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Acropora

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  1. Trying to gain weight to play tackle. Medical marijuana fosho
  2. More praise... It is early but maybe we've got something special here Cbs ranking
  3. Our athleticism definitely took a huge jump up. Even returning guys look leaner and getting a healthy disu back changes the makeup of these team even more. I know we'll cool down on the 3s but the combo of defensive length and intensity coupled with multiple people who can thrive in iso and lead to open jump shooters portends well for a good tourny run.
  4. That was exactly what I needed. Tcu kick in the nuts, horribly shitty week at work that ended late, pop on my horns and watch them drill a top 5 time with the Moody center sounding as loud as Allen field house. Thank you Chris Beard for coming back and being who we thought you were. This team is gonna fuck some people up! I'm looking forward to the rest of the season and picking Texas to win it all in my bracket, not as a homer who wants a handicap in the office pool but as someone who knows something others don't.
  5. Thank you both and everyone else involved. I know unifying our disparate alumni factions and creating a vehicle that both the larger donors and more casual fans can participate wasn't easy but elevating the floor for UT athletic support is huge and getting the sheer number of fans involved that can't give 1000+ but can contribute 5/10/50/100 will be a differentiator from smaller schools which rely on just a few bmd.
  6. I mean, he's doing that now. How much harder could he torch them, especially without bags to help fund his charm? Yes, I want this. I mean, isn't this the move? If they turn off the money, you have a ready made excuse (Aggy didn't find nil, impossible to compete, kids these days don't respect tradition). A bunch of red ass insurance salesman from Katy would eat that up... The best response. Or this would be epic. Both go down, ugly all around. Aggy forced to fire Tom Herman to make us cover their next coach and save face. Yeah, but hypothetically, could you watch someone else train your wife while digging that 3" of ditch? Asking for a friend
  7. Thanks, that's not near the bottom. They have a long way to go. I want them at John Blake levels
  8. They can't fire him Yup. There's never a time when Aggy losing isn't the correct answer. Just turning the spigots off on bags for 2 years while they raise buyout money is good enough. Or spending the money to buy him out plus money whip another coach to come and not having money to mess with our recruits. Plus them losing makes them spend more money to keep players...or allows some players to make the jump to a better team (I see you Stewart, Anderson, Turner....). Anytime you can have them waste resources it's a positive. Jimbo is their Afghanistan.
  9. Thanks for posting this and starting the thread! Fundamentally, what I see with Sark's offense is a lot of window dressing, intended to confuse the defense, get them thinking and putting single players into conflict, leading to hesitation and sometimes outright freezing the defender, as we saw on the last Bijan clip. What's great about the offense is that from an offense perspective, it's pretty much the same reads, same keys, etc. Easy to teach with limited practice time and Quinn's presence and arm talent opens up more of the field than we had previously. What'll be interesting to see is how they continue to layer more concepts over time as he gets his reps down with the plays they are showing now.... The other thing that the motion does is to make the pass rushers very hesitant, which may be contributing to why our pass blocking has been better then run blocking to date. Will be interesting to see what happens as teams adjust to drop more people into areas that we are regularly throwing to...for example, if you start moving a linebacker to cover the flat regularly to take away the te/back combo, you open the box a little more as well as open the seam for a back or backside slot receiver. Billingsly will add another element as he's not the people mover that Helms is nor the complete TE like Sanders but he'll likely add a level of pass catching that could result in a lot of pain in 12 personnel. He's also a good enough receiver that you can have him out there with whitt and worthy and then move into 11 personnel if you catch them with an extra linebacker. A lot of these concepts can also be done with different personnel groups, which makes it hard for those Dcoordinators that like to match their packages to who the offense has out. ISU will be interesting to see. On the surface, 3 man front with layered drop 8 should lead to easy running lanes but ISU has been stout against the run. What happens to those backers once they start to get hesitant with their fits and also have to defend the middle of the field, which we haven't been able to exploit in the past?
  10. Acropora

    Rhule

    Better give Jimbo an extension to lock him up longer before the Panthers grab him.
  11. Good to see you on the board! I see three years. Joe C. won't let them flounder too long, unfortunately. One can hope but if the wheels really come off this year with defense being the main reason, an impending move to the sec and Texas righting the ship, there will be tremendous pressure to make a move earlier but hard to see why major school firing someone without at least 3 years. I do think they've got enough talent that they'll be more competitive and be decent in the future but with bv, I think they've got their own Charlie Strong, a defensive coordinator who requires elite talent and a transcendent QB to field a competitive team. And remember, Clemson played 3 tough games per year in a watered down ACC during his time, not that different from Louiville
  12. Yup, that's exactly right. Gotta lock up Jimbo before Nebraska makes a run at him.
  13. Acropora

    49-0

    Yup. Biggest shut out loss for them previously was 47-0. And let's be honest, this could easily have been 70-0 if Sark decided to make a statement. It was eerie just watching it, watching their body language, watching the stands empty out. It was like their souls had vacated and all that was left were husks going through the motions. They didn't even try to throw late just to keep the clock running and not make the score worse.... Never seen a team and coach just give up like that. Truly joyous to watch. Really hoping we keep the pressure up the rest of the year. OU was hapless but I'm not sure many teams are going to be able to handle us as the young starters grow up and get more confident, assuming we stay healthy. The defense gets a lot better when the offense is putting pressure on the other team to score every drive or get further behind. OU will play better once Gabriel gets back, though hoping their pain continues another week when they play KU.
  14. Acropora

    5:01

    And OU sucks....I know it's not what you were aiming for but it's true. I honestly think it's why Sark just ran every play towards the end. Once they assumed the submissive pose it felt wrong. That's why Sark is a better man then me. I would have thrown some play action in there and scored another 21 points.
  15. Save yourself the suspense... You know how this story ends. The creepy choreographed yell practice is a ritual which jinxes good teams to play down to the Aggies and allows them to reach the magical 8-4 record. Either that or Aggy spent their nil dollars bribing BOB to call one of the worst games I've ever seen. Bryce Young masks so many deficiencies in play calling. Good thing Aggy will know everything is fine and you just need King and the young players to mature in Jimbo's offense.
  16. Nope, Texas State beat app state.... It's like no matter how good or bad Aggy is they'll end up 8-4.
  17. How much did Bryce Young make BOB look decent? Because Milroe shouldn't be this bad. Game going perfectly for Aggy. Bleed clock, lose 21-0. Declare moral victory and wait for next year.
  18. Clutch highlight reel catch early, always gets yac, devastating blocker on the edge. He was nails today.
  19. God damn it Laramie...That kids has been nails until this year. He probably just felt pity...he'll learn to let the hate flow. Honestly, and you can't turn rewrite the past but the what if of a healthy Quin. Hopefully this is the first of many and OU suffers through the years of misery we went through. A healthy Quin opens up the entire playbook. Imagine how good he'll be once he really gets a few more games under his belt, though hard to imagine we'll play a worse defense then OU sucks.
  20. This is beautiful. Welcome to misery you fucking sooner clowns. Thanks @texifornia for bringing the delicious tears
  21. 35-17 189. Card finally connects with x on a couple throws
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