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Had Enough

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  1. So in your defense of Ewers, you’re willing to shit on many other players and teams? This is part of why I push back. There is no hesitation to downplay others to lift up Ewers. It is a message boards right to do so to crucify or so it’s posters feel. Repeat it to yourself, a QB is the most important position but is easily the most dependent on every other mofo out there. There’s only one QB that’s had the same coach and same system for 3 years running since Colt. Probably didn’t help those other shitty QBs. Nowhere in the annals of college football history is Craig Krenzel considered a great QB. Yet he finished #1. Probably same for Greg McElroy. Boomer, you’re a reasonable bastard. There’s some element of truth here, but particularly in 2023, there were few here that contributed after Ewers arrival. It was reported that Taaffee and Arch were tight during his recruiting process. Arch is here more because Sark. And let’s not forget money helps. That ain’t Ewers. Anthony Hill and Collins Simmons ain’t showing up because Ewers is QB. All them DTs we’ve seen were here prior to Ewers. Sark ain’t recruiting a Colt. But if Colt were here upon arrival and won it all, people are lining up to come here.
  2. I will add that Texas was no. 1 in yards per carry prior to that 9th data point with only UGA having a 9th data point too.
  3. Dude, if you’re so old you can’t hear, no wonder you haven’t heard the term.
  4. Yes. I change my mind from time to time. But not about anything presented here. I do agree with Bert. It is not ok to shit on him.
  5. I see no 2024 - Rehashed and revisited thread. Where else are we to play?
  6. The Orlando play call was awful. The PK screen doesn’t hit a chord for me really. This one left the backend little room for error once the pass rush was stoned. I thought it was said it was a cover 4, which could explain several of the reactions. I’ll always prefer having my second level defenders push any throw towards the backend defenders. I’m giving Golden some extra attention. I’m making my QB think. And I’m making him make a throw between at least two guys. None of that happened.
  7. I’m amazed they had two guys doing absolutely nothing but hanging out in no man’s land at about 3 and 7 yards deep. Not a big leave your DBs on an island on long yardage situations fan. It’s recent but this is as bad a play call as I can remember.
  8. You know Sark has won as many national championships as head coach as I have. But he’s lost far more games as Texas head coach than I ever have or will.
  9. Those truly getting a bit personal are very few regarding Ewers.
  10. There’s been very little said positive about Bert since that day. And you highlighted 0-2 when he was 1-3 with 4-4 on extra points. There has no doubt been finger pointing at Bert. The very first miss was 48 yards, roughly a 50/50 proposition. He makes that ASU have 1:30 for a game tyer. Who knows how it goes from there. The offense’s objective is to score and leave no time. Yes, he needs to make one of those.
  11. So it’s ok to shit on Bert? Yeah, he should have made one of those FGs. Ideally, the offense doesnt stall and settled for a 48 yarder. Not what I’d call a satisfactory drive. Thats where Ewers needed to seal the deal. And Sark too. We’ve lost several games because the offense did not finish the deal. Bama 22. OU and UW 23. ASU in 24. Don’t settle for FGs.
  12. Yeah, we don’t have 1st round talent necessarily, but we’ve got some potential, deeper than most believe. But I probably view it differently too. Flores has about as easy power as anyone. Not Ivan Melendez brute strength bat on the ball and it’ll carry power. More consistency needed. Now Max has more brute power. It’s a shame he got hurt because I think he’s a fearful type talent. Obviously, the coaches are putting players in chances to succeed. I won’t down play their efforts in that.
  13. I look up the Perfect Game rankings and some draft rankings when these guys are prospects. I know Tennessee is bringing them in, Arkansas too. UF. But beyond that, we’re right there or better than others. And UF likes to suck til playoff time. At some point production matters. We have a lot of maturity too. Bell for Kentucky looked great but otherwise not much. Irish for Auburn is something but pretty underwhelming otherwise. When watching, I don’t feel we’re outmatched or overwhelmingly fortunate. Arkansas was primed and ready otherwise it’s good pitchers picking us off. That’s been limited too. Hell, I’d say Gasparino, Flores, Farmer have more to give us. I don’t see any reason Rodriguez, Galvan, Schuessler, Mendoza can’t keep on keeping on. DV is the one I see most difficult to sustain. Even a slight drop off and he’s damn good.
  14. It’s just funny, to me anyway, how people react with sports emotion. I do not recall ever hearing “well, damnit we gave up 38 to USC.”
  15. I had not drawn that conclusion. Kudos to you.
  16. What are you basing the talent evaluation on? But “talent” is a foggy notion as I tend to view others thinking it’s high 99s fastballs or Ivan Melendez shots. As an athlete, I’d probably be pissed that you’re undervaluing my abilities. The truth is there are certainly several dudes that have the ability to perform better. At least consistently better. I suspect that we’ll get more higher end guys, but I don’t think the back end of the roster will get much deeper. Unless NIL can buy patience. I’m guessing there’ll be a Jayden Duplantier more often than not. Fast, utility guy that works at it and does not expect to start every game. There’s absolute value in guys like that. Above average talent is not going to sit for multiple years unless the dollars are enough. As far as the “eye” test, we aren’t overachieving because our opponents don’t jump off the page as being elite. Several of the big arms we’ve seen can’t find the zone. Some of the best arms have beaten us, but they can’t pitch all 3 games. Opposing hitters haven’t exactly torn the cover off the ball. If you haven’t looked at other teams rosters, how many guys contribute and the production at the bottom end, then you might be surprised to know only about 22-24 guys play and quite a few of those have poor numbers. Then you’ve got Max Grubbs. Maybe his talent isn’t elite. Maybe his tenacity is. I’ll take him any day.
  17. Well some of us can add better than others. I would imagine it’ll be that way moving forward with the 4 finalists getting a lot drafted including a number of transfers. I’d guess we’ll be around double digits next year.
  18. I’m taking this a step further. You can’t win with a singular class very easily. It’s a pain to add and subtract, but here we go. The two year running total for Texas is 25 guys drafted. Take away Mukuba, Golden add back Crawford gets you to 24. For UW, you have 11. That is a significant disparity. Beyond that, I would offset Hill with Brailsford so participants would be a wash, sorta. OSU, Texas is tbd. We have Downs and Smith for OSU. Hill and Simmons for us. Obviously there will be many others drafted from the 2025 team.
  19. Howard, Judkins, Downs (not drafted yet) were not original OSU guys. Penix, the Tech WR were transfers. All the top teams will have those transfers so it can be a little misleading.
  20. UW only had 1 player drafted this year - Bruener in the 7th. Jabber M is a free agent so they were not exactly stacking talent.
  21. It’s the Ewers thread. Celebrating his successes and failures. You are correct. All very talented teams. There was considerable thrashing of the D versus UW. I mean on the message boards. The Ds job was significantly more difficult than the O. That UW team was unbalanced relative to the others. There is little support to say the UW defense had great talent.
  22. If you sack the QB, that’s not a problem. And actually the LBs got picked some too. Didn’t that USC score more points than UW? Did they win?
  23. Yo JJ. Of those 7 1st round picks from our opponents, how many were offensive and defensive? 6 offensive guys, 1 defensive guy. On our side, we had 3 O guys and 2 D guys. That UW team was pretty heavily weighted to offense.
  24. Traditional stats alone are not worth much. On the University of Texas top 10 single game passing lists for yards and TDs, Casey Thompson shows up as much or more than Quinn. Throwing to non-drafted WRs, a TE we kicked out, a younger Worthy. Are you willing to place them on the same level? Winning percentage? What’s our win percentage with and without Ewers the past 3 years? I think the one loss without him represents our highest offensive scoring output in a loss in that time. DFEI/OFEI are quantitative. Our defense is top 10 3 years running. Our offense is not. How does one allocate the defenses share of win percentage? I am largely arguing to argue. But y’all know derks and how that goes. I have no problem with him or y’all arguing with him. It adds to my entertainment dollar. So keep it up.
  25. I’m going to throw in a no one gives a shit about your Al Bundy perception of football. But it does impact my perspective. I played QB in the high school. Also started two ways the entirety of that time. Multiple sports. Successes. Failures. At all of it. My school is a bit unique. Small but mid-sized classification. A guy has started in the NFL, albeit briefly. There have been record setter, players of the year. You don’t just see the player, but you know a bit about their teammates, their families, their teammates families, etc. What you say is true. Here is what is also true. Those offensive players of the year, they had the best supporting casts, the best offensive system and obviously added their skill set. The guy that did the most beyond high school had a mediocre record from what I recall. The overall environment was conducive to success or less conducive to success if you will. The environment is incredibly important and more so to the QB than any other position. At the University of Texas it’s never been more conducive to team and QB success than the past two years. In both cases, there are and will be comparisons, but it’s far more complex as to how the final outcome is derived.
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