Codaxx
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Texas O-line talk
I am Ok with any run. Though I don’t love OZ. You tend to get more holes and it’s a lot tougher to run in short yardage. That said teams like the Rams are very effective running it. When I say identity, I mean what is the run that is your bread and butter. What play does the coach have confidence in when you need a 3rd and 2. Texas didn’t have that. You saw it short yardage this year. Just as likely to see jet sweep/pass as an inside run.
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Texas O-line talk
I think then biggest priority for Flood and Sark is find an identity in the run game. Texas has a strange relationship with OZ. Some of that is the interior OL Texas has had. You might attribute that to Sark and Flood prioritizing pass blocking over run blocking. Some of that was based on Blue and Wisner. Texas is recruiting “big humans”, but the primary run requires lateral blocking. I don’t think that will be the case next year. Sark is more comfortable with IZ. I think Texas will become more of downhill blocking team next year, whether that is through gap schemes or inside zone
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Texas O-line talk
This is 100% true. People talk about WRs helping the QB out, but there is little conversation about skill guys helping the OL out. They had a QB that was good for 1-2 self-sacks a game and RBs that rarely optimized runs or made the OL look good. That isn’t to say the OL was perfect by any standard. They had their issues also
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Texas O-line talk
100%. He is going against a 5 star DE that is projected 2nd pick. That was a DL that led the nation in sacks and sack rate (11%+). Not sure what people expected, but I think most rational people expected the pockets to be messy. OL gave up 2-3 sacks in ~45 called pass plays.
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Texas 2025 Roster
I believe this is correct. Baker works on the pass rusher with the whole DL, but hard to know unless you are in practice
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Texas 2025 Roster
I don’t want to jinx it, but Vasek needs to find a way to stay healthy. Do that and I agree with you. As the saying goes, “that best ability is availability”. probably should be acknowledged, but there is a damn good argument that Baker was the best position coach in the team
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
That was a Freshman Sam. He also led the come back vs USC, when it seemed over.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
One factor for dual-threat guys is the hits accumulate over a season, especially one like Sam that was used as a battering ram. Your body takes a pounding and stats can mirror that over the course of the season.
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Texas 2025 Roster
Special teams factored into that also. K Rob was a great special teams player. Blue doesn’t play on coverage teams. Having versatility is huge for late draft picks.
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Texas 2025 Roster
Tough for him to stay. Simmons has passed him up, so he would not start next year. Edge is set. 1st off Colin Simmons is a freak. He was on a field where there were supposedly 21 players going in the top 3 rounds in this year’s draft and was the biggest bad ass on the field. Burke and Vasek will battle for the other starting spot. Good to see Vasek playing and making a play. Got some young talent that will have to step to back-up Simmons.
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Texas 2025 Roster
Are disappointed they couldn’t get the push or weren’t given the opportunity?
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Elhinger, Ewers, tomato, tomato. they did it differently, but kind of similar guys. QBs with flaws, but good college players. You could argue for days over which was better, which is likely given this thread
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Texas O-line talk
He was pretty poor vs ASU. He is better in pass pro and Cam is way better run blocking, but that is a expected comparing a RT to a LT
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Texas O-line talk
Really bad play. Seen OnTexas hint he may need surgery on that knee after the season, so I am not sure how healthy he is.
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Texas O-line talk
Downs and Ransom were very impressive. I would see a 1-2 yard and think an OL just got whipped and you would one of those getting up from the bottom of the pile. They got downhill quick and they can really tackle, especially Downs
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Quinn is Quinn. Time to move on. quinn has his flaws. He was a good QB, not great one. He never lived up to ridiculously high expectations, but VY and Colt are the only modern QBs to hit that level for Texas
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Why not both?
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
Here is to Quinn having his best game and making a legacy tonight
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2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Not sure it will matter, but I forgot Nansen was on Chip Kelly’s staff at UCLA. That cannot hurt
- 2025 Orange Bowl - Notre Dame vs. Penn State
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet, Now Starting for the Miami Dolphins
It was things like QBR and PFF that had Quinn as one of the worst rated QBs in the playoffs. this is true. Those QBs ran into top 4 defense (by DFEI), so I dont get the comparison. I generally hope Quinn plays well. This is going to be the first good defense Texas has faced in these playoffs. The 3 worst defense in the playoffs were Clemson, Boise State, and Arizona State (in that order).
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2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Couple things here 1. Take Orji out of the equation and Michigan ran it 39 times for 140 yards. That is 3.6 and that was boosted by a big late run. Sark will never be that patient with the run and no fvckin way will Surly be that patient. 2. Game play was a major reason for that. Ryan Day went full retard in that game. He went out to try to end the all the talk that OSU isnt as physical as Michigan. Inside Zone after Inside Zone. OSU is not going to be that stupid again.
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2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Just have to stop the counter with 6 men in the box and take away the 1st read for Howard. Not sure he has been forced to go to his second read in these playoffs. Do that and you give Simmons a chance to hit Howard. Ryan Day does not usually make a many in-game adjustments. He may be the Texas MVP of this game, if Texas takes away the counter. Quinn has to hit passes outside the hashes. OSU pass defense is built to take away the middle of the field. CBs are the weakest part of the OSU defense. OZ is likely dead in this one. The Edges are NFL guys and they usually stack a LB over them. The caveat is Banks and Williams might be able to move them 1 on 1. Sark needs to have a pivot from OZ.
- 2025 Orange Bowl - Notre Dame vs. Penn State
- 2025 Orange Bowl - Notre Dame vs. Penn State