Game Week Thread Week 5 2024, Mississippi State @ Texas

[Wulaw Horn 18984]

So, sometimes you get smack talk in this post. Sometimes you get talk of beatings we are going to lay down. Sometimes you get hype.  Occasionally, you get nerves and excitement. This time, something different. Going to talk a little about what college football means and getting older…

Once upon a time, football was a way for me to be involved with other people and act like a normal person, growing up. It was how I related to my grandpa and dad and uncles and stuff like that. They wouldn’t want to talk about current events, or how the world works, or history or economics or faith or other stuff I was interested in growing up. But, we could always relate to each other over a football game. 

Later in life, it became a reason to go “home”, a reason to call or text my friends. I always had a much better pulse on my friend group from August to January- when we text each other during game week about what would happen or game watching, and throw in stuff about engagements, marriages, weddings, divorces, pregnancies, births, jobs, achievements and the like. Relationships that go into hibernation for much of the year become normal again during the football season. 

It could be a reason to travel, cut loose, drink, enjoy yourself and put aside responsibilities that turn you from a normal person back into the care free life that you put aside when responsibilities became more pressing. 

Now- as I get older, it’s a chance to show my kids the world, build memories that will last forever etc. I always say baseball with its day to day is like background music and a soundtrack to life in that year. Football, however, acts like a calendar that marks years and seasons and the passage of time for me. I love it and getting to take my baby and last child to her first game ever was and seeing the wonder and awe in her face throughout the trip was as good as anything I’ve ever done. That’s how you turn a glorified scrimmage against a shitty ULM team into one of the best gameday experiences of my life. 

This is the last time anyone will ever have to indulge my navel gazing asshattery in this space. Seeing our glorious leader @immamacat the tailgate with his 4 year throwing the football was cool as he’s doing that same kind of thing. 

On to next week against Mississippi State as the SEC kicks off. They are terrible and we should win convincingly. Then, it’s bye and OU in Dallas which is normal UT fare. I don’t believe we will have our first “welcome to the SEC” moment until we host Georgia. Klan aggy doesn’t interest me any more than corn aggy, or dust bowl aggy ever did. But it’s coming and it’s going to be awesome. 

MSU game week stuff happens here. Enjoy this ride fellas. 

here’s my daughters first game pregame:

 

[BigOrange1 6422]

good shit man.  football season is definitely about more than just the games.

[westexhorn 2008]

nvm, good stuff as always Wulaw

Edited September 22 by westexhorn

[Lou_Sassle 2865]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

So, sometimes you get smack talk in this post. Sometimes you get talk of beatings we are going to lay down. Sometimes you get hype.  Occasionally, you get nerves and excitement. This time, something different. Going to talk a little about what college football means and getting older…

Once upon a time, football was a way for me to be involved with other people and act like a normal person, growing up. It was how I related to my grandpa and dad and uncles and stuff like that. They wouldn’t want to talk about current events, or how the world works, or history or economics or faith or other stuff I was interested in growing up. But, we could always relate to each other over a football game. 

Later in life, it became a reason to go “home”, a reason to call or text my friends. I always had a much better pulse on my friend group from August to January- when we text each other during game week about what would happen or game watching, and throw in stuff about engagements, marriages, weddings, divorces, pregnancies, births, jobs, achievements and the like. Relationships that go into hibernation for much of the year become normal again during the football season. 

It could be a reason to travel, cut loose, drink, enjoy yourself and put aside responsibilities that turn you from a normal person back into the care free life that you put aside when responsibilities became more pressing. 

Now- as I get older, it’s a chance to show my kids the world, build memories that will last forever etc. I always say baseball with its day to day is like background music and a soundtrack to life in that year. Football, however, acts like a calendar that marks years and seasons and the passage of time for me. I love it and getting to take my baby and last child to her first game ever was and seeing the wonder and awe in her face throughout the trip was as good as anything I’ve ever done. That’s how you turn a glorified scrimmage against a shitty ULM team into one of the best gameday experiences of my life. 

This is the last time anyone will ever have to indulge my navel gazing asshattery in this space. Seeing our glorious leader @immamacat the tailgate with his 4 year throwing the football was cool as he’s doing that same kind of thing. 

On to next week against Mississippi State as the SEC kicks off. They are terrible and we should win convincingly. Then, it’s bye and OU in Dallas which is normal UT fare. I don’t believe we will have our first “welcome to the SEC” moment until we host Georgia. Klan aggy doesn’t interest me any more than corn aggy, or dust bowl aggy ever did. But it’s coming and it’s going to be awesome. 

MSU game week stuff happens here. Enjoy this ride fellas. 

here’s my daughters first game pregame:

 

Is your daughter the blonde? Please tell me your daughter is the blonde....

[Nope 3111]

 

[TOR 5374]

30 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

good shit man.  football season is definitely about more than just the games.

Right?  Like gambling and seasonal beers.

[Soliver465 398]

Great stuff.  I bonded with my father-in-law over football.  

He balled at ULM after WW2 and was awesome to watch games with.

[Dahobbs 17451]

5 minutes ago, Nope said:

 

Those are some ugly ducks. I'm shocked he completed that many passes. 

[hookem2010 2600]

This will either be my last game with only one child or my first game with a 2nd child. Either way, I will be sober and tired.

[Bevo&Pevo 5038]

I can relate to this.  The TEXAS/aggy game was always a big deal for family and friend alike.  As we all graduated HS and left for college, jobs or wtfever.  We all went back home for Thanksgiving.  Everyone gathered for the meal and subsequent game thereafter.  TEXAS fans were outnumbered, probably 2 to 1 in the room.  But we held our own.  It began to dawn on me the importance of the day and how much it meant to the older folks about family.  Our kids still talk about going to the last game in collie station.  Since then, they had their issues/arguments/blah blah, but they do put it aside for Thanksgiving dinner and football.  I think we will do T-day on Nov 30 this year and make some new memories.  I'm thinking I'll get some type of aggy bumper stickers made and slip out unnoticed and put 'em on aggy cars.  Maybe, "Honk, if you liked today's score" or "I'm aggy and doing the best I can".  

Edited September 22 by Bevo&Pevo

[Wulaw Horn 18984]

3 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

This will either be my last game with only one child or my first game with a 2nd child. Either way, I will be sober and tired.

Congrats. 

[UTGrad98 2260]

Much like Quinn Ewers oblique, I'm partially torn on whether I want him to start this week or wait until OU to come back.

[Elmer_Fudd 22109]

Mississippi State defense is, um, not very good.  Giving up 200+ yards rushing and passing a game so far.

[TonyTexas 10482]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

 

here’s my daughters first game pregame:

 

2,1 on the cutie pie scale

Edited September 22 by TonyTexas

[immamac 42545]

This is what they mean when they say the kinder gentler surly. 

[JBJ 3649]

1 hour ago, Dahobbs said:

Those are some ugly ducks. I'm shocked he completed that many passes. 

He was throwing against air Florida's defense.

[Codaxx 5607]

53 minutes ago, UTGrad98 said:

Much like Quinn Ewers oblique, I'm partially torn on whether I want him to start this week or wait until OU to come back.

I would love to see him play the 1st half next week and have the ability to start Arch in the 2nd half up 28-0 

[hookemATL 11611]

22 minutes ago, immamac said:

This is what they mean when they say the kinder gentler surly. 

Go fuck your own face. 

Edited September 22 by hookemATL
With all due respect meine fuhrer

[Dahobbs 17451]

6 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

I would love to see him play the 1st half next week and have the ability to start Arch in the 2nd half up 28-0 

Yeah, I'd like Ewers to get an opportunity to knock some rust off before facing what looks to be a very good ou defense. 

[hookem2010 2600]

I'm sure this had been discussed multiple times on other threads, but when are game times announced?

[immamac 42545]

Sunday before game if tbd. 

[closetojumping 62259]

Mississippi State is easily the worst team in the SEC.

They can’t run, they can’t pass, they can’t tackle, and they can’t defend the pass for shit. 

They adore Jackie Sherrill and his clown obsession. 

These idiots think cowbells are innovative and intimidating. 

ULM has better personnel at multiple positions compared to these redneck dipshits. 

Texas wins by more than 50. 

[horngrad03 1147]

2 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

So, sometimes you get smack talk in this post. Sometimes you get talk of beatings we are going to lay down. Sometimes you get hype.  Occasionally, you get nerves and excitement. This time, something different. Going to talk a little about what college football means and getting older…

Once upon a time, football was a way for me to be involved with other people and act like a normal person, growing up. It was how I related to my grandpa and dad and uncles and stuff like that. They wouldn’t want to talk about current events, or how the world works, or history or economics or faith or other stuff I was interested in growing up. But, we could always relate to each other over a football game. 

Later in life, it became a reason to go “home”, a reason to call or text my friends. I always had a much better pulse on my friend group from August to January- when we text each other during game week about what would happen or game watching, and throw in stuff about engagements, marriages, weddings, divorces, pregnancies, births, jobs, achievements and the like. Relationships that go into hibernation for much of the year become normal again during the football season. 

It could be a reason to travel, cut loose, drink, enjoy yourself and put aside responsibilities that turn you from a normal person back into the care free life that you put aside when responsibilities became more pressing. 

Now- as I get older, it’s a chance to show my kids the world, build memories that will last forever etc. I always say baseball with its day to day is like background music and a soundtrack to life in that year. Football, however, acts like a calendar that marks years and seasons and the passage of time for me. I love it and getting to take my baby and last child to her first game ever was and seeing the wonder and awe in her face throughout the trip was as good as anything I’ve ever done. That’s how you turn a glorified scrimmage against a shitty ULM team into one of the best gameday experiences of my life. 

This is the last time anyone will ever have to indulge my navel gazing asshattery in this space. Seeing our glorious leader @immamacat the tailgate with his 4 year throwing the football was cool as he’s doing that same kind of thing. 

On to next week against Mississippi State as the SEC kicks off. They are terrible and we should win convincingly. Then, it’s bye and OU in Dallas which is normal UT fare. I don’t believe we will have our first “welcome to the SEC” moment until we host Georgia. Klan aggy doesn’t interest me any more than corn aggy, or dust bowl aggy ever did. But it’s coming and it’s going to be awesome. 

MSU game week stuff happens here. Enjoy this ride fellas. 

here’s my daughters first game pregame:

 

Wulaw I am a long time member going back to the shaggybevo days. And hornfans....barf.

I don't post a great deal. Frankly, there are so many smart assholes on here I get intimidated. So I'm sorry I've never expressed how much I appreciate and look forward to this thread every week.

I probably spend an unhealthy amount of time on here. But I'm battling addiction and this place grounds me. I even find it therapeutic at times. I get to ingest intelligent football discourse (sometimes). I laugh,cry, and just get plain angry as well. So maybe not unhealthy at all.

Your post reminded me of all the games I took my Dad to when I was a student. Thankfully he is still with us but I hadn't thought about those memories in years.

Thanks.

[Nope 3111]

I’m good with rolling Arch out again for this one but I trust the coaching/medical staff

[texifornia 56559]

33 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Mississippi State is easily the worst team in the SEC.

They can’t run, they can’t pass, they can’t tackle, and they can’t defend the pass for shit. 

They adore Jackie Sherrill and his clown obsession. 

These idiots think cowbells are innovative and intimidating. 

ULM has better personnel at multiple positions compared to these redneck dipshits. 

Texas wins by more than 50. 

At least they have the fun, ethical, likeable presence of a Briles family member at HC.

[Sgt Hulk 13648]

Another game with 50 place. Reminds me of the early 2000s.  
 

52 points minimum as much as I love the deep ball. I don’t think swing pass or 60 yard bomb should be our passing attack. But I also like to fuck with OU since they won’t know what we are bringing 

[Wulaw Horn 18984]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

This is what they mean when they say the kinder gentler surly. 

I mean- when you are in a stretch of 5 games (even if one of them was the defending national champs at their place) where you are just going to dominance hump everyone  on your schedule the material to be surly about is hard to find. 

Edited September 22 by Wulaw Horn

[Wulaw Horn 18984]

4 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Another game with 50 place. Reminds me of the early 2000s.  
 

52 points minimum as much as I love the deep ball. I don’t think swing pass or 60 yard bomb should be our passing attack. But I also like to fuck with OU since they won’t know what we are bringing 

Swing passes if thrown as well as Quinn does then with the athletes we have as a constraint play are just so so deadly. Arch being mid at that is what killed multiple drives. I’m in favor of throwing those swings like 6 or 8 times a game with Quinn. It’s a simple and effective long handoff to an athlete in space when done correctly. 

[Codaxx 5607]

15 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Another game with 50 place. Reminds me of the early 2000s.  
 

52 points minimum as much as I love the deep ball. I don’t think swing pass or 60 yard bomb should be our passing attack. But I also like to fuck with OU since they won’t know what we are bringing 

That game was next level. 10 attempts of 20+ yards on 29 attempts. Huge difference from seeing Sark and Quinn shredding people in the short and intermediate game this season. I don’t remember seeing much motion on offense either. 

Edited September 22 by Codaxx

[GreenspointTexas 9568]

36 point favorites. We wont need quinn for this one either

[The Ace of Aces 5106]

Last easy game on the schedule. Win by 45+, take a week off, then fuck up the real boys. Starting with the land thieves. 

Edited September 22 by The Ace of Aces

[Doc Daneeka 6769]

Just now, The Ace of Aces said:

Last easy game on the schedule. Won by 40, take a week off, then fuck up the real boys. 

Vanderbilt? Florida? 

[The Ace of Aces 5106]

1 minute ago, Doc Daneeka said:

Vanderbilt? Florida? 

Vanderbilt plays tough and Florida probably at that point has some faction of a chance to complete forward passes. Miss St is verym very bad. Probably worse than any b12 team right now. 

[Doc Daneeka 6769]

Just now, The Ace of Aces said:

Vanderbilt plays tough and Florida probably at that point has some faction of a chance to complete forward passes. Miss St is verym very bad. Probably worse than any b12 team right now. 

Three TD favorites or more over both of them, but ok. 

[Surly Bevo 24698]

We've played plenty of bad teams in the Big 12 like Miss State, Florida, Vandy etc.  The interesting thing is the difference about being in the SEC is we are not a "be all, end all statement game" for any of those teams.  I'm not saying they all don't want to win, and certainly, as an AP 1 wouldn't like to take us down but it's not the jihad it was for say Tech, TCU, Baylor, even KSU etc (even when we sucked it was still a jihad for them)

[JBJ 3649]

Model snapshot:

Spread goes off the chart.  CBA to change it for this game.

I'm going to spoiler further commentary, but I'm fairly certain Texas is a bit overrated in the model.   The model does do a fantastic job of tampering the results against cupcakes, but in general there are not many reliable data points at this point in the season.  Especially for us right now.  I would point you to the "Confidence" rankings for both units. 

Spoiler

"Confidence" is basically a measure of how good the model thinks it can predict your team going forward.   This being poor doesn't really mean the model thinks we are possibly bad on either side of the ball, but that we are somewhere between a top 10 unit and something to tell your grandkids that you were alive for.  The best way to improve this is playing teams around the same ability. For example, MSST offense has a decent confidence ranking.  It is the #86 offense and has played the #55, #71, #89 defenses, so basically it has been tested against competition that it compares well to.  (FWIW, the #1 ranking does take into account the confidence of the model.  So the model still thinks we are likely the #1 offense and defense even after considering it has low confidence in our data so far.)  Many top teams don't have good confidence rankings right now, it's just how non-conference competition works for teams near the top.  Our Strength of Record is still #1 right now.

This is kind of balanced out by the high "Consistency" rankings.  Which is a similar metric, but backward-looking.  Knowing what we know now, how accurately does the model predict the games already played? Pretty damn good for Texas.

Basically, the data points line up well for us, but how telling can playing Michigan plus 3 dogs actually be?

 

[Hookem10 643]

1 hour ago, Surly Bevo said:

We've played plenty of bad teams in the Big 12 like Miss State, Florida, Vandy etc.  The interesting thing is the difference about being in the SEC is we are not a "be all, end all statement game" for any of those teams.  I'm not saying they all don't want to win, and certainly, as an AP 1 wouldn't like to take us down but it's not the jihad it was for say Tech, TCU, Baylor, even KSU etc (even when we sucked it was still a jihad for them)

and if its close or an upset......thats how it is in the sec from the media, or the media will still hate Texas?? well find out ,but I think media will run with Texas hate and we aren't ready for sec 

[Spankytoes 1736]

4 hours ago, BigOrange1 said:

good shit man.  football season is definitely about more than just the games.

My youngest’s first game when Colt got his jersey retired. I’m 155 lbs now, so there’s that.

 

[hornian 5205]

2 hours ago, hookem2010 said:

I'm sure this had been discussed multiple times on other threads, but when are game times announced?

The game time will be 3:15 

[thunderlounge 7759]

2 hours ago, Codaxx said:

That game was next level. 10 attempts of 20+ yards on 29 attempts. Huge difference from seeing Sark and Quinn shredding people in the short and intermediate game this season. I don’t remember seeing much motion on offense either. 

Doesn’t seem like we’ve dug very deep into the playbook yet. We really haven’t needed to.

 

[texifornia 56559]

Just now, thunderlounge said:

Doesn’t seem like we’ve dug very deep into the playbook yet. We really haven’t needed to.

 

Yup. Feels like 2/3 of Sark's playbook is "set up the long bomb" but when that's already created 4 blowouts on it's own, we can save the deep shots for OU/UGA.

[Rio Don 104]

5 hours ago, Nope said:

 

Oh shit... Here come the Van Buren Boys.

[Bevo 13529]

5 hours ago, Lou_Sassle said:

Is your daughter the blonde? Please tell me your daughter is the blonde....

That's impressive, her first game and she's already a cheerleader.

 

[Alien Octopus 503]

3 hours ago, Nope said:

I’m good with rolling Arch out again for this one but I trust the coaching/medical staff

They should roll ewers as back up to confuse the Sooners and have the entire press buzzing

[Codaxx 5607]

18 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

Doesn’t seem like we’ve dug very deep into the playbook yet. We really haven’t needed to.

 

It just a different approach with Manning under center. Motion and as cut dramatically in the UTSA game, when Quinn left. Sark is simplifying the offense for Manning and taking a different approach. 

[TrashMaster G 17393]

3 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Another game with 50 place.

50 place?

[Horn Dogg 3808]

Time to start mudholing our way into the SEC

[Zeus 5950]

Pumped for Texas to enter the SEC

Going against these boys will not be a true SECSECSEC test on the field. The offense is small and gimmicky and the defense is non existent. 
 

They are terrible and we should win by a million

[ztejas 43266]

I haven't watched Miss St play a snap.

I do know that they're in trouble. 

Edited September 22 by ztejas

[TornACL 7682]

Fuck Jeff Lebby