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  1. You don’t know what you’re looking at. For the record, I like that dude and bring a presence here. He does occasionally tick me off.
  2. Bijan, Roschon, Brooks already all here. Worthy, Whittington, Sanders, Helm already all here. Jones, Majors, Conner all already here. Sweat, Murphy, Broughton, Collins all already here. Ford, Gbenda already here. Barron, Taafe already here. Sorrell already here. Guilbeau committed prior to Ewers announcement best I can tell. I’m guessing the local guys had an impact on Mukuba. Maybe the Ol was impacted by his commitment. Also impacted by Cristobal movement. And NIL. And paths to playing time. PK has his own track record. Sark has his own track record. Under the table payments limited matters. NiL is huge. Yeah, I’m going oversell on the impact of 1 dude on the recruiting front.
  3. We lost a game in which we scored 40+ points. Twice. We won 9 games this year in which the opponent scored 14 or less. The defense went from ranked in the 40s in 2021 to top 10 in 2022. And top 10 in 2023. And top 5 in 2024. Over that time, the offense leapt in OFEI from 35th (2021) to 18th (2024). The defense went from 47th (2021) to 3rd (2024). From 2021 to 2024, the OFEI is 35th, 17th, 19th, and 18th. I would ordinarily assume that someone would agree that year 1 is a transition year that you’d expect improvement in year 2. The defenses rankings probably track the talent levels reasonably well. The offenses not so much. And as for thatguy it’s odd that Patrick Mahomes won all those collegiate championships. And Super Bowl QB Brock Purdy finished what 7-6 in 2021 his senior year yet was enough to make those NFL runs. QB is likely the single most important position on the field. It’s also the one that is most reliant on everyone else. If your first conclusion is that the Qb was the primary reason for the turnaround, you’re wrong.
  4. This is the dumbshit that gets me fired up. No matter who we’ve played the record without him starting the past 3 years is similar on a percentage basis to those he’s missed. There are metrics that say our defense is better, relative to the opponent, than the offense all 3 of his years. Back to back first overall RBs taken in the draft two years year. One of the most highly decorated, likely highest drafted, olinemen in school history. The fastest WR duo in NFL combine history. Statistically speaking, one of those dudes had his best year prior to Ewers arrival. Likely TEs drafted in back to back years. I’m not sure that’s happened at Texas. I didn’t even mention Roschon. I didn’t mention Whittington. I didn’t even mention individuals from the defense. A number of guys that bridged the gap between the prior regime to this one. That made a shit ton of plays. But sure the guy who seemingly admitted to maybe not fully preparing his body and his mind in his first year here is the unquestioned savior for the program. I suggest you wear your hard hat when wandering outdoors again. And truly hope the damage is not irreparable.
  5. Just out of curiosity, do y’all include the TEs when considering “Oline play?” Obviously, they are related. I view them separately.
  6. Obviously, you started telling me I don’t know what I’m seeing. Then you say get creative with designed QB runs. Guess I don’t understand why you then say the lack of QB run game has no impact on our rushing performance. Im not asking for Milroe. I’m asking to keep the defense honest with a few first down conversions, maybe a TD from the 1 on 2nd and goal. Give those back side defenders reason to pause. How dumb of me. Let’s now discuss how you say you don’t need to dominate your opponent just outrush them then the next post talk about how we had games we didn’t dominate. So which is it - we need to dominate or not? So you use Arkansas as your example. Our rushing performance is - 41 for 139 at 3.4. I’d say that is serviceable or at least met one of your qualifiers in that we outdid the Pigs. But also disappointing to this fan/me. So Ole Miss was 42-132 at 3.1 per carry. Take out the QB and you get 32-87 at 2.72. I am not arguing whether they defensed us differently. I do not know. But I would say they were choosing poorly versus Ole Miss if they conceded pass over run cause one was not like the other. I’ll also say the QB running positively impacted their run game numbers. I’m guessing they got “creative” and had some designed QB runs. If nothing else, it made their less than dominant run game a little better. One extra blocker on occasion may do that. At some point you said we had a G-C problem to which I said many others must have that too and provided you numbers in their sorry games. It included all the top SEC teams and playoff teams. I do believe Sark favors pass protection over run blocking. Which is Banks? Same for Majors and Conner. Oh and by the way former Longhorn Andrej Karic was the highest graded run blocker for Tennessee, which may support that point since we let him walk. Sure, I’d love to run right over everyone but don’t think that’s the era we live in. I prefer doing whatever it takes to win over balance. If that means throwing it 50 times or running 50 times, fine with me. Tennessee was 9th in the country in rushing yards per game. If you want to be them because their run game was more consistent, have at it. I have no interest in being them.
  7. Looking at the rules, it refers to linemen wearing numbers 50-79 then references “each back wearing a number other than 50-79.” So yeah numbers in the 90s are eligible receivers by rule.
  8. Think he just has to check in as a non Olineman. Agbo wore 80 rather than 67 so he didn’t have to check in. It is curious on the 99 though. Maybe to deceive them into thinking it’s Lole?
  9. You arrogant jackass. It is clear we need to be better, more consistent run game. I’ve never said otherwise. It absolutely matters that the D does not have to account for the QB in our run. It is not the end all, be all however. It has nothing to do with Quinn either. He was capable of being impactful. It was a Sark issue. As to Georgia, they and really us and Ohio State have more talent than anyone in the country. No one for the past 5 years can say they had better guys up front than them. No shit they’re good and will and have won many 1 on 1s. We have whipped the shit out of countless Olines the past 2 years. Ohio State dominated Oregon. Guess they were average on their way to being undefeated prior to that. Again, the point is don’t be surprised when your run game is not good. And again during the SEC regular season, in conference, we were on average the best per run in the conference with no QB run threat. And again, I’m not putting that at the feet of Ewers but Sark. If we’re so shitty, who else is shitty? The Ohio State Safeties were in on 12 tackles in the run game. Ransom and Downs made their tackles at an average depth of 2.3 and 0.7 yards deep. Yeah. No impact. The Oline cannot really account for those guys. And they’re good. Ultimately the play caller is responsible for getting them the hell out of there. Im sorry for whoever shit on you when you were younger.
  10. So often execution is poor because the call is awful. In that situation we have 9 guys to block 11. They are claiming they anticipated the call, but even if not, the S was walked down to the play side. There is little chance of success execution when the defense has numbers and knows the play. Every play created will work if executed perfectly. Yet we see so many failed plays. Odd.
  11. I wouldn’t bring a WR to that side. You can have Juan drag across. But really the QB should be enough. At a minimum he ought to be able to get at or near the LOS.
  12. Surely Tomlin is the longest tenured coach to have never drafted a QB that’s won a playoff game. Ben won em all right?
  13. Could be. I’ve largely stopped pying attention to recruiting so couldn’t weigh in on that.
  14. At face value, it does seem they prioritize pass protection. It is too difficult to master all things so he picks what he can live with most. Hard to get maximum skill on pass protection, movement/positioning on zone then power in short yardage all at the same time.
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