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26 minutes ago, TotallyLegit said:

A wise man once said, "if you win all the time, it's not good for the coaches or the kids. You've got to learn to appreciate it."

Flipside is if you lose too many games early in the season, you may end up like a Strong led Texas team that didn't give a shit, as losing becomes a habit.

Posted
2 hours ago, immamac said:

 

This team isn't soft, they are just dispassionate. There's a lack of any vibe on the sideline or in the game. Everyone in their own world, no one hyping the team. 

I distinctly remember the Taaffe interception and how he was getting up and ran over to arch manning and was hitting him in the helmet or shoulder pads with the ball all excited and no one even high fived or patted him. It was fucking weird. Arch acted like he wanted him out of his face. Trying to find it on broadcast and I'll out a clip. 

Taaffe is surrounded by 1-year mercenaries and all-SEC guys who we had to "restructure contracts" to keep. And others who were all-SEC preseason but have more game-killing penalties than game-tilting big plays, 5 games into the season. Barron did a lot for this program. Before him, Whittington did a lot for this program. I really like Moore and hoped he'd be that guy this year, but it just doesn't seem like he's quite the player Whittington was. Not sure where else to look for the fire. 

And this was being said during the Ohio State game. This isn't a new revelation. Seeing Arch sitting on the sidelines, only down 7, talking to nobody, nobody hyping him up.... It's worrying. This is basic competitor shit. If you're down by 7 and felt like you should be at least tied, you're on the sideline trying to pull out some fire from your teammates........ Or you're just waiting for it to be over. 

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Focusing on the wrong things. Not being ra ra enough is the least of our worries. These issues are much bigger than that. It’s talent and coaching at this point. No amount of hype is going to make up for that. If anything it would only serve as material to be made fun of like when Arch overly celebrated against mid teams. 

Posted
4 hours ago, VaLonghorn99 said:

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Horns couldn't recover last night. Hope that's a lesson for the rebuilding squad.

I think rebuilding is right. We all knew some digestion/mean reversion was likely after the last 2 years. Unfortunately OL and QB are ass and we have not rebuilt at the skill positions. All of that will need to be addressed this offseason. Hopefully some of the big donors can pony up to buy up some talent to fix it this offseason. Because right now this isn't working.

Posted
4 hours ago, boilerhorn said:

Glad you brought this up.  There were times during the game (and other games this season) where I saw what I perceived to be apathy or resignation.  I think dispassion is a better term.  

I chalked it up to the team's realization that it has problem areas and they are just waiting for that wheel to fall off or that tire to go flat.

Add NIL, where some guys are making crazy money while performing poorly, it can be a recipe for dispassion and/or resentment.  Do you think the players dislike each other?

Your NIL comment rings true.  
 

A high school classmate has a son that’s a D-1 baseball player.  There were some players on his first team that were getting NIL money.  His son was not one of them. 
 

There were cliques that formed with the NIL players and the non-NIL scholarship guys and partial-scholarship guys were left out.  It caused problems. 
 

I could see that at a big football school. How many guys are secure enough to hang all the time with a guy that’s got a McLaren or a Maserati but sucks on the field?

 

My guess is there are more clashes of young egos or at least some backstabbing or resentment in any big NIL funded team. 
 

Remember, all of these guys have been told they are “the man” since 7th grade.  When they see an underperformer getting big perks but aren’t getting similar compensation, it’s gonna go badly. 

Posted
3 hours ago, Chopper said:

Just two plays likely would have been the difference between victory and defeat yesterday. As badly as they played, the game likely would have had a different outcome but for the blocked punt and the errant throw by Wingo. That's rather amazing given what we saw in shitty OL play, lack of run game, crappy tackling and questionable defensive schemes.

I would include and can't get the first play of the game out of my head. A short pass and a Texas helmet to the ball after the catch cause a fumble in the open field. I expected to see two or three Texas defenders soon in the picture going for the loose ball. There was one and he took a sort of strange route to the ball like he wants to pick it up and run with it. He misses the ball and the receiver who is on the ground has time to get up pick up the ball and lunge forward before any other Longhorn defenders show up. A Texas recovery after the first Florida offensive play in plus territory probably changes the whole dynamics of the game. It would have been Texas with the great start and Florida and Lagway with doubt in their minds right away. Instead, Florida goes right down the field and scores and never lost the lead after that with all that momentum gained.

All I could think of when Wingo launched that pass over a wide-open tight end was a coach in practice telling him if the receiver is wide open just get the ball to him and let him catch it. That it would be better to be short with the throw in that scenario and not overthrow him. You could see that Endries had slowed down and just wanted to present himself as an easy target for Wingo. He knew he was going to score if he could just get the ball. Then Wingo uncorks that rainbow that with a pretty good breeze behind it just kept going and going. Endries couldn't get back up to top speed again to catch up to it. You have saved that play for situations like that when Texas desperately needed a score and it breaks wide open, and the worst scenario happens, the pass is overthrown.

Posted
4 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Rashaan Salaam. 317. And fuck you for  bringing that up.

 

I remember we were walking across the field after the game because you could in those days. Announcer was reading off the stats. Salaam, Colorado, 317. We knew it was bad but  goddamn that was deflating. 

Didn’t Curtis Martin of Pitt also have a 300yd day?  

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