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SarkAfterDark

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  1. I know some of you have never played football before, and the expectation is that WRs are supposed to catch everything thrown their way, but when you take reps from your QB all week long and then the game comes and his ball placement is completely different it throws you off. Being that everyone is "dropping" passes I think that is part of the issue here. 

  2. 9 hours ago, Hermanator said:

    After that first series where Hill over ran the ball when he had backside contain and got burned on the cut back the defense only gave up 3 points. Now those 3 points were on a like 18 play drive that took the entire 3rd quarter which wasn't great but they played well. The offense needs to step the fuck up and Sark needs to lean on his large humans line to move people off the ball when they drop 3 deep and rush 3 down like Rice did and like Wyoming did. Inexcusable for them to keep struggling with that look. They're going to see it every game going forward unless the coach is stubborn like Saban and thinks they can match up without it. 

     

    2 hours ago, gmr548 said:


    Texas ran the ball fine, the only offensive success before the fourth quarter was when they leaned on the run game.

    Agree the book is out in defending Texas and DCs will happily take advantage of Sark’s stubbornness. Thought as much before the season.

     

    Y'all keep putting this on Sark but there were open WRs all game. Execution is the issue, not play calls. 

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  3. Some of you live in a world where once the ball leaves the QB hands whatever bad happens is everyone else's fault when it comes to Ewers. This offense has too many weapons for the offense to struggle against teams like Rice, and Wyoming. Even if we are running the most basic offenses we should be scoring at will and we aren't because Ewers just isn't consistent. He has bad mechanics and doesn't go through his progressions/read the field well at all. Starting to believe he just isn't that guy. 

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  4. 4 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

    The comparison to the NFL has always been the benchmark for recruiting, at least in the 20 years since I've been following it. It's why there are 32 5 stars, etc. At the end of the day, the easiest tag line to make folks understand a player's potential is "He's a potential NFL athlete." Kneejerk understanding achieved. And if you haven't seen the dozens upon dozens upon dozens of "5 stars make up 40% of NFL rosters" type articles and analysis over the last decade, man, I don't know where you've been spending your time. And I feel like I remember a kids recruit ranking if he was a 5 star being mentioned a non-zero amount of every NFL Draft broadcast, as well as when a kid basically went unranked; it's mentioned. 

     

    I agree with one thing, however; once that kid is drafted, his rank is never mentioned again. Nor should it be. Clean slate. You don't hear meany references to a players minor-league batting average after he's been in the show for more than a year, either. 

    I'll pay more attention during the upcoming draft next year but outside of a 5 star mention here and there I don't remember recruit rankings being a talking point. I've seen the articles, but those are more for the recruitniks. Casual fans don't really seem to care come draft time.

  5. 12 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    I think it's something Bobby alluded to that people doing the ratings are trying to structure it like NFL draft.

    Makes no sense to me. I don't remember recruit rankings being a talking point at any point during the NFL draft. I doubt very seriously many people go back to see what these players were ranked after being drafted.

  6. Shipley and moreso Cosby were basically grown ass men in their tenures here. They were both nails though. Same with Duvernay, they all seemed to catch everything thrown their way. With that said none of them were as naturally gifted as Worthy and despite the drops he'll likely finish top 3 in most WR stats in only 3 years and that's with him only getting really good QB play atmost 1 1/2 of those years. I get it that some of you don't care for him but he is definitely top 3 imo. 

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  7. 1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    His only glaring issue in the Bama game was some happy feet right before halftime. That went away on the other drives. He looks different this year and having Milwee on the field is helping him as well. 

    You're not pointing out a "glaring weakness" you're simply nitpicking a really good throw that he was missing but he hit this game. 

    Never said anything about a glaring weakness. My take is while I’m happy he hit on the deep balls there is still room for improvement. Both Worthy and AD made really good catches but had either one dropped those people would have come down on the respective receiver when Ewers could have given them much easier passes to catch. My take is I'd much rather him work to get better on his placement on deep balls instead of having the WRs have to make difficult catches as the former will increase the success rate.

    We also saw a number of "drops" throughout the game and I'd wager it's because those balls weren't being placed where they normally are during reps. I suspect the Bama WRs were able to make a number of difficult catches because that's what they are used to in practice.

  8. 6 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Texas fans crack me up.  Dude doesn't dime a 54 yard bomb so it's an "awful pass".

    I believe one person said it was an awful pass, just about everyone else is saying he could have made it an easier catch for his receivers.

    This reminds me of last year when some had their criticisms of Ewers after the OU game and were told to shut up because he played a great game and then those same issues became more present the rest of the year. 

    I’m glad he hit on the deep balls but I hope he continues to get better.

     

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  9. Jerrin’s biggest mistake on that bomb to Burton was flipping his hips and losing leverage on staying on top of Burton. He had inside help from Crawford so there was no real reason to react to the inside move from Burton in that manner. And if Milroe wanted to try and place that ball perfectly between them then good luck with that, but you take that instead of letting him throw a layup.

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  10. 19 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

    IIRC, Milroe committed here when Beck was the OC and we were running the Herman/QB power offense.  When Herman made the change to Yurcich, he wanted more of a pro-style passer and offered other QB's and wasn't a fan of Milroe.

    This was issue #1 for the Milroe camp.

    19 hours ago, Teryor said:

    He straight up decommitted 3 days after Ewers committed the 1st time. Dude did not want the smoke.

    And this was issue #2

     Both played a part in him decommitting

  11. 19 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

    IIRC, Milroe committed here when Beck was the OC and we were running the Herman/QB power offense.  When Herman made the change to Yurcich, he wanted more of a pro-style passer and offered other QB's and wasn't a fan of Milroe.

    This was issue #1 for the Milroe camp.

    19 hours ago, Teryor said:

    He straight up decommitted 3 days after Ewers committed the 1st time. Dude did not want the smoke.

    And this was issue #2

     Both played a part in him decommitting

  12. 20 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

    I don’t think you fully understand what you’re reading. The general consensus isn’t that the throws were perfect but that they were at least adequate and certainly improvements. 

    Worthy’s catch wasn’t easy, all the more so in the context of how much grief he’s gotten here for not tracking the ball. He Willie Mayesed the hell out of that one. It was bad ass. The throw wasn’t perfect. There’s room for improvement. But there has been improvement. That’s pretty much the extent of the posts here. 

    Maybe you don’t fully understand what you are reading. I stated in my initial post on the subject the throws were an improvement and then someone replied and said at least one of them was a perfect throw.

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  13. 12 minutes ago, KeysPhoneWallet said:


    Crazy take bc they were all definitely leading the wr. The one to ad was a tough catch and ad made a heck of a play showing incredible body control and balance. The two to worthy were almost perfect

    I don’t think you fully understand what you are watching. Worthy had to make a tougher catch but in both instances there was enough green grass for Ewers to make easier passes for his WRs to catch instead of the tough over the shoulder grabs. There is more to throwing a good deep ball besides leading the receiver. Again a prime example is Milroe throwing to the open space on the Burton deep ball instead of throwing it on a line and Burton having to turn up his route and make and over the shoulder grab. 

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  14. The deep ball throws for TDs were an improvement but they weren’t great and certainly didn’t make it easier on the receivers. As someone pointed out the throw from Milroe to Burton is what those passes should have looked like especially the first one to Worthy. Ewers seems to throw them right at his receivers instead of in the open space for them to go get. But whatever works, I guess. Also that pass that Mitchell dropped was late allowing time for the DB to recover but Mitchell should have still snagged that one.

  15. 1 minute ago, nunna yo bizness said:

    So, I know the call was overturned by review, but I'm mystified by the original call.  Unless I misunderstood something or am an idiot (both possible) it sounded like there is a rule that a QB fumble in the backfield can't be advanced if recovered by an offensive teammate.  Is this a new rule?  If not, how the hell have I missed it through decades of watching college football?

    It’s a 4th down thing to prevent intentional fumbles and it’s not specific to QBs.

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