Game Week Thread Game week 2024, week 7 Georgia @ Texas

[Revolution512 1480]

46 minutes ago, Ghost of Shag said:

You just don’t know which Ewers were going to get. 

This is some weak ass shit

[dcar00 14036]

1 hour ago, 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

 

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

[texasdago 7553]

2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

 

Banana Blender Surprise and The Ging’bread Men weren’t available.

Could've run a special on Royal Crown and Moon Pies

[PTINS 3442]

12 hours ago, Tomatillo said:

We reported each other, we just didn’t cheat as recklessly and egregiously as the SWC which is no longer on existence. Who was in that league, btw? 

Any fan of a top 50 program pretending they didn’t cheat since 1950 is full of it. It’s just a question of how much. 

There is 1980s SMU, Clemson. Auburn, UF level and then there is everyone else. 

Tomatillo? Tomatillo, where are you? Tomatillo, are you gone? 

12 hours ago, Jimmy Two Times said:

Georgia's linebackers are at a different level athletically than both OU's and Michigan's and they have more speed in the two deep all over the field. That being said, I absolutely agree that we shouldn't struggle scoring. I'm not sure there's a team out there whose pass rush is effective enough to shut us down. 

Sark's offense is built on numbers and mismatches, getting guys in space, and hitting them, which we have had plenty of in every game. Even with dropped TD passes, poor throws and untimely/questionable penalties, we have scored with ease.

All that means is we might have a few faster guys trying to catch up, while we have the ball and are running away.  They may reduce the YAC, but I don't see them stopping the passes.

I watched some of Ikard & Lehman (OU honks) last night; They commented that OU's defense seemed lost, looking at the sideline for signals and getting aligned while Texas was snapping the ball.  I expect Georgia to have similar issues, trying to figure out what we're doing, oh, shit!, they snapped the ball, and off to the races.

11 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

If you seriously don’t know that when Georgia hired Kirby Smart they went on a systematic and large scale cheating jag I don’t know what to tell you. You are either doing a willful blindness act or are dumb enough that I’m surprised you were able to turn on your computer and find this site. 
We have always maintained at Texas that we don’t do large scale institutional cheating the way they do at the following schools:

Bama, Georgia, Aggy, (OU in the past- they’ve actually cleaned their act up in the last 30 years), Ohio State, Clemson, Auburn, LSU, USC, and at times Ole Miss and Tennessee.

The proof of that, literally, is when it was taken out of the murky depths of dishonesty Texas went from never winning a head to head against those schools to winning almost all of them. Gee, wonder why that was? 

Texas, Michigan, and the Domers are the blue bloods (I suppose Nebraska too) that never seriously played the bag game and their history of being up and down sort of shows that. Let’s just say we won’t ever miss out on classes anymore because someone decides that they are going to outbid us and leave it at that. 

Georgia will be fine in the new paradigm. You might have to get a coach that isn’t a barely functional retard between here and there, but yall have enough passion and advantages from being quasi urban as opposed to backwater hicks that I think it will be more or less ok for you. But it won’t be Texas. And, right now, we are also smarter than you, so, uh, yeah- good luck with all that. 
 

Well said, Wulaw. I was going to further elaborate for Tomatillo, but ...

10 hours ago, gmr548 said:

Georgia and Texas are in the top 10 for both offensive and defensive FEI and SP+, this may be the first (only?) such game all year. It will likely come down to who plays cleaner - taking care of the ball, avoiding penalties, establishing field position on special teams. 

Looking forward to seeing what DKR has in store. The last home game I can remember that even approached this level of anticipation is 2019 LSU, which was rocking, and this is a better team coming off a throttling of Oklahoma with more on the line in a conference game.  Georgia ... doesn't have a ton of experience with playing strong opponents on the road thanks to living in the SEC East until now.  But home field advantage is real in football and Texas, by most metrics, grades out as a slightly better team.

Key matchup is the Texas DL vs the Georgia OL. Texas has not seen an offense of this caliber, especially in the passing game. If Texas is having to commit numbers to run or blitzing is the only way to manufacture a pass rush the Georgia can have their way. Again, real hot take - win the LOS to win the game.

I see Georgia's off the field antics bleeding into their on the field performance, which has been somewhat inconsistent in every game they've played. Seeing Kirby's antics looks like a coach on the edge trying to keep the ball from unraveling, not a guy gently nudging the steering wheel.

We know Texas is good this year, we just don't know how good. I do know we have a great scheme on offense and explosive play makers at every position, and an OL that knows that it all starts with them. As good as our offensive numbers are, they could and should have been considerably better.

I thought I read that Georgia had 2 injured OL that are coming back this week, and some had been critical of how poorly they have looked. I expect them to better than OU, but not like what they have had in the past.

I think it almost comical the constant SEC refrain that Texas has never been in a high stakes game or played in a hostile environment before.  

The new end zone keeps more of the sound in than before. The Alabama game was very loud, and hot as hell. The atmosphere at DKR in 1977, after beating OU for the first time in 6 years, Texas rising to #1, with Earl playing for a Heisman was electric. I expect Texas v. Georgia at DKR on a Saturday night to be as loud as its ever been.

6 hours ago, troph said:

I’m getting amped up feeling like the gal who jumps up on the table in pulp fiction and yells I’ll shoot every last one of ya mother fuckers except I won’t pee myself when Jules comes at me. Let’s fucking go, Georgia going down and not like going down on a lady, I mean getting their asses beat down. Aggies were right, these SEC folk ain’t never seen arrogant like a dominant Texas team. Bring it bitches you can’t handle this. MC hammer, jack Nicholson on that wall, pulp fiction, all of it. Fuck Georgia, fuck the SEC, we gonna run it. 
 

I think it almost comical the constant SEC refrain that Texas has never been in a high stakes game or played in a hostile environment before. Texas has ended commendable home winning streaks of Michigan, Alabama, USC, Ohio State, & Nebraska, and has scoreboard on all of them, as well as Oklahoma & Notre Dame. 

We're Texas! One Riot, One Ranger. Its out time to lead from the front, again.

2 hours ago, troph said:

His (Rimbo’s) point is next level. 1990 with a shit stadium was the loudest it had ever been by a mile. Can we have the loudest it’s ever been by a mile again please?

2 hours ago, justhookit said:

Some of us have been consistently attending games since the 70’s and 80’s. Nothing will ever compare to that UH game because of the circumstances that led up to it. Mizzou came closest but it was definitely not the same.

2 hours ago, Skipper said:

I was at both of those (although a kid for UH so hard to gauge).  08 was fantastic.  Tech last year was solid. Bama '22 was elite despite being hot as hell.  If you are adjusting for daytime/heat factor that might have been the best.  If we bring that Bama energy to a night game watch out.

DKR has been so loud you couldn't talk to the people next to you, many times. Its hard to compare being in the middle of the student section v. being in the end zone or upped deck. Miss State had back to back delay-of-game penalties. That is plenty loud enough.

In 1974 against Arkansas, freshman Earl Campbell, after scoring on a 68 yard run, blocked a punt that Doug English returned for a TD. That was probably the loudest thing I'd ever heard that wan't connected to a jet engine.

Ricky's record run against A&M was like slowing cranking a bank of 100 W Marshalls from zero to 11, with the crescendo sustained at the end for who know's how long, making your ears and head, and eventually, your throat hurt.

I'm looking forward to some similar experiences Saturday night. 

[B00M 6280]

7 hours ago, HRSchenker said:

Hey little buddy, this conference? You know, the SEC? It's ours now.

[Pam Cummings 9584]

Yeah welcome to the NIL era, Georgia. Careful or we'll find some change in our center console and come steal your best player just because we fucking can.

 

[Longboard Horn 40149]

[Fondren & Main 6670]

12 hours ago, Ghost of Shag said:

You just don’t know which Ewers were going to get. 

The one that shows up and balls out will be the one we get.  We'll be at home and they will be juiced the fuck up.

[Hank Kingsley 20714]

 

[Hagbard Celine 10763]

On 10/13/2024 at 7:22 PM, 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.

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'

 

[runthebone 7932]

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.

[hookemATL 11611]

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.

[Nivek 16862]

 
[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?

[Herpa Derpa 6113]

11 minutes ago, Nivek said:

How much were student tickets?

with or without a Dr. Pepper can?

[Deej 76570]

14 hours ago, 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

 

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. 

[Doc Daneeka 6769]

45 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley 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. 

[Rimbo 25786]

45 minutes ago, Nivek said:

How much were student tickets?

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.

[Codaxx 5602]

26 minutes ago, 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. 

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)

Edited October 15 by Codaxx

[BonzoMontreaux 1033]

18 hours ago, 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.

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

[Dbeasy 14970]

1 hour ago, 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.

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

[utee94 15746]

4 minutes ago, 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. 

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

[Guadaloopy 10926]

1 hour ago, Nivek said:

How much were student tickets?

 

28 minutes ago, 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.

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.

[UncleSonny 6562]

6 minutes ago, utee94 said:

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

 

[Burt Macklin 18999]

28 minutes ago, 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)

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. 

[UTEX_ME 4754]

1 hour ago, 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.

Yep. Full afterburner too in the Pasadena twilight. 

[Post Oak 20187]

 

[nnm 36103]

 

 

[Atticus 3923]

51 minutes ago, 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)

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. 

[DanTheHorn 4902]

3 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

 

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

Edited October 15 by DanTheHorn

[ztejas 43266]

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. 

Edited October 15 by ztejas

[BachelorTrek 2937]

1 hour ago, 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.

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.

[Rimbo 25786]

46 minutes ago, 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.

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!

[Rimbo 25786]

8 minutes ago, 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.

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.

[Fondren & Main 6670]

9 minutes ago, 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!

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.

[Texasrocks 2124]

55 minutes ago, 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.

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.

[Steamboat1874 4032]

3 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

 

Very nice.

Guy knows his shit.

[Fud 9546]

Does anyone have Georgia's PFF grades for the season?

[Lhorn 4886]

1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

 

“Pray for my [insert team/ mascot name]” is what our whole schedule needs to be saying.  And not pray they win.  Pray they survive. 

[Tex Long 4348]

3 hours ago, Doc Daneeka said:

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

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.

Hook'em

[PTINS 3442]

On 10/13/2024 at 10:33 AM, 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.

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.

 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14155]

2 hours ago, 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. 

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. 

[Texasborn91 899]

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

[Gordon Shumway 445]

3 minutes ago, 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. 

Kind of like he's done at OU (22), Alabama (23), Michigan (24) . . . 

[Rickylovesweed 14155]

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. 

[Texasborn91 899]

1 minute ago, 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. 

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

[ztejas 43266]

16 minutes ago, PTINS said:

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

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. 

[UTexasFight 9381]

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 

[sith_horn 2370]

2 hours ago, 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. 

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.

[freyguy 4245]

41 minutes ago, 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. 

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

[Cairn Horn88 8189]

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.