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  1. Brownwood in Waco seems odd. But guess it’s neutral. What year did you graduate?
  2. I probably went off the rails a bit but not sure what you mean here. My point was that we had QB issues. But also concern that had Sam returned Sark would have tampered his running, which would have limited him. But I think he kicks ass anyway because he’s a competitor. Ive watched roughly half the games in the past 25 years live then a majority again. Don’t recall missing a single game over that time. Probably played a shit ton more than most on here growing up. But hey who cares. Certainly didn’t mess my drawers against those mighty Marlin Bulldogs like some here did.
  3. People can’t get past that ArKansas game but after that the pass protection improved, the run blocking had moments of some pretty damn good stuff. Sark doesn’t want his QB to run. That first year wasn’t so much about winning as building. Probably easy in his mind to say screw that. I’ll bite the bullet and build towards 2024.
  4. No idea how this all went down. I don’t think Sam ever gets recruited by Sark, but I bet he’d do damn well for him. If he wasn’t serious about bringing Sam back, that was poorly done.
  5. Alrighty. It’s not impossible I reckon.
  6. Can we win 5? Isn’t that what you’re saying.
  7. You can’t really compare them although those comparisons happen all the time. The environments are completely different. People absolutely give Ewers higher marks for his arm but in college you can work around that. You can easily find many great throws from Sam too. In my view, the most you can ask of a player is to play as hard as often as you can. That’s Sam. His production was damn good too. The chaos surrounding his teams was off the charts.
  8. I do think the portal has screwed with offensive continuity. Defenses may be more apt to dare you to drive the field too and see if you can be patient as well. The clock rules allow the game to be shortened some. Ultimately points may be harder to come by.
  9. Yep, very difficult. There’s no doubt we have a very good defense but for me there are still questions as to exactly how good. The pig 2nd half approach is how you attack us. The Alfred Collins fumble was huge because they were driving again. 17 and below would be quite the accomplishment.
  10. I’d wager we’d need at least 1 game of 200+. You realize we get a shit ton of yards after catch, right? We have now run the freebie TD pass two weeks in a row. So that’ll be more difficult, but they’ll probably give the Yac a bit. Keep an eye on Georgia as that was their best offensive output yesterday.
  11. Gotcha. That was the closest, quickest info I could get. The middle of the field to the intermediate area has been missing all year. Backing out throws behind the LOS, we were 10-22.
  12. PFF had him 5-6 between the hashes from 10-19 yards yesterday. 76 yards. They also had him pressured at 14% (for the second game in a row), which on the season would likely rank him as the least pressured QB in the country.
  13. You dropback a thousand times you will do virtually everything a few times. People give Swoopes hell, but he had several very good games.
  14. Exactly how is he better than Sam? Are you basing that on winning a championship in a mediocre big 12?
  15. I don’t remember those specifically. I do recall a terrible decision. Thought you were talking Georgia in this thread.
  16. Like what? Fumbling? In the same game that Ewers also had a strip sack. How many games has Arch run the 2 minute offense? Against the most talented team in the country. After getting 2nd team reps all week. Terrible comparison. By the way, I’m not calling for Arch. We can win with both in my opinion.
  17. Better than Sam by a large margin? Based on what? On occasion. Sam carried his team. On occasion Sam led his team down the field against all odds late in games. Sark versus Herman? Who had better WRs? Better backs? Better Oline? I mean I guess freshman Bijan was close to junior Bijan. There are few, very few QBs that have played with as much talent offensively as Ewers. In the history of college football. There’s certainly no Texas QB that can say that. We will never know but Beuchele probably takes last years team and this years to a pretty high level. It’s difficult to compare across teams because culture/environment, schemes, teammates vary and often greatly. I’m 100% certain that Ewers has the best, most conducive surroundings in my lifetime.
  18. I’m curious how this will play out. We will have won 17% of our games without Ewers. The defense has been outstanding in every game thus far. Other positions have had spotty play at times but also looked great at others. His best games have been the first big game out of the shoot each year. I can’t help but think the gameplan is a part in that. He’s lauded for leading us a Big 12 championship and playoff appearance. Yet he beat neither of our two most difficult Big 12 opponents. OSU was certainly one of the weaker championship opponents recently. We’ve struggled to put teams away in his tenure. He hasn’t led a game winning drive late in the game as best I can recall. I’m not even sure he’s won a game in which our opponent scored 30+ points. Hes good enough to win it all.. our rosters good enough to win it all. I’m not sure our rosters ever been better. So when we win it all, will it be more Trent Dilfer or Patrick Mahomes?
  19. Everyone recruits guys that don’t pan out. Us too. That’s always been the case. Guess that’s a bit of a disconnect. I did not realize that Taaffe last year was a dumbshit in addition to being slow. Now all of a sudden he’s neither. Because the tenor here was that he was not talented with little to no implication of football IQ for those that were vocal. The 4 most impactful secondary players this year played a lot last year. Williams too. It’s just a bit disingenuous that the implication is that dudes who played on two top 10 defenses per DFEI did not have talent.
  20. Crawfords issue was not talent though. It was more football acumen. He’s also playing reasonably well this year. Why the difference? I don’t know. My biggest deal is that we play hard. Hill, Simmons, Moore. Those dudes just get after it. Big fan of Barron. Big win that he returned obviously.
  21. Its that preconceived notion that you had that Taaffe should never, ever see the field. Not “talented” enough. He still has that same “talent.” Brooks and Watts were both Ohio State recruits, no? You think they recruit those lacking in talent? We may get more talented guys, but it’s not that significant a difference. If you simply want to view traits, Watts had a pretty elite vertical at the combine. Good agility marks too. Not high end speed though. There’s a difference in production and talent. Our biggest production gains are Barron and Taaffe. We are year 4. It makes sense that we get a bit better in the scheme, in experience, in talent. That’s where we are.
  22. He’s faster and quicker. More so than Crawford I don’t know. If Mukuba was all that, he’s in the NFL now. His coverage outweighs his run support. Michigan, UF we were up before he touched the field. We played without him versus Vandy. Complete non-factor versus OU, UTSA, CSU. His best game was UGA. That’s ok as the more important games are yet to come. You did say a myriad of factors. I said likely true and added to it. The improved health and experience of Barron is a big factor of the improvement. Taafes experience is a big reason for the improvement.
  23. Likely true, but you failed to mention that the offensive talent/experience/schemes of our opponents are hammered dogshit. A healthy Barron, a healthier Guilbeau and a more experienced Taaffe aren’t necessarily a more talented bunch. Their experience has been helpful. Our depth is off the charts. We may have just played around a bit against UF cause dudes that hadn’t played that much made 1st half showings.
  24. It’s only fair to make others feel as though they have a chance before declaring Texas the winner.
  25. There is a bit of a flaw in your theory here. Mar, himself, likely did not call all the penalties. He also was not the only one who failed to call penalties against OSU or Baylor. He was merely the most visible. I’m not sure how it’s clear that he hated Texas more than any other official in that game. The SEC has some games historically that looked shady. I have little doubt they protect their golden geese when needed. It is time to organize officials nationally rather than by conference.
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