10-2 Texas team is in a 12 team playoff. I certainly would have. But between Big 10 having a massive gap after top 4 teams resulting in no parity, Michigan win not paying dividends, Notre Dame riding that win @ A&M to carry them through despite having the worst loss of all candidates and SEC having a ton of 2 loss teams, it's pretty much becoming a certainty absent 1-2 teams losing as a 2 TD favorite
  8. I tend to agree with the take above that we won't see a 9 game SEC schedule without playoff expansion that does not increase auto bids (i.e., adding 2 or 4 more at large). What's becoming clear is due to Michigan and OU sucking (the latter can't help it obviously), absent an upset like USC/ND or PSU/MN (or something else completely random like Ole Miss or Bama losing as heavy favorites), Texas is going to have to win @ aggy to make the playoffs. We could probably end up losing one of the other 2 and still get in with a W at Aggy. But a loss there is probably going to knock us out barring upsets. The narrative that Texas doesn't have a quality win is just going to grow louder.
  9. Which is kind of fucked up when you give a ton of casual BBQ a star (because Texas) but keeping Italian approachable doesn't merit same consideration. I mean, I'm a La BBQ fan but that place having a Michelin Star and not Lucia (which has been an extremely difficult reservation for as long as I can recall) is pretty fucking laughable.
  10. That was a fun game last night after getting worked Saturday (not to mention Finland). Dumba healthy scratch is going to be interesting to follow.
  11. Was there really any doubt which poster would have this take?
  12. It's been so long since we played them I decided to look at this because my recollection is the same and it pretty much checks out. I've been to every game we've played them except 2 at Kyle Field since 1994. Here are the only arguable outliers. 1998: A&M's last conference championship and Ricky's record breaking game. That was a good A&M team but that Texas team by year end was really fucking good. Don't know what the point spread was but bet it was close. The AP rankings (A&M at #6 but Texas unranked) didn't reflect reality. 1999: We were a clear better team but lost with a crazy set of circumstances. Bonfire game, Hullabaloo Dinesh Dinesh (no team breakfast at the Ramada) and Major hit with a brutal stomach bug that morning. Simms first ever start + that atmosphere and we still should have won. 2006 and 2007: Both frustrating as hell. Colt started game dinged up then got hurt at the end in 2006 then we lost to a shitty A&M team at Kyle in 2007. That 2007 game is probably the biggest outlier as a game we had no business losing. We really had no business losing either of these games.
  13. There is a fucking 78K post thread about them constantly on the first page of this board. 2 biggest schools in the state separated by 90 miles. They are absolutely our biggest recruiting rival. They are the definition of a college rival and have been for 100+ years including during this 'cold war' period where, despite not playing, everything was still constantly measured against each other. Any other take is just stupid. It is really fucking dumb for fans on both sides to pretend otherwise.
  14. No matter how much some fans of either school like to pretend it's not the case, A&M is an actual rival (like OU). We absolutely should play both every year.
  15. Hard pass playing Arkie every year. It's Texas Tech all over again. One sided hate with no upside. The mutual disdain from the 60's and 70's when both teams were elite is never coming back.
  16. Big 12 fans thoroughly enjoyed it the last 2 years when it was Texas and OU getting screwed left and right. Not as much fun when the WWF nature of that garbage conference works against your team. To some extent it's probably the same in every conference protecting their $$ but Big 12 the worst. There is a desperate need to completely restructure college football officiating. It needs to be done on a national level (at least as it relates to the Power 4 conferences) without any conference tie ins. Break up the existing conference crews so they are working with different officials from other conference. All reviews should be done at a national level. Lord knows there is more than enough money in college football to do this the right way. It won't fix all bad calls but it will help with the constant protectionism we've seen when $$ and bids are involved.
  17. What a great (and fucked up) finale. Really good show. Best I've seen in a while.
  18. They damn sure better slot Bama ahead of Notre Dame this week. Hell, they should move Ole Miss ahead of them as well.
  19. You are arguing with the same clown that thought our season was effectively over and our QB dog shit after beating Vandy on the road by 3, but just 1 good game against a bad team and we're beating Indiana by 17. He is the quintessential over reactionary Texas fan that doesn't know shit about fuck.
  20. This is certainly what should happen. Will actually be a good test of how they treat championship games.
  21. Skipper

    Tre Johnson

    Remember his junior year when Rex Kramer took the position he was overrated and would be JAG in college. LOL
  22. I'll be the first to admit our SEC schedule this year is more advantageous than most competitors in the conference, but Penn State literally has a 1 game season and their punishment for losing the 1 game is missing the Big 10 championship game (and a chance for 2 losses) so they will almost certainly slot into the 5 or 6 seed with a home playoff game and nice bracket setup. There just isn't an upper middle or middle tier in the Big 10 this season. It's a 4 team league and Ohio St. is the only one that has to play anyone else. I hate Ohio State but if they were to lose to Indiana they damn sure better still be slotted ahead of Penn St.
  23. This is just silly. Arkie is going to be hostile because their fans hate us. But even though that is the case, it's an Arkie team hoping to make a Bowl and an 11AM kick. A&M game will almost certainly be at night with the SEC Championship game and/or CFP slot on the line. That is on top of breaking out of a 13 year cold war. Cheapest seats @ A&M are like $900. The atmospheres won't be remotely comparable.
  24. I think Sark is certainly capable of mixing up what we do more of based on personnel and skillsets. I think this year, particularly given RB skillsets and limitations, he has decided to utilize the short passing game more as an extension of the run. Andi I don't think Ewers gets enough credit for how good he is at putting the ball exactly where it needs to be in the short passing/screen game to give our athletes a chance to work in space. Look at the Blue swing pass. It could have easily been a TFL if that ball was placed anywhere else and instead it went for 50. That is something Manning didn't seem to quite have yet (at least not at QE's level) based on his limited time.
  25. I mean sure to some extent. But with our offensive skillset, the short passing game is absolutely part of the game plan every single week. I think what Sark wants to do is get teams overplaying (or overfocusing on) the short passing game thus opening up shots down the field. First TD pass was a great example of this. Then, I thought the screen pass to Wisner and the check down swing pass to blue were both great examples using Ewers and RB's skill sets to our advantage. I'm not saying Sark is fine being second to last, but i'm saying I think we intentionally throw within 5 yards WAY more than most teams because it's a matchup advantage.
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