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  1. 48 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

     

     

    Updating the tally I originally did after the RRS. For each team that UT has played so far (other than Bama), this compares the number of offensive holding and DPI called against that team in their game against UT vs. in their seven games against non-UT opponents (and average flags per non-UT game).

    Based on this, UT games against opponents other than Baylor and Kansas were all statistical outliers.

     

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    Rice

    • Offensive Holding:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 0.71/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (5 total)
    • Defensive Pass Interference:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 1.00/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (7 total)

    Wyoming

    • OH:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 0.57/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (4 total)
    • DPI:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 0.57/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (4 total )

    Baylor

    • OH:
      • 1 vs. Texas
      • 0.43/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (3 total )
    • DPI:
      • 1 vs. Texas
      • 0/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (0 total)

    Kansas

    • OH:
      • 1 vs. Texas
      • 0.71/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (5 total)
    • DPI:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 0.43/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (3 total )

    Oklahoma

    • OH:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 1.57/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (11 total)
    • DPI:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 0.57/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (4 total)

    Houston

    • OH:
      • 1 vs. Texas
      • 2.14/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (15 total)
    • DPI:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 0.43/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (3 total)

    BYU

    • OH:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 0.71/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (5 total)
    • DPI:
      • 0 vs. Texas
      • 0.43/game average vs. non-Texas opponents (3 total)

     

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  2. 30 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    BYU cannot, under any circumstances (rain, OT, or otherwise), be even out on the field after midnight local time.  Let alone be finishing a snap/series/drive.  

    So the conversation between the league and TV partners was literally, "Well, too many moving parts again this week.  Too many teams in the hunt, let's use the late window again and see what's what.  But we can for sure pencil in BYU to play untill about 1am despite that being their one and only singular contract rider, right?"  

    Respectfully:

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    Yes, the game would be finished if it pushed late,” BYU spokesman Brett Pyne told Yahoo Sports via email. “A game involving BYU that starts on Saturday will be played to its completion if it happens to extend past midnight.”

  3. 1 hour ago, RollingPresidential said:

    What is he an executive of now?

    His LinkedIn says he is now a Sales Executive at ICE (Intercontinental Exchange).

    Glassdoor estimates for the position are $210K/year all in. Though half of that is attributed to bonuses and commission (i.e., Hamm actually being good at his job), so, you know, probably safest to not assume he's actually getting all that. But Hamm don't give a shit, inflation ain't exist in Conroe, and $105K is enough for the six-figs badge!

  4. So, just purchased some tickets to the game from a resale site. These are the tickets that came back: they have to be printed out and look very bush league.

    Was hoping the surly hivemind could confirm: Mickey Mouse production by the UofH tickets department, or I got ripped off? 

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  5. On 10/8/2023 at 6:56 PM, Surly Bevo said:

    In case you wanted to check the scorecard

    Out of curiosity, for each UT opponent other than Bama, I tallied the flags they received for holding (offensive only) and DPI in their five games against non-UT opponents. Breakdown below. Small sample size and all, but based solely on this, Rice and OU appear to be the only outliers.

    Rice

    • Holding: 4 total (0.8/game average)
    • DPI: 6 total (1.2/game average)

    Wyoming

    • OH: 2 total (0.4/game)
    • DPI: 2 total (0.4/game)

    Baylor

    • OH: 2 total (0.4/game)
    • DPI: 0 total

    Kansas

    • OH: 3 total (0.6/game)
    • DPI: 2 total (0.4/game)

    Oklahoma

    • OH: 9 total (1.8/game)
    • DPI: 3 total (0.6/game)
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  6. I'm fairly certain that @LTtxfan might be the only other person in this thread, but here's an Athletic article (by Bruce Feldman): Texas is different, if not “back” — and opposing coaches and analysts agree

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    It’s become the overdone crack — “Texas is back again, eh?” — and the typical response is an eye-roll or a snicker. We media folk kept tripping over ourselves.

    That certainly was the case when Texas beat No. 11 Notre Dame in Austin, Tex. to kick off the 2016 season. The 50-47 thrilling double-overtime win had ESPN’s Joe Tessitore declaring, “Texas is back, folks!” The Horns vaulted to No. 11 in the AP poll the next week and then went 5-7, culminating in the firing of head coach Charlie Strong. (Notre Dame, by the way, finished 4-8.)

    There were some promising moments in the Tom Herman era, including a top-10 finish, but Texas fizzled out in his four seasons and he was also ousted. His successor Steve Sarkisian left Nick Saban’s Alabama staff in 2021 for the job; he has since dramatically upgraded the roster and, just as importantly, put together an elite staff. The Longhorns almost upset the Tide last year, but stumbled to an 8-5 record after a five-win first season.

    This offseason, the buzz had been building inside the Texas program. The development of the roster, particularly in the trenches, had several staffers excited. This group on both sides of the ball was much different than any Texas team in a long time. Quarterback Quinn Ewers, a former No. 1 recruit, had matured and was primed to take the next big step, Texas sources also affirmed. There were, as well, legitimate difference-makers on defense now.

    The hype began to build from all of that.

    The Longhorns were named the preseason favorite to win the Big 12, though winning the Big 12 didn’t necessarily equate to believing this team was a potential national title one. Was Sarkisian ready to get the Longhorns there? In a decade as a head coach at some big brand programs, his teams had never finished higher than No. 20. But momentum is favoring Texas. It visited Tuscaloosa in Week 2 and absolutely mauled Alabama, winning 34-24 in a game that didn’t feel close. The Longhorns had five sacks and nine TFLs. Their O-line didn’t allow a sack and gave up just two TFLs. Texas followed that up by steamrolling its subsequent three opponents (including No. 24 Kansas) by an average score of 33-10 and rising to No. 3 in the country.

    So … is Texas back? I’ll hold off on that for a little bit longer, but here’s what I am confident in saying: Texas is different.

    And it’s not just me saying that. The Athletic has talked to a half-dozen coaches who have either faced Texas this year or scouted them over the last two weeks. Their reaction is unanimous: This team is absolutely good enough to be a College Football Playoff team this year. “

    That is a very impressive roster,” said one longtime SEC coach. “They got linemen like Alabama used to have. Both sides of the ball. They beat the s— out of Alabama. They push everybody around. They did whatever they wanted with Baylor. They’ve got speed outside and their tight end (Ja’Tavion Sanders) is a freak.

    “I think Sark has learned his lesson. He’s running the ball. He’s required toughness. He used to be ‘Next play! Next play! Next play! Hurry up!’ He’s learned what it takes. He hired great coaches. Bo Davis is a great defensive line coach. (Kyle Flood) is a great O-line coach. It shows what those guys have done there.”

    Against Kansas last Saturday, Texas held the nation’s No. 1 third-down offense, which had been converting at 61 percent, to 0-for-8. 

    "Their defense is dominant and their D-line is one of the most impressive groups I’ve ever seen,” said a Big 12 analyst whose team faced Texas this year. No. 93 (6-foot-4, 362-pound senior T’Vondre Sweat) was incredible to watch in person.”

    Byron Murphy, a 308-pound junior, was No. 18 on the Freaks List this year, and is every bit as big a problem for opponents as Sweat. Their offensive line counterparts are just as impressive.

    “Their D-line is freakish,” said another Big 12 coach. “They’re getting a huge pass rush with four. Their front 7 is a lot better than last year. That freshman linebacker, No. 0 (Anthony Hill) is super fast. He’s so hard to block coming off the edge. They made Alabama look bad. People blamed that quarterback (Jalen Milroe) but they didn’t have a lot of guys open.”

    This is a dramatic change from how Texas used to be. In the previous 15 years, Texas has only had two O-linemen drafted. A critical piece of the turnaround has been that Flood and Davis (not so coincidentally, both former Saban assistants, like Sarkisian and special teams coordinator Jeff Banks, who is also regarded as one of the best at his position) are working opposite of one another with their players going head up against each other. That battle every single day at practice, good on good, has raised the bar, ratcheting up their toughness and physicality.

    “Their O-line is so big and physical and they move people,” said the Big 12 analyst. “Both of their tackles No. 78 (sophomore Kelvin Banks) and No. 70 (senior Christian Jones) had elite movement skills. I also thought their left guard No. 76 (Hayden Conner) was also pretty damn good with great movement skills.) … I think their O-line is the strength of their offense. Their receivers can run and are as good as advertised. Their backs break tackles and are great in space.

    “Sark is the best play caller I’ve ever faced. He hardly had any tendencies going in, and if he did, he broke them during our game. He really keeps you off balance. They have a great change to make a deep run.”

    The Big 12 coach added a grim warning of sorts for the rest of their conference — and perhaps for the SEC, which will be home to the Longhorns next year: “They are better live than on film.”

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  7. 28 minutes ago, Porterhouse said:

    Don’t care. I want him gone. Today’s jihad is about to commence

    Just finished him off. I can't help but participate in a good lunchtime fatwa.

  8. 55 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

    "Comparable" doesn't mean what you seem to think it does. Any two teams are comparable. Whether the comparison is 1-to-1 or not is debatable. 

    I'm quite familiar with the word and its uses, thank you. The way you're using it (the "capable of being compared" definition) is clearly not the same way that both I and the poster I was responding to were using it ("two things of similar quality/size/etc."), so maybe you work on reading comprehension before trying to grammar flex.

    17 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said:

    Is this a bit?

    I hope so, for his sake.

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  9. 1 hour ago, Sal said:

    while OU has more talent than last season, it’s not comparable to Texas.

    UT and OU have the exact same Blue Chip Ratio of 70%. Their average star rating (247 composite) over the last four cycles is actually slightly higher.

    Could see an argument that their talent has not actually performed to potential at the level ours has.

    However, strictly speaking to on-roster talent per industry rankings, both teams are comparable. 

  10. 3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Does anyone know how many redzone plays we have?

    By my count, it's a total of 37 RZ plays this season. Or 36, if you net out one incomplete pass that drew DPI.

    Game-by-game summary below with totals, then broken out by RZ plays per drive (+ result of drive).

    • Rice – 7 RZ plays
      • 3 (FG)
      • 2 (TD)
      • 2 (TD)
    • Bama – 14 RZ plays
      • 7 (FG)
      • 5 (FG)
      • 1 (TD)
      • 1 (TD)
    • Wyoming – 8 RZ plays
      • 1 (FG)
      • 4 (TD)
      • 3 (TD)
    • Baylor – 8 RZ plays
      • 1 (TD)
      • 2 (TD)
      • 1 (FG)
      • 4 (Missed FG)

    RZ drives (14 total) resulted in points all but one time, and overall account for 53% of total offensive points (71/133) and 50% of offensive TDs (8/16).

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  11. 1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

    Gerry mentioned something today on the Livestream. He's in Orlando to see D. Robinson then he's going to another school to see someone else that he doesn't want to mention yet.

    Any ideas?

    Assuming it's a 2024, best guess is that it might be one of the Tampa-area prospects.

    These guys have offers and visited UT at some point: TJ Moore (Clemson), Booker Pickett (Uncommitted), Jayden Jackson (OU). 

    Solomon Williams also fits the profile, but expect it's not him given that his interest in UT is already very public - IIRC, he was going to visit last weekend.

  12. 14 hours ago, CooterBrown said:


    He can’t be fired for cause. The only way he doesn’t get paid is if he formally resigns. He could quit showing up to practice and games. Fuck it, he could just move to Key West tomorrow. Aggy would still have to pay him 100% of his contract as long as he doesn’t formally resign.

    Wish this were the case, but it's simply not.

    One of his duties under the employment agreement, along with many others, is to "be responsible for the management and supervision of the football program at [ATM] . . . [which] include those duties customarily performed by a head coach at a major University" (Section 2.1).

    The definition of Cause includes "neglect[ing] or otherwise fail[ing] to perform his duties outlined herein as Head Football Coach in any material respect" (Section 5.1(a)). 

    He would absolutely be fired for Cause if he just fucked off to Key West. 

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  13. 6 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    I mean this is just a ridiculous statement. They were only there for two years and inherited an offense almost entirely consisting of 1st and 2nd round guys.  They were coaching one of the most talented offenses in CFB history. Anyone could have had success with that offensive roster they inherited.  Their time at Alabama doesn’t prove they can evaluate, coach and develop. 

    Counterpoints:

    • Texas has regularly had talent on both sides of the roster, albeit not as much as Bama, that produced shit-tastic performance despite said talent. If any fanbase can admit high-level talent can be squandered, it's us. Some credit (even if partial) has to be given for getting on-field results from the talent you have to work with.
    • Sark (offense / play calling / QB development) and Flood (OL) both have significant skins on their resume even if you net out their Bama years.
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