-
Posts
6531 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Reputation
7763 Surly 1%About Skipper

Recent Profile Visitors
The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.
-
I think Phillips is going to be damn good. Seems like he has pretty much won that spot at this point. Manny has been great all season. Agreed 100% that if Reed can beat us with downfield throws tip your cap. Have to play the middle of the field much better than we have been.
-
It can't help. Defense definitely hasn't looked the same ever since playing like 90 snaps against Kentucky.
-
Haven't read a good defensive breakdown post Arky and was hoping something was linked here. I fully realize Arky has one of the better offenses in the nation and that we were missing Hill, but from the stands, I was surprised how easily they were moving it on us most of the first half combined with shit tackling and receivers running free. Taffe had one of his worst games I can recall. Hopefully that was just rust and he'll be better this weekend and hopefully Hill can play, because we're going to have to have a better defensive performance than what we showed most of Arky game to win Friday.
-
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
I like this team more than most of this board. But after 2 years of being a really good road team, we have pretty much consistently played poorly on the road this season. That was my point. I don't trust this team to go on the road and put together 4 quarters against anyone much less a top 10 team. Sure they have the potential to do so but we just haven't done it once this season to date. Neutral site? I would give us a punchers chance against anyone. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Outside of seeing exactly where they slotted us, I'm most interested to see what they do with Utah this week after giving up 470 rushing yards to Kansas State at home. I mentioned the first rankings set that I thought they put them too high which could cause an issue down the road given that they had to keep the Tech/BYU winner ahead of them and that is playing out. This is an opportunity to move them back if they want after a shitty performance in a home W. Of course, the problem with moving them back is it gets Miami closer and reinforces their Miami/ND problem. -
@ Notre Dame helps. And the bottom tier of the SEC all look like a middle tier team in any other conference, so comparatively, their schedule looks tough even though an easy SEC schedule.
-
I mean it was reviewed and upheld. By definition it probably met the targeting standard despite the clear lack of intent and the fact it the receiver wasn't 5'8 it would have been a perfect form tackle.
-
I would be shocked. That LSU team appears to be completely checked out. At least I assume that's the case given the 3 point home W against Western Kentucky
-
Unfortunately we have way too many shitty fair weather fans that dumped a bunch of inventory on secondary market after the UGA loss. I expect there will be a bunch.
-
Hopefully Hill can go. Pretty obvious he was missed yesterday. And no Smith for the first half.
-
That's the problem with the play. If he was a normal size receiver that hit is on the tape as a great defensive play. I've always hated that the rule isn't adjusted for intent or form and only looks at outcome. Can't remember who it was but years back someone slid or ducked last second right into a helmet of our defender who had zero time to react and got dinged with targeting.
-
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
We can all feel a certain way about our season and given what this team has shown on the road I'm not sure we could win a first round game against any potential opponent. But the reality is, if Texas wins it absolutely has a playoff caliber resume considering strength of schedule. I want us to win for all the obvious reasons but would really like to force a committee decision that will clarify how we should schedule going forward. I love playing the big OOC games but we absolutely shouldn't do it if it's clear the committee isn't going account for vast scheduling discrepancies. I want us to be 9-3 and look at the final rankings and project (i) where would we be slotted 10-2 with a W against Ohio State, (ii) where would we be slotted 10-2 with a W against Sam Houston (replacing OSU) and (iii) where we are actually slotted. If we don't think there is a meaningful difference between the first 2 scenarios (i.e., just at the front of the 2 loss teams so maybe a couple of spots) and 9-3 with the OSU loss slots us out all together, it becomes pretty clear there is no reason to schedule tough OOC. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
I don't think whatever model they use is public. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Depending on how it shakes out if we win the committee may very well have to confront the fact that keeping Texas out will result in significant scheduling changes for all teams (and a huge blow to the networks that are trying to push for more marquee OOC inventory). I don't think we know definitively what they would do on the final vote. Again, Texas-OSU is the highest rated game of the year to date. Networks WANT a 9 game conference schedule + top OOC games. Conference want the same so they can charge higher rights fees. Sankey went to 9 + 1 on the basis that strength of record matters going forward. If committee ignores that and 9-3 Texas is left out in a scenario where it is abundantly clear a 10-2 Texas with a win against Sam Houston would be in, it throws all of that out the window. I think there will be a lot of pressure on the committee to avoid that. It's why I want to see the last spot come down to a 10-2 Vandy or a 9-3 Texas. That would pretty much definitively answer the question given the H2H win if not "counting losses". Klatt had a segment on this several weeks back. He said there was a points based model floated internally at some point where a loss to a top 5 teams is worth more than a win to a bottom tier team. But if they aren't going to follow that, fine, let everyone know so SEC teams stop risking seasons scheduling 50/50 OOC games years in advance. -
Holy shit you dipshits: 9-3 Texas is probably in the playoffs
Skipper replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
People that don't understand this don't understand statistical probability. We'll see at the final selection but so far I think it's clear that the whole "we are using strength of record" as a metric has been BS. That's the entire reason the SEC went to 9 games. I think it's starting to be clear we absolute should not be scheduling elite teams OOC. Inserting a game you have a 40-60% chance of winning in any given year compared to a game you have a 95% chance of winning when the committee still inexplicably "counts losses" just doesn't make sense.
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business and Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Subscribe!... Donate!... COOKIE MONSTER!