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I haven’t seen anyone talking about this, so I wanted to mention something that I noticed during the game on Saturday and that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed on the rewatch. Also, given the flack our offensive staff gets (and the “credit” Orlando gets for scheming), I thought it was only fair to give credit where credit is due. Against TCU, Herman showed a great package that our offense has never shown before, and it resulted in a lot of positive yardage, helping to jump start our offense in several critical moments of the game. Here’s the scenario: Texas has a TD on the previous possession, taking our first lead over TCU since 2013. TCU has just punted (a crappy punt), downed by TCU at their own 47 yard line. Texas has a short field to march. On first and ten, Watson gets 6 yards on inside zone with an insert lead block from Beck. Now, it’s 2nd and 4. Here’s the scheme itself: Play #1: We show 11 personnel (1 TE/1 RB), with trips one side. But the look is actually unbalanced—two of the trips receivers are on the line of scrimmage, meaning only two of the trips receivers are eligible receivers. Beck is playing TE off the line of scrimmage, and the RB is shaded to the TE side. Here’s a screen cap of the initial formation: In this formation, Beck (TE), Josh Moore (who is playing slot WR), Duvernay (farthest outside WR), and Tre Watson (RB) are eligible receivers. Collin Johnson is not. After showing that relatively simple set, the QB then sends the RB in motion to the field side (away from the trips receivers), leaving himself in an empty backfield. Here’s the post-motion set: TCU still has, effectively, seven men in the box at this point. One of their overhand defenders is lined up, at linebacker depth, just outside the shoulder of Calvin Anderson, giving him the ability to defend a pass to Josh Moore or stop the run. In addition to that defender, TCU still has their traditional 4-2 front in the box, as well. After the ball is snapped, Sam fakes the bubble screen to Josh Moore. Now, the overhang defender who was playing both run and pass is screaming towards Moore, thinking he needs to shut down the bubble screen. Duvernay and Johnson are both stalking the men over them, showing bubble screen looks as well. But that defender has guessed wrong—the play is actually a QB power. Back at the line of scrimmage, it’s just carnage. Anderson has escorted his pass rusher up the field, walling him off completely from the play (and further selling pass to the edge defender). Cosmi and Kerstetter have delivered a crushing double team on the playside defensive tackle, allowing Cosmi to break off and block the backside linebacker. Rodriguez mauls the nose guard, and Beck effectively shadowboxes Banogu. Vahe pulls, his target is Wallow (LB #30). Wallow actually takes himself out of the play, jumping outside Vahe’s block. Vahe actually turns upfield, looking to take on another man, because Wallow has appeared to totally take himself out of the play. But insanely, Wallow still able to get an arm inside on Sam’s hip, tripping him up. If Wallow misses that tackle, Sam might have scored because there is no safety help over the middle of the field. Sam ends up with a seven yard gain. Here’s the full clip of the play (starts at the 40:45 mark on the full length YouTube video): Play #2: The very next play, we come out in an identical formation—with two minor differences. First, Ingram has replaced Watson at RB. Second, Ingram’s initial shade is to the opposite side of the QB (i.e., on the trips side instead of the TE side). The motion action and eligible receivers all remain the same as in the first play. Looking at the defense though, you’ll see TCU has already adjusted. Instead of heaving three men accounting for the trips receivers (along with an overhang defender), TCU now has three defenders isolated on that, with a safety over the top of the box for the play. They’re no longer asking the overhang defender to play both run and pass. The final pre-snap defense looks like this: Texas runs the exact same play. But this time, the nose guard shoots the A gap (crossing Rodriguez’s face) before he can be blocked. Vahe does a tremendous job of recognizing the stunt and picking up the nose guard during Vahe’s pull. In the meantime, Rodriguez has recovered, and he is able to lay a hat on Wallow, who is playing backside linebacker this time. Because the nose guard has stunted, it has opened up a huge hole on the backside of the play, taking Banogu and the other backer out of the play completely. Sam is able to get through the second level before he is brought down by the free safety (the additional defender who TCU brought into the box). Sam ends up with a gain of eleven. Here’s the full clip of the play: Play #3: Texas has now gained 18 yards on the same play, run twice in a row. They hustle to the line, showing the same formation a third consecutive time. In response, TCU devotes even more defenders to take away the run. They’ve brought the overhang defender back in from his coverage of Moore, now requiring him to play both run and pass responsibilities. And they’ve kept the safety over the top of the formation (on a pass play, it looks like he would have man coverage responsibility for Beck). Here’s the post-motion look shown by the 😧 On the snap, the players show the same look they have previously (other than Beck, who takes off the down the field on a vertical route). Vahe’s pull is deeper, so that he can account for the DE who Beck is leaving unblocked. This time, though, Sam does not fake the bubble screen, but he throws it to Moore. But the two previous run plays have done their job: Watch the hesitation shown by the overhang defender. He doesn’t know if he should be playing run or pass. He drifts closer to the line of scrimmage without actually committing to defend either play (compare this with the very first video, when the overhang defender screams toward Moore’s bubble screen). As a result, the defender’s feet have almost completely stopped when he is locked up by Collin Johnson, who then rides him about seven yards upfield. Jerrod Heard (who has replaced Duvernay as the outside eligible receiver) does almost nothing on this play other than shadow the cornerback from about five yards away. If Jerrod Heard attacks that block, Moore has a lot to work with (and is basically one on one against the safety). Instead, Moore has to take the route outside Heard and only gains five or six yards. Here’s the full play: New Scenario: It’s the first play of the next offensive series for Texas. Caden Sterns has just picked off the double-pass, giving Texas the ball back at Texas’s 38 yard line. Play #4: TCU has adjusted again. After motioning out Watson, TCU still has seven men in the box itself—a four man line and two LBs and a strong safety who is playing over the top of Beck at linebacker depth (the strong safety likely has man coverage responsibilities for Beck). But Texas has modified the look. Now, instead of the trips receivers lining up to the boundary, they’re on the field side (wide side) of the formation. TCU can no longer devote an edge player to having both run/pass responsibilities. And when Watson motions out wide, he’s only about five yards split out from Calvin Anderson. The cornerback covering Watson is playing off coverage at about 7 yards. Here’s the post-motion defensive look: After the snap, the offense shows a similar look. But TCU has had enough of sitting around and letting Texas take the fight to them. They’ve adjusted by bringing Banogu and the other DE hard off the edge. They’ve also adjusted by having their LBs step up into the B gaps once the ball is snapped. They guess wrong again. And Herman has banked on an aggressive response from Patterson. Sam fakes the bubble screen to LJH, pulling the LBs toward the trips side of the field. He then comes back and rifles the ball to Watson, who has run a stop route just behind the line of scrimmage. Calvin Anderson ignores the playside DE and flies out to try to put a hat on the cornerback. Beck is flying upfield, looking to block the free safety, who will be coming across the formation to tackle Watson (as a side note, although the strong safety over the top of Beck almost certainly has responsibility for him in the pass game, he totally lets Beck run by. If the play had been a jump or pop pass to Beck, he would’ve had a 20+ yard gain. Keep your eyes peeled, because that wrinkle is definitely coming in the future.). Rodriguez’s block is a thing of beauty. He makes it across the playside linebackers face, hooking up with him on the hash about two yards past the line of scrimmage. He then rides him all the way to the numbers at the first down marker. Kerstetter gets a decent piece of Wallow, but Wallow is able to wriggle free. Unfortunately, much like Vahe’s near miss on Play #1, above, Anderson can’t quite seal the deal on the cornerback who dives outside the block, but is able to get a hand on Watson’s ankle. If he doesn’t make that tackle, Watson would probably have gotten the first down (assuming Wallow would’ve been able to get to him). Watson ends up with a gain of about six. Here’s the full gif of the play: Takeaway: All in all, we ran this set three times in a row in the second quarter and gained 23+ yards, getting us into the red zone (ultimately resulting in Dicker’s one made FG). We ran it again the next series and got another six yards. These are solid if not very good results against a fundamentally sound TCU defense. Against a defense less in “control” of their keys, one or more of these plays could’ve broken the D wide open. Even so, they resulted in huge gains that were basically "free yards" resulting solely from scheme and decent execution of the scheme. The plays' success are also almost entirely set up by the fact that we were able to run block effectively on the first two plays out of the package, requiring TCU to respect the run possibility each subsequent time we showed the formation. If my memory serves, we ran the same set once or twice more in the second half, gaining positive yardage but showed no different wrinkles than those above. This set is something very similar to a scheme that OU liked to run with Baker Mayfield and that they’ve continued with Kyler Murray. Empty out the box and run RPOs or RPO “looks” that spread the defense out and force it to defend three things: Space, the run, and the pass. The defense has to guess the play correctly to beat you. Even with TCU’s great pattern-matching scheme and technical soundness, they couldn’t stop it from being effective on Saturday. Credit to Herman and Co. for unleashing this very effective wrinkle against TCU. Because of the pressure it puts on the defense on all sides of the field, this package should continue to pay dividends down the road.

Republicans' continued righteous indignation about this is laughable. The Republicans obstructed Merrick Garland's nomination for almost a year for nothing resembling a legitimate reason. But here we have an accused rapist who was nominated by a president who could be impeached for multiple reasons (emoluments, collusion, obstruction, take your pick) and who is clearly unfit to hold office. And y'all are like, "fuckin' libtards blockin' our Jesus-given right to own the Supreme Court for the next quarter century - this is bullshit!" Fuck all of you in your neck rolls.

Was it due to pier pressure?

Neither Bill Clinton nor Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court.

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it wasn't sarcasm. i don't think our prisons should be dens of violence, drugs and/or extortion. i think we could do better if we gave a shit. we don't give a shit. i know that. and i think cosby deserved more time in prison. is it common to let people off easy because of advanced age? if he can't walk to the mess hall, wheel his ass there.

And the very same people who would be pants shitting and screaming about Obama making us a laughingstock will now be all puffed up and “Fuck all y’all! MAGA!” I truly hate everything about this man.

Herp Dickstreet is flailing and trying to bait the fan base. mr Cesspool had stern words for us when CS was on the hot seat due to performance issues but ethics , morals, and domestic violence do not seem to be on the Cesspool radar if you are a major football program in rusty Columbus. thats ok cuz hypocrisy sells .He didn’t have the testosterone to walk back his pathetic comments about our program, now he wants to stomp on any embers of hope we might have. Stay fake and desperate , it’s entertaining to watch your slow burn into meaninglessness.

This crap just makes the left look stupid and angry. It certainly doesn't get any votes.

Did you go to law school with Johnny Sack?

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this discounts the predilection of those extreme right-wingers who love to use lib tears and triggered gifs as general discourse. euro saw him some tears, and got a hard on for lib tears, enjoying the pain of someone else. in fact, he got so excited, he didn't even stop to determine the source of that picture, which did not have to be sandy hook. it could have been from any other major attack in the past five years. the tears were the most important part to go along with the meme, not the source. it's a fucked up condition.

How does everyone feel about the Fox family coverage these days? I think Klatt's crew is terrific - in fact I think they're the best in CFB. Quinn's crew is knowledgeable as well. Down the line their in-game teams are good if you ignore irritating voices and listen to what guys like Petros P are saying. I think CBS has the best guys in-studio and it isn't even close, but I don't mind the Fox crews covering games at all. I think their camera work has signficantly improved as well, although it isn't up to par with ESPN. I like that Fox is competing earnestly for CFB. We should all be excited about that. Regarding the in-studio teams, I am as baffled about Dave Wannstedt having a gig in this space as I was by him having a gig as a HC for so many years. He's an aging SuperMario replica with dated takes who picks favorites and then acts as though he nailed the underdogs the whole way. Matt Leinart doesn't bother me. I find him likable, actually, and that comes knowing what a douche he was around the 2005 title game. Robert Smith is plain vanilla but he knows his shit. The CBS team is great. Brian Jones speaks his mind and knows his shit. Neuheisel is excellent and they play off of each other well. Speaking of Neuheisel, I know we're supposed to despise him and stuff because of Colorado and Cedric Cormier and whatever, but his morning show on XM 84 with Chris Childers is the best college radio show in the world, at any time. If you've not given it a shot, do so. Childers is ridiculous and an unapologetic imbecile sometimes, but he genuinely loves CFB and follows it as closely as anyone here. He also calls guys out when he thinks they're full of shit, including going apeshit on Meyer and Pitino in recent months. The CBS SEC team has improved because of Nessler, but Gary Danielsen is the college football version of Satan or Joseph Goebbels. ABC and ESPN are agenda pushing shells of their former selves. Kirk Herbstreit is one of the few people in this world that I don't actually know who I'd risk taking my own life in order to take theirs. If he's jogging down a curving freeway on a cliffside and I'm pulling up from behind, we're both heading over that cliff, and one of us will be cackling. This is also true for Brian Bosworth, Barry Switzer, Vladamir Putin, and Lena Dunham. Sorry for the digression.

“We believe survivors ....” Y’all realize half the electorate is female and 1 in 4 or 5 women have been sexually assaulted or molested, right? Women have led the “Resistance” and places like Round Rock, Lakeway and Westlake are turning purple at an alarming rate. Pussyhats marching down Congress to the tune of over a hundred thousand in Texas alone - sure some photo op gender bending hairy leg lesbians (not me for the record) - but a lot and I mean a lot of ordinary women the kind that take care of their kids, shuffle to little league and work a full time job. Cruz may win, but if you think the Republicans are immune here you’re smoking crack. Brett Kavanaugh is exactly the kinda guy that back in her college days date raped that ordinary woman who is now shuffling her kids to little league after a long day at work. I may be new to the convo here but I’ve had multiple conversations with friends who are super triggered by this stuff because of what happened to them. It’s real and it motivates them to vote and to activate. This shit is NOT playing well with a large number of women. Maybe the deepest red church going baptists don’t care but that’s not representative of most women today.

Setting aside the merits (or lack thereof) for the allegations from 3-4 different women, after what the Republicans did to Merrick Garland, they have forfeited their right to bitch about tactics and partisanship. Where do you assholes get off thinking that this "political theater" is beyond the pale? Y'all not only lowered the bar in 2016, you fucking snapped it in half and tossed it aside. You can all go get fucked.

We’ve never not been a blue blood, dipshit aggy. And you’ve never been one. Not even when your great, great grandpappy was squeezing his nuts while wearing his coon fur coat to games in ‘39. 23 skidoo, bitch.

Good read, but not really surprising that a staunch social/religious conservative, forced to personally experience the circumstances of people he had previously viewed as scum, gained a new and deeper understanding of their plight. A lack of empathy towards people outside of one's closest social circle may be the defining characteristic of the political right. Unfortunately the people most like he was before the downfall will not learn from his experience.

"doing the robot" will take on a whole new meaning

This is why I've said all along that the WH press corps shouldn't get angry and confrontational when the WH trots out various persons to lie to their faces. They should just routinely laugh as SHS and the others as they try and feed bullshit to the American people. DOTUS would fucking lose it.

Oh fuck you. It's pretty clear he means there is a time and a place to hold people accountable. On debate stages, perhaps on social media, and definitely in the voting booth, rather than disturbing an entire restaurant and fucking with their families.

I'm feeling nostalgic. Let's review the statements by a couple of Republican senators after the nomination (and subsequent stonewalling) of Merrick Garland, referring to their plans going forward: . . . just in case any of you right-wing patriots wants to make the case that the proximity to the November elections was the overarching reason for refusing to consider Merrick Garland.

I will boo Carlos Gómez all damn day and twice on Sunday thank you very much.

This is a Longhorn board. We were hoping he would win.

We (and I’m talking about the people who post on this board, who are generally college-educated and in decent financial shape) are jaded – well, I think we’re jaded in ways of which we’re unaware. Specifically, we’re jaded when it comes to the whole “America” sales package: the land of opportunity, the American dream, that whole deal. We talk about how the American dream is dead. Indeed, I’m one of the chief proponents of that position. And in many ways, it is. But, we had an experience tonight that prompted a helluva conversation around our table, and more than a few hopeful tears. I mean, I still have incredible frustration at what we seem bent on doing to the American Dream, and how what we thought it was, or should be, is dead. But you know who it’s not dead for? A wide-eyed kid from Afghanistan, considering college. Y’all may remember that we work with an Afghan refugee family – we have for a couple of years, and I suspect it will continue indefinitely. The oldest boy, M, is a junior this year. His high school has started talking up colleges, and tonight was the first “college fair.” It wasn’t a huge production, and it was mostly smaller, local schools; think Texas State, ACC, Blinn, Schreiner, etc. Well, M got the notice that the fair was tonight, and he REALLY wanted to go. I mean, REALLY wanted to go. So, my wife and his mother took him. And to hear my wife describe it, when he walked in and saw the array of schools – of opportunities – in front of him, he was in real-deal mouth-open awe. They talked to several schools. And they kept it modest – places within an hour and a half of home. Places that are likely to offer scholarships and grants. As my wife explained, “M, our goal is for you to go to college for free.” He was again dumbfounded – “you mean they’ll pay for me to go to college?” She confirmed that is the goal. At every table they approached, my wife introduced him: “this is M. He’s going to be a first-generation college student.” And the people and resources that they talked to knew just what was going on, and how to approach it. M needs to go someplace where he can learn to go to college; something that most of us grew up expecting to do, and knowing the drill, will be alien to him. And so many of these places are geared towards doing just that. They were blown away by Blinn, which has an entire community of first gen students that even live together. Texas State also has a good program and plan geared towards kids like M. There’s plenty of potential scholarships on the table (M is bilingual and a strong student, on top of being a first-gen student with no financial wherewithal of his own). He is SO DAMNED EXCITED. Not by going to this fancy school, or that fancy school, but by the idea of going to SCHOOL. Of getting a degree. Of the limitless opportunity in front of him. An opportunity that this country, and its educational system offers. An opportunity that countless people, from my wife, to his high school counselor, to people at Blinn, and Texas State, and numerous other schools, have consciously put together. And yes, one of the first things my wife said when she got home was “lord, we have it so good.” And yes, the contrast between M’s college vision and the road we’re walking down with my daughter these days, who is looking at “this fancy school or that fancy school” is not lost on us. Perspective is a good thing. But the other thing my wife said, quite soberly, was “I got to see the American Dream happening tonight.” We talked about it, and how this is what we should be doing across the board, for everyone – refugees, first-gen students born right here, all of ‘em. This is good. This is America, being good M walked in the door of the high school auditorium with a dream in his head. He saw the path to making that dream come true laid out in front of him. That dream is the AMERICAN dream. It is what has made us great. It is what still makes us great. There are still people who believe in the American dream. One of them is a skinny Afghani high school junior. And his belief gives me hope. Just something I wanted to share with y'all. It's a good thing, and I didn't want to keep it to myself.

Bunch of friend zone cucks, not real men like us who don’t take no for an answer.

I so completely know BK's type. In fact, he's the rank intersection of 2 types. First -- wealthy, entitled white kid in bubble-type enclave in the 80s....just like certain places in TX, materialism is king and sexual assault is rampant among the high school set. The thought of reporting any of it as a young female teen, is laughable. They knew it would only blow up their own lives. And it's as if the boys were raised by wolves and no one seems to quite grasp that the behavior is wrong, much less illegal. Then you get your male law student who came from this environment. He was a bit too nerdy and/or not athletic enough to have been in the cool jock crowd, and has a chip on his shoulder because of it. "I'm gonna fuck everyone over with my intellect and skilz" says he, and so begins his obnoxious reign as class gunner. These types are of the conservative, "anti-affirmative action," free enterprise persuasion, 99% of the time. Lacking in emotional or social maturity, they continue to act in problematic ways towards women. Then they go on to become self-aggrandizing, sycophantic hacks, with personal advancement an end unto itself. Amazingly, women agree to marry and reproduce with these odious creatures. But don't mistake their having families for actually having empathy or human qualities. Ted Cruz fits this profile as well (notwithstanding the Cuban-ness). I know a little bit about which I speak.

Maybe. I can’t name casual acquaintances at parties i was at last year much less 30yrs ago, but your memory is likely better then mine. It is obvious that BK was a hard drinker and liked to party. This is corroborated by his own yearbook entries and his college roomate, who also states he was an aggressive drunk. This means that it would be consistent with his character and adds credibility to the accusation. Furthermore, BK denies a lot of shit which he really shouldn’t be denying. He would be more credible if he just said yea I drank like a fish at times, yea I partied and did pranks. But he can’t even admit to that. Instead he says he just went to church and studied. To me that makes him suspect. Not enough to convict, but enough to pass over a lifetime appointment job interview.

Off topic but I’m still laughing about the ‘rocko school of law, Wikipedia branch’. I want that on a fancy collared shirt with a corvette logo beneath it.

The thing is the Republicans don't care if every accusation against Kavanaugh is true. That's irrelevant. He's their guy and they're going to get him confirmed. He's a Republican who will vote for Republican causes and, most importantly, protect the Republican president from indictment for his crimes. Kavanaugh could've held the altar boys down while the priest raped them in the rectory and the GOP would still support him.

you simply cannot make this shit up. Recall the shadiness of BK's abrupt and large debt clearance, home purchase, and club membership ? Recall from earlier today the conversation about background checks and financial blackmail ? Where'd all that money come from ? CRC is Kavanaugh buddy Ed Whelan's outfit. And btw, Whelan was forced into a sudden sabbatical from CRC several days ago. Good timing.

You should probably just stop watching football.

I read somewhere that their periods attract bears. The bears can smell the menstruation.

I’d like to see judges appointed by the president and confirmed by wide, filibuster proof majorities with the advice and consent of the senate. When the Senate chooses not to consent, it should be for character deficiencies or a lack of fitness and quality, not philosophy and certainly not party. That view may seem naive now, but that’s the norm that our system at least aspired to until very recently with few exceptions. The Garland fiasco flies in the face of that norm. Party control was the overarching, explicit objective and your idea about maintaining the existing “balance”, whatever that is supposed to mean, isn’t better. Either way, though- we wind up in the same place. Kavanaugh simplify isn’t fit or qualified for the job, irrespective of the accusations of sexual assault or other shitty behavior towards women. His character deficiencies may yet be proven or not, but even if they aren’t, he’s not the caliber of judge that belongs on our highest court at this point in his career.

The problems in America aren't families being ripped apart at the border, massive wealth disparity, or oppression of women and minorities, the real problem is the discourse. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Ted Cruz had to leave a restaurant! Do you animals not have any dignity?!

This "FBI background check" business also needs to be clarified, since it is repeatedly getting misused. Federal judges, including SCJs are NOT required to have a clearance, let alone a Top Secret clearance. The non-clearance background check for judges or other federal employees deemed "high risk", which is the level where the FBI gets involved, only go back five years in general and are way less stringent than security clearances. The FBI (and DOJ) checks references that the applicant lists, credit reports/history, taxes, residence history etc and may interview some of the references the applicant lists. They don't dig into stuff more than 5 or 10 years old, let alone 30 years. Unless there is some adverse information that comes out (which is the case here). A security clearance investigation is more rigorous, but still generally only goes back 10 years, and again, except for Top Secret which is a little more stringent and does involve interviews with references, the applicant lists references (co-workers, friends, neighbors etc) and that's who the investigating agency talks to, if at all. They don't go back and look at high school classmates (unless they are listed as references). Knowing these processes is important because in background check, the FBI isn't going to find out about jack shit that happened in the past, unless either there is an accessible record of it, or a reference that the applicant listed brings it up. So no, they would not have known nor should they have known about the high school and college stuff.

While I do get the tremendous respect for the Purple Wizard, context is always key when it comes to K-State. This is only the 2nd time in the Big 12 Texas rolls into Manhattan as a favorite, the other of course being 2006. The other trips there UT has ranged from small to big underdog and in almost all cases (except 2002), K-State was the better team (as has been pointed out UT did not play them during Mack Brown's 5 best seasons - 2001, 2005, 2005, 2008, 2009). In fact, Snyder has only beaten UT once as an underdog - 1999 when Texas was a slight favorite at home. That was the infamous "Apple Turnover" game and that Wildcat team was loaded with NFL talent like Darren Sproles. Point being is that Snyder's teams have largely beaten Texas when they were supposed to and lost in the last few years('13, '15, and '17) in Austin to Texas teams that they were evenly matched with or lesser than. (I still can't explain Ron Prince though). That being said, this is one of the worst K-State teams in a while and they look like they don't have very many dudes. Watching them play Miss State was painful and although I didn't see the WVa game, it sounded like it could have been 56-3 had WVa not been so sloppy with the ball. However this is college football and there is a path to victory for KState as follows: On offense, I would expect KState to roll out with Alex Delton and feature a lot of QB run game, opportunistic RPO's, and a game plan designed to get yards in small to medium sized chunks. They want to find themselves in 3rd and 4 type situations repeatedly. KState needs to possess for 36+ minutes and they want 10+ play type drives that even if they don't result in big points each time, they take precious time off the clock and keep Texas offense off the field. They want to be in the game in the 4th quarter where Texas could give up a big play that could result in a win for them. Keeping the UT offense off the field and limiting the number of plays run will force UT to be more perfect on offense, which Texas hasn't shown it can be that consistent for 4 quarters. They should want to see if Texas has earned anything since Maryland. On defense, KSU will absolutely sell out to stop the run, especially since they don't have the dudes to stop the run in standard and light formations. If they come out in standard or light box looks, Texas could roll up 250+ on the ground pretty easily and that is not a path to victory for KSU. So load the box, win on first and second down and put Texas in 3rd and long situations. UT is only 38% on the season on 3rd down conversions. KSU is giving up close to 50% on the season, but if they consistently get the offense in 3rd and 7+, they will do better than that number. We will know what kind of game this will be in the first 20 minutes. Roll out to a 14-0 lead early forces them out of their strategy and may push them back to Skyler Thompson and an offense Texas can easily defend. If Texas struggles early, strap in for a tight game into the 4th quarter. At rough glance, they should have the advantage on special teams........Texas gave back a lot against TCU that puts UT at average to below average for the season. Good news is Texas hasn't faced a team that has had exceptional special teams nor played exceptionally in the game itself. Will any of this happen? Hard to say. K-State will have to play its absolute best and hope that Texas is sluggish and makes the kind of mistakes made against Maryland. Anything short of that, Texas wins easily. Texas also played pretty well in hostile environments last year (USC, ISU, WVa) so I don't think going on the road should faze this team.

Looks like we can finally end the debate once and for all. Houston > Dallas.

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Jamison will go back to playing nickel when guys like Jake Smith and Whittington get here.

I'm certain this country is going to put an attempted rapist on the United States Supreme Court, which will be celebrated by many people who pretend to be Christians.

Yeah. Fuck this bitch.

Lulz... my aunt shared that Trump handing out a MAGA hat to the people drowning. Then again, she also (as a nod to an earlier post by Longboard Horn) used to think that LOL meant "lots of love." So if someone died and a relative was posting a tribute to their now dead family member... she'd say something like "prayers sent LOL"

Also at Guitar Center today. In L.A. reppin because we own this town now. If you ever have a chance, the vintage/platinum room in the back of the Sunset location is worth putting up with the crowds and the parking. Found Slash, too.

THIS is how LHB should march in... Cadence, Fight, cadence, Grandioso, cadence, Victory March.

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