Maalik Murphy single handedly unfucks Dukes football program.

[utexas8 1433]

Acho played in 48 games during his 4-year career at Texas, including 26 starts. As a senior, he was consensus first-team All-Big 12 linebacker (Coaches, AP, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram). He won the 2010 Arthur Ashe Award, was named to the 2011 AFCA Good Works Team, and was a three-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection. He was also a finalist for the 2011 Lott Trophy for college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year, Lowe's Senior CLASS Award and Wuerffel Trophy. He led his team in tackles in 2011 and, over his 4-year career, recorded 278 tackles (159 solo), 41 TFL, eight sacks, seven forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, two INTs, 13 PBU and 26 pressures.

Okay Emmanuel

[MontereyMX 843]

9 hours ago, ztejas said:

E. Acho is a total loser douche clown that never achieved shit at Texas. He has no right to talk shit about anyone playing for a Texas team that's actually winning games. 

yep he is a fucking trouble maker at times and makes you question who's team he is actually on.   this type shit should be kept in house if he is all Texas!

[TejasPedro 1849]

Let’s be honest with each other for a minute and have real conversation. Sam is and will always be the better Acho. 

[freyguy 4243]

In a way, all of us has an Acho to face. For some, shyness might be their Acho. For others, a lack of education might be their Acho. 

[gmr548 16416]

9 hours ago, ztejas said:

E. Acho is a total loser douche clown that never achieved shit at Texas. He has no right to talk shit about anyone playing for a Texas team that's actually winning games. 

If achieving anything on the field at Texas is a prerequisite for speaking critically on Texas football then you should probably stop posting.

[Zeus 5906]

10 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Missed most of the game. Yeah, had to take the Wife to a Pumpkin event in Dripping. Lots of dads/husbands stand around looking at their phones. 

Malik did what we wanted. He won. Will watch the replay tonight when the house is quiet before I have to carve a shit ton of pumpkins. 

Fuck it, Texas won, OU lost and aggy is crap. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy6AKLTOw7Q/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

Also, just put the game on at all times. 

 

https://v2.sportsurge.net/

https://texas.leanplayer.com/mobile

[52-80 19043]

23 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

Acho played in 48 games during his 4-year career at Texas, including 26 starts. As a senior, he was consensus first-team All-Big 12 linebacker (Coaches, AP, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram). He won the 2010 Arthur Ashe Award, was named to the 2011 AFCA Good Works Team, and was a three-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection. He was also a finalist for the 2011 Lott Trophy for college football's Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year, Lowe's Senior CLASS Award and Wuerffel Trophy. He led his team in tackles in 2011 and, over his 4-year career, recorded 278 tackles (159 solo), 41 TFL, eight sacks, seven forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, two INTs, 13 PBU and 26 pressures.

 

[hobbes2702 12767]

50 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

That's because it's solid. Good post.

Yup. That’s the right philosophy 

[Hank_Hill 18377]

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

Maalik looked absolutely HORRIBLE in his first career start, with a 16/24 2/1 performance.

Unlike Quinn Ewers who shot to Heisman candidacy against the University of Louisiana Monroe, with a 16/25 2/1 performance.

Both can be bad.

[Ravishing Rick 1128]

22 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Murphy was fine. He made a few boneheaded decisions because he was a bit too confident in his abilities. The only shocking thing to me was how immobile he is. Hell, he was worn out after a 5 yard jog in an “attempt” to catch the defender that intercepted that pass. I don’t even know if it was a jog. It’s like his body didn’t know how to move at any thing faster than a slow walk and he gave up after a half dozen steps.

Well said. He needs to cut his hair and transform his body to ensure everybody knows he’s serious about the game. Maybe also cut out chick fil a. 

[Hornius Emeritus 12365]

10 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

You all are assholes. I could continue, but 5 weeks after getting married I had to give up 1 Saturday. 

You missed the point. We won. 

Glad to be here. and Fuck OU. 

Considering you probably got married on a weekend, it sounds like you gave up two Saturdays.

[Pound Town 21]

9 hours ago, ztejas said:

E. Acho is a total loser douche clown that never achieved shit at Texas. He has no right to talk shit about anyone playing for a Texas team that's actually winning games. 

I read this post in Trump’s voice and now everyone else has to.

[Hank_Hill 18377]

I was watching on my phone from a bar in Ipanema trying to keep up with Portuguese conversation but was it me or did his handoffs look weird? 

[burntorangebongos 10681]

9 hours ago, F250 said:

He wasn't wrong in that post. Murphy just stood there in that moment.

What if Murphy saw the flag that was for the blind side tackle that brought the ball back? Maybe that is why he dogged it? Also, he  is too slow anyway.  My question is why is Acho being so uppity on formerly known as Twitter? That is kind of a dick move. Say the shit to the kid's face, Acho. 

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 12999]

13 minutes ago, Ravishing Rick said:

Well said. He needs to cut his hair and transform his body to ensure everybody knows he’s serious about the game. Maybe also cut out chick fil a. 

Yep.

[Gidnik 3248]

he played much bette rthan i thought he would. we didnt give him a lot of help with play calling, especially in the red zone.  double especially inside the 5. i dont understand our savant offensive coach not being able to score touchdowns in the red zone. 64th in red zone offense is shockingly bad., 

[Pam Cummings 9527]

He was fine. I am fucking ecstatic to not have Hudson Card be our best option when the starter goes down.

[Pig Bellmont 8664]

1 minute ago, Pam Cummings said:

He was fine. I am fucking ecstatic to not have Hudson Card be our best option when the starter goes down.

Agree with this. Murphy was fine - but he doesn’t give us the best chance to win over a healthy Ewers. On a separate note, I think his throwing from his back foot stems from overconfidence in his arm strength 

[Pound Town 21]

12 minutes ago, Gidnik said:

he played much bette rthan i thought he would. we didnt give him a lot of help with play calling, especially in the red zone.  double especially inside the 5. i dont understand our savant offensive coach not being able to score touchdowns in the red zone. 64th in red zone offense is shockingly bad., 

Finally a slant call in the red zone.  It was beautiful.  

[WinningIsHard 3985]

35 minutes ago, Ravishing Rick said:

Well said. He needs to cut his hair and transform his body to ensure everybody knows he’s serious about the game. Maybe also cut out chick fil a. 

This. I keep hearing that people heard Ewers say he needed to be more serious, and I understood it that he cut his hair because people kept assuming he was not working hard or taking football serious. Sark even said the perception of Ewers was bad because of the mullet, which is fucking stupid. He got tired of hearing that narrative, much like the thought that Trevor Lawrence wasn’t passionate enough so people doubted how much he loves football. People can be and are stupid. 
 

https://www.burntorangenation.com/platform/amp/2023/8/3/23818964/longhorns-daily-news-texas-quinn-ewers-mullet-steve-sarkisian

[SHOOTER12 8775]

11 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Well she is not a longhorn and games mean nothing. Damn man, I changed my wedding date to a Friday to not miss a game. 

Plus, we all know what is really undefeated. 

And I would not call her that. 

Well, I see one of the problems...

[Red Five 40574]

11 hours ago, ztejas said:

MM in his first start showed me shit I haven't seen from Quinn in his entire time on the 40. 

Like that INT?

Seriously man, how drunk were you when you typed that out. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3308]

30 minutes ago, WinningIsHard said:

This. I keep hearing that people heard Ewers say he needed to be more serious, and I understood it that he cut his hair because people kept assuming he was not working hard or taking football serious. Sark even said the perception of Ewers was bad because of the mullet, which is fucking stupid. He got tired of hearing that narrative, much like the thought that Trevor Lawrence wasn’t passionate enough so people doubted how much he loves football. People can be and are stupid. 
 

https://www.burntorangenation.com/platform/amp/2023/8/3/23818964/longhorns-daily-news-texas-quinn-ewers-mullet-steve-sarkisian

Dress the way you want to be perceived. Whether you like it or not, that's the way the world works. 

[South Austin 51973]

From my not entirely sober perspective in the stands, he looked shaky as fuck in the first half, but better overall in the second. He gets another week of first team reps and another game at home. Hopefully he’ll be better against Kansas State, but our defense will have to play lights out.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3308]

48 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

Agree with this. Murphy was fine - but he doesn’t give us the best chance to win over a healthy Ewers. On a separate note, I think his throwing from his back foot stems from overconfidence in his arm strength 

Agree. He is a serviceable backup. Like Cooper Rush for the Cowboys. He doesnt give me great confidence that he is going to end up taking us to the promised land. He is a band aid until Ewers is back after the K State game. Season on the line next Saturday. Buckle up. 

Edited October 29, 2023 by The_Great_Hornsby

[Sir Ulrich 5187]

The INT obviously and fumble were on him regardless of blocking. That hit shouldn't produce a fumble. But it's unfair to say he was terrible, at the same time his QBR and Passer Rating were 30 points lower than Quinns average. He's got a long way to go to be the reason we win games and he likely won't do that at Texas next year. 

His best throw was the Sanders catch in the 2nd half but other than that he wasn't asked to do a lot and had plenty of below average throws. His slants and check downs were good though and it helped move the chains at times. 

The RZ issues were in part due to Sarks distrust in him after the early gaffes. He did have some bad luck on the Whittington missed block and Brooks OB Touchdown. 

Any grade higher or lower than a B is wrong and we're gonna need more out of him next week. 

[Hookem2147 20873]

He needs to get the fadeaway passes where he shuffles backwards for 7 yards after the snap out of his system now. Even the first TD throw to Mitchell was a fadeaway jumper Casey Thompson would have been proud of.

[CfRhTxStBobcats 600]

10 hours ago, 6th Street said:

 

 

I'll give MM the benefit of the doubt. He was so in tune with what was happening on the field, he saw the obvious block in the back and didn't want to risk injury. 

[Atticus 3910]

57 minutes ago, Gidnik said:

he played much bette rthan i thought he would. we didnt give him a lot of help with play calling, especially in the red zone.  double especially inside the 5. i dont understand our savant offensive coach not being able to score touchdowns in the red zone. 64th in red zone offense is shockingly bad., 

Red zone comes down to execution more than anything else, both ways. We also have guys up front who either miss blocks, make poor contact, or get pushed back. The play to JT was a good one, but their guy beat a JWhitt block so credit to them.

I think we'll see more variations with the Red package going forward. We only need to show so much against BYU. Next week is gonna be a huge test.

[Harrison Stafford 3323]

11 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Jfc it was 30 wins

No, it was 20 consecutive wins with James Street as UT’s QB.  We went 8-1-1 in 1968 and 11-0 in 1969.  Street’s eligibility ended following that ‘69 season. The Horns next 10 wins came with Eddie Phillips at QB in the 1970 season giving us 30 consecutive wins from 1968-1970.

[Goredho 17266]

11 hours ago, NYCHORN2013 said:

Would love to know what some of you dumb fucks though MM was going to do today. It's the guys first start. He's a backup for a reason. He got it done and we won by damn near 30 points.

 

Did you think he was about to fill in for 2-3 weeks and win a heisman? god damn 

Morgan Freeman Narrator Voice:  They were, in fact, dumb enough to think he was going to fill in for 2-3 weeks and win a heisman.

[Keef 754]

Never met Emmanuel, but per several people who played with both, Sam was universally beloved and you liked or hated Emmanuel.  In retrospect, that seems pretty accurate.  He was a solid to good player here who overachieved his recruiting ranking and has built an incredible brand despite being a relative no name in college and the pros.

[Slacks 6782]

12 hours ago, Deej said:

Undefeated.

Pumpkin is undefeated. 

[Pound Town 21]

12 minutes ago, South Austin said:

From my not entirely sober perspective in the stands, he looked shaky as fuck in the first half, but better overall in the second. He gets another week of first team reps and another game at home. Hopefully he’ll be better against Kansas State, but our defense will have to play lights out.

His deep balls were beautiful.  The slant to AD was beautiful.   When he threw the ball with conviction and time, he looked and played the part.  He will continue to feel more comfortable, I think if our OL can give him a chance (unlike his fumble and INT today), he should do fine against Kansas St.

[Slacks 6782]

9 minutes ago, Atticus said:

Red zone comes down to execution more than anything else, both ways. We also have guys up front who either miss blocks, make poor contact, or get pushed back. The play to JT was a good one, but their guy beat a JWhitt block so credit to them.

I think we'll see more variations with the Red package going forward. We only need to show so much against BYU. Next week is gonna be a huge test.

Red zone should be simplify and execute. Don't need a lot of shiny shit inside the 20. Any of the 10 best plays should move the ball forward. 

[Atticus 3910]

2 minutes ago, Slacks said:

Red zone should be simplify and execute. Don't need a lot of shiny shit inside the 20. Any of the 10 best plays should move the ball forward. 

We don't have the OL to run IZ successfully when the other team is keying on it. RPOs have been our most effective plays down there. They also increase the risk of turnovers and negative plays.

[ABSR 5285]

11 hours ago, Jewish Wang said:

Tap in?  Okay, I’ll take the points. Im not talking shit. Im calling it like I see it, and frankly everyone I know sees it the same way, but Surly sees it differently. Your obnoxious take is a guy that is 6-1 with 13 TDs and 3 INTs with a 164 rating and literally the highest ranked recruit ever should be scrapped in the midst of a 7-1 season because you saw a few things you liked out of a complete project. That sentiment prevails here. 

Im prob getting negged because I’m not providing the requisite preambles here that I understand MM is a redshirt freshman, etc. I understand that. This isn’t last year. We have a chance to win the conference champ and cannot wait on MM to develop. I understand this isn’t his fault but your hot take is particularly ridiculous. 

Ztejas has been saying Quinn is horrible and saying Maalik is better than him on this and other threads all week.  The level of irrational hate makes it seem like Quinn fucked Ztejas’s girlfriend, mom and sisters and made Ztejas watch.

In the game Texas was the better team in almost all aspects and their defense and running game dominated the game for the win.  Malik’s performance if judged based on standards for all quarterbacks was poor.  If viewed as a first start for a young player being put in I would say mediocre to poor.  But that would be expected for most players in this situation.

The biggest concern I would have for Maalik is that the best way to cover up deficiencies for any quarterback, especially young and inexperienced ones, is to have dynamic athleticism and running to make up for not being as experienced and efficient as a passer and game manager.   But while he is a big and imposing athlete, I don’t think he is a dynamic athlete or runner.  At least I haven’t seen that…and reportedly he has a tender back as well.

K State will be a much better gauge of how well he can guide Texas until Quinn returns.

 

[stork642 4498]

MM should start until QE is at least 90% and can come back.  Thread.  

[Bevo14 8219]

41 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Any grade higher or lower than a B is wrong and we're gonna need more out of him next week. 

I'm not sure we will. We've been able to run all over this team in the past. They should be able to lean on the run game. 

Edited October 29, 2023 by Bevo14

[Codaxx 5544]

14 minutes ago, ABSR said:

Ztejas has been saying Quinn is horrible and saying Maalik is better than him on this and other threads all week.  The level of irrational hate makes it seem like Quinn fucked Ztejas’s girlfriend, mom and sisters and made Ztejas watch.

In the game Texas was the better team in almost all aspects and their defense and running game dominated the game for the win.  Malik’s performance if judged based on standards for all quarterbacks was poor.  If viewed as a first start for a young player being put in I would say mediocre to poor.  But that would be expected for most players in this situation.

The biggest concern I would have for Maalik is that the best way to cover up deficiencies for any quarterback, especially young and inexperienced ones, is to have dynamic athleticism and running to make up for not being as experienced and efficient as a passer and game manager.   But while he is a big and imposing athlete, I don’t think he is a dynamic athlete or runner.  At least I haven’t seen that…and reportedly he has a tender back as well.

K State will be a much better gauge of how well he can guide Texas until Quinn returns.

 

Yes. MM was fine for his 1st start, but that level of play is going to end up in an L next week. Quinn looked completely different in game 2 compared to game 1. If Maalik makes a similar jump, Texas can beat KSU. If he doesn’t progress, no bueno. 

[Hiphopopotamos 20862]

38 minutes ago, Atticus said:

Red zone comes down to execution more than anything else, both ways. We also have guys up front who either miss blocks, make poor contact, or get pushed back. The play to JT was a good one, but their guy beat a JWhitt block so credit to them.

I think we'll see more variations with the Red package going forward. We only need to show so much against BYU. Next week is gonna be a huge test.

This. I need to check the PFF numbers, but I don’t think we played the jumbo package, with Agbo at TE, at all against BYU. It’s been one of our most productive packages but I don’t think Sark wanted to put anymore of it on tape before Kansas St. 

[Thatguy 8361]

1 minute ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

This. I need to check the PFF numbers, but I don’t think we played the jumbo package, with Agbo at TE, at all against BYU. It’s been one of our most productive packages but I don’t think Sark wanted to put anymore of it on tape before Kansas St. 

We ran it some, and I think we scored out of it.

[PTINS 3438]

11 hours ago, ztejas said:

... he's a fucking annoying dickhead just like a lot of posters here with UT degrees are. 

2 hours ago, Crapinon said:

I don't get paid millions to coach, but I kinda of understand the philosophy behind this.

"Sometimes the best way to get rid of any of the jitters that a guy might have is let him go play," Sarkisian said. "When I was a quarterback, my first time I went out there, give me some throws. Don't make me wait until it's third-and-9 and now I have to throw it to try to make a play."

And yet, that is EXACTLY what Sark did too MM when he came into the UH game.

1 hour ago, Gidnik said:

...we didn't give him a lot of help with play calling, especially in the red zone.  double especially inside the 5. i don't understand our savant offensive coach not being able to score touchdowns in the red zone. 64th in red zone offense is shockingly bad., 

Sark has made me realize the huge difference in designing plays and calling plays.  Yea on the former, BOO! on the latter! Seems like a lot of 3rd & 4th down calls come down to only having a single option.

I like S.Red in the wildcat, but handing it off at least once seems like it might help spread things out. 

If we really tried to pulled a guard on a goal line rushing attempt,  that is some ... um ... suspect play calling. 

"A trap play is when all the linemen go one way and, hopefully, the defense goes the same way and if they do, see, it's a big hole and if they don't, well, it's bad news. Anyway, Concannon calls this trap play, and it's beautiful - 43 yards, wasn't it 43? Ah. So, Halas sees he's tired, and sends me in, so I go in and he comes out. Concannon then figures he's gonna get really foxy - you know, Concannon is - Then, he says, "Same play. Very - same - play." A trap play is also called, a sucker play; because, it makes the defense look *real* bad when it works. Now, defenses *do not* like to look real bad, see, it makes 'em kinda surly. So, anyway, all the linemen go this way, and it's like I am lookin' at a team portrait of the Los Angeles Rams. "Hey, Deacon! Merlin! How's the family, Rosey?" I was afraid to get up - I figured not everything was gonna come with me." - Brian Piccolo

 

1 hour ago, Pound Town said:

Finally a slant call in the red zone.  It was beautiful.  

So, we are calling that play once every other game now?  Yippee!!! Maybe one of these days, we'll call a wheel route for a RB.

You know that feeling you get when you know you made the right decision? Yes, I made a careful decision to stay away from this board yesterday. Good for me, see how smart I am?

Then I came back this morning and read this. Dumb ass!!!

It was MM's first start and we won going away.  Bad decision on the pick. OK. 2 first quarter turnovers. Not what I wanted to see. We went into the 2nd Qtr leading 14-0. I think MM will learned more from yesterday than any day in the last 3 years. 

We are 7 and 1 and OU lost. I'm good with that.

Edited October 29, 2023 by PTINS
typo

[Brothahorn 10081]

The man did everything you would expect out of a raw prospect, who didn't even play that much in HS from what I understand. Of course, he had TOs but they were not going to cost us this game against BYU.  That's really all you can get out of this game. Next week will be a better barometer for him and the whole team. 

 

BTW, His ducks are almost as bad as QE's. The QB whisperer might need to start whispering a little louder.

[Hiphopopotamos 20862]

8 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

We ran it some, and I think we scored out of it.

You’re right - Agbo played as many ITE snaps in this game as he had been playing. Although I think all of the failed goal line tries might have bumped that up a little more than they would have liked. 

[MirrOlure 14559]

Maaliks feet were his worst attribute today. His feet were so clean in the Spring game. The Mormons body slammed the mechanics out of him early. Though I think he showed a lot of promise. He’s got a real challenge ahead of him this week. 

My thoughts (worthless, I know) are that this was his first game-speed experience and it showed. At practice speed he can hold on to the ball too long, throw off his back foot, lob passes into nowhereville without consequences, other than coaches explaining what he did wrong.

He appeared to get more comfortable in the 2nd half and made his best throws late.

Also I think Sark called this game more with an eye to testing MM with certain plays, throws, etc., more than as a competitive game (if that makes sense).

All in all we’re fortunate that if QE isn’t ready next week, that MM got the BYU game to cut his teeth ahead of a stretch of tougher games.

[dcar00 13996]

Murphy look fine for a first start.  the INT was dumb but you have to expect that will happen once or twice.  not gonna put the fumble on him.

Our OL is still a shit show a good amount of the time(year 18 rinse repeat).  KSU is gonna be tougher than BYU on our OL, which is a big concern, since MM is not very mobile.

[EastTexan 662]

58 minutes ago, Harrison Stafford said:

No, it was 20 consecutive wins with James Street as UT’s QB.  We went 8-1-1 in 1968 and 11-0 in 1969.  Street’s eligibility ended following that ‘69 season. The Horns next 10 wins came with Eddie Phillips at QB in the 1970 season giving us 30 consecutive wins from 1968-1970.

Man. Those were the days.

[Hiphopopotamos 20862]

19 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

My thoughts (worthless, I know) are that this was his first game-speed experience and it showed. At practice speed he can hold on to the ball too long, throw off his back foot, lob passes into nowhereville without consequences, other than coaches explaining what he did wrong.

He appeared to get more comfortable in the 2nd half and made his best throws late.

Also I think Sark called this game more with an eye to testing MM with certain plays, throws, etc., more than as a competitive game (if that makes sense).

All in all we’re fortunate that if QE isn’t ready next week, that MM got the BYU game to cut his teeth ahead of a stretch of tougher games.

Drew Kelson said the same thing in the IT post game show. He said it looked like a game where one team knew they were going to win and coached like it. Used it almost as a scrimmage. 

Edited October 29, 2023 by Hiphopopotamos

[Royale with cheese 1431]

39 minutes ago, ABSR said:

Ztejas has been saying Quinn is horrible and saying Maalik is better than him on this and other threads all week.  The level of irrational hate makes it seem like Quinn fucked Ztejas’s girlfriend, mom and sisters and made Ztejas watch.

 

No, that was Jimbo.