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Park Gothic

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  1. I am unfamiliar with this expression
  2. People have already offered the same type of speculation I would (for what it's worth, I think @Codaxx nailed it), but I'll add to the conversation that I think this will be a regular thing with WR. That's probably the most portal-happy position group and there are too many good WR running around in CFB for them to ride the pine. Throw in the mentality that is typically associated with WR and I think that means we should expect to lose any highly ranked WR who isn't cracking our top 5. I doubt Cook will be the last good WR we lose to the portal by the end of the season. Still sad to see him go. I loved him as a recruit and he seems like a good kid. Hope he gets a chance to ball out at Oregon.
  3. I'm actually good with the 11:00 AM start time. Breakfast tacos and beer at the tailgate, catch the game, go home and enjoy the rest of Saturday's football from my couch. I don't want a whole fucking season of 11:00 AM starts like we were getting in the Big `12
  4. I politely decline your invitation to add yet another argument about semantics to this thread.
  5. TSRH. I'm not going to weigh in on the asinine and at this point extremely tired argument of whether Quinn is a pussy, is just playing like a pussy, or if he's still our perfect golden boy and it's actually everyone else who's terrible. But he is playing to not get hurt - that is clear. Whether that's justified or not, playing to not get hurt is a great way to get your shit rocked. Playing loose and looking for a fight is part of accepting that football is a violent game and being okay with that level of violence. You're ready for someone to bring it to you and to bring it to them. As the QB you can't be stupid about contact, but you can't avoid the fact that you're playing football too, just like everyone else on the field. Look at this Pavia kid - do you think he's worried about contact? Fuck no. He's not trying to get his head caved in but he's not thinking about it either. If it happens it happens, that's the game. Even within Ewers' own career we've seen this - dude plays better after he's had a little contact. After a hit he sees that it's not a big deal. It's like he needs a shot in the mouth to wake himself up. But we haven't seen that version of him since UTSA. Pretending like you can avoid the violence that's inherent to football is not only dumb, it's dangerous. Ewers is not only playing worse, but he's going to get himself hurt worse too.
  6. He's definitely a gamer. Got that clutch gene.
  7. Great video, and great explanation of what is happening some of the time when Ewers is getting blitzed. I was just talking to a buddy about the QB controversy, etc. and I said the one thing that I'm not understanding is why we aren't punishing teams for the outside blitzes. Inside blitz - okay, Ewers throws side arm and it's too easy for a blitzing LB in the A-gap to throw up his arms. But when the blitz is from the outside we should be able to throw to pressure. We just didn't read the backside blitz against UGA, but I know Ewers recognized it a couple of times since then and just hasn't been able to throw the ball. It has happened a couple of times with Wingo but also with Golden. It's just another example that the struggles for the offense are a team failure. Ewers is a part of the problem - especially in the UGA game - but the WR and OL aren't doing him any favors. Couple that with a running back room that is struggling between the tackles and it becomes clearer why we are killing so many drives on offense. It's like every room on the offensive side of the ball is plagued by either penalties, failure to read the defense, or inability to execute. Most of it is fixable, although I don't think we'll ever see Ewers reliably throw the deep ball or the RB run effectively inside. But at least we can get Wingo to recognize blitz and Cam Williams to stop with the stupid penalties. I swear he accounts for half our penalty yards every game.
  8. The second team defense runs a dummy version of the opponent's defense in practice against the first team offense. So if Vandy runs a lot of stunts and blitzes, then our starting offense will see a lot of stunts and blitzes in practice in the week leading up to the game. It's the reverse for the first team defense, who runs our defense against a dummy version of the opponent's offense. Just because PK doesn't run those schemes doesn't mean they're alien to him or the rest of the staff. The chief issue is that our second string defense is probably not as good at running those schemes as Vandy's first team defense is, so the look our guys get doesn't quite prepare them for the game speed. That's part of why it's important to have talent at depth - iron sharpens iron. The better our second string defense is, the better they prepare of first string offense.
  9. Honestly, I won't be able to stomach a loss to any of the next four teams. Florida and Kentucky because they are down bad, Arkansas and A&M because fuck them with a rusty rake.
  10. Weirdly optimistic considering your post history since the UGA game. Nice to see, though.
  11. That's a weird way of saying that Vandy is the only SEC school with a winning record against Texas.
  12. tl;dw: "It's there a little bit, but that's just the way injuries go. It's in my mind a little bit...but it's not a big deal" Paraphrasing, but it sounds like it's still bothering him and that it may be affecting him mentally. Not so bad that he has to sit out, but it sounds to me like he should sit out. This is literally why you have a back up QB - if QB1 can't play to the level we need due to injury, put in QB2.
  13. OP, you are a gaping vagina who has been bleeding all over this site since Saturday. Seek help. We're going 11-1.
  14. When I think of ref jobs, 2015 vs. OSU is always at the top of the list.
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