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Skipper

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  1. Right. Because that's not his skill set and never will be. The fact that he's a complete mismatch that defenses have to account for every single play is what will end up getting him picked in the late first round. But I have zero doubt if Sark had his pick of any WR in CFB to have on his roster there aren't 5 players he would select before X.
  2. That play needs to be taken out until we have 5 All B12 linemen I love that play design. Players need to execute. We executed it last year for a TD with a shittier line. J Brooks has been phenomenal this season, but if he makes that block, it's probably a TD (although, to your point, if I recall, either the center or a guard let a guy go as well that might have made the play even if Brooks slides over).
  3. I was as critical as anyone regarding that during the period of the UH game where we stalled. I thought he wasn't seeing the field or not processing beyond his first read. But then it came out he had already injured his throwing shoulder and was trying to play through it. Which makes that stretch make a lot more sense.
  4. Who is tearing MM down? He played fine for his first start. Some good. Some bad. He needs 3 games against the likes of Rice to get more comfortable. Unfortunately that isn't in the cards. It's not "tearing them down" to be concerned you are starting a QB that has very few live game reps (including in HS) in a must win game. It's a legitimate concern. Obviously everyone hopes he plays well. That's the thing about young inexperienced QB's. He could come out and play a great game. Or he could turn it over 3 times in the first half. You just don't know what you are going to get. Best thing that could happen for him is for our OL to step up this week and give him time.
  5. Probably because our shitty fans weren't buying them. The ticket market for a top 10 texas game was abysmal and embarassing. I think I netted like $70 per (after fees) for 35 YL seats. Nobody even made me an offer on this site so I sold them Friday night on seatgeak. Those were going for like $50 WITH fees in the couple of hours before kickoff. I just couldn't swing it from Dallas after traveling for work all week or I would have been there. But I'll never understand how Austin, as much as it's grown with no other sports in town, isn't supporting a winning Texas team better. I think KSU will be a ot better considering it's a huge game with Big Noon kickoff in town but last week was pathetic.
  6. Not knowing if a backup QB in his 2nd start can beat a good team is a hot take? The guy that panicked and threw the worst pick we've seen in years and threw into double coverage multiple times? We're just all supposed to assume that won't occur again? You can superfan all you want. But we would be 10+ point favorites in this game if QE was healthy. That doesn't mean we win or lose but the floor and ceiling for QB play is both significantly higher with a healthy QE. MM is still a question mark. He's raw an inexperienced with a lot of upside. He needs tons of live reps to reach that. That shouldn't be controversial. It's fact. I hope he plays lights out this week. He very well could. But it could easily swing the other way as well and we're playing Arch in the 2nd quarter. As it the case with every young and inexperienced QB in the history of college football.
  7. The MM superfans in this thread are just going to find anything they can do to deflect from a performance that pretty much everyone expected from a first time starter. It's bizarre to me that MM looking raw, making some poor decisions and generally being a significant step down running a limited offense compared to the starting QB is somehow a controversial take among some on this board yet here we are.
  8. He had a drop. It happens. It hasn't been a systemic issue this season. Also, apparently most on this board fail to realize or comprehend what Worthy's elite skillset it. He's never going to have hands like Roy Williams or, more recently, OBJ (i.e., massive hand size perfect for making 1 hand circus catches or winning contested balls). That's not his game.
  9. Seriously. Worthy has 1 actual drop and this "drop" narrative from last year comes back up in defense of a first time starter, that shockingly, looked exactly like a first time starter. I'm still waiting for someone to find drop stats on the year reflecting it's even remotely been an issue for X over the first 8 games.
  10. The 02 win @ KSU is one of the most underrated wins of that era. That was a really good KSU team.
  11. He's still only started 17 games. He needs another full offseason and year as a starter before we really know if he can take it to the next level and be a dominant CFB QB. Obviously we'll never know as he'll be holding a clipboard in the league next year. I just think he needs a shitload of reps personally.
  12. I wish one of these Texas twitter accounts that puts up compilations of plays would put together a compilation of the worst non holding calls in conference games this year. I'm guessing at least 20 to choose from. All you can do is laugh at this point at how bad it is.
  13. Give me a healthy Ewers and I'm pretty confident we win out. He's still a work in progress but he is probably worth 10 points at least compared to MM. The fact that it came out it was his throwing shoulder that was hurt (on the prior sack) explains a lot of his last quarter against UH when was checking down and we assumed watching live he was just not processing his open reads.
  14. Fox had first pick and always puts their top game at 11AM every week. It's their "primetime" spot due to low competition in that window. It's why I'm happy to get away from the Fox contract.
  15. It's the same play we've scored on before. If Brooks slides over in time to make that block, X likely scores a TD.
  16. This is going to be a tough game. I listened to some Siriux XM this morning and discussion was can Texas beat KSU with MM at QB. That is going to be the narrative all week for sure. I do like that everyone in the country will talk about Texas being on "upset alert" all week. I feel like we tend to play better under those circumstances. Do we have any kind of post game injury report for the D?
  17. Show me a mistake that is worthy of being benched (no pun intended). Surely someone has to have "drop rate" stats for season. Maybe I'm wrong if someone can show me the data. But I don't think drops have been an issue this year (obviously they were last year). He's made some incredibly tough and huge catches for us.
  18. Look, we all appreciate all you do with the website and NIL. But you have personal relationships that absolutely cloud your judgment and it's obvious in your posting at times. Barring injury, X is a first round pick or early 2nd at worst. Suggesting he should be benched is insanity.
  19. Even that drop, if it's the one I'm thinking about, was deflected I think, he had to adjust, and ended up behind him a bit. Could have made the catch but it wasn't a pure drop.
  20. WTF? I don't know X drop rate this year but it is miniscule by my eyes. He's been fantastic this season. JFC talking about benching probably the best WR in the country. If you want to talk about drops last year (with a broken hand) fine. But he's the best player on the field for us this year. And then another WTF not seeing MM's bad footwork. He threw off his back foot all game. He's exactly what I expected him to be. A high ceiling QB with virtually no experience playing like it. Some good some bad. Absolutely not reliable at this point with the stretch of games coming up and we're going to have to play really well around him to win. Particularly the OL. The pick he threw was one of the worst I've seen a Texas QB throw in a long time. I recall QE had a similar one against OSU last year. By the way, this isn't a knock on MM. Again, it's damn near impossible to be an above average college QB without more experience if you aren't dual threat.
  21. Time to make another drink and get ready for another night of October Baseball. Let's give em hell!
  22. All I know is every time I watch a few series of a game they are playing it's pure domination. Maybe it's just the sample size and shitty teams. BYU never looked as good as KSU has. I hope it is just the shitty competition but I think we'll have our hands full and need to play well to win.
  23. Good win. I'm not sure how we fix our redzone issues at this point. Especially with a backup QB we don't trust to throw into tight windows. But after being embarrassed in back to back games the Defense showed up. Imagine how dominating a performance that would have been if this shit conference actually called holding. Next week is another story though. KSU playing like a top 10 team right now. Going to absolutely have to bring our A game to win. Should be fun.
  24. If you are pro "cease fire" you are supporting Hamas. Full stop. You don't just get to start a war by invading another country and intentionally killing women and children civillians point blank and call a time out. That's not how the world works.
  25. Chanting or parroting shit like "from the river to the sea" either being so ignorant that they don't know what that means or knowing damn well what it means. Whatever it is. It's disgusting.
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