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Texas A&M Recruiting 2026: The World's Drunkest Elk
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Lunch with Liucci: w It's the people that were like, "I didn't like seeing that." I explained that to them. I have talked to my own friends and been on the other side of it. I cut my night short and got home from the game. Being at the game, I don't give a damn. I was there in a credentialed capacity. Texas made me want to go to the Cotton Bowl more. I wanted to go to more games to see how they would hold up. The Ohio State sideline was the SEC Network crew. I did speak to Ross Bjork. There are no hard feelings there. Everyone agreed that him leaving for Ohio State was better for all parties involved. I always liked Bjork. He is in an interesting situation up there with their fanbase ready to get rid of Ryan Day after the Michigan loss. A&M needs to remember that with Texas. In a 12-team playoff, there are many different ways to get to a “successful” season. That doesn't mean you don't want to beat their ass every way, with baseball being at the top of that, but being down there, it was an eye-opener. It took me back about 12 years in that same stadium. Twelve years ago, I watched Alabama and Michigan. I didn't know as much about Johnny Manziel, and I didn't know A&M would be back in that same stadium after beating that same Alabama team. Watching Texas for the second time in a month, field level, the thing that jumps out is how fast and effective they are in space. I said this all offseason, and I was crucified for it by the fanbase 90 miles away. I had questions about the consistency of Quinn Ewers. There was too much inconsistency. Now, they are all singing the same tune and ready to see him go. Same thing with Steve Sarkisian. Four years in, I had questions about the consistency of Sarkisian's offense. Kelvin Banks Jr. turned pro. Jaydon Blue will be a pro. I know they lost CJ Baxter. Matthew Golden is a stud. Ryan Wingo and DeAndre Moore Jr. Go up and down the list. Ja'Tavion Sanders and Gunnar Helm. With all of that, people understand what I was saying about some kind of inconsistency. This has zero to do with A&M. Watching Texas, they missed Baxter just like A&M missed Le'Veon Moss. There is a bit of irony there that Texas lost that game because they could not punch it in from the 1-yard line. They do try to do something different, and it got eaten up. That yard here at Kyle Field will haunt us for a long time. It would have brought the Aggies within three. I think we would have been celebrating a win had they gotten that yard. I think Texas beats Ohio State if they would have punched it in. Segment 2 (15:16:21 - 21:23:21) Some of the chatter down at the game, there is truth to the fact that Ewers could play at Notre Dame next year for what I would describe as a “woah, really?" number. NFL people have said he has a substantial monetary number to play at a couple of places, including Notre Dame, in particular. I was like, "No way it's that much." That is through the pro and agent world. A&M is relevant because that has to do with two A&M opponents. I have zero doubt that Sarkisian preps guys for the NFL, but I don't think it would hurt him at all because there is a great deal of space for him to improve his NFL stock. Ewers can improve, but he has played so much college football. I hope the Irish don't get him. There is a lot of chatter that people were wondering if it wasn't just Ewers but Sarkisian walking off in burnt orange for the last time... I don't believe that. If a team wants to keep a coach, how much they are paid and how much they rule over their kingdom, it's like A&M from going to LSU or Sumlin from USC. The only thing I will say is No. 1: If it's the Dallas Cowboys. I am skeptical. I am not buying that one. No. 2: We see coaches do weird things now in the days of the transfer portal and NIL. I don't see any pro coach rushing outside of Bill Belichick to the college ranks right now. Segment 3 (21:23:21 - 53:08:08) Before the game, Ohio State looked the part with their skill guys. Their defensive backs and wide receivers... They were so big and physical-looking. They are first-round picks. Their freshman receiver is as good as any in the country, even though he didn't have much of an impact on Saturday. I don't think Will Howard is great at all. He is a solid quarterback. He is so far from elite. That is why I give Notre Dame even a chance. Quinshon Judkins was a star in the SEC. He led the league in rushing. That was a devasting loss for Ole Miss. He is No. 2 in that backfield to TreVeyon Henderson. You watch them finish... That is the difference between Texas and Ohio State at the skill spots. You could see the effect that would have. They had pros galore, but where it stood out most was the line of scrimmage. Every one of them looked like Chase Bisontis. Their inside guys, it's the height and profile of them. This is Mike Elko and the staff's full recruiting cycle, but where I saw Ohio State reminding me of what I saw from 2012 Alabama, old LSU and Georgia is their O-line. If I were Elko and his staff, I think this is what they are doing, but that is what I am looking for in recruiting and in the portal. This O-line class, those guys have that look. SEC Mike put out interesting rankings for next year's SEC. LSU at No. 3. They have hyped their portal class so much. Someone said Donovan Green is giving them as much portal credit in their rankings as Kevin Concepcion did coming to A&M. I like Green. It's not politics. He was injured and wasn't himself. He may develop it in Baton Rouge. People are giving too much hype to their portal class. I think I would move South Carolina up, but they did suffer some losses on defense. Then Florida. They will be a wild card. Then, Tennessee. That's a falloff. A&M is at No. 10 on SEC Mike’s rankings. That better not end up being true. I understand putting the Aggies behind these teams. They just have to prove it's not true. The joke was, of the top eight, Texas plays two of them. The two-year stretch they were handed in this conference will be studied by future SEC football generations. The only team I could see cracking that is A&M. A&M needs to go 4-0 at home against Florida, Auburn, South Carolina and Mississippi State next year. They have to. You have a road game vs. Missouri and Arkansas. As much as we talk about the schedule, there is a real opportunity for a good A&M team — if they are a good team. This should be a good offense next year. Defensively, I think they have to make a massive jump in the back seven. For Elko, it will be a crusade after the USC game. He will spend his whole offseason figuring out how to make it happen, whether that's the defensive coordinator position or him looking at the process and changing it. Calling the defense is on the table. If they are the 15th-best team in college football, that schedule is manageable. I think Mike McCarthy is a good coach, but he is not good enough to get the Cowboys where they need to, so you change. If Jerry Jones really wanted Sarkisian in 2025, that is the one job that would seem the hardest to turn down. I will believe it when I see it. Sitting here as an Aggie, the hypothetical “Sarkisian to the Cowboys” thing is a bombshell that would drop on the SEC and recruiting. That is a talented Texas roster, and that would not be a coach going to another college where guys would follow him. You could see an exodus. That's what people thought would happen with A&M baseball. That is why this is interesting. The real side would be, "How does that affect A&M?" The recruiting in the state in terms of the 2026 class... The Aggies had a huge weekend in terms of talent on campus. That's where you claim momentum. You don't see those coaches leave... But you do. Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma. Brian Kelly left Notre Dame. Lane Kiffin left Tennessee. Dennis Franchione left Alabama. It's not as common. Who has success doing that? That is the advice I would have given Jim Schlossnagle if I would've had any window to say, "What the hell are you doing?" I think it worked out for Aggie baseball. I wonder if it will work out in Austin for him. They have all the pieces and history. The last time I was in Lexington was to go see Billy Gillispie in his second year there. A couple of weeks later, he got fired. We joked it was the last game they won. People were pissed, but that was explainable. It's Kentucky basketball. You have some good damn coaches at A&M right now. Exciting young ones, you think of Michael Earley, Jamie Morrison, Mark Weaver, Gerrod Chadwell and Trisha Ford. You think of the big three: A&M's baseball has the No. 1 ranking. What an opportunity for Earley in year one. You think about what Williams is doing. With Elko, no one really knows how to feel. There was plenty that I saw that I would have optimism moving forward. They only lost one guy they had to fight to keep. It's a positon I still think they upgraded. I think he went in the portal to go to Georgia- 682 replies
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We’ve put plenty of teams away. We are 25-5 the last 2 years, including I think 10 or 11 wins against opponents who were ranked at the time of the matchup? It may not be in the manner you like but we won 11 of our 13 games this year by 10+ points, including all 3 of our rivals, and one of the ones that wasn’t was the stupid Vandy pick 6 that got called back. We need to continue to try to get a better level of consistency but that is easier said than done nowadays with what is now turning into a 16-17 game season. How many times is a team realistically going to play their ‘A’ game in a 16 game season? Even Ohio State, who is going to win it all, had to squeak by a bad Nebraska team at home and suffered an inexcusable loss to a Michigan team who can’t throw a forward pass. Lincoln Riley is a soft bitch who doesn’t know what defense or program culture even is. I don’t see that comparison or fear of that comparison becoming reality at all.
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Thank you Quinn and I hope unlike Chris Simms it does not take fans a decade of suffering to come to appreciate what you meant to this program. I hope you are able to come back and get cheered when you are shown on the screen for being the first major piece of getting us back to being in position to win meaningful games. 1) Thank you for causing us to seek out great chicken fried steak as we waited for your commitment. 2) Thank you for showing us so early that you had the talent to get us where we needed to go 3) Thank you for getting us Arch, his family wanted him to redshirt and without you that would not have not been an option. Him and his family knew that with our other QBs, fans would have wanted him thrown to the wolves before he was ready. Georgia would have given him what he wanted and not us. 4) Thank you for the joy you brought us in this performance against OU 5) Thank you for clutch throws against Alabama in 2023. We could not believe what we were seeing, Alabama fans walking out at the beginning of the 4th quarter. They just knew it was over. 6) Thank you for a BIG XII championship and getting us into the playoffs for the first time 7) Thank you for a work of art against Michigan 😎 Thank you for beating all three of our rivals in the same year 9) Thank you for two play-off wins and you and the team played well enough to beat Ohio State but were let down by your coaches. I hope you go to the right team in the NFL and get the proper footwork coaching that Milwee clearly failed to figure out how to fix. You made Longhorn nation proud even if it is hurting right now but it is hurting because you made this kind of hurt possible. P.S. Someday Sark will get his Vince that will say fuck that other play coach you had the right play called on 3rd down we are running it again. You couldn’t do the same because he brought in different personnel. Just adding this to close the loop on this post.
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I wonder how much of the "shitty draft class at WR" has to do with shitty QB play after the Covid time went out, and how much of shitty QB play we have seen might be lack of normal top end WR talent. I don't love hearing that Texas coaches love the WR room as is- I think my #1 portal ask right now would be legit WR #1 (even over DT) as I like the two guys we got- I like what I saw from January, I like what I'm hearing about Terry and if the Edges and LB's are as good as I think they are going to be the front 7 will be nasty. I know we will end up with another body or two at DT, but I don't think they need to be game breakers. We don't have any game breakers at WR to my way of thinking. Sure, development does happen and maybe the freshmen are really good- but none of them seem to project to be a Smith or Williams or even Wingo for that matter. So, I bet on worse at running this WR room back without our top two producers from this year and adding in 4 frosh. I guess the upside here is that's a pretty Darwinian room for Sark as he likes to keep it to only really playing 3 or 4 guys, so, whatever. If Blue wants to transfer I won't rend any garments or wear ash and sack cloth or anything, but I hope he just goes to the NFL so I don't have to devote anymore headspace to thinking about him after the rollercoaster he's been on the last 4 years going back to high school headcase. I would say on balance we got the win out of his production here the last 3 years, but I don't know the opportunity cost and think we probably are cutting ties at the right time.
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Transfer Cycle 2024-2025 - Stop Being Poor
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This sounds like battered Cowboy fan syndrome. You wouldn't take a shot at going all in to win 1 title at the hope of going on a Bama type run? I believe that for the 2026 portal class that we should go all in on that class to try and get a title with Arch as short term mixed with our long term HS recruiting propels us forward. -
That was a tight game. after the 2H of aggy and 1H of Auburn, I have some hope they can compete at the lower half of the conference but I think away games are really going to be challenging. we are going to need Kaluma and Johnson to play well together to have any hope of winning in the upper half. they both have to overcome our non existent bigs.
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Dude it is clear your eyes aren't seeing the problems in the run game by how you post. Our problems in the run game have shit to do with second and 3rd level players. Georgia defeated us at the line. They would shift to a 50 front sometimes with a single backer behind them. They understood that by preventing double teams we couldn't win at the LOS. When we ran OZ someone would get pushed in the backfield forcing the back to cut back into the flow. Their DE would stack up the playside end and shut down any possibility of it working. A lineman was always losing the battle and blowing the play up. We were losing fights with light or equal boxes. ASU was the only one loading up the box on us. Most of the additional box defenders was because we have a love affair with bunch sets, so we invite 12 extra people in the box too. You don't have to be dominant in the run game, just outrush your opponent in a game like OSU or Georgia. Be creative running the football. Call some QB leads. Any QB with two legs can run that for a couple. Use your TEs to help get the playside DE's shoulders turned so you can prevent them from stacking up the line flow in OZ. If you run ACE out of pistol you can run it to whichever side you have the DE covered without tipping your hand. Then boot off of that look to keep teams honest. We rarely moved the pocket, but when we did it was effective. We never really ran the ole Aaron Rodgers boot off of the stretch play. We didn't do much to affect the opposing D-line's aiming points at all. Our lack of rushing is our own fucking fault and it has shit all to do with the quarterback. We run a lot of sets but run a pretty small amount of shit off of them. Once you understand that as a defense you can defend us fairly well. That, my friend, is why Steve Sarkisian didn't make it in the NFL. Too much cutesy shit and not enough down and dirty simple problem solving. Next year you are going to see the same issues unless Sark has a come to Jesus moment in the offseason. We have to stop talking about those Bama teams that literally had no flaws offensively.
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Jesus Christ to a lot of these comments about faustian bargains and shit. QE played because he knows the entire offense and has been a 3 year starter. Arch has started a total of 2 1/2 games this year. QE has his faults, but at the end of the day we had a chance to beat a team that returned all of their draft eligible defense and they stopped us. We literally could have gone to OT against the team that fuck stomped both Tennessee and Oregon. That's how good our team was. The fluke fumble for a TD was just that, a fluke. If we didn't score we lose by a TD to the team playing for it all. It fucking sucks, but shit, at least we showed up and punched them in the mouth. We held a fucking freak show of a WR to 1 catch for 3 yards, and their other best WR to 52 yards. That's their bread and butter and we took it away. That's called sound defense. After we shut them down they went to Tate, who got like 85 yards or some shit. They have what we should have had this year if Baxter doesnt get hurt in August, a two-headed monster RBs. We didn't just "shoot ourselves in the dick", we just got beat by a better team that night. That's it. Nothing else to ponder about. Could we beat them?maybe, probably, but we didn't,and now we have to wait to get our revenge game 1 next season. They lose a shiiiiiit ton of their entire defense outside of Caleb Downs. They lose their QB, like us, they will be breaking him in, but Arch has 2 starts under his belt,and regardless of who it was, he beat them. And just like they do, we have a shit ton of talent coming and already on campus as either rs frosh, rs soph,and true fish. We signed the #1 class, and a lot of them will play. We get Wingo,who's Arch's favorite target,DeAndre Moore, maybe, but highly doubt Golden, 2-3 of those 4/5 star WR's will be playing in game one. Also, we get Jordan Washington as a bad ass TE, Townsend who is a freak, and finally on defense Baker has give us 3 top shelf DTs, and so far we get Cole Brevard, and former 5 star Travis Shaw,who I believe will be well coached up by Baker and PK. We still have another portal window to add another 1-2 DT's. Alex January will be back and has played a lot of ball for a frosh. Secondary will be fine. Kobe Black isn't Jahde Barron, but Barron wasn't who he is until his 5th season. Black is a damn good DB. Hopefully Taafe returns, and Mcdonald has shown up a lot. JJ-R and Gilbeau will take that extra step like all (most) so. Williams will be back by the end of Sept, I believe. This team is oozing with talent. We're going to be fine. As for the Cotton Bowl loss. Fuck it. We lost and they won. Welcome to being a sports fan. We have the talent and the coaching to get us back to the CFP and win the whole muthafucking thing. Georgia got taken down in rd 2. We should have beaten them, bud we were still finding our identity in the first game, and the SEC championship went to OT and we lost on fade by a QB that only recruiting junkies had ever even heard of. As a sign of joy, we fucking killed Carson Beck's body and mind that he now has to transfer. That's some baller shit right there. We may honestly be ranked #1 going into the season because ain't nobody gonna beat these big nut, dong dragging on the ground motherfuckers.
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This is who Steve Sarkisian is. A very likable coach with two sides. SIDE 1: Sark revived the UT football program and has racked up some big wins. Won the Big 12 title going out the door. Excellent. Epic beatdowns of OU. Fantastic. 49-0 in 2022 34-3 in 2024 Handled Aggy 17-7. — Huge win no matter that it could have been a 31-0 shutout Beat BAMA at Home in 2023. -- SEC SEC SEC! Lulz. Twice to the final four of playoffs Two playoff wins this year. -- Almost epic choke v. ASU, which leads to Side 2 SIDE 2: Sark coached perhaps the most EPIC losses in all of UT history. 2021: Blowing 18 point lead to OU with under 3 minutes left in 3Q. 2021: Losing to KU at home: 57-56. 2022: Vaunted offense stuffed by TCU on nighttime national TV. — Could not score a TD against Sonny Fucking Dykes. 2024: Lost playoff v. Washington — 4 shots to win from inside 15 yard line in final seconds. Not even close. 2025: Lost playoff to Ohio State — 1st and goal disaster in the most epic collapse/ending of any big UT game. Ever! The two worst 1st and Goal from the 1 yard line chokes in all UT history (at least since 1960s). — 2023 v. OU — 2025 v. Ohio State Two CFP semifinal games .. ready to be won … chances to play winnable title games. Could not score with first downs from the 1 and inside red zone. CONCLUSION: Sark's won some big games. Sark finds ways to blow big games. In EPIC fashion. That’s why the jury is still out on if he will win a title… even with Arch. We simply do not know which Sark shows up in the biggest games.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
Dignan replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
I’m sure it’s been said here other than “more Arch”. But I’d suggest to not go watch all of Arch’s highlights this year. I’m no coach, but we would be in the title game if he was our guy. Granted, I don’t think Quinn was the reason we lost. (See OL). But he wasn’t the answer to winning a title either. I’m a forever believer in the “need a mobile qb to win in college football “ camp. They don’t have to be Vick or VY, but they need to be a threat every play with their legs. Quinn was a threat, maybe once a game. If you go watch all of Arch’s games this year. Man. The offense changes. The play calls change. We get rollout play calls, he moves up in the pocket when there is pressure. He picks up yards when plays are broken down. It’s something to watch. I wish we could have seen more. I get that Sark must have had an agreement with Quinn to let him be the man, but man, Arch was the answer, and the only way we could have had a chance this year. I really believe that . I appreciate Quinn and all he did for Texas. But, next year can’t get here fast enough. -
Montembaeult played better than Otter (but that was mostly based on what each faced). Laine was the best player in the game and nearly scored several times more than the one he got. No Stars skater stood out, so it makes sense that Otter got the 3rd star. I don't have much issue with it. They're mostly participation trophies anyway. 4p tilt today against Ottawa, a town we cannot win in for some reason. Let's change that today. Go Stars!
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
wild_turkey replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
As a general rule, I don’t have ill will towards any Longhorns as long as they represent The University well. Be it Chris Simms or Blake Gideon or Garrett Gilbert or Bert Auburn. Quinn Ewers falls in that group. I appreciate the things he did well but he was also extremely frustrating to watch as a player. The recruiting rankings and hype were extremely high, even had Heisman talk going into this year, and in the end we saw QB play more similar to Simms or Ehlinger than we did Colt. When we had Colt and the game was on the line, I always felt he had it in him to make the critical pass and keep the game alive. Watching Quinn, I never felt that way. There were obviously many highlights like 4th and 13 against ASU where he made a clutch play to help win a tight game. There were also many missed opportunities like an overthrow to a wide open Golden on 3rd and 5 when we were trying to take the lead in the 4th quarter. Sark botched the playcalling at 1st and goal, but prior to that, there were plenty of other plays in the game that simply weren’t made, and I think an elite QB needs to be able to do that. I also think our offensive playbook was somewhat limited this year because of Quinn’s highly inconsistent deep ball and his inability to scramble away from a collapsing pocket. I usually don’t concern myself with off the field issues, but I do follow several Longhorns on IG and I was not a fan of our starting QB making political posts in the middle of the football season. When that was going at the same time we were watching on-field struggles post injury, Quinn alienated me a little bit as a fan. He was a drastic improvement from wandering in the desert with Case, Thompson, Buechele, Swoopes, etc, but those guys also had a much less talented team around them and far worse coaching from Strong and Herman. So I’m happy that Quinn played a role in returning Texas to prominence, and he was good enough to allow this upward trajectory to occur, but I think Texas needs better in order to win an actual championship. Hopefully Arch is the guy. Good luck to Quinn in whatever he does next. -
That’s true but I’m just trying to make the point you need “just enough” on the ground to win if you can do the other things well too. Add punt teams/KO for field position, FGs, good defense and 200 passing with no or inconsequential turnovers. You don’t have to rush for a buck fifty to beat the top teams you just have to do enough on the ground to make it a credible threat. That’s what we lack in big games, anything resembling a credible threat of a running game. Sad. and truth is, if brooks doesn’t go down last year and if Baxter doesn’t go down this year we might be looking at back to back national titles. but then maybe we need to recruit better at RB because it’s one of the top positions for season ending injuries. And with 15 games to win it all I’d say you have to go 3-4 deep with very little drop off to insure you’ve got the horses to win it all. I think how personnel are used throughout the season at that position may be one that changes radically with the new playoffs. I think there is easily room for substantial playing time for at least 3 backs in the season if not 4. Even more so if they eliminate the bye by expanding to 16 which I think they should.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
CoTex replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
Quinn, Thank you. For a Sugar Bowl semifinal season, and a Cotton Bowl semifinal season, there was a family who really enjoyed watching you sling it around. Thank you for 4th and 13. Thank you for the Worthy pass in Tuscaloosa. Thank you for 49-0. Thank you for winning the final Big 12 CCG. Thank you for beating aggy. Thank you for mentoring the next guy. When you were on the field we always had hope that the next play could go for 6. My son will outgrow his Ewers jersey soon, and he'll wear someone else's. That's just how this goes. I'm sure my wife will put it in a box somewhere with hopes that it will hold memories. Maybe one day one of us will see you in the NFL or see that worn jersey and remember you. For then and now, thank you. -
I'm not a football expert but this is what I saw last night. Section 454. First, walking to our section I saw our fearless leader, glasses, beard and all walking the other way. I'm sure I mouthed "that's Immamac." I'm guessing that was around section 452 at 6:10. Thanks dude - 2024 was a good year. I'm sorry I missed the tailgate but I was a last-minute decision. Thanks for setting everything up all year - I'm sure you worked hard and I appreciate it. Second, I usually don't like the sign language thing interpreting. I know, it's for the hearing impaired and I should be tolerant, but it distracts me. I don't care for it. However, Kilgore Rangerette girl last night nailed it during the National Anthem. I've never seen it done better and I'm proud to be a Texan. Third, I think the OHIO script, dot the I maneuver is more impressive on TV than in person. Sorry bro, your schtick ain't that special. Now, to the game. It seemed to me in the first half like Quinn would look at his first option/receiver, and if he didn't like what he saw, he would just lean into the pile. First time I saw it I was unimpressed but I think it happened 2-4 times. Only logical conclusion I can reach is that he was coached to do that. I don't buy the "Quinn is soft" narrative. Consider that it is at least possible he was told "we have an awesome defense, we have a ton of playmakers, we're good at special teams. If you don't like what you see, no hero ball - you're not Michael Vick." And, I'm not sure I take issue with that - Home game, good defense, Quinn just came off of OT 4th and 13. It may have been good coaching to say "nice job being a hero, now forget that shit and be a game manager." There was one play where I think Quinn could have taken off but he just sort of laid down. Contrasting that with the second half, there were some late passes to check-downs and more risks taken. I don't blame Quinn. I think he was a good soldier - he was told to take care of the ball and he took care of the ball for 58 minutes. Two turnovers in last 2 minutes and I don't blame him for either. Bond was a waste. I wish we had made the decision on day 1 that our 1, 2, 3 and 4 were Golden, Wingo, Helm, Wisner and Blue. If not them, Moore and Bolden. Kinda seems to me like 95% of Bond's reps/targets were wasted. Last night, on the biggest stage, he dropped a gimme. Now, Ohio State dropped a touchdown in the first half, and the qb tripped over flat turf in the second half, so I get that they're not perfect. But for the $$ Bond was paid, catch the damned ball. How does a screen go for 80 yards? Where were the safeties? WTF? We had the momentum in the 3rd quarter. At least it felt that way to me. 1st half we had a pitch/toss/sweep/reverse something to Wingo. Where did that play go? Seems like we only ran it once each game and I think that play can go both ways, or be a fake for a pass. If you're only going to run it once (and it gained positive yards), why do it at all? Our ability, or inability to run - I don't put that on Wisner, Blue, Gibson. I've seen OU, ASU and some other schools with some tiny ass RB's make holes that those guys could run through, and make schemes that kept the linebackers and safeties distracted. I don't know exactly how to coach up a running game but I think it starts with some big strong mf'er pushes another one to the side to make a gap, and then the guy goes through the hole. Our line wasn't creating holes for the RB's. If your guys need help, scheme so they get help. Our line wasn't making big holes and wasn't pushing anyone around. I would be curious to see the ratio our line had of 10 yard runs to false starts. Maybe our line had individual talent, but as a unit, they weren't making it happen. Either we get held more than anyone else in CFB, or our d-line underachieved. It seemed like they had a chance for a sack on at least 50% of the plays they were in and rarely got there. Maybe I'm wrong but we should have killed that qb last night. Defensive backs did their job. Take away that screen for however long it was and they gave up 0 receiving touchdowns and had 1 INT. The call on Helm for taunting was absolute bullshit. I don't think it mattered because we got 1st down at the 1, but what in the hell? Game on the line, guy makes a giant play, you let that go. Remember, you're in the entertainment business. it isn't pro wrestling but still, people want to cheer for their gladiators and if you turn them into bland robots, less cheering. If I had to sum up the season I would say this, great 1st year in the new conference. Forget all the "you can't compete - this aint the big 12," crap. We're #1 or #2 in this conference, right where we belong, and when teams see us on their schedule, they know it's a likely L. Disappointing because it felt like we were so close last year, with a little better team this year we could win it all. Probably we were closer to winning it all last year than we were this year. And, last year, we were in the same place, semifinal game late, chances to score but couldn't get it done. But, if you told me I could trade places with another program - even swap, coaches, players, recruits, conferences, facilities, whatever, I would say "nope. we got all we want." Now, Sark, Arch, Wingo, time to level up - we want a championship. tldr - I'm salty about last night but I understand and accept it, I'm still a happy Longhorn fan.
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Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet
utexas8 replied to Coach pop a bitch's topic in Football
If anything, the playoffs show you that you don’t need an elite qb to win the whole thing. Howard and Leonard are going up against each other. Geeze. We could’ve won it all with Quinn but we didn’t. Idiotic play calling and lack of a constient run game against good teams really screwed us. What it does show is you need a dual threat qb or one that will run if needed. Even in the NFL. True Pocket passers are far and in between -
While I don’t share the OP’s level of snark over osu’s malfeasance, I did find it funny at the time when 5 was called for dpi and the replay showed the receiver grabbing jersey to pull him backward at the start of the route, followed by 5 with his hands in the air clearly not interfering as their feet get tangled and the receiver falls. Herbstreit even said well that’s opi that they let go. and yeah the hold on Simmons on 3d and 8 that bought the time to throw the ball was hugely disappointing. but we were in the game and had a chance to win, and didn’t. I guess cam could have wrapped up sawyer similarly and hoped to get away with it too. did Texas not commit uncalled fouls? Was it that one-sided? I won’t be watching again to notice.
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@immamac , I've enjoyed your posts all year, and watching Gunnar's evolution as a young Texas fan this year has been a treat for us, and something that you both will always cherish and remember for eternity. My coming of age happened in the late 60's in Austin, when Texas Football and Austin were the center of my universe. Those early memories of Texas Football resurface every year like the wildflowers across the Hill Country. True happiness means enduring the times of despair, and coming out the other side. Texas Football is both ends of that spectrum, and thankfully for the beautiful people, we are on the other side on the path to true football happiness. The year started with so much promise, a stacked team at every position. Losing RB1 & 2 before the season started was huge. Not having a power back was always going to be tough to overcome, especially at the end. Our stellar 6 deep WR group getting reduced to 2 and 2 halves was too much. Disappointing finish, yes. Wisdom teaches us to adjust expectations for unforeseen circumstances. I've spent most of the fall for the past 20 years at the ranch in the Utopia, with an occasional football game or 2 at DKR. This year was 100% football with far fewer trips to the country. It was still as good as it gets. After a steady diet of "little brother" schools for so long, a season of Michigan, OU, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Clemson, and Ohio State was cool as f*ck. Adding in the "physical annihilation" of OUR little brother in College Station is guaranteed to make you smile every time you say those words. I lived in Jester East my freshman year with Earl and the other athletes. That year was magical beyond compare, as I took my seat in the 3rd row of the Cotton Bowl to witness the crowning of Earl's Heisman season. My spirit was crushed by Notre Dame. I learned from that, to challenge everything I read and here; i.e., Don't drink too much Kool-Aid! (That is why I dislike Kirk Bohls, he convinced me Notre Dame didn't have a chance. That is also why he probably dislikes Texas.) Note: When Notre Dame caused a Georgia fumbled deep in their own end, I jumped off the sofa, through up a double Hook 'em, and was shouting at the TV. Talk about a true come to Jesus moment! Where the fuck did that come from??? I watched VY play in High School. I knew he was a generational football player and told my brother to drive from Austin to watch Vince Young's playoff game against Defending Champion Katy in the Astrodome. VY dominated that game. He also brought salvation and the happiness back to Texas Football. Enjoy it when it happens. but don't let a win or loss rule your life. It is but a small piece of it. Gunnar, and the other young 'uns, like me, will always remember the moments and the smells and sounds and colors, and the pretty girls. That is what always brings us back. I learned a long time ago to enjoy, and support, these young kids, putting on a Texas Jersey, and playing football. Playing for Texas, not just at Texas. This team played hard and fast and physical and violent. They represented us well. Made me proud.
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I’ve been a Quinn “defender” to a degree though I think I’m quite nuanced about it like just about everything in my life but I’ll say this, I’m ready too. i don’t think he solves all our problems that sark presents but I do think he’s a better fit for sark and I think once the game really slows down he’s going to rake it. I don’t expect to win it all next year but I do think arch will take us home. And I hope from there we stay at the mountain top.
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Sadness? I went to school in the late Mack years and had season tickets for Charlie Strong and Tom Herman. The past two seasons are as good as Texas has been since I was in high school (I'm in my 30s). We smoked OU, A&M, and Arkansas by a collective margin of 71-23; all away from DKR. Oklahoma and A&M combined for three offensive points. Not three scores, three points. We're going to be talking about shutting out A&M's offense in the return of the rivalry for the rest of our lives. We went 7-1 in the SEC and played for the conference title our first year in the league. We were right there in that game. That loss is probably the one that stings the most from this year. By that point it was evident we weren't the best team in the country but I wanted that first year SEC title bad and we were capable of winning it. We hosted a CFP game and beat both the ACC and Big 12 champions en-route to a second consecutive national semifinal, the only program in the sport that can say that. Over the course of the year we got to see Texas roll out an elite defense for the first time in a long while; which can be hard to fully appreciate in the moment, but there's going to be points 5, 10, 15 years from now where we have a really good defense and we're going to refer to them as the best since 2024. We got to see the Thorpe Award come back to Texas and the National Freshman of the Year become ascendant on defense. I suppose there's some sadness in not having hardware for that unit but that's how it goes sometimes. They were an absolute pleasure to watch and played incredible football with unbelievable consistency for a college team. We signed the consensus number one class stacked on top of multiple top 5 classes before it. Last night was disappointing with the way it went down at the end, but you know what? We're not the best team in the country this year. So while you obviously always want to win those games, I can live with a hard fought loss in a semifinal against what probably is in fact the best team in the sport. Since I set foot on campus up until last season, every time I watched Bama, Georgia, Ohio State, or some other top team it was like watching a different league of football. No longer. This year cemented Texas as a top 5 program in the sport. Not top 5 potential, not top 5 coaching jobs, not just a one time top 5 finish in the polls. Top 5 program, today. If we compete at this level long enough we're going to make some additions to the trophy case. So, yeah, there's a universe where we could have had more success this year. Oh well. It was still an important, successful year for the program and the window should be open the next few years. This season and last are the first time I can say that in my adult life, so you won't catch me being sad about it. And if you are, these should help:
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Beyond the play calling, our clock management the last 5 minutes was also unforgivable. Down 7 points we needed to score twice to win and should have been possession maxing at that point instead of running into the line on 1st downs to keep the clock moving. Sark was content to run all the time off and tie the game to go into OT or lose
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Super important call out. If Arch is who we think he’s gonna be and if we look back and win it all and see the progression and trajectory just keep going up, we can look back and point to Quinn being the transition QB who made that happen. A lesser QB creates a situation where the boise is too loud and Arch transfers (either because he or his family don’t want to deal with it).
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I'm disappointed in the outcome. OSU played good enough to win, and good enough to lose. They won. Their defense playmakers played well. Their explosive downfield passing game was well defended by Texas. The executed one QB run play really well, and that was probably the difference. Texas also played good enough to win, and good enough to lose. We lost. QE had a great run at a critical point, but it wasn't be design. Overall, we played better than we have most of the year, against the best and most balanced team we faced. We had to play a clean game to win, for a lot of reasons. One big reason is our roster is but a shell of what it started with in 2 key places. We lost RB1 & RB2 before the season started, the bigger guys to run between the tackles. We were going to have to deal with that all year long, and put more on the passing game. We started the year 6 deep at WR. Of the 6, we were down to 2 who were at 100%. That is a big negative for a position group that is expected to be the strength. Bond - hurt and less than 100% Moore - less than 100% Cook - flaked out and gone. Wingo - 100% good to go Golden - injured last night, limited his snaps Bolden - 100% good to go We were down to guys who didn't start the beginning of the season. I was wondering if we were going to see Parker Livingston or Aaron Butler last night. Not a good feeling going against a good defense. Our playcalling has been suspect all year, and last night was no different. I'll leave it at that for now.
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I went to my first OU/Texas game at 8 years old. It was my inspiration to play peewee football. I didn't have family members that were Longhorns and my Fandom was just from a distance, but always there. When it was time to pick a college 3 were at the top of my list. Texas was one of them, so was Michigan (A nerd that loved the character Wolverine and a fun silly US invasion movie), and Stanford (I told you I was a nerd). I got into all three and went on tours of the Campuses. I came down for spring break for Texas and I walked around campus. I promise you, it wasn't the sport, architecture or great education that day on campus that guided me towards Texas. It was the warm weather, 16 year old testosterone and the co-eds that officially sealed the deal. I am and always will be proud that I graduated from Texas. It's an amazing school and I love the University. But BE this is about sports. Right. So I started in 91, picked up season tickets and over the course of the next 31 years missed sum total of 4 home games despite not living in Austin for 15 of them. I missed 1 Texas vs Ou and went to EVERY game in 1995 and 2005. I say all that because it helps clarify the narrative. 1991-2004 had some really good years, but it had a lot more mediocre to just not great years. Suffering through a lot of those painful year and the 80s is what, I believe, instills in you real sports team love. Just like any relationship, sticking with it good times and bad. Because.. when Vince crossed that goal line in 2005 vs USC it provided a feeling of pride and joy, of belonging and team that I can't and won't try to describe. Words can't really tell the story. Then, of course we had Colt, 2009 and.... a LONG dive into pain. I was skeptical of Sark, I remain so. I complain about issues I see, and will continue to do so. I do so, because I care, because it matters to me. I also bought a National Championship game ticket after Texas/OU this year and booked a room. Last night stung, a lot and I bitched, a lot. However, Texas athletics are in a better place than they've been in a long time, maybe ever. Our football program is absolutely in a great place. Last night hurt, but I firmly believe games like last night truly are what make the high of winning a championship indescribably amazing. So, I'll lick my wounds, sell my ticket, cancel my hotel and smile. Texas is impacting the college football world in a big way and with a few specific changes, is going to dominate it.
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I think this is true regarding talent. The floor for next year is Ole Miss/Bama this year and our ceiling is playoffs. Our most difficult games. Ohio state- loses a lot, we have a better chance of beating them than last night. Who’s their qb? Georgia- at UGA. They were beatable this year just not by us. Florida- at Florida but Napier is their coach so who knows how they are playing when we go down there. OU- rivalry. How much can their qb go Dillon Gabriel? Aggy- rivalry but in Austin. We should win.
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