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  1. That was one of Georgias better yards and points efforts on the season. The Beck picks were the problem. But I’ve come to learn we all define things a little differently. So 100% right you are.
  2. Alrighty. On UK I’ll take an alternate route. You don’t want to play our speed after not playing a legit D1 team in 3 weeks. They are a crapshoot. While they did well against Ole Miss and Uga, Auburn, Tennessee and Florida had some of their better games in terms of yards and points. I think their offense will mostly be dead in the water and ultimately their D craters. I am confident that our offense will be more difficult to defend than it was the first half of the season. We’re are healthier and a bit rejuvenated. Think the bye have is a slight internal evaluation too. A&M from a difficulty standpoint is likely the hardest for our offense to crack.
  3. Things were working well. Honestly, I think we’ll score at least 30 in the next 3. Rather handily at that. Particularly if the defense continues to get turnovers on the other side of the 50. We are too good. Georgia shook the confidence (if I’m allowed to speculate on that) with a bit of a hangover (more unprovable speculation), mid season road game the following week. We are likely healthier than we’ve been in some time. Arkansas defense has had some rough outings. We can overwhelm Kentucky. A&M is the most difficult, but they have not played an offense as capable as ours.
  4. Just for fun, I went back and watched his first 9 dropbacks. He has 5 completions, a sack (doesn’t look to be his issue), a scramble that did give us a chance to consider going for it on 4th (but it looks as though he passed on an open guy at the 25), a miss that Bond takes to the house if caught, and what should have been a pick. Two of the completions were passes that are caught damn near 100% of the time. On the season Ewers ranks 42nd in completion percentage (64th if you use adjusted completion %) behind the LOS to give a little context. One of those was on Wisners back shoulder. Another completion was for 4 yards. Only 1 was beyond 10 air yards. It sure wasn’t one of his faster starts. He certainly finished better than he started. So whatever you want to call it, go ahead. Oh and by the way he started 4/4 versus Georgia. I don’t remember exactly where it went from there, but I don’t think there was a mix of missed TD and shoulda been pick in his first 9 dropbacks. In any event, I’m done with it.
  5. Ok. Thanks for your genius.
  6. You did refer to someone’s else’s post as “shitty.” I never said I couldn’t engage in the drama and bs. Objectivity and opinions are not necessarily opposing views. I guess I’ll rethink whether confidence has any impact on a QB. Or any athlete for that matter. Thanks for pointing that out. We were simply discussing whether it was a fast start. An opinion. I gave you my thoughts. Yes, we had multiple mishaps throughout. I did not point those things. I also didn’t point out the wonderful routes and pass protection and catches that went into that 5/5 either. Did you? We succeed and fail as a team. I think we win it all. You? If that happens, I do not care about stays. You can extrapolate that to each individual game.
  7. We’re all limited without the All-22 so it’s difficult to say with certainty what we’re doing and what defenses are doing. It’d be interesting to get the insight on these considerations. I agree that we like the short stuff as running game extensions. But we were down almost 10% in the 10+ yards. That’s quite a drop over last year. Yesterday we were up approaching 15% more targets in those areas as compared to Ewers previous season totals. As for Manning, in my opinion, his sample size is too limited and sporadic to know. He does seem to enjoy heaving it at this point. I am not sure on the short range accuracy. It’s only the Longhorns that I see every play of every game so it’s difficult for me to judge how good others are.
  8. Missing a wide open TD and throwing what could have been a pick in your 2nd drive after getting no points can be considered as such, yes. Things happened that helped get him going. That’s what team is. It’s ok. We still won, and it has no impact on the rest of the season. I view things in context of team and what’s a reasonable expectation. The defense was out good; the offense needed a Sark jumpstart with a great job by Gibson.
  9. It is not the design of the offense. If you believe that, you are arguing against Sarks first 3 years here including the first two with Ewers as well as his Bama teams. That’s even to argue against what Arch did when he started this year. The short stuff is no doubt a Sark element. The screen game has always been an element. Those have not changed. He likes play action. Always has. Now, before yesterday, the approach seemed different. You could probably attribute the defensive approach to some of that but not all. We were not attacking deep or the intermediate parts of the field. It was not the short stuff last year that was Ewers best element but the intermediate. It would not surprise me if Sark was dialing it back due to the length of the season with the thought of giving the defense more down time.
  10. Show me where I have said he did not play well? Or bitching about a win. The 5/5 for 50 yards was fine but resulted in no points. I didn’t even attribute it to him. But zero points is zero points. That was drive was what we’ve been this season. No big plays that fizzles out whether that be penalties, whatever. I would say it didn’t leave him feeling comfortable and confident due to how he started the second series. The decision to go, the subsequent play calls, the subsequent defensive series allowed a bit of a reset and allowed him to settle in. It’s not far fetched to say we could have been down after the first two series. So no you jackass I don’t give a shit about stats. It’s about wins. We are the most talented/experienced roster in the country. And we won. And you’re welcome to point out where I’ve said he’s a detriment to the seasons objective of winning. I’ll be about as objective as any son of a bitch on this site. Probably more practical experience as a participant, parent and fan than the vast majority of shitheads represented here. But drama and bs sells so here we are.
  11. Screw the stats dude. We got the most important one. That is what matters. Everyone did their part. But if Sark does not go for it on 4th inside his own 30, it’s possible we go scoreless in the 1st quarter. Nevermind one of throws could have been picked. Then the end around put us in scoring position. That first TD to Golden, that’s as close to a given for any college QB. And high school QBs. Then UF fumbles the next drive followed by an easy throw to Helm. Kudos to Ewers for making those throws, but let’s not act as though that’s indicative of a fiery start.
  12. I think Sark knows. There’s been some disconnect. I lean towards Ewers being too cautious as one element. UF certainly cleared the middle of the field on that TD and made that easy execution. I can’t imagine we will get that look often because in spite of the handwringing our pass protection is quite good. The defense is better served making us drive the field and see if we can make a mistake.
  13. This is the same trait that causes many to people to soil themselves in excitement. When it woks, it’s awesome. When it doesn’t, it’s a bit wtf. His game is to get the ball out of his hand and into the receivers. There’s a bit of a tie in to the back foot and off platform stuff. Back to the Michigan game in drive 1, he had two plays that were like this. Same shit two years ago but more often than now. I’m not sure you can get him out of it, and there are benefits at times.
  14. Looks like 9.4. Sorry, that was all passed. Thats the range it needs to be. For pretty much every game, it had been 6.5 or less. One on one shots down the field are always reasonable choices. That doesn’t mean they were the best or smartest choice but reasonable. That was the best Sark has been, the most aggressive Ewers has been. It’s a winning combo.
  15. Seriously? Do you remember this stat line? 20-34 for 388 yards, 5 TDs and no picks. And that was against a team that won 10 games. A game in which people bitched about the Oline (it was solid except for 1, maybe 2 drives). That was from one of those shitty QBs. It’s highlighted to show you how conducive this offense can be to compiling QB stats. QB is the most difficult position in sports. It’s also the one most highly dependent on your teammates. When Sark is good, he makes it very easy. He was good yesterday. Far too little credit has been given to the non-QB guys the past two years. That’s not necessarily uncommon, but it sure as hell is understated as to how capable his offensive teammates were and are. And when on, Sark has more, QB friendly play calls than any Texas play caller I’ve seen. These guys don’t simply get drafted because their QB makes them look good. The offensive skill talent that we’ve had the past 3 years is off the charts relative to the entire history of Texas football. The defense that people liked to bitch about is now top 10 for 3 years running. In each of those years from an OFEI/DFEI perspective, the defense is higher rated than the offense. We’re what 4-0 the past two years without Ewers starting with three of those being 30 plus point victories. I’m still on the side of we will win it all this year. He will do his part. Just remember when you lift him up and kick others aside that the situations were in no way equivalent.
  16. Mack needed to go. We were closer to the 2010 5-7 team than we were to the 2008/09 teams. And those teams already had lesser talent offensively than 5 years prior. Mack left Swoopes for the QB room. He didn’t leave shit at the Oline. There was good talent on D, but much of it was upperclassmen that had 1 or maybe 2 years left. There was a certain purging that needed done. Whatever you want to say about Strong, he recruited Conner Williams. The first drafted olinemen since the 2004 recruiting class. That’s a problem. That was a Mack problem. Like Beuchele or not, he was good enough to hit the NFL. Sam too. While I like Swoopes, a 1-9 record leading his high school is not necessarily leaving the cupboard full. That was a Mack problem. There was a decent dose of talent that Strong left. So, no, the program was not worse. Yeah, I suppose Mack could have scrapped together some 7-5s. Yeah for us. I would suspect that Mack had he dragged out 3 more years would not have left NFL talent at as many positions for the next guy. That next guy may have stuck around longer had he not rubbed everyone the wrong way. In a sense, the evolution since that time has led us to our current position, which has considerable upside. Even in retrospect, you change that trajectory, and it’s likely Seven Win Steve is elsewhere and we have someone less suited for this current run.
  17. Here are some of my favorite stats. The final two games of 2013. We scored 17 points. 7 of those on an 11 yard drive that took 7 plays. An 8 yard penalty on 4th allowed the drive to continue. In those two games, we had approximately 100 yards passing. In each of those two games, Baylor and Oregon had more interception return yards than we had passing yards. Go find me another time in history in which that has occurred. And, oh by the way, they had 2 pick sixes. So our offense if you attribute that 11 yard drive to them scored 17 and gave up 14 over those two games. And we had an NFL RB and a veteran Oline. I’d guess upward of 100 combined starts entering the season, which was significant back then. Mack wasn’t going to do shit. Think it was the very next year that in game 2 or 3 or whatever after Dominic Espinosa went down that we had fewer Oline starts than had the Oline simply gotten 5 each game up to that point. You were getting sketchy football no matter what.
  18. There were some iffy moments in that game. Second play from scrimmage - just kinda blindly throws the screen. The 3rd down pass to Bond. Good throw, but he didn’t work the safety that great. The CB and S play was not good. From my view, his 3rd down run is when he got settled. Absolutely his best game at breaking pocket and getting the ball downfield after that. 2nd quarter there was a dangerous ball that easily could have been picked for potentially 6. Around midfield, in the middle of the field. Then later he threw one to the sideline when our guy ran upfield. Not real close to being picked, but it wasn’t a positive play either. That game is one that the near stuff went our way, allowed us to build confidence and create separation. Overall, we executed better.
  19. Good job playing the long game here. Setting it up nicely for when we get a final 4 finish. Who knows maybe even a title. And I mean that legitimately. Here’s a nugget to help you sleep better at night. Quintrevion is top 5 in YPC in conference games in the S-E-C. Other top 5 dudes have much fewer carries and/or are now broken. We will win and lose first and foremost based on what happens upfront. You’d be hard pressed to find two teams better than us at those positions.
  20. Was he worse in those games than when he led his offense to a whopping 13 points in each Super Bowl victory over the Rams?
  21. Youre working in the theoretical rather than the actual. Cover 3 takes away the deep ball in theory. It does not take away the intermediate area too. We did not attack that area. If Michigan gets pressure like Georgia and actually hits the QB, it’s a different game. Instead Ewers breaks them down and makes several plays. They also missed a number of tackles. They ran 4, 5, 6 man fronts. Gave 2 high safeties several times. At least once the middle 3rd safety was 3 yards off the ball at the snap. That 20 yard pass to Golden was a bit out of rhythm, but he also was pressed at the snap. Several DBs blitzed too. They jumped two routes but fortunately there was no turnover. We played well.
  22. That may be, but their issue was not cover 3. It was losing contain several times. Yes, I saw the Brooks grind the tape. Our first drive - 3rd and long. Cover 3. CB attacks upfield and allows Bond behind. Not a play call issue. The TD called back. Coverage broke down because of failing on pass rush integrity. Was this also the drive that Ewers converted a 3rd down with his legs and a pump fake? Yes, it was. Not a coverage issue. The Helm TD. Pass rush integrity. Seems like Goldens big play had a little QB movement and was a really nice throw. Not really a play call failure. Our 2nd TD drive we had 40 yards rushing and a 20 yard pass to Wisner. That’s a cover 3 issue? We made plays and they didn’t. They elected to keep things in front of them. If they execute better, they have better outcomes. We scored 10 points off short fields. There is critical information that we don’t have great information on. First is what do these defenses typically do? Then what is the actual breakdown of coverages. We have no idea whether any of these teams broke tendencies. At the same time, I never thought they blitzed that much. I am confident in saying it wasn’t the same blitz so whether you have that shell there is variation in the coverage. 22% of our passes were 10+ air yards. Half of those were referenced in this post. That’s a low number.
  23. Michigan blitzed 45% of pass plays, Georgia 33%. Vandy was above 50%. OU 31%. For Vandy, Rinaldi and Fontenelle both rush the passer quite a bit but numbers look as though that was in overdrive versus us. I suspect they felt as they had to be the aggressor because we had the talent advantage. The success in the UM game versus the others is Ewers broke the pocket several times and made them pay. Unfortunately, two were called back. It was not us necessarily executing as the play was intended. We did have the big pass on the opening drive. But that should have never worked against cover 3. That was poor defensive execution rather than a poor call.
  24. I just looked at it and Campbell was last by a comfortable margin. Banks is #1 in run blocking and overall. But no the masses don’t agree because Conner was #2 overall. Thing about the grades is they finalize at odd times and I’m not sure how many iterations they go through before it’s finalized.
  25. Are you talking the same Mac Jones that hit almost 60% of his deep balls for 17 TDs? The one who had an average depth of target of 8.8 yards? Ewers probably just throws his screens much further behind the LOS to bring that average depth of target down. Sark does have stellar screen/short passing game. He’s had occasions here when the O is struggling a bit and hasn’t used it enough.
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