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Looks like all the roster weights are up to date: https://texaslonghorns.com/sports/football/roster
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Kirby Smart continues to be a phenomenal ambassador for the conference. - The SEC got 14 teams in the NCAA tournament. Not 13. - College basketball hasn't used RPI since 2018. - Fat. Dumb. Fuck.
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
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This is what the throes of absolute desperation looks like. -
Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
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Filtered into the uncanny valley. Her face looks like a cartoon. -
Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Full Roster Weaponization
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Kris Ross joining Brenan Marion at Sac State. https://collegefootballnetwork.com/former-texas-nevada-edge-kristopher-ross-signs-with-sacramento-state-for-2025-season/ -
Texas A&M Recruiting 2026: The World's Drunkest Elk
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It wasn't good for my heart or my liver, but the rollercoaster last cycle was ultimately pretty fun. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
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Ewers always seemed to play better when he had more time to prep. I know everyone plays better with prep time, but it seemed particularly important to Ewers. I'm hoping that as a backup QB in the NFL he'll have the time he needs and will be better set up for success. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: They Can't Keep Getting Away With This
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Wolk is a Georgia guy, so it's not like he's wishcasting for the home team. -
Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
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"Why couldn't we pay him more than the sips?" Because you morons are paying Jimbo Fisher eleventy-billion dollars to not coach football. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
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I agree with you but cannot abide this Sam Ehlinger erasure. Although Sam's tenure more or less proves your point. As soon as we even got a decent QB like Sam, we started winning games again. Despite having a mental midget for a coach. -
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Ha ha, holy shit. "If he was going to be really good, why hasn't he been really good?" I love this for two reasons: (1) The concept of "development over time" is a complete unknown to this dude. Of course he doesn't think players can improve, he's a fan of A&M football. (2) Arch has been really good. As a backup QB in 2024, who only logged three starts, he managed to amass over a 1,000 of offense, including 13 TDs to 2 Ints and a completion percentage of 67.8%. I know they're dumb, but they still never fail to impress with just how dumb they are. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: They Can't Keep Getting Away With This
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My Houston friends are telling me that Henderson is bought and paid for. Not saying it can't happen, just that it may be a tough row to hoe. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
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I think counterfactuals are stupid and pointless. We might have won a national championship with a different QB. We might have gone 7-5 with a different QB. There's no way of knowing and pretending like one can is immature and ignorant. What I can say is that, for all his faults, we did very well with Quinn at QB. And if you're not willing to give him credit for how well we did, then you can't blame him for us falling short either. It's a team sport. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
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It's a bimodal curve where he has high highs but low lows, which averages out to being...average. Usually if a player is good, bad, or average at certain aspects of the game, they'll be good, bad, or average at most aspects of the game. But it's baffling for a player to be simultaneously so great in some aspects and so disappointing in others that people (often very vocal people) don't know how to process it. What I think you're ignoring, and what actually pisses me off in this thread, is the people that demonstrate genuine antipathy towards Ewers. Saying stupid shit like he "cost us a national championship" or delighting in his draft plummet are bizarre behaviors and belong more on TexAgs than on here. Especially when guys like Sark, Jahdae Barron, and the rest of the QB room all consistently sing Ewers' praises and talk about how much he's done for the program. So even though I think you're correct about Quinn's performance as a QB, I think the "emotional garbage" that's being drawn out in this thread has more to do with people shitting on Ewers (because they have the emotional intelligence of a particularly callous hamster) and people defending Ewers because they don't like seeing their QB get shit on. And I find it pretty easy to side with the latter group. Also, here's another Quinn gif. Been sitting on it for a while: -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
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New page, new Quinn gif. No analysis this time. Just a fun play to JWhitt. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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Oh you didn't mean to post in the quantum mechanics thread? -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
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I'm not sure if this applies to football, but in shooting "accuracy" refers to how close your shots are to your target. If you're aiming for the bullseye, how close are you getting to the bullseye? In contrast, "precision" refers to how consistently are you putting shots in the same place, i.e., how tight are your groupings? Here is a helpful chart: Please stop hooting at each other like a pack of retards squabbling about the meaning of already well-defined terms. -
I think today is actually the college football equinox. So for optimists, we're halfway there.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
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This is good analysis, very helpful. But as others have pointed out, it doesn't tell the whole story. My first thoughts are (1) who is Shough throwing to vs. who is Ewers throwing to? I assume that Texas had a significant advantage in the receiver department over Louisville. (2) Who is blocking for these guys and what does their run game look like? It's easier to complete passes when the threat of a run game is holding the defense back, or when the o-line can give the QB more time. Not sure who has the edge here overall, but I'm fairly confident that Texas has the better o-line. (3) What defenses are they going up against? Not to indulge the SEC circlejerk, but I'm pretty sure SEC defenses are going to make a QB look worse than he does against ACC defenses. I just don't think there's a meaningful system for parsing through these data points. Statistics require context, and context relies on overall picture. You can explain away bad numbers and argue why those numbers are the real story depending on whatever your bias happens to be. It's still a useful endeavor, but I just don't think there are definitive answers to be gleaned from stats and narrative alone. For my money, this is the biggest reason why Ewers dropped to the 7th round. He's not a day one QB. Arguably not even a day two QB, although I think reasonable minds can differ. This is where the data- and narrative-driven arguments come into play. Is he a third round guy, or do you wait to see if he's still available tomorrow? But even if teams are using stats and context to argue about whether Ewers is a third round guy or a fifth round guy, none of them are going to be comfortable with his injury history. He has a slight build and does not weather injuries well. To be clear, I think the kid is nails. I think it's beyond question that he is tough. He is willing to play hurt. But that doesn't mean much when playing hurt dramatically limits him and lowers the quality of his play. What good is your backup QB if he is constantly at risk of being injured? I'd rather take a guy who more limited in terms of ability but is built like a tank for my back up, because at least I know I'll have someone to put on the field. Finally - here's a couple of Quinn gifs that I think are pertinent to this issue, both from the Michigan game. I'm not the best football mind on this board, which is already a low bar, so please understand that this is just my amateur interpretation: This was our first "third and long" as we tried to get in gear. It's a pure drop back where Ewers has a clean pocket. He throws off his front foot (good), but is hopping around with those goddamn happy feet (bad). The WR (Bond) is right where he needs to be in between defenders. The throw is, frankly, not great. He throws the ball late, leads Bond by too much, and does not anticipate the safety coming over in coverage. It's fine by college standards, but this gets picked off 9/10 in the NFL. This is back from when Bond still gave a shit and he makes a great play athletically - this reception is more about Bond than it is about Ewers. Statistically, this gets logged as a intermediate / deep completion. Yay Quinn. But context shows that this was not a great throw, especially considering how clean the pocket was and how good our WR are. If I'm an NFL scout, this play makes me way more interested in the right side of our OL and our WR than it does our QB. Next - This is the TD we scored on a fast drive just before half. It's almost the polar opposite of the gif I posted above. Ewers is rolling out, several defenders coming free off the line and in pursuit. The play is fast and tight by design, with Golden being the only real target and only in the front corner of the end zone. There are defenders moving into coverage as Ewers throw the ball, just in time and in just the right spot, all while on the move. Ewers puts it where no one except Golden can catch the ball. And he does all of this while running. Golden runs a solid route, but it is nothing special. He hits his marks and catches the ball, but the play is made by Ewers. This will only get logged as a 5-yard completion, but the play itself is impressive. If I'm an NFL scout, I see this is where Ewers shines. Off platform throws, close to the line, that require perfect touch rather than power. That's a rare skill and the kind of play that draws comparisons to Mahomes (note, I'm not saying that Ewers is as good as Mahomes, just that this is a Mahomes-ian play). But Ewers can't make these kinds of plays if he's injured. On the move, throwing across his body, when timing and accuracy really matter? No, not with an injured oblique. He can't get enough zip on the ball with just his arms. So he can't do the things he does best when he's injured, and you're left with the rest of Ewers' game. And the rest of Ewers' game is limited. Not garbage and certainly not a liability, but limited. If I'm an NFL scout, the things I like best about Ewers are the things he can't do for most of the season, because he keeps getting hurt. So I won't take a risk on him when there are other options on the table. Disclaimer: I post on here for the enjoyable discussion and to learn. If you think I've missed something or disagree with my interpretation of the film, and welcome the feedback. I'm not interested in joining the ongoing flamewar, however, and will probably not respond to bad faith assholes.
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