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  1. 2 hours ago, TankedBevo said:

    Then why even bother with the dumpster fire that is Razorback football? Just go as a baseball recruit, hit dingers and slay some college tail. 

    Aren't a lot of College Baseball Schollys only partial and the number of Baseball Schollys are much more limited?? 

    I'm sure a Baseball Coach that adds a great player to his roster without having to provide a scholly can live with that.....

  2. 3 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

    poor pass rush,  running backs getting first contact at like 1.19 yard or something, avg 3 yards carry overall.  starting every single half with a delay of game,  penalties like a mofo

     

    passing game finally coming to life.

    Agree penalties are sometimes a problem, especially delay of game to start a Half.  

    Hope the trend you mention on first contact for RBs begins to improve starting with the baylor game...🤘

  3. 1 hour ago, gmr548 said:

    He has been really good in run support but still gets caught clueless in coverage way too often. He did play well vs OU though. His INT was a great play and it was huge.

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    Just went back and re-read your previous comment on Defense (below)

    " I didn't expect it to be as good as last year but I did expect it to improve some over the course of the year. Instead they've been pretty much the same. Hopefully a confidence booster vs Baylor and the bye will set the stage for the defense to turn it up a notch because the level they're at now will bite this team when the offense has an off day."

    Really good insight..... I had not considered if the Defense has been improving week by week or not.  Totally agree that the Defense has to keep getting better for remainder of the Season...... especially at DL, NB and LB.

  4. 1 minute ago, Katfid54 said:

    I don't. I think they were relying on a known quantity in Young while trying to determine what they "really" had in Ingram and how much they could rely on him when the lights came on. 

    I also think Ingram's injury against Tulsa has prevented us from really being able to ride him up until the OU game. 

    Any idea how healthy Ingram really is?? (Knee bone bruise, hip pointer)

  5. 3 minutes ago, Skipper said:

    This is a good thread as our fanbase in general (probably all fanbases) overreacts way too much with a Big L or Big W.  We weren't going 3-9 (as some predicted) after Maryland and we don't want any part of Bama now.  Watching a replay of OU, there were certainly some great with a big mix of absolute shit on both sides of the ball.  This is an improving team that is fun to watch but we're not near ready for prime time.  Our inconsistency will almost certainly result in another L or 2.   I just want to get through this weekend with a W so hopefully the staff can step back and spend a weak refocusing on fundamentals.   As long as we don't fuck it up this weekend, our bye really couldn't come at a better time to get things cleaned up and get healthy for the home stretch.

    Love this post "Skipper"... "Keeping it Real"

    I think if Horns can finish no worse than 8-1 in B12 and beat West Virginia, Texas should be in  B12 Championship Game.

    Agree that Winning against baylor is important for this Team to maintain their confidence and momentum going into Off Week.....

  6. 34 minutes ago, pacman said:

    Overall - outscored 52 to 17 in the 4th. We have "lost" the 4thQ 4 times, "won" it one time, and "tied" it one time. I would argue the 4thQ cost us the MD game honestly but, otherwise, was not consequential because games were in hand. 4thQ just made them more interesting but I get coaches want to put teams away, killer instinct, etc.

    1stQ - lead 48 to 41. Won 4, lost 2

    2ndQ - lead 64 to 27. Won 5 lost 1

    3rdQ - lead 63 to 24. Won 4 lost 2

    Awesome "pacman"

    BlowU 4th quarter was concerning....

    Love that we have shown improvement in 3rd qtr production.... its made a big difference this Season.

  7. 12 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

    As for getting real on offense... O line/ground game in general is talked about like it's really good but it isn't. Now, that Q2-Q3 stretch was a level we haven't seen all year. If they replicate that then we have something, but it had been pretty damn pedestrian up until last week. When the offense inevitably stops protecting the ball at a superhuman level the ground game will be what's needed to pull out Ws.

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    Absolutely...... Time to rush for 250+yds on Baylor

    Thx for "Keeping It Real"

  8. 14 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    Likes:

    The OT play. We went from having some of the worst tackles in the league to the best. Cosmi has been outstanding and was an A+ job by Herman and co in terms of evaluation and development.

    Playcalling is generally much better. The committee still has brain farts at inopportune times, but in general we're playing to our strengths, and building in wrinkles and adjustments that build off them and take advantage of our opponents' weaknesses. Having a competent OL is helping us out here.

    Since the Tulsa game, personnel deployment on offense has improved. Shortened WR rotation, less Kyle Porter, more Ingram. Still hate that Daniel Young toss on 4th down against TCU.

    Across-the-board player development on offense, especially at QB.

    Dicker the Kicker.

    Overall team physicality, especially at WR. CJ doesn't even look like the same player that he did against Maryland.

    The way our offense has closed out games post-Maryland (and by close out, I mean the final meaningful drives, not the entirety of the second half, which has been a mixed bag).

    The freshmen: the banner 2018 class is as advertised. Ingram, Sterns, Foster, Dicker, Josh Moore, and Jamison have all made key plays in victories this year. Cook looked good in relief of Davis against USC.

    Building off that, the graduate transfers. We are not 5-1 without Tre Watson and Calvin Anderson.

    We are redshirting our freshmen at OL, DL, and QB, like a healthy program should.

    There have been a few lapses, but generally, the safety play has been very good from Sterns, Foster, and Brandon Jones.

    Fewer bad snaps, whether it's Shack or Rodriguez.

    Andrew Beck has played beyond my expectations. He blocks well and is a credible threat in the pass game when flexed out. I can't wait until Brewer is ready to assume his role. Good TE play transforms this offense.

    Davante Davis might not be CB1 on an elite defense, but he is playing confident and physical. I think he has been fully un-Jennings'd. In general, I love the way our outside corners play the run.

    McCulloch, when given a chance, has played well. He will factor into next year's LB group prominently, I think, and as I note below, he should play more this year.

    Even though we're not connecting on the deep shots, I like that we're trying to use Duvernay more.

    The second-team DL has had their moments, especially TQ. I'd like to see more of them down the stretch.

    The home game atmosphere. Praise CDC. 

     

    Dislikes

    The Maryland game was still a major disappointment that should never have happened.

    Hager and Omenihu have done their job, but it's not been complete disruption like we were led to believe in the preseason. Omenihu has shown real potential at times, at least. Some of this is a result of what Orlando asks them to do.

    Nelson has been outstanding against the run, but is just a body on passing downs And that's not a slight against him; he is who he is. But just as everyone suspected, there's no true replacement for Poona Ford on this year's roster.

    DL jumping offsides. Hager and Graham have been guilty of this multiple times, and it needs to stop.

    Jamison at slot isn't doing much for us. He is only a threat on the jet sweep right now, and opponents are keying in on it when he's in the game. PR TD aside, he needs to make better decisions fielding punts, sometimes.

    Wheeler is a major liability. He just looks stuck in molasses out there against spread, up-tempo offenses. I would like to see McCulloch get more reps at Mac.

    Roach at Mac LB was a disaster, and he wasn't that great at B-backer either when healthy. I really hope he and the coaches realize that DE is his future.

    In general, LB play has not been up to standard, and our defense has suffered for it. Orlando-coached defenses are at their best when that unit is excelling. Gary has had an up-and-down season thus far, and I think he benefited from having Malik alongside more than some people would like to admit.

    Too many lapses by Kris Boyd, and the double move has gotten both him and Davis multiple times this season. Also, senior DBs lining up at the same depth should never happen, but it's already burned us twice this season.

    I'm ready for Locke to graduate. Unlike Wheeler, though, I'm not sure we have a ready-to-go replacement right now. Thompson is the heir apparent, but he had his share of lapses against Tulsa.

    Brandon Jones' ball skills are still shaky. Fortunately, he's had some gimmes thrown his way of late, and he's made the play.

    The punter just doesn't look very good right now. The punt blocking has been even worse.

    I don't think we are playing with less effort per se, but it's clear that in games where we have the victory in hand or where we are clearly the better team, we don't demonstrate that same killer instinct that we do at other times. This is a mentality thing, and I think it has caused our execution to suffer late in games, such as the holds that torpedoed drives against OU in the fourth quarter. The coaches and players need to go the full 60.

    Sam has improved a lot this season, but he still has a few WTF throws every game. To his credit, they are no longer WTF decisions, but just poor throws that sail out of bounds, over the heads of open receivers, or into the ground short of the target. We can survive those, and have, for the most part. His placement on the deep ball is not there yet, though.

    Every game, Dicker seems to have one kickoff that gives the opponent a chance to return (in an attempt to "coffin corner" I guess), and our coverage team looks shaky taking care of it.

    Great Post "Machinator"....

    Many things I had not considered.  Really hope punting & blocking on punts improves because otherwise Okie Lite will probably block a punt.

    Hope to see the "Killer Instinct" to closeout games and Win each Quarter becomes a habit for this Team. ....

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    Btw reminder:  Need y'alls help..... Read article somewhere on how poorly Texas has been outscored in the 4th quarter of this year's games.  Please add those stats on this thread..... Thanks

  9. 4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    I think the first tiebreaker is overall record, so ou and wv would play in the ccg at 11-1 in that scenario. 

    We would get a good bowl at 10-2 and that’d be a great season, but if ou still won the conference and especially if they got into the playoffs again, then they’d still have had the better season. 

     

    Wonder if it's based on CFP Committee Rankings??

     

  10. 8 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

    The defense just isn't as good as it's talked up to be. That isn't to say it's bad, because it's not. But it isn't the dominating force it was last year. It's an above average unit that is prone to mistakes and has benefited from a number of unforced errors by opponents. Missing Dickson is a part of that but there are just very few difference makers on the field. Sterns and Gary Johnson are probably the only guys that are playing all conference level football. Guys like Jones, Foster, Charles O, and Nelson have shown flashes but have been inconsistent (Jones/Foster) or just lack the ability to take the next step (Charles/Nelson). The corners have been plain bad. I didn't expect it to be as good as last year but I did expect it to improve some over the course of the year. Instead they've been pretty much the same. Hopefully a confidence booster vs Baylor and the bye will set the stage for the defense to turn it up a notch because the level they're at now will bite this team when the offense has an off day.

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    Solid Stuff...... Glad to see "Keeping it Real" post on Texas Defense

    I think Brandon Jones has played well this Season.....

  11. 12 minutes ago, Katfid54 said:

    I think there are a few different answers to that.

    I think we tried to play way too vanilla against Maryland and Tulsa, thinking that we were good enough to "save" new wrinkles for the USC/TCU/OU games.  In hindsight, we probably weren't wrong, but the lack of focus/aggression from our coaches may have resulted in a similar lack of effort/aggression from our players.

    Against KSU, I think it was a different issue.  We almost purposefully self-sabotaged offensive drives numerous times in order to make sure we got something on film that OU would have to prepare for.  Think of all the reverses, double-passes, and trick plays that we ran for seemingly no reason.  Why did we do that?  To make OU have to spend time preparing for them and accounting for them on the field.  In fact, a lot of our success on bubble screens against OU was probably due to the pass that we've run a "fake" bubble screen double pass twice this year.

    I think now that we're out of the gauntlet portion of our schedule, you'll see much more consistent play calling on our side.

    How much does this only being Herman's 2nd year factor into early struggles against both Maryland & Tulsa??  Herman learning how to best coach this group of players...... And frankly the current group of players still trying to learn how to both Win, and "Win On The Road".

    While this group of players may still have some fragile confidence and belief about Winning especially on the Road (Only 1 Road Win this Yr), I am thrilled to see their progress and improvement so far....

  12. Just now, GreenspointTexas said:

    Gonna catch flak for this but I think outside of OU, we havent played a very good team yet. OU is elite on offense, but their D is horrible

     

    TCU and USC are 8 win teams and KSU is trash. Im happy with the wins, but I also think the conference is having one of its worst years, ever

    No flak here..... Agree Texas is better, but I'm not ready to think we are bound for the B12 Championship yet....

    Okie Lite, Tech, WVU, and even Iowa State could all beat TEXAS this year

    Really enjoying this Season, but don't want to assume anything with this Team for rest of 2018....

    Curious, if TEXAS only loses to WV, and WV only loses to BlowU thereby creating a 3-way tie...... Who goes to B12 Championship Game?

  13. 5 minutes ago, staboner said:

    we need a pass rush. we are well below average in that regard. i think that is by far the most glaring weakness. we can rush 5 and the QB will have a clean pocket. we counter with safey blitzes that tend to not get there either. 

    outside of that its what FloridaHorn says. have to play hard every week and under Mensa was are all over the place in terms of effort

    Great Stuff.... Lack of pass rush is scary with all the better passing teams ahead on the schedule.  Really hope Tech game is not at night.

    Also, real frustrating with all the blitzing TEXAS did vs KState and not getting to QB..... Really missed BJ in that game.

  14. 11 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

    Busted coverages are a big problem. If they can't play man, better to leave 1 or 2 safeties back rather than bringing them up to LOS

    Agree.... Thankful for Win over BlowU because Offense played well and thankfully Kyler had 2 turnovers.

    Rewatching BlowU Game film showed quite a few mistakes by Texas Defense that they should not be making by 6th game of the Season.  Time for Orlando and defensive coaches to tighten up that group.... May need to give other DBs some playing time at Nickel vs Baylor.

  15. Another Keeping it Real:  Based on results thus far, Texas should be rated around #12.  They have the "potential" to be ranked higher if they continue to improve .....

    Love how much better the 2018 HORNS are playing and improving as the Season has progressed.

    So far (knock on wood) the OL/TE blocking has been great.

    Can't wait to see them play a good complete 4 quarter game.

     

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  16. Need y'alls help..... Read somewhere how poorly Texas has been outscored in the 4th quarter of this year's games.  Please add those stats on this thread..... Thanks

    My Likes : Aggressive playcalling in BlowU Game and spreading out touches to all the skill players (CJ, LJH, DD, Beck, Watson, Ingram)

    Concerns:  DL, NB & LB play

    IT BlowU Game Report:  

    We didn't defeat many blocks. We didn't tackle well at all. We missed too many assignments everywhere but the DL. Our pass rush didn't dictate any rapid heart rate. We lost contain too often. We missed filling the correct gaps at the second level. We failed to scrape correctly too often. Worst of all we got blocked and missed tackles at an alarming rate. It is hard to explain why our backend can't get properly aligned and ready to play coverage this far into the season. I will leave it at that. 

    We ran fresh out of gas at too many positions. I blame that on the staff. Rotation is not your enemy if conducted with a purpose in mind. When your defenders all look like they are running uphill against the wind it's your job to get fresh bodies into the fight---and realize you should have done that every quarter. Here are the grades:

    We didn't play well enough to win on defense this week. The good news is the offense did. We need help in several areas going forward. The DL needs to go back to slashing and creating havoc regardless of the QB. We can't play conservative---it's not our style. We have a nice two deep rotation that probably goes 75-25. 60-40 might be nice number as the bumps and bruises multiply each week.

    We just don't have a LB that has instincts to play the position in this league. We have one that can usually swash-buckle his way to the ball and make eye-opening plays at times. Yesterday wasn't his finest hour by a longshot. The other LB is just not developed for a Big 12 success. Except for the nickel position LB is by far the weakest position group on the team. We need to recruit this position very well because the answer must not be on campus right now---otherwise, we would be playing them right now. 

    It's head-scratching how we bust so many coverages (three td's yesterday directly) because it's always the same cast of characters back there every game. With two DB coaches one would think they could get covering the wheel route and switch routes rules in place. Maybe a switch in personnel could solve the nagging problem. It's a huge problem that hasn't gone away. It ain't lack of talent. This group needs to apologize this week against them bears. They owe the offense.

    Trends: Eventhough TEXAS has improved their offense performances on Late Game Closeout Drives, the Horns are being outscored in the 4th quarter of Games.  Really hope this trend changes.

    Can Improve: Punt Blocking, and Punting.  Coaches rotating players more on Defense so fresher in 4th quarter.....

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  17. 43 minutes ago, South Austin said:

    Rain chances up to 80% for Saturday, which could mess with the passing game.  I guess that works in Texas's favor.

    Typically only heavy rain and wind really hurt the passing game.  Wet conditions sometimes favor passing offenses and the WR's since the WR's know where they are going and DB's can slip trying to cover.... Some of current gloves that WR's wear are better when they get a little wet.

    From what I've seen thus far on Saturday's game weather forecasts, the rain is expected to be lighter and may not even start till late in the game or even after the game is over.  🤘

  18. 4 hours ago, TexasMan said:

    OT: since Texas playing thanksgiving seems to not be going anywhere, what do y’all think of the prospect of playing Baylor on that weekend every year? Not because they are our rivals, but because it seems like both fan bases and teams just hate each other so much. I’d vote yes, especially if the alternative meant not playing Kansas in Lawrence.

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