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  1. Octavian

    TEXAS QB TALK

    Octavian replied to LTtxfan's topic in Football

    I think you can pick up on this from Ewers his sophomore year vs his junior year. SLC had an amazing o-line his sophomore year and it showed - he had a 45-3 TD-int and 70%+ comp. They both dropped off his junior year but if you watch his games vs. the more talented teams, there are plenty of times where he stands in the pocket and delivers with 2-3 free rushers inches from his face and then gets pummeled after release. I don’t think that will be an issue.
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    Gotta think that either Cam or Campbell is an upgrade at guard. I know we’ve always been pretty hesitant to run counters because we just don’t have the athleticism there - this would definitely help there and on inside zone. Although we still need an upgrade at center for inside zone to work as well as Sark wants it to (or as wel as it worked for him at Bama).
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    I remember someone did an analysis of years where we were ranked high on FPI but low (or not present) on the human-evaluated preseason ranking and I think 88% of the time we had a 9 win or higher season. This gives me hope.
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    FCB saying he checked in with a source and Neyor is happy where he is and no one expects any move.
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    I think you’re right from a scholarship counter perspective but EEs can be backwards allotted to prior classes for that
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    Based on prior occurrences, it doesn’t seem like this staff is afraid of letting guys know they need to look for a new home.
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    I think one of the guys is Jack Harlow. Not sure who the other guy is.
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    These tv networks probably just want the Texas vs. Alabama game to be as big as possible. If that means it’s the 1 vs. the 6 seed team in the country, much better for TV than 1 vs. 21
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    I don’t know if a complex mathematical model is required to tell you that, in a vacuum, it is extremely difficult to do worse than 5-7 this year with basically the entire big 12 losing tons of returning production and us getting a huge upgrade at QB. Although I do find it interesting that the FPI is basically saying mediocrity will be widespread next year given it is forecasting double digit wins at only four schools.
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    I feel like our performance is always the inverse of our preseason FPI. God help us all.
  11. Octavian
    I wonder if Mims has heard about a certain pancake factory
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    I really don’t understand the whole Mims vs. incoming freshmen argument. In what world is a guy who has two years of college under his belt not a better option than a freshman? The guy is huge, clearly making progress based on what his coaches have said, and was behind an AA which warranted him not getting playing time. If you’re Flood, I’d have to think this is a no brainer. If anything, this gives the guys who are projects (like Cam Williams) more time to develop into the high ceiling guys they could be.
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    I think the offset to this is that if we get Arch, the general willingness of BMDs to drop $$$ for NIL deals will probably be higher.
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    Yeah, but midway through the season that could become Banks/Angilau/Majors/Campbell/Williams. Here’s to hoping.
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    Yeah. I think Worthy is actually in a boot though but it’s “precautionary”.
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    You gotta assume there’s no chance we get this guy unless the stars align, we have a great season, +Arch Madness, Aggy gets bonked by the IRS
  17. Octavian
    Who all is visiting this weekend?
  18. Octavian
    Are you Wells or Nahlin?
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    Iirc this guy is their version of Ears to the Streets so seems like he could commit this weekend.
  20. Octavian
    Lol you better believe the IRS is gonna audit you if you say you made a donation to “The Foundation” and take a write off
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    No, because he didn’t actually push him or redirect him, he was making it seem like he was cutting back that way before reversing direction.
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    At least that means the deep balls are potentially somewhat close to the receivers
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    Based on the timing of Herman’s 10 win season, it’s always the years where everyone thinks we suck ass that we actually play well. So I’m okay with no Kool-Aid. It’s always the hypey years that end up disappointing.
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    Given the board’s seeming fascination with Eastern European bombshells, everyone should also check out Izabela Izycka
  25. Octavian
    Lol. “Skin deep”. 1. The primary cause of high death rates was the city running out of ICU bed capacity/ventilators - you can ask literally any nurse in NYC and they would tell you that. Hiring 5,000 nurses wouldn’t have helped at that point. 2. Yes, Congress approved $300B for hospital aid but this went in concentrated amounts to profitable hospital chains that didn’t need it and ran out. A lot of hospitals still closed in 2020/2021, particularly in rural areas, because the funding didn’t get allocated to them. This isn’t the hospital/COVID/nurse pay thread so if you feel the need to continue, feel free to DM me. (No CR)

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