TexArcher

12th Man?! Lawsuit!!!

Tennessee going ou with the fake ass injuries.

How many girls have you proposed to??

I'm finally to Year 3 of my dynasty mode and the schedule doesn't have aggy? Are we not playing them every year from now on?

"Other fans are almost rushing the field after beating us in Brian Kelly's 3rd year. That tells you all you need to know about the direction of our program." -- Swamp aggy

My TCU buddy is still trying to convince me of this, as if anyone gave half a shit about them before.

TWSS

Pretty sure LSU legit did not know that the clock would restart after OOB with 2+ minutes left.

That's just his herpes flaring up.

"All that matter is a team's record when you beat them. Our win over 6-1 LSU is the best win anyone has all season." -- aggy "The Michigan team that Texas beat is actually not very good." -- aggy

I agree that it's mental. I believe that the mental is a result of the injury still nagging him, but that could be wrong. He could just be in his own head too much. I also agree that defenses have made adjustments, but a lot of that is our inability to run the ball inside consistently and our reluctance (for some reason) to throw slants and other quick routes over the middle. So, defenses sit on the sideline throws and trust their DB's one-on-one deep because they don't believe Quinn can hit them (which has shown to be correct). All of this is to say that some of Quinn's struggles aren't entirely his own making. If we had CJ Baxter and/or better run blocking, it would help Quinn immensely. But we're having to play the hand we were dealt. Sidebar: I have no doubt that Arch will be the better quarterback. I expect him to win a Heisman and a championship. But that does not mean that as a second-year player he gives us the best chance to win just because he looked amazing in stretches against overmatched opponents. Who holds the UT record for interceptions in a season? Colt McCoy, in his second year. He obviously became great, and he showed flashes early, but he wasn't ready to lead us anywhere as a second-year player. We absolutely do not know if it would be any different or better with Arch. It's straight up speculation. We do know that we can win with Ewers, because we have. This is actually really simple.

Really? You don't remember that he used to be significantly better at the deep ball? I believe that he's still in pain, and the more he has to wind up the more it hurts, and therefore the more it's in his head. I could be wrong, but that would seem to fit. I don't understand how anyone can say that they don't see a marked difference in Quinn from last season and the first three games of this season to Quinn in the last five games since he returned from injury. Now, I was among those who said that if Quinn isn't 100%, then Sark is wrong for playing him over Arch. But that's a separate conversation. We *do* know that Quinn can play better than this, unequivocally, because he's done it before, and not for some small sample of games.

Counterpoint: Arkansas is not bad -- they beat Tennessee and almost beat aggy, and they got up for us. Quinn missed some throws, but he also threw two TD's and 0 picks. Do we need him to be better to win 3 or 4 playoff games in a row? Absolutely. But the notion that this is a guy we can't win with kinda misses the point that he already won a conference championship and had us a play away from the national title game. We *know* Quinn can play better. We just have to hope he works his way back to where he's been before.

I have my issues with Quinn, but this would only be true if we were losing games. We may not be able to win it all *because of* Quinn Ewers, but with this defense we can beat absolutely anybody *with* Quinn Ewers. For all the hand wringing about how bad he's looked since he came back from injury (yes, some of it from me), he's thrown 13 TD's against 4 picks in those 5 games. That isn't a guy who gives you no chance to win. I am more concerned about the O line, if we're being honest. And the one impacts the other, a lot. When Quinn has time, he's very good at everything except the deep ball.

You say that as if those are different places?

I love these guys. Eight out of ten opponents held under 20 points. Five of those held to 10 or less. Sacks and takeaways all over the place. This is a championship defense.

Who do they think they're gonna get? Deliverance isn't exactly a destination job.

FUCK YOU, PIGGY!!!

What? There's a 75+% chance to end the game right there. If you don't, they still need 2 scores in 2 minutes. And you don't risk a blocked FG being returned.

Good call. Eat shit, Arky.

Fuck Arkansas.

Why?? Why in the world??

I'm trying to remember a player who's improved more in 12 months. Part of that is that he was such crap last year, but man he's really turned into a nice player.

That's my defense right there. Sniffle.

All the praise for Quinn on that throw is correct, but that's a nice catch by Golden, too. Grabbed a screamer with a dude on his back.