Everything posted by Tired Horn
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Please Make It Stop
I think we're getting carried away with the negativity. I'll be the first to admit that we need to start showing some progress on the OL. We will, simply because the numbers demand that at this point. The question will be whether our additions will be players with some pedigree, players who can be developed, or JAGs. Stay tuned. The rest of the offensive needs are still up in the air. The results could still be good, okay, or not so okay. Again, stay tuned. It's a complicated landscape where most SEC schools are losing a lot of transfers, fucked up stuff is happening, and trends are still evolving. We were never going to get everyone on our fantasy list, so at least wait until the results are in before cursing the world.
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Go Army, Beat Navy
Go Navy! An actual explanation of the Armed Services given to me by a Marine Master Sergeant: The Marines exist to hit the beach and die when somebody fucks up. The Navy exists to steam around in godforsaken circles when somebody fucks up. The Air Force exists to stand around and look spiffy in their blue uniforms when somebody fucks up. And the Army exists... to fuck up.
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2025 CFB Polls/Rankings Thead
Beating Aggie took us from "certainly not in the playoff" to "almost certainly not in the playoff." It is what it is. And that's not surprising. I mean, forget the resume talk. From an optics perspective, team really only looked good in the 2nd half vs OU, the first three quarters vs Vanderbilt, and the 2nd half against A&M. Be grateful for 9-3 given how poorly we played at times and hope we worked it out of our system this year.
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Texas @ Georgia November 15, 2025 - The Beginning or The End
Gruesome, but not ultimately surprising. We haven't played a complete game on offense and defense all year. Unlikely to start now. There needs to be a serious, objective autopsy to plan for next year.
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Texas vs. Vanderbilt - 11am on ABC
We just don't like games that aren't heart stoppers. Too bad. It was a solid victory most of the way.
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Dallas Cowboys 2025 season thread: 8-9 and divine. The world according to Jerry
I have no expectations of anything great ever. It's too bad. With Jerry's financial acumen, the Boys could have been something top drawer for a while if he'd just hire a good GM and a real coach that other teams want. Instead, he's an ego-fueled hobgoblin always in search of a camera, and Dallas is trapped in purgatory.
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Texas vs. Mississippi State - 3:15pm on SEC Network
Felt like more of a win than last week.
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Hubris
Very true. There are maybe a few things to be learned from Herman's tenure, but the only thing to be learned from Strong's tenure is, regrettably, that he was in over his head from Day 1.
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
You've got a stronger stomach than I do. For safety's sake, please allow the appropriate interval of time between viewing "street-pure" videos of the Texas offense. On the plus side, though, it's only addictive for the hardest core masochists.
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
Why not both? With an offense that putrid, it's just sane to be desperate at the start of the game. But yeah, it was way to early for that shit.
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Game Week 8: Texas at MSST
It beats our heavily-sedated penguin approach to offense.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
To clarify, our offense plays like they all met each other fifteen minutes before the game, they hate each other, they were all given different playbooks, and someone drugged the QB.
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Game Week 8: Texas at MSST
They;re gonna roll us if the offense shows up looking like it did at Kentucky.
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Game Week 8: Texas at MSST
Arch threw it at the barn's foundation. The barn should have stretched out for it.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
I honestly don't think we should be entertaining any hope for the playoffs absent sustained improvement on offense. We did not evidence competence on offense against Kentucky. If we show up like that at Starkville, we could definitely lose to the lesser Mississippi.
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
What a novel concept.
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
I think that people are just wondering WTF? Arch last year looked like someone you'd expect to be at least a competent QB. This year he mostly looks like someone only vaguely familiar with the rudiments of the position. I don't expect him to magically become better because of last year, but seriously--WTF? Did Sarkesian put him through some kind of Clockwork Orange conditioning? Does he now panic at the sight of a football?
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The Most Disappointing Season, or the Greatest Comeback Season Ever?
Hey, don't sell Arch short. He could be the worst QB in multiple leagues.
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Does Sark have the balls to bench Arch or will he die on that hill?
I don't think we have much choice but to ride or die with Arch, because I don't believe we have anyone else ready to play at a high level. This is Arch's season, for better or for worse. Mostly worse, so far.
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Texas Football 2025 - Seven Win Steve Rides Again
I think we need to simply accept that this year's version of the Horns isn't destined for greatness. Rip that band aid off, cuz OL and QB play are just subpar. We should be looking for two things: (1) that they can win enough games to keep the program's wheels from falling off; and (2) that we see incremental improvements on offense to give hope for next year. Like if Arch could demonstrate proficiency on at least one basic pass pattern, you know, the kind of thing we see other JAG QBs doing right and left on TV every Saturday. I can't fathom how any QB could look this awful after three years in the system. I've seen disappointments before, but we're in freakish aberration territory at this point.
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we suck
Point taken, but I, must, in all fairness, point out that every team you listed had much better QB play than us. Arch was just incomprehensibly bad today. And that is a problem most of our competitors don't have.
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
What is wrong with Arch? As everyone has noted, he looked better than this when Quinn was hurt last year. I realize the offensive supporting cast is less than Quinn had, but Arch can't make even basic, easy throws. He looked sort of competent in the 2nd half last week, but tonight he's simply awful. WTF? How can he be this bad. He looks like me out there.
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
Marginally beats a hotel in Indiana or Kentucky. Good luck with the surgery.
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Arch Manning: Scores every way possible
That's a damn long drive. Be safe.
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