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8 minutes ago, Hornsome said:

I don’t really care how he acts after the game. But since you asked, this is what I would like to see.  Someone who is angry and left it all on the field. 

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

See Taafe’s reaction going up the tunnel after game. That’s the bad ass motherfucker who hates to lose that I want quarterbacking this team.

If Ewers had this reaction after the strip sack you'd be going in on him for being an unhinged pussy and we'd probably have been flagged for delay of game to boot.

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I guess for me what it comes down to is I won’t denigrate a dude who came here after we wandered the desert for over a decade (and went 5-7 in Sark’s first year). A dude who came here and won huge games (you are being intellectually dishonest if you can’t recognize what a turning point 2023 Bama was for this program), who by all accounts loved this school, and his teammates. A dude who took us to back to back CFP Semis.


Why do people keep suggesting that Quinn returned our program to relevance? He was an adequate QB that mostly allowed us to win the games we should’ve won with the overwhelming talent advantage we had all around him. A few times he came very close to destroying the upward trajectory of our program (see: aggy game). He played well against Bama and Michigan but he played average or below average in many other games.

Maybe we should start thanking Bert Auburn for back-to-back playoff appearances. Texas is better after Bert helped return us to prominence.
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Just now, Hank_Hill said:

Arch is going to be a step back next year and not sure some of y’all are ready for that. 2026 should be sweet. 

It's going to be interesting. I think the offense will be more feast for famine. Certainly the vertical passing game won't make me clench up for an INT like it did this year, but the RPO and screen game is going to be clunkier. I tend to agree that 2026 might be the year.

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1 minute ago, Surly Bevo said:

Ferris Buellers Day Off GIF

Less than 3 hours ago we were 2 yards from a tie game. Winning it gets us in the National Championship game.

This is FAR from over, worse than that reality. 

It's the off season. 

Buckle up!

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1 minute ago, gmr548 said:

It's going to be interesting. I think the offense will be more feast for famine. Certainly the vertical passing game won't make me clench up for an INT like it did this year, but the RPO and screen game is going to be clunkier. I tend to agree that 2026 might be the year.

Screen game opens more because defenses will actually have to respect us deep 

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1 minute ago, BurntOrange&White said:

lol he becomes first horn to throw for 4k

That’d be sick. Hope y’all are as level headed as you’ve been here when that doesn’t happen. 

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9 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Arch is going to be a step back next year and not sure some of y’all are ready for that. 2026 should be sweet. 

Again- what is it that Ewers does so much better than Manning that’s going to have us taking a step backwards? Anyone can throw check downs to a wide open back behind the line of scrimmage. With Arch I at least expect the middle of the field to open up and complete more than one deep ball every 4 games. Ewers was holding the offense back many times this year. The interception in the 4th qtr against ASU was a freshman mistake. We won’t be any worse off next year with Manning’s inexperience because Ewers routinely makes the same mistakes.

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4 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Screen game opens more because defenses will actually have to respect us deep 

And they have to respect a QB that can run. 

A good deep ball and good mobility in an RPO make it hum.

Which begs the question, why was Sark playing a limited mobility QB who's long ball is questionable?

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1 minute ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

Again- what is it that Ewers does so much better than Manning that’s going to have us taking a step backwards? Anyone can throw check downs to a wide open back behind the line of scrimmage. With Arch I at least expect the middle of the field to open up and complete more than one deep ball every 4 games. Ewers was holding the offense back many times this year. The interception in the 4th qtr against ASU was a freshman mistake. We won’t be any worse off next year with Manning’s inexperience be s as use Ewers routinely made the same mistakes.

You mean like stepping INTO a collapsing pocket multiple times in multiple CFP games?

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19 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Arch is going to be a step back next year and not sure some of y’all are ready for that. 2026 should be sweet. 

I disagree. Just on ability and mobility alone he should be able to consistently do more of what Sark wants by next season. I think it'll be a slower start, really wish we didn't schedule that stupid OSU game, but I think by November Arch will be way ahead of where Quinn is. 

If Taafe and Trey Moore come back, we have some guys step up in the secondary, and of course round out successfully in the portal, this defense should be borderline elite again next season. They were absolutely elite this season. 

Having a QB that not only knows the offense, but has the ability to get the ball where it needs to be consistently, will take this team over the top. That, along with weak interior run blocking, was what kept this offense from being great. Fix those 2 issues and this thing can go to another level. 

I've been critical of Ewers because I felt strongly that his weaknesses and flaws were not only unacceptable for a former 5 star 4th year QB with this quality of weapons around him, but would ultimately get us beaten by championship level teams. It happened twice against Georgia and in this semi final. The defense did their job. Ewers and the offense couldn't do theirs. 

Oh well, it's been a successful rebuild to this point and the team should improve in necessary areas. This was just the start, and now it's time to level up. Let's look forward to better offense and close the book on the Ewers era. He was good enough to drive the bus of a very talented team to 2 playoff appearances, but not good enough to beat the top teams when it mattered.  This is the last time I'll mention him in a post. Let's move on. 

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25 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

And they have to respect a QB that can run. 

A good deep ball and good mobility in an RPO make it hum.

Which begs the question, why was Sark playing a limited mobility QB who's long ball is questionable?

He thinks Quinn Ewers gives Texas a better chance to win. It's as simple as that.

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2 hours ago, naija said:

There is a very good chance Quinn has a better year next year if he remains in college and plays at a different school. Sark didn't do him a lot of favors this year

I keep reading this and all I can think about is mac jones running sark's offense at least twice as efficiently as quinn ever did.  I think quinn is just limited in games for a variety of reasons.  he can fucking sling it at camps though.

 

2 hours ago, Thatguy said:

If we were building this offense for Quinn it would be a wide open, sideline to sideline spread. 

You cannot believe that right?

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5 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

He thinks Quinn Ewers gives Texas a better chance to win. It's as simple as that.

Did he know surly posters thought otherwise though?

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13 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Honestly this is more of a sark loss than a Quinn loss 

Quinn made some mistakes, just like ASU, and just like ASU this loss is a LOT more on Sark than Quinn.

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8 minutes ago, futureman said:

I keep reading this and all I can think about is mac jones running sark's offense at least twice as efficiently as quinn ever did.  I think quinn is just limited in games for a variety of reasons.  he can fucking sling it at camps though.

Amazing

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12 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

He thinks Quinn Ewers gives Texas a better chance to win. It's as simple as that.

I think Sark just thought Ewers had a high enough floor to win with a dominant defense. 

Honestly, it came pretty damn close. 1 or 2 plays away from a national title game in which we would have been favored. I think Sark gets too much criticism for this even though I would have probably gone to Manning. 

It was still a tough decision. An experienced QB that can still do some things in the short/intermediate passing game with a dominant D is still a recipe for success. 

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Just now, Hank_Hill said:

Amazing

did you see bama running sark's offense vs ohio state in the national championship?  mac jones put up numbers that quinn has never approached and then got drafted in the 1st round.  three times as efficiently would be more accurate.

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Just now, futureman said:

did you see bama running sark's offense vs ohio state in the national championship?  mac jones put up numbers that quinn has never approached and then got drafted in the 1st round.  three times as efficiently would be more accurate.

That's the issue. 

You put Mac Jones or Tua in our offense and we win a title easily IMO. That's who we thought Ewers was. 

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Well, this thread has been interesting.

Will be interesting to see what Quinn's future holds.

Despite what many here may think, I am grateful he came, and I'll think on him fondly while wishing him success.

He's moving on and so am I.

See you fools in the Arch thread next year.

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29 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Honestly this is more of a sark loss than a Quinn loss 

The problem is Quinn's just not a guy who's good enough to overcome that. VY won a ship under Mack with Greg Davis calling plays

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2 minutes ago, futureman said:

did you see bama running sark's offense vs ohio state in the national championship?  mac jones put up numbers that quinn has never approached and then got drafted in the 1st round.  three times as efficiently would be more accurate.

Exactly. 300% efficiency is amazing. 3 other top 25 overall picks at the skill positions had to have been at least like 5% of that though. If we’re being generous.

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5 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

That's who we thought Ewers was. 

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1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

300% efficiency is amazing.

low-end.

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1 hour ago, wild_turkey said:

 


Why do people keep suggesting that Quinn returned our program to relevance? He was an adequate QB that mostly allowed us to win the games we should’ve won with the overwhelming talent advantage we had all around him. A few times he came very close to destroying the upward trajectory of our program (see: aggy game). He played well against Bama and Michigan but he played average or below average in many other games.

Maybe we should start thanking Bert Auburn for back-to-back playoff appearances. Texas is better after Bert helped return us to prominence.

 

QB is pretty important I hear. 

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Just now, Hank_Hill said:

Exactly. 300% efficiency is amazing. 3 other top 25 overall picks at the skill positions had to have been at least like 5% of that though. If we’re being generous.

You aren't wrong but we have legit talent at the skill positions.

Not that Bama level talent but Bond, Golden, and Helm are going to be high picks. Wingo will probably also develop into a high draft pick with his athletic profile. This team was far from void of talent at the skill positions although we did have some bad injury luck. 

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6 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

You aren't wrong but we have legit talent at the skill positions.

Not that Bama level talent but Bond, Golden, and Helm are going to be high picks. Wingo will probably also develop into a high draft pick with his athletic profile. This team was far from void of talent at the skill positions although we did have some bad injury luck. 

if you put mac jones and quinn in a camp everyone there will choose quinn.  put them both in a game and everyone will choose mac jones.  quinn has a bad habit of underperforming when it matters and for some reason it makes people uncomfortable to say it out loud.

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We all seen this outcome coming mid-season.  This was a great team. It’s a shame. Quinn’s a proud Longhorn, so he’ll always be good in my book. Man did he squander some elite units though, these were real championship windows. We beat Michigan in ‘23. We suffocate a limping Notre Dame team in the National Title. We didn’t even need great, just a little consistency and some semblance of creativity. If you couldn’t manage that, at least have some energy on the sideline. All those punts tonight, and no one on offense looked pissed off.

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38 minutes ago, cashman said:

The problem is Quinn's just not a guy who's good enough to overcome that. VY won a ship under Mack with Greg Davis calling plays

Question is does arch save sark or does sark and this crew scapegoat arch

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2 hours ago, 936horn said:

I’ll add one last post before this thread is hopefully mercy locked. 
 

I am surprised at the amount of vitriol from several folks on this thread (and pretty consistently at that). Were there inconsistencies in Quinn’s game? Yeah definitely. Did he play well enough tonight for us to win? Also yes. Will Arch be a better QB? Yeah probably but that’s not a guarantee. 
 

I guess for me what it comes down to is I won’t denigrate a dude who came here after we wandered the desert for over a decade (and went 5-7 in Sark’s first year). A dude who came here and won huge games (you are being intellectually dishonest if you can’t recognize what a turning point 2023 Bama was for this program), who by all accounts loved this school, and his teammates. A dude who took us to back to back CFP Semis.

 

I will always be grateful to Quinn for helping return our program to where we belong amongst the CFB elites. Nothing can take away what Quinn did here and how he helped this program return to the national stage after so many wayward years. 
 

Thanks for everything #3

Posting pff rankings and mentioning that we underperformed offensively at times is vitriol?  Ok back to talking shit about allard and gabriel.   Btw you guys make fun or rourke from IU?  He also beat the crap out of michigan

 

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39 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

You aren't wrong but we have legit talent at the skill positions.

Not that Bama level talent but Bond, Golden, and Helm are going to be high picks. Wingo will probably also develop into a high draft pick with his athletic profile. This team was far from void of talent at the skill positions although we did have some bad injury luck. 

Bond has been a ghost (understandably)  and we have nothing close to Najee in the RB room. We had one NFL level skill player for most of the night tonight. OSU had 4-5.  Anyway, just providing context to the Mac Jones comparison that I didn’t make. Quinns night was average, there were bigger issues. Hope Archs legs and the rare deep ball fix those issues next year, I’m not seeing it. See y’all in the Arch thread. 

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7 hours ago, TexMexBuddha said:
7 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:
The entire season in one play.  Well done Sark.  Glad u stuck with this pussy at QB all year.

That was not on Quinn. Sark had 4 plays to get 1 yard.

Lmao

It’s on Sark for sure, always stuck with a statue instead of getting the QB that can take is all the way ready. 

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7 hours ago, Thatguy said:

This post is flat out retarded. Take Ewers out of this and look at the situation. We had the ball at the 1. Run the damn ball down hill. If you guys think things would've been different with a different quarterback then you aren't watching closely. Sark makes dumb ass playcalls and asks his quarterback to bail him out when he gets in trouble. That is not a recipe for success, and if things do not change we will find ourselves in the same situations next year with Arch.


What happened to the Quinn making audibles? 

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6 hours ago, gmr548 said:

The fuck else is he supposed to do? Cry and have a meltdown like you are on the field? Have you ever played a sport?

Yeah, when young players in their early 20's have a reasonable perspective on a FOOTBALL game vs real life and some fan is emotionally crushed by this loss beyond 5 minutes after the game, then either evaluate your priorities or bet and drink less. 

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If you could envision a game that summed up Quinn’s entire UT career, last night would be it. Looking solely at his stat line one could think that he played well enough to win. Decent completion percentage. A few tds. But of course, Quinn showed us yet again exactly who he is and why he was never able to lead us to a title despite having arguably the most talented roster in 15 years. 

Running into multiple sacks, panicking under pressure, lofting throws instead of throwing them on a line once again proved to be fatal in a big time game. His best throw of the night came on the first drive on the one handed catch by Golden. Other than that, Quinn was Quinn and it wasn’t good enough against top flight competition. 

Yes, Sark deserves a huge amount of blame for last night and Bond’s crucial drop stalled out a promising drive near midfield, but at the end of the day if your QB cannot consistently execute in crucial moments you aren’t winning a title.  

I’m glad Quinn was able to help bring the program back to prominence and championship contention, but I’m excited to turn the page and move on.

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5 hours ago, CastHorn said:

We all seen this outcome coming mid-season. 

Exactly. I can't feel any level of meltdown because Sark told us this is what it was months ago.

We were going with the steady veteran hand until the bitter end.

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6 hours ago, futureman said:

did you see bama running sark's offense vs ohio state in the national championship?  mac jones put up numbers that quinn has never approached and then got drafted in the 1st round.  three times as efficiently would be more accurate.

Has nothing to do with the 5 nfl linemen he was playing behind. Or the 2 starting nfl running backs he handed off. Also, no way he had 2 starting nfl receivers to throw to.

the Mac jones comments are brain dead.

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Never quite became what we expected him to be. Still had a really good career though we were left wanting something more from him. He will struggle heavily in the NFL. I appreciate him being a part of building this team back to where it belongs 

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7 minutes ago, bigcigar said:

Has nothing to do with the 5 nfl linemen he was playing behind. Or the 2 starting nfl running backs he handed off. Also, no way he had 2 starting nfl receivers to throw to.

the Mac jones comments are brain dead.

The 2020 Alabama oline had one guy on it that has produced in the NFL, Landon Dickerson. Leatherwood was a historic bust and the others are all practice squad players at best. It wasn't some overbearing level of talent like yall think.

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Here is what's going to happen. QE is going to go to the league and play well. Next year you guys will finally see what's going on.

I like you as a poster. Your defending of Quinn is weird with no background of where it comes from to me. But you are gonna catch a lot of flack if Quinn continues the play he shown this season anywhere else and Arch doesn’t absolutely shit the bed.
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6 hours ago, cashman said:

The problem is Quinn's just not a guy who's good enough to overcome that. VY won a ship under Mack with Greg Davis calling plays

You know what’s amazing is all of the qbs that have been dogged in this thread have similar stats to Quinn but Quinn played with lesser talent than them so he’s #1

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You can disagree with me but sark has said it - pro style pocket passer thinks designed runs are too risky. He’s done it with arch some so maybe he will come around but he’s been adamant about what he wants in a qb and it’s not designed runs or the zone read. 

Again, you don’t have to call a bunch of designed runs for them. But they need to be able to escape pressure to get rid of the ball or scramble and pick up a few yards consistently. Arch isnt just gonna sit in the pocket next season and not run
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Just now, Jkwellborn said:


Again, you don’t have to call a bunch of designed runs for them. But they need to be able to escape pressure to get rid of the ball or scramble and pick up a few yards consistently. Arch isnt just gonna sit in the pocket next season and not run

 I would be fine with Arch sitting in the pocket next season versus panicking, ducking your head and moving to where the defensive lineman are and sacking yourself or fumbling.  Ewers didn't need to be a scrambler.  Shit, Dan Marino and Tom Brady couldn't run but they could move around within a pocket and throw the ball.   Ewers looked scared out there for much of the time.  Appreciate him being a Longhorn but totally glad he is gone.   Looking forward to a QB that isn't afraid of his own shadow. 

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