Game Week Thread Week 1 2023 - Rice @ Texas

[gmr548 16513]

i’ll be watching ewers most closely.
expect to see 300+ yards and 3+ tds. against rice, he should be able to find worthy, whittington, mitchell, neyor, and our stable of wr’s with ease. one or two first game jitters are excusable, a tipped pass intercepted or a couple of others well off target, fine, just hit most of the rest of them. i’m not asking for perfection, not for a burrow 2019 or rg3 2011. just show consistency and poise and accuracy. a bit of ehlinger-esque toughness would be nice too, or at least a bit more leadership - let’s see if he’s matured.
if he can’t manage that against rice, projecting in the top few rounds of the draft with a potential big12 championship on the way out becomes much less likely. he should be dominant against much less talented teams if he’s going to compete in the nfl next year. he should be very good against equally talented teams also, and we’ll learn more about that next week.
hope to see our ground game get established with 200+ yards. with one of our weaknesses being the lack of rb experience, i’d like to see brooks, keilan, and baxter all flash on big plays so we can head to tuscaloosa with a bit of momentum in that room. not only for our own confidence, but having saban need to prep for 3 rb’s couldn’t hurt.
on defense, i think giving up 10 should be the maximum expected. a blown coverage td or pick six or big special teams play, and only one decent drive for the owls ending short but within field goal range. let’s get some pressure on jt and get stops on 3rd downs, a couple of turnovers.
my pick: 42-3

What gave you the impression this is the thread to discuss the Rice game?

[C-Man 27056]

On 8/27/2023 at 5:36 PM, Tex Long said:

Back in the proverbial day, 0U was almost always our first day game of the year, and kickoff time depended on where the World Series game was being played on that day.

Define "proverbial day" because I was at UT in the early/mid 90's and remember quite a few pre-OU day games in Austin.

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2870]

6 minutes ago, bangkok said:

i’ll be watching ewers most closely.

expect to see 300+ yards and 3+ tds. against rice, he should be able to find worthy, whittington, mitchell, neyor, and our stable of wr’s with ease. one or two first game jitters are excusable, a tipped pass intercepted or a couple of others well off target, fine, just hit most of the rest of them. i’m not asking for perfection, not for a burrow 2019 or rg3 2011. just show consistency and poise and accuracy. a bit of ehlinger-esque toughness would be nice too, or at least a bit more leadership - let’s see if he’s matured.

if he can’t manage that against rice, projecting in the top few rounds of the draft with a potential big12 championship on the way out becomes much less likely. he should be dominant against much less talented teams if he’s going to compete in the nfl next year. he should be very good against equally talented teams also, and we’ll learn more about that next week.

hope to see our ground game get established with 200+ yards. with one of our weaknesses being the lack of rb experience, i’d like to see brooks, keilan, and baxter all flash on big plays so we can head to tuscaloosa with a bit of momentum in that room. not only for our own confidence, but having saban need to prep for 3 rb’s couldn’t hurt.

on defense, i think giving up 10 should be the maximum expected. a blown coverage td or pick six or big special teams play, and only one decent drive for the owls ending short but within field goal range. let’s get some pressure on jt and get stops on 3rd downs, a couple of turnovers.

my pick: 42-3

[Tex Long 4348]

7 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Define "proverbial day" because I was at UT in the early/mid 90's and remember quite a few pre-OU day games in Austin.

My four years as an undergrad, we went 40-3-1. Those were the days.

[sith_horn 2370]

1 hour ago, texifornia said:

Wagon Wheel is a song about driving from New Hampshire to North Carolina, written by a band from Boone that's based in Nashville. Not a particularly Texan choice.

Nah, it's all about cheese ...

 

Edited August 29, 2023 by sith_horn

[Tex Long 4348]

17 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

My four years as an undergrad, we went 40-3-1. Those were the days.

The "and 1" was Rice.

[texasdago 7553]

Pay Green at Longhorn City Limits. Meh. 

[Saint Tacky 1610]

26 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

My four years as an undergrad, we went 40-3-1. Those were the days.

“Four years.” Show off. 

[honolulu horn 6157]

1 hour ago, lilMAC25 said:

Ravens Flight has one of the best breakdowns out there.

 

WAAAAAAH

[KeysPhoneWallet 807]

If you want hype play some suicide boys.

[bejezuz 329]

I mean, if we're looking for modern theme songs... 

 

[CashMcCoy 3199]

Mo Bamba/Sicko Mode mashup

[Post Oak 20187]

 

[Huckleberry 32703]

2 hours ago, Not a Sock said:

Mo Bamba came out when Mo was enrolled at Texas and the fact Texas didn’t lean into that hard leaves me zero faith DKR will ever have anything other cringe upper middle class white music.

Did you really just use cringe as an adjective while complaining about upper middle class white culture? 

[Sir Ulrich 5187]

52-6 good guys. Don't expect Sark to show off too much and to just rely on our talent advantage to score at will. Save all the good stuff for Bama and profit. 

[Hank_Hill 18491]

1 hour ago, texasdago said:

Pay Green at Longhorn City Limits. Meh. 

Wave on Wave would get the West siders JUMPIN

[BERT 4351]

If we're gonna lean into the "embrace the hate" thing, then we should look towards Germany for our song. Du Hast by Rammstein should do just fine. Plus the "kids" won't even know the words. 

[Zeus 5950]

3 hours ago, TexArcher said:

Get off my lawn, but their taste in music is absolute dogshit.

Cowboys from Hell is a perfect song for us.

 

[immamac 42519]

hey guys, I'm not sure what the fuck is goin on in here, but we need more mo bamba type stuff and less of whatever this other dogshit you guys are posting. 

[BigHorn'13 3355]

 

 

[Born Burnt 6147]

Not sure what they should play in the stadium, but this seems an appropriate Surly tailgate anthem...

 

[AbeFroman 2114]

With no relevance whatsoever

 

[stork642 4498]

[mr. sunshine 2824]

2 hours ago, Saint Tacky said:

“Four years.” Show off. 

Christ. Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the fucking Peace Corps 

[JBJ 3649]

There is so much irony in all these millenials trying to convince people that trap and mumble are still cool.

[Candi Fisther 87]

whole lotta wussiness going on up in here.  you guys are complaining that its going to be too hot.  you're going to be sitting down, wearing comfortable clothes, holding a cold beverage, expending zero energy.  and your whiny asses want to lodge a formal complaint.  the players will be in full pads, practically running wind sprints for 3 hours, and theyve been doing it all summer.  all you gotta do is sit there and clap (if you can see yourself to it).  do as all a favor and stay home and give your tickets to someone with a little more grit in their character.

I’ll take the ticket as I can’t find a big enough clear bag to fit my nephew and 3 water bottles of rum.

[TexArcher 37518]

1 hour ago, Zeus said:

 

 

I'm not sure if this is real or satire.

But, I am sure that Eric B and Rakim have taken shits that had more talent than this.

Edited August 29, 2023 by TexArcher
Also, we're gonna fuck Rice up horribly. Old school Texas ass whippings are making a comeback this year. 52-7. Fuck 'em.

[OU Sucks 8746]

2 hours ago, Zeus said:

 

Since this thread already went to shit, I'll repost this one from my portfolio:

[ztejas 43266]

One of my best memories of DKR was Mo Bamba coming on while we were shoving TCU's shit in in 2018. 

The crowd that day was ravenous.

[Alot 80]

[Hook1997 5289]

5 hours ago, texasdago said:

Pay Green at Longhorn City Limits. Meh. 

It’s early enough in the day where he won’t be so drunk he starts making fun of the crowd and gets booed off stage.   I know of three incidents like that with him.  One being the St. Davis fundraiser like 8-10 years ago but one was also three years ago.  He’s a real dbag who thinks he more important than he is.. 

Edited August 30, 2023 by Hook1997

[TexArcher 37518]

12 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

He’s a real dbag who thinks he more important than he is.. 

He went to Tech, right...?

[Armybrat 40744]

5 hours ago, Tex Long said:

The "and 1" was Rice.

I could hardly believe that one (played in Houston). 
6-6?

[LTtxfan 48979]

Maybe give DTD a Surly tailgate invite??? 

[BurntOrange&White 39660]

3 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Maybe give DTD a Surly tailgate invite??? 

@immamac

[ztejas 43266]

Fancy Boots beat you to it but her post is predictably cringe as fuck. 

 

 

[BurntOrange&White 39660]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Fancy Boots beat you to it but her post is predictably cringe as fuck. 

 

 

She's so fucking obnoxious.

[TexasPride10 573]

Clear winner: 

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

One of my best memories of DKR was Mo Bamba coming on while we were shoving TCU's shit in in 2018. 
The crowd that day was ravenous.

It was a most excellent day.

[Royale with cheese 1460]

And the clear winner is "Ride Of The Valkyries." Crank it up to 11 comin' out of the tunnel. 

 

[texifornia 56526]

The owl cocking its head cracks me up every time I re-see it

 

[markstanco 12508]

How much was the payment to Rice for this game?

[texifornia 56526]

 

[texasdago 7553]

1 hour ago, TexArcher said:

He went to Tech, right...?

Realized I somehow misspelled his name but he wasn't worth the edit 

[TexArcher 37518]

Just now, texasdago said:

Realized I somehow misspelled his name but he wasn't worth the edit 

No, I meant Pat Green actually went to Tech, right?  So, the whole d-bag who thinks he's more important than he is thing is pretty standard.

[texasdago 7553]

13 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

No, I meant Pat Green actually went to Tech, right?  So, the whole d-bag who thinks he's more important than he is thing is pretty standard.

Oh yeah. Totally understood the context of your comment. My comment still stands.  

[ztejas 43266]

16 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

No, I meant Pat Green actually went to Tech, right?  So, the whole d-bag who thinks he's more important than he is thing is pretty standard.

Honestly I've never really gotten that vibe from Tech grads. They've always been more like aimless dipshits that are fun to hang out with to me. 

Self important dbag is more my alma mater. Or TCU. 

[cmontexas 3253]

He lives minutes away from the TCU campus (not in Como) so still tracks

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

And the clear winner is "Ride Of The Valkyries." Crank it up to 11 comin' out of the tunnel. 
 

Endorsed.

[Yev Kassem 1027]

2 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

It’s early enough in the day where he won’t be so drunk he starts making fun of the crowd and gets booed off stage.   I know of three incidents like that with him.  One being the St. Davis fundraiser like 8-10 years ago but one was also three years ago.  He’s a real dbag who thinks he more important than he is.. 

A buddy of mine went to a corporate gig he played in the spring at Whitewater and he got trashed and was booed offstage.

Totally agree with your statement. I never understood why he was so popular for such shitty music.