Posts posted by TwiceHorn
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2 minutes ago, El Hornarino said:
What Roach was supposed to do was not lower his head. He would probably not have been flagged if he did.
It is just bad defense to lead with the top of your head for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is danger of injuring yourself. Actually injury to the tackler is why spearing was made illegal to begin with (c-spine or head injury). That is why for this version of "targeting" it doesn't matter what part of the offensive player you hit, nor does it matter if the offensive player is defenseless.
That said, I do agree that potentially several OU defenders could have been flagged for targeting as well, but they weren't and those plays also did not seem to be reviewed. Really officiating is largely just shit these days regardless of conference, partly because refs probably expect replay to do all the heavy lifting.
Yep, he could have just gone over/belly flopped on him.
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It appears that Lincoln is a better coach at the same or a similar point in his career.
However, he was handed a program that was a ready-made top-tier team: solid recruiting, a full, mostly decent staff, good culture. Not what Herman got at all.
To his infinite credit, though, Riley spotted an obvious weakness and decisively rectified it.
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3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:LOL. I've been this way after Chicken Little responses to UT losses for 37 years. That said, you are welcome to not tolerate me all you want, but I am consistent, and loyal. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.
Oh I know. You just seem extra strident about it. Salty.
For the record, I'm not writing Herman off. But one of his best aspects has been being well-prepared for big games. One of his worst has been being poorly prepared for not-so-big games. This is a very disheartening mixture of the tendencies.
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12 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:
LOL. What an absolutely indefensible take. Hurts fucked up once by our great play and the second time because he got pinned and made a desperate pass. How many stupid plays did we make and how are you debiting those in the accounting of this game? Classic Texas fan. Completely incapable of seeing the big picture.
By the way, all upward trajectories end in an inflection point, by definition, if we assume an absolute limit. But you knew that. If you think we're already peaking, OK, but I think that's a stupid perspective.
I sure hope Trump loses or is removed from office, because you have become almost intolerably salty.
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4 minutes ago, Shaggy3.0 said:
I’m still here mired in sooner shit talking. And you’re 100% spot on. Why does Texas always hire coaches who are so fucking slow to make big moves?
As I mentioned earlier, I think CDC is going to be proactive about nudging things to happen.
We had loyal, stubborn coaches and completely lackadaisical ADs previously.
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1 minute ago, UDontKnow said:
How is it that so many of our players are sustaining severe injuries - especially defense and especially the secondary? Herman needs to do a root cause analysis. Between Yancy and Orlando, the problem should not be this severe.
Out of rep. Sure seems like a problem. Bad tackling form leading to injury and ejection.
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1 minute ago, El Hornarino said:
This is basically what they used to call spearing.
Yep there are two rules that are "targeting." One is hitting the head of a player with "launch," and the other is leading with the crown of the helmet when the player is defenseless, regardless of where you hit them. Seemed like the first was more of an issue the last couple of years, and the second this year so far.
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8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:Really? I know you know better. You know what an "inflection point" means. This team lost by 7 against a team favored by 10.5+ and you call that an "inflection point"?
Don't make me break out the calculus.
And looked like fucking shit doing it. If Hurts doesn't fuck up, we lose by 21 or worse.

A change in direction in an otherwise positively sloped curve, in Herman's case.
Until this point, Tom's teams have "outpeformed" when underdogs and underperformed when favorites.
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5 minutes ago, 4Pete said:
TBH... I've left Fair Park feeling worse than I do today. But I'm pissed. And I'm disappointed.
Herman's ego is a big obstacle to us improving. Stinkin' Lincoln is a mercenary coach with a mercenary qb, but he course-corrected after last year. Ball is in TH's court.
Out of rep.
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5 minutes ago, TexArcher said:
Jesus, man.
Yes, this was a bad game for Herman and the staff.
But if you're ready to write him off now, what did you say about Mack in 2000?
Stop it with this.
Yeah, I don't guess you can write him off.
But it's worrying. This is a definite inflection point on his upward trajectory.
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3 minutes ago, formermav43 said:
That’s overstating it’s. The OL has been good until this game. The DBs are a mash unit. This is the first time we’ve looked unprepared in a big game, IMO.
Im not defending their performance today-it was bad. But the knee jerk stuff gets tiresome.
As stated, I think Hand has created expectations for an OL that still isn't real talented.
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2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:
I mean, "1-3 vs his only real competition" is fucking retarded. Classic Texas fan discombobulation. I don't even know how you're counting.
Is Georgia not "real competition"? Let me guess, "they didn't want to be there"?
1-3 vs OU
0-1 vs LSU
1-0 vs UGA
Sure seems like that's 2-4, not 1-3, and it ignores the other bowl game along with who knows what other game that "matters".
If you're going to make bold statements, at least be fucking right.
I hate Texas fans.
""It's perfectly valid to question Herman at this juncture.
Also Georgia as a general proposition.
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Tom Herman is a 2nd place coach
in Football
It's ok. Not mad at you just...salty.