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  1. our team next year will be inferior to the previous two teams, but the qb play will be markedly, astoundingly better. thankfully we have another easy schedule, so we should still win a lot of games and should hopefully make the playoffs. regardless, the level of qb play will be night and day.
  2. number of times i’ve seen “quinn led texas to back to back playoffs” or “quinn turned around the program and brought us back to the top”, either here, twitter, reddit, whatever: incalculable number of times i’ve seen any other individual player, unit, or coach given that same praise: 0 which is crazy, considering that if any one person brought us back it was sark, and that QE is actually the least deserving member of the program to be singled out for such praise. beyond that, when jahdae barron, kelvin banks, and matthew golden declared for the draft there was minimal feed back or attention given to it from Longhorn Nation. and yet when quinn, the guy who showed up to campus unkempt and overweight, who had to transform himself over the folllowing summer to get in shape, only to still end up as our team’s weak link, declared for the draft, all of those same social media sites, including this one, experienced an outright deluge of, “thank you quinn- seriously, from the bottom of my heart- thank you, for everything. i’ll never forget you and what you did for this program. Longhorn Legend. 🙏🏼”. that’s that cult like worship shit i’ve been talking about. a bunch of grown men going online and effusively praising our borderline worst player like he’s some religious leader who saved them from eternal damnation, when in reality he was the no.1 reason that his absolutely loaded teams didn’t even make it to the title game, forget winning it once or twice. i seriously, seriously doubt i will ever see such fawning and heartfelt praise for a more milquetoast, mediocre player in my entire life. the praise this guy has been given has been beyond undeserved- it’s been downright creepy.
  3. we’re talking about *the main* reason texas didn’t reach its potential, so yeah, it comes down to one person/unit. quinn ewers underperformed and failed to pull his weight more than any other player or unit, period.
  4. ahh yes, the miss state game, the one where arch got to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was bigger, faster, stronger, more accurate, smarter, more mobile, stronger arm, better when the play breaks down, etc, than quinn ewers. also, total td throws, along with every other stat i’ve seen that’s supposedly in quinn’s favor (like his career passing yards, or the fact that he was 2nd team all sec or whatever) are all old school, antiquated, outdated stats and accolades that aren’t nearly as relevant in 2025 as they were 20+ years ago. we have advanced analytics now, which is why we can look back and say, “yeah, derek jeter won five gold gloves, but he objectively was not a good defensive ss.” that’s what we have here. on the surface you can say, “he was second in td passes and selected to the all-sec team!” and make it seem like he was good, but the moment you look a little closer it becomes obvious that that’s not the case. being second in the league in td passes is ostensibly nice, but a)17 is actually a pretty goddamn pedestrian number considering the talent around him + our easy schedule, and b)you don’t have to look very deep into the advanced analytics- the exact data that nfl teams use to scout and draft players- to see that quinn was a bottom-tier sec qb, and nowhere near even the middle of the pack nationally. what’s crazy is that all of this aligns with the eyeball test, and yet here we are, still debating his supposed greatness.
  5. that’s true, however our team results have been *much* better with kai starting at striker this yea as opposed to when he doesn’t play. his iq and versatility help those around him have an easier time.
  6. then you need to see a doctor about your memory loss. i have absolutely no idea what any of this means.
  7. you are by far the most hostile and combative poster in this thread, and yet all you do is whine about other people. aren’t you like 60? go for a walk or something, jesus.
  8. hard to establish the run game when nobody on the defense is worried about the qb who can’t move the chains with his arm, can’t scramble, and self sacks more than almost any other qb in football. that tends to make things tougher on your patchwork rb room that was actually performing admirably all things considered.
  9. kai has been awesome, jorginho has been a great backup, and raheem sterling…well, he’s our worst signing since willian. just unplayable. impossibly useless out there.
  10. oh my god, give it a rest with the secondhand victim complex for quinn. on two different teams full of college stars, all americans, national awards winners, and nfl draft picks, quinn ewers was one of our poorest, least dependable players. that’s reality. of everyone on the entire roster, we needed QE- more than anyone else- to play well in order for us to reach our potential, and week after week, season after season, pretty much everyone else on the field in burnt orange was a better, more dependable player than he was. that’s simple fact. despite this, you want to run in here and repeatedly claim that it was quinn who personally led us to the playoffs, and that it was quinn who personally turned this program around, and then when people have the audacity to point out that that’s simply not true you cry about people “trashing” our millionaire, video game cover boy qb, even though he is without a doubt the no.1 reason we never reached our potential. valid criticism comes with the territory; your inability to handle it is your own problem.
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  12. my god you are so emotional over all of this. every single post is so blubbery and dramatic. take a xanax or four. if this is how you handle people making fair criticisms of some teenage millionaire who had a mediocre college career then i don’t even want to know how you react when actual adversity comes your way. also, when did arch come into this conversation? who said anything about arch?
  13. you keep making arguments like this, i.e. tangential red herring arguments that don’t even mention QE, instead of just making your case for QE based on his own merits body of work. that’s very telling.
  14. y’all are acting like this is matt leinart saying, “the best team didn’t win.” that’s not what he said. what’s he said was, “i don’t think there’s been a better team in this tournament, but their goalkeeper stymied us.” as an arsenal fan, no, i am not tired of arteta saying positive stuff like this after tough losses. he’s also not wrong that donnarumma was the difference. the xG today was something like 3.5 - 1.8 in favor of arsenal, but alas donnarumma is a freak of nature and he kept those shots out. there’s nothing confusing or particularly controversial about what he said or why he said it. he’s supporting his team, and taking the focus off of them at the same time. it’s really not a big deal.
  15. mikal bridges 2, boston offense 0
  16. lmao woooooow. these playoffs are wild.
  17. also i’m glad you brought that up, because one of the funniest things about you QE zealots is that over the last two years you’ve gone from, “he’s a future heisman winner and no.1 overall pick” to now, after he nearly went undrafted, simply trying to argue that he wasn’t the main guy holding his teams back. and yet, at no point between “goat him” and “but bert auburn missed some kicks too!” have you guys said, “yeah i was wrong about QE.” that’s some mighty fine goal posts moving if i do say so myself.
  18. is that a fact? how is pointing out the special treatment that QE got from fans, or reiterating that position players are fair game for criticism and insults while the qb is off limits “moving the goal posts”?
  19. who here has a vendetta against QE? who here has said they are rooting against him? where are you getting this from? people are literally just talking about his performance and limitations as a qb, yet so many of you make it out to be like people are wishing death upon the guy. you bombasticize the most objective and factual criticisms of him and then you get yourself all huffy and puffy over your own made up, totally skewed version of events. that’s what’s insane.
  20. this is the farthest we’ve been in the CL in my time as a fan, and we did so with the worst injury crisis we’ve had in that same time frame. i’m proud of the team and the club overall. mikel has told us to “get excited” for the summer transfer window, and for me his word is gold. PSG was the better team this year, but not by a lot. we’re here and we’re here to stay. this is the easiest CL elimination i’ve ever had to swallow. the future is bright. COYG. 🔴⚪️
  21. he did everything he could, that ball was flying in there and the bounce was just too high for it to be put in. saka’s touch was as deft as it could have been.
  22. gonna highlight this one too for all the people who’ve cussed me out the last two days for suggesting that quinn wasn’t awesome at Texas.
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