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New Orleans New Years Terror Attack [15 dead, 20+ critical/injured]
Skipper replied to Wally Fairway's topic in Daily Texan
I'm trying to catch up on latest and 1/3 of the damn thread is some Amy Grant tangent. I think we're past the point of calling out thread shitting. -
2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
The best part is the rest of the SEC is either forced to root for Texas (knowing we would never let them hear the end of winning it all our first year in the SEC) or have no rooting interest. It's pretty great. -
Agreed. I don't disagree with the decision to go for the block. They clearly saw something on tape to exploit. It was a player execution issue, not a coaching decision issue. It should have been a TD. My fixable special teams concerns are not being prepared for fakes no matter the field position. We've been caught in back to back games.
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I think the point is fuck supporting clickbait headline nonsense. Would never click on something like that no matter how good the "content" is. Clown shit.
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2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Agreed I think we need to come out and punch them in the mouth early. No doubt they think their shit doesn't stink and can't be beaten after the last 2 weeks (probably about the same way we felt heading into the first UGA game). I don't feel great about the matchup but that is a lot of recency bias creeping in. If we put ASU away with a good 3rd quarter or even up 24-8 like we should have I think we would all feel differently. I have no idea how this team will play as an underdog but optimistic that change in mindset will be a positive. The biggest key to me is whether or not we can run the ball. The 2 UGA games I somewhat understand but I don't get what happened against ASU. There is no way their DL is better than A&M (or probably even Kentucky) where we ran at will. Was it scheme? Just flat out getting beat? Some combination? Would like to see a film breakdown of what went wrong. -
2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
That's right. Wasn't counting. Extra 2 days from a normal game week. -
2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
When will Sark press conference be? I'll be interested to hear his approach to game prep with 10 days between games. I saw Mukuba and Barron both played over 100 snaps which is just insane. With as many snaps as every defensive contributor played, probably tough to figure out right balance between practice time and recovery. I'm guessing heavy dose of non-contact scout team work. -
2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Yep. Looking at their schedule Oregon was really the only 'good' offense they played all year (Indiana solid but not explosive). They had 2 WTF games against Nebraska (barely won) and then obviously Michigan. They have almost certainly played their best games of the season in back to back weeks. I don't remember if it was Klatt or Pate in their previews (both picked Texas to win but ASU to cover) but part of the reasoning was essentially that it is hard for college teams to play "good" back to back weeks and an expectation we would play down a bit. So hopefully that holds up for OSU this week. We'll need the big breaks to swing our way (turnovers, big special teams plays, etc.) just like Notre Dame did earlier today. -
This is the basis of my Notre Dame disdain. I respect the school, fans and traditions. But play in a fucking conference. As for UGA - after spending time in Atlanta around their shit fanbase - I won't be shedding any tears whatsoever if they lose this game.
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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Tampering with Success
Skipper replied to closetojumping's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
Just because he's coming back doesn't mean he doesn't have to compete for his job. -
2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Has anyone seen if we get a Big 12 crew or ACC crew for this one? I think officiating across the board is pretty much garbage but all things considered hoping it's an ACC crew without the old biases. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
Skipper replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
I feel like yesterday's game was the complete 2024 Texas Longhorn Football experience in every way. Big lead blown, shitty officiating, 3rd quarter meltdown, missed kicks, and obviously that applies to 3's game as well. Watching the 2nd half (and particularly after yet another underthrown deep ball pick that should have never been thrown) I felt myself, like everyone I'm sure, feeling like I was so glad to be moving on to Arch and seeing what he could do next season. Then QE comes up with the most clutch and elite QB play we've seen at QB in over a decade and follows that up with 2 absolute dimes for another TD and 2 PT conversion. Just amazing. And yes, obviously the story is still being written and I hope Quinn has even bigger moments the next 2 weeks, but glad he will always have that. Just pure fucking nails when it mattered the most. -
2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
This is the first game we've played as an underdog all year. Put me in the camp that I feel like that might be a good thing psychologically for this team. But we're going to have to play our best game of the season to win for sure. Absolutely have to play complimentary football. Our defense can't be on the field all game. We can't have stupid pre-snap penalties that constantly put us behind the chains. Cannot lose the turnover battle. We do all those things it absolutely should be a 4th quarter game. But Ohio St. also has the ability to run us out of the gym if they bring their A game and we play like we did the 2nd half yesterday. Also interested to hear injury news. The wear and tear on this team is a real factor with the schedule we've played the last 2 months. I'm assuming at this point only practicing in shells and not tackling to the ground in practice. Defense in particular needs time to recover after playing all those snaps yesterday. We're certainly at a disadvantage from that standpoint. -
Texas A&M Recruiting 2025: The Land of Melk & No Money
Skipper replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
That was a Billy special for sure. He's truly elite at knowing his audience. -
Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
Skipper replied to Machinator's topic in Football
All due respect, were you really around and following the day to day of Texas football closely during the Mack Brown tenure? Because a lot of people with strong opinions on this topic were. I absolutely lay a massive chunk of the blame for the lost decade + of Texas football on Mack Brown. Certainly the beginning of that downfall. So yeah, a lot of us that understand Mack, his narcissism and his incredible ego don't want him anywhere near Texas football now that we have finally crawled out of it and that includes yucking it up with Bobby with whatever self serving hot sports opinions he might have.- 3502 replies
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