Game Thread Texas vs Vanderbilt - 3:15pm on the SEC Network

[Codaxx 5398]

3 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Can't leave out Jelani McDonald's great physical effort.  Nice job by DT's in this game too.  Vandy was only 3 for 12 on 3rd down -- and several 3 and outs!!!  

That was stupid. I meant McDonald. No idea where Roberson came from, maybe I thought this was the special teams penalties thread 

[jdhorn92 1521]

Section S row 49, my nuts were splitting the 50.  The stadium amenities were a joke, very few consessions.  Missed 2nd half KO waiting for beer, of which you could only get 2 at a time , so we had to pair up for every round (4 in our party).  Had to go back in Q3 for the pisser,  not the end of world.  
 

Entrance into stadium was a breeze.  Got a pre game picture with  The Rocket at the Marriott next to stadium.  Exited behind the Texas Visitors side and the route took us through the outfield of the baseball field which was cool. Walked all the way back to barstools for bar food and to meet up with our ladies. 
 

Nashville is a great city and I’ll go to every football game we play there.   if I was in my 20’s and out of college , I’d live there in a minute.  Feels like a cleaner, newer Austin.

 Broadway was a major tourist trap but all the bars were packed, 3-4 stories each  and seemed fine for what they are.  There is very little “country music “ played on Broadway, nor any “2 -steppin” establishments.  It’s all rock and roll, dj, club feel.  Closest thing we could find to a traditional county bar was tootsies and it was tiny (in the front room), maybe we missed them  , but we hit up 5-8 bars over the weekend hoping to do a little dancin’  

 

34th floor of JW was great.  Went to a cool hotel rooftop bar,  LA Jackson,  in the Gulch before dinner at Barcelona.  Hampton Social for brunch pre-game.  Walked from there to stadium , where we saw Rodger and one of his boys drinking beers.  
 

overall great trip.  

[Cairn Horn88 8031]

15 hours ago, gmr548 said:

Yeah. I don't have a lot more to say on the offensive issues that hasn't already been expressed in some way.

The defense played a really strong game today. What Vanderbilt got, they earned. The defense is a nationally elite unit that will keep Texas in every game and will likely win a couple more outright like it did this one. Wish it didn't have to, but the fact that it can is pretty cool.

I think all of Vandy’s drives were 30 or so yards, except the last one at the end of the game…those tipped passes interceptions gave them great opportunities…Quinn needs to stop those tips…somehow.   

 

13 hours ago, jetsfan76 said:

I am going radio silent on all social media Thanksgiving week. I just can't deal with those hillbilly retards. I'm also a big beta loser.

[Hank_Hill 17542]

5 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

I think all of Vandy’s drives were 30 or so yards, except the last one at the end of the game…those tipped passes interceptions gave them great opportunities…Quinn needs to stop those tips…somehow.   

 

Yea, think I saw somewhere on Twitter that the defense has given up 1 score from a drive >40 yards the past 2 games

[Cairn Horn88 8031]

5 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:

"Good" Quinn at this point is completing a 5 yard pass to pre determined receiver based on the defensive look and that receiver makes the plays.  The "Good" Quinn that was elite against Bama hasn't been seen since that game.

Quinn’s only as good as the offensive line doing their job.

[horn009 137]

There's too much overreaction going on in regard to this game. I think that this team will come out of the bye week re-energized and ready to win out. 

[D3zii 3580]

Execution should be the word of the bye week!! 
defense is championship level!! Offense can get there because we’ve seen it!! Special teams has to get better 
 

This team still hasn’t played its best ball and that’s the best part about all of this.  I saw glimpses of Quinn getting back to his oldself. The running game looked really good and the O-Line is definitely run blocking better than pass blocking,, good thing though we have a veteran group who has shown they can do it, we just need to execute, communication has to be better as well as clean up the penalties .  We have some gamers at wideout and Deandre Moore & Gunner Helm are pleasant surprises. We’ve shown flashes we just have to put it all together. 
 

Texas should have won that game yesterday 51-17 IYKYK

[Funk Doctor Spock 11603]

6 hours ago, Nivek said:

Heyoooooo

[Funk Doctor Spock 11603]

7 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Rewatching the game now. 

-I know it infuriates @BurntOrange&White but Michael Taaffe is going to play in the NFL.

-We probably lost about 50 rushing yards due to stupid holding penalties, several of which were iffy at best

-Pass pro was more of an issue than run blocking to the point above. Rough few weeks for Cam Williams.

-The 1H sack where a guy ran free between Conner and Majors was definitely on Jaydon Blue.

-This RB group has in the bottom half of the SEC. If a play is blocked for 4 yards, they get you 3 before tripping on a blade of grass. They also are guilty of contributing on a couple of the holding penalties where they needlessly ran around their blocking.

-Best game Trey Moore has played all year.

-Pavia’s first run went for 18 yards (TD). His next 15 carries went for 49 yards. Completely controlled his legs.

-Not going to the portal for a punter was egregious. We win this game by 17 if Ryan Sanborn is on this team.

-Warren Roberson needs to be removed from special teams until further notice. 3 penalties in the return game in 2 games. 

Thank you for taking one for the team by re-watching that. 

[BrazilHorn 6552]

The OL needs to find religion as the penalties and shitty blocking when the OL had numbers has got to stop. 

[Leanderman 2207]

Say what you will about yesterday's win. But that was the fourth road win in a row against ranked teams. Hook "em baby.

[SHOOTER12 8765]

3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Quinn has only hit maybe a handful of deep balls including last year. His deep ball completion percentage is abysmal 

And that's fair.

[Hook1997 5230]

1 hour ago, jdhorn92 said:

 

Nashville is a great city and I’ll go to every football game we play there.   if I was in my 20’s and out of college , I’d live there in a minute.  Feels like a cleaner, newer Austin.

 

Nashville crime rate is actually much higher than Austin.  I think the city and their police might do a better job keeping the tourist areas clean though, but the locals still complain.  

[nineliveslost 2677]

I remember this board being ecstatic with any kind of win. Good times. . . 

[David Dennison 17591]

5 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

I remember this board being ecstatic with any kind of win. Good times. . . 

Sometimes I wonder if this board remembers the Houston, K-State, TCU, and Iowa State games from *checks notes* last season.

[Nivek 16636]

1 hour ago, jdhorn92 said:

Section S row 49, my nuts were splitting the 50.  The stadium amenities were a joke, very few consessions.  Missed 2nd half KO waiting for beer, of which you could only get 2 at a time , so we had to pair up for every round (4 in our party).  Had to go back in Q3 for the pisser,  not the end of world.  
 

Entrance into stadium was a breeze.  Got a pre game picture with  The Rocket at the Marriott next to stadium.  Exited behind the Texas Visitors side and the route took us through the outfield of the baseball field which was cool. Walked all the way back to barstools for bar food and to meet up with our ladies. 
 

Nashville is a great city and I’ll go to every football game we play there.   if I was in my 20’s and out of college , I’d live there in a minute.  Feels like a cleaner, newer Austin.

 Broadway was a major tourist trap but all the bars were packed, 3-4 stories each  and seemed fine for what they are.  There is very little “country music “ played on Broadway, nor any “2 -steppin” establishments.  It’s all rock and roll, dj, club feel.  Closest thing we could find to a traditional county bar was tootsies and it was tiny (in the front room), maybe we missed them  , but we hit up 5-8 bars over the weekend hoping to do a little dancin’  

 

34th floor of JW was great.  Went to a cool hotel rooftop bar,  LA Jackson,  in the Gulch before dinner at Barcelona.  Hampton Social for brunch pre-game.  Walked from there to stadium , where we saw Rodger and one of his boys drinking beers.  
 

overall great trip.  

Is that BBQ joint that has all the Longhorn gear still there?    

[Surly Bevo 24200]

14 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Sometimes I wonder if this board remembers the Houston, K-State, TCU, and Iowa State games from *checks notes* last season.

It does not

[sith_horn 2320]

20 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

29 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

I remember this board being ecstatic with any kind of win. Good times. . . 

Sometimes I wonder if this board remembers the Houston, K-State, TCU, and Iowa State games from *checks notes* last season.

Expectations are higher this season, and rightfully so.

[David Dennison 17591]

Just now, sith_horn said:

Expectations are higher this season, and rightfully so.

That's true. We're also right on schedule.

[LTtxfan 48681]

40 minutes ago, nineliveslost said:

I remember this board being ecstatic with any kind of win. Good times. . . 

 

[LTtxfan 48681]

 

[ATLLonghorn 821]

gonna throw a hail mary here again: does anyone have access to All 22 film from Texas games?

[perfectchaos007 6525]

30 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

 

Some student should have turned the music down and focused on the road.

 

 

I hope the LHN parking greeter is okay

Edited Sunday at 11:03 PM by perfectchaos007

[sith_horn 2320]

1 hour ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

I think all of Vandy’s drives were 30 or so yards, except the last one at the end of the game…those tipped passes interceptions gave them great opportunities…Quinn needs to stop those tips…somehow.  

I agree, but the OL did him no favors here. That includes the RB's when charged with protection duties too. Jake Majors completely whiffed a pass rusher, like immediately so, on the first tipped pass. It wasn't like the guy was on the other side of the LOS and managed to bat it down. He was in his face very suddenly. That's not on him or his throwing angle either.

The second one I'd like to have seen Quinn react and use his feet to adjust to or evade the rusher.

[Billy Pilgrim 1868]

27 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

 

How’d that second half go??

[David Dennison 17591]

12 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

How’d that second half go??

[Funk Doctor Spock 11603]

We just seem like the same team and didn't learn anything from last year, even after adding a top 5 class. Sark is still scared for Quinn to make any mistakes. I don't care who starts at QB (Quinn, Arch, whomever) we need a reset and Sark needs to stop calling pussy plays. We don't need to throw the deep ball to be successful. 

[ATXbronco 3951]

2 hours ago, ATLLonghorn said:

gonna throw a hail mary here again: does anyone have access to All 22 film from Texas games?

What do you mean by "22 film"?

[Droopy 2620]

7 hours ago, TexasRenegade said:

Quin at one point was like 17 for 17 after the 1st pic.  Late in the game he hit a pass to convert 3rd and 19.

 

Quin's biggest issue yesterday aside from the tipped balls and at times holding the ball too long, was our RBs wiffing on blitz pickup.

Man, I really wish CJ was playing right now. 

[Surly Bevo 24200]

22 minutes ago, ATXbronco said:

What do you mean by "22 film"?

I'm sure he means the "All 22" view.  You know the one typically from the endzone where you can see all 22 players and how the play develops.

Edited Monday at 01:08 AM by Surly Bevo

[David Dennison 17591]

1 minute ago, Surly Bevo said:

I'm sure he means the "All 22" view.  You know the one from the endzone where you can see all 22 players and how the play develops.

Speaking of which, I love ESPN's SkyCast.

[ATXbronco 3951]

19 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

I'm sure he means the "All 22" view.  You know the one typically from the endzone where you can see all 22 players and how the play develops.

Thanks... I'm not familiar with it.  Someone help him out so I can scope it too!

[TwiceHorn 30708]

I also wonder if these guys are still self-doubting.  Sure a lot of the busts and malcontents have attracted, but these guys are not far removed from really shitty and pretty marginal seasons.

We exorcised some demons last year, but it was in the Big XII and not the big, bad SEC and I wonder if some of the players are still doubting enough to get headfucked.

[ATXbronco 3951]

SIAP:

"Those guys are getting paid, too"

[ATXbronco 3951]

Sark looks tired in his presser

[Valmy77 12490]

8 hours ago, horn009 said:

There's too much overreaction going on in regard to this game. I think that this team will come out of the bye week re-energized and ready to win out. 

If we can just stop the damn turnovers I think our defense can get it done.

[campcrunk 2244]

It's kind of hard not like this kid despite the media shitstorm following him around after Bama. Love the props for the DL and Taaffe

[TexasGolf 4806]

7 hours ago, ATXbronco said:

SIAP:

"Those guys are getting paid, too"

“They fucking turnt”

[Codaxx 5398]

13 hours ago, sith_horn said:

I agree, but the OL did him no favors here. That includes the RB's when charged with protection duties too. Jake Majors completely whiffed a pass rusher, like immediately so, on the first tipped pass. It wasn't like the guy was on the other side of the LOS and managed to bat it down. He was in his face very suddenly. That's not on him or his throwing angle either.

The second one I'd like to have seen Quinn react and use his feet to adjust to or evade the rusher.

Not excusing Majors, but that was not easy. Vandy brought double A gap blitz from the ILBs. #10 came on the delay. Majors helped the guard on #4 blitzing (who went right Majors by design) and came off late to get a piece on #10 (right A/B gap). With RG widening out with the DT, it left a lot of room for the delay blitz. Nice cut by the RB to avoid contact with #10 on the play. I dont think he has much pass protection responsibility on that, but being a football player would have been helpful there (not easy though). 

Edited Monday at 12:42 PM by Codaxx

[ATLLonghorn 821]

12 hours ago, ATXbronco said:

What do you mean by "22 film"?

yeah all 22 film is the camera angles where you can see all 22 players on the field. You can see all the routes the receivers are running and the endzone all 22 angles makes it easier to see line play (I have a harder time parsing line play from the game angle). NFL All-22 film is available with an NFL+ subscription and is great, but college football All 22 film is treated like it's classified intelligence. It's pretty annoying.

[BurntOrange&White 38679]

@ATXbronco This is an example of what all 22 looks like

[jdhorn92 1521]

Thought our D played really well, especially considering Vandy's all upperclassmen OL. The backup QB is a burner.  The trick play on 4th down was clever and would have worked if the WR had his shoulders square with LOS.   I didnt realize that was a thing.

Game could have turned on the Ant Hill dropped INT.  Think they scored on that drive, he got a hand on it and looked like he could have secured it.  The roughing on our DL was huge too, that makes the game look more lopsided.  Overall pleased with the W.  On the long ball to the left, that was ugly, looked like he threw it to the outside and our WR was more inside, looked like a duck. 

[Guadaloopy 10732]

6 hours ago, campcrunk said:

It's kind of hard not like this kid despite the media shitstorm following him around after Bama. Love the props for the DL and Taaffe

To all college QBs… this is how you take the loss, pussy.  

[MissingInAction 24252]

14 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Some student should have turned the music down and focused on the road.

 

 

I hope the LHN parking greeter is okay

That might have been me.

[ATLLonghorn 821]

24 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

Thought our D played really well, especially considering Vandy's all upperclassmen OL. The backup QB is a burner.  The trick play on 4th down was clever and would have worked if the WR had his shoulders square with LOS.   I didnt realize that was a thing.

Game could have turned on the Ant Hill dropped INT.  Think they scored on that drive, he got a hand on it and looked like he could have secured it.  The roughing on our DL was huge too, that makes the game look more lopsided.  Overall pleased with the W.  On the long ball to the left, that was ugly, looked like he threw it to the outside and our WR was more inside, looked like a duck. 

Texas gave up 14 points on short fields after turnovers and 10 points on end of half/game situations so the only real complaint is that Pete K just doesn't understand that rushing 3 and dropping everyone else deep at the end of the half or game is a shit plan that leads to points. 

One of the stat gurus, Parker Fleming (@statsowar on Twitter) has a quality possession measure that goes beyond redzone. His definition of quality possession is reaching at least the opposing 40 or scoring a long touchdown. He hasn't updated his numbers yet this week, but entering the Vandy game Texas was 2nd in quality possessions allowed and 2nd in points per quality possession. I still think the best offenses Texas is going to face are on the back end of the schedule, but thus far it has been extremely hard to drive the ball and turn long drives into points against the Texas defense. That side of the ball has been solid. 

[LTtxfan 48681]

Yeah, PK prevent defense struggles...

[Codaxx 5398]

Just now, LTtxfan said:

Yeah, PK prevent defense struggles...

it wasnt that bad. Actually brought 5 rushers out of the 3 DL look, if I recall. The only one I hated was the double spy look on 3rd and 10 (bringing 2 in the rush). I believe that was the only one he brought less than 4 on that drive, but I didnt go back and look. 

[TexasGolf 4806]

9 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

it wasnt that bad. Actually brought 5 rushers out of the 3 DL look, if I recall. The only one I hated was the double spy look on 3rd and 10 (bringing 2 in the rush). I believe that was the only one he brought less than 4 on that drive, but I didnt go back and look. 

if that pick 6 doesn't get called back this game thread has a completely different feel.    / captain obvious

[Mr. Drummond 2161]

And the 3 points at end of half wasnt helped by the shanked punt.  

[wisertime 30]

17 hours ago, jdhorn92 said:

Section S row 49, my nuts were splitting the 50.  The stadium amenities were a joke, very few consessions.  Missed 2nd half KO waiting for beer, of which you could only get 2 at a time , so we had to pair up for every round (4 in our party).  Had to go back in Q3 for the pisser,  not the end of world.  
 

Entrance into stadium was a breeze.  Got a pre game picture with  The Rocket at the Marriott next to stadium.  Exited behind the Texas Visitors side and the route took us through the outfield of the baseball field which was cool. Walked all the way back to barstools for bar food and to meet up with our ladies. 
 

Nashville is a great city and I’ll go to every football game we play there.   if I was in my 20’s and out of college , I’d live there in a minute.  Feels like a cleaner, newer Austin.

 Broadway was a major tourist trap but all the bars were packed, 3-4 stories each  and seemed fine for what they are.  There is very little “country music “ played on Broadway, nor any “2 -steppin” establishments.  It’s all rock and roll, dj, club feel.  Closest thing we could find to a traditional county bar was tootsies and it was tiny (in the front room), maybe we missed them  , but we hit up 5-8 bars over the weekend hoping to do a little dancin’  

 

34th floor of JW was great.  Went to a cool hotel rooftop bar,  LA Jackson,  in the Gulch before dinner at Barcelona.  Hampton Social for brunch pre-game.  Walked from there to stadium , where we saw Rodger and one of his boys drinking beers.  
 

overall great trip.  

Sounds like you guys had a good time.  Took my GF (huge UT girl) for both of our first trips to Nashville.   Our seats were 10th row of Section R; we were behind the bench on the (left) 40.   That's a tight stadium and seating - it was packed, but we'd been warned ahead of time, so made it okay.  Got some pregame drinks at The Local and then walked across the street to the game.   The beer/bathroom situation is a bitch with all the lines, but it was alright.  Where did you see Clemens?   That'd have been awesome. 

A quiet walk from the stadium afterward didn't really feel like a win, but luckily we escaped that place with the W.  After the game, we walked down to Broadway - set up in AJ's and their bar bands were alright and playing some older country, but being hit up by the bands for tips gets old.  By the time we left there, we stopped at the food trucks outside of Barstool - what a shitshow that was.. 

Amazing food we had at Harper's Steakhouse Friday night and then yesterday brunch at a place called Mockingbird, I'd highly recommend either for anyone headed to Nashville.  

The main reason I responded - talking about living in Nashville.   I'm in my mid-40's, took my gf for her birthday trip.   We were in BNA waiting on our flight yesterday evening, both of us were exhausted, spun out feeling and all around trying to wrap our heads around the weekend.  I asked my gf, "so, what'd you think?"   She responded that it was crazy, but fun.  And then immediately said with a smile,  "I'd definitely come back!".  She'd said on Saturday, that was the first time she'd felt "at home" since moving from SA almost 20 years ago.   That place is crazy, but it's a good time.   It's very much like a mix of Austin and NoLa - but cleaner and safer than both.    In a different world, I could see me living there as well.  Looks like there's always stuff to do and overall, a really nice city.  Likewise, I'll definitely go back if/when UT plays at Vandy again.