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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
SL Xpress replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
How infamous was this phrase of your's? From my perspective you might be exaggerating its importance. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
SL Xpress replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
How much? How much do you miss him? -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
SL Xpress replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
No, but here it is set to music: -
"Fell down"
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
SL Xpress replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Because the line isn't necessarily a prognostication as much as it is an attempt to get the bets evenly placed on both sides? The line I saw at first was 4.5 points so it's come down by 2 points, which means more money is going to the Texas side. But it's not because Vegas suddenly thinks Texas got 2 points better since the line first opened. -
They double teamed and tried to hold him. He looks like he's going against mIddle schoolers there. I hope we can hang on to him. I was so sad when he committed to Georgia, and so ecstatic when he flipped to Texas. I try to not get too emotionally involved in each recruit but sometimes I can't help it. I feel so good about this kid. I'm excited to see what he can do on campus. I think he's going to be a superstar.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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I know how someone like Sarkisian thinks. I know they brought him in late. I know he started out 4th team and is now getting the majority of 2nd team snaps. They're going to want someone in Columbus who has taken snaps at the college level before. I'm not saying Caldwell will be the 2nd string QB for the rest of the season. But for that game he absolutely will be. I do not have to break down Caldwell's entire game film to know that. You shouldn't have to, either. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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Yeah, I'm foreseeing a Maalik Murphy type transfer in the near future. I love the way Sarkisian has managed the QB room. It's never been handled better, frankly. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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I don't understand how anyone can reasonably think it's going to be someone other than Caldwell that comes off the bench in Columbus if anything happens to Arch Manning. The hope for all of us, of course, is that nothing like that happens. I can't believe anyone with a decent cognitive function believes Trey Owens would be trotted out there instead. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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I only do this here, guys. It's a sign of how safe I feel with all of you. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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I mean, I know one person. It's been fun for me to watch. I never discounted the possibility. But I also never doubled down against the naysayers either, other than to like your posts. I've lived vicariously through you on this. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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Every now and then I'll be going through a thread seeing if I've missed any posts, I'll suddenly come across this huge wall of text taking up my computer screen, and I'll think, "Holy shit! Who wrote all that!?! Oh, I did."- 8086 replies
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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I see this stuff and all I think about is @Red Five -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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Mosley is faster than you're giving him credit for. I don't agree with the rest of your post, either.- 8086 replies
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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I feel confident this Texas defensive front seven is going to prison rape the Ohio State offense. I don't know about the rest of the matchups, but entering the season that to me looks like by far the biggest mismatch heading into this game. Some points to consider: - The shuffling of offensive linemen two weeks before the game. I'm not saying Ohio State can't have a good OL by the end of the season, but it's obvious to me they don't have any easy solutions for their starting 5, much less consistent back ups. They brought in 3 portal OL this past offseason after relying on portal guys last year. That's a strategy of desperation forced on to them by inadequate high school recruiting and development. I watched Oregon get butt fucked early in the season along their OL, but by midseason they had turned things around and really had a decent squad there. Ohio State can do the same. But they need reps, they need stability, and they're not going to have it for the season opener. - Brian Hartline is now their OC. I don't understand what Ryan Day's role is going to be there after handing over all the responsibilities to Chip Kelly last season. I assume it's going to be something. He's a control freak (all head coaches are to some degree) but he figured out if he hired his mentor in Chip Kelly he could relinquish duties. Well, Hartline doesn't have Kelly's gravitas. He's wholly dependent on Day for his career arc, having been brought to Ohio State at the same time. How they manage their responsibilities will be something of a work in progress. Cracks in communication and the blame game aren't stress tested in the offseason. They're stress tested when things don't go well in the game, and the head person doesn't want to blame himself for the failures. Which isn't specifically a Ryan Day thing. It's a human thing. There's going to be inconsistencies in the approach, and an inability to have a convicted response when things go poorly. - New quarterback. They're saying it's a competition, but it's not. It's going to be Sayin. Day wants to keep Kienholz engaged and put a fire under Sayin's butt. Similar to how Sarkisian handled the Card/Ewers competition, when it was always going to be Ewers. It's a pretty common coaching tactic. I don't really care. I've seen both approaches work. I think people get too worked up about this stuff. But neither of them have experience under fire. That's going to effect how well the offense runs. - untested running backs. I assume someone they have back there is going to be uber talented. We know about Peoples from his time in HS. They like Donaldson, too. But the pair they had last year were special. I don't know how these two are going to compare to what they lost, but going into the game I'm going to assume there's at least a short term step back. ______________________________________________ Compare this to the other side of the LOS. - Everyone across the country keeps talking about the edge room across the country. I'm not going to go into detail with a Texas audience. You guys could teach me about our roster there. I'm just going to say this will be the best group of edge rushers Ohio State sees all season, including the post season. In their first game. This is not going to be pretty. - One thing that is being underestimated is our DTs. Now, this could very well be koolaid talking. It's happened to me before. Maybe we see a huge dropoff in production here from last year. The thing is, I assumed we'd see a big dropoff last year. I looked for signs of it, and was constantly complaining that early opponents had success running inside in ways that wouldn't have been possible with Murphy and Sweat in there the year before. As if it's completely normal to feature the two best DTs in the country on the same team. But the truth is, last year's DTs, while not as good individually, were in some ways better as a collective. It took me at least until midseason to begrudgingly admit I was wrong about the position in the preseason. Well, I like this group even better. Again, this could be the koolaid talking, but I think Breverd and Watson are going to be an outstanding pair of first guys in. I feel like they are going to absolutely rag doll the OSU interior OL. But then we're bringing in Shaw and January, and there's no real drop off. Kanu gets some snaps against his former team and quickly realizes he could be playing more if he had just stayed put. Sharma does Sharma things for a few snaps. Maybe Charles gets some time. The thing is, I feel like us hardcore Texas fans view the DT position as a source of strength heading into the year that NO ONE in the national media or on the Ohio State side is giving us credit for. I feel confident the DT play is going to be one of the biggest revelations coming out of this game. - I don't know if it should be combined with the edge players or not, but our linebacking corps is stupendous, especially in terms of being heat seeking missiles. Ty'Anthony Smith's emergence is just icing on an already well made Charlie Strong style cake. Hill is receiving as much attention as almost any defender in the country, so we're not exactly flying under the radar at this position. I just think it adds to the DLs coming dominance. - Kwiatkowski and the rest of the defensive staff. As opposed to Ohio State, there's a lot of continuity on the defensive side of the ball, especially in the front seven. Obviously we've seen a lot of changes in the back end, but I'm not talking about our secondary matchup here. I just think a lot of players know their roles. The ones learning their roles are doing so next to players who have been in the program, led by coaches who are convicted in what they're doing and know how to successfully convey assignments. Everyone understands their chain of command. When mistakes happen there's not going to be an overt or subconscious scapegoating as to who's fault it was. ______________________________________________ I don't think any of this guarantees a Texas win. I like our chances heading into the game, but shit happens. Turnovers. Hostile crowd. Ohio State has amazing players. Ryan Day just won a national championship. But I feel confident if the Buckeyes come out on top, it's going to be because they were able to overcome a complete annihilation upfront on offense.- 8086 replies
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
SL Xpress replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
It depends on if we win the first couple of playoff games or not. I'd like some hardware. 4 conference championships in our time in the Big 12 really sucked. It's important to me to win the SEC championship. It's not the main thing, but it's not a minor thing, either. But if we make a run deep in the playoffs - particularly win the whole thing or at least play in the national championship - then that's going to be pretty exciting as well. What I don't want is for the program to take a step back in terms of accomplishments at the end of the season. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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The town completely shuts down when the football team is playing. I mean, it's shut down all the time, but it's shut down when the football team is playing, too. -
So...you've Had Enough?
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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There will be a lot of mudhole stomping. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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In fairness the Supreme Court cut off its balls and fed them to it. I don't know if Michigan is going to file a lawsuit over this, but past history indicates they probably should if they want to get it reduced. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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That's a $20 million fine. 10 year show cause for Harbaugh. 8 year show cause for Connor Stalions. Denard Robinson and head coach Sherrone Moore also hit with show cause penalties of 3 years and 2 years respectively. Moore is suspended for a third game. I'm not saying it's nothing as a punishment, but they just won a national championship. Is any of this really a deterrent for a program? That said, on September 6 Go Blue! -
You just catching up there, dec3169? You realize this was a pretty big deal in the spring, right?
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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I don't have any hot takes, but here's my guess on our starting lineup: Offense: QB - Arch Manning RB - Quintrevion Wisner WR - DeAndre Moore WR - Ryan Wingo WR - Emmett Mosley V (as an aside, how much pressure is there to name a son Emmett Mosley VI? How much pressure is there to have a son?) TE - Jack Endries RT - Brandon Baker RG - DJ Williams C - Cole Hutson LG - Neto Umeozulu LT - Trevor Goosby Defense: DE - Ethan Burke DT - Cole Brevard DT - Myraad Watson DE - Colin Simmons LB - Anthony Hill LB - Liona Lefau CB - Jaylon Guilbeau CB - Malik Muhammad Nickel - Michael Taaffe S - Derek Williams S- Jelani McDonald Special Teams: P - Jack Bouwmeester K: Mason Shipley PR: DeAndre Moore Touchback specialists - Wisner/Ryan Niblett No inside skinny. Just making a guess based on the practice reports widely available. I'm guessing these will be the lineups for the first snap against Ohio State. I know things can change in all kinds of ways. For one thing, this might not be the personnel grouping taking the field. This is also not a prediction for who gets the most snaps. Oh, it looks like they edited it out, but right as he was leaving his media availability, CJ Baxter turned to the media and said, "I see you @Red Five Thanks for having my back. And check out Surlyhorns.com . Best Longhorn forum out there." I'm guessing there was some NIL involved. Probably big bucks. -
Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
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I hate our Michael Buffer wannabe PA person so so much. I realize that's not what I should be getting from this clip, but I cannot help it. -
Mike Leach also had Cody Campbell and John Sellers on his roster. That looks like it might be one of the biggest parts of his legacy at Texas Tech.
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