2018 Longhorns Fall Practice/Football Season Thread

[Machinator 32097]

 

[DeweyCox 366]

21 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Such a cool shot. The look on everyone’s face...and TO looks like he’s got a Ron Burgundyesque chub.

[Born Burnt 6142]

1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

Either way the storyline of the game will make a win for us meaningless outside the circle of our team and fan base.  

[HtownHorn 14293]

2 hours ago, Machinator said:

The feeling seems to be that the Dinich piece from ESPN was very Chip Brownish, in that she sought out a few disgruntled players and coach and built the narrative of a "toxic culture" based on those malcontents' stories. Most of the team is in Durkin's corner, and apparently a few of their players have even left camp and claimed not to return until Durkin is reinstated.

Yeah the ESPN story was nothing more than a cover for the shit going down in Columbus. It's tragic that the kid died, and if the investigation proves that the program was at fault then those responsible should be held accountable, but there have been deaths at other schools and there weren't hit pieces written about the coach.

Moreover that she never interviewed other players or former bosses is evident that they wrote the story to match the conclusion that had already been drawn.

Edited August 14, 2018 by HtownHorn

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

48 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Eagles is a large human being. 

[Sejjr 3244]

Maryland could be mentally fractured, or it could be some sort of bizarro rallying cry for their fallen teammate and their fallen coach, and the National media will absolutely be paying attention to this game. If we shit the bed again, the story will be about Maryland overcoming adversity, the coaching job by Canada, and more stories about Jordan McNair. A sidebar story will be Tom Herman and the Longhorns, and questions about the seat getting warmer, back to back losses to Maryland, etc. This game fucking matters, bottom line, and this story only further adds to its scrutiny in the National press.

[BigVegasHorn26 630]

 

2 hours ago, Machinator said:

A win over Maryland is meaningless in the eyes of the public because we're Texas and they're Maryland.

The gauntlet of USC, TCU, @KSU, OU will shape public perception, and most likely, our season.

I would set the public reaction scale as:

Lose (regardless of score): LOLTEXASSTILLSUCKSLOL

Barely Win: Who Cares

Steamroll: You have my slight attention.  

We really need to kick the ever-living shit out of them.  

Edited August 14, 2018 by BigVegasHorn26

[XOVERX 5]

We won 7 last year. We need 9 this year by hook or crook.

The hook is Maryland. We have to hook Maryland.

Hook'um!

[Sock Drawer 214]

1 hour ago, texifornia said:

Well obviously we will all care - I was talking about the CFB universe writ large.

That's Latin, darlin' (well, kinda, sorta), evidently Mr. Texafornia here's an educated man. Now I really hate him.

[ausjala 101]

11 hours ago, closetojumping said:

 

I thought the same thing, but on the flip side, Herman abhors TBs that can't control the rock, and that was one of the few selling points anyone could offer about Porter last year. The guy needs to stay 6th string and graduate quickly. 

I've heard all along that Anderson was going to be fine as the opening game starter, but they weren't just going to throw him in there and create culture issues. He's looked good, not great, which is just fine. They're letting him earn the role in the team's eyes.

When a player is being sourced for info, their perspective isn't always going to line up with reality. They all know how services are viewing upperclassmen heading into a season, but their ability to grasp development in real time, or how transient preseason draft rankings are, is suspect.

I hope Ingram is a bad ass and makes us all forget Kyle Porter 2017, but Daniel Young is an excellent back to have starting in this offense. If Ingram comes on, Carter controls the football, and Johnson somehow stays healthy, along with Watson and Young looking good, the optionality in the backfield for this season will be absurd compared to what we were dealing with last season. Good problems to have.

Who are you, and what did you do with CTJ?

[ausjala 101]

11 hours ago, closetojumping said:

No clue from my end. I'm pretty much from Missouri regarding everything on offense, even if I was hearing a bunch of hype for players/units. We still have 3 terrible components to the offensive staff in Warehime, Meh, and Beck (as a playcaller). The OL was the worst OL I think I've ever seen. We beat the shit out of our QBs and Ehlinger is one of the dumbest decisionmakers I've ever watched. Our WRs are like the children of an alcoholic parent - they never know what's coming at them next from the position coach and they can't even predict who will regularly start. The TEs are an absolute unproven commodity and I have zero faith in Anthony Beck making a material difference in any facet. I won't believe that we've figured TB out until I fail to see Kyle Porter take meaningful snaps for multiple games in a row. So outside of wanting to be hopeful and hearing positive, believable takes on Anderson, I don't have much regarding the O. 

Never mind, he's back . . .

[BERT 4305]

1 hour ago, XOVERX said:

We won 7 last year. We need 9 this year by hook or crook.

The hook is Maryland. We have to hook Maryland.

Hook'um!

Hook’um?? Not so sure about you

[Valmy77 12528]

Maryland and Tulsa are key. We cannot trip over our dicks out of the gate like we have the last...um...five years. Damn. Ok we had a good start in 2016 for all the good it did us.

[Victor Lazlo 1742]

12 hours ago, closetojumping said:

No clue from my end. I'm pretty much from Missouri regarding everything on offense, even if I was hearing a bunch of hype for players/units. We still have 3 terrible components to the offensive staff in Warehime, Meh, and Beck (as a playcaller). The OL was the worst OL I think I've ever seen. We beat the shit out of our QBs and Ehlinger is one of the dumbest decisionmakers I've ever watched. Our WRs are like the children of an alcoholic parent - they never know what's coming at them next from the position coach and they can't even predict who will regularly start. The TEs are an absolute unproven commodity and I have zero faith in Anthony Beck making a material difference in any facet. I won't believe that we've figured TB out until I fail to see Kyle Porter take meaningful snaps for multiple games in a row. So outside of wanting to be hopeful and hearing positive, believable takes on Anderson, I don't have much regarding the O. 

[RowdyVic 106]

1 hour ago, BERT said:

Hook’um?? Not so sure about you

This^^

[TexasTroll 454]

9 hours ago, XOVERX said:

We won 7 last year. We need 9 this year by hook or crook.

The hook is Maryland. We have to hook Maryland.

Hook'um!

 

8 hours ago, BERT said:

Hook’um?? Not so sure about you

Probly likes “ Steak Ums” too...0

[rickyspub 801]

8 hours ago, BERT said:

Hook’um?? Not so sure about you

Goddamn Yankee.

[BigHorn'13 3340]

It's like Sweet'ums but for a hook

[ShowmeyourTDs 1140]

51 minutes ago, rickyspub said:

Goddamn Yankee.

Exactly my first thought.

[jdhorn92 1525]

12 hours ago, Machinator said:

A win over Maryland is meaningless in the eyes of the public because we're Texas and they're Maryland.

The gauntlet of USC, TCU, @KSU, OU will shape public perception, and most likely, our season.

A win over MD is not meaningless.  B10 school, on the road is a good win.

[Tex Long 4264]

24 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

A win over MD is not meaningless.  B10 school, on the road is a good win.

Partly true, but... overall, it's only meaningful if we lose (loltexaslollollol) or kick the shit out of them with 20 freshmen playing the whole second half (dammmmnnntexas). A close win is a full-grown meh. We might just as well see meaningfulness from whipping Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina or any other basketball school.

[taybo20 2804]

45 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

A win over MD is not meaningless.  B10 school, on the road is a good win.

Again, to us it isn’t meaningless. We are double digit favorites. We are expected to crush them. The rest of cab won’t think twice. If we don’t, that’s when it is a bigger deal, and not just for us. 

[BigHorn'13 3340]

To borrow a phrase (can't remember who to give credit to)from the wives' thread-- it's like her birthday, there's only ways to screw it up.

[Machinator 32097]

1 hour ago, Tex Long said:

Partly true, but... overall, it's only meaningful if we lose (loltexaslollollol) or kick the shit out of them with 20 freshmen playing the whole second half (dammmmnnntexas). A close win is a full-grown meh. We might just as well see meaningfulness from whipping Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina or any other basketball school.

 

1 hour ago, jdhorn92 said:

A win over MD is not meaningless.  B10 school, on the road is a good win.

 

47 minutes ago, taybo20 said:

Again, to us it isn’t meaningless. We are double digit favorites. We are expected to crush them. The rest of cab won’t think twice. If we don’t, that’s when it is a bigger deal, and not just for us. 

Right, this isn't hard. 

Obviously, given that the only alternative to winning is losing (captainobvious.gif), there is no such thing as a "meaningless" win in the eyes of Texas fans. But nobody outside Austin is going to give a rat's ass if we beat Maryland by 2, or by 20. Just get to September 15 unbeaten, and we'll go from there.

Edited August 14, 2018 by Machinator

[Valmy77 12528]

You know what people outside of Texas will notice? If we end the season with nine wins instead of eight. Beating Maryland will help that. They will not remember or care who it was we beat.

[ShowmeyourTDs 1140]

It is an important win psychologically.  We started and ended the regular season poorly last year.  We are coming off a bowl win with a much improved roster imo.  Beat Maryland and Tulsa, and Gameday will come to Austin.  Our young guys need some reps in cleanup time before USC.  If this team goes undefeated in non conference play, 9 wins will be certainly achievable.

I feel really good about this season with the work that the staff and team has put into building a competitive team.  These guys are almost there, and we should be competing for the conference championship this season.  

[elnimo 55]

Maryland is in't a cream puff team.  They are a Power 5 conference team.  They beat us last year at home.  The horns lost to Kansas two years ago.  No team should be taken lightly. A win against them on the road sets the tone for the season and will kickoff the Mensa revenge tour.  The road to 10 wins starts in College Park.

[Machinator 32097]

 

[Pig Bellmont 8637]

23 minutes ago, elnimo said:

 The road to 10 wins starts in College Park.

Landover, but solid post. 

[crash_davis 23038]

we ended the year beating a mizzou team who was better than this year's maryland team.  our d should be the same or better, o will be better.  we are going to mudstomp maryland.  

 

if herman and staff weren't idiots and actually prepared for last year's maryland game, we wouldn't have lost.  herman may be an asshole mensa prick, he may be a slow learner, but i doubt he makes the same stupid mistake twice.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

Can we refer to Maryland as University’umD?

[Bevo 13419]

30 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

if herman and staff weren't idiots and actually prepared for last year's maryland game, we wouldn't have lost.  herman may be an asshole mensa prick, he may be a slow learner, but i doubt he makes the same stupid mistake twice.

It happens more than you think. OU use to use early practices to game plan against Texas and they would have several close games early on because of it. Mack just practiced and game planned like it was any other game.

[Machinator 32097]

Celeb edit from former Texas graphics guy Thomas Lakes:

 

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[Sleepygrad 1028]

Hook’um?? Not so sure about you

Hook them!! Yay!!!

[texifornia 55995]

2 hours ago, elnimo said:

Maryland is in't a cream puff team.  They are a Power 5 conference team.  They beat us last year at home.  The horns lost to Kansas two years ago.  No team should be taken lightly. A win against them on the road sets the tone for the season and will kickoff the Mensa revenge tour.  The road to 10 wins starts in College Park.

Sure, but that doesn't change the fact that no one nationally is really going to notice us until the SC game unless we lose.

[South Austin 51428]

21 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Magic? That's gangsta.

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[longhrnfan 61]

22 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

2 things: 

Where's my injury update?; and

Where's my practice report? 

[NorLa Horns 1458]

27 minutes ago, longhrnfan said:

2 things: 

Where's my injury update?; and

Where's my practice report? 

what the fish said!

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[Neonmoon 38126]

4 points? They only killed ONE player, geez

[BERT 4305]

28 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

4 points? They only killed ONE player, geez

That we know of 

[Bodacious Bevo 3572]

Bonney and Cuffee to transfer 

 

[JOSEYWALES66 1780]

Kind of late in the process to transfer.

Bonney will be missed at least for depth.

[GotThatFire 166]

That DB class ain’t no joke