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On 12/22/2024 at 11:33 AM, txpete99 said:

Not sure people are aware, but with a team-leading six catches for 77 yards, including a 19-yard touchdown catch, against Clemson, Helm now has a team-leading 55 receptions for 688 yards, breaking Sanders' record of 54 receptions in 2022 and 682 yards in 2023.

 

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Gunnar has been so freaking steady this season, along with Golden arguably the most reliable offensive weapons this season.  With his prototype TE size, smooth receiving skills and plus blocking he'll get his name called sooner than later by the league. Great story of perseverance along with development by the staff. 

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3 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Gunnar has been so freaking steady this season, along with Golden arguably the most reliable offensive weapons this season.  With his prototype TE size, smooth receiving skills and plus blocking he'll get his name called sooner than later by the league. Great story of perseverance along with development by the staff. 

I think he is going to need near 100 yards receiving on Friday for us to win. We have to target him early and often. We are better when he is a huge part of the offense. 

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Just now, Dahobbs said:

I think he is going to need near 100 yards receiving on Friday for us to win. We have to target him early and often. We are better when he is a huge part of the offense. 

Yeah that was a problem vs ASU. I wonder what kind of odds a prop bet of "Juan Davis having a catch before Gunnar Helm" would have had. 

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2 minutes ago, jw4381 said:

Last couple of years we had a play where Sanders would catch a 15-20 yard pass while wide open running across the field. I don’t remember seeing it this year with Helm. Am I insane? Are defenses taking it away somehow? 

We've seen that crosser plenty this year. But it was much more common before Quinn's injury. 

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1 minute ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Yeah that was a problem vs ASU. I wonder what kind of odds a prop bet of "Juan Davis having a catch before Gunnar Helm" would have had. 

Juan Davis needs to play very limited minutes. He is a decent receiver and a minus blocker. Helm isn't an all world blocker or anything, but at least he fucking touches his man. For the life of me I can't understand why Davis has seen the minutes he has. I guess it is because of Bond's injury limiting our ability to play with more WRs, but frankly I'd prefer to have a two back set in with Blue out wide or in the slot than two TEs with Davis. He should play to give Helm rest and that is about it. 

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Gunnar isn’t the reason we lost this game by any means, but his “finger pointing” to a defender during the Michigan game, I stated here that he was very lucky to have not caused the team a “post-play” unsportsmanlike 15 yard penalty. Many on here thought I was ridiculous at the time, even though I officiated TXHSFB for almost decade. I would’ve flagged him! At that time and game the opponent would have the choice to enforce the 15 on the try or KO. Today it was still a 1st, but erased the gain - 15 yards!

You will never know the future repercussions of the “next play” until it occurs. Fortunately it was a great pass/catch to make up the yards, but man, all you had to do was not point at the defender you blew up.

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Gunnar isn’t the reason we lost this game by any means, but his “finger pointing” to a defender during the Michigan game, I stated here that he was very lucky to have not caused the team a “post-play” unsportsmanlike 15 yard penalty. Many on here thought I was ridiculous at the time, even though I officiated TXHSFB for almost decade. I would’ve flagged him! At that time and game the opponent would have the choice to enforce the 15 on the try or KO. Today it was still a 1st, but erased the gain - 15 yards!

You will never know the future repercussions of the “next play” until it occurs. Fortunately it was a great pass/catch to make up the yards, but man, all you had to do was not point at the defender you blew up.

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In no way, shape, or form should a finger point = a late hit cheap shot.
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1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

He absolutely isnt doing the 1st down point

 

have yall not watched our games this year? Hes done this 4-5 times this year, pointing at the defender every single time

No, this is my first game this year.  

IN THE MOMENT I thought he was signaling first down.  Try the decaf, Nancy.

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That was among the cheapest-ass unsportsmanlike conduct penalties I've seen since the sport started consistently allowing more celebration and showboating. Not sure why a finger-pointing is any different than the jawboning and staring-down crap, the bowing up and chest-bumping opponents and whatnot.

And ... while I'm not one of the panty-wadders here ... the Horns down. I'm generally in the "live rent-free" crowd on that one, but it might be the closest equivalent to what Helm did if he wasn't intending to be indicating the direction Texas was moving.  He should have been given the benefit of the doubt on that one.

 

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1 hour ago, msucolt45 said:


Plain and simple, it’s considered taunting. The same would’ve been (hypothetically) if a defender sacked Ewers and threw the “Horns down” or “throat slash” in Ewers face - post play.
 

Maybe it's not that plain and simple and shouldn't be viewed that way. Among teammates it's a sign of appreciation -- and, likely, sometimes among opponents. Kind of a grudging respect -- "good job" or even "Yeah, got you that time, but let's go again." I've seen it done that way, and a lot of times it's easy to tell that it's respectful.

I realize it's got to be difficult for refs to interpret those things, but Helm hasn't been the kind of guy to demonstrate antagonism and disrespect.

Cameras and TVs are good enough now to show us guys yapping at opponents and refs getting into the middle of it after multiple plays each drive, and when I see refs do that multiple times with the same guys, I wonder why they don't just throw a flag.  I haven't been seeing that kind of crap with Helm.

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Just now, msucolt45 said:

In the Michigan game, he pointed directly at the player he beat for the EZ catch. It’s the same as tossing the ball to the opponent or holding it in front of his face - post play.

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Point well taken, but I think there's some room for interpretation. To me, it's nowhere near the same as a ball in the face, given the varied usages of the finger-point. 

We'll just have to accept whatever the officials' interpretation is of whatever is going on between guys the whole game, but that's not easy to do sometimes, and this is one of those times.

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And I agree with you on the “gray area” of an officials thinking. The only problem is it only takes one official to see it, throw a flag, and it’s not reviewable. It can, however, be overruled by the white hat, which this wasn’t.

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38 minutes ago, Herpa Derpa said:

Yep. I would not be shocked if Day or another coach brought it up with the officials pre-game. Good scouting.

I guess Sark should have brought up tackling Dlineman from behind 🧐

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7 hours ago, msucolt45 said:


Plain and simple, it’s considered taunting. The same would’ve been (hypothetically) if a defender sacked Ewers and threw the “Horns down” or “throat slash” in Ewers face - post play.

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Oh, I get that, I just think it is stupid.  Right now, the penalty for intentionally hitting a someone late, out of bounds, or trying to injure someone is 15 yards, the same as a simple hand gesture.   The first 3 are often not even called correctly or as consistently and they are way more fucking dangerous than a horn's down or a finger point.  

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4 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

Horns down in a players face is a penalty too but Texas fans want it. Why he chose to do this was so terribly stupid.

Yeah, I don't know if it's entirely feasible, but it would be nice if Sark could get his guys to mostly stay away from the posing and taunting.  

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Plain and simple, it’s considered taunting. The same would’ve been (hypothetically) if a defender sacked Ewers and threw the “Horns down” or “throat slash” in Ewers face - post play.

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Through my “burnt orange” colored officiating goggles, Helm pointed directly at the opponent he blew up on the sideline during his reception. Simply going back to celebrate with teammates in the huddle/sideline would’ve garnered zero penalties and leave no question for an official. IMO but I digress.

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On 1/8/2025 at 10:14 AM, Funk Doctor Spock said:

Just here to say Gunnar Helm is my favorite TE at Texas, ever. 

Gunnar Helm

David Thomas 

Jermichael Finley 

Bo Scaife 

JT Sanders, JMike, DT, and Gunnar are all tied at 1 for me. Loved them all. Still pissed about Blaine Irby getting hurt. 

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42 minutes ago, immamac said:

Legit fuck Ohio State and fuck any of you saying Gunnar deserved to be flagged or that it even fucking mattered. This resulted in 1st and goal from the one. Shut the fuck up. 

No idea why he did it. It was incredibly stupid. Yet, 100% it didn’t matter. And he shouldn’t have been flagged for that. If I were a ref I’d have said “knock that shit off”. That penalty doesn’t belong in this thread. 

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Gunnar Helm is awesome. Big, good hands, deceptively fast. His only knock is he isn't a great blocker, but the games we got him involved were good offensive games and there is a reason for that.

Will miss him, but I honestly think Niblack could be just as if not more special. Remember being impressed with him last year when he was with Bama and played against us...

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19 hours ago, Herpa Derpa said:

Yep. I would not be shocked if Day or another coach brought it up with the officials pre-game. Good scouting.

And it might have been a make up call as well for an Ohio State taunting call earlier in the 1st half.   

This is when the staff calls over the team and says they are going to be looking for a reason to call the same on you guys.   Knock it off and just walk away after a great catch/run or tackle.  

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14 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

Horns down in a players face is a penalty too but Texas fans want it. Why he chose to do this was so terribly stupid.

You don’t understand. They’re committing penalties on every play that don’t get called and we’re not doing anything wrong and getting penalties called on us!!!!!!

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