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Damn, it is true that propaganda actually does work. Let me help some of you with what apparently you are incapable of doing yourselves. Texas would be just fine playing Georgia, or any other team for that matter. Look at it objectively and you will see that unlike other conferences. The Big 12 has a pretty damn solid collection of offensive teams. And to win this conference it takes a hell of an effort on defense. Coverages that are simple and basic are the norm in college football, but not in ours. The media tells you that we don’t, or can’t play defense. But that is untrue. The truth is we all play pretty decent offense. And in turn it taxes our defensive backs and safeties who are constantly being asked to do far more then just play the run. Because their QB is of no threat to establish and maintain anything resembling an effective passing game. So don’t fear. If Texas meets up with Georgia we would not only be competitive. We would have a solid chance of beating them. Their offensive game plan is far more easier to dissect then anything we see on a weekly basis in the Big12. More importantly is the health of Sam. That is the only real question.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. That there is the texum aggy bulldawgs they beat. The same team that put 70 on LS fucking U baby!

He will be a damn good NFL corner if he gets matched up with an Earl Thomas type safety. His biggest problem is worrying about fucking up. He spends far to much time trying to pick his poison during the route. Once the receiver starts into his route it is too late. He should have already decided {through communication with the safety} if he is going to take the inside or the post. If he decides the inside, stay on that. If it is the post the safety has to help him over the top should he get beat. Christ guys the receiver knows where he is going, the defender does not. It is why Sherman took way to much credit for his play. It was Thomas patrolling the top side that scared receivers. They knew they would get bombed if he cane in hot.

There is a reason that blitz came from the right side, and why it was so effective. I have since rewatched the game and I am now 100% sure that Sam’s arm was not healthy. And it is more of just a shoulder issue. How he held the football was the most obvious (that was mentioned after his TD run). But he continued to favor his right side. Unless he is now left handed that is unusual. And what some are saying that he was locking on to receivers, was in fact a physical issue that was causing, at least to some degree, discomfort when he panned his head left to right. If you watch it you will see a smooth motion until he gets roughly to center, then it just locks and he starts moving his torso to compensate. This little quirk continued through the fourth quarter, and ultimately to the safety. Which leads me to point out that someone else saw it too. OU not only blitzed Sam’s right side. They made sure to bring it from as far out as they could and still have time to get to Sam, while trying to find a blind spot in his peripheral vision. The defender held off until Sam turned his head to his left, once he did he never looked back to his right and was screwed. I believe healthy he would have picked it up.

The skinny was apparently someone got in Herman’s ear that opposing teams were basically stealing signs so to speak. That in certain down and distance situations Texas had become predictable (hence tendencies). Whether there is truth to that is above my pay grade. But Riley was sure quick to voice his displeasure with the announcement that Herman had reached out to Beatty. And hid it behind the passive aggressive remark that “well, it isn’t against the rules”. And why in my earlier post I stated that both teams appeared to being doing everything they could to not repeat a sequence they may have used previously. Which led to both teams being out of sorts to a degree.

Lutz. Maybe you can change my mind if we ever see Tua play in the fourth Quarter of a game. He (along with ESPN) built his entire reputation on the 2-26 pass last year. And ran up some really good numbers this year, that Hurts too would have complied had he had the opportunity. Against the same competition Alabama faced this year. So I’m sorry man I just don’t agree that he has separated himself from a guy who not only had to play in every game, the entire game, or his team loses. While also carrying the load of one of the shittest defenses in college football.

The guy who just won the game for them would be one.

Lutz

Well I wouldn’t think it would be Tua. Injury or not you can’t get pulled and win the very award that was established for if you don’t play your team doesn’t win. And Apparently many believe he isn’t even the best QB at Alabama?

Jesus, how do even tell how good Clemson really is? Say what you want about the Big 12, but at least our shitty teams put up a fight.

Like when they played in 2014. I’m not saying OU beats them, I’m just saying OU has beaten Alabama more times this century then Georgia has. And played almost as many times.

Hager is a loud mouth legacy. If he were a dirt burglar he would be crucified by us. His antics are all fun and shit only when you win. They are a distraction and childish when you don’t.

I believe Sam was hurt far worse then we know. His constant rotating his throwing arm in circles prior to the snap is confirmation of at the very least soreness. And In the second and third quarter it was almost a tell that we were going to attempt a throw. Add in the fact that they almost appeared to stay away from any shoulder contact with Sam, like they didn’t want Sam taken out and replaced by Buechele. OU’s defense looked better then at any time this year. Some may be they are finally settling in on Ruffins scheme. But I believe it had more to do with Sam’s health, and would have to be a question Herman should have been asked.

But yet most would say they are all better then what OU trotted out there? Other then maybe Murray. Not a single one of OU’s starting 11 would start at Texas. And why do all of you give Herman a pass? He had a hand in this as well. He can force a change if he wanted to. To lay it at the feet of Orlando without at least some blame of the head coach is why we see the same shit from the last four defensive coordinator’s who were employed by Texas.

That may make an interesting conversation. Having to explain a blowout may turn out to be the one way Alabama gets left out.

Actually I chart plays during the games. And both teams were completely out of character in the first 30 minutes based on their year to date play calling. Ou’s play calls changed dramatically on their last drive at the end of the first half. But, I got the impression that both staffs were paranoid trying far to hard to break what they believed to be their own tendencies. To the point neither team could develop continuity. And the OU middle was opening almost the entire game. This was seen by the two drops by Texas receivers in both their second and third possessions which were easy touchdowns had they been caught. And then it was almost late in the game before Texas went back to attacking that part of the defense. I found that rather strange.

Fowler? A product of the Mccarthy era at Colorado? Yeah, OK...

I agree Vic, but I believe that as the ball was already in the end zone the criteria for what is or is not possession comes into play. And having possession usually requires holding on to the ball just as it would in the same way a completion is defined. Whether the football move bullshit comes into the equation. With the Georgia player punching it out so quickly one could argue that the Bama player never had possession. I of course could be wrong.

Never mind.

I can’t express enough how bad I feel at this moment. Had that return stood, well fuck. I just lost money that I couldn’t afford to lose. This one is going to haunt me for a very, very long time.

Now at -9? Man I don’t understand how this works at all. We have joked around here for years about the easy money, sure bet. But it was always done tongue in cheek. But damned if this isn’t as close to easy money as I believe I have ever seen.

What the hell is going on? The books just ran the line up another point to -9. I have never seen anything like this. Have people lost their eyesight, their ability of critical thought? 9 points? What have these people seen that is obviously alluding me?

I got in at -8, though I am still not sure why the line moved up? At first I thought it would turn into a circle game due to Sam’s shoulder. Then I thought maybe the books have an edge of some type? But now I’m just not sure. -8 is absolutely ridiculous, and believe me I am not that smart. But I saw the first game and how the final score was skewed by the last few minutes. Had Texas broke serve over that period of time, Texas easily wins by two scores. Yet here we are with OU not only the favorite, but one could argue a two score favorite? OU is known not to cover in these type of games. Almost never have. This one has me totally confused.

Sadly, that single picture tells the entire country what a shit show the PAC is without a strong draw like USC. They are a conglomeration of big schools on the west coast that have a lot of things on their minds. And obviously football doesn’t appear to one of them. And people here want to be part of that?

And? You can do the same shit with Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, the Mississippi schools Southern Cal, SMU. Even Red’s 44 and 45 Army teams did that. Shit, the fucking list goes on and on when it comes to infractions. If anything at least the argument could be made that dirt burglars got something in return. What the fuck did aggy ever get? And that is just the shit the media got wind of. The truth is far uglier then that. Scandals that were able to be put down before making it to a major media outlet of the time. Simply because they happened in college towns where the so called media was part of the very slush fund the other major news groups probably knew about. But chose to ignore. And that doesn’t even begin to address the AFCA group made up of Shug, Dooley, Bryant, Peterno and McKay. And yes even DKR. All of whom decided who could be in the club, and who could not. And who made life hell for those that didn’t toe the line. Maybe you’re to young to remember that we had a few racial issues back then. And people like Switzer were not liked for a lot more reasons then simply the game of football. But I won’t CR that part of this thread. But, If you believe that it was pure investigative journalism that uncovered those stories you’re naive. Research it yourself. Look for Vince Dooleys response to turning down the OU job in 1965 prior to Mckenzie taking it. Don’t take my word for it. Read it for yourself how “His people” back in Alabama would feel about him coaching a black players. Time heels wounds, it doesn’t change history.