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  1. I’d rather it not. CFB is about tradition and the bowls are a huge part of it. The quarters are the most appealing to me for that reason btw everyone or a anyone who knows - how does the early season option work? You buy and you can sell it later? Not out the ticket price until teams are set? So you could make a few bucks?
  2. He came out in the third doing that, but two fumbles kinda fucked things up. Playing behind with new clock rules turned the fourth quarter into a pass mostly situation.
  3. You are correct I just think in hindsight that was quite unlikely to happen despite a solid effort and game by our defense. But the red zone offense and disappearing act while often occurring was more likely solvable against them and we didn’t do it. So you’re right but I think the offense was an easier problem to solve.
  4. still not why we lost. we lost because of the third quarter offense and red zone offense in the 4th. that's it -- and the oddly comforting part is that's already identified and can be worked on the next 9 months. 2024 Texas fills a few holes from departures and fixes only those two issues, Texas is the hands down favorite to win it all next year.
  5. 4 rounds, only 1st round is a home game. the other 3 rounds (quarters, semis, finals) are bowls or neutral site. final is never a bowl game, the quarters and semis are the traditional big bowls (Peach, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta, Sugar and Rose).
  6. I was shocked we were in the game with no sacks. I do think it proves that if you can stop the run, you have a chance against anyone. at least 5 - at least 3 where we got an arm on him or had a chance to tackle and missed. at least two where he was hurried to throw. pressure was actually good to really good. his ability to evade the rush was out of this freaking world. I think the number one way we all knew Texas could lose is falling asleep in the 3rd quarter and red zone offense. Both happened. 3rd quarter was two fumbles. Red zone offense in the 4th quarter. Everyone wants to "boil it down" it was the third quarter disappearing act and red zone offense. Of course better Edge play woulda been nice for a few sacks, but that was not what we needed most. If I'm going to get frustrated and upset this would be why, we didn't play our best and had we, it's like the 10+ game at Alabama. Hell, we dominated the 4th in this one too, just couldn't close it out. A lot of that credit goes to WA - the blocked passes (great prep), moving Trice away from Banks (massive impact), front seven confusion for Ewers, I'm sure more. The refs didn't give the game to WA but they for sure cut into our focus, execution and confidence. This is truth, I said +1 in TOs and 4-5 stops. I think Texas D was "torched" but still did what the formula required to win. We lost how we know we can - disappearing in the 3rd and redzone offense. FUCK. WA is a super legit team. Coach is upper echelon. Penix is one of the best QBs college football has ever seen. We thought our Edge players would do better (no holdings calls in the Big 12 is a thing), and I honestly thought Burke and Anthony Hill might push Penix into the interior DL but when that happened Penix either threw the ball or slipped away and more importantly away from the bigs. He's brillant. moving Trice to the other side was brillant, maybe the single best move by DoBoer. I was itching to see Banks and Trice go at it, I honestly thought Banks would win most. Never had the chance. I don't even think Texas was prepared for the possibility. We got a hand on him twice. maybe one hit but I think none. Texas pass D was pretty good. even tipped the ball ... for a WA TD. contested catches and perfectly thrown balls make for a terrible night. Another thing our D did well was stop 1st down. damn though Penix would get it all back on 2nd down.
  7. WA official roster already has 2024 (next year) listed which I find odd, hence the confusion. two OLs are 6th year seniors. the TE that caught a few as well. a couple others.
  8. I actually think the next 5-7 years we will have a better chance than this year. WA is stacked with too many sixth year senior guys at key positions. 2 on the OL, Trice at EDGE, and Penix at QB. Odunze is a 5th year senior too. jesus.
  9. outside of a few anomalies like Nick Saban (even he doesn't win them all), teams have to mill around the championship environment to win it all. The greatest coach to ever walk the 40 and arguably the greatest college coach of all time didn't win every time (Augie Garrido). Now baseball is even more prone to happenstance than football but all sports have that 'luck' element. DeBoer may be the next Saban (if he is I'd be shocked to see him stay in WA) but even still, this was a great out come for Texas after 15 years in the desert. The 2023 team was young, even too young in critical spots and WA was one of the most experienced and older teams you will ever see in CFB. But keep building the roster and program and Texas will be hanging around the trophy a lot in the coming 10 years and I'd be shocked if we don't hoist 1-2 of them in that time frame.
  10. the other thing to see is two downfield blockers for Blue if he makes one guy miss. all the talk about a terrible play or check down are not understanding the nuance there. That's actually set up nicely for a possible TD run. It's also consistent with Texas passing game - short passes, YAC. Get the ball to the sideline and either fall out as your tackled or juke the guy to the boundary and turn up for TD. I'm sure that's happened hundreds of times in CFB, it's happened plenty for Texas. and I still think #5 is too close to the passing lane to throw to JW in the first frame.
  11. I thought Trice normally lined up opposite the left tackle, he was lined up on the right side all night.
  12. Next year (2025) is in Atlanta, not the easiest drive but completely doable. AZ is doable too. Miami, LA, not at all. I'd have a gaggle of kids and kin folk so except for the Rose Bowl (2026 is Hard Rock in Miami which we would skip), we are driving. even if it's like this: but to your point, quarters and semis are the bowls - Peach, Orange, Fiesta, Cotton, Rose and Sugar, national championship is elsewhere but neutral. That's an expensive habit to do three straight. I bet there will be some empties in the quarter finals. Rose Bowl Jan 1 for the quarter finals would be sublime across the board - right day, likelihood of winning, Rose Bowl, depressed prices.
  13. it's hard to argue against ensuring the mathematical possibility of winning remains after that drive but if we score there, to your point. man. again, this game was a game of inches. truly. that's what makes it heart breaking, then I realize many of these guys will or already are making millions and I think, fuck it, they'll be fine.
  14. The the point about multilateralism vs china - the UK, Australia, US military spend deal a few months back was damn impressive IMO.
  15. except for Texas v USC I've never seen tickets do anything other thank spike at or shortly after announcement and drop all the way to game time. I could see the next Texas championship game going the same way though.
  16. my ex and I went to the Mich and USC rose bowls, best college football experience of a lifetime. New Year's Eve in LA/Santa Monica (early dinner), Jan 1 early in Pasadena for the parade, then move over to the game. Day after go see the floats on display up close. Unbelievable. My mom needs to see it. She's an old lady and has said many times "I don't do drugs or alcohol, I'm too old for sex, but I do do Texas football." Getting her to the Rose Bowl with Texas there is a must. She may already be too old but if she gets a disabled parking pass I bet she can do it.
  17. I think he's a piece of shit, belongs in jail, single handedly dog whistled people to come out and hate my people and my brothers and sisters we are marginalized for other reasons (all th isms and phobias), and threatened our way of life as a free people, so my disdain for him could not be stronger. but a blind squirrel can find an acorn and a stopped clock is right twice a day. so that's it. fact remains, he was the first president to deviate from the make China our friend and they will see the light foreign policy that probably dates back to Nixon's visit. a fundamentally disastrous policy in hindsight.
  18. not a great look for me but I'm going to give credit to both Trump and Biden for waking up and treating the Chinese as the existential threat they are. It's probably the only compliment I can think of that Trump deserves, but he started it. okay now I need to go wash my mouth out with soap.
  19. I’m also wondering what kind of options there are on future Rose Bowl tickets? I need to take my mom before she gets too old (she’s 76 but still very active).
  20. I’m done too, woke up feeling “hashtag blessed” Covid QBs are done and our QB will be one of the tops in the country next year. This game hinges on the best QB play most games. I like where we are headed in 2024 through at least 2026 at the QB spot. Best time to be a horn since 2004-2009.
  21. I always wanted to try that brand of scotch.
  22. With a minute I would have loved a designed QB run for 6-7. A roll out could run 8-9 seconds and would be good with time too.
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