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  1. My completely non-insider belief is that Ewers would be told, essentially, "We all agreed on the plan. Thanks, but no thanks." I will say though, Ewers played a better game than he's getting credit for yesterday. Pretty good argument that he's the reason Texas moved the ball so well. A few of those mistakes were just kicks in the nuts though. The duality of Quinn Ewers.
  2. Reserving the right to change this before the first round based on info around Georgia's QB situation, but right now assuming they have to roll with the backup. Oregon: 34 ND: 24 Texas loses in the semifinal.
  3. The Texas offense is what it is and is and is not going to exhibit any major growth in game 14 but Clemson's not scoring more than 14 honest points on this defense. As long as we're not serving up easy points via turnovers or short fields from bad special teams Texas should win by double digits in a game that doesn't feel seriously in doubt in the second half. Copy and paste for ASU, by the way.
  4. Double quoting because I can't edit my prior post: Honestly it still would have been there if Campbell makes a cleaner block on the DL coming off Majors. Which is not Majors's fault by the way, he's clearly sealing for the OZ crease as Connor comes off the combo, and does a good job of it. I'm not entirely sure what DJ's doing here. I could forgive him if he was just B-lining to the LB because that's his assignment after passing the combo off to Williams - he shouldn't need to chip a sealed DL at that point and doesn't have eyes on the back of his helmet - but he goes at the DL engaged with Majors. He just does so with an unclean shot that doesn't really do anything and may have actually helped shed the block.
  5. To me this just looks like a fairly standard RPO (wide zone/bubble screen) where Wisner has a brain fart. Which is unfortunate because it was there if it was clean.
  6. COVID and Bird Flu are in awe of how the drops mutated and spread from the Georgia receivers to the Texas side.
  7. Texas has an absolute gift of a path to the semifinals. So favorable it almost feels a little dirty lol. I think we lose whenever it is we run into Oregon or Georgia; and Ohio State, Tennessee, and ND can all beat Texas too, but man this team should really be able to get to the semi finals without too much issue. Once you're at that point, anything can happen really.
  8. In a game this close you can point to a lot of things that would change the outcome but this is a big one for me. The Texas offense, Sark's baby, was sloppy, undisciplined, and was Georgia's MVP for a huge chunk of the game. Same offensive issues that have showed up all season, but even worse. He schemed up a really strong game pan out the gate but clearly did not have the answers once that faltered. You could tell in the short halftime interview the frustration was getting to him. STs continue to have issues and Georgia somehow caught us completely off guard with their fake punt that should have been on the radar in that situation, and proved to be an absolute back breaker (it turned a 3 and out after a Texas score that would have solidified the momentum shift in Texas's favor into the spark of Georgia's 9-minute drive). The bottom line is Georgia still outclasses us when it comes to playing to their standard in these games. That's coaching. Sark is still learning how to be a championship HC at the top of the sport. He's far exceeded my wildest dreams as a roster/program builder, which is what sets the floor and gets you to these games, so I don't want to make more than it is. But the things that doomed the Texas offense yesterday, both on the field and on the headsets, have been consistent issues all year and indeed for Sark's entire tenure. It'd be unreasonable to expect those to vanish between games 12 and 13 but to see it get worse is a terrible look. Maybe he'll get there on game management eventually. Maybe he just builds a roster that's such a juggernaut that it can simply eat 100 yards of penalties against a top 5 opponent and still win. He's certainly earned the runway to find out if he can. But as much as anything else, I think Georgia won this game because Texas at times still shows some mental weakness and lack of discipline/prep that a truly championship level program like Georgia has rooted out entirely. I think @TwiceHorn was the person who originally pointed that out, and it's stuck with me. Georgia just has a stronger competitive culture than Texas right now. I think Georgia's off the field issues could start to metastasize and eroding that soon, and maybe we even saw that during the regular season, but that didn't show up yesterday. Texas has produced back to back top 5 type teams. We're on the penultimate step on the ladder. The last step is always the hardest in sports. The wait can be long and excruciating, but if we take that last step - and I think the window for that is certainly open the next few years at least - we'll remember this season and game as an important part of the climb.
  9. For real. Not wanting to go through a pregnancy or raising children in Texas was a motivating factor in our move. Beyond that, kids are more resilient than adults.
  10. aggy fanfic is getting weirder
  11. Their worst performance of the year was Vanderbilt. I mean, read the text. "... it wasn't just dominating defense..." The play call was poor and doomed from the start, and Texas blew it up because they were whipping aggy on the line all night. Not mutually exclusive.
  12. We are past the point of fearing OU quarterbacks.
  13. Uh, did OTF really need to tell you that? Did you not watch the first game? The OL didn't play a great game against Georgia by any means but Ewers made them look significantly worse than they were. He froze and/or self sacked with serviceable protection plenty of times. The OL seems to have really hit their stride in November, I'm confident they'll put forth a competitive effort. Ewers, eh, he is what he is under pressure at this point. If Georgia gets to him it's gonna be a bad time.
  14. To me, this is probably another somewhat ugly game where the QB that makes fewer critical mistakes probably wins the game. Texas ran the ball better than people realized/gave credit for against Georgia the first time and the run game has really been cooking the past few weeks. Bringing that element into the game, one that Georgia didn't really have to respect the first time, makes me hopeful we'll see a more functional performance from the offense (of course, there's basically nowhere to go but up).
  15. This might be a generational/social circle thing but we got a whole lot of "take me with you/wish I could" from peers and a lot of confusion from older folks when we decided to leave.
  16. Bad is too strong a word but the overall sentiment that the offense could fumble the bag and lose the game is real. They could also continue running the ball extremely well and put out another physically dominant performance. More bipolar than bad. Georgia does, they won't be the 5 seed if they lose. Texas could theoretically lose, get the 5 seed, and play some combo of ASU/ISU/SMU/Clemson/Boise in the first two rounds, one of them at home. Win and get the 1-2 seed and you're looking at playing a significantly tougher quarterfinal. We'll see what the rankings look like this week though.
  17. I mean, I addressed this immediately above but I merely expected the defense to play well, not dominate in a way we'll talk about 20-30 years from now. And Ewers was healthier than I thought he'd be. If you told me where Ewers was going to be health-wise beforehand, I'd have picked Texas.
  18. He played okay in context but I was surprised at how limited his arm seemed. You can coach reads, decision making, even ball placement to a degree but that part kind of is what it is. Maybe he was just hesitant to let it rip. Well, they had something to cheer for then so I'd think so. It's not going to show up on highlight clips but there was a play at one point in the second half where aggy called a zone read; Simmons crashed with the RB so Reed kept the ball. Simmons changed direction on a dime and chased Reed down for a minimal gain. Just ridiculous. He is so goddamn fun to watch. He's played Collin Klein before. K State should have beat Texas last season if not for Klein calling an all-time brain dead game. He knew CK would be stubborn and unimaginative. I think Elko's a good coach but Klein was an awful hire and I'm here for it.
  19. Feel like you could have stopped here.
  20. I prefer to believe a gimpy Quinn Ewers fucking dusted aggy down the sideline lmao
  21. Texas didn't beat those three, they absolutely bludgeoned all of them. Only Arkansas could be described as remotely competitive.
  22. I didn't even realize Blue caught that. I thought it hit the ground out the back of the endzone. Crazy play. Really wish Ewers didn't throw that pick six and we could have had a shut out. The slide fumble was a bang bang play and hard to begrudge that much. The pick was awful though. He really is good for one dumbfuck turnover a game. That said, he played well overall. Certainly moved functionally. Have to eat my words. I was cackling when aggy got beat down the sideline by an injured Ewers. That's when I realized the aggy back seven was even worse than I thought and Texas would win the game.
  23. My thinking was that they would maybe generate 6-10 points on standard drives and that the Texas offense would essentially give them the rest. That script kinda sorta had a path but the Texas defense going full belt to ass and aggy's own questionable decisions made sure it never saw the light of day. Basically lol I'm a dumbass
  24. Agree that this game is really all about how Texas plays. This is a game where you can talk yourself into almost anything. Unfortunately, what I keep coming back to is this: I don't buy that the Ewers ankle injury is going to go from him being unable to run or throw to more or less fine in seven days. Between the Kentucky game and listing Ewers as probable, Sark has signaled he intends to stick with Ewers regardless of limitations. I think that just makes Texas too easy to defend, shades of the Georgia game. I have a feeling we'll hit a few big plays in the run/screen game because aggy's back seven is bad but won't sustain much of anything on offense. Defense will get worn down in the second half. aggy: 27 Texas: 17 Texas passing yards: 177 Neg away - would love to be wrong.
  25. Agree with this and it should be obvious to him too. His best path to a long term NFL starting gig is to sit and develop with a competent organization for a couple of years. Falling in the draft could end up being a blessing for him if it means he lands in the right situation. Probable to play doesn't mean anything with regard to an injury impacting his game.
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