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  1. 15 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

     

    Man this one is really weird to me. Will be interesting to see what comes of it. 

    14 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

    Plus you figure his current head coach will give Texas the straight info on him.

    Without all the fuff, one could say.

    42 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

    Is there a school with money that hasn't historically been a major player that has the ability and interest to take advantage of the changing landscape and become somewhat of a regular contender?

    Uh, Oregon?

    Theoretically this is aggy, but you know, aggy.

    Could also be second tier Texas programs like Tech, TCU, UH in the Big 12, or SMU in the ACC if the stars align for them. SMU seems the closest with booster buy in and recent on field success.

     

  2. 2 hours ago, Vertigo said:

    Seriously, of the options available and this is who they go with? Klein is recruiting like he is still at KState.

    I mean in a way that's impressive when you consider that K State is an objectively more successful program within the lifetime of any recruit or current player, and it's not particularly close.

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  3. 6 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

    Agree entirely with the idea of needing an RB. I like Tre, but I want a big guy in there and I don't trust Baxter's health at all.

    What about the OL?

    Not sure I see a need. Maybe if there is a really high end, P4 all conference/Day 1-2 draft pick type but those don't often enter the portal in the first place.

    Even if DJ and Cam both declare your starters look like Goosby-Neto-Robertson-Hutson-Baker, all of whom were promising prospects and have proved themselves to some degree. Sounds like the '23s are coming along pretty well so you'd have Chatman, Cojoe, and Stroh as key reserves. Agbo is still hanging around and has some experience from the 6OL package. If Campbell and/or Williams come back, even better.

    OL really is a position you want to get your guys in early and develop them for a couple years and Flood's been able to lay the groundwork for that.

  4. 5 hours ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

    The trendy pick seems to be ND over UGA. Where is this confidence in ND coming from. They beat nobody and have a loss to NIU. 

    For me, it's Georgia totting out a backup QB against a strong ND defense, with a pretty nice secondary in particular. That backup didn't exactly light the world on fire against Texas, especially after the emotionally charged first drive, and there will be more tape on him at that point. ND's just got to find 21-24 points there and that could be greatly aided by turnovers.

    I still would not be surprised to see UGA get to the championship game because Beck is a JAG and Stockton could also get better with reps. And, you know, it's Georgia.

  5. 8 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

    Oregon is overrated. They looked bad last night against a bad PSU team. They might not make it out of the quarters.

    Oregon traveled three time zones to take a 28-10 second quarter lead against 11-1 team and played with their food a bit from then on. That's basically Texas's MO on a good day so we probably shouldn't throw stones there.

  6. 3 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    I know Texas has a tendency to piss down their own leg but I feel people thinking the 10.5 line is crazy haven’t watched Clemson this year. They’re like 2 plays away from being a 5 loss team. 

    I do think the line is a little low but for me it's more about the Texas offense's tendency to stumble around even in games that aren't competitive. I do not expect the game to feel in doubt but I also don't expect Texas to light the scoreboard up against a serviceable defense.

    Implies score of 32-20 feels high to me, on both sides. ~24-10 feels about right to me.

    Incoming 45-42 now.

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  7. 1 hour ago, sith_horn said:

    Looks to me like Majors failed and so did DJ. Conner and Majors are double-teaming, but Conner doesn't get much in on it. Not really his fault though because Majors immediately allows #94 to sidestep and turn/pivot him sideways, instead of maintaining an effective squared up front WITH Connor, which essentially takes Conner out of it. If Majors doesn't engage at such an exaggerated angle Connor might have had more effect. He practically takes Connor out of it and since he isn't squared on the defender, he's immediately pivoted sideways. Great technique by the defender to thwart them, btw. They're trying to set him back on his heels and he's having none of it. With Majors completely sideways he easily slips off of him visually locked on Wisner right past Campbell too, who whiffs on the pickup and the failure is complete. I had to play that back a few times to see all that.

    Brute force wasn't the issue here. Technique, agility and the OL not playing in synch were the factors. It happens fast in real-time, so easier said than done.

     

     

    You're just describing a standard combo block. The point is to get Connor off and up to the second level. Majors doesn't want to remain parallel with the LOS. He wants to get perpendicular and wall the DL off from moving laterally with the play. Without the brain fart in the backfield, which set the entire play back two seconds, what you see from that Georgia DL is just running himself upfield and out of the play as Wisner runs through the crease.

    I agree with your last sentence. If Majors does a better job moving his feet he probably could have held the block even longer and perhaps there's still a play to be made. And again, if Campbell's assignment is to clean up whatever mess is there (I'm not sure that it is, I'd think he should be trying to get to a LB, but it's what he did) he did a poor job of it. But ultimately the back blew this up before it began.

  8. On 12/5/2024 at 8:52 AM, Teamdirtyleg said:

    This guy.  Somehow my daughter (no pics) at Bama knows. Maybe had a class together or part of a larger group that hang out a little, I don't remember, it was a couple of years ago.  But he was shooting his shot, a lot, at my daughter.  "Lets make D1 babies".  I hope this dipshit ends up in the FCS

    Congrats on the grandchild.

    On 12/5/2024 at 10:19 AM, Sock Monkey said:

    On Blue - Unless he’s a locker room cancer, I hope he stays simply because he’s a big play threat and because RB depth is always appreciated. As things stand now, if he left, we’d be one Tre Wisner injury away from relying on Baby Rhino, two backs returning from bad injuries, and two freshmen. 

    For real. The "6-7 is too many RBs" talk is quite the take if you've followed Texas this year. They shouldn't overextend to keep Blue on but they should not be ushering him out the door or anything.

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  9. 20 minutes ago, utexas8 said:

    Just double checking but there’s no way he comes back to Texas right? He did walk on senior day so I’m hoping he sticks with that. No way Sark screws us over and keeps Quinn while manning transfers? Has on3 said this is Quinn’s last year at Texas regardless of what happens?

    My completely non-insider belief is that Ewers would be told, essentially, "We all agreed on the plan. Thanks, but no thanks."

    I will say though, Ewers played a better game than he's getting credit for yesterday. Pretty good argument that he's the reason Texas moved the ball so well. A few of those mistakes were just kicks in the nuts though. The duality of Quinn Ewers.

     

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  10. The Texas offense is what it is and is and is not going to exhibit any major growth in game 14 but Clemson's not scoring more than 14 honest points on this defense. As long as we're not serving up easy points via turnovers or short fields from bad special teams Texas should win by double digits in a game that doesn't feel seriously in doubt in the second half. 

    Copy and paste for ASU, by the way.

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  11. 1 hour ago, ATLLonghorn said:

    Almost done with a first half rewatch and will get into depth on, but I'm looking for help here. Is Wisner not sure what he's supposed to do or is this the design for a version of a draw play? It's blocked well initially if he just takes the ball he has a hole to work with.

    Double quoting because I can't edit my prior post: Honestly it still would have been there if Campbell makes a cleaner block on the DL coming off Majors. Which is not Majors's fault by the way, he's clearly sealing for the OZ crease as Connor comes off the combo, and does a good job of it. I'm not entirely sure what DJ's doing here. I could forgive him if he was just B-lining to the LB because that's his assignment after passing the combo off to Williams - he shouldn't need to chip a sealed DL at that point and doesn't have eyes on the back of his helmet - but he goes at the DL engaged with Majors. He just does so with an unclean shot that doesn't really do anything and may have actually helped shed the block.

  12. 57 minutes ago, ATLLonghorn said:

    Almost done with a first half rewatch and will get into depth on, but I'm looking for help here. Is Wisner not sure what he's supposed to do or is this the design for a version of a draw play? It's blocked well initially if he just takes the ball he has a hole to work with.

    To me this just looks like a fairly standard RPO (wide zone/bubble screen) where Wisner has a brain fart. Which is unfortunate because it was there if it was clean.

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  13. Texas has an absolute gift of a path to the semifinals. So favorable it almost feels a little dirty lol.

    I think we lose whenever it is we run into Oregon or Georgia; and Ohio State, Tennessee, and ND can all beat Texas too, but man this team should really be able to get to the semi finals without too much issue. Once you're at that point, anything can happen really.

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  14. 13 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    And I don’t understand why so many are hesitant to move their kids.  Why do your ant your kids going to Texas schools?

    For real. Not wanting to go through a pregnancy or raising children in Texas was a motivating factor in our move. 

    Beyond that, kids are more resilient than adults.

  15. 18 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

    FCB

     

    Their worst performance of the year was Vanderbilt. 

     

    44 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    I know nothing about o line, but my buddy is a former coach and just started up a twitter and YouTube breaking down o line stuff, so figured id share it here.

     

     

     

    6 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

    I am sorry but when almost the entire DL reestablishes the LOS 3 yards into the offensive backfield, it has everything to do with physical domination.

    I mean, read the text. "... it wasn't just dominating defense..."

    The play call was poor and doomed from the start, and Texas blew it up because they were whipping aggy on the line all night. Not mutually exclusive.

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  16. 8 hours ago, Duane Moore said:

    The OTF guys have me worried about the matchup. Gerry says the UGA LB’s are athletic enough to shut down all the perimeter stuff that Sark likes to run early and their interior DL can wreck our outside zone. Plays are there to be had down the field with our WR’s vs their DB’s but those take time to develop and Quinn needs to see them and not be focused on the pass rush. 
     

    Seems like pass protection for Quinn is the most important matchup in this game and we have to improve bigly over the performance in Austin. 

    Uh, did OTF really need to tell you that? Did you not watch the first game?

     

     

    11 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

    Hopefully our OL and Quinn are pissed over what’s been said about them in the first game and are looking to avenge the loss. 

    The OL didn't play a great game against Georgia by any means but Ewers made them look significantly worse than they were. He froze and/or self sacked with serviceable protection plenty of times.

    The OL seems to have really hit their stride in November, I'm confident they'll put forth a competitive effort. Ewers, eh, he is what he is under pressure at this point. If Georgia gets to him it's gonna be a bad time.

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