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1 hour ago, Superhero said:

Sad that I wasn't paying much attention to Texas football during that time. Would have liked to see more of Sam in action. The greatest hits on YouTube are pretty fantastic of him as a player and Longhorn.

How did he drop to the 6th round in the draft?

Not a great arm

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10 hours ago, NameAlreadyInUse said:

Way back in the day, this would've been when the AAS was still running a message board, I did some work on a fan site and what I did was tape all the games, then used a video capture thingy connected to my vcr and my computer to put shitty little clips up of game highlights.  There was one game that was super shitty and we lost, and I updated that I wasn't planning to make videos for that game unless I got a bunch of requests from the readers.  I only got 1 request, but it was from Ricky Williams, or at least someone who had access to his utexas email address.  Even back then, the players were looking at this stuff.

Since you brought up Ricky and were talking about people reading forums.

I had some personal interactions with Ricky while he was at Texas and after. I don't remember the forum name anymore, but I wrote a post thanking Ricky, referring to how we met, how genuinely cool and kind I thought he was and what an amazing player. It was a bit long cat... but you get the point.

I got a pretty long DM of thanks and gratitude, not from Ricky, but from his Mom. 

So, they do read stuff, so do their parents, the talking heads and the people who produce content I known is read by Surly.

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Nice to see his stock rising. Have to imagine workouts and interviews will help. It's revealing that Dart was such a riser after the Senior Bowl: this is a thin class and teams are desperate.

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1 hour ago, Derka said:

apparently quinn is ready to start in the nfl:

 

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It's not surprising.  He essentially made a promotion to the toughest league in college football and his numbers plateaued.  He turned it over more this year, but he did face much better defenses.  I think the biggest issues were the deep balls to Wingo this year.  It's certainly possible that he never was on the same page with the 2 freshmen who I expect to make huge leaps next year with Arch.  We know that Quinn can read defenses.  We know that he can throw with anticipation.  None of that is surprising.  People just expected Quinn to be great and he was just very good instead.  That's disappointing when expectations are at the top.

We also don't know the extent of his oblique injury.  It was not ideal to come back against a great defense in Oklahoma with another great defense in Georgia right behind it to shake off the rust and get acclimated to game speed again.

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1 hour ago, 6th Street said:

Quinn behind that Jets O-line. Damn

Yikes. I Quinn practices releasing the ball faster - like Marino fast.

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On 1/16/2025 at 10:59 PM, BurntEyes said:

I got a pretty long DM of thanks and gratitude, not from Ricky, but from his Mom.

lol that was from me, dude.  I was trolling you. 

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9 hours ago, tvko23 said:

Nice to see his stock rising. Have to imagine workouts and interviews will help. It's revealing that Dart was such a riser after the Senior Bowl: this is a thin class and teams are desperate.

Turns out Mixon isn’t Hurts or Lamar Jackson. He’s going to plummet. 
 

I’m sure Quinn is balling out with no pass rush he’s got great passing skills. 
 

Hope he goes somewhere stable and sits for a few years and gets really sharp in the pocket. 

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20 minutes ago, Zeus said:

Turns out Mixon isn’t Hurts or Lamar Jackson. He’s going to plummet. 
 

I’m sure Quinn is balling out with no pass rush he’s got great passing skills. 
 

Hope he goes somewhere stable and sits for a few years and gets really sharp in the pocket. 

With that in mind, I think the Rams would seem like an ideal landing spot.

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12 hours ago, Auto Driller said:

With that in mind, I think the Rams would seem like an ideal landing spot.

Yeah, Quinn needs an offense that helps him get the ball out quicker.  Rams might work, wonder if 49ers consider taking Quinn if he falls out of the 1st Rd ?? 

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37 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Yeah, Quinn needs an offense that helps him get the ball out quicker.  Rams might work, wonder if 49ers consider taking Quinn if he falls out of the 1st Rd ?? 

SF prolly already advised him to drop the drafft and xfer to Iowa State.

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On 2/3/2025 at 11:18 AM, Derka said:

apparently quinn is ready to start in the nfl:

 

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On 2/3/2025 at 12:34 PM, 6th Street said:

Quinn behind that Jets O-line. Damn

This would be Quinn on the Jets. No bueno. Who knew they said AGNB too? 

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On 2/3/2025 at 12:34 PM, 6th Street said:

Quinn behind that Jets O-line. Damn

If there's one place you don't want a QB to go, it's the Browns. If there are two places you don't want a QB to go, it's the Browns and the Jets.

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The casuals will still credit our ascension to Quinn. Sarks staff has been recruiting and developing at an elite level. Dogs everywhere.  I’ll always love Quinn though for his treatment of OU, Aggy, and Hog. 

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23 hours ago, CastHorn said:

The casuals will still credit our ascension to Quinn. Sarks staff has been recruiting and developing at an elite level. Dogs everywhere.  I’ll always love Quinn though for his treatment of OU, Aggy, and Hog. 

Should add Michigan and Alabama. Prior to going out in his first game with Alabama, he was dealing in that one too.

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Great info found by @Fud  (pretty damn accurate)

From Daniel Jeremiah  annual Q&A conference call with industry reporters

"Ewers... there's a few guys that are on my list to go back after the combine and go back to '23 tape because.. I know he wasnt' healthy this year but he didn't take the step I was hoping he'd take.. he is still young at 21, hes' got quick feet quick release.. he just got into a lot of bad habits, I didn't think he played with any convinction, not trusting what he's seeing, just really sloppy with his feet, and everything kind of got away from him.. the team had tremendous success and he obviously made some big time throws in the playoffs, but.. overall not the step forward I was hoping for him"

 

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On 2/3/2025 at 12:18 PM, Fondren & Main said:

It's not surprising.  He essentially made a promotion to the toughest league in college football and his numbers plateaued.  He turned it over more this year, but he did face much better defenses.  I think the biggest issues were the deep balls to Wingo this year.  It's certainly possible that he never was on the same page with the 2 freshmen who I expect to make huge leaps next year with Arch.  We know that Quinn can read defenses.  We know that he can throw with anticipation.  None of that is surprising.  People just expected Quinn to be great and he was just very good instead.  That's disappointing when expectations are at the top.

We also don't know the extent of his oblique injury.  It was not ideal to come back against a great defense in Oklahoma with another great defense in Georgia right behind it to shake off the rust and get acclimated to game speed again.

https://x.com/zach_barnett/status/1894382784136839302

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And, now we know.

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2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Sark wasted a national championship caliber defense on a guy who was injured. Fucking sad.

You're assuming that healthy Arch > injured Quinn. You may be right, but we really aren't in a position to know. 

hope that Sark wouldn't allow his loyalty to Ewers or pride in his ability to develop QBs to lead to a decision that negatively affects the team. And we really haven't seen anything in Sark's conduct that suggest we should assume that's the case. He is maybe a little too loyal, but he's not loyal to a fault. He pulled Ewers and brought Arch in against UGA in Austin - turns out UGA was just going to kick our ass regardless of who was under center. You also can't discount the limited ceiling of our run game and the impact it had on the rest of our offense. Passing game can't afford to be simple / predictable if teams know you're not going to run. A more experienced QB can open up the playbook. 

To be fair, I'm making a lot of assumptions myself. But I'm willing to give Sark the benefit of the doubt here - even injured, Ewer's experience probably gives him the edge over Arch. 

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2 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

You're assuming that healthy Arch > injured Quinn. You may be right, but we really aren't in a position to know. 

hope that Sark wouldn't allow his loyalty to Ewers or pride in his ability to develop QBs to lead to a decision that negatively affects the team. And we really haven't seen anything in Sark's conduct that suggest we should assume that's the case. He is maybe a little too loyal, but he's not loyal to a fault. He pulled Ewers and brought Arch in against UGA in Austin - turns out UGA was just going to kick our ass regardless of who was under center. You also can't discount the limited ceiling of our run game and the impact it had on the rest of our offense. Passing game can't afford to be simple / predictable if teams know you're not going to run. A more experienced QB can open up the playbook. 

To be fair, I'm making a lot of assumptions myself. But I'm willing to give Sark the benefit of the doubt here - even injured, Ewer's experience probably gives him the edge over Arch. 

Quinn is absolute dog shit off injuries, so yes a healthy Arch is better than Quinn. When your QB won't move or make plays outside the pocket they're fucking useless. Insert all the self sacks 

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11 minutes ago, Atticus said:

it isn’t like that defense was a generational one. We’ll be fine.

How long is a generation in your mind? 

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29 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

That defense is a top 3-5 defense in program history up there with 83 and 09

Not the thread for it, but we played a lot of meh offenses and backup QBs. Clemson and ASU both had plenty of success against it.

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1 hour ago, Atticus said:

Not the thread for it, but we played a lot of meh offenses and backup QBs. Clemson and ASU both had plenty of success against it.

With seven minutes to go in the 4th quarter, ASU had six offensive points. I’d say they had some success, not plenty of success. If we played better complementary football on offense, they don’t break ten points. 
 
As to Quinn’s injury, yeah…I don’t know that Sark knew and understood he wasn’t getting better. I believe Ewers really wanted to come back against OU, knowing that if Arch starts and wins it, that’s probably it for him as Texas QB. Of course, I don’t know anything about, just talking out my ass. 

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17 minutes ago, Atticus said:

Thats fair, but they moved up and down the field and failed in the redzone multiple times until the 4th quarter dam broke

Sure. At that point, ASU had run 71 plays for 308 yards. Texas had run 39 plays for 224 yards. Piss poor complementary football 

Back to the topic- I have to think Sark thought that at some point he would get back the Quinn who started the Michigan game. If he had known that Quinn would be injured all year, would he have decided differently?

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3 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

yeah that’s bullshit. i tore my oblique last year and i don’t give a shit how tough QE is or how many drugs they gave him, you cannot throw a goddamn football with a torn oblique. you can barely move. breathing hurts. sneezing is a death sentence. ain’t nobody playing QB in the SEC with a torn oblique. QE would have been crying in the fetal position on the sidelines between every drive.

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this was weeks after the fact. in the last 2 years i’ve torn both meniscuses, had a high ankle sprain, and a separated shoulder, on top of the torn oblique. the oblique injury was by far the most debilitating.

and yeah, those are the stretch marks you get when you go from 180 lbs to 320 lbs in 7 months because your doctor prescribed you risperidal when you were 15. 😡 

 

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Austin Curtright: Former Texas QB Quinn Ewers reportedly played through 2024 season with torn oblique

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Former Texas football quarterback Quinn Ewers played through a noticeable injury throughout the 2024 season. As it turns out, the injury was even worse than previously thought. Ewers reportedly played through the 2024 season with a torn oblique, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Tuesday at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. The injury was originally thought, at least to those outside the Longhorns building, that Ewers was dealing with a strained oblique suffered during Week 3 against UTSA.

Pelissero added another interesting note, stating Ewers actually suffered the injury in Texas' second game of the season against Michigan instead of the following week. Ewers started the Longhorns' third game of the year against UTSA but was removed early after apparently injuring his oblique, allowing for Arch Manning to see extended playing time for the rest of the game and the next week against Mississippi State.

Ewers is reportedly fully healthy after receiving a few months to recover from Texas' College Football Playoff run that ended with a loss to Ohio State in the semifinals. He is also expected to throw at the NFL combine, amid multiple signal callers being expected to opt out of on-field drills in Indianapolis. Pelissero also reported Ewers has been training in Dallas with former Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy ahead of the NFL combine, which starts on-field drills on Feb. 27 and lasts through March 3.

The 6-foot-2 quarterback completed 293 of 445 passes (65.8%) for 3,472 yards with 31 touchdowns to 12 interceptions last season while battling injury. He was solid in Texas' three CFP games, passing for a combined 807 yards with six touchdowns to three interceptions against Clemson, Arizona State and Ohio State. Ewers, a former five-star recruit ranked the No. 1 player nationally in the 2021 recruiting class by 247Sports' Composite rankings, is expected to be in contention to be the third highest-drafted quarterback in the NFL draft, behind likely top 10 picks Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders.

 

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3 hours ago, Atticus said:

Arch probably wasn’t ready to handle the entire offense that was built around Quinn’s strengths.

It is amazing that some of you think bullshit word salad like this really means we shouldn't start the best possible player at the most important position when we have a legit opportunity to win a title. 

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1 hour ago, Derka said:

yeah that’s bullshit. i tore my oblique last year and i don’t give a shit how tough QE is or how many drugs they gave him, you cannot throw a goddamn football with a torn oblique. you can barely move. breathing hurts. sneezing is a death sentence. ain’t nobody playing QB in the SEC with a torn oblique. QE would have been crying in the fetal position on the sidelines between every drive.

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this was weeks after the fact. in the last 2 years i’ve torn both meniscuses, had a high ankle sprain, and a separated shoulder, on top of the torn oblique. the oblique injury was by far the most debilitating.

and yeah, those are the stretch marks you get when you go from 180 lbs to 320 lbs in 7 months because your doctor prescribed you risperidal when you were 15. 😡 

 

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