Game Week Thread Week 2, 2024: Texas at Michigan

[TotallyLegit 3050]

17 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

If you have a concern, you must believe the Michigan short passing game has some capacity to hurt us in the shallow middle. What is the foundation of this belief? The abortion we saw last Saturday?

Michigan has one QB who has barely played football (because of cancer & covid) and a running QB who would be starting if he was 50% of DJ U. No matter who starts, he will be playing behind a new o-line comprised of 5 guys who have only started last weeks games. We know they will run and use the TE. 

Just because OU and UH did something last year doesn't mean the worst QB group I can remember Texas facing (since we steamrolled OU 49-0), behind a brand new o-line, can do the same.

I'm worried about their TE getting into the flats on split zone RPOs/PAs, but that's about it.

[Js1 84934]

3 minutes ago, kevwun said:

This has probably been asked, but are you on the spectrum?

[Longhornlove 4766]

4 hours ago, Brandywine said:

This has probably been asked, but, If Ewers struggles will Sark go to Arch or let Quinn play through it?

Do you think Sark is looking to start a QB controversey? Only way he comes out is hurt or the outcome is no longer in question.

 

Edited September 5 by Longhornlove
double post

[Valmy77 13055]

The whole Arch thing is funny. So many people talking about a perfectly conventional and boring QB situation. Ewers is the starter and Manning is the backup and nothing unusual has happened. Next year, or if Ewers gets injured, Manning will be the starter.

Yet people out there keep acting crazy about it. Celebrity is a weird thing.

[Zeus 5896]

 

[Vertigo 20215]

3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

Benny is also recovering from a broken angle and is playing tentatively even in practice. They don't have proven DT depth.

Yikes. I don't think Jerrin Thompson ever recovered from that injury. 

[Fud 9525]

57 minutes ago, Fud said:

If you're on On3, there's a good poster on their Michigan site who knows his stuff (MrSharkFB) if you're desperate for moar Michigan takes

 

55 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

So post them?

 

53 minutes ago, Fud said:

No

He posts a ton, so I'd rather not go through and copy all of his posts

Here's one

"Last night, Michigan ran 17 zone scheme run plays to 15 gap scheme run plays. If you look at last year, they did the same thing week 1 against ECU. In that game they were 19 zone and 11 gap. In every other game that season, they were more gap than zone except Iowa,. In fact, they finished the year with 301 gap scheme runs to 187 zone. We didn't get a ton of vertical movement from my 1st watch recollection on zone runs. I'll be interested to see if we start to migrate to more gap (pin & pull, counter, duo, power)."

He also thinks the touchdown they gave up was because Wink did a cover zero blitz like he was in the NFL and Fresno was ready for it 

[Domedriver 655]

So i have been to Rose Bowls and we haz Quarterback who you will remember what he did to you.  Unstoppable!🤘Saturday you will meet another and he will enjoy playing in your big house!

[BachelorTrek 2908]

27 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

The whole Arch thing is funny. So many people talking about a perfectly conventional and boring QB situation. Ewers is the starter and Manning is the backup and nothing unusual has happened. Next year, or if Ewers gets injured, Manning will be the starter.

Yet people out there keep acting crazy about it. Celebrity is a weird thing.

I'm surprised all the push-pull/wishcasting stories/rumors of "Arch WILL 1000% TRANSFER away from Texas!" blah, blah, blah, have stopped.

I feel whelmed and quite gratified that there's a whole nation of CFB fans that are SO Envious of Texas getting Arch that they kept up that Insanity for that long -- Hell, they may STILL be writing those stories right now.  Lulz.

[Longhornlove 4766]

1 hour ago, Vertigo said:

Yikes. I don't think Jerrin Thompson ever recovered from that injury. 

Lack of speed cause the poor angles correct?

[Nicole44 21987]

Safe Travels! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[Valmy77 13055]

Damn. That's a drive.

Good luck equipment staff.

[pacman 7267]

Young loose. I mean really loose!

Edited September 5 by pacman

[randomhorn 1550]

Saw lots of folks at ABIA this morning heading up to the game

[TejasPedro 1848]

I think Texas should have a converted C-17, shooting flares on approach, air drop our gear in the stadium parking lot

[Rimbo 25542]

17 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

They’re actually just white jerseys. Both nicknames are forced and dumb.

 

[HtownHorn 14364]

I am coming around on the 2006 Ohio State at Texas comparison to this game, except we are better than 2006 OSU and 2024 Michigan is not as good as 2006 Texas. Ohio State controlled the entire 2nd half of that game and cruised to a 24-7 win. Thinking this game mirrors that one.

Edited September 5 by HtownHorn

[Brandywine 1309]

2 hours ago, Longhornlove said:

Do you think Sark is looking to start a QB controversey? Only way he comes out is hurt or the outcome is no longer in question.

 

Finally, someone answers the question. This was a question I was being asked from my friends and thought I’d pass it on. I totally agree with your answer. 

[ousux 5580]

Rewatched the CSU game last night and I'm feeling better about our RB room. I don't buy into cultish coach worshipping, but we really need to hang on to Tashard Choice, whatever it takes.

I was afraid Tre Wisner would turn into a wasted scholly with all the good HS RB's the year he came in, but the kid runs really hard and has some moves as well. We know what Blue can do when he's on his game, but I feel like Jerrick Gibson can get us some yards between the tackles, very promising first game even when the competition is taken into account. WR speaks for itself...maybe the deepest room in Longhorn history. Oh, and Michael Taffe may make fools of us all once the season is done, and if he does then I won't fret about any safeties perceived to be more athletic haunting the sidelines.

[Dbeasy 14896]

I think the biggest question with Michigan is the extent to which their rampant cheating gave them unfair advantages over other teams. 

They were obviously still very good, because they still won after the scandal was exposed. However the Netflix special on it supposedly shows cheating so sophisticated and broad that they were able to call the exact plays of opponents before every snap. 

Without those cheating mf’rs having that to fall back on, maybe they lose quite a bit this year, including this week. Eff the cheaters.  

[Josef Pwag 1712]

1 hour ago, Nicole44 said:

Safe Travels! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

It would be so much better if we had a drone video of the entire trip. 3/10, would not watch again. 

[The Dog 43652]

 

[The Dog 43652]

Klatt's full preview (doesn't make a pick since he's calling the game):

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[El Squared 1792]

My concern is the bufu  B1G refs, but then again, the big 12 refs have prepared our anuses well enuf we should have calices , if not venereal warts, so we should be ready.

[DigglerontheHoof 20912]

I don’t understand the concept of not being allowed to make a prediction if you’re calling the game.

[Hookem2147 20862]

8 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

I don’t understand the concept of not being allowed to make a prediction if you’re calling the game.

There would be people bitching that the announcer is slanting their commentary in favor of the team he picked to win, so the stations just tell them to be neutral. It usually works as long as your name isn't Tim Brando. 

[Hank_Hill 18258]

He was pretty clear who he thought was going to win on Cowherd yesterday 

[Funk Doctor Spock 11728]

5 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

There would be people bitching that the announcer is slanting their commentary in favor of the team he picked to win, so the stations just tell them to be neutral. It usually works as long as your name isn't Tim Brando. 

I think i watched a video yesterday where he was on someone else's podcast/show and he predicted we should win. I don't know if I'm making that up or not, but I'm pretty sure I saw it. I'm trying to remember who he was talking to. I remember he was at his house and was a guest for about 10 mins. 

[Player 4575]

My concern is the bufu  B1G refs, but then again, the big 12 refs have prepared our anuses well enuf we should have calices , if not venereal warts, so we should be ready.

Is it confirmed that a Big12 crew is officiating the game? I looked earlier, but didn’t find anything. If Kevin Mar walks out of the tunnel then I hope the pole assassin’s monkey attacks him.

[The Ace of Aces 5099]

Rat poison is strong in all the media circles and college football podcasts today. Seems a universal belief that Texas wins and covers easily. 

Rat poison. Sark is well prepared to fight that off for the team. 

[closetojumping 62029]

13 minutes ago, Player said:

Is it confirmed that a Big12 crew is officiating the game? I looked earlier, but didn’t find anything. If Kevin Mar walks out of the tunnel then I hope the pole assassin’s monkey attacks him.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!

[Frank Hammer 42]

18 minutes ago, Player said:

Is it confirmed that a Big12 crew is officiating the game? I looked earlier, but didn’t find anything. If Kevin Mar walks out of the tunnel then I hope the pole assassin’s monkey attacks him.

[Not a Sock 2308]

20 minutes ago, Player said:

Is it confirmed that a Big12 crew is officiating the game? I looked earlier, but didn’t find anything. If Kevin Mar walks out of the tunnel then I hope the pole assassin’s monkey attacks him.

It’s a home and home it should be an SEC or B1G crew, the Big 12 crew was at the LSU/USC game because it was a neutral site game.

[Not a cat 5600]

6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!

I can't tell if this holy fucking shit, I can't believe a big 12 crew is officiating this game, or I can't believe you guys are stupid enough to believe that's a possibility.

I really hope it's the latter, but given that this game was scheduled while we were in the big 12 I could see the contract saying that.  If true, I can't imagine CDC not negotiating a change.

[JBJ 3632]

It's almost always that the visiting team brings their conference officials each way.   The occasional deviation is when there's too many road games for a given conference that week.

[Not a cat 5600]

I do like that the board feels that the biggest threat to a Texas victory is a big 12 crew.  Can't disagree.

[Sgt Hulk 13542]

7 hours ago, Brandywine said:

This has probably been asked, but, If Ewers struggles will Sark go to Arch or let Quinn play through it?

[Billy Pilgrim 1890]

2 hours ago, ousux said:

Rewatched the CSU game last night and I'm feeling better about our RB room. I don't buy into cultish coach worshipping, but we really need to hang on to Tashard Choice, whatever it takes.

I was afraid Tre Wisner would turn into a wasted scholly with all the good HS RB's the year he came in, but the kid runs really hard and has some moves as well. We know what Blue can do when he's on his game, but I feel like Jerrick Gibson can get us some yards between the tackles, very promising first game even when the competition is taken into account. WR speaks for itself...maybe the deepest room in Longhorn history. Oh, and Michael Taffe may make fools of us all once the season is done, and if he does then I won't fret about any safeties perceived to be more athletic haunting the sidelines.

My 13yo said Wisner is going to be the next Jonathan Brooks- having to wait his turn behind a couple of bad asses (like Brooks did behind Robinson and Johnson) but turn into a bad ass himself when given a chance. Don’t know if he’ll be right or not but so proud that he loves the longhorns so much that he can produce educated opinions.

[Jiggy-Z 3427]

9 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

My 13yo said Wisner is going to be the next Jonathan Brooks- having to wait his turn behind a couple of bad asses (like Brooks did behind Robinson and Johnson) but turn into a bad ass himself when given a chance. Don’t know if he’ll be right or not but so proud that he loves the longhorns so much that he can produce educated opinions.

Agree with the teen on Wisner.

[ousux 5580]

My 13yo said Wisner is going to be the next Jonathan Brooks- having to wait his turn behind a couple of bad asses (like Brooks did behind Robinson and Johnson) but turn into a bad ass himself when given a chance. Don’t know if he’ll be right or not but so proud that he loves the longhorns so much that he can produce educated opinions.

Losing two in the RB room before the season means he won't have to wait, and if he has a really good season he will at least move up to second next season with Blue gone to the NFL. Unless Baxter comes back better than ever next year Wisner will get plenty of snaps.

[ousux 5580]

My concern is the bufu  B1G refs, but then again, the big 12 refs have prepared our anuses well enuf we should have calices , if not venereal warts, so we should be ready.

Not worried about it, if any team is given protection this year it will be the fuckeyes. Besides, is it possible to get worse than Kevin Mar and company?

[Dbeasy 14896]

So I finished the Netflix special on the Michigan sign stealing scandal. They are guilty as fuck, with zero remorse. What’s also interesting is that they just squeaked by Maryland, Ohio State and Alabama after the scandal was exposed. Stealing signs was a significant component to their winning. 

[tbone_ 14016]

Wonder what our plan is to make sure we change up our signs?

[tbone_ 14016]

And when do we find out for sure if the big 12 will be trying to buttfuck is in this game?

[GreenspointTexas 9473]

I think the simplest thing to do is to get some zebra crew out of San Antonio or somethin…..

[Jiggy-Z 3427]

3 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Wonder what our plan is to make sure we change up our signs?

This is the sort of detail that Texas cannot overlook.

[ChickenNuggets 1610]

4 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

Safe Travels! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

whew.. for a second there I thought they'd turned the wrong way on 35...

[TotallyLegit 3050]

5 minutes ago, ChickenNuggets said:

whew.. for a second there I thought they'd turned the wrong way on 35...

"Well, now, hold on just one minute...this isn't Michigan! This is Michoacán!"

Edited September 6 by TotallyLegit

[DFW Horn 6052]

 

[closetojumping 62029]

1 hour ago, Not a cat said:

I can't tell if this holy fucking shit, I can't believe a big 12 crew is officiating this game, or I can't believe you guys are stupid enough to believe that's a possibility.

I really hope it's the latter, but given that this game was scheduled while we were in the big 12 I could see the contract saying that.  If true, I can't imagine CDC not negotiating a change.

The latter. Come on.