QB1 Quinn "La Joya" Ewers - The Man The Myth The Mullet

[Valmy77 13226]

5 minutes ago, Helobious said:

If I’m sark I sit Ewers until the conference title game so he fully heals. We shouldn’t need him to win any of the games left in the regular season. In theory.

I dispute this even in theory. All five of those teams could beat us. It is going to be a gauntlet.

[Valmy77 13226]

4 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

uh, we almost lost to Houston, with Ewers.  Houston is awful.

Exactly. Even the bad teams are going to give us their best shot. Or we suck. Either way.

The minute Ewers can play we need to play him, not save him for later. There might not be a later.

[nycHorn 3007]

Nothing beyond what we’ve already heard.

[Pancho 44761]

11 minutes ago, Helobious said:

If I’m sark I sit Ewers until the conference title game so he fully heals. We shouldn’t need him to win any of the games left in the regular season. In theory.

Helobious’d

[Josef Pwag 1738]

11 minutes ago, Helobious said:

If I’m sark I sit Ewers until the conference title game so he fully heals. We shouldn’t need him to win any of the games left in the regular season. In theory.

You need to understand we will be fortunate to get to the conf title game. We will almost certainly be 10-2 at best for the regular season.

Also, you want QE taking meaningful snaps against Tech to be ready for OU again.

[The Dog 44023]

14 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

uh, we almost lost to Houston, with Ewers.  Houston is awful.

Washington should have lost to Arizona State at home and the Sun Devils are even worse. (Penix looked terrible btw)

North Carolina lost at home to Virginia.

OU nearly lost at home to Central Florida. 

It was a weird weekend.

[MIkeHoncho 1910]

live lookin at Yormark's house right after hearing QE will miss time...

 

[dcar00 14181]

1 minute ago, The Dog said:

Washington should have lost to Arizona State at home and the Sun Devils are even worse. (Penix looked terrible btw)

North Carolina lost at home to Virginia.

OU nearly lost at home to Central Florida. 

It was a weird weekend.

yes, which is why Ewers should play as soon as he is available.  not sit him until the CCG regardless but Helobious...

[Horn80 6119]

On 10/21/2023 at 10:07 PM, TheAuditor said:

WTF is this.   You an Orthopedic forensic doctor?   You know what we know.  Jack fucking shit.  

Did it work?

[TheAuditor 1035]

10 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

You need to understand we will be fortunate to get to the conf title game. We will almost certainly be 10-2 at best for the regular season.

Also, you want QE taking meaningful snaps against Tech to be ready for OU again.

Plus we really need to fuck up tech on the way out so it's imprinted on Joey's small brain his proper place.  Somebody get Quinn some Icy Hot and a heating pad. 

[jeevsie 3734]

5 hours ago, Thatguy said:

  For those bitching about Ewers checking down. This is what Ewers was seeing in long yardage situations. Outside of the pass rush, UH doesn't have anyone inside the sticks. They are leaving the RB open. Our guys need to learn to turn and get north and south in a hurry. No excuse not be able to gain a yard here.

 

This just makes me mad because I tried to click play.

[Longhornlove 4814]

4 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Washington should have lost to Arizona State at home and the Sun Devils are even worse. (Penix looked terrible btw)

North Carolina lost at home to Virginia.

OU nearly lost at home to Central Florida. 

It was a weird weekend Year.

FIFY

[jdhorn92 1545]

26 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Washington should have lost to Arizona State at home and the Sun Devils are even worse. (Penix looked terrible btw)

North Carolina lost at home to Virginia.

OU nearly lost at home to Central Florida. 

It was a weird weekend.

Add in FSU.  Duke was up and driving in Q4 when they pulled Leonard's   facemask and he re-injured his ankle trying to protect his neck and had to leave the game. Wheels came off after that.  Duke was very much in that game until RL was taken out.

Edited October 23, 2023 by jdhorn92

[The Dog 44023]

14 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

Add in FSU.  Duke was up and driving in Q4 when they pulled Leonard's   facemask and he re-injured his ankle trying to protect his neck and had to leave the game. Wheels came off after that.  Duke was very much in that game until RL was taken out.

Yeah but Dook is a LOT better than Houston, Virginia, UCF, and ASU. 

(Dook has to play UVA later this year so watch them lose and prove me wrong.)

Edited October 23, 2023 by The Dog

[jdhorn92 1545]

7 minutes ago, The Dog said:

Yeah but Dook is a LOT better than Houston, Virginia, UCF, and ASU. 

(Dook has to play UVA later this year so watch them lose and prove me wrong.)

yeah true.  That Duke team plays hard and has some dudes.

[BigHornedLurker 1936]

1 hour ago, Helobious said:

If I’m sark I sit Ewers until the conference title game so he fully heals. We shouldn’t need him to win any of the games left in the regular season. In theory.

Strange take for a team that has made the big12 once in the past decade 

[Hard Times 302]

5 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

Strange take for a team that has made the big12 once in the past decade 

You haven't been keeping up.

 

This team is SCAREY good.

They are terrible, we should win convincingly. 

[Billy Pilgrim 1960]

Ewers has had some great games and some really shitty games. I have a feeling we’re going to see a game plan very similar to KU and Baylor last year when Ewers wasn’t great and we went run heavy and beat the shit out of both of those teams. I’m looking forward to seeing what we have in Murphy and possibly Manning with a week of practicing and playing with starters and the whole playbook at their disposal. Luckily the game is at home against an inferior opponent. 
 

I’m more concerned with the shitty defensive secondary than I am QB.

[Valmy77 13226]

1 minute ago, Hard Times said:

You haven't been keeping up.

 

This team is SCAREY good.

They are terrible, we should win convincingly. 

It is the fans' fault. We aren't negative enough here on Surly. When are we going to stop being so damn positive all the time?

[TheAuditor 1035]

49 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

Did it work?

Did what work?  You made a statement that QE was hurt worse that "most" think based on zero information.   I never said he wasn't hurt. It looks like it's the least impactful of the three rumored outcomes (AC sprain vs separation or clavicle).  So in short,  go look in the mirror and ask yourself why you suck, and write I won't play internet Doctor 1000 times in your diary.  

[C-Man 27219]

8 hours ago, Thatguy said:

 This stuff seems foreign to you? It's like you just started watching football last week.

That you think Sark had the time -- or even the thought -- for gamesmanship for FUTURE games in the midst of the fourth quarter of a tied (or one score) road game against an inferior opponent is just hard to believe. Sounds like an aggy fever dream to me. I promise you that was the furthest thing from Sark's mind at that point.

 

1 hour ago, Helobious said:

If I’m sark I sit Ewers until the conference title game so he fully heals. We shouldn’t need him to win any of the games left in the regular season. In theory.

[Had Enough 2081]

Yeah but Dook is a LOT better than Houston, Virginia, UCF, and ASU. 
(Dook has to play UVA later this year so watch them lose and prove me wrong.)

What about that BC team that damn near beat FSU earlier this year?

[Horn80 6119]

1 hour ago, TheAuditor said:

Did what work?  You made a statement that QE was hurt worse that "most" think based on zero information.   I never said he wasn't hurt. It looks like it's the least impactful of the three rumored outcomes (AC sprain vs separation or clavicle).  So in short,  go look in the mirror and ask yourself why you suck, and write I won't play internet Doctor 1000 times in your diary.  

You might consider…..

 

[closetohumping 17440]

[immamac 42842]

This is the Quinn Ewers thread not the who is the quarterback of Texas thread. Get back on topic. 

[Creasy Bear 667]

5 hours ago, Helobious said:

If I’m sark I sit Ewers until the conference title game so he fully heals. We shouldn’t need him to win any of the games left in the regular season. In theory.

In theory, Texas shouldn't have lost many games over the last 13 years.  Theory doesn't mean shit.

[Codaxx 5734]

6 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Our run game was actually solid despite neither back breaking a big one. 6 penalties were drive killers as opposed to just one penalty against UH

 

 

 

Brooks is generally >10 or <3.. His production mirrors the offense's production. Lots of big plays, but not a lot of consistent gains. Its why Texas offense sputters at times. Texas puts up all kinds of yards, but also finds itself behind the chains  lot. To be honest that is terrible production vs Houston. Houston has faced 5 P5 offenses. 3 of them have went over 200 yards. Texas is the only offense to go for under 150.. 

Edited October 23, 2023 by Codaxx

[Nicole44 22059]

SIAP (I did look to see if it had) but I’d only read about Quinn in a sling didn’t really see the visual so just posting it.

Hoping for a swift recovery. 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[Neonmoon 38129]

3 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

Texas puts up all kinds of yards, but also finds itself behind the chains  lot.

Texas runs the shoot itself in the dick offense. 

[Codaxx 5734]

1 minute ago, Neonmoon said:

Texas runs the shoot itself in the dick offense. 

Texas is a big play offense, not always an efficient one. 

[Thatguy 8688]

5 hours ago, C-Man said:

That you think Sark had the time -- or even the thought -- for gamesmanship for FUTURE games in the midst of the fourth quarter of a tied (or one score) road game against an inferior opponent is just hard to believe. Sounds like an aggy fever dream to me. I promise you that was the furthest thing from Sark's mind at that point.

 

  Because no one has ever done that in sports right? Mahomes in the Super Bowl come to mind? Hell. No one can convince me that Baylor's QB couldn't play. Out for us and throwing for 300 the next week. The reason we were talking about it was because there was no way he hurt his throwing shoulder on the big hit. Which turned out to be true. He hurt it on a sack earlier in the game. It was more wishful thinking than anything.

 

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Eventually we saw a clip of Pierce in a wheelchair being taken to the locker room as the crowd watched gloomily, only to reemerge just a few minutes later hopping and ready to play.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1623202-bizarre-moments-in-nba-playoff-history-paul-pierces-wheelchair-game

 

 

[SOBMarcos 60]

Add in FSU.  Duke was up and driving in Q4 when they pulled Leonard's   facemask and he re-injured his ankle trying to protect his neck and had to leave the game. Wheels came off after that.  Duke was very much in that game until RL was taken out.

how the fuck does someone do that?

[jdhorn92 1545]

9 minutes ago, SOBMarcos said:

how the fuck does someone do that?

Hard to explain, but his facemask got yanked pretty bad and he shifted all his wait to his bad ankle to brace himself, looked really ugly. Kid is one tough SOB

Edited October 24, 2023 by jdhorn92

[52-80 19150]

14 hours ago, closetohumping said:

ye ole alex smith special

[LateAughtsHorn 588]

19 hours ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

Ewers has had some great games and some really shitty games. I have a feeling we’re going to see a game plan very similar to KU and Baylor last year when Ewers wasn’t great and we went run heavy and beat the shit out of both of those teams. I’m looking forward to seeing what we have in Murphy and possibly Manning with a week of practicing and playing with starters and the whole playbook at their disposal. Luckily the game is at home against an inferior opponent. 
 

I’m more concerned with the shitty defensive secondary than I am QB.

I'm just hoping the lack of Quinn causes Sarkbto get back to basics a bit and stop needlessly throwing momentum away at times. Let's lean on this oline and let the backs get some momentum. I feel like Baxter, especially, would benefit from getting the ball a bit more often. On paper, we should be better in the trenches than the rest of the teams currently on our schedule. 

Now secondary is a whole other story. When this staff was hired, I felt like secondary coaching might be a weak link. Three years in, and I haven't seen anything that completely puts those worries to bed. 

Edited October 24, 2023 by LateAughtsHorn

[oldhorn2 430]

35 minutes ago, LateAughtsHorn said:

I'm just hoping the lack of Quinn causes Sarkbto get back to basics a bit and stop needlessly throwing momentum away at times. Let's lean on this oline and let the backs get some momentum. I feel like Baxter, especially, would benefit from getting the ball a bit more often. On paper, we should be better in the trenches than the rest of the teams currently on our schedule. 

Now secondary is a whole other story. When this staff was hired, I felt like secondary coaching might be a weak link. Three years in, and I haven't seen anything that completely puts those worries to bed. 

I keep hearing that our Offensive Line is so damned good....and our OC is a savant and our RB's are really good......and then I see us not be able to punch it in from 3 yds with a first down.... Over,Andover ... that I am now determined to quit listening!

[B00M 6415]

1 hour ago, LateAughtsHorn said:

I'm just hoping the lack of Quinn causes Sarkbto get back to basics a bit and stop needlessly throwing momentum away at times. Let's lean on this oline and let the backs get some momentum. I feel like Baxter, especially, would benefit from getting the ball a bit more often. On paper, we should be better in the trenches than the rest of the teams currently on our schedule. 

Now secondary is a whole other story. When this staff was hired, I felt like secondary coaching might be a weak link. Three years in, and I haven't seen anything that completely puts those worries to bed. 

 

[Nope 3114]

Unpopular opinion:  Quinn needs another year in college. 

[BurntOrange&White 39931]

2 minutes ago, Nope said:

Unpopular opinion:  Quinn needs another year in college. 

I don't think that is unpopular....but there are QB's getting taken in 1st and 2nd rounds with fewer tools than he has. I think Riley Dodge is correct with saying that Quinns best football is ahead of him.

[Nicole44 22059]

4 hours ago, oldhorn2 said:

I keep hearing that our Offensive Line is so damned good....and our OC is a savant and our RB's are really good......and then I see us not be able to punch it in from 3 yds with a first down.... Over,Andover ... that I am now determined to quit listening!

Our red zone woes this year are well documented. Sark hardliners blame the players. Those of us who see we have a pretty damn good roster (certainly the best in the Big 12) think it’s a Sark issue. Either way to have the roster and the OC we do (O Line issues aside—which again this is now Sark’s team):

Obviously this was posted before the UofH game but it’s inexcusable. The good news is we are 6-1 which speaks to the talent on our roster and the perseverance of the players as well. We keep fighting which is one thing I love and do give Sark credit for. We keep punching. This stat though: to be at the basement of the Big 12 on this is not acceptable. Not with our stable of RBs and WRs. Quinn is pretty damn accurate for the most part through games. You got to look at the play calling I guess and to a lesser extent player execution. 

Edited October 24, 2023 by Nicole44

[The Dog 44023]

4 minutes ago, Nope said:

Unpopular opinion:  Quinn needs another year in college. 

 

Just now, BurntOrange&amp;White said:

I don't think that is unpopular....but there are QB's getting taken in 1st and 2nd rounds with fewer tools than he has. I think Riley Dodge is correct with saying that Quinns best football is ahead of him.

Yup. He'd definitely benefit from it but he's going in the first round after this year regardless. The only question is his injury history. 

I think he's likely the third QB taken after Williams and Maye. 

[Pound Town 21]

14 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

I don't think that is unpopular....but there are QB's getting taken in 1st and 2nd rounds with fewer tools than he has. I think Riley Dodge is correct with saying that Quinns best football is ahead of him.

I am curious what tools Quinn has shown that puts him on that level (Day 1 or 2 pick).  I don't think he has a particularly strong arm.  His best attribute is probably mid range accuracy.  Still hasn't thrown the deep ball consistently, although the throw to Worthy was a thing of beauty.  He doesn't have the athleticism of someone like Anthony Richardson (nor the arm).      

EDIT: I forgot Will Levis went in the SECOND ROUND.  Neeeeeeeeevermind

Edited October 24, 2023 by Pound Town

[Codaxx 5734]

1 minute ago, Pound Town said:

I am curious what tools Quinn has shown that puts him on that level (Day 1 or 2 pick).  I don't think he has a particularly strong arm.  His best attribute is probably mid range accuracy.  Still hasn't thrown the deep ball consistently, although the throw to Worthy was a thing of beauty.  He doesn't have the athleticism of someone like Anthony Richardson (nor the arm).      

 

this is bad. Texas is one of the few teams in the country running 18-20 yard curl routes. Most teams do not run those, because they do not have QBs with strong enough arms. I have no idea where this odd take that Quinn does not have a strong arm comes from. Its kind of bizarre. 

[Pound Town 21]

4 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

this is bad. Texas is one of the few teams in the country running 18-20 yard curl routes. Most teams do not run those, because they do not have QBs with strong enough arms. I have no idea where this odd take that Quinn does not have a strong arm comes from. Its kind of bizarre. 

It's mostly because Mel Kiper Jr said his arm was electric.  I just assume the opposite of what he says.

But now I am very curious.  When have we completed a 20 yard curl route?

[The Dog 44023]

18 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

this is bad. Texas is one of the few teams in the country running 18-20 yard curl routes. Most teams do not run those, because they do not have QBs with strong enough arms. I have no idea where this odd take that Quinn does not have a strong arm comes from. Its kind of bizarre. 

he doesn't watch Texas football.

[Park Gothic 5020]

44 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

Our red zone woes this year are well documented. Sark hardliners blame the players. Those of us who see we have a pretty damn good roster (certainly the best in the Big 12) think it’s a Sark issue. Either way to have the roster and the OC we do (O Line issues aside—which again this is now Sark’s team):

Obviously this was posted before the UofH game but it’s inexcusable. The good news is we are 6-1 which speaks to the talent on our roster and the perseverance of the players as well. We keep fighting which is one thing I love and do give Sark credit for. We keep punching. This stat though: to be at the basement of the Big 12 on this is not acceptable. Not with our stable of RBs and WRs. Quinn is pretty damn accurate for the most part through games. You got to look at the play calling I guess and to a lesser extent player execution. 

The top teams on that list with a percentage of over 70% are as follows:

KSU (13th in total offense)

BYU (122nd in total offense)

Kansas (29th in total offense)

WVU (68th in total offense)

For reference, Texas is ranked 15th in total offense. Worse than KSU, but significantly better than all the other schools. Would you trade our offense for BYU's? Poor playcalling in the red zone and settling for FG is frustrating, but touchdowns are touchdowns. We just happen to be better at scoring with a long field than a compressed field. And that's not unusual - many otherwise great play callers struggle when they can't stretch the defense. This is also present in PK's "bend don't break" strategy for the defense that bows up in the red zone, using the defense's natural advantage on the compressed field. 

It's a problem. It needs to get better. But don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. 

[Nicole44 22059]

1 minute ago, Park Gothic said:

The top teams on that list with a percentage of over 70% are as follows:

KSU (13th in total offense)

BYU (122nd in total offense)

Kansas (29th in total offense)

WVU (68th in total offense)

For reference, Texas is ranked 15th in total offense. Worse than KSU, but significantly better than all the other schools. Would you trade our offense for BYU's? Poor playcalling in the red zone and settling for FG is frustrating, but touchdowns are touchdowns. We just happen to be better at scoring with a long field than a compressed field. And that's not unusual - many otherwise great play callers struggle when they can't stretch the defense. This is also present in PK's "bend don't break" strategy for the defense that bows up in the red zone, using the defense's natural advantage on the compressed field. 

It's a problem. It needs to get better. But don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. 

I would not trade our offense. Not throwing the baby out with the bath water. As I mentioned in my post we are 6-1 and the other teams are not. So no. Would not trade. But as HC and OC much of the blame imo falls on Sark for this. I’ve offered a solution for that but that’s not going to happen. PK isn’t on an island and he falls under Sark.  Being better in the RedZone and we are 7-0. There is very little room for error in CFB because you have to be perfect or maybe drop a game (possibly two if the committee likes you and you win your conference championship) to get to the CFP. The offense is Sark’s baby and it is entirely within his purview. That’s what I meant. I didn’t suggest throwing Sark out. I’m proud of how our players are resilient and preserve through games and keep punching. That’s a great thing. We only have the one loss and hope is we get to the Big 12 CCG. Having better RedZone success takes us to that level. But that is all different now because we don’t know how long Quinn will be out nor how he will be throwing when he comes back. 

[Longhornlove 4814]

47 minutes ago, Pound Town said:

  When have we completed a 20 yard curl route?

The entire Oklahoma game.

[Hank_Hill 18804]

1 hour ago, Codaxx said:

this is bad. Texas is one of the few teams in the country running 18-20 yard curl routes. Most teams do not run those, because they do not have QBs with strong enough arms. I have no idea where this odd take that Quinn does not have a strong arm comes from. Its kind of bizarre. 

It’s pretty fucking idiotic. His arm strength is why his footwork (which is improving) was so shitty

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Yea it’s like people selectively block out the “how the fuck did he make that pass?” moments we have seen since the 22 Bama game.