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16 hours ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

We're only holding them to 17 if we don't turn the ball over in our half of the field. I don't trust Quinn to keep that from happening. It's crunch time and the biggest unknown on the field is our QB. Thank God we've got some good solid running backs. We might even see one break out big this weekend.

Quinn does not throw many interceptions...wtf are you on about?... Now the rb fumbles are a big problem.

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5 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

2007 here we come!

You made me look it up

Worst: 2007

Notable picks: JaMarcus Russell (No. 1), Brady Quinn (No. 22), Kevin Kolb (No. 36), John Beck (No. 40), Drew Stanton (No. 43), Trent Edwards (No. 92))

Worst: 1996

Notable picks: Tony Banks (No. 42), Bobby Hoying (No. 85), Jeff Lewis (No. 100), Danny Kanell (No. 130)

Worst: 2013

Notable picks: EJ Manuel (No. 16), Geno Smith (No. 39), Mike Glennon (No. 73), Matt Barkley (No. 98), Landry Jones (No. 115)

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A few things from Pete Thamel, the Ewers family mouthpiece. 

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"I was told it's a low-grade ankle sprain for Quinn Ewers that is going to be lingering into that Texas A&M game," Thamel said on SportsCenter. "Sources told me today that Quinn Ewers is still slated to start for the Longhorns in College Station on Saturday night. I've been told he's rehabbing feverishly. ... So the reality for Quinn Ewers is that he won't be 100 percent on Saturday, but he's working to be the best version of himself."

"He's a Texas kid and this game means a whole lot to him, and this is obviously going to be Quinn Ewers' last regular-season game in a Texas Longhorn uniform," Thamel said. "And for him, a kid from the Dallas area to do it in College Station means a lot."

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

You made me look it up

Worst: 2007

Notable picks: JaMarcus Russell (No. 1), Brady Quinn (No. 22), Kevin Kolb (No. 36), John Beck (No. 40), Drew Stanton (No. 43), Trent Edwards (No. 92))

Worst: 1996

Notable picks: Tony Banks (No. 42), Bobby Hoying (No. 85), Jeff Lewis (No. 100), Danny Kanell (No. 130)

Worst: 2013

Notable picks: EJ Manuel (No. 16), Geno Smith (No. 39), Mike Glennon (No. 73), Matt Barkley (No. 98), Landry Jones (No. 115)

Those old drafts were not as reaching for QBs as modern drafts. Contract rules definitely changed that up big time.

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5 minutes ago, immamac said:

A few things from Pete Thamel, the Ewers family mouthpiece. 

 

I really don't want to be doomer but we've definitely seen how Quinn performs when not 100% healthy and 100% clean pocket.....hearing this knowing it came from Quinn's camp via Thamel has me so fucking nervous for Saturday. The QB will have to extend plays vs the A&M pass rush .

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10 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I really don't want to be doomer but we've definitely seen how Quinn performs when not 100% healthy and 100% clean pocket.....hearing this knowing it came from Quinn's camp via Thamel has me so fucking nervous for Saturday. The QB will have to extend plays vs the A&M pass rush .

That A&M pass rush gave up 300 yards passing to Payton Thorne, and if OT rules weren’t so silly Auburn would have scored 50 points. You’re sounding like a pussy right now. 

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9 minutes ago, immamac said:

Quinn to portal or draft seems all but certain post 2024 if Thamel is saying it. 

He walked out on senior day on Saturday even though he is an RS Jr.

That was why I posted it took stones to do that and I respected the move and told the haters to fuck off.

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2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I really don't want to be doomer but we've definitely seen how Quinn performs when not 100% healthy and 100% clean pocket.....hearing this knowing it came from Quinn's camp via Thamel has me so fucking nervous for Saturday. The QB will have to extend plays vs the A&M pass rush .

Or maybe, knowing this, we establish a running game out of the gate, and the tweaked ankle leads to quieter feet, a more stable platform to throw from, resulting in improved accuracy down field and a devastating play action attack.

 

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8 minutes ago, WinningIsHard said:

That A&M pass rush gave up 300 yards passing to Payton Thorne, and if OT rules weren’t so silly Auburn would have scored 60 points. You’re sounding like a pussy right now. 

The A&M pass rush that Thorne had 11 carries for 38 yards against and escaped the pocket/rush multiple times using his legs to make completions? It's a legitimate concern to have especially seeing as Quinn could hardly fucking move in the second half of that Kentucky game.

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1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

The A&M pass rush that Thorne had 11 carries for 38 yards against and escaped the pocket/rush multiple times using his legs to make completions?

The offense has me a bit worried in this match-up. A&M is big and talented on the DL. They are very good down to down, but give up explosives. Those explosives tend to be big runs and deep shots. Texas has not done either of those well. Sark will go after their LBs in coverage. Going to be important to stay out of 3rd and long and not allow Elko to dial up blitzes.

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In the scar game they got to the qb a ton, but Sellers just shucked them off every single time. We know Quinn can’t do that, especially with a bum ankle. That does concern me. 
 

On the other hand our OL is supposed to he a strength of the team, and my understanding is their struggles earlier this year were communication, not getting beat man for man. Hopefully they can keep Quinn clean. 

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11 minutes ago, softlynow said:

Or maybe, knowing this, we establish a running game out of the gate, and the tweaked ankle leads to quieter feet, a more stable platform to throw from, resulting in improved accuracy down field and a devastating play action attack.

 

He's had established platforms to throw from and clean pockets to throw from and wide open receivers to throw to downfield but for whatever reason he likes to get his feet parallel to the LOS and throw all arm across his body. It's why his post throws always sail upfield and behind WRs.

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3 minutes ago, jet black said:

In the scar game they got to the qb a ton, but Sellers just shucked them off every single time. We know Quinn can’t do that, especially with a bum ankle. That does concern me. 
 

On the other hand our OL is supposed to he a strength of the team, and my understanding is their struggles earlier this year were communication, not getting beat man for man. Hopefully they can keep Quinn clean. 

They hammered them in the run game. Bateman can get too cute. He loves to run stunts. He even ran some 1st and 10 with Auburn backed up inside their 5. Texas needs to take advantage of that when they catch them in the wrong stunt. Would be nice to get some long runs out of the RB position in this game.

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21 minutes ago, softlynow said:

Or maybe, knowing this, we establish a running game out of the gate,

That would be leopard-changing-spots level stuff.  We are pretty clearly pass to run, not the other way around.

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Idk that Thamel piece seems to be clear. Quinn wants to start his last regular season game at Texas against TAMU. He's gonna try to go and be as good as he can. I think its only fair to let him try, but if we get another Georgia half I think he's done. Sark isn't gonna trot out a clearly injured guy it is coaching malpractice and CDC and the people that matter would definitely be in his ass about it especially if it results in an embarassing loss. That's an unacceptable outcome. 

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1 minute ago, immamac said:

Idk that Thamel piece seems to be clear. Quinn wants to start his last regular season game at Texas against TAMU. He's gonna try to go and be as good as he can. I think its only fair to let him try, but if we get another Georgia half I think he's done. Sark isn't gonna trot out a clearly injured guy it is coaching malpractice and CDC and the people that matter would definitely be in his ass about it especially if it results in an embarassing loss. That's an unacceptable outcome. 

Especially in the biggest must win game of the season. You cannot lose this game because your stubborn and don't want to hurt your QBs feelings

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4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

That would be leopard-changing-spots level stuff.  We are pretty clearly pass to run, not the other way around.

And we were 11 personnel dominant in ‘08 until the RRS where the Irby injury necessitated a change. If aggy presents a 2 high or 3 high look, we should thank them for the 5+ yards and run it again 

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3 minutes ago, softlynow said:

And we were 11 personnel dominant in ‘08 until the RRS where the Irby injury necessitated a change. If aggy presents a 2 high or 3 high look, we should thank them for the 5+ yards and run it again 

The mythical 2/3 high look that fans think is so easy to rush against!

 

Just because it's a look that usually gets rolled into a 2 or 3 doesn't mean it's a prevent play back defense.

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1 hour ago, immamac said:

Derka is banned from even viewing the site until the CCG, then after that he's banned from posting until Dec 31, after that he's on indefinite shadow banned status (hidden until approved posts). 

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21 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

They hammered them in the run game. Bateman can get too cute. He loves to run stunts. He even ran some 1st and 10 with Auburn backed up inside their 5. Texas needs to take advantage of that when they catch them in the wrong stunt. Would be nice to get some long runs out of the RB position in this game.

The right side of the O-line (Campbell+Williams) was repeatedly beaten by stunts during the Georgia game. There is some persistent miscommunication happening there that opponents with good D-lines can and will exploit.

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His ankle is not going to heal significantly between now and Saturday. If the only word out there that his sprain is mild comes from his camp, it could be that they are playing a little loose with the word "mild." For a one-off situation like this, I would think about shooting his ankle up with Naropin. It wouldn't fix anything, but it might block most of his pain enough to let him move and protect himself better. The problem is that then he might want to keep going on successive weeks, bolstered by reiterations of "the shot."

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1 minute ago, satyanash said:

The right side of the O-line (Campbell+Williams) was repeatedly beaten by stunts during the Georgia game. There is some persistent miscommunication happening there that opponents with good D-lines can and will exploit.

Pretty sure the following are true

1) Georgia's front > A&M's front

2) Schumann/Smart schemes > Bateman/Elko schemes

Not saying it won't be a problem on Saturday but hopefully won't be as much of one.

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19 minutes ago, immamac said:

Idk that Thamel piece seems to be clear. Quinn wants to start his last regular season game at Texas against TAMU. He's gonna try to go and be as good as he can. I think its only fair to let him try, but if we get another Georgia half I think he's done. Sark isn't gonna trot out a clearly injured guy it is coaching malpractice and CDC and the people that matter would definitely be in his ass about it especially if it results in an embarassing loss. That's an unacceptable outcome. 

That's a whole lot of words to say a loss to aggy is a. Unacceptable outcome...

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2 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Pretty sure the following are true

1) Georgia's front > A&M's front

2) Schumann/Smart schemes > Bateman/Elko schemes

Not saying it won't be a problem on Saturday but hopefully won't be as much of one.

Georgia has edges that nobody else has. LBs  running 4.5s. A&M is more like Michigan's front. They are talented and powerful. Texas hasnt really struggled with power rushers. A&M DL is not the sack machine the media makes them out to be (13th in the SEC). They will get some pressure though  and make Quinn navigate the pocket. Biggest advantage for the Texas offense is Helm and the RBs vs the A&M LBs.

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18 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

The mythical 2/3 high look that fans think is so easy to rush against!

 

Just because it's a look that usually gets rolled into a 2 or 3 doesn't mean it's a prevent play back defense.

Never said it was easy or prevent. We have done it though. Have we chosen to do it late? Sure. Does it mean we won't/can't do it early? If you say for certain, you're a fool.

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10 minutes ago, oldhorn2 said:

That's a whole lot of words to say a loss to aggy is a. Unacceptable outcome...

I don't think it's unacceptable to have a hard fought rivalry game just not end in your favor. Sometimes crazy shit happens in rivalry games.

It's different to not give your team the best shot because you are trotting out a clearly immobile quarterback when the other QB you have is the opposite extreme regardless of how arch throws, hes shown even in the Georgia game that he can scramble far better than even a healthy Quinn.

That's what would be unacceptable, not just to the fans, but to the organization itself. 

Obviously the gameplan for TAMU should be to blitz Quinn like crazy and collapse the pocket every play because he can't play that kind of game injured, the risk is if he can get throws off or sark schemes for that and carves them up then you get fucked like you did against scar. 

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25 minutes ago, satyanash said:

The right side of the O-line (Campbell+Williams) was repeatedly beaten by stunts during the Georgia game. There is some persistent miscommunication happening there that opponents with good D-lines can and will exploit.

We seemed to clean that up a bit after struggling against Georgia and Vanderbilt. 

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31 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

The mythical 2/3 high look that fans think is so easy to rush against!

 

Just because it's a look that usually gets rolled into a 2 or 3 doesn't mean it's a prevent play back defense.

But as much 12 as we run any two high should be advantage us.

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1 hour ago, immamac said:

Quinn to portal or draft seems all but certain post 2024 if Thamel is saying it. 

I'm not sure why anyone questioned it.  There is no way you give up 2(maybe 3?) years with Manning for 1 more year of Ewers.  especially with the portal.

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12 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

Georgia has edges that nobody else has. LBs  running 4.5s. A&M is more like Michigan's front. They are talented and powerful. Texas hasnt really struggled with power rushers. A&M DL is not the sack machine the media makes them out to be (13th in the SEC). They will get some pressure though  and make Quinn navigate the pocket. Biggest advantage for the Texas offense is Helm and the RBs vs the A&M LBs.

Quoted for truth. I am more worried about our running game vs them. If you watch them they were popping Auburn's talented back early he was just running through the contact. Hopefully we can take advantage of them off the edge because I am not sure there is much hay to be made up the middle. They win a lot of 1v1s in the run game.

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1 minute ago, Thatguy said:

Quoted for truth. I am more worried about our running game vs them. If you watch them they were popping Auburn's talented back early he was just running through the contact. Hopefully we can take advantage of them off the edge because I am not sure there is much hay to be made up the middle. They win a lot of 1v1s in the run game.

Same with the SoCar game. Lot of pressure on the OL in this game, because they do not have  a QB or RB that can mask their mistakes. This is the worry. Texas struggles on 1st down allowing Bateman and Elko to dial up their excotic blitzes.

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56 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

That would be leopard-changing-spots level stuff.  We are pretty clearly pass to run, not the other way around.

We didn’t seem to have much trouble running on Kentucky. First time all season I saw us get 7-9 yards pretty consistently when they were dropping safeties 

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1 minute ago, Pig Bellmont said:

We didn’t seem to have much trouble running on Kentucky. First time all season I saw us get 7-9 yards pretty consistently when they were dropping safeties 

Texas was getting 7-9 yards when they were not dropping safeties. Just look at the 4Q.. Not sure that will translate perfectly, A&M at home playing for an SEC Champ birth will have them little more motivated than Kentucky

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13 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

Same with the SoCar game. Lot of pressure on the OL in this game, because they do not have  a QB or RB that can mask their mistakes. This is the worry. Texas struggles on 1st down allowing Bateman and Elko to dial up their excotic blitzes.

One thing that could help Quinn is even when we don't have a successful 2nd down get back up to the line and get set. Don't allow A&M to sub in a rush package. Their early down packages are pretty shitty at getting after the QB. Also if they do sub in their rush package and we get a 1st don't allow them to sub OUT and run on them.

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7 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

Texas was getting 7-9 yards when they were not dropping safeties. Just look at the 4Q.. Not sure that will translate perfectly, A&M at home playing for an SEC Champ birth will have them little more motivated than Kentucky

I think our offensive game plan is going to look a lot like the Michigan game. Run them side to side to wear them out. And, if Bond is healthy, I have confidence we can consistently beat man coverage in the passing game so long as we pick up the blitzes. 

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Just now, Dahobbs said:

I think our offensive game plan is going to look a lot like the Michigan game. Run them side to side to wear them out. And, if Bond is healthy, I have confidence we can consistently beat man coverage in the passing game so long as we pick up the blitzes. 

The only thing about that plan is A&M has a lot more quality depth on their DL across the board. Where as MIchigan had Grant/Graham pretty much. 

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If Quinn's ankle is truly a concern, then the assumption is Sark will get Arch good reps this week and prepare a gameplan for him. We'll be fine. 
 

Either Ewers starts and finishes the game playing well, or we have a fucking ringer with Manning whose strengths create a serious issue for the Aggie defense. 

 

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12 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

The only thing about that plan is A&M has a lot more quality depth on their DL across the board. Where as MIchigan had Grant/Graham pretty much. 

This isn't true at all. Michigan has pretty good edge players as well.

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On 11/26/2024 at 8:46 AM, Braff Zacklin said:

I don't think anybody here hates Quinn. Well, maybe that one guy that wished injury on him but he got some time off to think about it.

It's your site, you can run it how you please, but restricting which specific criticisms of a player who is obviously struggling and has been struggling for months (i.e., we can now only complain about his deep throws but apparently can't point out flaws in his footwork, mechanics or fear of contact) simply because you agree with the first and disagree with the latter definitely crosses into Agnor territory.

Big difference between actual intelligent analysis, both good and bad, and some loser, anonymous dudes hiding behind a keyboard and calling our starting QB who is leading our team to two outstanding seasons a 'pussy.' I really hope for those poster's sake (and the people in their lives, if there are any) that they are 13 years old. 

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