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  1. Well we’ve got a head coach in the Super Bowl that’s reluctant to continue with the run at times so even the best are prone to force things. With regards to Sark, for my tastes anyway, it was never a reluctance to run that was frustrating, but it was the disappearance of those run game extensions - jet sweep, two back/diamond formation play action, screen game. We had a damn near perfect roster for that with lots of variability and options. Coaching matters everywhere, but I’m not sure Dline isn’t the very most important. Codaxx’s old ass wants to take away something from the O. That’s really the only spot that can control the opponents run game. Then if they’re that good, they can have a massive impact on the pass game too. 3-3-5, 4-2-5, it’s success is contingent on the front line. Personally I prefer a 4 man front as it feels as though it’s better against the run, but it’s really about the right guys doing the right things. Lots of resources need to go into the defensive front - coaching, recruiting, bodies because as a unit they are most likely to have an impact week to week. They’re important against run based teams, pass based teams.
  2. One of the most unfortunate calls in the history is sports. The amount of horseshit bullshit calls and non calls in OUs favor far outweigh any of the reverse. There also was a bs noncall in favor of OU that game that kept it from a 2 TD deficit in Oregons favor.
  3. Those and the Nolan comparisons are good. Hadn’t even considered Nolan so that’s an interesting thought.
  4. Watch NFL every weekend. They’re all over the board with it. Old dudes generally get more protection. Here’s an article on Fields saying he doesn’t get protection. Can Newton and others used to say the same thing. Here’s what we need to remember. It’s a safety rule. If there’s no threat to injury, then it shouldn’t be called. https://sports.yahoo.com/justin-fields-tired-hits-plans-191500272.html. I do stand corrected though in that maybe some wouldn’t have an issue with it called against them.
  5. My ass. A 200 something lb athlete like Burrow is not falling backwards a rolling over on a dude that jabs him with his left hand unless he’s playing it up. It was a dumbass move by the defender letting him know he’s there, but you don’t that.
  6. Things aren’t really different from last year as compared to years prior except that maybe OU didn’t get preferential treatment. OU has always had their ass kissed. Even last year, one of the crappiest calls of the season was a TCU fair catch that benefitted OU. Year before this past season against us they received their typical preferential treatment. There’s no damn way any Horn should feel sorry for OU for the shit they’ve away with over the years.
  7. Not a late hit on Burrow. There’s not a soul living that would accept that as legit penalty if it went against your team. Burrow flopped. That hold happens all the time. Screen shotting Ossais push is misleading. It was the shove a step or two later that got the penalty. Ossai himself ending up 7-8 yards deep into the sideline.
  8. It is a legit penalty. It’s been called a time or two the last two weekends. It was not called properly against Poona.
  9. It was a complete fluke, but sorta odd that a team that lost 4 QBs to injury would consider a 45 year old. Shanahan probably wouldn’t and shouldn’t change his offense for him especially knowing it could all end in a heartbeat.
  10. Any speculation about this weekend is not warranted. Mahomes is a face of the league but so is Burrow. Much of the criticism on calls is pretty weak. Also, what is forgotten was that last year the Bengals got an incredibly weak call (hold on T Boyd on 4th and goal) to help lock up their playoff berth. It was against the Chiefs. That’s not to say there aren’t certain narratives that the league doesn’t hope play out. I’m quite certain in college they control the narrative otherwise you don’t have conference officials. In 2008 holding was made legal and two teams really took advantage. I do think the people component is huge. Individual bias impacts things. Angles mean everything. Officials only get one on a given play. Then you have real time versus not only replay but slo mo replay. I’m very critical of officials but have gained some perspective too. There are some calls you shouldn’t miss then there are some that are understandable. Fans have gone to a point in which they’ve lost some understanding and reasonableness. Big 12 2008 was absolute bs.
  11. Does the terminology even mean shit when talking about the LBs? We were most often in Nickel so two LBs. Always saw Ford listed as MLB. He lined up in the slot quite a bit too with DMO inside. Both lined up between the tackles on the same play often when the offensive formation dictated. DTD often took over for DMO, including the bowl game. So we’re saying one is Will and one is a Sam, which would seem to indicate different roles? I didn’t think we went 3 LBs very often and Blackwell was sort of a hybrid at times. Also remember talk of how DMO was at 230 last year so BS maybe. Whether Blackwell is 200 or 215, his game will be speed/quickness. At 215, the Oline still is kicking his ass if they get to him. The key to our LBs is keeping them clean. Do as we did last year, and he’ll be fine. Blackwell will stick his nose in there so he just needs to keep maturing physically no matter his weight. I’d think the goal is to keep him in space anyway.
  12. I probably am over thinking it. That’s what I do. But I also can you tell the drop rate per PFF is higher for every QB on the list than the receivers fault reflects. W Rogers adjustment is 4.9% drop rate per attempt on PFF. Young’s is 5.8%. I drilled down in the tweet for a definition which never said a drop was included but falling down or running the wrong route was among things that counted. After further glance at the tweets, I do think the “wr fault” was top 10 as it came out first and the top 10 was the basis for the QB list, which makes sense. The list is what it is. The drops do not seem included or if they are, are evaluated differently. There’s no way the second worst team in the country is slightly above 3% including drops, falls, wrong routes, quit on the route, etc. I don’t even know how you determine with certainty that a WR ran the wrong route. With the perception of Worthy, I can see how Texas is high on this list. Applaud whoever compiled the data for their efforts though. That’s a ton of work I’d imagine. But I shall give it a rest.
  13. I did not mean to imply you did. Those are important questions. But a 3% drop rate means that if you average 33 passes a game, there’s only 1 ball per game that could have been dropped, much less could have been caught. You gotta think there are more than 1 team higher than that, right? The tweet seems to be looking for a wow! without context. The way those are presented in the tweets leads you to believe that Texas is double any other team, but I’m not certain of that.
  14. Need more info to see whether that’s number 1. Those guys on the list are a repeat of the other list, which are not in any order. I’d assume the catchable balls on the receivers list are included the QBs list, which reflects that QE is pretty low - 120. If your QB is not good at throwing catchable balls, then it’s likely the WRs are going to struggle more because they are less likely to know when and when. The QB does need to know when and where the pass catchers are too. But you can see we need work getting dudes on the same page.
  15. Those don’t align with PFF dropped percentage rates. What’s included in the definition of catchable ball? I’d assume drops count. But I’d assume there’s no way that 2/3% is amongst the highest drop rate. It’s not on PFF. Is it all of all college or a select number of random/judgmental selections? And I say that based on the same guys being in both lists.
  16. Come on. 50% of the time we’re there. That’s easy. Actually, it is difficult to believe at that sustained success and curious as to whether it could continue for years to come. It’s quite remarkable. Sports are often a crapshoot and baseball more than any other sport is susceptible to a one-man show. It’s the only one that may require that one man to sit for 3-4 days after his show too. So it takes top end talent/skill and depth to achieve team success. Make no mistake I’ll never be anything but a Longhorn baseball fan. The success of the program is a reason but certainly not the only reason for that.
  17. I prefer to be close and lose than to never be close. Happy?
  18. If that’s how you choose to look at it, I can’t stop you. Perhaps go back to my original statement. It’s more of an observation than a spin. It’s not to say we suck or we’re overrated. It’s that we have a ton of close misses. Maybe more so than any program in any sport.
  19. As many “as we should” is too subjective. When we are the final two, we win half. Ok fair enough. So that gives us 12 more 3rd place finishes. Then another 8 for 4th/5th. Name me a program in any sport at any level that has that many top 3 finishes but somehow walks away being #1 only 25% of the time. FSU baseball catches some grief for not winning it all, but they generally fail before the final 4. First, that is an unbelievable amount of success overall, but, yes, I’d say the 25% is lower than I’d expect once you are considered the final 3 (also realizing that it’s really final 4). USC skews things a bit. LSU too. We skew it for everyone else in that we get there so often and generally are very successful overall once arriving there.
  20. I’m curious about this. I don’t know all the staff/support staff so when he moves on I’d like to read some follow up. Some will want future advancement, some will appreciate his friendship, some may not have a future at Texas. Lots of reasons that people could follow Beard including those who felt that maybe it didn’t play out quite fairly or simply believing in second chances. Then what about Terry if not provided the opportunity at Texas.
  21. I’d be curious, albeit not curious enough to research, if there has ever been a program in any sport and really at any level so close to the top yet have as few championships as we do in baseball. That’s a ton of so closes that I’d imagine it’d be hard to top.
  22. Mixon is a captain, right? Burfict. Pac-Man Jones. Ohio and their crappy fans. He’s a pretty inexperienced player. He also was hustling his butt off and that’s why it happened. It wasn’t a cheap shot and possibly lost in the moment a bit. If you don’t pick your teammate up there, you aren’t a great teammate. And it really is that simple.
  23. Guess I’m just in an arguing state of mood. Refs are late in stopping plays often as it relates to timeouts. Same here. It’s just this was less common and a little odd. The whistle was clearly blown with the ref running onto the field. When the ball is blown dead, it’s dead. It’s that simple. No way in hell was this anywhere close to 2015 OSU. Until the Ossai penalty, the Bengals had one more yard in penalties than the Chiefs. Yes, the Bengals had more penalties, but they were legit. The Chiefs had big penalties. The TD off the board. The turnover taken away. Significant field position on the punt return. The taunting against the chiefs, which ultimately led to a Bengals TD. If the Bengals are sitting on their side of the field, do they go for it on 4th and 6 at their 44? I’d say unlikely. That was the ensuing drive - penalty, Mahomes fumble, go for it on 4th. In 2015, they had more penalties than I recall, but we had 3 times as many yards and twice as many penalties. One negated a turnover. They took a turnover from us. The unsportsmanlike on Strong that took it from a long field goal to very makeable. They had 7-40 in penalties so most were 5 yards. In looking at the play by play, on the game winning FG drive there were 3 consecutive penalties on us, DPI, Poona Ford holding then the unsportsmanlike on Strong. Also on that quick look at play by play, we had multiple penalties that resulted in first downs on 3rd downs for OSU or potentially negated first downs.
  24. That’s good stuff right there. The only screw up in that is the 3rd down, and that probably wasn’t the refs fault. We do need some QB/Punter flopping rules in place though.
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