Ewers in the portal

[Sawbonz 27,542]

Just now, FloridaHorn said:

He wasn’t 4th string by the end of the year. Miller already entered the portal and Ewers was going to be competing for the backup spot in the spring. It’s as if you just started following this shit yesterday, spent the night in a Holiday Inn Express, and now you think you’re a fucking expert.

He’s listed as third string in Ourlads with only 3 qbs on the roster. Ok. Let’s all hope if he comes here he does great

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3 minutes ago, DiceHands said:

In my head, Rattler to tech and Ewers to Texas makes the most sense. So that probably means Rattler will go play for USC and Ewers will go to OU.

Fuck no.

[DiceHands 349]

1 minute ago, slorch said:

Fuck no.

you know you want it, dont lie

[4th&Five 41,519]

If he’s a bust then so be it. This program needs a perception change regionally and nationally and this would help a fuck ton. Plus he’ll get other kids to sign here as well. 

[DaggerHorns 3,082]

That’s what I’m screaming.

Having him as a qb would be great but all the other players that would follow would be huge.

[Landomatic 3,813]

19 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

He wasn’t 4th string by the end of the year. Miller already entered the portal and Ewers was going to be competing for the backup spot in the spring. It’s as if you just started following this shit yesterday, spent the night in a Holiday Inn Express, and now you think you’re a fucking expert.

Man, that’s a lot of words just to say “technically he’ll be 3rd string as one of the guys ahead of him is also transferring”

[JFKFC 4,878]

11 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Plus he’ll get other kids to sign here as well. 

 If he gets one competent offensive lineman to sign here then it's a huge win.

[Steelers Roll Left 1,167]

Ewers made comments last year about why he chose to de commit from Texas along the lines that “the program had just been down for too long”.  Could be his true reasoning or could just have been a convenient line to drop transferring for another reason he wanted to keep close to the vest.  I guess the question is whether Sarkisian in his mind will change that trajectory, and if he feels strongly enough that’s the case to take a chance he wasn’t willing to take barely more than a year ago.  Or maybe his one year at Ohio State was enough to convince him that he needed to downgrade his expectations of himself in order to get on the field.  There’s a lot of data points along the spectrum between “bust” and “generational talent”.  Touted generational talent out of high school has also produced on field results all over the spectrum.  Trevor Lawrence was mentioned earlier.  Trevor Lawrence went to one of the hottest two programs at the time (Clemson) and proved too good to keep off the field as a true freshman that by mid-season he sent starter Kelly Bryant to the bench.  Here at Texas we’ve had a large sample of highly ranked high school QBs from Chris Simms to Vince Young to Garret Gilbert. How did that work out?  It took Vince the better part of two seasons to prove undeniably that he should be on the field against the likes of Chance Mock.  Simms was decent, but never lived up to the hype.  Gilbert ended up being cuttable.  Life is like a box of chocolates, but if your program is hitting the all-time lows as this Texas program has been for quite some time, you’ve lost the ability to have your pick of the best pickings available.  If an opportunity like Ewers falls in your lap for whatever reason, you take it regardless of repercussions for the Manning recruitment, etc.

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27 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

It’s as if you just started following this shit yesterday, spent the night in a Holiday Inn Express, and now you think you’re a fucking expert.

Wait, is that a bad thing? Cuz that's pretty much my job title.

[victory88 5,663]

9 minutes ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

Ewers made comments last year about why he chose to de commit from Texas along the lines that “the program had just been down for too long”.  Could be his true reasoning or could just have been a convenient line to drop transferring for another reason he wanted to keep close to the vest.  I guess the question is whether Sarkisian in his mind will change that trajectory, and if he feels strongly enough that’s the case to take a chance he wasn’t willing to take barely more than a year ago.  Or maybe his one year at Ohio State was enough to convince him that he needed to downgrade his expectations of himself in order to get on the field.  There’s a lot of data points along the spectrum between “bust” and “generational talent”.  Touted generational talent out of high school has also produced on field results all over the spectrum.  Trevor Lawrence was mentioned earlier.  Trevor Lawrence went to one of the hottest two programs at the time (Clemson) and proved too good to keep off the field as a true freshman that by mid-season he sent starter Kelly Bryant to the bench.  Here at Texas we’ve had a large sample of highly ranked high school QBs from Chris Simms to Vince Young to Garret Gilbert. How did that work out?  It took Vince the better part of two seasons to prove undeniably that he should be on the field against the likes of Chance Mock.  Simms was decent, but never lived up to the hype.  Gilbert ended up being cuttable.  Life is like a box of chocolates, but if your program is hitting the all-time lows as this Texas program has been for quite some time, you’ve lost the ability to have your pick of the best pickings available.  If an opportunity like Ewers falls in your lap for whatever reason, you take it regardless of repercussions for the Manning recruitment, etc.

Keep in mind. If Ewers comes here and Sark has him putting big numbers and has us winning 9-10 games, I wouldn’t be shocked to see Manning’s interest grow.  Ewers could and probably is planning on going pro the minute he’s eligible.  That means Manning would essentially be the starter and get starter reps the spring after his first season here.  Basically he would simply have to wait 1 semester to have the keys handed to him.

 

Ohio state had no idea what they had in Stroud and Miller when Ewers committed.  The guy thought he had a fair shot at the starting position but quickly realized Stroud is a stud with more experience in that system.  He’s not getting any reps till Stroud gets hurt or leaves.  He would walk in and be the starter the minute he sets foot on campus.  He’s also seen what Sark can do with JAGs.  Anyone watching our offense saw that this offense will be killer if we can get a decent QB.  Our QBs missed so many easy throws to wide open WRs.  He also knows he gets Bijan and Worthy, two elite skill guys.  ou is in rebuild mode, so we should have the advantage in that match up with all their coaches and talent leaving.  Ewers gets to come in and be the “savior”.  The guy that got us back to winning and beating ou.  
 

If he’s a true Longhorn like he said he was as a kid, no way he even remotely considers aggy.  That would be a slap to his parents who are Longhorn grads.

Edited December 4, 2021 by victory88

[Landomatic 3,813]

1 minute ago, victory88 said:

Keep in mind. If Ewers comes here and Sark has him putting big numbers and has us winning 9-10 games, I wouldn’t be shocked to see Manning’s interest grow.  Ewers could and probably is planning on going pro the minute he’s eligible.  That means Manning would essentially be the starter and get starter reps the spring after his first season here.  Basically he would simply have to wait 1 semester to have the keys handed to him.

Lol You don’t hand a Manning the keys. The Manning hands the keys to you

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

Think Texas has to be the favorite for Ewers but who knows.

[Henry Hill 3,156]

2 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

Lol You don’t hand a Manning the keys. The Manning hands the keys to you

[victory88 5,663]

Edit: delete

Edited December 4, 2021 by victory88

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30 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

If he’s a bust then so be it. This program needs a perception change regionally and nationally and this would help a fuck ton. Plus he’ll get other kids to sign here as well. 

 

23 minutes ago, DaggerHorns said:

That’s what I’m screaming.

Having him as a qb would be great but all the other players that would follow would be huge.

This shit right here. Him reclassified fucked a lot of things up.

18 minutes ago, JFKFC said:

 If he gets one competent offensive lineman to sign here then it's a huge win.

Oh, we'll be getting at least one competent offensive lineman alright. If mulletman comes here, we'll get some of the guys we've been wanting all these years.

[texasstrong12 4,668]

9 minutes ago, Cashcar said:

His parents being Texas Exes did fuck all for us last go around….they likely aren’t sending their son to a Sark shitshow

It's almost like our head coach shouldn't have been bad mouthing Ewers. Shocking news Ewers decided to bolt. 

[Hank Kingsley 20,907]

Jesus, some of y'all are acting like you have battered spouse syndrome. Time to move on from this season and embrace the chance at getting a #1 QB recruit. 

[Walden Ponderer 12,639]

7 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Jesus, some of y'all are acting like you have battered spouse syndrome. 

Um... you HAVE seen the last decade of Texas football, right?

[runthebone 7,967]

11 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Jesus, some of y'all are acting like you have battered spouse syndrome. Time to move on from this season and embrace the chance at getting a #1 QB recruit. 

 

2 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

Um... you HAVE seen the last decade of Texas football, right?

Yes, and I know it loves me no matter what it looks like to YOU.  You wouldn't understand!

[Beantown Express 2.0 6,559]

1 hour ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

  Here at Texas we’ve had a large sample of highly ranked high school QBs from Chris Simms to Vince Young to Garret Gilbert. How did that work out?  It took Vince the better part of two seasons to prove undeniably that he should be on the field against the likes of Chance Mock.  Simms was decent, but never lived up to the hype.  Gilbert ended up being cuttable. 

To be fair, how many of these QB’s had Greg Davis as their offensive coordinator.  Vince Young was only good when he stopped listening to Davis and a lot of his great plays were broken plays.  I can’t count how many times during Simms years it was obvious the exact play we were running and if I knew it, I am damn sure the D we were facing knew also.  Also, you should refer to Gilbert as Super Bowl champion Garrett Gilbert so apparently he didn’t end up being that bad of a college QB.

Edited December 4, 2021 by Beantown Express 2.0

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11 hours ago, TheMailBox357 said:

 

According to this clip, Texas Tech is confident about getting Ewers. They think they have better than 50% chance.

Maybe he already has syphilis.

[Hank Kingsley 20,907]

10 minutes ago, Walden Ponderer said:

Um... you HAVE seen the last decade of Texas football, right?

Yes, and I'm absolutely sick of it.  But let's cry about Ewers' hair and be super negative on the idea of us signing him. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, victory88 said:

 

If he’s a true Longhorn like he said he was as a kid, no way he even remotely considers aggy.  That would be a slap to his parents who are Longhorn grads.

It's almost as if you've never had kids...

Most decent people DGAF, as long as their kids are pursuing something constructive.  Insert aggy sucks comment here, but damn if most folks would take offense to their kids NOT choosing the alma mater of their parents.  Owning your own path and shit...

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1 hour ago, Steelers Roll Left said:

Here at Texas we’ve had a large sample of highly ranked high school QBs from Chris Simms to Vince Young to Garret Gilbert. How did that work out?  It took Vince the better part of two seasons to prove undeniably that he should be on the field against the likes of Chance Mock.  Simms was decent, but never lived up to the hype.  Gilbert ended up being cuttable.

Chris Simms went 11-2 and 11-2 as the starting QB at Texas capped with a 35-20 Cotton Bowl victory against Nick Saban's LSU team.

Decent is an understatement. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19,189]

Legit QBs will look at the state of our offensive line and run away as fast as they can.  The potential for debilitating injury will cause them to look somewhere else.

[Vertigo 20,276]

3 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Legit QBs will look at the state of our offensive line and run away as fast as they can.  The potential for debilitating injury will cause them to look somewhere else.

If Cristobal goes to Miami, that changes quickly.

[victory88 5,663]

16 minutes ago, slorch said:

It's almost as if you've never had kids...

Most decent people DGAF, as long as their kids are pursuing something constructive.  Insert aggy sucks comment here, but damn if most folks would take offense to their kids NOT choosing the alma mater of their parents.  Owning your own path and shit...

I get it.  I’m all for forging your own path…. But then there is picking aggy…

 

[Gaffords 755]

16 hours ago, Bruh Man said:

 

Called this a week and a half ago.   Now reel him in, god dammit.

[Serak The Preparer 3,431]

15 hours ago, Parliament said:

Sounds like sour grapes I know, but via con dios. He reclassified in August and messed up the recruiting flow.  Then bails shortly after we get a big 2022 recruit.  We don't need his drama.

* vaya (can't believe @DDD Dad didn't get here already)

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22 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Chris Simms went 11-2 and 11-2 as the starting QB at Texas capped with a 35-20 Cotton Bowl victory against Nick Saban's LSU team.

Decent is an understatement. 

We almost had Eli instead of Simms.  I wonder how that would have gone...

[Steelers Roll Left 1,167]

28 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Chris Simms went 11-2 and 11-2 as the starting QB at Texas capped with a 35-20 Cotton Bowl victory against Nick Saban's LSU team.

Decent is an understatement. 

At the risk of rekindling decades old Simms-Applewhite debates, I’ll simply opine that while those records were impressive, those Texas teams were absolutely loaded with NFL talent of the staying power variety, and Simms’ overall performance fell miles short of some extremely lofty expectations, whether those expectations were fairly placed or not. Simms was THE #1 recruit in the country with pedigree

[tbone_ 14,113]

I’ll jump in. Simms was a great qb. But he did not have the killer instinct at crunch time. It was what it was.

[Voluminous Banality 1,032]

So Ewers feels like this about his decision? Might have to retire this soon if he makes the right choice this time.

Edited December 4, 2021 by Voluminous Banality

[Loch Ness Monster 3,533]

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15 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Let's try to find a different example. 

Yeah no shit. Malik was an average college player on bad teams. 

[futureman 22,444]

19 minutes ago, Gaffords said:

Called this a week and a half ago.   Now reel him in, god dammit.

so you were late to the party. I called it way before that. 

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15 minutes ago, Gaffords said:

We almost had Eli instead of Simms.  I wonder how that would have gone...

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44 minutes ago, slorch said:

It's almost as if you've never had kids...

Most decent people DGAF, as long as their kids are pursuing something constructive.  Insert aggy sucks comment here, but damn if most folks would take offense to their kids NOT choosing the alma mater of their parents.  Owning your own path and shit...

You’re mostly right. With my kids who will be going to school starting in 5 years, I tell then which schools are academically prolific and in what areas. I think I have at least 1 college athlete out of the three kids, and we will see. But my affinity for Texas takes a backseat to what is most advantageous for them - athletically and academically. 

The Eweres probably stay out of it or nudge him to Texas in the event of some indecision amongst equal opportunities. 

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49 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Legit QBs will look at the state of our offensive line and run away as fast as they can.  The potential for debilitating injury will cause them to look somewhere else.

If he wants the Mohomes experience in college, that could be a plus.   Lol

[ALexusTexus7 114]

Ewers is only 4th string because he graduated HS a year early and didn't go through Spring practices with the team. He's a generational talent that isn't going to wait for Stroud to graduate/get drafted which I fully understand. 
But that's why I said it was always dumb for Ewers to pick Ohio State. 

Maybe Ewers knew that Texas didn’t have anything as far as NIL lined up for him and Ohio State threw the kitchen sink at him. Seeing that Ohio State is not going to be interested in shaking up the QB position anytime soon, and Texas is (finally) breaking out their NIL Gustav gun, Ewers could, and should, view this as an opportunity too good to pass up.


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1 hour ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

To be fair, how many of these QB’s had Greg Davis as their offensive coordinator.  Vince Young was only good when he stopped listening to Davis and a lot of his great plays were broken plays.  I can’t count how many times during Simms years it was obvious the exact play we were running and if I knew it, I am damn sure the D we were facing knew also.  Also, you should refer to Gilbert as Super Bowl champion Garrett Gilbert so apparently he didn’t end up being that bad of a college QB.

Greg Davis had more than his share of faults, but Vince didn't really thrive until Mack and Davis installed a zone-read offense. It wasn't all Vince improv and broken plays. There was a conscious effort to tailor the offensive scheme to Vince's particular set of skills. 

[ChiTownDoc 21,144]

Hate to burst your bubble but he’s off to OU to back up Caleb w Belichik, Dabo, and Fat Mike.  Jerry Jones will be announced as Joe C’s replacement.  Also, cocaine is awesome.  

[DiceHands 349]

5 minutes ago, ALexusTexus7 said:

Maybe Ewers knew that Texas didn’t have anything as far as NIL lined up for him and Ohio State threw the kitchen sink at him. Seeing that Ohio State is not going to be interested in shaking up the QB position anytime soon, and Texas is (finally) breaking out their NIL Gustav gun, Ewers could, and should, view this as an opportunity too good to pass up.


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Exactly.  Everyone here would take the deal he got in a fucking heartbeat.  Idc how big of a Texas homer you are.  He would have been an idiot to pass up that $$$

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16 minutes ago, slorch said:

If he wants the Mohomes experience in college, that could be a plus.   Lol

You can get herpes and plenty of places other than Lubbock

[RomaVicta 29,902]

2 hours ago, Landomatic said:

Lol You don’t hand a Manning the keys. The Manning hands the keys to you

What this is? Old Soviet Union? Horosho!

[Chooky 13,307]

3 hours ago, slorch said:

Fuck no.

Everyone pitched in and got you a black and red Rattler jersey. Stop being ungrateful.

[RomaVicta 29,902]

1 hour ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

To be fair, how many of these QB’s had Greg Davis as their offensive coordinator.  Vince Young was only good when he stopped listening to Davis and a lot of his great plays were broken plays.  I can’t count how many times during Simms years it was obvious the exact play we were running and if I knew it, I am damn sure the D we were facing knew also.  Also, you should refer to Gilbert as Super Bowl champion Garrett Gilbert so apparently he didn’t end up being that bad of a college QB.

Don't forget Applewhite's value for checking out of called plays to actually attack a defense.  And no, I'm not wanting to revive the Simms-Applewhite debate. Just saying Applewhite also had to find ways to overcome Davis.

[RomaVicta 29,902]

1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Yes, and I'm absolutely sick of it.  But let's cry about Ewers' hair and be super negative on the idea of us signing him. 

 

 

Agree.

If someone has made the same fucking observation or lame Sark joke twenty times, maybe take a breath and stop, or at least be fucking funny about it. 

I respect people's right to negativism. Just wring out the hanky and shut up about it for ten minutes, will ya?

[Chooky 13,307]

Just now, RomaVicta said:

Agree.

If someone has made the same fucking observation or lame Sark joke twenty times, maybe take a breath and stop, or at least be fucking funny about it. 

I respect people's right to negativism. Just wring out the hanky and shut up about it for ten minutes, will ya?

I'm distraught and I insist you feel the same! 

[bad_teammate 13,192]

7 minutes ago, Chooky said:

Everyone pitched in and got you a black and red Rattler jersey. Stop being ungrateful.

You know a guy he can go to get it tailored for a more attractive fit?