Game Week Thread Week 14, 2023, Texas v Washington, College Football Playoff Edition

[Qruel 206]

2 hours ago, ITHorn said:

The same guy who designed the plays to put up 15,22,24 on defensive juggernauts like Arizona State,Oregon State and WSU? Yeah I think this defense will be ok..

Rain games and sign stealing. Next

[Atticus 3892]

46 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Grubb is a bad ass and if we didn't have Sarkisian calling plays, he'd be a fun one. But the play you posted isn't wildly dissimilar to the one Texas ran out of the 4th and 1 from the Bush Push formation. I saw both in real time and thought both were outstanding. I also watched from beginning to end the ASU game and multiple games like that from Sarkisian since 2021. It's splitting hairs. They are two of the best five OCs in college football, which is why this game is probably a shootout. Given that, I'd rather have Texas' D than UW's for this game. So, no, the original poster was wrong. And it's not likely to be a separator in this game anyway. 

Is it Grubb or is it DeBoer?

Feels like an Andy Reid/Eric Bieniemy situation

[Mole 4265]

On 12/3/2023 at 3:21 PM, closetojumping said:

But hey, call me a “cunt” and intimate that I’m, gasp!, a bad fan.

Let the record show that while you argued quite forcefully and thoroughly against the latter, you made no attempt to address the former, implicitly conceding the point. 

[DigglerontheHoof 20450]

1 minute ago, Cajun said:

Turned on the Finebaum show and the first subject he covered (of course) was the CFP selections.  He said, and I quote - "So, it's Michigan, Washington, and two SEC teams, Alabama & Texas".  

Boy, how times and attitudes have changed on that show.

LMAO 

Fuckers are already riding our coattails.  

[ClubWhatever 12066]

Qruel is probably one of the same guys who showed up here when sark was hired saying he would never win anything.  Just a piece of shit who should be ignored (other than being negged to a different user name)

[Valmy77 12519]

2 minutes ago, Qruel said:

Rain games and sign stealing. Next

You might want to be careful if you advance to play Michigan then.

Edited December 4, 2023 by Valmy77

[Cajun 11658]

3 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

I do not recommend Louisville's or UH's sloppy seconds.

 

What, no good?

Some pliers and a little novocaine and you're good to go I think!

Edited December 4, 2023 by Cajun

[Cajun 11658]

3 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Qruel is probably one of the same guys who showed up here when sark was hired saying he would never win anything.  Just a piece of shit who should be ignored (other than being negged to a different user name)

He's aggy.

Checks every box.

[Qruel 206]

3 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Qruel is probably one of the same guys who showed up here when sark was hired saying he would never win anything.  Just a piece of shit who should be ignored (other than being negged to a different user name)

First time here, actually! My goal is most negs possible. So, I appear to be on the right track. It’s a fucking website, I couldn’t give a fuck less.

[hobbs 238]

Happy to oblige...fuckneck.

[texifornia 55993]

Nothing compares to the tidal wave of UGA brainlets before the Sugar Bowl. This is just one boring asshole.

[Foosters 17624]

8 minutes ago, Qruel said:

Rain games and sign stealing. Next

So you geniuses up in the Pacific NW entrusted your offense to a guy who struggles to call plays in the rain?

[Bodacious Bevo 3572]

5 minutes ago, Qruel said:

First time here, actually! My goal is most negs possible. So, I appear to be on the right track. It’s a fucking website, I couldn’t give a fuck less.

Oh man, you're nowhere close. Some people rack up several hundred negs before the ban kicks in

[closetojumping 61996]

10 minutes ago, Mole said:

Let the record show that while you argued quite forcefully and thoroughly against the latter, you made no attempt to address the former, implicitly conceding the point. 

You could have just negged me or upvoted one of the other dipshits from like 3 pages ago and spared us the banal lawyer joke a day later.

[Dahobbs 17089]

7 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

You could have just negged me or upvoted one of the other dipshits from like 3 pages ago and spared us the banal lawyer joke a day later.

Don't let anyone ever say that CTJ doesn't take some playful shit talking over a bad take really well. Just tons of fun that one. 

[Qruel 206]

13 minutes ago, Bodacious Bevo said:

Oh man, you're nowhere close. Some people rack up several hundred negs before the ban kicks in

Being banned isn’t the goal. I’d hope people here have thicker skin than crying when being told the opponent will beat your team.

[Noozak 310]

The difference here is that you walked in after pissing all over your pants, and you're making an ass out of yourself. It's not even a good troll job. If you want to come in here and playfully talk some shit, fine. At least back it up with some substance.

[Dahobbs 17089]

3 minutes ago, Qruel said:

Being banned isn’t the goal. I’d hope people here have thicker skin than crying when being told the opponent will beat your team.

Just try and make it entertaining. We have high standards here. 

[ITHorn 769]

44 minutes ago, Qruel said:

Texas has Washington’s sloppy seconds head coach 🤣

How does it feel to know that the inevitable loss on the biggest stage to Sark is coming? I'm sure once you are done complaining about the location of the game, the price of airline tickets and other poor people thoughts that reality is going to enter your minuscule brain. 

[Red Five 40109]

57 minutes ago, Qruel said:

Texas has Washington’s sloppy seconds head coach 🤣

He left for a better job. What's that feel like? We don't know.

[sith_horn 2320]

15 hours ago, JGrayDBU said:

Did Sark really discover over the middle passes after Brooks went down?  I have seen a few over the middle passes since Brooks.  I think Washington will have trouble preparing for all we can do offensively.  And Ewers hasn't run the ball, except for the one run yesterday, since getting injured, so with him 100% healthy that is another aspect Wash should prepare for.

I don't know whether passes over the middle, etc. are due to Sark alone, or to Ewers perhaps seeing the field better, going through his progressions and distributing the ball better. Or maybe the OL is doing better at maintaining the pocket's front line? Point being is, I often see foiled plays decried as Sark's poor play calling when often it's simply a failure of execution by one or more players. I might have even been guilty a time or too of that myself. Difficult to see everything going on as a play unfolds. Reviewing film is often revealing.

I definitely think the run game has been adjusted somewhat since Brooks went down, and glad for it.

I'm more concerned about how PK and our secondary handles Washington's passing game than our O against their D. I do recall they defensively schemed us well in the bowl game last season. But much has changed for us offensively since then and we don't have star players sitting this one out. Ewers mo better, OL better, and multiple offensive weapons all over to stress them with.

[Red Five 40109]

I rewatched the OSU game yesterday. Blue is our best RB right now. I know there are size limitations and he's not going to get 20 carries, but damn. He needs a bunch. 

[Pig Bellmont 8637]

28 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I rewatched the OSU game yesterday. Blue is our best RB right now. I know there are size limitations and he's not going to get 20 carries, but damn. He needs a bunch. 

Wasn’t Kelian Robinson’s stat line like 4 carries for 75 yds and 2 TDs? I thought Blue was great but let’s not overlook that performance either 

[Bodacious Bevo 3572]

1 hour ago, Qruel said:

Being banned isn’t the goal. I’d hope people here have thicker skin than crying when being told the opponent will beat your team.

Bans automatically kick in with enough negative rep, so it is your goal based on your last post. Or maybe you can pivot and try to make a semi-intelligent contribution to the discussion around the game.

[Bodacious Bevo 3572]

Having not watched much UW yet, I know we'll need to work on a plan for those deep crossers where the WR just runs 45 degrees off the line and Penix waits to hit them as they cross the opposite hash 20 yards downfield. Murphy and Sweat generating interior pressure should go a long way there, and they can do that from a 3 or 4 man front if we decide to install a dime package. Anybody have their center's PFF grades by chance? 

[Cajun 11658]

1 hour ago, Qruel said:

Being banned isn’t the goal. I’d hope people here have thicker skin than crying when being told the opponent will beat your team.

Thin skinned isn't the issue at all, but nice false choice attempt.  

If you're gonna troll, at least be original & entertaining.  This high school shit is boring.

When you are banned it won't be because you talked trash, it'll be because you were really bad at it.

[Dahobbs 17089]

10 minutes ago, Bodacious Bevo said:

Having not watched much UW yet, I know we'll need to work on a plan for those deep crossers where the WR just runs 45 degrees off the line and Penix waits to hit them as they cross the opposite hash 20 yards downfield. Murphy and Sweat generating interior pressure should go a long way there, and they can do that from a 3 or 4 man front if we decide to install a dime package. Anybody have their center's PFF grades by chance? 

Seems like our plan is going to have to center on generating pressure. There isn't anything we can do to make our coverage hold up for 3+ seconds consistently. We just don't have the personnel for it. 

[Thatguy 8129]

1 hour ago, Cajun said:

What, no good?

Some pliers and a little novocaine and you're good to go I think!

It's all fine from behind. It's all good with a hood. No big task with a mask. With no light you just might. With the blinds closed I'd hit these hoes. You get the picture.

[texasdago 7376]

1 hour ago, Qruel said:

Being banned isn’t the goal. I’d hope people here have thicker skin than crying when being told the opponent will beat your team.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2714]

2 hours ago, Qruel said:

First time here, actually! My goal is most negs possible. So, I appear to be on the right track. It’s a fucking website, I couldn’t give a fuck less.

[Huckleberry 32144]

I'm just sitting here trying to figure out how an end-around is evidence of ingenious play design. 

That call was about when it was made, not play design. 

[Cajun 11658]

14 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

It's all fine from behind. It's all good with a hood. No big task with a mask. With no light you just might. With the blinds closed I'd hit these hoes. You get the picture.

Oh sure, be all smug about it.

Let's see how you feel after one gets loose in your corn fields

[JBJ 3591]

5 hours ago, BigHornedLurker said:

How reliant is Washington's offense on the run ? 

This is actually an excellent question.  I perused through my model and some game stats trying to figure them out and am asking.myself the same thing.  I don't know if it can be answered without watching their games, but here's what I found out:

My model has their offense rated #6 overall but #126 in reliablility.  Good offenses are naturally less reliable, but that number is a little insane to me, so I went into the individual rating for each game. 

They had 3 really good offensive games: Boise, Cal, and Utah.  Boise and Cal are pretty unremarkable, except that they do have bad pass defenses.  Utah is a great defense and they are fairly balanced about it.  It wasn't like an outstanding game statistically, but it stands out for the opponent they were playing.

They had 4 really bad offensive games: Arizona, ASU, OrSt, and Wazzou.  Arizona and Oregon State are good defenses, the other are unremarkable in any form.  Now what makes Arizona and OrSt different from Utah is that they stop the run first and make you one-dimensional.  Washington did okay running against both teams, but they ran the ball less overall, which may have cotributed to the bad showing.  However, the two teams that Washington didn't run the ball well against all season were ASU and Wazzou, and it was their worst games offensively.

So (before watching the games) I do think there is some truth to them being reliant on the run.

[TexasPride10 573]

49 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

I'm just sitting here trying to figure out how an end-around is evidence of ingenious play design. 

That call was about when it was made, not play design. 

It wasn’t even about when it was called. It was about WHERE it was called. Tie game and you risk handing your opponent the ball in FG range? Ballsy is an understatement. 

[CoachTex 2612]

3 hours ago, Qruel said:

First time here, actually! My goal is most negs possible. So, I appear to be on the right track. It’s a fucking website, I couldn’t give a fuck less.

And yet, you're still here.

Edited December 5, 2023 by CoachTex

[Jiggy-Z 3419]

1 hour ago, Dahobbs said:

Seems like our plan is going to have to center on generating pressure. There isn't anything we can do to make our coverage hold up for 3+ seconds consistently. We just don't have the personnel for it. 

That's exactly what they want us to think.

[texifornia 55993]

On 12/3/2023 at 4:43 PM, GTX Horn said:

Any update on Catalon’s status? Has he even played since OU?

Terminal case of Portalitis

[FtheBig12 176]

Game's going to be a toss up Washington is a very good team. I feel good about who's leading us though. Sark does a pretty good job when he's got this much time to prepare just ask Alabama

[FtheBig12 176]

27 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Terminal case of Portalitis

Interesting first I've heard of this. Do we expect him to play at all against Washington?

[texifornia 55993]

1 minute ago, FtheBig12 said:

Interesting first I've heard of this. Do we expect him to play at all against Washington?

He is literally in the Portal right now

[Jack Handey 57]

11 minutes ago, texifornia said:

He is literally in the Portal right now

Sounds promising.

[sith_horn 2320]

4 hours ago, Qruel said:

Oh, dear. We're being accosted by a queefing twat.

[FtheBig12 176]

16 minutes ago, texifornia said:

He is literally in the Portal right now

Lol shows how much I've kept up with this team lately

[Warrrshington 148]

The game will be close, Sark will get tight, and the dawgs will prevail. He wants to beat his former team so badly. Not gonna happen. 

[texifornia 55993]

3 minutes ago, Warrrshington said:

The game will be close, Sark will get tight, and the dawgs will prevail. He wants to beat his former team so badly. Not gonna happen. 

That thought process worked so well for Bama

[Dahobbs 17089]

So, our run defense was also good last year, but Washington shredded it. My feeling at that the time is that it was largely Washington taking advantage of us not having Overshown. However, were there other things that Washington did that allowed it to have success? 

[Warrrshington 148]

Just telling you what to expect. The guy melted down when we ended his SC career. He wore a carpetbagger hat and berated a field attendant last year. It’s going down again. DeBoer is DeGod👌👌Start sweating and squatting Steve😎

Edited December 5, 2023 by Warrrshington

[ClubWhatever 12066]

Just now, Dahobbs said:

So, our run defense was also good last year, but Washington shredded it. My feeling at that the time is that it was largely Washington taking advantage of us not having Overshown. However, were there other things that Washington did that allowed it to have success? 

The minute 45 and 33 entered the game they double teamed 45 into oblivion and 33 took a false step.  Back took it to the house. 

[ClubWhatever 12066]

10 minutes ago, Warrrshington said:

The game will be close, Sark will get tight, and the dawgs will prevail. He wants to beat his former team so badly. Not gonna happen. 

If so it won't be because of our offensive coaching.  We are soft in the back end on D.  Not a good matchup for an NFL passing game. 

[immamac 41339]

Been a long time since we’ve had fresh outside blood on the board. It’s always funny when people come here to talk shit and they make no sense.