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Regardless. Multiple opportunities to score. The QB drives the bus. I'm not discounting that Quinn played better in this game. Not consistently, but he had flashes of poise and pocket presence not really evident for quite some time. But he also succumbed to pressure frequently. And I also think that we win without some of the boneheaded gimme penalties to the biased refs. And Guilbeau's lack of awareness on what would have been a pick six, or Auburn's two missed FGs and Bank's failure to have his crew ready for the fake punt. This game was razor close despite the skewed officiating and our mistakes. But I'm dissappointed in Quinn and think he's capable of better. He's made back some ground in this game and I hope he continues that trajectory in the playoffs.

I think saying Quinn didn't play well in critical moments understates it. With all the opportunities we had to score in the red zone, ONE more TD out of all those opportunities was not expecting too much, IMO.

Looks to me like Majors failed and so did DJ. Conner and Majors are double-teaming, but Conner doesn't get much in on it. Not really his fault though because Majors immediately allows #94 to sidestep and turn/pivot him sideways, instead of maintaining an effective squared up front WITH Connor, which essentially takes Conner out of it. If Majors doesn't engage at such an exaggerated angle Connor might have had more effect. He practically takes Connor out of it and since he isn't squared on the defender, he's immediately pivoted sideways. Great technique by the defender to thwart them, btw. They're trying to set him back on his heels and he's having none of it. With Majors completely sideways he easily slips off of him visually locked on Wisner right past Campbell too, who whiffs on the pickup and the failure is complete. I had to play that back a few times to see all that. Brute force wasn't the issue here. Technique, agility and the OL not playing in synch were the factors. It happens fast in real-time, so easier said than done.

The last time Quinn Ewers and Cade Klubnik faced off… it was in the Texas HS State Championship 👀 Cade Klubnik’s team came out on top. Stats: Quinn Ewers: • 23/39 • 351 Yards • 3 TDs • 2 INTs, 1 fumble Cade Klubnik: • 18/20 • 220 Pass Yds • 97 Rush Yds • 1 TD pic.twitter.com/bQToQJfqPi — College Football Report (@CFBRep) December 8, 2024 To be fair, a missing stat in that post: "The Chaps averaged 7.9 yards per carry, compared to 2.1 for Carroll". I didn't see the game, so have no qualitative input to add. Texas HS Football: No. 4 Westlake takes down No. 10 Southlake Carroll - 6A Division I title

Damn.

Counterpoint - One more TD cancels the missed FG and wins the game without ever going to OT. I think that TD was there to be had by a QB with more poise and pocket presence.

Agreed. I think you're being diplomatic here. We shouldn't expect a big time comfortable lead. This was the conference title game against a team stacked with blue chip talent through and through. I don't care that they don't have a perfect record and struggled in some games they shouldn't have. The same is true of us. Kirby, his faults aside, is an intense coach who coached his ass off in preparation for both games and in the game. That guy dots his i's and crosses his t's. Pedestrian QB performance isn't a realistic plan to beat Georgia nor win the playoffs.

Neither am I, but other sites I post on censor, so typing "chit" is a habit. I would think it hardly worth commenting about though.

The off sides against 91 was brutal. jumping vs lining up is terrible, completely unacceptable. Totally agree. That one also made me livid. Those were some of the boneheaded penalties I mentioned in the game thread. Bond's holds, his offensive PI, Cam Williams false start and some holds. All that chit fucked us.

That false start made me livid. I was dreading the second kick. MFk'r!

His habitual mechanics suck. When he throws with good form, he can put zip on it. When he's flustered, he discombobulates and it all goes to chit. If he's playing hurt, that can also cause poor mechanics and less than perfect throws as well.

I’m sure arch will be ok with sitting another year To be fair, he didn't say using his last year of eligibility at Texas. But that point has been covered multiple times before. Most agree Quinn is encouraged to move on, or if he were allowed to stay, he would have to compete for the position. I don't see Sark annointing him the starter at the expense of Arch Manning or even the message it would send to future recruits. Conventional wisdom says if the competition is close, you go with the new talent with the higher ceiling.

Maybe. Maybe not. There's no telling how the game would have played out had those FGs been made. That was early enough in the game that Georgia could have responded differently. Not that I'm excusing Auburn here at all. He's been flaky on longish FGs this season. A false start didn't help on one of those missed FGs either. I think Quinn's impact was certainly greater and that shouldn't really be debatable given he's the QB. A single TD with an assumed extra point certainly outweighs two FGs. I don't know to what extent his injuries/lack of recovery affected this game, but whatever the reason, he squandered many opportunities. And I thought he started out the game relatively well overall (commented on that in the game thread). He exercised some poise in the pocket and maneuvered to extend plays early on. But he seemed not up to the moment end of Q4 and in OT regardless of what one thinks of the play calls. Really annoyed with a lot of the shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot, legitimate penalties too. I think those were probably the difference in the game alone. This was a razor thin close outcome.