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Bill Lumbergh

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  1. Haven't watched any ou games this year save for a few minutes of Nebraska. Much like tcu, they haven't seemed particularly impressive this year, but I expect them to play out of their minds against us. They should, and we should, too. Ultimately I think it comes down to our ability to scheme receivers open (and have them catch the ball, of course) and our ability to get any pressure on rattler without selling out. Particularly after our performance against tcu, Grinch will sell the fuck out to stop the run. Everyone knows this. Question is if we can make them pay for that or not. On defense, I know ou's oline has struggled, but our dline is unlikely to get pressure if we're not blitzing. Rattler is a huge step down for them, but they will carve us up if we let him sit back there for a while like we did against tcu. Their athletes are just too good. Can we find a balance between no pressure and selling out to get consistent pressure? If we can get pressure without leaving huge gaps in pass coverage and make them pay for stacking the box, I think we can win. If not...
  2. It is really, really hard to imagine a coach aggy could convince themselves to pay more money to produce worse results than Jimbo. But low and behold you found the answer.
  3. I think to you're giving voters too much credit for actually paying attention. The fact that Clemson continues to get votes at this point in the season pretty much assures they just mail it in other than what happens with the top few teams. Beat a top 10 OU and we'll be at least around 10-12. Not that it matters. Winning these games matters, not the rankings. Rankings won't help us win the big 12, which is the goal.
  4. I love this idea. But let's be honest...they're all made up.
  5. The old army money at aggy doesn't want a young gun. They want Saban. They can't have him, so they hired a guy who vaguely reminds them of Saban. He runs an offense that reminds them of a time when they were more successful, not one of these sissy bdf knockoff offenses (Leach would never win a game in the sec, after all). Old money ags hired exactly the guy they wanted because projects the tough image and old school mentality they want for a&m. In hindsight, they were more right than they even realized. He projects an image of toughness and dominance with literally no substance to back it up. The perfect figurehead for aggy.
  6. OSU is having a good season and has a bye before our big recruiting game. Should be an awesome atmosphere, especially if we can actually take care of ou. Either way, hope we have a great game plan and atmosphere for that one. With how some of our recruiting competition has been performing, it's an opportunity to make a big statement.
  7. The recruits are like Jimbo these days. If the check clears, nothing else really matters.
  8. I get that it's fun to compare the overall records of Jimbo and Sumlin at this stage and pretend that they're comparable, but to be fair to aggy if you look at the details they're really not that similar. Jimbo has accomplished much more impressive results at this point than Sumlin ever did before he was fired. For himself, I mean. Money. Lots and lots of money.
  9. How it started: * Finished 1 spot out of the playoffs * Top 10 ranking * Only Texas team in the sec * Going to kick bama's ass * "Got Jimbo" How is going: * Grackle grackle grackle
  10. On third and six with the game on the line, you hope you might catch them off guard by running instead of passing. Nope. To your point, everyone in the stadium knew where the ball was going. They sold out to stop him, got to him a full 4 yards from the first, and just couldn't stop him. It was as impressive an individual effort as I've seen in a long time.
  11. If we beat TCU running away we might be higher, but that score against a team that just lost to smu isn't going to move you up much. Ranking this week means nothing. Beat ou and deservedly bump up, or lose and deservedly drop out. This week is what matters.
  12. I feel like a lot of comments about beating TCU this year lack context. Patterson knows that beating Texas buys him a ton of good will. Beating us the year we announce the sec move, even moreso. TCU has not been great so far this year, but Patterson game plans for us like a bowl game. Make no mistake, he is a great defensive coach when he puts that amount of focus on an opponent. Add to that the players who have been out this season but somehow were ready to come back just for Texas...yeah, they threw everything they had at this game and still came up short. We didn't even play particularly well, and still managed to beat them giving us everything they had. I think this win is more meaningful than "barely surviving a mediocre tcu team" but time will tell.
  13. I like the call. It's instilling a culture. We've actually been a pretty solid yard-to-go team this year. If we miss many more like this, we should obviously rethink that.
  14. So.......focusness?
  15. There's a notable difference in the quality of play over early Strong/Herman games. When I get frustrated, I keep reminding myself that for great coaches the first half of the first season is likely the worst their teams will ever look. If that's true for sark, bright times ahead.
  16. https://www.espn.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/104286/no-answers-means-no-closure-for-texas-penalty-controversy Found this one quickly, but there were a bunch like this immediately after the game. Fair warning, reading that will likely trigger you. Easy to forget how egregious it was.
  17. Holy fucking shit. It's he serious? He watched that game and thought Texas was jobbed?
  18. I'd have to dig them up, but recall that Walt Anderson started trending on Twitter for defending the calls in the game. That alone got coverage for how ridiculous it was that the big 12 tried to justify the calls (particularly the foul on strong for bumping the official).
  19. Yep. It's the only game I've ever watched where it wasn't even questionable if a fix was on. The number of national media outlets that reported on it afterwards was pretty surprising, actually. They tend to leave your standard poorly called game alone.
  20. When they picked up the holding flag early I knew we were fucked. And we were. I was surprised not to see it against tech, but I guess the big 12 has accepted tech isn't worth the effort this year. For isu, Baylor, OSU... Watch out. OU is a toss up given we're both pariahs now.
  21. That is a huge difference between this defense and the "exotic" defenses of Diaz/Orlando. With those guys, it always felt like one missed tackle and we give up 20 yards before anyone catches up. Ideally we just tackle better, but at least if the first guy only slows the runner we seem to have help quickly.
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