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  On 10/15/2024 at 2:00 AM, Rimbo said:

 

@BurntOrange&White

Just listen how loud this was on the broadcast, especially when Houston had the ball and Texas was on D, and remember:

1. it was a horseshoe that let sound fly away

2. 77,809 capacity, 3/4ths the size it is today

3. even when we were up 42-10 the crowd didn't let up

 

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they also didn't mic the crowds for TV like they do now.  It was the sustained noise(of course when Houston had the ball) the entire game that was impressive

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Posted
  On 10/14/2024 at 12:22 AM, utee94 said:

Tomatillo is fine, he's fighting an uphill battle on this site full of self-proclaimed assholes but I'm sure he knows what he's gotten into.

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i see he has been banned

i think he jumped in before getting a feel for the room

spraying neg fingers around is his problem

up to this point his takes are no more misinformed than people who have problems with internet signal in vancouver

georgia and florida are the closest things to us in this conference, academically, culturally, athens is an 80s austin that never blew up

just sayin'

 

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 2:00 AM, Rimbo said:
 
[mention=492]BurntOrange&White[/mention]
Just listen how loud this was on the broadcast, especially when Houston had the ball and Texas was on D, and remember:
1. it was a horseshoe that let sound fly away
2. 77,809 capacity, 3/4ths the size it is today
3. even when we were up 42-10 the crowd didn't let up
 

How much were student tickets?
Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 2:00 AM, Rimbo said:

 

@BurntOrange&White

Just listen how loud this was on the broadcast, especially when Houston had the ball and Texas was on D, and remember:

1. it was a horseshoe that let sound fly away

2. 77,809 capacity, 3/4ths the size it is today

3. even when we were up 42-10 the crowd didn't let up

 

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The atmosphere was electric that night. It was like the roar from Ricky's record run if it continued for 60 minutes. Everyone stomping on the bleachers non-stop, too. 

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 4:26 PM, Nivek said:


How much were student tickets?

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I think you spent a pittance at the beginning of the year ($300?) for a season pass to all sporting events, but then you had to do a lottery thing to get the actual seat for football.

It wasn't popular. We'd sucked for a while and would continue to until Mack showed up.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 4:56 PM, Doc Daneeka said:

More or less, what sets Texas apart is they have guys who treat every play like it might be the play. Loves Bolden’s effort and the recovery. Loves Wingo getting up to block on the long TD run. 

If Ewers shows up with his head on straight against Georgia, it might just go pretty well. Texas probably left 21 points on the field. OU has an upper tier defense and even apart from eventually moving the ball up and down on it, there were gash plays to be made that weren’t. And some hesitations — probably overthinking not creating turnovers — that would have made things smoother. 

The plays were there to be worse than 49-0 and OU probably doesn’t score without camping out for a quarter in Texas’ end. This was maybe a C game on offense and Texas won by 31. Looking for Ewers to wreck shop on Saturday. 

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Watched a little Georgia. I dont think they are going to be as complex. I dont think their LBs can match OU LBs' eye discipline. Georgia has struggled with eye discipline this year. That is usually a death sentence vs Sark. If Kirby cmes out and does the Saban "we have better talent" game plan, I expect 35 or more on the scoreboard for Texas. (assuming we see pre-injury Ewers)

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  On 10/14/2024 at 11:28 PM, troph said:

come in east until you get to 130, go south on 130 to seguin, connect to I-35, yes I-35 runs right by the stadium, turn south and keep driving.

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Or if you happen to be driving from Georgia, hit I45 south in Houston and just keep driving.

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 4:23 PM, runthebone said:

I thought he was fine overall, but it was stupid to neg everyone.  Anyway, hope we win and tomatillo dos or Ghost of tomatillo comes back so we can discuss it.

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He was a naive idiot who didn’t even know his own team was cheating like crazy to get to where they are. 

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 5:37 PM, Dbeasy said:

He was a naive idiot who didn’t even know his own team was cheating like crazy to get to where they are. 

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But do ANY of the mega-cheater fan bases ever want to admit it?  Do Ohio State or Alabama fans ever admit it?

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  On 10/15/2024 at 4:26 PM, Nivek said:


How much were student tickets?

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  On 10/15/2024 at 5:14 PM, Rimbo said:

I think you spent a pittance at the beginning of the year ($300?) for a season pass to all sporting events, but then you had to do a lottery thing to get the actual seat for football.

It wasn't popular. We'd sucked for a while and would continue to until Mack showed up.

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We paid an "athletics fee" at the beginning of the semester that covered access to all gyms and facilities as well as tickets for all sporting events.  It was $54 or $58 a semester.  Had to draw tickets from the box office the week of the events, but the only ones that you really had to line up for and sweat whether you got them was OU and A&M games.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 5:21 PM, Codaxx said:

Watched a little Georgia. I dont think they are going to be as complex. I dont think their LBs can match OU LBs' eye discipline. Georgia has struggled with eye discipline this year. That is usually a death sentence vs Sark. If Kirby cmes out and does the Saban "we have better talent" game plan, I expect 35 or more on the scoreboard for Texas. (assuming we see pre-injury Ewers)

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Agree with this. UGA has better athletes on defense, but they’ve looked much worse coached than OU to this point in the season.

I was shocked at how poorly prepared they were to account for Milroe, especially when Bama went empty, in the first half. Kirby basically said they weren’t ready for it at half time and then they accounted for the QB and more or less shut Bama down in the second half besides that Williams play. It was a terrible coaching job by Smart that lost them the game. 
 

Overall, they have not been disciplined or assignment sound on defense, which is very unusual for Smart. The comparisons of him to Urban Meyer at UF are starting to look accurate. He seems to be losing control of the locker room/culture both on and off the field. 

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 4:24 PM, hookemATL said:

B1 flyover on Saturday, confirmed. 

Believe that was the same aircraft we got for flyover at the Rose Bowl in '06, but that could be the old talking.

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Yep. Full afterburner too in the Pasadena twilight. 

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  On 10/15/2024 at 5:21 PM, Codaxx said:

Watched a little Georgia. I dont think they are going to be as complex. I dont think their LBs can match OU LBs' eye discipline. Georgia has struggled with eye discipline this year. That is usually a death sentence vs Sark. If Kirby cmes out and does the Saban "we have better talent" game plan, I expect 35 or more on the scoreboard for Texas. (assuming we see pre-injury Ewers)

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I agree with all of this  

I haven’t been impressed with Georgia since the 2nd half of the Clemson game. 

Georgia plays like they roll out there expecting to win because they showed up. 
 

This is our statement/money game, the guys have had their eyes on this one for a while. 

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On paper Georgia is loaded and yet we're still better on paper. They have holes in the roster that we don't - even with the thin RB room we've had this season. 

As cheesy as it sounds - though - I think the biggest difference between us and UGA and what plays the most in our favor is hustle and culture. We seem more focused, more together, less distracted and better coached. You saw it against OU. I don't think they have a QE on offense or a Jahdae on defense. They seem to be searching for that elite leadership.

They need this game more than we do. I understand why the line is what it is. But their margin for error is going to be damn near razor thin in DKR. Thinner than it was against Bama. You wanna dick around and get down 4 TDs against this Texas team you can go ahead and fire the buses up. 

We could play a bad game and take an L - but we're a near consensus #1 for a reason. You fuck around you're gonna sure as shit find out. 

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 4:24 PM, hookemATL said:

B1 flyover on Saturday, confirmed. 

Believe that was the same aircraft we got for flyover at the Rose Bowl in '06, but that could be the old talking.

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I saw the first B1-B that was deployed in Dyess AFB in June '85 -- height of The Cold War, it was the newest/hottest weapon that was public and not under wraps at Area 51. 

It was behind a chain-link-fence and I was inside a car, but the OOTD was kind enough to let me see a quick (~20 seconds) glance of it -- memorable anyway.

Nowadays you can see the guts of the cockpit and airframe all over the Net.  Lulz.

Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 5:46 PM, Guadaloopy said:

 

We paid an "athletics fee" at the beginning of the semester that covered access to all gyms and facilities as well as tickets for all sporting events.  It was $54 or $58 a semester.  Had to draw tickets from the box office the week of the events, but the only ones that you really had to line up for and sweat whether you got them was OU and A&M games.

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yeah now that I remember $300 is way too high

But it was a LONG time ago; I don't remember at all how much it was.

Ya got a sticker to put on your student ID!

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 6:26 PM, DanTheHorn said:

Been watching football for years and after watching this it is clear that I detect very little of what is going on a play as a whole.

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There's some great YouTube channels to learn. Brett Kollmann (https://youtube.com/@brettkollmann?si=HSo59h1sM2wK27oc) is terrific for defense schemes and general things. Kurt Warner is a bit dry, but goes really deep into reviewing QB play (https://youtube.com/@kurtwarnerqbc?si=zcT2_hZZkxb5VSF_).

You can also check out AFCA Coaching Bibles, where AFCA presentations are printed for folks to read.

I realized this same as you did a couple decades ago, and it has really made watching football a better experience for me.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 6:33 PM, Rimbo said:

yeah now that I remember $300 is way too high

But it was a LONG time ago; I don't remember at all how much it was.

Ya got a sticker to put on your student ID!

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When I was in school during 2006-2010 it was $70 for LASP which got you into anything, but you had to draw.  $60 for guaranteed season tickets for home games and $100-$110 (whatever face was for OU).

In total, $230-$240 for all that.  You take out OU and just do the draw it was only $70.  No idea what it is now, but $300 sounds outrageous.

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 5:54 PM, Burt Macklin said:

I was shocked at how poorly prepared they were to account for Milroe, especially when Bama went empty, in the first half. Kirby basically said they weren’t ready for it at half time and then they accounted for the QB and more or less shut Bama down in the second half besides that Williams play. It was a terrible coaching job by Smart that lost them the game.

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This didn't get enough attention when Bama lost to Vandy. Everyone was focused so much on the outcome that they forgot to ask why Vandy had a better game plan coming in than Georgia.

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  On 10/15/2024 at 4:56 PM, Doc Daneeka said:

... maybe a C game on offense ...

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The same words I used when Miz Long asked what I thought about the game. "Well, babe, Quinn was not what he's been in the first few games, so maybe a C for the offense, but 0U was so bad we won handily..."

That said, we need Quinn to be back to Meatchicken form. We get that, we win. We don't get that, it gets dicey, but I think the strong D comes through for us.

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Posted
  On 10/13/2024 at 3:33 PM, TwiceHorn said:

And, it seems that OCs are better promotions than DCs as a general rule, but either can demonstrate a blindspot for the other side of the ball, see, e.g. Riley, Lincoln (and other Leach disciples, Venables, etc.).

It's good that Sark seems to appreciate both aspects of the game despite being an offensive guru.

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Sark said he reached out to PK, because PK gave Sark's offense fits. Not a comfort hire from the good ole boys club, but someone he didn't know other than as as opponent. That showed an awareness that is unconventional in coaching circles.

If that isn't enough, Sark is letting man do his job, and the defense rebuild was much more challenging than the offense.

 

 

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 5:54 PM, Burt Macklin said:

Agree with this. UGA has better athletes on defense, but they’ve looked much worse coached than OU to this point in the season.

I was shocked at how poorly prepared they were to account for Milroe, especially when Bama went empty, in the first half. Kirby basically said they weren’t ready for it at half time and then they accounted for the QB and more or less shut Bama down in the second half besides that Williams play. It was a terrible coaching job by Smart that lost them the game. 
 

Overall, they have not been disciplined or assignment sound on defense, which is very unusual for Smart. The comparisons of him to Urban Meyer at UF are starting to look accurate. He seems to be losing control of the locker room/culture both on and off the field. 

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Their secondary has been bad almost all year. 

OU and Michigan’s defenses are ranked above Georgia’s in almost every advanced metric for a reason. I’m expecting a lot of what OU did against us with 3 high safeties and conservative looks because Georgia has zero faith in their secondary. 

Checking down to RBs and TEs is something Ewers will likely have wide open again like most of the year. 

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The thing about Michigan is Ewers didn’t have to sling it around. He was able to hit a bunch of check down passes to TEs and RBs. Teams are scared to death of getting burned deep by our WRs. 

Just take what the defense gives you. 

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  On 10/15/2024 at 8:58 PM, Rickylovesweed said:

The thing about Michigan is Ewers didn’t have to sling it around. He was able to hit a bunch of check down passes to TEs and RBs. Teams are scared to death of getting burned deep by our WRs. 

Just take what the defense gives you. 

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Quinn was amazing against Michigan. Stepping up, evading pressure. That was the best he’s looked I think. 

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  On 10/15/2024 at 8:44 PM, PTINS said:

and the defense rebuild was much more challenging than the offense.

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It took longer to get the right mix of personnel. Sark's first few seasons, even last season, we had weak spots in the starting XI on defense. It's really hard to be an elite defense without 15 or 16 very good players on the 2 deep and at most one or two average players in your starting XI. You can be a very good offense with an elite QB, two or three good OL and a few skill position players. 

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Quinn is going to carve them up.

How often in his career has he looked suspect one game and then looks like a Heisman winner the next?

add on that Saturday was his first game in a month and now that he has 4 quarters back against a solid D, he’s going to have an incredible game 

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 6:18 PM, Atticus said:

I haven’t been impressed with Georgia since the 2nd half of the Clemson game.

Georgia plays like they roll out there expecting to win because they showed up.

This is our statement/money game, the guys have had their eyes on this one for a while. 

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I don't expect they will be so cavalier for this matchup. Not saying you are asserting they will either, but this game is mega-important to their season with one loss already and us clearly being their toughest opponent yet.

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Posted
  On 10/15/2024 at 8:48 PM, Texasborn91 said:

If Kirby smart mind fucks Quinn we are in a bind. Dude needs to cement his legacy and step on their throat early. 

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Quinn has already mind fucked Kirby.  The slow start on Saturday is all part of the plan...

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On Finebaum just now, a guy from San Antonio called in and said that 17 players didn't practice today...stomach issues (State Fair food ?)...not sure.  Anyone know if there's any truth to this?  Hopefully, just bullshit.

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