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  1. This was indeed the #2 waste of defensive talent in UT history, only behind the 1983 team. #1 ranked D all season, and if memory serves correctly, all senior starters drafted into the pros, and a backup senior drafted as well. Many people maintain that if Fred had started Rob Moerschell at QB in the 1984 CB, we would have an additional NC to our name. Instead we had Rick McIvor throwing darts at receivers who dropped many passes in the CB and the infamous dropped punt by Craig Curry in the 10-9 loss to Georgia. The strange factoid of the day is that nobody knew that game lost us the NC while it was being played. We didn't know it until Miami upset Nebraska 31-30 in the Orange Bowl, in the best bowl game I have ever seen until the 2003? Fiesta bowl, Ohio State vs. Miami, the game when Miami's great RB got hurt, and then of course the top two bowl games ever, the 2005 Rose Bowl and the 2006 Rose Bowl.
  2. Whichever Walker it is, he definitely flew over the goal line on a regular basis, and don't think we would have any problem recruiting some young man to jump over the line to score TDs.
  3. 2nd chance at the lead.....dont' waste it.
  4. 3rd down from the 3, and throws incomplete....will Dan Quinn go for it? incomplete in end zone. don't know if you can make a case for flag or not.
  5. 1st and goal at the one, Daniels does the rollout pass run option and has to throw it away. 2nd and goal at the one, handoff for negative yards.
  6. So, the reason I think I remember this guy. Round Rock High School, I'm a freshman in the band, and we go to Killeen for the first time, and this guy runs roughshod over us, and the score might have been 21-0 at the end of quarter one. Or I might be confusing this with the Temple game. Either way, it made a serious impact. We won every halftime and lost almost every football game.
  7. Walker, John 45 OB 6-1 210 Fr-HS Killeen, TX (Killeen) Walls, Herkie 11 QB-WR 5-8 146 So-1L Garland, TX (Garland) my Texas football brain is still working!!! from the 1980 roster! Check out Herkie's height and weight!
  8. Nope, somebody is messed up here. I just saw a picture of #36 Adrian Walker and it says 1991. The Walker I am thinking of is at least 1985 or earlier. hmmm. For some reason I think he was #45, but don't know.
  9. ok,. thanks. So Adrian is from Killeen or Temple? I'm old now.
  10. Skins haven't looked this good since Riggins and Company....and that's a LONG TIME!
  11. woo! Now that is a cool punt return!
  12. HA! Baker is not used to seeing holding calls.
  13. I don't think Daniels is ok. more than a cut.
  14. 1st down commanders, by an eyelash.
  15. Finally , what looks to be a really good game. I like Quinn, and I can put up with Kliff. This guy Daniels is a cool, cool, customer.
  16. Johnny Sky Walker..."Johnny got the nickname "Sky Walker" because of the way he would jump over defenses to score."
  17. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/former-ut-football-player-believes-he-had-covid-19-in-january This is Johnny Walker from the 1980s.
  18. About the 1984 Cotton Bowl. Both January 2025 and January 1984 have something in common. We lost our star RB in both years. In 1983 Edwin Simmons was the best freshman RB in the country. Go back and look at his Texas-OU highlights. Unbelievable speed hitting the hole, was going to run for probably 1300 yards easily. Had knee injury, doctors somehow found out one of his legs was significantly shorter than the other and he was basically done. Other thing in common, we had the best D in UT history in 1983 and this one ranks #2 or 3 imo. The 1981 D was probably better than this one. Harder hitting, but didn't have to defend much against the pass. The question to ask is how long will we be in the wilderness? January 1984 to 1990-shock the nation, only to be humiliated against Miami. Then six more years to James Brown, "maybe we'll beat them by 21?" and then finally 8 or 9 more years. I actually count beating Michigan in the 2005 Rose Bowl as being completely back to National prominence, as it laid the foundation for the 2006 game. I strongly believe knowing the scene and all the things about the Rose Bowl helped the team immensely. We are most definitely not going into the wilderness x number of years after this year. We should be back, right away.
  19. I have the ultimate two remaining answers on the 1st and goal, one of which has already been proposed. 1. The Ravens showed us yesterday how to run the tush push, without possible harm to the QB. Utilize a strong non-QB. They use the TE. Take the snap from center the old-fashonied way and tush push works, about 99% of the time. I think I have seen it stopped once. 2. I remembered this morning Johnny Walker, RB for UT in the 80s, he flew over the pile, and this tactic was copied by Bo Jackson, among others. If I remember correctly, Walker would line up in the I, run to the line, take the handoff from a QB taking the snap directly from center, plant both feet on or about the 2 yard line and fly over the pile at the goal line. He was such a great flyer, he might have been able to take off from the 3, but I don't remember. I just saw an article online and he was nicknamed "Sky" Walker. I don't remember that, but he definitely flew over the goal line whenever needed. Maybe we need to recruit a flyer, but we can afford to do this now that we have NIL. So, we now have at least four ways to gain one yard of which we utilized 0 the other day, and all four require taking the snap directly from center: 1. QB sneak 2. fake FB dive, roll out, run pass option 3. Tush push-strong man not QB. 4. Fly over the goal line. Is there any problem with teaching the QB and strong man to take the snap from center? serious question.
  20. and there is the blonde chick referee, getting close to the pile, like she's gonna do something!!! HA!!!!
  21. late to this trying to figure out what to run business. Assume, a. Arch is out-concussion b. we don't like to take the snap from center, but we can do that and c. QE is healthy enough to execute a run-pass option. I would have done the old-fashioned, take the snap from center, run play action, and had QE rollout and do run-pass option. The key would be the surprise. Do it on a down they don't expect, I guess 1st down? looks like I'm agreeing with Kel. Or once you get to third or fourth down show a shotgun look, but rush to the line and do a quick-count QB sneak? One thing, I am glad I don't get paid to think of the things that would work down there when my team is not having the great night needed at the OL positions. The OL had no room for error. They needed to play out-of-their minds great and it didn't happen. But coaches too, they needed to be great. Perfection was the order of the day and it nobody was perfect last night, except maybe the secondary guys covering the top two Ohio St. WRs.
  22. I'll take a shot. We were not winning the game if we scored at the end because we would have kicked the extra point, and Chip Kelley is the OC for the other team. I had forgotten how good he was. He outcoached our team by himself. Yes, this D was championship level, but picked the very worst time to give up a 75. yard TD. We had 0 room for error, because we were playing a team as good as us. It felt to me that not only were they equally talented as us, but that their QB was getting incredibly lucky throwing into double coverages the first half. 2nd half, when his luck wore out, the refs bailed him out by not calling holding, at least that one third down. And kudos to the commentators, they realized Howard had not run any in the game and actually predicted he would run on that very important down, either a 3rd or 4th down. Our OL? Were they injured? worn out? Or was OhioSt. just better? About the fourth and goal. I flashed back to GD, because GD would have used any QB as a battering ram to get that last yard. Never forget how he called two or three strait QB sneaks for Colt to get that last yard against kState, and that was with an inferior OL. I don't know anything, but I always felt like the Arch package had to have some passing in it, maybe a jump pass or something. I missed last year's game against Washington, on a flight to Alaska, so this is what it feels like, huh? I kept getting the same feeling, we need a break. Seriously, we just needed the 1983 defense to magically appear and return an interception. I keep repeating myself, but this team wasting this D is not the worst example. The 1983 D was so good, it outscored the offense in a game against TCU. The D scored two TDs and the O scored one TD. That team was the #1 D in the country and we lost the NC game by one point, 10-9. Plug in an int returned for a TD and this game is different. Overall, I would much rather be in this situation than before. With NIL we will get the players. Our exposure will be great because we should be in the playoffs every year. It may all come down to coaching. It did last night.
  23. One other thing, wrt QBs. At Texas we have always had to have a QB carry the team, when we won the NC. Obvious, right? VY, Colt, Street all carried the team at a NC level. IMO, Colt was about three GD/Mack decisions from winning two NCs. a. GD/Mack decision to have Colt QB sneak 2 or 3 times into the teeth of the KState line the week before he got injured against Aggy. Not sure which year this was, probably 2007, definitely not 2009. It weakened his shoulder/neck area no doubt. b. GD/Mack decision to have Colt run the ball against 'bama. c. GD/Mack decision to not tell Colt to slow down the tempo just a bit so we could leave less time on the clock against Tech.
  24. People I would like to see interviews with about this game: James Street - RIP, obvious...and Randy David Arledge - got more mentions than anybody on Texas team not named Street, I think. Bill Montgomery - obvious, great passer, played near mistake free ball until the two interceptions Chuck Dicus - was he this good all the time? At least nine catches. Coach Campbell and sons- especially what it was like in the next to last game of their careers together with Dad? Cheerleader dude Clarinet girl who couldn't even play, she was so overcome with emotion Colonel Sanders- didn't know until just now he was at the game, wow! Vincent DiNino - LHB director. everything was so much more up tempo back then. noticed in the fourth quarter LHB played Grandiose during the Hogs Offensive possession, didn't stop for the snap, and drowned out the hogs fans doing a woo pig sooie chant. So LHB drowned out about 40,000 fans! Of course I realize those people are all dead most likely. I guess cheerleader dude and clarinet girl might still be alive. Already saw interview of Royal, when he re-watched the game one night with the PBS station in Austin, I think late 1970s. He offered lots of good commentary that night.
  25. you certainly have the right point spread, at least from my point of view. look at my prediction, and then go back and look at the 2006 Rose Bowl score and yards. it's going to be exciting no doubt!
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