Who impressed you the most tonight?

[Beau Vine 55863]

17 minutes ago, Hook'Em0608 said:

 

When you're putting up better numbers than the immortal Coy Cronk, you've had a helluva week.

[Brothahorn 10097]

Also Sterns open field tackling. He wraps up, not trusting that stupid ass kill shot.

[ChickenSandwich 9958]

1 minute ago, Brothahorn said:

Also Sterns open field tackling. He wraps up, not trusting that stupid ass kill shot.

Speaking of. Any updates on his injury status?  Was helped off the field at the end. 

[kevwun 16438]

He was back in the game after that so I'm sure he is ok.

[Machinator 32103]

1 minute ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Speaking of. Any updates on his injury status?  Was helped off the field at the end. 

 

[TexMexBuddha 998]

Roschon seemed much quicker to make a decision on which hole to hit and immediately accelerated through it. Ingram seems a little slow at times to see what has opened up as opposed to what he was expecting. But, I’ve actually noticed this about all our backs over the past few years and it makes me think it’s coaching. Maybe Roschon hasn’t been influenced by it yet? There’s a fine line between patience and the necessity to blast the open hole while it’s available (insert mom joke here).

The premier episode of Longhorn All-Access had a clip on this. It's coaching. Drayton and Sam both tell Whittington to slow down during practice when he hits a hole too fast.

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13434]

16 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

It's not coaching, Herman's been talking about Ingram's lack of patience since he got here and talked about it again in last night's presser, there's no doubt they're working on it.

That’s opposite of what I’m saying. He seems to run to the expected hole and stop as if he’s waiting for it to open up and then shifts his attention to an open lane after he’s lost all momentum.

[Sleepygrad 1041]

Did Epps do anything last night? I think I remember maybe 1 catch, but he was pretty quiet most of the night

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13434]

Just now, Sleepygrad said:

Did Epps do anything last night? I think I remember maybe 1 catch, but he was pretty quiet most of the night

It’s tough for him to stay on the field with the receivers we have. I do know receiver blocking looked much better last night and I’m not sure who all was involved on the particular plays that caught my attention.

[Horny Bull 2766]

1 minute ago, Sleepygrad said:

Did Epps do anything last night? I think I remember maybe 1 catch, but he was pretty quiet most of the night

I didn’t see him on the field after he got jammed on that 3rd down play.

[Machinator 32103]

2 minutes ago, Sleepygrad said:

Did Epps do anything last night? I think I remember maybe 1 catch, but he was pretty quiet most of the night

Epps probably goes on the list of players of "who impressed you the least tonight"

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

4 minutes ago, Casual Encounter said:

That’s opposite of what I’m saying. He seems to run to the expected hole and stop as if he’s waiting for it to open up and then shifts his attention to an open lane after he’s lost all momentum.

You’re critiquing him choosing not to run full speed into a stuffed hole and instead waiting for the play to develop, then making a cut to the open lane?

[Chrispy_ 105]

1 minute ago, Sleepygrad said:

Did Epps do anything last night? I think I remember maybe 1 catch, but he was pretty quiet most of the night

He got jammed at the line very easily, so there’s that. 

I was pleasantly surprised at how often Sweat played and the run defense looked solid. Maybe my expectations for Graham were too high, though. 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4909]

Most impressed with Herman’s willingness to get Thompson some snaps. Ehlinger doesn’t need to take a meaningless beating. 

[TexArcher 39069]

17 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

Also Sterns open field tackling. He wraps up, not trusting that stupid ass kill shot.

His form tackling in space should be in coaching videos.  Kid's a special player.

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13434]

13 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

You’re critiquing him choosing not to run full speed into a stuffed hole and instead waiting for the play to develop, then making a cut to the open lane?

I’m critiquing him for running into a closed lane instead of seeing the open one first. By the time he sees it, he has no momentum.

 

Edit: I don’t think it’s a patience issue as much as a vision and decision making issue.

Edited September 1, 2019 by Casual Encounter

[ztejas 44228]

6 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Most impressed with Herman’s willingness to get Thompson some snaps. Ehlinger doesn’t need to take a meaningless beating. 

I also like that we didn't just run the clock out or take a knee at the end. opted to run it right up their throat for another TD. Those reps matter. 

[Machinator 32103]

Just now, ztejas said:

I also like that we didn't just run the clock out or take a knee at the end. opted to run it right up their throat for another TD. Those reps matter. 

I really, really appreciated that Herman kept the foot on the pedal with the backups.

[Voluminous Banality 1162]

38 minutes ago, Casual Encounter said:

Roschon seemed much quicker to make a decision on which hole to hit and immediately accelerated through it. Ingram seems a little slow at times to see what has opened up as opposed to what he was expecting. But, I’ve actually noticed this about all our backs over the past few years and it makes me think it’s coaching.

I believe Herman mentioned in the postgame that Ingram still needs to improve his vision and patience. It was surprising because that seems like one of the strongest parts of his game. That also led me to believe that it's something being emphasized by the coaches.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

53 minutes ago, Casual Encounter said:

I’m critiquing him for running into a closed lane instead of seeing the open one first. By the time he sees it, he has no momentum.

 

Edit: I don’t think it’s a patience issue as much as a vision and decision making issue.

Was watching the game on a laptop with 2 little shits running all over the house and climbing on me, 1 screaming baby and in-laws yapping the whole time, BUT I had the opposite opinion. He seemed to me to have better vision and quicker decision making than last year.

now that I think about it, probably need to re-watch the game though.

[Zavala 1384]

Overshown - I knew he was bout that life, but finally getting a chance and doing it was awesome. 

Tim Beck/Tom Herman - finally a blowout with some work for the 2s. Mission accomplished.

Everyone on offense did exactly what I thought they could do. Props to Ro Jo for the Pass Pro. He's a badass, and an athlete. Would be awesome for him to house a screen pass for 80 yards against coon ass aggy.

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13434]

10 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Was watching the game on a laptop with 2 little shits running all over the house and climbing on me, 1 screaming baby and in-laws yapping the whole time, BUT I had the opposite opinion. He seemed to me to have better vision and quicker decision making than last year.

now that I think about it, probably need to re-watch the game though.

He may be quicker than last year. My original post was comparing him to Roschon, who seemed to find the hole more quickly and accelerated through it.

[futureman 22698]

 

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

I also like that we didn't just run the clock out or take a knee at the end. opted to run it right up their throat for another TD. Those reps matter. 

nah.  herman bet the over and 38-14 wasn’t cutting it. 

[Burt Macklin 19230]

1 hour ago, Chrispy_ said:

He got jammed at the line very easily, so there’s that. 

I was pleasantly surprised at how often Sweat played and the run defense looked solid. Maybe my expectations for Graham were too high, though. 

Graham’s never shown much on the field but everyone hypes him up every offseason.

He’s got the physical tools to be better, but he’s pretty much just a solid depth player as of right now. He plays too passive and stands straight up way too often. I’m hoping one of our young guns overtakes him as starter sooner rather than later. 

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

1 minute ago, Casual Encounter said:

He may be quicker than last year. My original post was comparing him to Roschon, who seemed to find the hole more quickly and accelerated through it.

Didn’t get to watch garbage time but if true i’ll take that as a positive for roschon. Kid appears to be a football player. There seem to be quite a few of those on this squad.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

3 hours ago, idigTexas said:

I think you mean game balls.

SA is actually Lance Armstrong. The singular descriptor was correct. 

[Newy25 7916]

After watching the game again, sober this time I did notice a few things that need to get cleaned up. Before the game thread people go and rub their bleeding vaginas and shit on this thread, this isn’t to hate on players but just commenting on some things that need to get cleaned up. 

Epps got jammed on the line by a guy who was easily 5 inches and 50 pounds smaller. He has to just murder kill through a small corner that goes to jam him on the line. If he cannot we just cannot use him on the outside. 

Dele really struggled identifying the play and making any kind of stop in open space. Maybe that is coachable or maybe we just need to get some other guys up to speed. 

Sam actually had a couple of WTF reads and throws. He missed Smith on a walk in TD over the middle. He also bizarrely chose to throw it to Smith once when he was blanketed with over the top coverage while Duvernay had 4 yards of open radius around him. Sam also bizarrely chose to run down field and throw his right shoulder into a block against a linemen that had no effect on the play. I cringed when I saw it again. Sam, please do not do this again. Ever. 

But that’s kind of nitpicking when you consider we played a very experienced 8-5 team that would have beaten half of the SEC yesterday and throttled them. 

Edited September 1, 2019 by Newy25

[ousux 5638]

DevDuv, Rojo, Eagles, Ossai, Jalen Green..

 

The first shouldn't be a surprise, but he made himself a star for the first time tonight. Roschon has never played RB at a meaningful level yet looked at home doing it tonight, and Eagles, Ossai and Green flashed good things to come..

 

Of course there were others, but they performed as I expected. We'll see who our dogs are for real next week tho..

 

 

[ztejas 44228]

10 minutes ago, futureman said:

 

nah.  herman bet the over and 38-14 wasn’t cutting it. 

That riverboat gambling sumbitch 

[F250 29200]

The performance of the Offensive Line + Ingram + Sam was very satisfying to watch.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

2 hours ago, Casual Encounter said:

QWOP

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

RoJo kinda reminded me of Chris Ogbannaya with a bit more pop in his step. Size wise they seem close, and Johnson has a bit of economy of motion in his run game. No unnecessary wiggle in his running style. 

Casey Thompson looks like he’s running in fast forward after watching Sam scramble. Whole different level of dual threat in his run game.   

[kevwun 16438]

41 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

I wasn’t thrilled with our blitz packages, but our underneath coverage when we go to that 1 DL, 2 LB, 8 DBs third down defense has intriguing potential.  You saw it on Overshown’s INT when he was roaming the short middle where most teams would have a plodding LB.

 

I would bet Orlando was pretty vanilla with blitzes so that LSU doesn't have any tape of them.  No point in showing them before they'll really need them next week.

Edited September 1, 2019 by kevwun

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13434]

Was also impressed with the little bit of blocking I saw from RoJo.

[thepop 4418]

Yeah makes you wonder if Roschon may stick at RB especially with the QBs we have in the pipeline. Little early for that thought tho I admit.

Edited September 1, 2019 by thepop

[VaLonghorn99 365]

Methodical teamwork. Full control of the game. We got a good team this year.

[Pam Cummings 9868]

CJ was so fucking physical. On the third down before he fumbled, they tried a quick slant to Malcolm Epps and he had such a big size advantage over the corner and he DIDN'T win inside. It resulted in an incompletion, setting up the fourth down.

The pass was another quick slant, but this time it was to Collin, who absolutely manhandled the DB off the line and it resulted in an easy completion. Yeah, he fought for extra yards and fumbled, but man was his physicality impressive.

Edited September 1, 2019 by Pam Cummings

[VaLonghorn99 365]

5 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

CJ was so fucking physical. On the third down before he fumbled, they tried a quick slant to Malcolm Epps and he had such a big size advantage over the corner and he DIDN'T win inside. It resulted in an incompletion, setting up the fourth down.

The pass was another quick slant, but this time it was to Collin, who absolutely manhandled the DB off the line and it resulted in an easy completion. Yeah, he fought for extra yards and fumbled, but man was his physicality impressive.

So happy that CJ more than redeemed himself after the lost fumble. The TD and that unreal sideline catch were phenomenal. Hoping for a great year for CJ and this super- talented Texas squad. MVP however is still Sam Ehlinger. Great team win!

Edited September 1, 2019 by VaLonghorn99

[hookem48 4846]

1 hour ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

You’re critiquing him choosing not to run full speed into a stuffed hole and instead waiting for the play to develop, then making a cut to the open lane?

he's not waiting for the play to develop, he's jump cutting behind the line when he doesn't need to, these exciting 7 yard gains are going to turn into taking it to the house when he gets it.

[fellside 1135]

The defense totally shut down their run game to the point that LA Tech had to completely abandon it.  I don't think our Dline is going to be good at getting pressure (the lbs and dbs will do that) but they were beyond solid at stopping a run game with only 4 or 5 guys in the box.

Adeoye looked faster than I expected as well.

[sith_horn 2511]

2 hours ago, Casual Encounter said:

Roschon seemed much quicker to make a decision on which hole to hit and immediately accelerated through it. Ingram seems a little slow at times to see what has opened up as opposed to what he was expecting. But, I’ve actually noticed this about all our backs over the past few years and it makes me think it’s coaching. Maybe Roschon hasn’t been influenced by it yet? There’s a fine line between patience and the necessity to blast the open hole while it’s available (insert mom joke here).

Agreed. Watch Trey Watson last season and it's largely why he was the most consistent up the middle. Perhaps the coaches overemphasize the notion of waiting for blocks and holes to develop to keep the message simple. Trey Watson already had defined his technique before ever taking a snap at Texas. Watson also tended to hit the holes with a more overall forward lean, less bend at the hips, whereas Keoantay more upright.

[Tex Long 4662]

Drayton emphasizes the "wait for the hole" approach, no? That was the word coming from NFL to college back a couple of years.

[Sgt Hulk 14429]

37 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

Drayton emphasizes the "wait for the hole" approach, no? That was the word coming from NFL to college back a couple of years.

I use the same wait for the hole approach around south Austin’s mom 

[Tex Long 4662]

2 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

I use the same wait for the hole approach around south Austin’s mom 

Of course, but you were IN the line, not behind it.

[Elmer_Fudd 22992]

In the few plays he was in Jacoby Jones looked good.  Forced a fumble and nearly had a sack that forced the QB put of the pocket.  I bet he starts to see the field more.

[Braff Zacklin 13676]

What impressed most about yesterday's performance is we employed a very basic short-passing attack and were relatively productive with it.

It gave me flashbacks to 2008, right down to a stocky, shortish receiver wearing No.6 who seemed to catch every other pass.

[Huckleberry 34633]

For me it was Sweat if only because after just one game against a mediocre team the coaches should be roster planning for him to be gone after 3 years. A true freshman physically dominating senior offensive linemen for a decent middle of the road FBS team is an eye-opener. 

[Tex Long 4662]

This has to become SOP. Make all recruits be of this sort, i.e. guys you don't expect to be here to play after third year - don't RS them, play them as freshmen whenever possible - few plays or a drive, then teaching moments on the sideline, then back in... So long as they're not liabilities, get 'em reps.

[ChickenSandwich 9958]

Roschon Johnson. With the #2 on he looked a little like Vondrell McGee. 

[Bodacious Bevo 3691]

49 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

This has to become SOP. Make all recruits be of this sort, i.e. guys you don't expect to be here to play after third year - don't RS them, play them as freshmen whenever possible - few plays or a drive, then teaching moments on the sideline, then back in... So long as they're not liabilities, get 'em reps.

That's what they've been doing. Herman has already said he won't redshirt guys that he doesn't think are 5 year players. It's why guys like Jalen Green burned their redshirt on special teams. We just haven't had garbage time snaps available.