Irish Wrist Watch

Defense comes out gunning for bear. One Defensive TD, 4 turnovers total. Ewers shows improvement, but gives the ball up three times via pick or fumble. Offense rumbles for 4 TDs/2 FGs. Final Total: UT 41, Ky Jelly 16.

He couldn't fully extend because the pass was out of bounds. He had to keep his feet in bounds. Not a one of the four throws into the end zone against Wash were even close to being caught, IMHO

Here's the rub in the "bring in Arch" scenario: Let's say Quinn plays against Ky like he did against Ark. We win but it ain't pretty. Then the big test. it's against the Ags. Our amazing D keeps the game close. Quinn makes a few good plays and enough bad plays that he just can't get us the lead. Too many mistakes, too few bright spots. The biggest mistakes are Quinn's. Down by ten at the half. Do you pull him then? Middle of the third quarter, we get the ball back, down by ten. Is that too soon to pull Ewers? Conventional thinking would be that he's the experienced one and just needs one good drive and we are back on track. OTOH, we should be up by twenty and we know it. OTOH, you can't wait until it's "do or die" to get Arch out there and get him into the rhythm of the game. Even the middle of the third might be too late. I say make the switch at halftime. It's time to shit or get off the pot. Sark needs to get Arch more snaps in practice, even if it means putting more pressure on Ewers to get his act together. Maybe that's what the team needs, because the pressure is gonna come one way or the other. Best case scenario, Quinn kicks ass against Kentucky, and takes off. Next best scenario, Quinn melts down against Kentucky and Arch comes in and begins his meteoric rise into a Hall of Fame career. Destroys the Ags. Wins the SEC and goes deep into the playoffs.

I think we'll see some more Gibson this weekend

Sounds like our strategy against #13, I mean #8 Georgia. How'd that work out? You're gonna have turnovers... at least you can't plan on them not happening. You need to score early and often. You need a QB who can run the ball in today's game.

This is the play I tried to describe about five pages back. WTF. Quinn goes down way way too fucking easily. Quinn absolutely needs to start running the ball to get his fucking footing back. He used to be pretty nimble on his feet. He needs to take off running on some QB options, dodge a few people and remember what it feels like to plant and change directions. He's lost right now because Sark has him tiptoeing around the fucking pocket. Fuck that! I guess Sark's as afraid of a Quinn injury as he is. We can tiptoe thru a couple of more wins, but when the going gets tough, it will be too late for Quinn to get his feet back. I guess at this point Quinn is a head case - but one with talent. He just plain forgot how to run with the football. Start the next game this way and I predict a complete turnaround.

Wasn't there one play where Ewers dropped back in the pocket, there was a little pressure from his left, and a little more on the right side - and Ewers needs to move up. Seems like it was a third down play, or kind of important... so Ewers begins to move up, but his feet are together, as in TOGETHER. Not spread apart for stability, but side by side, and he begins to move forward, but both feet just seem to stick to the turf, and he goes straight down. I saw the replay and I'm thinking... "Nobody touched him..." Maybe the blocker on his right scraped lightly against him, but there was no significant collision. What is that? A head problem? Any QB with some agility is going to use proper foot placement to maintain balance and stability, but Ewers just froze. Maybe he has a hip or thigh problem. He just doesn't look right... And then sometimes he gets moving and everything smooths out?

Just think about an extra 2 or 4 fifty-yard TD passes each game, with our receivers running rings around everyone. Quinn threw what, 3 deep balls. Hit one - wide open, almost stopped to catch the ball. One badly overthrown by ten yards, and a third that the receiver had slow then come back for (the PI no call) on the right side.

Sark missed the window. He made a decision about 3 or 4 weeks back: Play a still hobbled Quinn, or let your offense's leader finish his career here on the bench. Future recruits might have held that against us. Sark played Quinn hoping (is hoping) for the best. Quinn improved a little today, but he's running out of time to get his championship game back. We got lucky today. Ark shoulda picked off 2 or 3 and recovered one fumble. Don't really blame Sark for this decision, but if Quinn doesn't turn it up, we're fucked this year. Sark doesn't seem to recognize quickly enough what's working and capitalize on it. That was always GD's problem. He definitely needs an OC. How bout Rhett Lashley? He's got the name right. Quinn throwing across the field is gonna kill us against a really good team. If a guy's wide open, yeah, take it (one of our TDs), but Quinn throws balls to covered receivers, and he misses open ones. That incompletion at the pylon early on could have easily turned into a 99 yard Pic Six if the defender's timing had been a half second quicker. Had Sark stayed with Manning in the second half against Georgia, it would have been a closer game, maybe a win. He would have won everything since and today's score would have been UT-42 UA-10, and we would be looking at running the tables. Arch would be scrambling for fifty yards per game. Sark, ram those 6 yard runs between the tackles down our opponents' throats. Sweeps, swings, backs across the middle. Take the pressure off Quinn. He gets killer stats and has a chance in the draft, but he stops being the focus of our offense.

It's the running teams we need to be wary of. Ark started running and moved down the field. It will be a problem down the road if Quinn doesn't get it together

Ewers keeper long overdue. The only call guaranteed to work there. I woulda kicked the FG... probably. Nice Drive. Win shoulda been 42-7. (Shootout #2, 1970)

I think that O Line is pretty good. The play-calling has been risky, or iffy, or inconsistent. RBs very solid. Very. QB? Giant fucking Question Mark. First round elimination if this offense can't get its shit together, say to about 85% of what it's capable of doing

Phwewwwwww!

Until that drive, Sark just didn't seem to realize how well the quick hitters were working. Greg Davis Greg Davis. Fuck Greg Davis. Dammit

We got mega lucky on that fumble. Dammit Blue, wake the fuck up. Nice run otherwise. The sideline is your friend

Fuckin' A. Great response. Every drive against Arky should have been just like this one!

Nice play. First down

Keep the play action going, Quick hitters. No delays

Quinn ain't right. Sark trying to compensate and fucking it up

Crap play calling by Sark. Quick hitters going strong, but lets mix in some delays and sideway passes. Greg Davis is alive and well. Pure fucking GD. 2nd and 3 in FG territory, turns into 3rd and 12 out of FG range. long cross field passes hit defenders in back or dropped by them. One could easily have been a 99yd pic six. Ewers happy feet continue. some horrible throws, espec that bomb ten yards from anyone Punt coverers waiting in end zone for bouncing ball instead of catching it before it hits the ground. Thank God we have a good D, but the O is stinking things up

For a second, I thought maybe lance would run five keepers and in one quarter would out-total what the rest of the Cowboy offense did in three quarters. Also... we need to start thinking about using our time outs...

Why did the Niners get rid of Lance?

This team is ripe for a mid-game Iranian terror attack.

Stinky Jones and his Shit Parade.