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Had Enough

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  1. If I recall, you’re the one who makes up fake scenarios to make yourself feel better about your dumb takes. 

    Quite possibly. I generally try to offer support and examples of the rationale however.

    But I often try to not make it personal first.
  2. Brooks is a definite upgrade over Karic and Jones. Stop being a dumbfuck. 

    Stop being an arrogant ass. If I recall, you’re the one who saw Coburn run around a block versus Baylor, didn’t make the play, didn’t impact the play positively and called it a damn win for Coburn. Hell, I even asked what made that acceptable and got no response. I was openly willing to consider a different thought process.

    And I don’t believe once I’ve said that a particular guy is or is not a definite upgrade over Jones or Karic. I have said I’d take the high upside of the frosh over some Portal dude that you have no idea how’d they’d react to the scheme or the transition to a new school/conference.

    The coaches made their preference known in short term. Given the options, they went DB, WR and QB showing they aren’t anti-portal. As Hookem has mentioned multiple times, there’s still the possibility they could bring in someone. If the plan is for Banks to take control of one of those spots, who would want to transfer to a losing team and compete with 3 other dudes.
  3. I’ve brought him up before and I’ll do it once again.

    Darion Dunn. Checks several theoretical boxes coming into last year. He took playing time from underclassman last year. They didn’t have to play him, but they did. I don’t know if he put forth any effort in preparing for the Pro Day. But Donovan Duvernay tested better. We are worse off this year because of the reps he took.

    Guys you bring in should be definite upgrades. A one year rental as a backup could be a big negative for depth. A marginal upgrade at starter could be the same. We do not want run off Karic or not allow our future contributors playing time for a dude that’s largely a non-factor.

  4. It was must win if we want to win the conference. 

    Maybe.

    In my opinion, I’m thinking bigger picture than conference champs. Don’t take that to mean the conference championship is not important. It is, but it is secondary to Omaha.
  5. Will they be better than us in June? That is all I care about..   The answer is no btw...

    Yep it’s meaningless now. These rankings have little to no impact on post season bids. I say little because I never certain what influences some of these guys.

    I’m also resigned to the fact that winning doesn’t always mean better. This series was as close to a toss up as you’ll get.

    And yes I want to be the winning team come June. That’s when perception doesn’t matter any more but can you tick off the wins when that is that matters.

    Stevens/Hansen/Nixon must do better. But that Sunday game was emphatic for the win column. I don’t think it was a must win game, but it could be one of the season defining moment wins.
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  6. Does Tech winning 2 of 3 at home deserve to jump us? One game was extras. One was a walk off. One was a blowout.

    Obviously right now it doesn’t matter. And we’re right next to each other in the rankings. And it’s all about this point in time.

    Are they better than us right now?

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  7. You dudes are something else. I haven’t noticed the volatility out of you in prior years. To this extent anyway.

    The sky ain’t falling yet.

    But how do you lose twice with Melendez and Stehlys efforts. I’ve never seen two dudes in back to back games get on like that. Big hits too. Last night, it was the bats outside of the big 2. Today it was the arms, but there were missed opportunities offensively too.

    Hansen and Stephens are the bigger stories this weekend than the bullpen in my opinion. Partly because you expect more of them but also it’s multiple outings that have not been to the prior standard. Nixon went too long last night to be surprised by this outcome.

    You had two relievers do work today. Is that two more capable arms? Seems like two more options. They’ll start to compete for innings with the other guys who’ve shown well at ties this year. You walk guys, you don’t get more. We may not have THE setup guy but can piece together righty-lefty matchups to get to the 9th.

    I might entertain Gordon as your Saturday guy.

    Tomorrow is big. A loss is not the end of the world, but how they compete is the big question. The next two games are big emotionally.

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  8. Good call. Unfortunately Tech is too stupid to consider such a thing. 

    It would have been very unconventional. Then you think, they can’t go 18-20 over two games, can they?

    But then again, if you get one out but the other homers, you still lose.
  9. Faltine is killing it so far. 

    He’s doing pretty well. To this point, I wouldn’t call him a great hitter but more along the lines of riding that hot hand. 33 Ks in 86 ABs is awful though. On the flip side, .326 average and 13 XBHs is productive.

    If he’s swinging it well, I wouldn’t be opposed to having him in that #5 slot. That’s a bit of my thought on the rest of the lineup - adjust them based on how they’re performing currently. I think they have some ability but haven’t shown total consistency or have a flaw that limits confidence. But we’re not really any different than others in that regard.
  10. 15 base runners to 6? We hit more homers. How do you lose that?

    In my opinion, Pierces biggest drawback is that he’s too rigid in the use of his depth. There are some benefits to that. But it’s difficult for guys with few chances to produce. But in baseball almost all hitters go through dry spells so letting a Messinger play through it shows how that can benefit. I’d ride his hitting streak and bump him to #5. It’s a killer to have an 0-5 behind two guys getting on 8 of 10 times.

    For two years he’s had Ardoin too high in the lineup but his production has never been great. He also plays a ton of catcher, which likely limits his offensive production over the long term.

    Outside of two guys, we don’t have great hitters. In those cases, I prefer riding a hot hand.

  11. I kinda wanna neg you right now. I agree with everything you said, but mother fucker!!!!!! Not seeing Kyle Russell take some at bats at Rosenblatt is down right criminal. 

    Make it happen! I don’t even know how to see that.

    I probably should have said I’m not sure I’ve seen any college player with as much power as Melendez.

    Now if Melendez hits as many as homers as Russell, that’d be awesome.
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  12. Schooler should have stayed at WR honestly, I am assuming he ends up on a practice squad based on athleticism alone.
    he is a 9.64 as a SS athletically btw

    I’m the dude that sticks up for dudes that get shit talked. Athletically speaking, he was likely one of our better qualified guys on defense.

    Schooler should get drafted. I don’t know that he will. He has 3 shots to make an NFL roster - DB, WR, special teams. Notice that his size is his lower grade. He’s not small though. He will play hard. His Pro Day numbers match up very well with guys at the combine.

    His last half of the season was better than his first. Maybe that was conversion from offense, maybe it was new scheme. Maybe it was something else.
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  13. really not sure the point here. Bijan obviously has a bit of negative selection in his stats, but the point was the top 4 RBs all had excellent yards per carry. If the OL was truly abysmal at run blocking and it was all Bijan, like it was suggested, you should see some variation in the yards per. When everyone is around 6 or better, the OL probably did a reasonable job run blocking. 

    Point being that Bijans (and everbuddy else we had) yards per rush was equal to the top rated back heading to the NFL the last two years. I don’t think anyone can legitimately argue that Bijan is significantly better than those guys and win the argument. You’d have to think with Sark being the play caller with Najee that they’d be even more legit comparisons. Alabama won a championship with an Oline that helped their primary rusher achieve similar results on a per touch basis. All that to support “the OL probably did a reasonable job run blocking.”
  14.  Should we ignore that Bijan missed games and Roschon was  not 100% the last few games or are we just going to look at one side of the coin? Should we mention that Rojo averaged 5.9, Keilan 7.2, Brooks 6.8, and Bijan 5.8..  Those numbers do not support your opinion that the running game was based on the exploits of a singular special player. 

    Najee Harris of National Champion Alabama averaged 5.8 yards per rush. Breece Hall this year had a career best 5.8 yards per rush.

    The NFL scouts have had very high hopes for both these guys.
  15. These coaches all turned things around quickly at Baylor. Think about all of the scandals and madness that have happened in Waco. All of it deserved. Still, Baylor has won the Big 12 3 times since our last conference title in football. 
    Look, Sark is a millionaire and I'm just another keyboard warrior. Perhaps he is right, and rolling out basically the same o-line and LBs this year that were atrocious last year will work out for us. I guess people like me should shut up and stop complaining about it. It seems to be happening no matter what.  

    I should just give up but suppose I’m stubborn.

    https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa/sp/overallol/2021

    Somebody did some work here for you. Some of it is straight up stats, but some it takes out the impact of Bijan/Roschon too. Statistically that Oline only sucked on the Standard downs sack rate. Partly attributable to us, but we faced 4 of the top 20 guys in sacks. That does not include Bonitto another very good pass rusher. Off the top of my head, the QB only avoided 1 sack the whole damn year. Their two worst games were the first two. The first 3-4 drives versus ISU were killed because of a fumble and two or three crappy passes plus a QB run a yard short of the first.

    Some of you ADHD punks remember the three worst plays per game and that’s the entirety of it. Go watch those long ass passes versus OU and notice how clean the pocket was on slow developing plays.

    We will absolutely be more physically gifted next year and probably just about as experienced. It won’t be all world but if we get solid contributions from 1-2 freshmen, we’ll be a good offensive line.
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  16. I’ll take that bet. This team will be very lucky to go 8-5.
    Why do you guys fall for this shit every year? Is 12-13 years in a row (save for the 2018 aberration) not enough to convince you? 

    Bets taken so that’s part of my answer. I ain’t offering unlimited $100 bets. I threw it out there partly to juice up the board a bit.

    I’ve stated throughout the board my optimism supported with some numbers and some rationale particularly on the Oline.

    We have Bijan. We have Roschon. We have Worthy. We have Keilan. I believe our QB play will be improved. As poor as our record was last year, we were competitive in all but 1. Baylor and OSU will fall back.

    The defense is hard to explain. But year 2 in the system. Patterson and Pete K have good track records. I believe the overall talent level was upgraded. They did flash at times to be a solid defense. And can they be any worse?

    And I’m a fan. One that approaches each season ready to win.
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  17. That doesn’t surprise me considering we like to take a lot of shots down the field on 1st and 2nd down. Longer developing plays.

    Agreed. I also choose to believe defenses have more bodies near the LOS because of Bijan and creating chaos. The QBs were not good at evading sacks either. Jones whiffed way too often, but all out jail breaks were limited. There are a few things that can help out the Oline too. A playmaking QB first and foremost. Year 2 in the system should help as well.

  18. We should continue to be an above average run blocking team and pass protection will again get a tad easier with the weapons we have on offense and added.


    Our sack rate on passing downs was positively average at slightly inside the top 50 last year. On standard run downs was where we terrible at pass blocking. As Codaxx remarked he hoped to see more RPO and less play action. That alone may impact that rate.

    Outside of the Alabama pass rushers, the Georgia front and the Michigan duo from last year, we played against as good pass rushers as anyone did last year. It may not totally prepare us for Alabama, but it’s a decent prep for what we’ll see.
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