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  1. 1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    I Great presence and scramble run for a 1st down on 3rd and 3. The deep ball to Golden was probably in the air too long, but that's just the way Quinn throws them at this point. But his placement was excellent, leading Golden correctly. My favorite play by Quinn was probably on the 3rd and 9 in our own territory with 5 minutes left.

     

    Same. It’s the simple stuff like this that if he continues to do, we can make a run. 

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  2. Just now, Hank Kingsley said:

    Don't think it helped we also hurried to the line and quick snapped it. Just unnecessary to try and catch Clemson off-guard there, particularly with the backup center and resulting bad exchange.

     

     

    It’s not uncommon to do that though. Whether it’s a walk up to the line or quick snap, I don’t think that was smart. Outside of Connor being the back up, he’s also not the best guy at moving people at the point of attack. 

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  3. 1 minute ago, blacklab said:

    They looked bigger and faster than most of the teams Westlake played this year.

    I grew up in the area. They’re doing exactly what Celina did back in their hay day. Prosper is getting new schools left and right, Celina is starting to build new ones, Melisa and Anna aren’t even recognizable from just 10 years ago. VA just built a new high school with like 3 other elementary schools. But you’re telling me Gunter only had 11 students move in from the last realignment? Half of which were athletes. 

  4. 2 hours ago, SameSame said:

    So how many more housing developments need to spread up through Prosper and Celina to Gunter, to get them out of 3A?  

    They're killing everybody in that division.

    Prosper is growing non stop. Celina is trying to slow play it as long as they can, and them only being 4A D1 is still small for the amount of development going on. Gunter is straight up fudging their numbers to stay 3A. 

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  5. 36 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    4 out of 5 of the linemen are more experienced than last year.  Banks is banks. The GCG are playing better than they did last year. Cam is a slight step down from Jones but it’s not as drastic as your making it out to be. Overall the line is better this year than last. 

    Out of the GCG, Majors is the only guy that got significantly better. Connor is still soft in the run game and Campbell is a roller coaster with Hutson coming into relief. I’m not sure which unit is better than the other, but the only things that are consistent with last year and this year is Banks being elite, and penalties. Flood has got to figure out the penalties. 

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  6. 7 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

    Yes, and despite all that, Wingo was open and he underthrew it. He makes that pass and we win the game everything is different right now. Never mind the great catches or the YAC our WRs generated in this game to boost up that 358 yards. Texas needs a version of Quinn we have seen 1 or 2 times in his 30+ games started to win the championship, otherwise everything else is just bullshit but a fun discussion nonetheless.

    Ewers had 175 air yards and 183 YAC. The Moore td reception was 41 yards and I believe the biggest chunk play from a throw 5 yards or less. 

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  7. 2 hours ago, immamac said:

    I mean did any of the Alabama teams he coached score only 16 points in an seccg

    I think we should be scoring more no doubt but the ‘21 class from Bama had 5 offensive first rounders. The covid year was 4. 2 first round Qb’s and Wr’s in back to back years. Hopefully he gets Texas to that point eventually. 

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  8. Just now, Hank Kingsley said:

    I appreciate him vocalizing it, but it's very frustrating to hear anyways.  Sark needs to throw out any concerns about the QB situation and do whatever it takes to win. Treat every game as its own entity. 

    FWIW, over Thanksgiving weekend I was talking to a friend of a friend who has a kid that is a scholarship offensive player at Texas. The kid said Arch tears it up in practice and makes eye opening plays on a daily basis. That's not an indictment on Quinn in any way, just a heads up for those that assume Arch must be struggling in practice and that being the reason he isn't playing more. 

     

    The second paragraph is interesting. After Tua won the championship game this talk was getting out to the public. Saban drew the line in the sand and when Hurts officially crossed it, the switch was made. Maybe if Saban made it earlier his life is a lot easier that season. 

  9. 2 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    The throw couldn’t really have been worse at all. That’s the only place you can miss and it be intercepted. He could miss the same 5 yards in the opposite direction and it hits ground. I’ve literally said he could have caught it. But that really doesn’t matter at all. It’s a horrible throw and that’s why it was intercepted. There’s no point in discussing whether it could have been caught because it should have been routine.
    Putting any blame on bond is asking for him to make a fantastic play because Ewers couldn’t make a basic one. That’s my only point.

    Ah yes, an opposite hash throw across the field with the left side screaming down on you as the ball leaves your hand is a basic one. And asking a receiver to make a play on a ball that hit his right shoulder pad is a fantastic one. This whole play was a shit sandwich from start to finish and I’m not going to put the blame on one guy. Although I do think, like I said in my original post about the play, a guy like Golden probably catches that ball. 

    7 minutes ago, ATLLonghorn said:

    It's a technically catchable ball, but as a receiver you aren't expecting the ball to your inside shoulder on an out route and he never knew where the ball was. He could have caught it, yes, but the responsibility of the quarterback is to put the ball in the best spot for his guy to catch it and Ewers doesn't.

    I get you and have agreed to such. The ball placement was bad and as a receiver breaking out it’s a tough play. If you’re saying that he could have caught it then it is a catchable ball. As a receiver that is better than nothing. We’ve seen this receiving core make tougher catchers on worse throws from Ewers all season. 

  10. 3 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    It’s an atrocious throw. There’s no reason to discuss further. It was intercepted because it’s a horrible throw.

    It was a poor throw but your acting like Bond had no chance to catch the ball. The throw could have been a lot worse than it already was. I’m not sticking up for Ewers and saying it was all on Bond. I know it’s hard for this thread comprehend, but multiple things can be true on a single play and this is one of those imo. 

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  11. 3 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

    It hit Bond in one hand because Bond wasn't it expecting it to be inside of him. Jfc, you guys expect perfection from every player on offense except Ewers.

    Christ on a cracker, I’m not even going to entertain that last sentence. I acknowledged where the throw should have been. At the same time, the ball literally hits Bond on the right shoulder pad and it’s not a one handed try like you’re making it out to be. That’s a normal drop or a catch with any other receiver on team. Poor throw by Ewers, poor effort by Bond. 

  12. 3 minutes ago, ATLLonghorn said:

    Just because I saw some argument in this thread about this play, the ball placement here is bad. He's got to throw this to the outside. 

    You’re correct. I could be in the minority on this play but he had guys screaming on his left side and needed to get ball out. It wasn’t perfect but it hit Bonds in the hands and if it was Golden, Wingo, Bolden or Helm that ball likely get caught. Sometimes you needs to help out your QB and not be lazy and catch the damn ball. 

  13. 2 hours ago, immamac said:

    all the cute stuff sark does when it's just back to basics smash the guy in front of your face football is what fucks up the run game against Georgia. 

    Quinn not being a run threat and unable to shake an arm tackle or two every now and again against this Georgia defensive front is also a big reason they can stay home and just rush their lane etc. 

    I think a few posters have put it best. Quinn played good enough to win tonight, but didn't win the game when he could.

    Its a bummer, but the guy just isn't a winner in the sense that he becomes possessed and must win at all costs. 

    Beck went in with 1 arm and handed it off to win the game. The entire time he was out on the sidelines he was shown seething and clearly wanting to play with one fucking arm - still locked in as if he was to go in every play. He wasn't smiling, loligagging, he was actively communicating with the backup, completely plugged in on the walkie talkie to the plays coming in. He was a fucking gamer. 

    This is what people dont see from Quinn and why he's catching a lot of shit for not winning the game himself. 

    He just isn't the guy, and sark needed a hero QB tonight and instead he got a good enough QB. 

    Outside of the Beck portion, I agree will all of this. I think Ewers has RSF(Resting Sad Face), I don’t blame him for how he looks on the sidelines.

    Ewers did not lose this game and the blame should be from top to bottom. Almost every area had a faults last night. But this was the game to prove all the doubters wrong. When the Oline is getting man handled in the run game, receivers are uncharacteristically dropping passes, Sark having questionable play calling, and Bert absolutely shitting his pants—this was the game to put the team on your back. He failed in that aspect. He had plenty of opportunities to grab the game by the balls and win it. Ewers succumbs to the pressure when his team needs 1 or 2 throws from him when the lights are bright. 

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  14. I think it’s pretty evident that the Georgia Dline has our number in the trenches. They gotta figure that shit out because there was too many battles being lost for the supposed top 3 oline in the country. Wisner also isn’t the best back against this Georgia team. Auburn has to go. Period. But with all those negatives, there were throws in a game that Ewers needed to make in order to overcome the failures of the others. I’m talking about 3-5 throws. That is the difference in these close games.  If you’re not going to do it with your legs then you damn sure better be poised in the pocket and execute. The latter is significantly harder than the former. Ewers simply misses that consistently in his game. I got to agree with Brian Robison said on the OTF post game. It’s not necessarily what Ewers can do but what he does in the biggest moments. Turnovers suck no matter what but his are almost always in the most critical situations and doing it in a way that a 3rd year starter shouldn’t be doing. 

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  15. 7 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

    He turned the ball over twice, which led Sark to abandon giving him the ball because he didn't trust his quarterback any more. Without him keeping the ball, there is no passing game. Nothing disingenuous about what I said. 

    You have no clue what you watched at all or like I said, you’re be disingenuous. We were throwing the ball well into the 3rd, not stopping earlier in the quarter like you stated. He fumbled with 7 seconds left in the 3rd. By the time we got the ball in the 4th, it was all about running it down their throats and chewing clock. We stopped pushing the ball down field through the air because it would have been stupid to do so. Wisner and the oline were dominating them. If Sark didn’t trust Ewers to throw the ball, he wouldn’t have called the throw to Bond in the 4th. 

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  16. 14 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

    Sark gave up on pass plays after they failed early in the third quarter. The run plays are working but they are not working well enough to score points in the second half. When we play UGA or in the playoffs, we can't coast through the second half like we have been able to do against mediocre teams. I see Quinn as executing at a high level when things are going well or when the pressure is not too much. He has one or two bad drives in the second half, then everything goes to shit and the passing game just can't just recover. It's been a pattern. Stating W/L records, doesn't nullify this glaring issue that's most likely to limit our ceiling.

    This is just disingenuous from the aggy game perspective. The passing game did not disappear in the second half. Both drives where he eventually turned it over were good drives. Bad Ewers in the second half doesn’t make it past the 50. The focus should be that Ewers kept us from finishing good drives(that he had a role in), with the turnovers. It shouldn’t be that he was keeping us from having a good drive in the second half. The tipped ball where the wr falls down and corner gets an easy assisted pick six— It sucks but it happens. The fumble was completely his fault. I don’t think anyone can defend that and you’d like a veteran qb to be more protective with the ball in the redzone, especially after the previous turnover. Ewers probably had his best second half through the air against aggy. Bond runs the correct route and the game is over. The tipped pass to Helm was actually a good ball and defender was just reading Ewers perfectly. I don’t believe it had anything to do with his arm angle, surprisingly. The rest to of the second half throws to Wingo, Moore, Helm, and Golden(?) were solid. 

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