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1 hour ago, Codaxx said:

Wingo is great athlete, but I have yet to see him show off the ball skills and win 50/50 balls. It is a bit frustrating, because he has all the physical ability to be a great at it.  

One of my biggest critiques of Wingo is that he doesn’t attack the ball and either make the catch—or more likely draw the PI. It happened a number of times last year and again against Sam Houston on the go route in the end zone. There was contact and refs love throwing the flag but you have to give them a reason. 

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24 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

Texas is game is Napier's last stand. Either Florida rises up and plays to their talent or they end up quitting on him. Going to be a strange one. 

Ark is all Green and their DC. The DC is one of those guys that will change his defense week to week for the opponent. The results are high volatile, but that has always given Sark issues in the past, like last year. I cannot see Texas losing that game, but there is the concern Green plays really well and makes it interesting. 

Texas already has 1 loss and 4 ranked teams left on the schedule, so there is not a ton wiggle room for an off game. 

You are truly gifted when it comes to handwringing. Sweating the Arkansas game, at home, after Pittman has likely been shitcanned and had his bitch tits kicked to the curb, two months from the game being played, is next level. Get a grip.

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Vandy should be the concern my dudes. Ball control option offense. Low position game. Sleepy atmosphere if DKR isn’t lit. Could be like the Vandy or Arizona St game from last year. 

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1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

You are truly gifted when it comes to handwringing. Sweating the Arkansas game, at home, after Pittman has likely been shitcanned and had his bitch tits kicked to the curb, two months from the game being played, is next level. Get a grip.

Not really sweating that one. Probably 80% chance win there. Vandy has the highest chance of a home loss. 

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Why are we worried about Arkie 2 months from now?  Pittman may very well be fired by then.   That team will probably implode if they can't upset ND this week.   Memphis loss looked every bit to be a program killer after the prior week.  Inexcusable loss.   Really no point looking ahead to anyone but Florida and OU (considering we won't learn anything more about OU before we play).  Every other team on our schedule has big games ahead of them before we match up.

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2 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Why are we worried about Arkie 2 months from now?  Pittman may very well be fired by then.   That team will probably implode if they can't upset ND this week.   Memphis loss looked every bit to be a program killer after the prior week.  Inexcusable loss.   Really no point looking ahead to anyone but Florida and OU (considering we won't learn anything more about OU before we play).  Every other team on our schedule has big games ahead of them before we match up.

"We" aren't. Only one dude is rubbing his vagina. 

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31 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

You are truly gifted when it comes to handwringing. Sweating the Arkansas game, at home, after Pittman has likely been shitcanned and had his bitch tits kicked to the curb, two months from the game being played, is next level. Get a grip.

I should add. I am not worried about the Ark game. I am pushing back on the idea that Texas makes the playoffs, if Arch is just a game manager. I think Arch needs to be very good for Texas to make the playoffs. I think the run game and OL is worse this year and that leaves Texas with less options if the QB struggles. I am not sure the defense is better. I would like to see how Guilbeau holds up when someone with talent decides to test the secondary. 

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32 minutes ago, Hornmatic said:

Vandy should be the concern my dudes. Ball control option offense. Low position game. Sleepy atmosphere if DKR isn’t lit. Could be like the Vandy or Arizona St game from last year. 

Its hard to type this up thinking back just two years ago and the preceding 20 , but Vandy could legit be a top 15 team coming into DKR this year. 

I'd be surprised if they didn't get through LSU , Bama , Mizzou 1-2 and maybe even 2-1 . should be a great game against them again this year 

I think LSU is most likely to go down, that clemson win is all they are riding on and they have more problems on offense than we do 

 

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3 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

I should add. I am not worried about the Ark game. I am pushing back on the idea that Texas makes the playoffs, if Arch is just a game manager. I think Arch needs to be very good for Texas to make the playoffs. I think the run game and OL is worse this year and that leaves Texas with less options if the QB struggles. I am not sure the defense is better. I would like to see how Guilbeau holds up vs when someone with talent decides to test the secondary. 

I disagree.  It feels like if he would just focus on moving the chains, controlling the clock and not turning the ball over then our defense will carry us.  Overall, I think you've made a lot of points that I agree with though.  Your concerns are valid, but if we get competent Arch then we make the playoffs.  If we have above average Arch to good Arch then things get really interesting.

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5 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

I disagree.  It feels like if he would just focus on moving the chains, controlling the clock and not turning the ball over then our defense will carry us.  Overall, I think you've made a lot of points that I agree with though.  Your concerns are valid, but if we get competent Arch then we make the playoffs.  If we have above average Arch to good Arch then things get really interesting.

To do that we need to be effective in short yardage with our run game and redzone. I’m not sold we can consistently do it with this offensive line, hell we couldn’t even do it the last two years with a better OL than this. Until we see them do it vs good competition im from Missouri on this team with regards to playoffs or sec championship game. 

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2 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

I should add. I am not worried about the Ark game. I am pushing back on the idea that Texas makes the playoffs, if Arch is just a game manager. I think Arch needs to be very good for Texas to make the playoffs. I think the run game and OL is worse this year and that leaves Texas with less options if the QB struggles. I am not sure the defense is better. I would like to see how Guilbeau holds up vs when someone with talent decides to test the secondary. 

You've articulated all of that multiple times on this thread. It's clear you think voicing all of it repeatedly is productive. You're doing it to make yourself feel better. "If I voice my concerns about all of the worst case scenarios coalescing at the same moment in time, at least others can understand our potential future state and I won't have to be Cassandra alone."

You're now taking the position that the defense might be worse than last season. I expect to see you attempting to start really fleshing this paranoia out, while dismissing every performance leading up to your next post. Texas will shut down the UF offense, but you'll be back here wringing hands over how mid-passer Mateer is going to make our idiot coaches pay for their arrogance in putting Guilbeau on an island or some shit. Or you'll argue concerns over the pass rush not getting home or some other shadow that needs to be boxed. 

You've completely dismissed the results for the running game versus Ohio State because you think OSU strategically deployed a bend but don't break defense and that they could have just shut the Texas run game down if they'd chosen to do so. That's convenient because it unlocks your ability to lament, repeatedly, that Texas isn't going to move the ball well against decent to great fronts (as though every other team does).

Then that feeds into "Arch Manning has to be good to great or we're fucked" sentiments and also allows you to highlight that you're not sure the skill guys are there to render aid, either. Then you sprinkle in thoughts about how the RB sucks and the true freshman is the best player there and needs to get the lion's share of the snaps, even though you have no fucking idea how good or bad he is in pass pro or as a receiver out of the backfield, both of which are facets that are kind of important to being a good RB in the Sarkisian offense. 

Meanwhile, you openly ponder the risk of playing the best version of every team left on the schedule, who will all apparently get better and build improvement for their weaknesses while Texas fails to get better on any end. 

We get it. Thanks.

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13 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

Its hard to type this up thinking back just two years ago and the preceding 20 , but Vandy could legit be a top 15 team coming into DKR this year. 

I'd be surprised if they didn't get through LSU , Bama , Mizzou 1-2 and maybe even 2-1 . should be a great game against them again this year 

I think LSU is most likely to go down, that clemson win is all they are riding on and they have more problems on offense than we do 

 

The power of maintaining a seasoned senior QB.

 

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10 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

You've articulated all of that multiple times on this thread. It's clear you think voicing all of it repeatedly is productive. You're doing it to make yourself feel better. "If I voice my concerns about all of the worst case scenarios coalescing at the same moment in time, at least others can understand our potential future state and I won't have to be Cassandra alone."

You're now taking the position that the defense might be worse than last season. I expect to see you attempting to start really fleshing this paranoia out, while dismissing every performance leading up to your next post. Texas will shut down the UF offense, but you'll be back here wringing hands over how mid-passer Mateer is going to make our idiot coaches pay for their arrogance in putting Guilbeau on an island or some shit. Or you'll argue concerns over the pass rush not getting home or some other shadow that needs to be boxed. 

You've completely dismissed the results for the running game versus Ohio State because you think OSU strategically deployed a bend but don't break defense and that they could have just shut the Texas run game down if they'd chosen to do so. That's convenient because it unlocks your ability to lament, repeatedly, that Texas isn't going to move the ball well against decent to great fronts (as though every other team does).

Then that feeds into "Arch Manning has to be good to great or we're fucked" sentiments and also allows you to highlight that you're not sure the skill guys are there to render aid, either. Then you sprinkle in thoughts about how the RB sucks and the true freshman is the best player there and needs to get the lion's share of the snaps, even though you have no fucking idea how good or bad he is in pass pro or as a receiver out of the backfield, both of which are facets that are kind of important to being a good RB in the Sarkisian offense. 

Meanwhile, you openly ponder the risk of playing the best version of every team left on the schedule, who will all apparently get better and build improvement for their weaknesses while Texas fails to get better on any end. 

We get it. Thanks.

How did the running game look after OSU? Seems my concern about the OL and run game has spread since OSU. It may have been convenient, but it seems valid after 4 games. I could base that on your posts on Stroh and Flood after the SJSU and UTEP games. 

At no point did I say Simon should get the bulk of the carries. I said he looked the best with the ball in his hands (albeit a small sample size) and I would like to see him get more carries, but I have no idea on his pass pro. Yesterday I said pass pro could put Gibson over Simon as the 3rd RB. 

Defense maybe worse than last year. They finished top 3 last year, not a lot room to improve for the defense this year. My concern is at CB and in particular Guilbeau. We will see how he fairs vs better passing attacks. He was giving up 10 yards per target through 3 games (albeit small sample size). 

Yes, I always concerned about seeing the best version of an opponent. Guilty as charged. 

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4 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

Other teams have bigger problems than we do to be honest.  The more games we play the more irritated I’ve gotten about blowing that game in Ohio.

We've played three nobodys since "that game in Ohio." We don't know shit about this team yet. Florida and OU will tell us a lot. 

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Tuesday: Bobby

Spoiler

Tuesday

By Bobby Burton

Typically Tuesday practices are known as Bloody Tuesdays because of their intense physicality.

That won’t be the case this morning or really the rest of the week.

Sark, as he mentioned in his press conference yesterday, is encouraged with where the team’s overall health is.

He’s not tempting fate this morning.

**

The SEC released its three opponents for the Longhorns in each of the next four years.

They are: Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas A&M.

No real surprise there. Furthermore, it’s exactly what the Texas brass wanted.

However, it’s hopeful they get Arkansas and A&M on a home-away rotational basis where one team comes to Austin each year while Texas visits the other.

This year, for example, Texas hosts both the Aggies and Razorbacks. The schedule would be better served if one game was home and the other away in future seasons.

**

Texas recruiting continues to plug along.

The Horns have only offered one new player based off of senior film, Colorado linebacker Braylon Hodge.

But, in true Sark style, the Horns have stayed on two of their top prospects who committed elsewhere earlier this summer. The persistence seems to be paying dividends.

Receiver Jalen Lott (Oregon) and defensive end Dre Quinn (Clemson) are two targets who are very much in the crosshairs of Sark’s aim. Both are real possibilities for the Longhorns to flip.

Remember all the hand-wringing over recruiting in the months of June and July?

**

Also in recruiting, Louisiana defense tackle Dylan Berrymon is headed back to Ole Miss this weekend after spending last weekend in Austin.

Though he says he remains firmly pledged to the Longhorns, it’ll be the second trip to Oxford for Berrymon this season.

Hook’Em!

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Codaxx said:

Texas is game is Napier's last stand. Either Florida rises up and plays to their talent or they end up quitting on him. Going to be a strange one. 

Ark is all Green and their DC. The DC is one of those guys that will change his defense week to week for the opponent. The results are high volatile, but that has always given Sark issues in the past, like last year. I cannot see Texas losing that game, but there is the concern Green plays really well and makes it interesting. 

Texas already has 1 loss and 4 ranked teams left on the schedule, so there is not a ton wiggle room for an off game. 

It's not Napier's last stand. That man is toast. We're just playing out the string, now. The outcome against Texas won't matter either way. 

I don't care how interesting a game is if Texas wins. Texas has played a lot of interesting games where they didn't put the opponent away the way I felt like they should have. But the win is all that matters. You don't even believe Arkansas is going to win that game. So what are we talking about exactly? Do the Razorbacks get beauty points for making it interesting? 

If Texas goes 10-2 in the regular season they're still making it in to the playoffs. I have concerns about Georgia in Athens, unless/until I have some kind of belief that Manning won't shit the bed. But I believe we'll beat OU, A&M, and Vanderbilt, and I believe we'll take care of the other teams on the schedule. The wiggle room will be enough. 

If we lose to the Sooners in the Cotton Bowl then I'll start getting concerned. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

I wrote this on the Gator thread but I am posting here as well due to game relevance. I doubt this will be a distraction at all:

 

Lagway is on the bad side of the Arch early season mental soup. He made way better throws in his limited action last season, so the guy isn't a bust from a talent perspective. If he actually goes into the portal A&M is going to send a private jet to park in his driveway. Negotiating mid season is certainly a choice, is he trying to save Napier? 

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7 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

We've played three nobodys since "that game in Ohio." We don't know shit about this team yet. Florida and OU will tell us a lot. 

We know that we need competent QB play, have struggled to run the ball consistently and have a stifling defense.  We know a bit about this team.  I guess you don’t watch the games.

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17 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

We know that we need competent QB play, have struggled to run the ball consistently and have a stifling defense.  We know a bit about this team.  I guess you don’t watch the games.

How about you read my response in context to your OP.

You stated, "Other teams have bigger problems than we do to be honest." How can we know that based on the level of competition we've played since OSU? You paint a more rosy picture in your OP and then respond to me with "yeah, well, I know by watching we have these problems." Yeah, that's my point. We know we have problems, and those haven't been tested against further good competition. So, how can you assert "other teams have bigger problems than we do" when we haven't found out at all yet what might be less problematic against better competition? The answer is, you can't.

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35 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

How did the running game look after OSU? Seems my concern about the OL and run game has spread since OSU. It may have been convenient, but it seems valid after 4 games. I could base that on your posts on Stroh and Flood after the SJSU and UTEP games. 

At no point did I say Simon should get the bulk of the carries. I said he looked the best with the ball in his hands (albeit a small sample size) and I would like to see him get more carries, but I have no idea on his pass pro. Yesterday I said pass pro could put Gibson over Simon as the 3rd RB. 

Defense maybe worse than last year. They finished top 3 last year, not a lot room to improve for the defense this year. My concern is at CB and in particular Guilbeau. We will see how he fairs vs better passing attacks. He was giving up 10 yards per target through 3 games (albeit small sample size). 

Yes, I always concerned about seeing the best version of an opponent. Guilty as charged. 

My point, using color for those readers who aren't afflicted with Asperger's, was that you've said all of this shit already. It should surprise no one that you went ahead and just more or less said it all again here. 

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5 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

How about you read my response in context to your OP.

You stated, "Other teams have bigger problems than we do to be honest." How can we know that based on the level of competition we've played since OSU? You paint a more rosy picture in your OP and then respond to me with "yeah, well, I know by watching we have these problems." Yeah, that's my point. We know we have problems, and those haven't been tested against further good competition. So, how can you assert "other teams have bigger problems than we do" when we haven't found out at all yet what might be less problematic against better competition? The answer is, you can't.

I dunno man, you're a good poster, but so is Fondren & Main and I tend to lean towards his line of thinking. Can anyone know anything definitively? No. But I watch a LOT of college football games that aren't just Texas, and everyone has quite a few warts. I don't think I can remember a reason where all the top end teams have looked so weak and beatable. This feels like the most wide open season I can remember, and it's going to be whoever gets hot and gets their shit together by the latter third of the season. 

Posted
2 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

My point, using color for those readers who aren't afflicted with Asperger's, was that you've said all of this shit already. It should surprise no one that you went ahead and just more or less said it all again here. 

Maybe we need a Tylenol sponsorship 

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