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Posts posted by boilerhorn
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11 minutes ago, Skipper said:
They haven't done much offensively against decent to good defenses either. I haven't dove in much yet but offenses seem similar on paper with the Texas D being a lot better. There is a reason we are favored by 10. I don't think it will be an easy game though for all the reasons everyone is saying. For whatever reason we just can't put it together on offense. Turnovers, penalties, drops, pressure, red zone play calling, etc. It seems like it's always something that fucks up good drives and it's been an issue this entire season since conference play started outside of the Florida game (and that took an incredibly aggressive 4th down play call to kick start the offense). It's who we are at this point. The good news is every single piece is there to put an offensive game together to beat anyone and even a C+ offensive game should be good enough to win the next 2 if our elite defense shows up
DFEI, Points for Clemson opponents. The only team with a top-50 DFEI that they scored more than 25 on was SMU. 14 of the points in the first quarter were TD drives of 33 and 28 yards.
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37 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:
Wonder how many of those 4 games Texas started the 3rd quarter by kicking off???
3 of the 4. Only Aggy did we receive.
Here is a summary of 3rd Q offense drives:
Ark: FG, Punt
UK: Punt, fumble, fumble returned for TD
Aggy: Punt, Pick-6, Fumble
UGA: Punt, Missed FG (TD was early in 4th - drive started late 3rd)Net actual points: for offense: -11.
Defense in 3Q:
Ark: Defense surrendered TD
UK: defense held them to 0
Aggy: defense held to 0
UGA: TD + FG-
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Herb Hand. Ha.
Every fan base cheers when Herb Hand leaves their program. That's what we did. That's what the Auburn fans told us. That's what the Auburn fans told us that the Penn State fans told them.
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Just now, locodos said:
OSU fans (I am not one) having to endure the agonizingly shitty Grantham defense combined with his hissy fit histrionics.
You also left off his CV that he was also run out of Georgia when he was Hellen Hunt's DC.
Thanks. I had forgotten both of those details about him, esp. the histrionics. I guess my original comment of "could have done worse" is true, "but not much" should be added. Damning with faint praise, I guess. "That seems like a good/great hire" never crossed my mind...
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6 hours ago, locodos said:
No, this is a nightmare scenario, RIP OSU fans.
The selection itself, or the way Gundy has been treated in the past week? Please elaborate, if you do not mind.
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2 minutes ago, demos said:
Lol
Gundy could have done worse.
DC for Petrino 3 years at Louisville.
DC for Mullen 1 year at MSU
DC for Mullen all 4 years at Florida. Was offered DC of Bengals in 2019, chose to stay w/ Mullen at UF. Was fired 9 games into the 2021 season. Mullen was fired 2 games later.
2022 Analyst for Saban.
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3 hours ago, LTtxfan said:
Sagarin predictor has been a decent proxy for setting initial lines. Using that and a 3-pt home-field benefit, Sagarin predicts (to the nearest 1/2 point)
Texas: -11.5
UND: -11
tOSU: -7.5
PSU: -6Texas and tOSU lines are reasonable, if you trust the predictor.
PSU getting 2 more points because of shitty weather.
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28 minutes ago, Macanudo said:
Just heard that Tomlin is 19-0 at home versus Cleveland. I realize the Browns suck but damn.
Tomlin has beaten every NFL team except Pittsburgh. Some will argue he's had a hand in beating Pittsburgh in the past.
He's 27-9-1 total against Cleveland, 6-5 in the past 5 years. Pittsburgh played Cleveland 3x in 2020 and lost 2x. Cleveland was 11-5 (Mayfield was the QB) and beat Pittsburgh 48-37 in Cleveland. That was the game where Roethlisberger had 4 turnovers in the first half and the Steelers trailed 35-10 at half.
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Official on Purdue's site. The "boiler" part of my handle is optimistic.
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2 minutes ago, Hairy Biped said:
The rumor in Huntsville is that they're gonna pick Marion to replace Keeler at Sam
I've seen that for about a week. I think Choice was also on the list. I think Marion can earn more as an OC for Purdue than as HC for SHSU (by looking at Harrell's and Keeler's deals respectively), but he might want to be HC ASAP.
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3 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:
Congrats! All 3 of my daughters (no pics) performed in drill teams throughout their HS experience. They loved it.
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6 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:
It's true about Sankey and Swarbrick, but Klatt and pretty much everyone else are significantly underestimating the benefit of the bye right now. It's weird that's they're all complaining about weaker conference champions getting byes because they're so valuable then acting like Oregon with a bye is screwed.
No kidding. Byes have huge value in football: rest and reduced chance of injuries.
That said, I wonder if UGA would have preferred no CCG and landed w/ the 5 seed. BYE would have essentially been yesterday, but Beck and Thorson would not have been injured.
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2 minutes ago, mdmost said:
Go look at the defenses they played. aggy was probably the best.
They scored a boatload of points against crappy defenses, as they should have...
Notre Dame points vs. DFEI
Here's Texas, by comparison.
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1 minute ago, Horn Dogg said:
It's going to be colder than a witches tit at Notre Dame after dark.
Yup - forecast for 12/20 in South Bend: 32/24 - 20% chance of precipitation - 12 mph wind. IU is acquainted with similarly crappy weather. Would have been really horrible if SMU got the 10 and had to go to South Bend.
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1 minute ago, StassneyHorn said:
That is absolutely CR.
Please find it in your heart to forgive me then.
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2 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:
Does Max refer to the streaming app Max/HBO or something else?
(HBO)Max - yes.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5513081/2024/05/22/college-football-playoff-tnt-sports/
TNT Sports is adding College Football Playoff games starting this season as part of a five-year sub-licensing agreement with ESPN, according to executives briefed on the discussions.
The deal will see Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT Sports and HBO Max show two first-round games over the first two seasons of the contract. In the ensuing three years, it will broadcast and stream two first-round games and two quarterfinals. The sides could add more games.
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Just now, SomeoneYouKnow2 said:
Then you haven't been listening to him. Joey is easily the worst CFB talking head on ESPN. He sucks always. Somehow he zoomed past Desmond Howard in this regard and that's saying something
Desmond almost caught up 2 days ago, when he cackled like Hillary (no CR) when Saban said that Sark and Smart were bullshitting.
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Just now, 4th&Five said:
He and Dabo have some weird relationship so he was always going there.
There was that, too, I just recall comments about "the juice not being worth the squeeze" or something like that.
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10 minutes ago, Minute Bull said:
The return of Cade Klubnick
Ha.
5 minutes ago, UTEX_ME said:Oh boy Austin kid who was overlooked by Texas incoming
As noted - not the case, but if we have Palmer or Herbstreit on commentary, they will say that 100x, minimum.
3 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:I don’t think that was the case.
IIRC, Texas eval concluded he was a system QB, etc. and we had Manning coming in 2023. While getting overwhelmed by UGA, Klubnick only was sacked 2x and threw 1 INT.
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Bama is in if SMU beats Clemson.
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Booing Ryan Day. I'll allow it.
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Workday rockstar ad makes me wonder if the ad folks really know what a rock star is. Billy Idol, Gwen Stefani, and Travis Barker. Ok. I guess they had to keep it on budget.
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Geez. The selection show, so far, is a beating. Just announce it.
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3 minutes ago, texifornia said:
Excellent hire. Solid program builder that should be able to take them to bowl eligibility.
Totally agree. It will be interesting to see if he can get the majority of his staff to follow him there - esp Sherer and Marion.
From the outset, I thought Odom would be a reach for Purdue, but he may be viewed as a "re-tread" by many.
Fwiw, previous Purdue coach, Ryan Walters, was an assistant to Odom at Missouri.

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Thanks - fixed it. The narrative is silly. Media fixated on stupid stats. Texas lost the CCG for myriad reasons. Texas won the other 3 games, so who cares? I guess some want to use it to portend doom.