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Skipper

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  1. To be clear, I don't necessarily think they are wrong absent multiple other upsets in that scenario. Like I said, just win and it doesn't fucking matter. 10 games in and still control our own destiny to land a bye. Pretty good spot to be.
  2. Shit like this is why I keep saying absent some upsets resulting in 5 SEC teams making it (and even then not a done deal), i don't really see how Texas gets in losing @ Aggy. It's really pretty simple. Michigan and OU both having their worst teams in years fucked the resume this year. Just gotta win.
  3. Arguing about Quinn's velocity or touch etc. on difficult throws is getting lost in the minor details. Leave that to the NFL scouts. We can win or certainly compete against anyone if Quinn isn't playing hesitant and can consistently make the correct reads and hit open short to intermediate routes in the middle of the field and the occasional deep ball (even if still a lower than ideal percentage). That combined with what we already do in the short passing game should yield enough points to damn near beat anyone. He absolutely has the ability to do that as we've seen it numerous times over his career. I think QE's best play against Arkansas was that 3rd and 12 scramble where he zipped a catchable ball into tight coverage. It was an incompletion but that is what we need to see more of. He stopped thinking on that play and just played football. Sark has to figure out how to tap back into that kind of play more consistently for us to have the end to the season we should have.
  4. Simms was never even close to being 'blown out' by OU as a starter despite the cultists revisionist history but I digress. I think Simms is a pretty decent comparison to Ewers in that their highs were really high but not consistent. One massive difference is that Simms had to deal with a fucking Mack Brown/Greg Davis gameplan (against OU in particular) and was handcuffed frequently by conservative and uncreative play calling despite all the talent around him. There are times we can nit pick Sark play calling but on the whole it is light years difference then the scheme from 99-04 when we just out talented teams to win games but couldn't scheme for shit. Now our scheme is usually there (only game this season probably outs chemed was UGA in my mind). When Quinn is off or hesitant, there are plays to be made and he's just not making them consistently. Again, he didn't have a "bad" game against Arkansas but an above average game from the standard of a 'good' D1 QB and that game is never within 2 TD's in the 2nd half. A good to great game by Quinn standards and we probably flat blow them out the way our D was playing.
  5. I was surprised by the A&M/Auburn line as well at first but if you put any value in the power rankings Auburn has significantly underachieved from a W/L perspective compared to what they 'should' have done. Most of their games have been close. I watched them completely choke the OU game away as well blow a chance to have the ball with a chance to win against Vandy by jumping offsides on a FG. It's one of those games you could easily see Auburn putting a decent offensive game together and winning as their D is good enough to keep A&M in check and A&M has been a shitty road team for forever (see South Carolina and MSU this season as MSU had the ball down 7 in the 4th). I've about convinced myself A&M is going to lose this game and fuck up the chance to make 11/30 pretty much the biggest home game they have ever had.
  6. No idea how this site is working but it's nonsense. In a scenario where we beat Kentucky and lose to A&M, it has the 4 SEC teams as Bama, Ole Miss, TN and TX. So not only do we assume the committee ignores the H2H win and punishes A&M for losing in the SEC championship game (which I don't think is likely), it either assumes UGA is going to lose to Ga Tech or that the committee would ignore not only the H2H win @ Texas but also ignore win against TN and slot them behind both. Zero chance that would ever happen.
  7. That math doesn't work at all based on remaining schedules. It's possible but I put it more like 25%. Would need a lot of things to fall our way as resume won't really stack up if favorites hold serve. We just need to win the next 2 and it won't matter.
  8. Except this year the winner plays for the SEC championship and is in the playoffs and the loser is done. It's a massive game. None of this bullshit chest puffing like it's one sided, only downside for us, etc.. Give me a break.
  9. Strong strong disagreement with this. This years A&M game has, by far, biggest stakes of the year. That is on top of it being a rivalry game. It's setting up to be the biggest Texas/Texas A&M game since 1995. And just because these guys haven't played in it before doesn't mean they don't know it's been talked about constantly since it was scheduled. It's definitely a trap game for both Texas and A&M. That being said, it shouldn't matter.
  10. At this point this is the only thing he is really consistently elite at. He's not athletic and goes down too easy and his deep ball has always sucked. You can live with that if you have the short and mid range accuracy and consistently making the correct reads but we don't have the latter and he's playing way too hesitant.. I was hoping the injury was still nagging and Florida game was the start of Quinn playing confident again. But yesterday was frustrating. He didn't play shitty but he wasn't an asset. We should have been up 3 TD's in the first half and that game should have never been close. I like the idea above about just flat out calling a designed QB run early in games to get him to stop thinking and play football. But if we aren't moving the ball again against a good team that is actually scoring points (unlike Ark in first half yesterday) it's not going to shock me to see Sark pull a Saban in Bama's championship game when he benched Hurts for Tua. Manning may be more likely to throw a pick so I understand hesitancy to do that in a close game you feel like it still under control, but we're almost certainly going to have to play better offensively to win @ A&M. The stakes for that game are way too high to give Quinn an entire game to figure it out if we fall behind and he's part of the problem.
  11. I think this is a leading indicator of what I'm expecting. If we make this a 4th quarter game we might be in trouble as their crowd will be hostile and loud. But this is different than '21 for multiple reasons but primarily because it's an 11AM game and a fan base that has nothing to be excited about for the season. Half of them probably fully expect to get blown out after the last game. 2021 was an early season game where all the season possibilities are still in front of you. This Arkansas fan base has no expectations for this game beyond what it means one way or another for the Pittman tenure. If we can jump out to an early lead there will be no energy in the stadium before halftime.
  12. It wouldn't surprise me but best thing that could happen if you want potential for more SEC bids (giving us cushion) is for OSU to blow IU out of the water potentially knocking them out. OSU has that @PSU win in their back pocket if they lose again. To be clear, I'm not sold on PSU but it is what it is.
  13. I think TN/UGA is likely going to end up viewed as an elimination game. Particularly to the extent one team wins somewhat comfortably.
  14. Last week seemed better. Only one real total bust where DJ Cambell missed his assignment on the first series (costing us points). Penalties were better. Need to continue to clean it up. I think whether or not we can keep Quinn relatively clean against A&M pressure will likely determine that game.
  15. And I don't think most Texas fans have come to grips with that yet. I think everyone would have assumed a 10-2 Texas team is in a 12 team playoff. I certainly would have. But between Big 10 having a massive gap after top 4 teams resulting in no parity, Michigan win not paying dividends, Notre Dame riding that win @ A&M to carry them through despite having the worst loss of all candidates and SEC having a ton of 2 loss teams, it's pretty much becoming a certainty absent 1-2 teams losing as a 2 TD favorite
  16. I tend to agree with the take above that we won't see a 9 game SEC schedule without playoff expansion that does not increase auto bids (i.e., adding 2 or 4 more at large). What's becoming clear is due to Michigan and OU sucking (the latter can't help it obviously), absent an upset like USC/ND or PSU/MN (or something else completely random like Ole Miss or Bama losing as heavy favorites), Texas is going to have to win @ aggy to make the playoffs. We could probably end up losing one of the other 2 and still get in with a W at Aggy. But a loss there is probably going to knock us out barring upsets. The narrative that Texas doesn't have a quality win is just going to grow louder.
  17. Which is kind of fucked up when you give a ton of casual BBQ a star (because Texas) but keeping Italian approachable doesn't merit same consideration. I mean, I'm a La BBQ fan but that place having a Michelin Star and not Lucia (which has been an extremely difficult reservation for as long as I can recall) is pretty fucking laughable.
  18. That was a fun game last night after getting worked Saturday (not to mention Finland). Dumba healthy scratch is going to be interesting to follow.
  19. Was there really any doubt which poster would have this take?
  20. It's been so long since we played them I decided to look at this because my recollection is the same and it pretty much checks out. I've been to every game we've played them except 2 at Kyle Field since 1994. Here are the only arguable outliers. 1998: A&M's last conference championship and Ricky's record breaking game. That was a good A&M team but that Texas team by year end was really fucking good. Don't know what the point spread was but bet it was close. The AP rankings (A&M at #6 but Texas unranked) didn't reflect reality. 1999: We were a clear better team but lost with a crazy set of circumstances. Bonfire game, Hullabaloo Dinesh Dinesh (no team breakfast at the Ramada) and Major hit with a brutal stomach bug that morning. Simms first ever start + that atmosphere and we still should have won. 2006 and 2007: Both frustrating as hell. Colt started game dinged up then got hurt at the end in 2006 then we lost to a shitty A&M team at Kyle in 2007. That 2007 game is probably the biggest outlier as a game we had no business losing. We really had no business losing either of these games.
  21. There is a fucking 78K post thread about them constantly on the first page of this board. 2 biggest schools in the state separated by 90 miles. They are absolutely our biggest recruiting rival. They are the definition of a college rival and have been for 100+ years including during this 'cold war' period where, despite not playing, everything was still constantly measured against each other. Any other take is just stupid. It is really fucking dumb for fans on both sides to pretend otherwise.
  22. No matter how much some fans of either school like to pretend it's not the case, A&M is an actual rival (like OU). We absolutely should play both every year.
  23. Hard pass playing Arkie every year. It's Texas Tech all over again. One sided hate with no upside. The mutual disdain from the 60's and 70's when both teams were elite is never coming back.
  24. Big 12 fans thoroughly enjoyed it the last 2 years when it was Texas and OU getting screwed left and right. Not as much fun when the WWF nature of that garbage conference works against your team. To some extent it's probably the same in every conference protecting their $$ but Big 12 the worst. There is a desperate need to completely restructure college football officiating. It needs to be done on a national level (at least as it relates to the Power 4 conferences) without any conference tie ins. Break up the existing conference crews so they are working with different officials from other conference. All reviews should be done at a national level. Lord knows there is more than enough money in college football to do this the right way. It won't fix all bad calls but it will help with the constant protectionism we've seen when $$ and bids are involved.
  25. What a great (and fucked up) finale. Really good show. Best I've seen in a while.
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