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22 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

Nothing will matter unless we fix our atrocious OL. How do some of you watch the game and think if we put somone else at the QB position, we will play better? 

Rod Babers would put a new QB in there.

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53 minutes ago, Wayne Arnold said:

What makes you think that about Caldwell? Two passes where Sark called basic one read quick action pass plays?

I'm not saying it's impossible for Caldwell to do well, but for people to act like we have some legitimate proof that he processes plays better than Arch is absurd. It's literally two plays.

I said it in another thread but I'm optimistic that if Sark knows what Caldwell does well and can put together a game plan with a small playbook he can hold up 1 week.  There isn't really any film on him.  But yeah, I don't have much faith at all he could hold up long term at all.  There isn't anything in his past that says this guy is ready to dice up complex coverage schemes and hit his 3rd read.  I fully expect to see ultra conservative play calls on 3rd and long (and for this board to be screaming about it not understanding it's intentional).  Someone posted a twitter video with all his passes/runs and think I recall one of his only throws into coverage in mop up duty would have been picked against a P4 secondary.

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The fact that Caldwell has more experience and can process faster than Arch will give us the upper hand this weekend imo.  Is it really a surprise that the offense took off under Arch when he stopped thinking and started being decisive against Miss St?

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1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:

Curious as to where Vandy is vulnerable on Defense... for example how well do they handle outside zone??  Wonder if Texas offense might match up better against Vandy than say Kentucky??

Hoping Vandy is worn out from Mizzu game as well... 

Mizzu TOP was a surprising 36:12

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looking at this....how did Vandy win?

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We really should focus on being funny and less on being predictive. 

Where is all the Diego Pavia shit talk and funny memes about what Texas is gonna do to him? 

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2 minutes ago, Skipper said:

I said it in another thread but I'm optimistic that if Sark knows what Caldwell does well and can put together a game plan with a small playbook he can hold up 1 week.  There isn't really any film on him.  But yeah, I don't have much faith at all he could hold up long term at all.  There isn't anything in his past that says this guy is ready to dice up complex coverage schemes and hit his 3rd read.  I fully expect to see ultra conservative play calls on 3rd and long (and for this board to be screaming about it not understanding it's intentional).  Someone posted a twitter video with all his passes/runs and think I recall one of his only throws into coverage in mop up duty would have been picked against a P4 secondary.

This is where I'm at as well. 

If Arch can't go, then I hope Caldwell's experience and ability to hit the short passes in rhythm gives us enough on offense to make up for the bad OL and RB play. Add to that the lack of film on Caldwell to limit Vandy's ability to prep. 

But your comment about the game plan and small playbook is the crux of the thing. Will having Caldwell at QB be enough to get Sark off his bullshit and force him to call the plays we can actually run? For him to accept that these are college players with limitations and let them play within themselves? I really hope so. 

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We just need Caldwell to hit underneath routes, curls, and maybe a few slants. I doubt we will see much play action deep throws. If he’s consistent on the short to medium throws, then I think Texas can move the ball against Vanderbilt. Is establishing a run game too much to ask for this week?

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Just now, Vertuzzi said:

We just need Caldwell to hit underneath routes, curls, and maybe a few slants. I doubt we will see much play action deep throws. If he’s consistent on the short to medium throws, then I think Texas can move the ball against Vanderbilt. Is establishing a run game too much to ask for this week?

And no turnovers. You can handle a turnover here and there from an explosive high ceiling QB, not from a game manager

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5 minutes ago, Blotto said:

And no turnovers. You can handle a turnover here and there from an explosive high ceiling QB, not from a game manager

Which is why I think, as long as the game is close, when we're in 3rd and 8+ you see screens, draws, etc. rather than trusting him to throw intermediate routes into coverage.

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25 minutes ago, Skipper said:

I said it in another thread but I'm optimistic that if Sark knows what Caldwell does well and can put together a game plan with a small playbook he can hold up 1 week.  There isn't really any film on him.  But yeah, I don't have much faith at all he could hold up long term at all.  There isn't anything in his past that says this guy is ready to dice up complex coverage schemes and hit his 3rd read.  I fully expect to see ultra conservative play calls on 3rd and long (and for this board to be screaming about it not understanding it's intentional).  Someone posted a twitter video with all his passes/runs and think I recall one of his only throws into coverage in mop up duty would have been picked against a P4 secondary.

can anyone repost the highlight link?

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Hey if you can, try to get out and support the Surly Horns tailgate this weekend, if possible. The weather should be perfect and the food will be amazing, as always. 

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16 hours ago, Drifterwood said:

I will cop to being a little hyperbolic in an instant reaction, and ST is way better this year. I had a hard time going and finding ST stats and wasn’t about to spend time going through game logs and compiling.

The last few games have been great mostly because of Niblett punt returns. Niblett was not a consensus All American 4 weeks ago. This season overall we still commit too many penalties and take too many kicks out of the end zone and have made a lot of boneheaded plays. There is no shortage of people underwhelmed with Banks on this site. If that’s all good enough for 3rd in someefficiencybasedonwhateverindex or be best in the country then I guess everyone else’s ST suck too.

I’m not bitching about or trying to discredit the absolute fucking lifeline that Niblett has been, but ST has often been a major liability the past few years. Hopefully they keep it up, but Niblett’s not gonna get many returnable punts from here on out.

I realize you acknowledged some hyperbole, and I absolutely agree that special teams with Banks has often been detrimental, but wanted to show that Nibblets' punt returns are a special teams effort. I posted this in the Miss. St. game thread showing all the blocks which made his TD return possible.

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Critical Blocks made on Nibblet's return for TD by #'s 0, 11, 23, 26 and 51.

#0 - Deandre Moore

#11 - Kade Phillips or Michael Terry?

#23 - Jorden Johnson-Rubell

#26 - Ty'Anthony Smith

#51 -  Marshall Landwehr - This block arguably prevented Miss St #56, the last viable defender, from making the tackle in addition to the direct block he made against defender #88 (I think) which  probably takes Nibblet out of bounds. Video at end linked to punt return.

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Posted
32 minutes ago, Vertuzzi said:

We just need Caldwell to hit underneath routes, curls, and maybe a few slants. I doubt we will see much play action deep throws. If he’s consistent on the short to medium throws, then I think Texas can move the ball against Vanderbilt. Is establishing a run game too much to ask for this week?

Just not how Sark works. The Sark offense is typically a grab bag of plays that are intended to open up a shot play once or twice a quarter. Probably a big reason the OL does nothing well. 

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1 hour ago, Wayne Arnold said:

What makes you think that about Caldwell? Two passes where Sark called basic one read quick action pass plays?

I'm not saying it's impossible for Caldwell to do well, but for people to act like we have some legitimate proof that he processes plays better than Arch is absurd. It's literally two plays.

While your overall point about limited evidence is correct, the Florida throw was not a one-read quick action pass play. It was his second or third read in a standard drop back on 2nd and 22. He got the ball at 35 seconds left and the ball was out at 32 seconds left. This came directly after Arch on first and 10 got the ball with 55 seconds left and took a sack at 51 seconds left. 

 

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6 hours ago, Codaxx said:

dont watch this week, because you will see Colin used as a SPY this week. 

God Damnit!!!!!! I don't think my eyes or stomach can handle any more of that shit. They're killing his draft stock, and same with Ant Hill. Why are they going away from their strengths? It doesn't make any sense to me. We, and really any big time program, should not A) ever have to re-build again, and B) try new things that don't work after you've seen 8 games of ut until the very end when they finally allow Simmons to do Simmons things. 
 

If they want a spy, just bring Derek Williams or Jelni Mcdonald into the box. You don't need a fucking Edge tk be your spy. Shit, even Littleton. They should be using Simmons to flush Pavia out of hos comfort zone towards to Hill/Lefau, or and if Pavia wants to run up the middle that's where you have Williams/Mcdonald. PK is driving me nuts this year. I love the guy, but experimenting should be done with. That's what SHSU, SJSU, and UTEP were for, not Ohio State and conference play. 

 

/rant over 

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45 minutes ago, sith_horn said:

I realize you acknowledged some hyperbole, and I absolutely agree that special teams with Banks has often been detrimental, but wanted to show that Nibblets' punt returns are a special teams effort. I posted this in the Miss. St. game thread showing all the blocks which made his TD return possible.

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Critical Blocks made on Nibblet's return for TD by #'s 0, 11, 23, 26 and 51.

#0 - Deandre Moore

#11 - Kade Phillips or Michael Terry?

#23 - Jorden Johnson-Rubell

#26 - Ty'Anthony Smith

#51 -  Marshall Landwehr - This block arguably prevented Miss St #56, the last viable defender, from making the tackle in addition to the direct block he made against defender #88 (I think) which  probably takes Nibblet out of bounds. Video at end linked to punt return.

 

 

 

 

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great block by - #51 -  Marshall Landwehr

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10 minutes ago, William Bludworth said:

God Damnit!!!!!! I don't think my eyes or stomach can handle any more of that shit. They're killing his draft stock, and same with Ant Hill. Why are they going away from their strengths? It doesn't make any sense to me. We, and really any big time program, should not A) ever have to re-build again, and B) try new things that don't work after you've seen 8 games of ut until the very end when they finally allow Simmons to do Simmons things. 
 

If they want a spy, just bring Derek Williams or Jelni Mcdonald into the box. You don't need a fucking Edge tk be your spy. Shit, even Littleton. They should be using Simmons to flush Pavia out of hos comfort zone towards to Hill/Lefau, or and if Pavia wants to run up the middle that's where you have Williams/Mcdonald. PK is driving me nuts this year. I love the guy, but experimenting should be done with. That's what SHSU, SJSU, and UTEP were for, not Ohio State and conference play. 

 

/rant over 

I don't think you understand what the NFL is looking for. They aren't killing their draft stocks at all. They are demonstrating other skill sets that the NFL will value and showing they can be complete every down players. While I personally think we are a little too conservative at times on defenses, especially in teams that should be overmatched by our line, Simmons learning to drop into coverage isn't a bad thing for his NFL future. 

I think I also saw you (or maybe it was someone else) complaining that Hill's stats are way down this year. I think people forget we played 16 games last year. He had 113 total tackles (59 solo) or 7 tackles per game (3.6 solo). This year he is averaging... 7.5 tackles per game (3.8 solo). He has lower sack numbers (but those tend to come in bunches), but has already matched his interception total (1) and nearly matched his FF total (4 last year, 3 this year) in 8 fewer games. Simmons is averaging .8 sacks per game vs .56 last year.  His total tackles per game is about the same as last year (3). 

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7 minutes ago, TexasGolf said:

great block by - #51 -  Marshall Landwehr

I should also add, I missed that #24 (Warren Roberson I believe) gets a brief block on the same defender as #26 (Ty'Anthony Smith), who picks up that defender after he disengages from Roberson. Both blocks prevented the  defender from getting to Nibblet, and nice to see Roberson didn't hold or block in the back, which hitherto, he's been notorious for.

Landwehr blocked like a stud.

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59 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

While your overall point about limited evidence is correct, the Florida throw was not a one-read quick action pass play. It was his second or third read in a standard drop back on 2nd and 22. He got the ball at 35 seconds left and the ball was out at 32 seconds left. This came directly after Arch on first and 10 got the ball with 55 seconds left and took a sack at 51 seconds left. 

 

Oh well that changes things! Now instead of using two plays as proof he is superior at progressions then arch, we merely have one play!

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10 minutes ago, Wayne Arnold said:

Oh well that changes things! Now instead of using two plays as proof he is superior at progressions then arch, we merely have one play!

Don't be an ass. Your argument was that we had no plays demonstrating that. You were wrong. Limited evidence is still some evidence. I think the reality is that the more experienced QB is going to be better at that part of the game. Arch has other attributes that he has demonstrated recently that will be very tough to match. 

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14 minutes ago, Wayne Arnold said:

Oh well that changes things! Now instead of using two plays as proof he is superior at progressions then arch, we merely have one play!

You were incorrect and got corrected. Don’t be a lil bish.

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1 minute ago, Dahobbs said:

I don't think you understand what the NFL is looking for. They aren't killing their draft stocks at all. They are demonstrating other skill sets that the NFL will value and showing they can be complete every down players. While I personally think we are a little too conservative at times on defenses, especially in teams that should be overmatched by our line, Simmons learning to drop into coverage isn't a bad thing for his NFL future. 

I think I also saw you (or maybe it was someone else) complaining that Hill's stats are way down this year. I think people forget we played 16 games last year. He had 113 total tackles (59 solo) or 7 tackles per game (3.6 solo). This year he is averaging... 7.5 tackles per game (3.8 solo). He has lower sack numbers (but those tend to come in bunches), but has already matched his interception total (1) and nearly matched his FF total (4 last year, 3 this year) in 8 fewer games. Simmons is averaging .8 sacks per game vs .56 last year.  His total tackles per game is about the same as last year (3). 

No, that was me who mentioned the stats, but I also said that Simmons could get to 10+ sacks by the end of the year, and I mentioned that his tackles were lower because he's being dropped Into coverage. As for Hill, yeah I forgot about the 16 games, so that's on me and I'll own it. I went back and I just looked at solo tackles rather than total tackles, and he's got the same amount. I got ahead of myself on that one. As for the sacks, that doesn't bother me much since we have some generational DE's  (for whatever reason, ESPN list Lance Jackson as a LB. Lol wut?). Anyway, Lefau is waaaaay higher in tackles at the same time this year, which tells me he's taken a massive next step, and he has a sack, which surprisingly he only had 2 last year, so I expect him to have at least 3 by seaaons ends.

You're also correct that him dropping into coverage can help his stock, and I was being selfish just wanting him to line up and go kill the QB, but what I have noticed is he's also being held a lot and it's not being called, and is really pissing me off. Am I going crazy or have to noticed the same?

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On 10/28/2025 at 8:56 AM, texasdago said:

OK Boomer.  *Yawn* this choice.

Beach Boys LCL

Reagan cabinet member James Watt banned The Beach Boys from a July 4 (1983) celebration because they were too edgy and rebellious and "attracted the wrong element." 
 

I pray that we can stay safe from those now-42-years-older evildoers.  

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2 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

The fact that Caldwell has more experience and can process faster than Arch will give us the upper hand this weekend imo.  Is it really a surprise that the offense took off under Arch when he stopped thinking and started being decisive against Miss St?

that based on Caldwell's 5 career starts? Nobody knows how this will work out but lets not pretend he has an illustrious resume. He started 5 games over 4 seasons at 3 schools. 

 

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This will probably look stupid in hindsight, but I'm starting to develop a gut feeling Texas is going to kick Vandy's teeth in. Something that looks like the aggy game last year. Doesn't get beyond a 10-17 point margin because of clunky offense but doesn't feel that close.

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22 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

This will probably look stupid in hindsight, but I'm starting to develop a gut feeling Texas is going to kick Vandy's teeth in. Something that looks like the aggy game last year. Doesn't get beyond a 10-17 point margin because of clunky offense but doesn't feel that close.

Vandy is smart KSU. If Texas plays a good game, they will win. Texas has a big talent advantage. 

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I’m in the same boat. Of our three upcoming top 10 opponents, I feel the best about this one. Getting back home after 6 weeks has got to provide a boost. can’t promise anything beyond that. 

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5 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

Vandy is smart KSU. If Texas plays a good game, they will win. Texas has a big talent advantage. 

We tend to not play good games on offense this season, but please beat Vandy. Can't stand Pavia. 

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34 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

that based on Caldwell's 5 career starts? Nobody knows how this will work out but lets not pretend he has an illustrious resume. He started 5 games over 4 seasons at 3 schools. 

 

Well, sure, but the fact that he's come in and made quick decisions where you see Arch hold the ball just 1 tick too long.  Granted, he started to play with urgency at the end of Miss St.

I just think we need Caldwell to drive the bus and stay ahead of the chains in order to win this game.  I think if our LBs will cover the TE's then we can really win this going away.  Easier said than done.

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1 minute ago, Fondren & Main said:

Well, sure, but the fact that he's come in and made quick decisions where you see Arch hold the ball just 1 tick too long.  Granted, he started to play with urgency at the end of Miss St.

I just think we need Caldwell to drive the bus and stay ahead of the chains in order to win this game.  I think if our LBs will cover the TE's then we can really win this going away.  Easier said than done.

Might happen, but 20 career TDs vs 15 ints is not screaming game manager. I am just saying nobody knows how this will work out, but some of the comments I see are detached from reality

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