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Irish Wrist Watch

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  1. 4 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

    I think Washington didn't have anyone back on the onside kick.  If that's the case, we should be coaching the guys that the kicker will pooch kick the ball over their heads and our guys can all make a mad dash for the ball.  Our guys would all have the momentum going in the right direction and their guys would have to stop and turn around.

    I was thinking about that. You practice the hell out of OS kicks with two scenarios: In both, you have six or seven running near full speed by the time the ball is kicked. Would require great timing (i.e., practice). First scenario - the big bounce wherein your have your lead runners take out opponent trying to field the ball before it drops. Then two or three are a step behind ready to field the ball. The second scenario would be all seven in a mad dash for a pooch kick. 

    Had we succeeded there, we would've had a minute and a half to go fifty yards - and two time outs. Damn. We woulda won that game.

  2. 4 minutes ago, Skipper said:

    I tend to agree this is definitely how it is going to be going forward.   With NIL spreading the wealth around, Bama and UGA can't just stack a roster with 5 stars at every position where anyone else is at a massive talent disadvantage.   I think most years will be a lot more similar to this year where any of the final 4 teams can win and it's all a matter of who plays their best game on any given day.  It sucks to come so close and lose (particularly knowing we didn't play our A game) but our roster should FINALLY be back in the position that we should be in the 12 team mix most years which is all you can really ask for as a fan.  

    The most positive thought to come from this massive thread. Accurate and uplifting

     

  3. Couple of other mentions: IIRC, in the last ten min or so, we actually increased our numbers of blitzers, and it gave Penix some problems. WE saw a bad pass or two, maybe a drop. We got the ball back. Think maybe we should have been doing this sooner.

    And the other thing: What a shitty onside kick. How in this day and age can experienced coaches not have taken a good look at all of the onside kicks that have worked and not concluded that kicking the top of the ball and making it take a short hop then a big hop is the way to go. Furthermore, dammit, whenever anyone does an onside these days, it looks as if they've never practiced it in their lives. If practiced enough, I gotta believe that you can up the odds significantly of getting one of those sucker. Sadly, UT's OSK sucked.

  4. Shit got real tonight. I'm afraid it's all gonna end too fast. Suspect we're looking at ten episodes, so there's that. Could actually end in nine. Who knows. Would just as soon have last week's episode condensed and more where this story is finally headed. There's a load of shit coming down on someone. In fact, it's already underway. 

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  5. 6 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

    I don't see how JWhitt is open on this play. And Quinn could only afford to hold the ball longer because #4 rushing in unblocked stopped because of the pitch fake.

     

     

    I'm not sure why anyone does anything to the weak side of the field. Above, at the snap, look how much real estate is available to the left. For that matter, Quinn could have rolled left. I don't think they would have expected it, and he is capable of pulling it off. The kid's got a rifle for an arm when he needs it - and a very quick release.

  6. 8 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

    That wasn't the call. It was a drop off under pressure. 

    Ewers was under pressure the entire night. Seems as though he did better when he was forced from the pocket. But Sark sure should have known they'd bring it on first down. He shoulda left the pocket on every play, but thrown fast. We would have still gotten off three plays. One quick receiver diving toward a low throw - impossible to defend. Love the Breaking Bad GIF. Perfect

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  7. 8 hours ago, MrBig said:

    The ball was snapped from the 9, VY was in shotgun and got the ball at the 13, dropped back to the 15 and ran the ball in.

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    The ball was snapped near the right hash mark. Vince was fast, but I tell you what, when Ewers turns it up he's damn fast. Had the swing gone to Blue on the left side of the field, and the ball set up on the left hash mark. Ewers could have rolled right. See how Vince's receivers above took their defenders to the left.... And Ewers can pass on the run. Above, Young's halfback is open at the goal line. 

    Anyway, anything but those accursed fucking fades. Washington's secondary wasn't all that good. We shoulda won that game.

  8. Texas didn't bring their A game, but they did everything necessary to win. The D held when it needed to. The O got the ball to the 15. That's where the loss occurred. Sark got us to the desert tray, but didn't let the big dog eat. Terrible play calls. We should have scored and it would have been one of the greatest comebacks in UT history - maybe even in all of college football. Sark went blind when the chips were down. He needs an OC, or at least someone to bounce plays off of or discuss strategy, especially in situations like that.

    He had a great year and hopefully learned a thing or two going forward. I will probably get over this loss in next year or so. 

    Afterthought - How long was VYs scramble to the end zone against USC. If we'd been on the left hash mark last night and Quinn had rolled right, and if the receivers had cleared a path for him...

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  9. 3 minutes ago, Slacks said:

    Nah. He ran the right play.

    I'm throwing it to Mitchell 1 on 1 with no Lbs or DL to tip it, etc, too. 

    Sanders wasn't a post up threat. 

    Worthy wasn't the hands guy. 

    Go to the Whittington / Mitchell 2 man read. 

    Just make a better throw there. 

    Everything there except the ball position was right. 

     

    Bullshit. When you've got an accurate passer and great receivers, you don't throw balls up for grabs to find out if the defenders going to interfere - and if that interference gets called. You roll the fuck out (as QB often are forced to do when they're chased out of the pocket) and you fire that ball to a receiver who breaks loose - 12 fucking yards away. Can't be stopped

  10. 1 minute ago, GTJ1982 said:

    Game would look so much different if Sark actually called the game based on the game and abandoned his script after we got our two defensive stops.  

    He needs to actually live up to his complimentary football mantra. 

    I take that scripted shit with a grain of salt. He's gonna skip plays that are clearly inappropriate. It's just a list of plays that they think have a good chance of working

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