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Skipper

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  1. I think the team was arrogant enough to believe the records and their preseason hype and expected to show up and win. In some ways, the schedule really f'd us this year starting @ OSU and then having 3 games that were never going to be in doubt. I'm with Imma that I don't know where the leadership is on this team. I'm not surprised by the offensive performance (although the disaster of the OL clearly worse than I imagined) but was really disappointing to see our defense show up and give up that long TD drive first possession and then turn around and do it again after we cut it to 10-7. That's bullshit and not being as mentally prepared and ready to play as your opponent.
  2. To drive home the point for those claiming Arch should be benched based on the Florida game, Florida had 35 pressures (believe the 2nd most any P4 team has allowed this entire season) while only rushing 4 on 85% of snaps. Our RB's had 15 combined yards on 11 carries. You think there is a QB in the country that is going to excel against that? We went to max protect frequently and still couldn't protect. I think most will agree that Colt was the best passing QB we've had. Go back and look at his stat lines in the OU and Nebraska games his senior year that we barely won where our OL and running games similarly completely shit the bed in front of him. Hint. It wasn't pretty. I walked away from that game feeling much better about Manning's potential than I had at any other point this season and I think anyone that understands football or hadn't already decided that he is unsalvageable would think the same.
  3. JFC. You're right, we should throw out a non-athletic Caldwell in his first start at Texas with an absolute shit OL in one of the most unique environments in sports that he's never seen. That should be the actual game plan and not the emergency plan. Got it.
  4. If you watched that game and thought Arch was "the problem" you're a moron. If we got that Arch against OSU where the D was dialed in and special teams flipped the field constantly we probably win. I never said he played a great game. But he wasn't a top 10 problem on the field Saturday.
  5. Arch had one really bad series I recall specifically (the 3 and out right before the blocked punt where he missed 2 throws although would need to see on rewatch if he might have been hit on one of those). But that's to be expected at times. I thought he played pretty well for chunks of the game. Do you know what this team can't have? A defense that gives up a long TD drive right after you cut it to 10-7 and might have momentum + a punt team that completely misses an assignment and lets someone go free to give up a safety. You can live with a bad series from time to time from your QB if other units aren't shitting the bed simultaneously. But I have no doubt Arch is going to get blamed again for stalled drives this week when he's going to be put in an impossible position. If you can stop the run with a light box and get pressure with 4, they can just alternate dropping DB's everywhere and selective pressure. We are so easy to gameplan against right now if you have just a "plus" defense that it's embarrassing and OU is fantastic up front. I think we are absolutely going to have to play Arch hero ball to have a chance because we flat out don't have the personnel to run the offense Sark wants to run.
  6. A true freshman being part of the plan going forward tells you all you need to know about OL personnel.
  7. What do you expect him to say at this point? There isn't a waiver wire. It's beyond obvious there isn't a solution. It's clear now this season was fucked months ago when Sark and the rest of the staff convinced themselves this offensive line would grow enough to be serviceable.
  8. I don't know how anyone could watch that game and think Arch was the big problem. The color commentator must have been negative to skew everyone's thoughts because I was getting texts all game as well, but from the stands 20 rows up I watched our line get their asses kicked all game long, zero running game, and Arch get hit constantly. Anyone that thinks fucking Caldwell would have came in and dominated because he threw one good ball is insane. There isn't a QB in this country that could have had a good day throwing the football when we can't run the ball and can't fucking block 4 in max protect. Arch was forced to play hero ball basically from possession #1.
  9. I think the "edge" and planning for a long season is part of it but the biggest part IMO opinion is overall roster management. Staff fell in love with younger players and/or expected way too many to take the next step and so we clearly spent way too much NIL on retention instead of addition. Particularly on the offensive side of the ball. We have a group of 5 OL combined with a RB and WR room stacked with 2's and 3's and not a single WR or RB1. Both those WR's A&M picked up look like they are better than anything on our roster and I'm guessing they are getting paid less than multiple guys and maybe even a couple of the freshman. I'm not sure we have a RB that is able to break a tackle or pick up a single yard more than our shit OL blocks a play for. The next time I see a TE block well this season will probably the first. It's just a bad roster on the offensive side and it's entirely on the staff getting complacent or full of themselves for watching our backups last fall (and then in the spring) and not realizing they need help.
  10. I think it's a total mixed bag as nobody knows what to expect out of either offense. The consensus on Dusty and Danny Sirius XM this AM (including a guest they had on) was that they trusted Arch more than Lagway. Dusty liked Texas to cover and Danny leaned that way ass well taking the first half under but thought if we could get a meaningful lead in the 2nd half Florida might just collapse. Of course I've seen the opposite take this week as well. I don't think anyone knows what to make of Texas which is fair because frankly I don't either. Such a weird schedule to start the season.
  11. Even better. Appreciate it and let us know if any meaningful updates if you don't mind!
  12. Did you find a good source for a deeper dive and if so mind sharing to follow updates? Flying down tomorrow night. We got solid free tix through contact but if weather looks likely to be a shitshow with lightning delays might pony up for club seats to ride it out inside.
  13. A gif and "drive-by-humor" is fine if it may any fucking sense whatsoever in context dude. That's the point. It didn't. Done arguing with you.
  14. Even he is slightly better and it is his potential for personal fouls or if he misses more assignments or whatever other reason that is keeping him on the bench, it's not like he's been a huge difference maker when he has played (Dunlap has their aggregate snaps graded at Neto 78 and Stroh 76.3 and I expect those go lower as competition gets better). I think the obvious conclusion is we just don't have the personnel (at least that is ready).
  15. Got it. You are just a dumbass that has hot takes that are fucking retarded then states they are "jokes" when called out. Got it. One suggestion for you for the sake of readability of this board. Post less.
  16. This. I get that Stroh sucks but Neto has had every chance. I mean even if he is 'better' clearly not significantly better or he would be starting. it's beyond obvious our interior OL is just sub par.
  17. Once again, you completely miss the point. You really do suck at logic and analysis (and aren't the only one). OU may very well lose 4 or 5 (or more) games and it is completely moot. But nobody here is "predicting" the rest of the season dude. This is solely looking at statistical probability and analysis for a single game in October. If OU's goal is the playoff, and you have an injured QB that hasn't practiced and only slightly improves your chance of winning compared to playing a healthy backup, there is more upside to playing your backup because it's essentially a free roll in a scenario where you only lose 2 or 3 games. In a hypothetical where OU goes 9-3 with a loss to Texas while playing a backup, I think very likely OU would get in under any possible scenario. That would require going 4-2 against SC, Ole Miss, TN, Bama, Mizzou and LSU with wins over Michigan and Auburn in their pocket.
  18. You realize Bama was 100% in last year at 9-3 with an SMU win over Clemson in the ACC championship right? But if you play out the exact same scenario as last year only adding the SOS additional criteria approved this year + a scenario where Milroe missed either Vandy or OU (giving the committee a chance to find an excuse for the loss), I'm extremely confident they would have gotten in over SMU. That is the analogy. JFC it's not that difficult to understand people.
  19. WTF are you even talking about. There are solid odds a 9-3 SEC team will get in any given year. Actually, thanks for further proving my point. Because in a hypothetical world where Milroe gets hurt last year and they lose to either Vandy or OU WHILE their starting QB is injured, that would probably be enough of a justification for the committee to slot them ahead of SMU. Hell they may have gotten the nod over SMU based solely on changes to the criteria this year. It's kind of amazing to me how little people apparently understand or pay attention to the playoff process.
  20. Again. FSU is not a relevant comparison. At all. Jordan Travis was hurt at the end of the season and unavailable for the playoffs. We're talking about missing a couple of games in October. JFC.
  21. I'm just saying a 9-3 OU team with a loss to Texas with Mateer playing will be viewed differently than a 9-3 OU team with a Texas loss and no Mateer. That would be a huge talking point when evaluating similarly ranked teams. To be clear, I'm working off the assumption Mateer would be playing less than 100%, be less effective and/or more likely to re-injure if he plays that soon after surgery. Obviously if that isn't the case then he starts, but that just doesn't seem very likely.
  22. You are completely missing my point if you think '23 Florida State is relevant at all to a game the 2nd weekend in October.
  23. I don't think there is any chance that he plays. It's a free roll for OU (from a playoff committee perspective) and Venables (from a job preservation perspective). Nobody is going to blame OU if they lose without Mateer and of course Texas won't get any credit if they beat OU without their heisman candidate. Of course, if OU wins regardless, then everyone pretty much plugs them in as a playoff team and championship contender. So why would OU risk playing an injured player without real practice time when they have little downside and significant upside letting him heal? Even as dumb as most Sooners are, this one seems too obvious to me no matter how much we all hear he's planning to play, gametime decision etc. etc. the next 10 days.
  24. Yep. 40+ on that defense in the Swamp would be shocking based on what we've seen this year. I'm currently thinking something like horns 23-16.
  25. Not expecting this to be an easy game at all here. I expect FL to play desperate coming out of a bye week and there is a lot of talent on that squad.
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