Posts posted by closetojumping
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6 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:
So because they cheat it's a better gig? When Texas is highly ranked, they eclipse the amount of coverage and exposure of OU by many multiples. In the end it's about identifying top coaches. Something they have done better up until now in spades.
Dumdum didn't understand that the post he was responding to wasn't referring to OSU, but OU.
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Thinking about this as an upset weekend, I am with you. I have been thinking the same thing. It's just got one of those looks to it, whether it happens or not.
Some that I think could make sense:
-Memphis @ Rice - Rice isn't hot garbage this year and Memphis just played their game of the year. Memphis also has Tulane next week, so this is a sandwich game and it's one of those weird Friday night roadies, too. Memphis is a big favorite, so this is probably farfetched.
-Duke @ Clemson - Clemson is giving 3.5 but they haven't looked like a good team all year. Duke isn't great, but they're good enough to make Clemson actually earn it, and that hasn't gone well with Clemson this season.
-Navy @ UNT - Navy does not have a good defense. UNT has a great offense. I get why UNT is favored. That considered, Navy is well-coached and they have a strong offense that is tough to defend.
-Miami @ SMU - SMU has plenty of talent and plenty to play for, and this is a home game. They're getting 12.5 points? Wow. I just feel like Cristobal has another headscratcher or two left to lose this season.
-Texas Tech @ KSU - Another road team giving up a TD or more. Tech is another program that always seems to find ways to lose games like this when the expectations are on them to produce. KSU has put some wins together and gotten healthier. I don't, KSU getting 7.5 at home seems like a lot.
-Virginia @ Cal - The road team is giving up 4.5. Cal doesn't suck. Wilcox is a damned good coach. The travel, the expectations, this just seems like destined for failure on the Virginia side. They've scraped by some tight games and now they have to make this trip?
-USC @ Nebraska - Another home team getting roughly a touchdown. Riley versus Rhule? Give me Rhule. I feel like Nebraska should be the team giving 6.5.
-Ga Tech @ NCSU - Again, a road team giving up a decent number at 5.5. NCSU has a history of winning games they shouldn't at home. This one screams upset too.
None of these underdogs would surprise me with a win.
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1 minute ago, Pancho said:Either we are the only institution that has a “wives problem” or other schools keep that shit in-house pretty well (or they don’t have them).
- Herman’s wife
- Beard’s whatever the fuck she is and her antics
- Loreal
Jesus Christ
It's not like the plane story was ever public. We gossipped about it on the recruiting board, if memory serves. The biggest thing regarding Herman's wife that was ever a public story was her alignment with Zach Smith's battered wife and her aiding the woman during times of need. Also, she was smoking hot.
I think these things happen everywhere. Cleat chasers and coat chasers often become girlfriends, wives, mistresses, you name it. Hell, the shit that was out there about Barnes was as scandalous as any of this two decades ago. I assume if we were all USC or Georgia fans, we'd have stories like this about coaches and players there as well.
I can tell you that the shit coming out of Bama for 18+ years behind the scenes absolutely holds a candle to anything we can throw out there right now. Kiffin was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time! Players couldn't get a drink at the table.
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Just now, jimmyjazz said:
Legit question: how much of Herman's firing do y'all think was related to performance and how much was related to behavior?
He ended up being despised by everyone. The players, the administration, almost every booster he met, the media, the $9.95ers who held recruiting influence, the trainers/street agents, high school coaches, you name it. I think it just became a thing where no one wanted to deal with his shit anymore.
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13 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:
I, for one, mentioned rehab stint for 30 days first. You’re welcome Mrs Jumping.
Thanks for updating us on you've been up to lately, and congratulations. What does this post have to do with anything? Who was talking about "first" regarding this discussion? That's more incel "look at me" bandwidth drain from you. No one pays attention to your constant spewing of banal thoughts and your overall disdain for logic.
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30 minutes ago, Newy25 said:Pretty surreal reading about the one subject about Sark that we hoped never came up in thread discussions at any point at his time at Texas. If that really became an issue again, it will absolutely come out at some point. Knowing from my own personal experiences, going back down that path leads to other destructive behavior that is impossible to keep quiet. I hope that is not what is going on here.
Why is everyone avoiding the idea that the time out could have been for rehab and the family, employer and friends knew as much? Everyone drawing the conclusion that one of the possibilities was a bender but not examining a rehab notion is odd. I've always assumed the break was due to some bad old habits resurfacing and the guy needing a restart.
20 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:Honestly I thought Casey played ok
You don't have to post every thought that springs to mind on this site for you. Holding back even a little would you avoid embarrassing posts like this. Broken hand or not, Thompson mostly played mediocre to poor. There's a reason he continued to fail downward with every new stop. He just wasn't very good.
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1 minute ago, The Dog said:
They should have beaten Indiana. Their QB went down and the backup was a transfer from Auburn. Imagine being so bad you can't be Jackson Arnold's backup.
Iowa is on a bye this week before playing Oregon at home. They are going to give the Ducks fits.
This is the most Ferentz team ever. Defense and special teams give them short fields and the offense just runs the clock and scores enough to win.
It’s a good description but I think the offense is better than that. They can actually move the ball.
Wetjen is a witch on returns and a dynamic guy with the ball in his hands.
I personally think they’re going to beat Oregon, but I don’t know if I would bet on it.
Iowa is currently the team everyone is comparing to Texas in regard to rankings madness, saying they have a better resume. I think both deserve a late teens/early 20s rank and other programs that don’t do anything super well should be more deeply reviewed.
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11 minutes ago, Da Fino said:
He’s probably not wrong about this, considering he’s always been loud about his connection at Alabama, but the guy has been wrong about a ton of shit. Futureman, for all his dipshittery, used to point them out pretty frequently. People did bat an eye about it, and you don’t need to whitenight her.
I offer a ton of positions. Oddly, they’re not all going to be right. Shocking.
Nonetheless, when I offer info that isn’t my own, whether it is related to recruiting or certain programs where I make it clear that the info is sourced, how often am I wrong? Can you idiots who bring out the “closetojumping predicted this thing incorrectly!” trope understand the difference? Doesn’t seem like it. That’s a you problem. I am also usually pretty obvious in differentiating between my own position and that which I am passing on.
I try to compel people to take a position by taking my own and attempting to be provocative in doing so. I enjoy fomenting discussion on this site. One of the downsides is that I have to hear this bullshit every now and then from posters who have never once taken that chance in their entire posting history, like you, here.
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1 hour ago, Park Gothic said:
You say something like this, with appropriate caveats like “it’s possible” “kind of remind me,” and people without any reading comprehension are going be arguing “well CTJ said Sark goes on 20 day benders!” Im not blaming you but that’s how this shit gets started.
And then we have 40 pages of this absolutely embarrassing bickering.
I think you should attempt to coach me in my posting behaviors more. It might really alter my behavior going forward, and apparently that might impact the entire board. Let’s see how it works out!
36 minutes ago, SimkinsMan said:I would disagree with this, at least with regard to the last two hiring cycles. For Chuckles we can blame the previous administration, including Steve Fucking Patterson who I knew personally long before he came to Texas, and who is a grade A asshole. Anyway, let's look at the two most recent hiring processes.
2016-2017 College football carousel
Tom Herman was the hot name after the 2016 football season and Texas rapidly identified him as the man and moved swiftly to make the hire. (It was graded an A by CBS Sports at the time, just to give you a sense of how it was regarded). If you look at who else was available, the pickings were pretty slim. Matt Rhule would arguably have been a better hire, but his only experience at the time was three years as HC of Temple. The only other guy of the coaches hired that you that you go, oooh I'd like to have him is Lane Kiffin, who was hired by Florida Atlantic. At the time Kiffin was something of a joke, having been run out of USC and spending three years in Saban rehab. Bottom line: In retrospect Herman was not great, but at the time he was seen as a home-run hire and Texas' process allowed the team to quickly secure him after he went 22-4 at UH.
2020-2021 College football carousel
If you go back and look at the names hired that cycle there are a lot of people who you say meh to, including Bryan Harsin (Auburn) and Bret Bielema (Illinois). Texas was by far the highest profile job that came open that year and the team had its pick. Among the alternatives, the only other names that make any sense in hindsight are Jedd Fisch (NE Patriots QB coach hired by Arizona) or Josh Heupel (hired by Tennessee from UCF). Texas would have lost its collective fucking mind if Heupel was hired. Again, given the choices at the time, it is difficult to argue against the choice of Sarkisian. In October of last year, grading in hindsight, CBS rated him the best hire of the cycle.
So yes, by all means, spread all sorts of libel about Sarkisian, his wife, former UT players, and babies. Talk about all of his (alleged) drinking. But even in hindsight I would argue it is difficult to say that Texas hiring process is "fucked up."
To be clear, libel involves malice intent and then proof of falsehoods being spread. I know because I have successfully sued for Internet libel, twice. Also, the onus is on the claimant even more so if they are a public figure, which Sarkisian certainly is.
33 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:Christ. You people (YOU PEOPLE) seem to think CDC hung the moon, and yet he and the powers that be approved a raise and contract extension a month AFTER this missed Junior Day. Does that sound like a situation where Sark went off on a bender?
In my case, I’ve never implied that the break missing junior day involved a bender. I’ve argued the break was a result of a problem, allegedly, that was mounting towards the end of the season.
It could have been for anything, of course.
What I am certain of, and there is a public timeline to support this, is that considerable time was missed.
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13 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:
Man, I gotta say. While relapses happen and are more part of the process of recovery than not part of it, a guy that's a chronic relapser doesn't generally recover from them in a week or a month and certainly not by returning to the lifestyle that seemingly provoked the relapse.
For those poor souls, things tend to go off the rails and stay that way for long stretches of time. Think Darryl Strawberry.
It’s possible he’s a specific kind of alcoholic. One of my grandfathers could have a beer with anyone but that’d be about it. Almost. About every 2-3 years something would trigger him and he’d disappear for a 6-20 day bender that involved who the hell knows what. I was 6 when he died, so I’ve only heard the stories. They’re pretty wild. My grandmother would act like nothing happened.
The Sarkisian stories kind of remind of these.
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9 minutes ago, LCHorn said:
I had heard the same from someone looped into the hiring process. Specifically, that he had only been six months sober at the time of the hire (and his “public sobriety” was said to be much longer).
It didn’t really warrant being passed along here, too gossippy.
To be clear, as this post was likely written while the one I posted before you was being posted, both posts are correct. Sarkisian's meltdown and alleged bender during SEC championship week was completely covered up by Saban and the Bama friendly media. Texas had no idea about that episode and while several media members on the Texas end do know about it, what the fuck were they supposed to do?
3 minutes ago, Jimbob said:People can doubt him, he’s certainly an asshole and blowhard on the board at times, but it’s not his style to claim inside info just for fun. According to him he has/had a couple friends in Sabans inner circle at Bama long before we hired Sark.
The day we hired him he said something along the lines that his insiders liked Sark but we would be trading one addict for another and that he wasn’t exactly living up to the narrative posed by the media.
I don’t think he specified booze or drugs but he certainly implied as much based on conversations with friends of his who were around Sark on a daily basis.
That sounds like something I would have said when we were dismissing the Sarkisian rumors before NYD, 2021. It all sounded unbelievable, but I called one of my friends there. They literally said "there's no way" and then told me the SEC Champ week story and said what you referenced, "why would Texas go trade one addict for another?" Obviously we were all wrong and pretty shocked that Texas would, indeed, trade one addict for another.
Also, while we're discussing various Bama/Saban stuff in regard to Sarkisian, I believe I did post that Saban, allegedly, was using Sarkisian's past against him on the recruiting trail. He was showing literal receipts to some folks, including the Manning family. Sarkisian and Saban publicly talk about mutual respect, but that was a low blow that allegedly hurt Sarkisian in very normal, human ways. Saban is a sociopath and a master at handling his public persona.
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1 hour ago, Rimbo said:
don't forget CTJ in here too
I haven’t read or posted in this thread since Saturday until being summoned by the quoted post below. So, no, I’m not a part of whatever is going on here. If the posts I wrote on Saturday are being questioned, I don’t care. If someone wants to question my bonafides on program info, that’s their right. I’m not being paid and I’m not a professional journalist, so it’s hard for me to get worked up about any of it.
29 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:If I remember correctly @closetojumping mentioned the bama rumors about his insobriety while at bama when we were in the process of hiring him or something
You’re inferring something from posts at the time, because I don’t think I said something explicitly.
That considered, anyone who believes the narrative that Sarkisian doesn’t drink anymore is living in fantasyland. The week of the SEC title game in 2020, Sarkisian went awol at Bama. Disappeared. The pressure between game prep, Auburn and Texas wanting interviews, it was all apparently too much. That came directly at the time from someone who worked with Saban and Sarkisian at Bama and was part of Saban’s inner circle as his longest-tenured Bama employee.
Anyone who thinks the Texas job is less of a pressure cooker than that is making the choice of being willfully naive.
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OU's offensive grades and snapcounts for the Ole Miss game are below.
Highlights:
-Not in the notes, but also of note, Kendal Dolby and Taylor Tatum are awol. Venables said even recently that both would be playing soon. They're expected by OU posters to enter the portal. Tatum was a 5 star that they lauded as a win over Texas. Another 5 star bust at OU.
-Also not in the notes, but multiple OU OLs who did not play are rumored to also be entering the portal.
-Fodje and Fasusi had brutal scores for the game. If you watched, you saw Fasusi getting his asswhipped on a snap by snap basis. We talked about this in this thread before the season, but OU and its talking heads were all talking fondly of Fasusi being a monster ahead of the season, as though every 5 star true freshman OL can play like Kelvin Banks. Fasusi needed time and the fact that they were going to count on him was going to be a problem. We were right, they were wrong.
-Fodje played exclusively at RT. The guy is a Guard. They're absolutely fucked on their OL, and I don't see that changing after this season.
-OU registered one sack. While they blitzed a majority of the game, they struggled to get pressure and got home just once.
-They tried to get Mateer to be something he's not, which is a downfield passer. It failed laughably with zero completion beyond 20 yards on 9 attempts. Mateer has 7 TDs and 6 INTs through 7 games played. The national media is still speaking of this guy as a potential Heisman winning player. If you've watched this guy at all, you know that that is utter nonsense. He's a mid-tier P4 QB at best.
-The young CBs played really well in this game. Their experienced and hyped safeties? They did not play well. Peyton Bowen is turning into another 5 star disappointment for OU. He's not a bust in the sense that he's a proven starter for them, but he is not the dynamic playmaker that earned him the 5 star ranking coming out of HS.
SpoilerOverall offensive grades
(Photo: BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images, USA TODAY Sports)
Xavier Robinson: 78.6
Isaiah Sategna: 66.7
Tory Blaylock: 66.4
Eddy Pierre-Louis: 65.1
Jake Maikkula: 64.2
Deion Burks: 62.0
Febechi Nwaiwu: 61.1
Carson Kent: 61.0
Kaden Helms: 60.8
Whitt Newbauer: 60.0
Heath Ozaeta: 59.7
Zion Kearney: 58.9
Elijah Thomas: 58.5
Jer'Michael Carter: 58.1
Michael Fasusi: 57.6
Jaren Kanak: 57.5
Ivan Carreon: 57.0
Ryan Fodje: 56.6
John Mateer: 53.3
Javonnie Gibson: 49.2
Snap counts (67 offensive plays)
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Quarterback
John Mateer: 66
Whitt Newbauer: 1
Running back
Xavier Robinson: 42
Tory Blaylock: 24
Wide receiver
Deion Burks: 66
Javonnie Gibson: 63
Isaiah Sategna: 60
Ivan Carreon: 3
Jer'Michael Carter: 2
Zion Kearney: 1
Elijah Thomas: 1
Tight end
Jaren Kanak: 37
Kaden Helms: 29
Carson Kent: 7
Left tackle
Michael Fasusi: 67
Left guard
Eddy Pierre-Louis: 45
Heath Ozaeta: 22
Center
Jake Maikkula: 67
Right guard
Febechi Nwaiwu: 67
Right tackle
Ryan Fodje: 67
Advanced stats
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Average depth of target (yards)
Elijah Thomas: 44.0
Javonnie Gibson: 15.8
Isaiah Sategna: 15.2
Deion Burks: 7.2
Jaren Kanak: 6.3
Xavier Robinson: 2.5
Tory Blaylock: minus-3.0
Pressure rate
John Mateer: 38.5% (15-of-39 dropbacks)
Yards after contact
Xavier Robinson: 84
John Mateer: 12
Tory Blaylock: 10
Catches/targets
Xavier Robinson: 100% (2/2)
Tory Blaylock: 100% (1/1)
Deion Burks: 80% (4/5)
Jaren Kanak: 75% (3/4)
Isaiah Sategna: 54.5% (6/11)
Javonnie Gibson: 25% (1/4)
Elijah Thomas: 0% (0/1)
Other offensive notes
(Photo: BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images, USA TODAY Sports)
-- Oklahoma's wide receivers/tight ends/running backs did not have a dropped pass against Ole Miss.
-- Oklahoma forced four missed tackles in the run game, two by John Mateer and one apiece by Xavier Robinson and Tory Blaylock.
-- Oklahoma had just two runs of 10-plus yards: Robinson's 65-yard touchdown and Mateer's 16-yard keeper down the right sideline.
-- After attempting just one downfield pass against South Carolina a week ago, Mateer had more pass attempts 20-plus yards beyond the line of scrimmage against Ole Miss. He had nine attempts on deep balls, but his only completion was the 39-yarder to Isaiah Sategna in the first quarter. Mateer completed just 2-of-4 passes in the intermediate passing game (throws between 10 and 19 yards downfield), with one of those completions resulting in Sategna's 76-yard touchdown. He was most efficient in the short game, completing 9-of-10 passes within 10 yards of the line of scrimmage, totaling 60 yards on those attempts. He was also 5-of-5 for 33 yards on throws behind the line of scrimmage.
-- Mateer's averaged depth of target against Ole Miss was 12 yards downfield, which was his highest of the season, as Oklahoma made a concerted effort to push the ball downfield more in the passing game (to mixed results). That came after he had a season-low ADOT of 4 yards a week ago against South Carolina.
-- Eight of Mateer's 17 completions resulted in a first down or touchdown — his fewest of the season and his first time without double-digit pass attempts producing first downs or scores.
-- Mateer did not have any turnover-worthy throws, per PFF, after having eight combined in his first two starts post-surgery. He also made one Big-Time Throw (the 39-yard completion to Sategna) — his first since before injuring his throwing hand.
-- Mateer's adjusted completion rate of 60.7% against Ole Miss was his worst of the season, despite no dropped passes by receivers and just two throwaways. Mateer was simply off-target with several of his passes, particularly in the second half.
-- Oklahoma receivers had four contested catches on seven contested throws. Deion Burks was 2-for-2 on contested catch opportunities, while Jaren Kanak was 1-of-1 and Sategna was just 1-of-4.
-- Oklahoma's offensive linemen were not credited with giving up any of the three sacks Mateer took Saturday, and the unit allowed seven total hurries. The quarterback's average time to throw was also his highest of the season (3.25 seconds).
-- Febechi Nwaiwu continues to be stellar in pass protection. He had an 88.5 pass-blocking grade and now has a 91.1 overall pass-blocking grade on the season while giving up two total pressures on 290 pass-blocking opportunities. His 91.1 pass-blocking grade this season is fifth among FBS guards. Heath Ozaeta and Eddy Pierre-Louis, who split time at left guard, finished with 82.1 and 81.0 pass-blocking grades, respectively.
-- Oklahoma's two highest-graded run blocks against Ole Miss were tight end Kaden Helms (71.2) and center Jake Maikkula (64.8).
-- Fasusi had the worst pass-blocking grade of the day for OU once again, with a 48.8. He allowed a team-high three pressures and was also called for a holding penalty. Maikkula had the second-lowest pass-blocking grade of the group at 56.6.
-- Ryan Fodje, making his first career start at right tackle, had a 65.1 pass-blocking grade (with two pressures allowed) and a 50.4 run-blocking grade.
-- Mateer was blitzed on just seven of his 39 dropbacks (17.9%) and completed 3-of-5 passes for 43 yards when Ole Miss sent an extra defender. When the Rebels did not blitz (which was 82.1% of his dropbacks), Mateer was just 14-of-27 (51.9% completions) for 180 yards and a touchdown.
Overall defensive grades
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Gracen Halton: 74.8
David Stone: 74.6
Courtland Guillory: 73.7
Eli Bowen: 72.5
Kendal Daniels: 72.3
Owen Heinecke: 69.3
Jayden Jackson: 67.7
R Mason Thomas: 66.3
Kip Lewis: 66.2
Jacobe Johnson: 65.1
Markus Strong: 64.3
Michael Boganowski: 64.0
Sammy Omosigho: 62.4
Devon Jordan: 61.9
Marvin Jones Jr.: 60.7
Danny Okoye: 59.8
Adepoju Adebawore: 59.4
Kobie McKinzie: 55.1
Robert Spears-Jennings: 54.7
Peyton Bowen: 54.5
Jaydan Hardy: 54.2
Reggie Powers III: 52.6
Taylor Wein: 52.6
Damonic Williams: 52.1
Snap counts (92 defensive plays)
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Defensive end/edge
R Mason Thomas: 79
Taylor Wein: 48
Marvin Jones Jr.: 36
Adepoju Adebawore: 18
Gracen Halton: 8
David Stone: 7
Jayden Jackson: 7
Danny Okoye: 4
Damonic Williams: 2
Markus Strong: 1
Defensive tackle
David Stone: 31
Gracen Halton: 29
Jayden Jackson: 28
Damonic Williams: 28
Markus Strong: 6
Nose tackle
David Stone: 11
Jayden Jackson: 9
Damonic Williams: 9
Gracen Halton: 6
Markus Strong: 2
Linebacker
Kip Lewis: 72
Owen Heinecke: 62
Kendal Daniels: 60 (Cheetah)
Reggie Powers III: 35 (Cheetah)
Sammy Omosigho: 34
Kobie McKinzie: 15
Cornerback
Courtland Guillory: 79
Eli Bowen: 75
Devon Jordan: 16
Jacobe Johnson: 12
Safety
Peyton Bowen: 78
Robert Spears-Jennings: 73
Michael Boganowski: 18
Jaydan Hardy: 14
Advanced stats
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Solo stops (individual play that constitutes offensive failure)
Kip Lewis: 6
Jayden Jackson: 4
Owen Heinecke: 3
Kendal Daniels: 3
David Stone: 2
Eli Bowen: 2
Taylor Wein: 2
R Mason Thomas: 2
Courtland Guillory: 1
Reggie Powers III: 1
Sammy Omosigho: 1
Marvin Jones Jr.: 1
Kobie McKinzie: 1
Robert Spears-Jennings: 1
Gracen Halton: 1
Pressures
R Mason Thomas: 3
Damonic Williams: 2
Jaydan Hardy: 1
Taylor Wein: 1
Sammy Omosigho: 1
Marvin Jones Jr. 1
Owen Heinecke: 1
Kip Lewis: 1
Gracen Halton: 1
Reception rate (catches allowed/targets)
Kip Lewis: 100% (3/3)
Reggie Powers III: 100% (2/2)
Devon Jordan: 100% (1/1)
Michael Boganowski: 100% (1/1)
Jacobe Johnson: 100% (1/1)
Kobie McKinzie: 100% (1/1)
Peyton Bowen: 80% (4/5)
Owen Heinecke: 60% (3/5)
Robert Spears-Jennings: 50% (3/6)
Eli Bowen: 50% (2/4)
Courtland Guillory: 25% (2/8)
Other defensive notes
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-- Oklahoma had 12 total pressures against Ole Miss, which was the team's fewest since the season opener against Illinois State (11).
-- Oklahoma had a season-high 18 missed tackles against Ole Miss. Over the last three weeks, the Sooners have missed 42 tackles. Eli Bowen (three), Owen Heinecke (two) and Kip Lewis (two) each had multiple missed tackles against the Rebels.
-- Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy forced nine missed tackles (his fourth game with at least that many this season), while quarterback Trinidad Chambliss forced four missed tackles.
-- Marvin Jones Jr. was the only Oklahoma player to register a sack (R Mason Thomas had one negated by an offside penalty). Thomas led the defense with three total pressures, while Damonic Williams had two.
-- Courtland Guillory was stellar in coverage in his first start since the Kent State game. He allowed two receptions for 7 yards on eight targets, with three pass breakups. Guillory's 74.8 coverage grade was fourth among FBS cornerbacks in Week 9, while his three forced incompletions were second in the nation.
-- In fact, both of Oklahoma's starting corners were stout in coverage. Eli Bowen posted a 76.2 coverage grade against Ole Miss, which was the third-highest in college football this weekend. Bowen allowed two receptions for 12 yards on four targets in coverage.
-- Oklahoma blitzed Chambliss at a high rate, with Brent Venables sending additional defenders on 59.6 of Chambliss' dropbacks (28 of his 47 dropbacks). Chambliss completed 13-of-27 passes for 153 yards and a touchdown when blitzed.
-- Oklahoma got pressure on Chambliss on just 12 of his 47 dropbacks (25.5%), but on those plays Chambliss completed just 4-of-9 passes for 24 yards, with an average depth of target of 5.4 yards downfield. When Chambliss was kept clean, he completed 20-of-35 passes for 291 yards and a touchdown, with an average depth of target of 8.9 yards.
-- Chambliss was 3-of-7 passing for 93 yards on throws 20-plus yards downfield. He was 3-of-5 for 86 yards on intermediate pass attempts (throws between 10 and 19 yards downfield).
-- Owen Heinecke had OU's highest pass-rush grade (68.3 on 14 pass-rush opportunities), followed by Gracen Halton (67.7 on 26 opportunities).
-- David Stone (79.5) and Jayden Jackson (78.2) had the best run defense grades on Oklahoma's defense, followed by Thomas (77.8), Kip Lewis (74.3) and Halton (72.9).
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2 minutes ago, tokamak said:
I haven't watched South Carolina this year but how is that even fucking possible? Are they going with an innovative 3 lineman formation?
Well, I was in my bag while writing all of that, so some hyperbole might have been used. Have you not watched and SCar this year, though? That OL is abysmal.
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"God DAMN you, closetojumping!! Do not do this!!"
Over the course of the last two months, the patrons of this board have gone from feeling their oats and scheduling dinner reservations in Miami for next January to a bunch of sobbing twats, scared of their own shadow and counting future losses as though these things are certain. It is time we pull ourselves together.
Texas is playing Vanderbilt, for fuck's sake. I don't care how highly rated those dorks are, they haven't played in Austin since 1903. Texas didn't even have a stadium then and most of our grandparents weren't even alive then. Things change, but opponents coming to town and having their heads handed to them is a longstanding tradition in which every reader here is rooted.
This season and this team has been shit on and shoved down by every talking head and voter in the media since the lofty #1 preseason ranking was vaporized in week one in Ohio. Boo hoo. The team hasn't quit yet, and they're finally heading home.
This year's schedule has only exacerbated the distorted view that college football nation and our own fanbase has of this team. They lost by one score on the road to Ohio State, who no one has played close since.
Then they played 3 cupcakes that no one cared to even cover or watch for the most part. While our fanbase yawned and Manning struggled, everyone else just read box scores, watched some clippings on Twitter and IG, and formed definitive opinions that Texas sucks.
A bad loss to lackluster Florida in The Swamp didn't help the program's cause.
People excused OU because of the Mateer injury, even though he played and said he was fine, and then beat two SEC teams on the road. After two fucking decades of hearing mouthbreathers tell us what a grind every SEC game is, especially on the road, Texas has received zero credit for going back to back weeks and beating Kentucky and Mississippi State in their backyards. So were folks just lying pieces of shit overhyping a top-heavy, otherwise mediocre conference? Or is everyone just full of shit and resentment now and can't give Texas credit where it is due?
I've heard multiple talking heads yesterday and today claim that Texas is done and simply not a good team this year. "I expect Vanderbilt to expose Texas as a fraud this weekend." - Nicole Auerbach, AP voter who did not vote for Texas this week, but voted for her alma mater, Michigan, who lost to OU and has the same 6-2 record as Texas.
The good news is that the game still gets to get played. Texas has gone the longest stretch without a home game of an P4 team in the last 25 years - 6 calendar weeks.* It is time for home-cooking.
"But CTJ, Vanderbilt is actually good this year!"
This Vanderbilt team is fine. Are they good? No. This team is a by-product of a gritty QB with some talent around him on offense, a well-schemed defense and an absolutely dreadful schedule.
Vanderbilt is currently 7-1. In the non-con they played Charleston Southern in the FCS, a 3-5 Va Tech, 1-7 Georgia State (Sun Belt) and 4-4 Utah State (Mountain West), who also lost to New Mexico and Hawaii by similar scoring differentials.
In those 4 games, Vanderbilt outgained their opponents by 1,083 yards. This Vanderbilt team can punch a midget, that much is certain.
How about in the SEC? That's a different story. They've played at South Carolina, at Alabama and then hosted LSU and Missouri. SCar, as predicted, was wildly overrated and sits at 3-5. They have a worse offensive line than Texas. Bama looks like a top 5 team. LSU just fired their coach, in part, for losing to Vanderbilt. Missouri's qb suffered a gruesome lower leg injury and was carted off the field in an inflatable cast while the game was tied 3-3 and Missouri was threatening to score. In these 4 games, including Vandy outgaining LSU by 74 yards, Vanderbilt was collectively outgained by 195 yards.
This Vanderbilt team has been playing with a guardian angel watching over them all season. The devil always gets his due, and that payment will be made this weekend at DKR.
"Now closetojumping, Diego Pavia is a winner. He's got moxie! He rallies his whole team around his aura and energy!"
It was only this week that I learned that "Diego Pavia" literally means "overrated hobo" when translated from Mexican to English.
Look, there is no doubt that Pavia is a born and proven leader. That's great for a marginally talented team playing either teams with less talent, teams with comparable talent, or teams who are asleep at the wheel. Luckily for Texas fans, this Texas team has awakened. Suffering near deaths on the road with their backs against the wall, the healthy pulse has been found and the adrenaline is kicking into high gear. All this team is going to hear all week is how they have no choice, even if slightly favored due to home field advantage. They're going to hear the Pavia talk constantly. They're getting asked about him at the press conference today. There will be more of it throughout the week. They'll be reminded of the near loss last season. DIEGO MANIA!! and Vanderbilt is for real!! are memes and topics all over social media. Texas players are being bombarded with this propaganda.
Meanwhile, sweet baby Diego has escalated his shittalking and showboating with the press. He continues to state that Vanderbilt is winning the national title. He stated this weekend after the Missouri game that he should be a frontrunner for the Heisman. No one is huffing their own farts with more vigor right now than The Macho Vato. We'll see how much grit is left when Colin Simmons tells Pavia from across the LOS "I'm going to be the last thing you see, bitch!" and then lays the dude out for a sack.
Moxie and grittiness carry one only so far against motivated and superior talent. Vanderbilt hasn't faced a defense like Texas.
Bama and Mizzou both offer up blueprints to controlling Pavia that Texas can replicate. Keep Pavia in the pocket and shut down the run. Make them beat you by forcing Pavia to sustain drives with his arm, which he cannot do. LSU couldn't stop the run and that killed them. If Missouri doesn't lose contain to the backup TB who then goes 80 yards for a score in the 3rd, among many ifs (don't lose your QB for the season, catch a hail mary inside the end zone, not 3 inches short of one, maybe actually successfully kick more than one field goal, etc.), the defense does well enough for Missouri to win.
Teh Major Applewhite and I Am Sam Ehlinger both had moxie and grit. Man, they were so good against lesser and/or sleepy opponents. Without superior firepower for either of those guys, how many wins did they tally up against similarly or more talented teams? They both finished around or below .500 in those match-ups.
"Have you seen the Texas offense, CTJ? Have you seen this OLine? You know that, now that Arch Manning is finally putting it all together, he's in concussion protocol and is unlikely to play this weekend, right? You know that Vanderbilt has a good defense, too, right?"
Oh ye coelenterates of little faith. Yes, I know that Arch Knoblauch is unlikely to play this weekend. Yes, the Vanderbilt defense has looked good in most of their games. Yes, the Texas offensive line has mostly been hammered dogshit.
None of that will matter come Saturday, as The Matt Bomber Offense will be on full display. Caldwell was a quiet pick-up from the portal for this specific reason - at some point this year, Manning was likely to miss time. QB is a tough position and the SEC is a tough league. Caldwell has looked good all fall and has gained the trust of his team. His clutch moment this past Saturday only helps solidify that. More importantly than anything else, Caldwell's biggest strength is that he can actually complete most of the layups this offense can offer him. Now, will Ryan Wingo and Deandre Moore actually catch those layups? One can only hope.
As to the OL, they've shown some signs of coming together. Their play in the second half of the MSU game might be a fluke, but we've seen similar glimpses in the second half of the OU game as well. If we complete a few simple passes throughout various drives, some wear and tear on a vastly outsized front 7 won't hurt things, either. I'll grant that I have less confidence and more hope, which is never a good strategy, when thinking about OL performance coming up, but just like rent on November 1, that unit is due.
On the Vanderbilt defense, they're good, but they're not great. They don't force a ton of turnovers unless they're playing South Carolina and injuring Lanoris Sellers. They average less than 3 sacks per game. Vanderbilt does not have a singular dominant force on their defense. They're a collection of older players who are coached well. Texas has done well regarding turnovers this season and there's no reason to think that that will play out differently in this game. If Vanderbilt struggled to get to the passer against SCar and LSU, there's no reason to be overly worried about protecting The Matt Bomber this Saturday.
"So what does it all mean, closetojumping?"
Well, I am glad you asked. It means mudhole.
Or, I should say, this year's version of the mudhole. Texas 31 - Vanderbilt 17.
Hook'em
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1 hour ago, HRSchenker said:
Navy not cracking the AP poll makes no sense to me. They lead the nation in rushing yards per game and are undefeated. What the hell else do they need to do for voters to acknowledge them?
Come on. The best team they have played so far is Temple, at 5-3. Their schedule is the definition of “backloaded.
They play:
@UNT (7-1)
@Notre Dame (5-2)
South Florida (6-2)
@Memphis (7-1)
Army (3-4)
Win 3 or more of those games and then they can whine if they’re not ranked.
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19 hours ago, mdmost said:
Why did I know things would turn out this way the second this thread was posted?
19 hours ago, Updawg said:Yep, knew this thread was a bad idea
18 hours ago, fellside said:When I first saw this thread title, I thought it was a set up to a punch line.
Turns out I was right.
18 hours ago, ousux said:It exists to beat the everloving fuck out of the Texas Longhorns and make the smoke of Sark to the NFL a "better hope it isn't bullshit"...at least for Sark and his buddy Sexton.
I don't care what deficiencies may exist on the O-line or who is out with injury on defense, you do not lose to fucking Mississippi State with the supposed talent on our roster. You just don't.18 hours ago, CurlyDumps said:They exist for you to gargle their balls.
Cool thread.
Strong work, guys. If I was getting credit for creating the loss, do I now get credit for the amazing comeback culture win? I feel like this thread ultimately willed Texas to the victory. Sweet.
Also, y’all may want to hide your eyes this week, as the next thread I post could otherwise cause some wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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7 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:
Yes.
(according to a 3/11/25 article he said he likes to visit NFL teams to see what they are doing in the offseason.)
but yeah all bad. Thanks for sharing what you do and in the way you chose to word it.
Thanks. I meant “30”, not 39, btw. Fixed it in my post after seeing it quoted.
6 minutes ago, TexasExe14 said:So sark was on a bender for a month and came back like everything was okay?
Keep trying, buddy. You’ll get there eventually.
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typo. 30, not 39.23 minutes ago, deech said:If this is true, CDC and anyone at this University should be owed a huge thank you by Sark for not leaking or discussing that. I get why it's also not great for Texas, but I would think that Sark would owe them all a debt of gratitude for not making a bigger story/issue about that.
And by that I mean not be reaching out to the pros this week.
There were multiple missed appearances and Sarkisian couldn’t be reached by the media for more than 30 days after the season ended.
20 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:Factually, the game was January 10. Sark did not appear at Junior Day January 25. Bobby B reported flu. https://ontexasfootball.com/forums/topic/5734-note-on-junior-day/
Bobby was doing what he could to be factual - Sarkisian wasn’t around - and to pass on the only thing anyone would say for the record.
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9 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:
I was being facetious due to a similar comment I made the other day when the little guy decided to get upset. You know how he is
This sounds totally accurate. You should quote it and then let people point and laugh. It’s either that or you’re just being your little jellyfish self and purposely constructing something in your favor out of context. That’s kind of your thing here.
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