Game Thread 2023 Texas @ Alabama - 6pm on ESPN

[Goredho 17399]

2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

ok, and?

And nothing.  That’s just the way things are shaping up.  The question was asked a bit back why traditional powerhouse teams like AL were not going to be competitive in NIL vs teams like Texas.

[msucolt45 4057]

Tuscaloosa is smaller than Katy. Put that in perspective.

Hook’em!!!

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

It doesn’t make up the difference, but for Alabama football the footprint for NIL is larger than Tuscaloosa. It’s all of Alabama and probably somewhat in neighboring states as well.  

[El Squared 1802]

11 minutes ago, Goredho said:

And nothing.  That’s just the way things are shaping up.  The question was asked a bit back why traditional powerhouse teams like AL were not going to be competitive in NIL vs teams like Texas.

Well even small market schools can parlay their success as corporations want to be affiliated with winners( wokenomics  an exception) and having wealthy alumni makes a big difference, so it’s not all about geography.

Edited September 10, 2023 by El Squared

[notre dame joe 187]

17 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

ok, and?

There will be regulation soon.  And knowing regulators, it will contain some fuzzy language that permits them to DQ almost any player.

[EastTexan 662]

6 hours ago, mdmost said:

I know people here think it sucks but the SEC Shorts for this week should be pretty good. 

Correct. The only sec network I've ever watched is an occasional game not on network, espn, etc. Already got 8 or more hours of different programming set to record. Should be plenty of Longhorn puffing. And will enjoy the aggy shit show.

Also, there have been many pos rep posts that I cannot rep. Ran out of rep morning.

Hook'em!!!

[Macanudo 12976]

22 minutes ago, msucolt45 said:

Tuscaloosa is smaller than Katy. Put that in perspective.

Hook’em!!!

OK but who wants to live in Katy?

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

OK but who wants to live in Katy?

Venezuelans.

[Bobby Layne 268]

16 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

I don't recognize todays team in Tuscaloosa as the same team that played here in Austin vs Rice last week.  Big difference. 

I’d say you’ve never driven a hot car at 60-70% until you actually needed to outrun another supercar. 

[Enemy07 288]

18 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Enjoy being found floating face down in the lake after she slips you a micky while drinking on Rainey Street.

Woke up alive, not in Town Lake, and Texas won. Hook em!

[Bobby Layne 268]

16 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

1 georgia
2 Michigan
3 Ohio state
4 Tennessee
5 colorado
6 Alabama
7 LSU
8 ole miss
9 Texas
10 USC

Negative. Try 3 or 4. 

[Bobby Layne 268]

16 hours ago, Zuerst said:

Might've been 70+% completion 450+ yards and 5 TDs if more things click.

Maybe closer to 10 sacks without the holds.

Good showing.  Lots of games left, but looking good.

What’s the completions and yardages without the “catchable” drops? 

[Macanudo 12976]

8 minutes ago, Enemy07 said:

Woke up alive, not in Town Lake, and Texas won. Hook em!

You haven't been on the date with Nicole yet.

[DaysOff 7947]

Venezuelans.

Is that code for aggy?

Y'all hear that. We're using code names.

[Gucci_Suit 2644]

17 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Venezuelans.

Yeah you can get a good arepa in Katy. Actually that’s not true because arepas are terrible. 

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

Just now, Gucci_Suit said:

Yeah you can get a good arepa in Katy. Actually that’s not true because arepas are terrible. 

Untrue. 
 

also be sure to patronize four brothers for arepas in Austin. 

[ztejas 43418]

8 hours ago, gmr548 said:

You used protection, right?

He told me he was clean.

[Pancho 44757]

16 minutes ago, ztejas said:

He told me he was clean.

That’s what they all say. Next thing you know, 3 shots are going in your right cheek.

[Zuerst 146]

41 minutes ago, Bobby Layne said:

What’s the completions and yardages without the “catchable” drops? 

I don't remember every single "catchable" drops, but there are 2... 3 catchable touchdowns dropped.  Ewers was 24/38, with just those 3, it's 27/38 or 71%.

[Pods 7552]

42 minutes ago, Gucci_Suit said:

Yeah you can get a good arepa in Katy. Actually that’s not true because arepas are terrible. 

Some, I assume, are good people. 

 

On a serious note though, my MIL is Venezuelan. Excellent arepas can be good, but the bulk of them are overrated and tend towards too dry.

Cachapas and patacones are both fucking awesome and are usually a far superior choice to arepas. 

You haven't lived until you've had a pabellon on a patacone, preferably with a papelon con limon.

Edited September 10, 2023 by Pods

[Tex Long 4384]

55 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

You haven't been on the date with Nicole yet.

You've spelt "Tropheus" incorrectly.

[Hornlover 8830]

 

Saban's postgame press conference.

[TOR 5548]

Thinking all of this talk about Saban being 'done' and alabama starting to slide is a little premature.  They can play pretty much like they did last night and win against most teams just by physically beating on them.  It isn't outside the realm of possibility they run the table in conference (lsu, auburn... aggy?).  And make no mistake, nick satan strangled 12 kittens after setting a litter of puppies on fire last night after the game.  That team is going to suffer this week and take it out on S. Florida like a Brazzers midget production.

[Zeus 6019]

3 hours ago, msucolt45 said:

J Cook was a decoy last night for plays. If he even caught a ball, I don’t recall it, but the Freshman played a part of the success!

Hook’em!!!

Yep

He will be the guy catching bombs from Murphy and Arch soon though

 

[lilMAC25 3792]

Any good versions of the game up on YouTube yet?

[Armybrat 40832]

3 hours ago, CptnJiggleBits said:

One of my favorite "Horns Down" of  the night. So much instant sad, loss of enthusiasm, and reality setting in, all before Adonai has even stood up.

Isn’t that Forest Gump?

[BurntOrange&White 39931]

16 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

Any good versions of the game up on YouTube yet?

That kind of video is against TOS

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

They all are. 

[Sir Ulrich 5187]

Was told my a few Bama/SEC honks at the game that Texas would take a few years to catch up the depth needed to complete in the SEC weekly. We are catching the SEC at the perfect time and if Sark can keep stacking talent we will be able to get back to 10+ wins annually. 

[Bobby Layne 268]

2 hours ago, notre dame joe said:

There will be regulation soon.  And knowing regulators, it will contain some fuzzy language that permits them to DQ almost any player.

Uh. Except the South Bendians! They will get some sort of dispensation. 

[Mother mopar 3318]

I don't remember every single "catchable" drops, but there are 2... 3 catchable touchdowns dropped.  Ewers was 24/38, with just those 3, it's 27/38 or 71%.

Brooks and worthy dropped TDs. J. Ford dropped an INT, not a WR I know.

[jdhorn92 1545]

3 minutes ago, Mother mopar said:

1 hour ago, Zuerst said:

I don't remember every single "catchable" drops, but there are 2... 3 catchable touchdowns dropped.  Ewers was 24/38, with just those 3, it's 27/38 or 71%.

Brooks and worthy dropped TDs. J. Ford dropped an INT, not a WR I know.

Kool Aid made a great play on the Brooks incompletion near the goal line 

Edited September 10, 2023 by jdhorn92

[Zuerst 146]

Just now, Mother mopar said:

1 hour ago, Zuerst said:

I don't remember every single "catchable" drops, but there are 2... 3 catchable touchdowns dropped.  Ewers was 24/38, with just those 3, it's 27/38 or 71%.

Brooks and worthy dropped TDs. J. Ford dropped an INT, not a WR I know.

There was one to X to the back right corner that hit his hand or in the catachable region.  It appears to be contested, but the ball never touched the defender.  Not saying it's an easy catch, but physically possible and might be a ESPN top 10 play candidate.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21898]

18 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Any idea that maybe that was the play the whole time?  Push the snap past Quinn, cause mass confusion, let the RB pick it up, get the first down, profit.

When I saw it in real time, I thought the play was snap it between Ewers legs to Brooks

[BurntOrange&White 39931]

2 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

Kool Aid made a great play on the Brooks incompletion near the goal line 

Nah that was just a straight up drop.....Koolaid never touched the ball or Brooks hands. 

 

 

[The Ace of Aces 5181]

In Saban’s PC he mentioned Alabama was confused and didn’t adapt properly to Sark’s pre-snap motion. Saban knew it was coming, knows Sark’s tendencies, and still was unable to coach his defense on how to handle it. Feels weird Sark outcoached the GOAT but here we are. 

[Gravy Train 974]

Well Saban hired Kevin Steele to run his defense and he certainly wouldn't have understood or prepped for Sark's formations and pre-snap motions.

I could have sworn even Acho had featured that as a talking point in ESPN segments earlier in the week.

[Jkwellborn 6697]

Brooks and worthy dropped TDs. J. Ford dropped an INT, not a WR I know.

Wasnt that caught for a TD on the deflection?

There was one to X to the back right corner that hit his hand or in the catachable region.  It appears to be contested, but the ball never touched the defender.  Not saying it's an easy catch, but physically possible and might be a ESPN top 10 play candidate.

If Worthy catches that, it’s a ESPN top 5 play for the year, at any level.

[kevwun 15774]

Saban doesn't have great coordinators anymore.  He used to avoid brain drain by hiring replacements who were just as good.  He hasn't done that the last couple of years.  They haven't had a good OC since Sark left.

[Rimbo 25920]

54 minutes ago, Hornlover said:

 

Saban's postgame press conference.

Jeeez. He looks like someone shot his dog.

[jdhorn92 1545]

4 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

Wasnt that caught for a TD on the deflection?

If Worthy catches that, it’s a ESPN top 5 play for the year, at any level.

The Bama deflection TD was called back , illegal man downfield. 

[Pato del Muerto 52489]

3 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:

Wasnt that caught for a TD on the deflection?

Yes but called back for holding.  Both holding calls that negated bama tds would probably have been sacks without the takedowns, and the one should have been an int anyway and they still got 3 points on that possession. 

[HuntinHorn 975]

Kool Aid made a great play on the Brooks incompletion near the goal line 

Watch the slo mo replay . Brooks dropped that ball before Koolaid came into play . The ball never even made into Brooks hands. Bounced off his fingers and was dropping when Koolaid showed up

[Longboard Horn 40301]

[Armybrat 40832]

1 hour ago, Tex Long said:

You've spelt "Tropheus" incorrectly.

She’s already spoken for.

[jdhorn92 1545]

15 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Nah that was just a straight up drop.....Koolaid never touched the ball or Brooks hands. 

 

 

Yeah you are correct. Just re-watched it. Thought the DB got a hand on it. 

[HuntinHorn 975]

The Bama deflection TD was called back , illegal man downfield. 

This.

[jdhorn92 1545]

2 minutes ago, HuntinHorn said:

 

Watch the slo mo replay . Brooks dropped that ball before Koolaid came into play . The ball never even made into Brooks hands. Bounced off his fingers and was dropping when Koolaid showed up

 

Yep , I just re-watched it. It was a drop. I thought the Db got a hand in there 

[texastroubadour 1210]

The last Bama TD question (where we whiffed on tackles): wasn’t that an illegal block in the back of our db around 7 yd line?

[Tex Long 4384]

5 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

She’s already spoken for.

You're too easily dissuaded. Perseverance is the name of the  game.