I don't usually go back and watch games again, so this might be off, but I think the first offensive play for Texas featured some absolutely hilarious failure from that tree trunk. He basically just fell forward and touched no one as the played unfolded around him.
I don’t know about him, but I find it good sport.
All of the shit you idiots dismissed is now a factor for your conference.
1) Worrying over the monies and begging for fucking congress to do something so you guys can get access to the same pool of money as the SEC and Big 10.
2) Pressure to schedule better from your media partners because otherwise no one fucking cares about putting you on the major channels until league play. “no one cares about the non-con and we’ll be just fine! right. “
To be clear, Texas did everything any of us could ask as fans. The NIL matched OU. The guy’s mom wanted him at OU and he preferred OU’s social scene. Texas and recruiting gurus questioned whether he loved football, and how long it would take to get him on the field, but Texas went all-in on him anyway.
Maybe we regret the loss over time, but don’t let anyone revise history. He chose OU because he wanted to play at OU.
That’s just a dated way to look at things. Outside of PSU and Clemson, anyone worth reviewing as a title contender had to replace numerous players on one or both sides of the ball. Ohio State? 15 starters. Georgia? 17 starters. The list goes on. LSU? 4 of 5 starting OL, the TE, multiple guys on the front 4, etc.
The portal and NIL have made parity greater and mobility an issue for roster stacking.
This is also why I’m not despondent and declaring the season over. You fucking people should watch other teams play every now and then. Damned near all of the powers and pretenders struggled with weak programs. Texas didn’t look great, but they didn’t look nearly as ugly as some other big names.
Is this meant to be impressive? Good lord. I was probably clocked at faster than that this morning going through a HIIT workout with some ex-military friends.
What’s to add here? Cream rises to the top. If Moore can’t show progress this season, you can bet your sweet ass that Biff will be in the chair from 2026 until he gets too old to do the work.
Ricky Williams fumbled a lot. They seemed to manage through it. If your potentially best RB on the team needs to work through some fumbling issues, you give the guy a shot ton of reps against the UTEPs and SHSUs of the world. So, yeah, I assume we’ll never see him take a meaningful snap again.
I will immediately regret this, I’m sure, but who is this?
I remember pining for Matt Campbell. It would be interesting experiment. He seems really suited for ISU, but maybe he could kill it in the big time.
@Al_4_ISU will be by here shortly to tell you why he’s not a fit at Florida and you guys should just forget about him.
This shoulder injury shit is being manufactured out of whole cloth and a bunch of you are falling for it. Anyone doing the “Arch’s Injury *They* Don’t Want You To Know About” article clickthroughs is making some fatass writer money.
Anyone giving Brooks Austin “The Film Guy” credence for this kind of conspiracy shit hasn’t followed him long enough. He got ratioed on Twitter for doing this with some other major player that happened to be on Georgia’s schedule last year or the year before.
Huh? He’s been average and overrated for years. He’s not fast enough to get to the edge and not tough enough to run well up the middle. He had a couple of good carries against Michigan and that’s it. He’s had a chance to lock down the starting role for years.
Defensive grades and snap counts spoilered below.
Highlights:
-Guillory looks really good so far. They don't play legitimate WRs until Auburn, so everyone should pause on anointing him a king, but I doubt anyone in the media will.
-They are struggling to get home in the pass rush.
-The vaunted DL isn't scoring as well as the hype would suggest.
-They're keeping things really tight on who they're letting on the field now. They played 21 guys and the majority of that rotation came with the front 4.
OU offensive grades and snap counts spoilered below.
Highlights:
-3 of OUs OL starters graded out around 50 or less via PFF.
-They tried to only play the five starters on the OL all game, but Fasusi's late injury spoiled that.
-They have no running game and limited running talent, outside of Mateer himself.
-Michigan blitzed the guy more than 50% of the time and failed to spy while doing so until the late 3rd quarter.
Highlights:
-The OL with new roles and new starters, limited in experience, isn't gelling yet. PFF says that several of them are fucking terrible. This will not get fixed or improve.
-Fire Flood.
-Texas lacks explosive players on offense and will have trouble scoring all year.
-Arch Manning throws too many deep balls.
-Arch Manning is completing 50% of his deep balls.
-The game has caught up and passed the Steve Sarkisian offense by, like it was standing still.
-This is not a championship caliber team because of the QB.
-This is not a championship caliber team because of the lack of explosive players on offense.
-This is not a championship caliber team because of the offensive line and Flood.
-This defense isn't stingy enough and apparently gives up too many points.
-The TEs are terrible blockers.
-Nick Townsend is an awesome blocker.
“Wulaw could fuck up a good queso. That cannot be topped.”
Wulaw: “Hold my queso salsa!”
…Wulaw starts a weekly game thread and starts to mid-game anxiety post on <checks notes> Sunday!