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Azbadlands

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  1. He for sure would not have got the defense gassed completely out in the first half, so yes, probably would have won the game...It's a real head scratcher why Sark didn't replace Card in the 2nd quarter with Casey. It was clear that Card was rattled and not comfortable at all. Oh well, guess all coaches struggle a little with benching QBs...
  2. Azbadlands

    Hook 'em

    I never understood Mack's attitude about calling the OU game "just another game" back then. I lived in Oklahoma at the time some of those crushing defeats happened, and I guarantee you Stoops never let his teams think about that game in terms of it being just a game like any other game on the schedule. He ate, slept, and breathed thinking about putting an ass beating on Texas...He knew what OU fans expected and you could just hear it in his voice every interview they had with him on talk radio in Oklahoma... I hope Sark learned that lesson about Texas rivals after facing Arky and taking them lightly because if they go into the OU game with the same attitude, they will get a half a hundred hung on them..
  3. Azbadlands

    Culture

    No joke, there is only so much coaches can do to fix softness in a football team. They need the players to step up and hold each other accountable...The older players need to be leaders, and need to be hungry to win...Hopefully, they have some players like that on this team because to bounce back from a loss like this you need those guys to be vocal and get the team working harder to be better..
  4. Azbadlands

    Hook 'em

    Amen, they need to bounce back...Some of Mack's best teams had devastating losses to OU, even the 2004 team..They were called soft, and they came back and won a title in 2005.....The leaders on the team need to step up and get vocal, and the coaches need to make some adjustments. Second game with a new offense and defense. There was bound to be growing pains...The next few games will prove if this staff is any good or not... In the famous words of VY, I hope they let their nuts hang this next few weeks and put this loss way behind them...
  5. Azbadlands

    Culture

    I think the problem with UT Football versus the BAMA's, OU's, and Ohio State's of the world is they get a bunch of dudes that aspire to play school while enjoying playing football. They need a few more of the dude's that aspire to play football while using the school as a front...Im saying they need a few more dudes with attitudes like Studdard and Sendlien...They need the men that seem dangerous enough when they tell another player to pull his head out of his ass, the other player listens...The coaches can't fix everything, they have to have those types of leaders on the team that rule the locker room...They need the guys that give 110% all the time, that the other players look up to and want to be like or at least respect and don't want to let down...Maybe some players will step up after this embarassing loss and try to be leaders...Cayce has some fire so that is promising..
  6. I lived in Oklahoma City for a while and I worked with 2 OU player's parents. The players hate Texas as much as the fans do and love nothing more than putting a good arse beating on UT...That was back when Texas was pretty good though under Mack. Maybe they don't give a crap now since we have sucked for more than a decade...I can guarantee you beating Texas was a big deal to OU's players back then and it was all they would talk about on sports radio...It was like their entire focus every year was stomping a mudhole in UT..
  7. That might be the problem. If they aren't focused on getting good enough to beat their toughest rival every year, then what are they focused on?..It seems like there is something that keeps players from developing the talent they need to compete at a high level at UT that needs to be addressed...Some of these players come in and look better as raw/ hungry freshman players than they do after they have been in the program a few years and it doesn't make sense...It's like something takes the fight out of them after they have played at UT a while and they just accept losing without being pissed about it.
  8. Great, so we go from Herman, who was a noticeable improvement over Charlie Strong, back to Charlie Strong 2.0? I remember when the team would get down by a TD with Charlie, it seemed like an impossible feat for them to catch up...Like the wind just got knocked out of them because the other team scored first or went ahead...
  9. Im startng to believe mostly recruiting...These players get knocked down once and just give up...Maybe the coaches could teach them to be tougher and meaner, but 2 staffs now and same story...The players have to have some drive or ambition to get better and just seems like a lot of them aren't trying or don't care too much about losing...Maybe it's just the culture too...Seems like Texas has had the soft label for years, even some of the years Mack had them winning 10 games, they were somewhat soft, but nothing like now..
  10. I'm not rooting against him but he fucking sucks. And if he's the best we got, then we are in serious trouble. This dude can't even gain a 1st down. Even a low rank Arky team doesn't even respect him. See what Casey has. Honestly, how will Casey fair any better behind this garbage Oline?
  11. I bet you're right and ESPN needs all the votes they can get in regards to playoff expansion (number of autobids for SEC and getting expansion done before the current contract expires and it goes up for bidding on the open market).. So, seems logical they would talk the SEC schools into a form of alliance with irate 8 / plus 4 new schools...
  12. No joke. I was no fan of Tom H, but am thankful he and his staff left a pretty decent overall team for this staff to work with and build on; unlike Charlie Strong.. There are some good players and decent depth at several positions....The Oline needs a lot of help and hopefully will improve some as the season goes on.. That ULL team they beat was probably as good, if not better than a lot of teams they will face in the Big 12. The future looks good..
  13. They have votes if they choose to align their votes. They could determine how many autobids each conference gets for the playoffs for example...Or, they could determine how many games the playoff expands by, and when it expands. They could choose to have it not expand until the current contracts end so that it goes to the open market to the highest bidder...That's if all these conferences schools choose to align and vote with each other...
  14. I don't get why everyone is so sure ESPN is going to take over college football? They will have a big fight on their hands now with the BIG, ACC, PAC alliance in getting everything they want. If the playoff gets expanded and the games go to the open market for bidding, ESPN is hosed. Someone like Amazon could come in and outbid them for those games...If a player like Amazon figures out they can make a lot of money with targetted ads and marketing during College football games, ESPN is in trouble... ESPN might make 5 dollars off there channels per cable subscription, just think how much Amazon could make off targeted ads and marketing during a playoff college game...
  15. The SEC got what they wanted from the Big 12, and now they will focus on breaking the Alliance, and getting the playoffs expanded before it can go to the open market for bidding... I bet they offer the ACC more money next to get them out of the Alliance and get their votes on playoff expansion... They will also get Texas and OU over to the SEC schedule by next year...
  16. That ain't happening...All of ASU / AU's Alums and Boosters mostly end up in California... All of their recruiting is in Cali...It would be like Oklahoma State going to the PAC alone and isolating themselves from Texas recruiting...
  17. Aggie is so scared that Texas is going to finally get a good coaching staff and rise from it's sleep...They can feel what's coming when both OU and Texas are in the SEC...They know it is just a matter of time now that both of their big brothers will be a big pain in the ass for them...
  18. I like how you are thinking. We could be like the 2010 Bama team with better DB's, and more depth at RB...Possibly a better QB too, but not as good of an Oline..A comparible DLine..
  19. Just saying, nobody ever accused Leach of having receivers that couldn't catch the ball when he was at OU or Tech...He tortured the crap out of them with the Tennis ball shooter...
  20. Time to dust off the tennis ball shooter...Isn't that what Leach uses to train receivers to catch? Hundreds of tennis balls a week at close range...
  21. I hope the Defense is so dang good that the offense is in shock at how easy it is to score against the rest of the Big 12 Defenses...
  22. True, but that's stii the best we got, Whittington who can't stay healthy, Omiere who may be healthy, but may have some mental blocks to get through after a serious injury, and Moore. Worthy is kind of an unknown because he has never taken a snap in college... There is not much depth after that... Just saying i'm surprised they didn't hit the transfer portal for at least one more receiver with some upside. Maybe there wasn't any decent ones in the Portal, or maybe the coaches think they can work with what they got depth wise...
  23. Maybe they didn't view the Oline as being the biggest problem, maybe it's the receivers and depth at receiver and the QB... Out of the best receivers, 1 is banged up, 1 is recovering from a bad knee injury, and the other J Whitt can't stay healthy once the Season starts. We have a freshman who has never taken a college snap, and they moved Schooler to defense. Seems like they should have hit the portal for Receiver help...
  24. I played DB in high school and got decleated and rolled up a few times like that by Olinemen coming around the corner. What's even worse is having the Running Back follow up behind them and knee you in the head when your trying to get up or step on your gut while your already half unconscious...
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