2021 Fall Camp Thread - Bend Over & I’ll Continue Showing You

[Nivek 16946]

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I have to say this surprised me a bit. And, I’m not saying I agree with this assessment.
But, I was told that the staff seems to not only like the team they’ve got but there are apparently some on the staff who believe they will go undefeated in Sark’s first season.
Coming from Alabama you have to think they have a pretty decent gauge on what talent looks like. So, either they really like the team or don’t think much of the schedule. Or, perhaps some combination of the two.

I feel like this is the first time in a long time that we are hearing about the defense being ahead of the offense. So pour me a cup.

[ousux 5600]

When I get too hopped on Kool-Aid it’s good for me to remember that Luke Brockermeyer and Brendan Schooler are running with the 1s on defense.
 
What’s better than one coach on the field? Two coaches on the field. 

Luke has good genes...we should all be rooting for him to wreck shit and get drafted ahead of his bros. As for Schooler, that dude is athletic af and played DB before..and is NFL age by now. Maybe the second coming of Jason Seahorn?

[Duane Moore 5247]

Glad to hear the staff is quietly optimistic. Hope they are right. However, I can’t help but think of another Alabama coordinator that took over the HC position at a program, Jeremy Pruitt at Tennessee. Apparently before his first game he was going around telling boosters that they were going to be pleasantly surprised and that they “had something” for West Virginia in the 2018 opener. Final score: 40-14 WVU. 

I do think this Texas team is a lot more talented than that Tennessee team was, and more importantly, Sark is not a North Alabama shithouse rat ignoramus, so maybe there’s a reason to get excited. We’ll know one way or the other fairly early.

 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

I want to believe this but unless it’s Flood who thinks we go undefeated, in not holding my breath

[CastHorn 815]

3 hours ago, Muy Frio said:

When I get too hopped on Kool-Aid it’s good for me to remember that Luke Brockermeyer and Brendan Schooler are running with the 1s on defense.
 

What’s better than one coach on the field? Two coaches on the field. 

I heard on the Blitz podcast this morning that in Schooler’s 400+ snaps playing saftey at Oregon, he had a higher PFF coverage grade than any Texas defender since Holton Hill in 2017. He also seems to be very willing to throw his body around. I think he’ll be a more than capable starter. The physicality Schooler & BJ bring will also allow the defense to run more dime looks. Corner is the position that worries me. We have two decent starters and bunch of young guys. 

Edited August 10, 2021 by CastHorn

[HenryJames 66133]

*Holton

[TankedBevo 2483]

18 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Glad to hear the staff is quietly optimistic. Hope they are right. However, I can’t help but think of another Alabama coordinator that took over the HC position at a program, Jeremy Pruitt at Tennessee. Apparently before his first game he was going around telling boosters that they were going to be pleasantly surprised and that they “had something” for West Virginia in the 2018 opener. Final score: 40-14 WVU. 

I do think this Texas team is a lot more talented than that Tennessee team was, and more importantly, Sark is not a North Alabama shithouse rat ignoramus, so maybe there’s a reason to get excited. We’ll know one way or the other fairly early.

 

This is sensational 

[Bevo 13582]

10 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Glad to hear the staff is quietly optimistic. Hope they are right. However, I can’t help but think of another Alabama coordinator that took over the HC position at a program, Jeremy Pruitt at Tennessee. Apparently before his first game he was going around telling boosters that they were going to be pleasantly surprised and that they “had something” for West Virginia in the 2018 opener. Final score: 40-14 WVU. 

I do think this Texas team is a lot more talented than that Tennessee team was, and more importantly, Sark is not a North Alabama shithouse rat ignoramus, so maybe there’s a reason to get excited. We’ll know one way or the other fairly early.

 

There was this other coach who said: "After you retire, there's only one big event left....and I ain't ready for that." That coach was Bobby Bowden. Well, shit changes. Just because Jeremy Pruitt was an idoit that doesn't make Sark dumb.

[TotallyLegit 3053]

19 minutes ago, CastHorn said:

I heard on the Blitz podcast this morning that in Schooler’s 400+ snaps playing saftey at Oregon, he had a higher PFF coverage grade than any Texas defender since Hilton Hill in 2017. He also seems to be very willing to throw his body around. I think he’ll be a more than capable starter. The physicality Schooler & BJ bring will also allow the defense to run more dime looks. Corner is the position that worries me. We have two decent starters and bunch of young guys. 

Spoiler

 

[Burt Macklin 19038]

30 minutes ago, Doc Reeves said:

I want to believe this but unless it’s Flood who thinks we go undefeated, in not holding my breath

this guy gets it. Unless the dude who went 4-8 in his last season as a HC and was fired for cause due to numerous player felony arrests and violations of school policies for trying to force professors to make his players eligible, thinks we’re going undefeated, then I’m not buying it for a second. 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

5 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

this guy gets it. Unless the dude who went 4-8 in his last season as a HC and was fired for cause due to numerous player felony arrests and violations of school policies for trying to force professors to make his players eligible, thinks we’re going undefeated, then I’m not buying it for a second. 

I’ll rephrase: we might be able to overcome some short comings, but we’ll go as far as the OL takes us. 

[texifornia 57030]

Feels about right to start off

 

[Laxtonto 12090]

Just now, texifornia said:

Feels about right to start off

 

19 would put us around 10-12 by OU with an undefeated start of the season…

Hard to complain too much about that. Show out on the field and then up being in position to hang out in the 8-15 range all season.

[Burt Macklin 19038]

3 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:

19 would put us around 10-12 by OU with an undefeated start of the season…

Hard to complain too much about that. Show out on the field and then up being in position to hang out in the 8-15 range all season.

If we’re 5-0 going into the OU game, we’ll easily be in the top 10. 

[The Ace of Aces 5192]

9 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Feels about right to start off

 

Seems a bit high to me for a team not returning it’s starting QB and entering the year with a new coaching staff. Thankfully pre-season polls are junk and don’t matter.   

[Bill Lumbergh 7171]

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I have to say this surprised me a bit. And, I’m not saying I agree with this assessment.
But, I was told that the staff seems to not only like the team they’ve got but there are apparently some on the staff who believe they will go undefeated in Sark’s first season.
Coming from Alabama you have to think they have a pretty decent gauge on what talent looks like. So, either they really like the team or don’t think much of the schedule. Or, perhaps some combination of the two.

Y'all remember when Herman thought his first year oline was better than the OSU NC oline? I remember...

[Vito Andolini 9127]

4 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Seems a bit high to me for a team not returning it’s starting QB and entering the year with a new coaching staff. Thankfully pre-season polls are junk and don’t matter.   

I can’t keep track of all posters favorite teams. Are you a Sooner?

[texifornia 57030]

6 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Seems a bit high to me for a team not returning it’s starting QB and entering the year with a new coaching staff. Thankfully pre-season polls are junk and don’t matter.   

Eh, 15-25 is basically "could beat anyone if they put the pieces together" and "overarchieving underdogs." We should be favored vs ULaLa, who have definitely earned a spot in the 20s, so it checks out.

[NoctambulantBrobdingnagian 530]

1 minute ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

Y'all remember when Herman thought his first year oline was better than the OSU NC oline? I remember...

you got that right, baby

[Sir Ulrich 5187]

3 minutes ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

Y'all remember when Herman thought his first year oline was better than the OSU NC oline? I remember...

In his defense Warehime probably told him that with a straight face and for some reason he bought it. 

[gmr548 16584]

If we’re 5-0 going into the OU game, we’ll easily be in the top 10. 

Uh yeah, this. That’s a win over a ranked ULL team, road win over Arkansas (not good but SEC hype), road win at TCU who may well be undefeated and ranked at the time. Hell, decent chance Tech is 3-0 when we play them. The hype machine will be fucking rolling if Texas is 5-0 with two significant road wins and at least one top 25 win.

[Vertigo 20290]

32 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Seems a bit high to me for a team not returning it’s starting QB and entering the year with a new coaching staff. Thankfully pre-season polls are junk and don’t matter.   

New QB or seasoned QB in a new system is closer to a wash, but I don't think it is high at all. We have a heisman candidate in the backfield, a deep defense with the best DC we have had since Boom, and a pretty damn good play caller at the helm. I am confident we are going to be a factor in the B12 race this year. 

Edited August 10, 2021 by Vertigo

[ousux 5600]

This is sensational 

If any band is using "North Alabama shithouse rat ignoramuses" cease and desist now..it's mine.

[ousux 5600]

Seems a bit high to me for a team not returning it’s starting QB and entering the year with a new coaching staff. Thankfully pre-season polls are junk and don’t matter.   

This is one of those years most of the top teams are breaking in a new QB, including the past two winners of it all.

[Gidnik 3284]

39 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

 for some reason he bought it. 

Because he was fucking stupid

[EZ$ 2105]

50 minutes ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

Y'all remember when Herman thought his first year oline was better than the OSU NC oline? I remember...
 

Y’all remember when Charlie thought we were so good that we could kickoff both halves?

[Ghost of Shag 2614]

Undefeated? 5-0 heading into the shootout?

Never change, boys.

[IDIOTsavant 8499]

2 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

Undefeated? 5-0 heading into the shootout?

Never change, boys.

[Bill Lumbergh 7171]

Y’all remember when Charlie thought we were so good that we could kickoff both halves?

[Hiphopopotamos 20876]

38 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

Undefeated? 5-0 heading into the shootout?

Never change, boys.

Show me a loss.

[Eggo 3977]

Last time we went into the Shootout undefeated was 2011 and they fucked us sideways that game. The past 3 times we've beaten them we've been 3-2, 1-4, and 4-1. So we need to drop at least 1 to beat the goons. Who's it gonna be?

Edited August 10, 2021 by Eggo

[gmr548 16584]

Undefeated? 5-0 heading into the shootout?
Never change, boys.

I mean, I don’t think that’s gonna be the case. I think it’s slightly more likely than not TCU is a L and there’s a non zero chance of losing to ULL and/or Arkansas (although not too much above zero on the latter). So I doubt that will be the case, just entertaining the hypothetical.

[RomaVicta 29941]

3 hours ago, Duane Moore said:

Glad to hear the staff is quietly optimistic. Hope they are right. However, I can’t help but think of another Alabama coordinator that took over the HC position at a program, Jeremy Pruitt at Tennessee. Apparently before his first game he was going around telling boosters that they were going to be pleasantly surprised and that they “had something” for West Virginia in the 2018 opener. Final score: 40-14 WVU. 

I do think this Texas team is a lot more talented than that Tennessee team was, and more importantly, Sark is not a North Alabama shithouse rat ignoramus, so maybe there’s a reason to get excited. We’ll know one way or the other fairly early.

 

[texifornia 57030]

55 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

Undefeated? 5-0 heading into the shootout?

Never change, boys.

Well none of those game is individually terribly frightening (except for the house of horrors TCU away has been for Texas, no matter how shitty the Frogs are), but yeah consistency is not this program's strong suit.

[crash_davis 23114]

5 hours ago, nycHorn said:

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I have to say this surprised me a bit. And, I’m not saying I agree with this assessment.

But, I was told that the staff seems to not only like the team they’ve got but there are apparently some on the staff who believe they will go undefeated in Sark’s first season.

Coming from Alabama you have to think they have a pretty decent gauge on what talent looks like. So, either they really like the team or don’t think much of the schedule. Or, perhaps some combination of the two.

 

[Ewreck10 288]

4 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Well none of those game is individually terribly frightening (except for the house of horrors TCU away has been for Texas, no matter how shitty the Frogs are), but yeah consistency is not this program's strong suit.

Please for the love of all that is holy, let us beat the shit out of TCU. While we are at it, let’s go undefeated and win it all. I know, I’m not asking for much. 

[South Austin 52521]

41 minutes ago, Eggo said:

Last time we went into the Shootout undefeated was 2011 and they fucked us sideways that game. The past 3 times we've beaten them we've been 3-2, 1-4, and 4-1. So we need to drop at least 1 to beat the goons. Who's it gonna be?

Are we playing Maryland this year?

[SuckitKevin 920]

35 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

I mean, I don’t think that’s gonna be the case. I think it’s slightly more likely than not TCU is a L and there’s a non zero chance of losing to ULL and/or Arkansas (although not too much above zero on the latter). So I doubt that will be the case, just entertaining the hypothetical.

Fuck TCU in their purple pussies. We played terrible against them last year and still would have beaten them if Ash hadn’t decided to split our defensive tackles out wide and let their qb run up the middle untouched. This team is more talented and I believe for the first time in a long time has coaching that can compete with sweaty ass Fatterson.

[Wulaw Horn 19126]

52 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

I mean, I don’t think that’s gonna be the case. I think it’s slightly more likely than not TCU is a L and there’s a non zero chance of losing to ULL and/or Arkansas (although not too much above zero on the latter). So I doubt that will be the case, just entertaining the hypothetical.

I'm not a pee to sit down kind of guy and I think this team should win 10 games (regular season- so 10-2) but I've got Arkansas at Arkansas as much more than "not too much above zero" chance of losing. That seems ambitious.  

[Wulaw Horn 19126]

12 minutes ago, SuckitKevin said:

Fuck TCU in their purple pussies. We played terrible against them last year and still would have beaten them if Ash hadn’t decided to split our defensive tackles out wide and let their qb run up the middle untouched. This team is more talented and I believe for the first time in a long time has coaching that can compete with sweaty ass Fatterson.

Even with all that if they would have slowed down the hurry up and let Ingram rest we win pretty easily after that fuck up. 

[texifornia 57030]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I'm not a pee to sit down kind of guy and I think this team should win 10 games (regular season- so 10-2) but I've got Arkansas at Arkansas as much more than "not too much above zero" chance of losing. That seems ambitious.  

They'll be amped up but they're also not very good at football. Even with Baby Briles.

[Wulaw Horn 19126]

2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

They'll be amped up but they're also not very good at football. Even with Baby Briles.

Yeah- but they were kind of shitty and VY barely beat them in 03?  04?   I never underestimate their ability to get up for a game against us while we view them as no big deal.  Being in the same conference might mitigate some of that effect.  

[Burt Macklin 19038]

3 hours ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

Y'all remember when Herman thought his first year oline was better than the OSU NC oline? I remember...

 

3 hours ago, Sir Ulrich said:

In his defense Warehime probably told him that with a straight face and for some reason he bought it. 

 

2 hours ago, EZ$ said:

Y’all remember when Charlie thought we were so good that we could kickoff both halves?

 

25 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Are we playing Maryland this year?

I would just like to say go fuck yourself to each and every one of you. 

[Valmy77 13247]

5 hours ago, nycHorn said:

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I have to say this surprised me a bit. And, I’m not saying I agree with this assessment.

But, I was told that the staff seems to not only like the team they’ve got but there are apparently some on the staff who believe they will go undefeated in Sark’s first season.

Coming from Alabama you have to think they have a pretty decent gauge on what talent looks like. So, either they really like the team or don’t think much of the schedule. Or, perhaps some combination of the two.

Finally a level headed objective opinion on our team. I am getting so tired of the pre-season hype machine.

[A’Dam Psycho 1470]

3 hours ago, texifornia said:

Feels about right to start off

 

Can somebody explain to me the LSU hype because I really don’t fucking get it

[Tex Pete 20403]

18 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Yeah- but they were kind of shitty and VY barely beat them in 03?  04?  

They were still decent. Matt Jones was their QB. But yes, they always get up to play us more than anyone else.

Edited August 10, 2021 by Tex Pete

[gmr548 16584]

Fuck TCU in their purple pussies. We played terrible against them last year and still would have beaten them if Ash hadn’t decided to split our defensive tackles out wide and let their qb run up the middle untouched. This team is more talented and I believe for the first time in a long time has coaching that can compete with sweaty ass Fatterson.

Yeah, uh, when you consistently “play terrible” against a certain opponent, to the tune of 2-8 in a decade, it gets to “I’ll believe it when I see it” territory. Texas definitely could beat TCU but it feels silly to call that a W when this group has dropped a couple in a row to TCU teams that were likely worse than this one is going to be.

I'm not a pee to sit down kind of guy and I think this team should win 10 games (regular season- so 10-2) but I've got Arkansas at Arkansas as much more than "not too much above zero" chance of losing. That seems ambitious.  

Piggy isn’t there yet. That program was a total rebuild starting last year. They’ll be amped but that is not a good team. If Texas loses that game it’s time to look for another coach because that’s a colossal failure.

Also, beyond Wulaw’s take, the general sentiment on this site that we should roll teams like TCU but Arkansas is this big early season challenge against a quality opponent really makes no sense. Arkansas sucks and would be lucky to be anything better than 7th in the Big 12.

[T-shirt Sip 2107]

Just now, Tex Pete said:

They were still pretty good. Matt Jones was their QB.

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Edited August 10, 2021 by T-shirt Sip
Shit. quoted the wrong quote.

[Tex Pete 20403]

1 minute ago, T-shirt Sip said:

....

And I edited my post to be more accurate.

[Huckleberry 33037]

4 minutes ago, A’Dam Psycho said:

Can somebody explain to me the LSU hype because I really don’t fucking get it

They have a lot of talent so if there's a chance Orgeron just doesn't coach they might be really good.