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Arch Manning: Doing his best JAG impression to fool scouts
MuellerHorn replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football
Arch's little brother. Not a football player; just a regular student. -
Good reminder to avoid CR bullshit.
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Welp, @Texas Fight was crowdsourced after giving this assistance.
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Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
MuellerHorn replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Wednesday: Bobby A lot of sunshine pumping regarding a glorified scrimmage this Saturday. SHSU is terrible. We'll basically learn nothing from this game. However, if the OL doesn't step on their own dicks, repeatedly, and Arch can complete a basic pass, that would be nice to see.- 5661 replies
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This is table stakes at this point. SHSU is objectively and absolutely terrible this season. If we don’t hang 70, concern heightens astronomically. I want to see an OL who doesn’t make mistake after mistake, WRs catch the damn ball, and Arch complete basic passes that any P4, much less, DI, QB should be able to complete.
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Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
MuellerHorn replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
OTF Premium Tuesday - Adversity By Bobby Burton For those of you wanting obvious answers or quick fixes to the QB conundrum, Steve Sarkisian offered none yesterday. At his weekly press availability, Sark acknowledged the issues his QB is having but focused instead on the idea that Arch Manning will be better for it once he comes out on the other side. Of course, Texas fans are wondering when exactly we are going to see the other side. Wil it be in 2025? The offense has been so lackluster that lofty pre-season aspirations have already been reduced. I’ll admit, there is wisdom in what Sark said. Facing adversity, then overcoming it, it makes us all better. And maybe that’s what Manning is going through now. Yet here’s the issue Texas fans are grappling with: Not all quarterbacks overcome that adversity before eventually flourishing. Some just wither. Despite what Sark said, there’s no guarantee that adversity will make Arch Manning a better quarterback, or a quarterback that will eventually lead Texas to a college football playoff. Instead, Sark is making a projection into the future. The problem? A projection doesn’t win games in the here and now. ** One thing I feel comfortable with is this: Sark is the coach making these statements and these decisions. This is not his first time shepherding a talented young QB through early season woes. He knows better than us whether or not Manning will eventually come through the other side. ** For those wondering, I remain a big believer in the future of Arch Manning. I don’t think a QB looks tremendous one year and overwhelmed the next. Not without a level of talent that is hard to stop from eventually blossoming. The problem is, Manning’s development is behind what we all expected. Well behind. ** I’ve seen some comments about moving on to Matthew Caldwell at QB. I’ll agree that Caldwell might be a better immediate option if Manning continues to stumble. But I also want to be clear in this overall assessment: Texas isn’t going to win an SEC title if Caldwell has to start 6 conference games for the Longhorns. The Texas OL isn’t good enough for that, the other pieces of the offense aren’t either. It’s a reminder to us all that it’s not just the QB who is having issues on offense currently. While so much national focus is on Arch, the offense as a whole has not played well to date. -
OTF Premium Tuesday - Adversity By Bobby Burton For those of you wanting obvious answers or quick fixes to the QB conundrum, Steve Sarkisian offered none yesterday. At his weekly press availability, Sark acknowledged the issues his QB is having but focused instead on the idea that Arch Manning will be better for it once he comes out on the other side. Of course, Texas fans are wondering when exactly we are going to see the other side. Wil it be in 2025? The offense has been so lackluster that lofty pre-season aspirations have already been reduced. I’ll admit, there is wisdom in what Sark said. Facing adversity, then overcoming it, it makes us all better. And maybe that’s what Manning is going through now. Yet here’s the issue Texas fans are grappling with: Not all quarterbacks overcome that adversity before eventually flourishing. Some just wither. Despite what Sark said, there’s no guarantee that adversity will make Arch Manning a better quarterback, or a quarterback that will eventually lead Texas to a college football playoff. Instead, Sark is making a projection into the future. The problem? A projection doesn’t win games in the here and now. ** One thing I feel comfortable with is this: Sark is the coach making these statements and these decisions. This is not his first time shepherding a talented young QB through early season woes. He knows better than us whether or not Manning will eventually come through the other side. ** For those wondering, I remain a big believer in the future of Arch Manning. I don’t think a QB looks tremendous one year and overwhelmed the next. Not without a level of talent that is hard to stop from eventually blossoming. The problem is, Manning’s development is behind what we all expected. Well behind. ** I’ve seen some comments about moving on to Matthew Caldwell at QB. I’ll agree that Caldwell might be a better immediate option if Manning continues to stumble. But I also want to be clear in this overall assessment: Texas isn’t going to win an SEC title if Caldwell has to start 6 conference games for the Longhorns. The Texas OL isn’t good enough for that, the other pieces of the offense aren’t either. It’s a reminder to us all that it’s not just the QB who is having issues on offense currently. While so much national focus is on Arch, the offense as a whole has not played well to date.
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Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
MuellerHorn replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
The only work I did was write the prompt. This was courtesy of the free version of ChatGPT. Here is my prompt: "Please design the following stylized mascots. Design a graphic of the San Jose State Spartan, UTEP Miner, and Sam Houston Bearkat in a dramatic, shadowy, “warrior” style - powerful poses, dark tones, glowing eyes, and intimidating weapons: a glowing pickaxe for the miner, a sword for the spartan, and sharp claws for the bearkat. Above the picture should be text that reads "Murderer's Row" -
Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
MuellerHorn replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
May I remind y'all that winning is really hard, especially when Arch's nightmares look like this: -
So, who we getting next?
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UCLA's return to dominance featuring DeShaun Foster
MuellerHorn replied to satyanash's topic in Football
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Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
MuellerHorn replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
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Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
MuellerHorn replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
The Texas Offense - One More Item By Bobby Burton The Texas offense currently can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. That much is clear. So every time I think it might be because of a lack of offensive ingenuity, I remember that this team can’t do the basics very well. Arch inexplicably fumbles a snap in the red zone. Given all of that, how is Sark going to be comfortable calling something that requires more finesse? This is not all on Arch though. The blocking in the red zone remains leaky at best, especially on the right side. Perimeter blocking is still an issue, as are penalties, as are running backs missing running lanes. The offense is dysfunctional. How does Texas manage that? Sark gets paid big bucks to solve such questions. -
I have zero concerns going forward [OP is a Fucking Liar]
MuellerHorn replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Agreed. Get Caldwell at least a 50/50 share of reps against SHSU, see how the two do, and go from there. -
Texas Football 2025 - Careening Towards the Abyss
MuellerHorn replied to closetojumping's topic in Football
Sunday - Well Past Time By Bobby Burton Part of me remains in shock this morning, surprised by the QB play we all witnessed Saturday afternoon. I did not see it coming, not this level of struggle. It reached a level of complete ineptness. There were 10 straight incompletions, some that were true misfires, others that were ill-timed, rushed and three or four yards off the mark, one where he didn’t see what should have been his very first read for a first down on a fourth-down play in the red zone and another fourth down play to a wide open Parker Livingston downfield. The performance left me with so many questions Is Sark not helping him out enough with play-calling? Are the offensive line and the run game too inconsistent? Is Arch being his own worst enemy and getting down on himself after a bad play instead of forgetting about it and moving to the next one? Is his current level of confidence that fragile instead of growing? Is Arch just this naturally inconsistent? Is the offense as a whole and its players - with eight new starters - too inconsistent? Or, are the weapons around him just not all that good? After all, Texas was missing its top two RBs and two of its top four WRs. Three games into the 2025 season, the list above includes far too many questions. And way too few, if any, answers. ** Texas can survive certain shortcomings at the QB position. Errant throws, happy feet, too few weapons, those are things that almost every QB deals with. Texas has a defense that can win and win big in support of a less-than-ideal offense. But the sheer lack of self-confidence - or at least the display of it - is probably the most surprising riddle to me of the current Texas quarterback situation. That lack of confidence compounds itself and causes entire dysfunction on offense. We’re three games into the year and I still couldn’t tell you what the identity of this Texas offense is or should be. How does a team overcome a player - the team leader of the offense - who is clearly struggling mentally? The answer is surprisingly simple. All Arch Manning and the Longhorns can do from here is get back to work. That’s the grind of the college football season. ** Arch made some good throws in the second half. The touchdown to Ryan Wingo and the dig route over the middle to Wingo were authoritative and well-delivered. But Texas needs that level of play on a consistent level. ** On defense, there are some small issues that could develop into bigger ones down the road. Jaylon Guilbeau is getting picked on quite a bit. Guilbeau gave up a big catch and run and was beat deep another time and was called for pass interference. But the defense was clearly dominant overall. Again, this Texas defense can take the team far. ** Add James Simon as a possible solution at running back if the injury to Cedric Baxter is a prolonged one. Simon looked significantly better than both Jerrick Gibson and Christian Clark to me. Yet Texas opted to take Simon out of the game in most passing situations. That tells me the freshman may not be quite ready for pass protection duties. But it looks to me his timeline needs to be sped up in that regard. ** We’ve said all along these three non-conference games in the month of September were opportunities to work out the kinks. Well, it’s well past time that that starts to happen. There needs to be a sense of urgency. Again, all Texas can do is get back to work. Hook’Em!
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