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Agree with this. Tech has herd mentality of drunk morons (as does Ohio State) whihc you don't get at A&M. But you are right there are absolutely going to be a handful of die hard Ags that will not be able to mentally handle losing to Texas if it happens and will snap.
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Creating big momentum changing defensive plays is how they win the game. I think both sides know it. Will be interesting to see how Sark schemes it. And yes, 3's ankle a huge wildcard. Of all the games I would want a healthy Ewers over Arch it is this one.
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I haven't really had too bad of an experience there to date (believe this will be my 8th trip). I'll be tailgating at my aggy cousin's tailgate that will have a decent mix of Texas fans. Have several aggy friends I look forward to seeing. A&M has always been more cordial in my experience compared to Tech for example but maybe just due to mixed friendships/family. I do get the feeling it may get a bit more heated this year. If they beat us they will be absolutely miserable and if they lose probably some drunks that will be best to avoid. I'll be sitting with my wife in an aggy section with no known backup so that will be interesting. I thought about buying a Texas Schloss baseball jersey and wearing it but that might just be asking for trouble LOL.
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Yep. I was there for that one as a young 15 year old. Great day. Will be there Saturday night as well. Can't wait.
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Aggy. At least that's pretty consistent looking at advanced stats. Pretty clear to me biggest issue coming into game week is Quinn's ankle. This game probably more than any other is a game I want a healthy 3 behind center. People can claim Kyle Field is "overrated" all they want but it's going to be an absolute fucking madhouse Saturday night and they are going to play aggressive as hell and try to win with big plays on D. I feel pretty good about our chances if 3 is healthy.
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This was my read of the situation from the stands. I don't think he was concerned even after that play. I also tend to think if it wasn't senior day maybe he sits Quinn. Real test is going to be next week. If ankle not healed and he is a sitting duck for that A&M rush D (I have zero doubt Elko will 100% be aggressive as hell and live with the results) does he turn to Arch? I know he doesn't want a controversy but Quinn was night and day yesterday before and after injury. Post injury Quinn will not beat A&M. You could see it immediately the play after it happened and for the rest of that drive. I'm sure they weren't showing it on TV but bad body language trying to fight through it obviously hurting.
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Our kicking game is a joke. Obviously not a coaching issue. It's a talent issue. We have a top 3 D and top 10 O and a bottom tier ST's. We did a hell of a job overall with roster construction this year but dropped the ball here obviously. Need to get better next year. Those 10+ yards we are losing on average on each punt really adds up and has helped keep teams in games. It will really hurt us against better teams in the playoffs.
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Official Coach Sark Thread of Dominance—haters back off
Skipper replied to SimkinsMan's topic in Football
Preach Sark. Too many Texas fans are irrational and shitty just as water is wet. We've somehow already reverted back to Ohio State/Georgia/Bama level of expectations despite being the epitome of average (and at times worse) for well over a decade until '23. I was as frustrated at times during the Arkie game as anyone but the amount of bitching I've seen almost a week later about a 10 point road win where we kneeled the ball out in the red zone has been exhausting. You don't have to look far over at OU and their current trajectory to remember that regardless of how the rest of this season plays out we are in fact finally living in the good times again. -
The Dallas Stars 2024-2025 Season Thread: Win Now, Talk Later
Skipper replied to Longhorn_Fan68's topic in Other Sports
Nice bounce back after Monday's shitter -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
Skipper replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
The throw he made against OU 49-0 between 2 defenders to JT was as elite as they come. I think that is the reason for the frustration with Quinn. Fair or not, you show that kind of potential your first year as a starter, the expectations are that you play at a high to elite level consistently by 3rd year. My personal expectations were, barring injury, no doubt he would be at the heisman ceremony. It's expectations relative to performance that is the source of the complaints I think. He's been a really good QB for us. I think everyone hopes he can take us on a 3 game heater to end the season and snag a playoff bye and he is 100% capable of doing that. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
Skipper replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
They are just different QB's. That aside, Sam was more consistent. Quinn is better than Sam overall when he is "on" IMO without much question. I'm not sure Sam could have won that game @ Bama last year. But Quinn's floor is lower. When his fastball isn't working, he doesn't have Sam's ability to make things happen with his legs. -
It's a solid spot to watch games. Pretty much my go to in town if there is a game on I want to see and I'm not watching from a Sportsbook.
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FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
Skipper replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
Right. I edited too slowly. There was a calculator someone posted somewhere yesterday that let you play out outcomes and it had us in over Georgia I believe which made no sense. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
Skipper replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
Edit. Nevermind. This must be a different calculator than the one I looked at yesterday. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
Skipper replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
I think we shuold win. But they have a pretty damn good front 7 and that has been our biggest problem post Michigan. Our OL is going to have to play a lot better than they did against OU and UGA (and Vandy) and Quinn can't get rattled when we inevitably have some busts that lead to sacks (i.e., we need Florida Quinn and OL play that shrugged off OL bust on first series costing us points). Kentucky solid up front as well so will be a good gauge of where we are offensively headed into that game. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
Skipper replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
Didn't Indiana also cancel an OOC game against Louisville to stack wins (in their defense, probably hoping for a bowl and not the playoff when the AD made the call). Indiana's schedule is group of 5 worthy outside of this one game Saturday. Period. If they get smoked by 3 TD's, they should take the same nosedive BYU did and frankly behind BYU if BYU wins Saturday. Because BYU would have 3 or 4 better wins than Indiana. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
Skipper replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
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. -
FINAL 2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#3 (CFP/AP/Coaches)
Skipper replied to TKthunder2's topic in Football
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. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
Skipper replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
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. -
Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
Skipper replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
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. -
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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