Game Week Thread Game Week 2024, Week 8, Texas @ Vandy

[Longboard Horn 40,296]

1 minute ago, Tailgate said:

Vanderbilt in the top 25 for the first time since 2013. I’m sure they will come out not wanting to drop right out. I think this also could be closer than we think.

Agree. Vandy will be hungry. I could see us escaping somethin like 35-31 

[Atticus 3,973]

Or they come out feeling the pressure of playing with increased expectations instead of playing spoiler

[GreenspointTexas 9,598]

Line down to 15 already

[ShowmeyourTDs 1,141]

22 hours ago, satyanash said:

I can’t help but laugh … thanks I needed that.

[52-80 19,147]

the better QB should starts

[Valmy77 13,226]

1 hour ago, Longboard Horn said:

Agree. Vandy will be hungry. I could see us escaping somethin like 35-31 

I think our defense is too good for that, unless we are allowing short fields the whole game again.

[Js1 85,297]

20 hours ago, mdleast said:

Nashville-style hot chicken sandwiches will be consumed by us at the end of this game 

Fuck yea

 

[utee94 15,808]

1 minute ago, Valmy77 said:

I think our defense is too good for that, unless we are allowing short fields the whole game again.

Yeah the offense absolutely can not continue putting the defense in a terrible position.  And, I don't believe they will.  Vanderbilt isn't Georgia and doesn't have Georgia's athletes, even if they are as fired up and focused as Georgia was two days ago.

 

 

[The Ace of Aces 5,175]

59 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Line down to 15 already

Still feels 10 or 11 points too high. 

[Valmy77 13,226]

One of the things that bothers me about the Georgia game is I think we could have pulled it out if we had recognized that this was going to be a defensive struggle and settled down to run the ball and play conservative on offense and played for field position. Sometimes you are just going to be in games like that. And we seemed unable to do that. That is concerning, we need to be able to adapt when the other team is able to dictate a different sort of game.

But then our kicking game clearly sucks so that might have influenced not doing that.

But I really think our defense might have won that game if we had just cooled it and been satisfied to grind out first downs and not be afraid to punt if necessary. And maybe even kick field goals.

But I don't think Vandy will put us in that position. But somebody else might, especially in the post season.

Edited October 21 by Valmy77

[horn009 139]

2 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

One of the things that bothers me about the Georgia game is I think we could have pulled it out if we had recognized that this was going to be a defensive struggle and settled down to run the ball and play conservative on offense and played for field position. Sometimes you are just going to be in games like that. And we seemed unable to do that. That is concerning, we need to be able to adapt when the other team is able to dictate a different sort of game.

But then our kicking game clearly sucks so that might have influenced not doing that.

But I really think our defense might have won that game if we had just cooled it and been satisfied to grind out first downs and not be afraid to punt if necessary. And maybe even kick field goals.

But I don't think Vandy will put us in that position. But somebody else might, especially in the post season.

I think that we had gotten used to being able to get away with slow offensive starts this year. Georgia was really the first team that we played that was capable of making us pay for starting off slow on offense. 

[South Austin 52,459]

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

the better QB should starts

Unfortunately John Childs has used up his eligibility.  

[johnny utah 68]

21 hours ago, Underdog said:

Anyone worth a shit at the Wildhorse or even the Opry next weekend? 

Hayes Carll and Shane Smith & The Saints are playing The Ryman on Friday night. 

Edited October 21 by johnny utah

[Fondren & Main 6,703]

23 hours ago, BrazilHorn said:

While the loss to GA certainly stings as the offense was completely exposed, I do think that this is a game Texas wins running away. Texas is always at its worse when it has been sniffing own farts and all of the clingers on come out of woodwork. Seeing folks like Joe Rogan on sideline last night who have zero association with UT highlights this "celebrity culture" that always seems to fuck this program up in past.

I am flying out for Vandy game and I think we will see an angry, hungry, pissed off Longhorn team look to put a beatdown on Vandy. Get back to "Texas vs Everybody" mindset

Rogan was there because of Hinchcliffe who is a big Ohio St. honk.  Rogan does not give a single fuck about football or sports in general.  If we are gonna blame someone for him being there it would be Hinchcliffe or the Undertaker.

[52-80 19,147]

If natalie portman was there the longhorns would have won. 

[ztejas 43,414]

1 hour ago, utee94 said:

even if they are as fired up and focused as Georgia was two days ago.

 

I've never seen Vanderbilt in their team's history look anything close to how UGA looked on Saturday. 

[BrazilHorn 6,586]

5 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

Rogan was there because of Hinchcliffe who is a big Ohio St. honk.  Rogan does not give a single fuck about football or sports in general.  If we are gonna blame someone for him being there it would be Hinchcliffe or the Undertaker.

Not blaming, just highlighting when Texas goes full celebrity culture and has a bunch of unaffiliated folks on sideline etc it serves as distraction and team gets more and more full of themselves etc

GA come out and punched Texas in mouth when Texas was on offense and the offense never got its grounding and responded well. I just think when circus comes to town it works against the home team. Sark going on Mcafee show with "FAFO" shirt, players getting star struck with everyone on sidelines etc

Team now needs to regroup, remove all the distractions and get ready for a Vandy team that would love nothing more than to grind the game out slowly and painfully.

[ztejas 43,414]

1 hour ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Still feels 10 or 11 points too high. 

You should go put a bunch of money on it and see what happens. 

2 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Line down to 15 already

Where is it 15? ESPN has us -18.

[Lat22 4,010]

3:15 kick.  Perfect for pregaming and postgaming.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,877]

1 hour ago, Valmy77 said:

One of the things that bothers me about the Georgia game is I think we could have pulled it out if we had recognized that this was going to be a defensive struggle and settled down to run the ball and play conservative on offense and played for field position. Sometimes you are just going to be in games like that. And we seemed unable to do that. That is concerning, we need to be able to adapt when the other team is able to dictate a different sort of game.

But then our kicking game clearly sucks so that might have influenced not doing that.

But I really think our defense might have won that game if we had just cooled it and been satisfied to grind out first downs and not be afraid to punt if necessary. And maybe even kick field goals.

But I don't think Vandy will put us in that position. But somebody else might, especially in the post season.

Also, maybe learn to take the three points on 4th down sometimes.  3>0

[horn009 139]

1 hour ago, The Ace of Aces said:

Still feels 10 or 11 points too high. 

Your thinking is most likely based on Vanderbilt's fluke win over Alabama. We've played really well coming off of losses the last couple years, so I don't see this game being particularly close. 

[Guadaloopy 10,960]

Texas fans are going to have an amazing weekend in Nashville.  Kicking myself that I didn't plan to be there this time

[DanTheHorn 4,919]

23 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

Not blaming, just highlighting when Texas goes full celebrity culture and has a bunch of unaffiliated folks on sideline etc it serves as distraction and team gets more and more full of themselves etc

GA come out and punched Texas in mouth when Texas was on offense and the offense never got its grounding and responded well. I just think when circus comes to town it works against the home team. Sark going on Mcafee show with "FAFO" shirt, players getting star struck with everyone on sidelines etc

Team now needs to regroup, remove all the distractions and get ready for a Vandy team that would love nothing more than to grind the game out slowly and painfully.

So the circus affected the offense but not the defense? There are only two people that screwed this up and it was not the celebs, it was Sark that did not get his offense ready to play and Ewers refusing to step into the pocket. The offensive line did not play as bad as it seems and receivers were running wide open and Quinn was waiting for his first read to get open instead. We know because Sark has said it in the past that he asks his QBs at times to go with the read the play calls for because he has done such a bang up job at what needs to be attacked instead of giving the QB more freedom.

[texifornia 56,870]

Jesus, we're the #5 team in the country, going away to the #25 team. We lost to the most talented team in football, but have plenty of room to improve each game. This is a fun matchup in a great away town that we should win, and we're still heavy favorites to make the Playoff.

Get your shit together, guys.

[7KHorn 2,620]

13 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Also, maybe learn to take the three points on 4th down sometimes.  3>0

No kidding, I wonder what our 4th down stats are this year when in FG range?  I realize analytics basically say to go for it in those situations but our conversion rate has not been great.

[Lat22 4,010]

48 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

If natalie portman was there the longhorns would have won. 

I kept watching this tall blonde walking around on the sideline.  Looked very celebrity-esqe.  Opened up the Insta yesterday and saw that it was Stacy Keibler.  Had I known that, I probably would have rappelled from the upper deck to get to her.

[GreenspointTexas 9,598]

34 minutes ago, ztejas said:

You should go put a bunch of money on it and see what happens. 

Where is it 15? ESPN has us -18.

Holy crap, it was 15 at 645am

[ztejas 43,414]

Just now, GreenspointTexas said:

Holy crap, it was 15 at 645am

I seriously doubt that. 

[Tex Pete 20,339]

35 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Also, maybe learn to take the three points on 4th down sometimes.  3>0

I don't believe Sarkisian thought Auburn had a good shot to make it.

[52-80 19,147]

6 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

I kept watching this tall blonde walking around on the sideline.  Looked very celebrity-esqe.  Opened up the Insta yesterday and saw that it was Stacy Keibler.  Had I known that, I probably would have rappelled from the upper deck to get to her.

George Clooney stays winning. 

[Native Horn 3,499]

10 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

I kept watching this tall blonde walking around on the sideline.  Looked very celebrity-esqe.  Opened up the Insta yesterday and saw that it was Stacy Keibler.  Had I known that, I probably would have rappelled from the upper deck to get to her.

Seems a lot of folks were trying to send her a message in a bottle.

[ztejas 43,414]

26 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Jesus, we're the #5 team in the country, going away to the #25 team. We lost to the most talented team in football, but have plenty of room to improve each game. This is a fun matchup in a great away town that we should win, and we're still heavy favorites to make the Playoff.

Get your shit together, guys.

You know who else watched Texas lose Saturday night?

The line setters.

[South Austin 52,459]

5 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

Seems a lot of folks were trying to send her a message in a bottle.

If she got mine, the $250,000 was well worth it.

[Tex Long 4,383]

On 10/20/2024 at 9:36 AM, MirrOlure said:

... we’ll find out if Sark is the QB Whisperer we think and hope he is. ...

Did we not just find that out?

 

 

 

Cue "outlier" comments.

[huge 3,793]

3 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Line down to 15 already

Where are you seeing that number?  I don't see anything lower than 17.5 anywhere.

[Bobbyb56 0]

Horns need up tempo on offense , Vanderbilt going try dominate TOP.

[SimkinsMan 4,386]

3 hours ago, texifornia said:

Jesus, we're the #5 team in the country, going away to the #25 team. We lost to the most talented team in football, but have plenty of room to improve each game. This is a fun matchup in a great away town that we should win, and we're still heavy favorites to make the Playoff.

Get your shit together, guys.

I agree wholeheartedly! Now where is my preview of games to watch this week?!?

[texifornia 56,870]

3 minutes ago, SimkinsMan said:

I agree wholeheartedly! Now where is my preview of games to watch this week?!?

Tomorrow, calmate amigo

[Horn80 6,114]

2 hours ago, Bobbyb56 said:

Horns need up tempo on offense , Vanderbilt going try dominate TOP.

Going to naw on their skulls.

[Steelers Roll Left 1,167]

 

[6th Street 6,390]

They are going to blitz the shit out of Ewers until he can figure out his footwork and mechanics.

[texifornia 56,870]

1 minute ago, 6th Street said:

They are going to blitz the shit out of Ewers until he can figure out his footwork and mechanics.

On the flipside, this is not the UGA defensive line/linebackers, and our OL should be mad as hell right now.

[Sgt Hulk 13,713]

We are gonna beat the team that beat bama that beat UGA. Should move us up to 3

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2,937]

3 hours ago, Lat22 said:

I kept watching this tall blonde walking around on the sideline.  Looked very celebrity-esqe.  Opened up the Insta yesterday and saw that it was Stacy Keibler.  Had I known that, I probably would have rappelled from the upper deck to get to her.

Pics???

[mdmost 43,001]

10 minutes ago, texifornia said:

On the flipside, this is not the UGA defensive line/linebackers, and our OL should be mad as hell right now.

And maybe we can actually run the football on them. 

[Newdoc 3,439]

12 minutes ago, texifornia said:

and our OL should be mad as hell right now

And the effort and play should be much better even if they were to play Georgia again next week. 

Edited October 21 by Newdoc

[6th Street 6,390]

Clark Lea is a solid defensive mind. Need to execute a screen pass or delayed handoff or something. 

Vandy can't play man so there will be opportunities for Bond and Golden if Quinn remembers how to throw a footballs 

[gofuckyourself 8,208]

4 hours ago, texifornia said:

Jesus, we're the #5 team in the country, going away to the #25 team. We lost to the most talented team in football, but have plenty of room to improve each game. This is a fun matchup in a great away town that we should win, and we're still heavy favorites to make the Playoff.

Get your shit together, guys.

Sorry coach!

I for one am ready to beat these uppity, incestuous Vanderbilts.

TIL that old Cornelius "The Commodore" Vanderbilt married his first cousin, Sophia Johnson. When she died in 1868, he married ... his cousin.

Every week is truly a "welcome to the SEC" event.

[Vertigo 20,276]

Damnit, another funny one even though we get clowned on a bit. 

 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,231]

Stop Vandy on 3rd down and run the football. The key I think against a team like Vandy is to take a page out of their playbook. Don't let them wear down your defense grinding out yards and TOP, wear theirs down instead. Say the long ball shots for the 2nd half.