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1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm calling "The Malevolent Genies" for my punk cover band.  We'll be playing nothing but Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, The Stooges, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Minutemen and Husker Du.  No Ramones, their release times were too short.

And a punk version of SOS

Posted
1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

100% right, Livingstone was wide fucking open for an easy throw. It was his 1st read and still didn't trust the play or process.

Feels like his biggest issue is hesitation on 1st/2nd read.

Even the wide open TD was a bit slow for a 2nd read.

Posted
6 minutes ago, JBJ said:

Feels like his biggest issue is hesitation on 1st/2nd read.

Even the wide open TD was a bit slow for a 2nd read.

He's still very green in making pre snap reads, its what has disappointed me the most about him this season. Frankly, I dont think Sark and other coaches did him a favor by telling everyone who would listen how mature he was as a student of the game, how great he is in the film room, how advanced he is based on the number of snaps he's gotten etc. I suppose its my fault for falling for it, but Arch is going to need the entire season to really start seeing the field. Yes, it doesnt help anything at all when you have 2-3 seconds before getting smoked, but there have been plenty of instances this season where the proper pre snap read should give him the information he needs to act decisively once the ball hits his hand, and he just isnt seeing it. It will come but he's gonna need the whole season. 

Posted
29 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

You people should really read the thread the post and context of the surrounding post when i made it about roster construction and especially the last part you didn’t include in your replay that suggest that it’s probably a better post in the OL thread. 

 

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Posted (edited)
39 minutes ago, BlackCat said:

To me, the turning point was against Florida where he seemed to take on a different level of effort and leadership.

This is the point I was making when I said to imagine how the Florida game would've gone without Arch under center. I saw 9.95ers giving him an A grade for this performance in Dallas. I think that's too generous, personally. I have it as a B+ because an A- performance is Texas hitting paydirt in the first half, an A performance is Arch putting up Heisman contending numbers by actually noticing when his receivers are wide open (he failed to spot a couple of those), and an A+ performance is Arch putting up Heisman winning numbers.

His performance in Gainesville was a B/B+ as well. So, for those paying attention (not the national media), the gritty way he gave Texas a chance to come back in the 4th quarter in Gainesville was more of a "turning point." My bad for picking Quinn as the hypothetical alternate QB where we get boatraced due to shitty OL/DL/RB/Secondary play. Should've said Hudson Card.

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Posted
2 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Should've said Hudson Card

Are you kidding?  Did you see card against bama in ‘22?  He basically won the game for us with his grit, on a bum ankle!  Rabble rabble. Should have said Casey. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Are you kidding?  Did you see card against bama in ‘22?  He basically won the game for us with his grit, on a bum ankle!  Rabble rabble. Should have said Casey. 

In all seriousness, I will always respect the way he played in that game. The average QB with bad pocket presence and mobility, though? That guy probably takes a bunch of self-sacks and makes bad throws into coverage for pick sixes. The trajectories of games where that happens look very different. They get out of hand very quickly, the team's morale is crushed across the board and if you aren't careful that dejection spills over into the rest of the season

Posted
32 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

This is good mojo. Arch gave Wisner the game ball. 

 

I think this is where his inner circle including people like Peyton and Eli really pays off.  He's had it drilled into him how to be a humble and gracious leader of men, in spite of everyone outside of his circle anointing him as Football Jesus before he ever did anything meaningful.  It would be really easy for Arch to just be a douche.

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Posted
1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm calling "The Malevolent Genies" for my punk cover band.  We'll be playing nothing but Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, The Stooges, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Minutemen and Husker Du.  No Ramones, their release times were too short.

No Descents, Black Flag, Dead Milkmen, Clash, or Joy Division?

Man.. fuck your elitist ass punk cover band. 

Posted
1 hour ago, South Austin said:

The throw was okay, but what really made the play was the route and catch by one of the greatest receivers to ever play for Texas.

Yeah, its a real shame certain racist posters hate the best Texas WR ever purely because the color of his skin. Shameful! 

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13 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

No Descents, Black Flag, Dead Milkmen, Clash, or Joy Division?

Man.. fuck your elitist ass punk cover band. 

Regarding The Clash:  given my username, you'd think I'd list them, but honestly I never really thought of them as "punk".  They were more melodic and far more astute than most bands of that genre.

Regarding your others:  Henry Rollins just pisses me off (although my daughter's band has toured with Keith Morris' OFF!) . . . and Joy Division?  Punk?  Never thought of it that way.

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17 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Regarding The Clash:  given my username, you'd think I'd list them, but honestly I never really thought of them as "punk".  They were more melodic and far more astute than most bands of that genre.

Regarding your others:  Henry Rollins just pisses me off (although my daughter's band has toured with Keith Morris' OFF!) . . . and Joy Division?  Punk?  Never thought of it that way.

Well, I guess I can't argue with your first point. As for Joy Division, they really fall more into the post-punk Synth world with the likes of Devo but as a punk lover I like to include them just to ruffle feathers of punk "purists" because if anyone needs their feathers ruffled its those posers. 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Derka said:

ewers, who constantly ran for his life when he wasn’t even under any pressure, and who was one of the worst qbs in his draft class when under pressure, would have been completely overwhelmed by florida’s pass rush that day. he probably turns the ball over a few times before getting mauled and injured by florida’s d line.

to quote huckleberry from a bit earlier in this thread, anyone who doesn’t understand that has no idea what they are watching. 

yes that Ewers, the guy that never lost a game by more than 2 scores in 3 years is going to lose to Florida 42-0. OK.

Posted
2 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

The offense should be re-designed around the QB run - like a true zone read offense. Play to his strengths rather than try to turn him into a traditional dropback pocket passer. 

Manning was 15 of 17 for 155 yards when throwing from straight drop back. He was 14 of 15 when kept clean vs OU.. 

He is actually eally good in straight drop back. 

Posted
1 hour ago, JBJ said:

Feels like his biggest issue is hesitation on 1st/2nd read.

Even the wide open TD was a bit slow for a 2nd read.

I think it’s been established that was an ad lib route adjustment after a breakdown in coverage and not a typical “2nd read” hence the apparent “delay”

Posted
2 hours ago, BlackCat said:

Its really interesting to me seeing so many of our fans and national talking heads talking about how this was a turning point for Arch. 

While I don't totally disagree, I think I'd label it differently. To me, the turning point was against Florida where he seemed to take on a different level of effort and leadership. That was about the toughest situation you could put a QB in, and he fought hard on every snap all the way to the end. He had better body language and made a couple of plays that gave you a glimpse of a player with something extra. I am sure his team saw this during the film rewatch. 

This OU game felt like the rest of the team knew they had a QB who leads from the front. Arch got punished against UF and kept asking for more. He has a really long way to go to fulfill his potential, but that was the first time I felt like this was his team. Thats such a good sign. This season is about building week to week. 

I can see him getting better and more comfortable.  he is trying to stay in the pocket, and he moves pretty well in the pocket, but I think Sark let the leash loose a little bit for OU because he knows he needs it.  once game too late possibly.

if we had ANY running game at all we would have had a good chance to beat Florida.

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1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

I can see him getting better and more comfortable.  he is trying to stay in the pocket, and he moves pretty well in the pocket, but I think Sark let the leash loose a little bit for OU because he knows he needs it.  once game too late possibly.

if we had ANY running game at all we would have had a good chance to beat Florida.

if they ran the OU gameplan vs Florida, I think Texas wins that game

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Posted
1 hour ago, chainsaw said:

This is the point I was making when I said to imagine how the Florida game would've gone without Arch under center. I saw 9.95ers giving him an A grade for this performance in Dallas. I think that's too generous, personally. I have it as a B+ because an A- performance is Texas hitting paydirt in the first half, an A performance is Arch putting up Heisman contending numbers by actually noticing when his receivers are wide open (he failed to spot a couple of those), and an A+ performance is Arch putting up Heisman winning numbers.

His performance in Gainesville was a B/B+ as well. So, for those paying attention (not the national media), the gritty way he gave Texas a chance to come back in the 4th quarter in Gainesville was more of a "turning point." My bad for picking Quinn as the hypothetical alternate QB where we get boatraced due to shitty OL/DL/RB/Secondary play. Should've said Hudson Card.

You can split hairs all you want, but I would call no turnovers and 11-12 on third downs with a touchdown an A performance. As inept as OU was on offense, that is still an elite defense that he was having to navigate all day. 

Posted
4 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

if we had ANY running game at all we would have had a good chance to beat Florida.

 

2 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

if they ran the OU gameplan vs Florida, I think Texas wins that game

UF was a program wide failure that very well could cost us the playoffs. The question is will we see another grenade go off like that in a game we are favored in. I'm personally not convinced we are ready to take care of business yet. I think we are about to see the wheels come off for OU. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

if they ran the OU gameplan vs Florida, I think Texas wins that game

potentially but to me the biggest difference was we got some(versus NONE at Fla) movement on the LOS in the running game v OU, even with similarly called running plays.

our D didn't show up v Florida also.  if we see the same D we've had all year, sans Fla, for the next 2 games, I believe we'll be ready for the end of year stretch run.  Simpson is probably gonna be a handful though.

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