Texas vs Kentucky - 2:30pm on ABC

[The Earl of Texas 3161]

UK came in prepped to stop the run and Quinn cut them up very well in the first half and gave us a lead UK could not recover from by half. Play calling was good, run game took off as Quinn did his thing - it was a great game plan and play calling and execution were very good.

No, it was not perfect, but this is football, shit is not going to go perfectly. UK's D is no joke, and we made them look bad, but that doesn't mean they aren't capable of making big plays.

Overall, we kicked their asses. Enjoy it.

Edited Sunday at 02:26 PM by The Earl of Texas

[Navin R. Johnson 731]

39 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

UK came in prepped to stop the run and Quinn cut them up very well in the first half and gave us a lead UK could not recover from by half. Play calling was good, run game took off as Quinn did his thing - it was a great game plan and play calling and execution were very good.

No, it was not perfect, but this is football, shit is not going to go perfectly. UK's D is no joke, and we made them look bad, but that doesn't mean they aren't capable of making big plays.

Overall, we kicked their asses. Enjoy it.

[kevwun 15936]

Considering how many teams lost, I'll take a comfortable win thank you very much.

[jw4381 3096]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Considering how many teams lost, I'll take a comfortable win thank you very much.

[Surly Bevo 25208]

8 hours ago, dec3169 said:

My take is I remember a certain coach back in 2009 that decided to not really give the backup QB a lot of real game time - he completed 30 of 66 attempts on the year.  Then one of our greatest QBs went down in the title game.  The Backup tried, and even brought us to within 3 points - but 4 ints and a lost fumble later we lost.  Maybe that wasn't the best time to have to rely on a freshman with mostly mop-up duty when he could've had much more playing time in any of the games we ran away with.  https://fbschedules.com/2009-texas-football-schedule/

I don't get it.

 

It's a good thing our backup this year started two games, has almost 1K yards passing with 9 TDs and 2 picks to go with 53 rushing yards and a TD.  I would have put Arch in yesterday but not for the Garrett Gilbert experience reason.

You may not like it, I may not like it but at some point gonna just have to trust Bill Parcels when it comes to Sark and his 88% winning percentage over the last 2 seasons.  

Edited Sunday at 05:29 PM by Surly Bevo

[TrashMaster G 17630]

11 hours ago, Hookem10 said:

if dart or milroe was our qb today we would of been blown out. wheeeewwwww. 

*would have

[Underdog 28798]

Horns could’ve put Jeff Ward under Center and still win comfortably. 

[VaLonghorn99 341]

The team answered every KFC score with a TD of their own. That’s badass. The final drive with all runs and the TD, that should put some fear in uk for the rest of our time in SEC. Still need to earn our way in to get a chance for a second shot at uga and the conf champ… Stakes are high. 

[Eskimohorn 5644]

*would have

Would of! Would of!

[Magabro 172]

Coverages have been pretty good consistently.  Our returners seem to make questionable decisions much of the time, especially Bolden.  
Do you really lay Auburn's regression and punter injuries at the feet of the ST coach?  I guess you have to, but sometimes shit happens.

Banks needs to quit monkeying around

[Gut Wagon 8087]

I remain pretty concerned about special teams, but not due to coaching in a direct sense. I suppose Auburn and Kern are what they are, but I'm hopeful both start much hotter streaks in B/CS. Bolden I love as a competitor and receiver, but he really needs to quit thinking he has to turn every punt in the shadow of our goalpost into a return score. One or more of those issues could easily be the death blow to our season. 

[Skipper 6209]

58 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

I remain pretty concerned about special teams, but not due to coaching in a direct sense. I suppose Auburn and Kern are what they are, but I'm hopeful both start much hotter streaks in B/CS. Bolden I love as a competitor and receiver, but he really needs to quit thinking he has to turn every punt in the shadow of our goalpost into a return score. One or more of those issues could easily be the death blow to our season. 

Our kicking game is a joke.  Obviously not a coaching issue.  It's a talent issue.  We have a top 3 D and top 10 O and a bottom tier ST's.  We did a hell of a job overall with roster construction this year but dropped the ball here obviously.  Need to get better next year.   Those 10+ yards we are losing on average on each punt really adds up and has helped keep teams in games.  It will really hurt us against better teams in the playoffs.  

[Skipper 6209]

10 hours ago, Hermanator said:

Maybe Sark felt like Kentucky had no shot of beating us even without Quinn doing anything, but that's arrogant as hell. Once he fumbled and it was returned for a TD late in the 3rd it was a 10 pt game. 

This was my read of the situation from the stands.  I don't think he was concerned even after that play.  I also tend to think if it wasn't senior day maybe he sits Quinn.   Real test is going to be next week.  If ankle not healed and he is a sitting duck for that A&M rush D (I have zero doubt Elko will 100% be aggressive as hell and live with the results) does he turn to Arch?  I know he doesn't want a controversy but Quinn was night and day yesterday before and after injury. Post injury Quinn will not beat A&M.  You could see it immediately the play after it happened and for the rest of that drive.  I'm sure they weren't showing it on TV but bad body language trying to fight through it obviously hurting.

[CycleTex87 2981]

No doubt Sark wasn’t pulling QE from his last home game if he could just stagger onto the field. Goes back to DKR and the dance with the one that brung ya. 

[TOR 5818]

13 hours ago, dec3169 said:

My take is I remember a certain coach back in 2009 that decided to not really give the backup QB a lot of real game time - he completed 30 of 66 attempts on the year.  Then one of our greatest QBs went down in the title game.  The Backup tried, and even brought us to within 3 points - but 4 ints and a lost fumble later we lost.  Maybe that wasn't the best time to have to rely on a freshman with mostly mop-up duty when he could've had much more playing time in any of the games we ran away with.  https://fbschedules.com/2009-texas-football-schedule/

I don't get it.

 

 

[Pato del Muerto 52622]

3 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

No doubt Sark wasn’t pulling QE from his last home game if he could just stagger onto the field. Goes back to DKR and the dance with the one that brung ya. 

That and he’s already got the fragile knock so leaving a game again would look bad. Though I’m pretty sure scouts can see his effectiveness after the injury and make their judgements accordingly. 

[Hagbard Celine 10937]

19 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Our kicking game is a joke.  Obviously not a coaching issue.  It's a talent issue.  We have a top 3 D and top 10 O and a bottom tier ST's.  We did a hell of a job overall with roster construction this year but dropped the ball here obviously.  Need to get better next year.   Those 10+ yards we are losing on average on each punt really adds up and has helped keep teams in games.  It will really hurt us against better teams in the playoffs.  

one of our shadow surlers has a personal connection to sideshow so i don't write what i really feel about him

i'm full mack scared to death he's going to cost us

the miss before halftime 2 years ago would have meant a win over gump

#19 is not hiding on the walk-on practice squad

[Hagbard Celine 10937]

15 minutes ago, Skipper said:

This was my read of the situation from the stands.  I don't think he was concerned even after that play.  I also tend to think if it wasn't senior day maybe he sits Quinn.   Real test is going to be next week.  If ankle not healed and he is a sitting duck for that A&M rush D (I have zero doubt Elko will 100% be aggressive as hell and live with the results) does he turn to Arch?  I know he doesn't want a controversy but Quinn was night and day yesterday before and after injury. Post injury Quinn will not beat A&M.  You could see it immediately the play after it happened and for the rest of that drive.  I'm sure they weren't showing it on TV but bad body language trying to fight through it obviously hurting.

it was absolutely evident and visible with the light of 1000 suns

i was shocked sark gambled to avoid a qb controversy

he can't do that this week

[BurgleBro 799]

36 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Our kicking game is a joke.  Obviously not a coaching issue.  It's a talent issue.  We have a top 3 D and top 10 O and a bottom tier ST's.  We did a hell of a job overall with roster construction this year but dropped the ball here obviously.  Need to get better next year.   Those 10+ yards we are losing on average on each punt really adds up and has helped keep teams in games.  It will really hurt us against better teams in the playoffs.  

Mind blowing to me they came into this season not upgrading the talent here.  The shittiest sub .500 sec teams have punters that put ours to shame. 

[Underdog 28798]

That’s because those shittiest sub .500 teams have more practice punting. 

[TrashMaster G 17630]

51 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

one of our shadow surlers has a personal connection to sideshow so i don't write what i really feel about him

i'm full mack scared to death he's going to cost us

the miss before halftime 2 years ago would have meant a win over gump

#19 is not hiding on the walk-on practice squad

gump?

Navigating the endless nicknames is such a beating.

[Surly Bevo 25208]

2 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

gump?

Navigating the endless nicknames is such a beating.

This one isn't really tough....

[ConchoPearlNecklace 82]

4 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

gump?

Navigating the endless nicknames is such a beating.

Forrest. Forrest Gump. Greenbough ALABAMA.

[TOR 5818]

45 minutes ago, BurgleBro said:

Mind blowing to me they came into this season not upgrading the talent here.  The shittiest sub .500 sec teams have punters that put ours to shame. 

How does Phil Dawson not have a kid?

[ztejas 43548]

46 minutes ago, BurgleBro said:

Mind blowing to me they came into this season not upgrading the talent here.  The shittiest sub .500 sec teams have punters that put ours to shame. 

Nvm

Edited Sunday at 11:31 PM by ztejas

[TrashMaster G 17630]

9 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

This one isn't really tough....

Yeah, I know. Just hit me in a mood, I guess.

[Hermanator 7181]

2 hours ago, TOR said:

How does Phil Dawson not have a kid?

One of his sons is a backup QB at UAB and the other is a deep snapper at Lamar U

[MIkeHoncho 1931]

I'm amazed y'all haven't put together that Sark knew by end of Q1 that we were no doubt winning this game, so he told QE to play up the "injury" and make it appear worse than it is.  Now, The Elk will be thinking that QE is hurt and have to plan for both QE and Manning.  When QE shows up  at The Station completely healthy it may give us just enough advantage to make the game competitive. 

[TreatyOak 16429]

13 hours ago, The Earl of Texas said:

Overall, we kicked their asses. Enjoy it.

Some of our 'friends' here can't seem to enjoy a quality win. Saturday was a quality win.

They seem to have a deluded view that our beloved Horns should win every game 59-0, and can't seem to recall how the last 14 years have been. Remember how excited we were when Herman's team would win the Alamo bowl? "We beat Utah! Next year is gonna be great!"  

They lecture us how Dart carved up a Razorbacks team while Ewers struggled, (yet threw two TD's and zero picks.) How is Dart looking to everyone today, after his performance against a team we smoked? 

There is a huge amount of parity in college football right now. Everyone should be really proud of our record. Look how many 'dominant' programs have lost to seemingly terrible teams. Just ask 'Bama, since we rolled two teams that beat them. 

Is our team and QB perfect? Hell, no. Can we get better? I sure hope so. 

 

 

[chemHORN 1241]

On 11/23/2024 at 7:51 PM, Park Gothic said:

I’m not thrilled with Ewers either but you sound like a pants pissing little bitch 

[dec3169 504]

7 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

This one isn't really tough....

Saw this on ESPN today.  They're doing the tough journalistic stories.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42511834/run-forrest-run-how-good-football-player-was-forrest-gump

[immamac 43208]

Just caught up on this thread. I had to leave tailgate at 5pm ish. I didn't get to watch whatever shitshow you guys watched and it made my day pretty awesome. 

[mdmost 43059]

Wisner with 158 and Blue with almost 100 yards? That's how you beat aggy. It doesn't all have to be on Quinn. aggy is so vulnerable to the run. 

[Drew 2539]

37 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Wisner with 158 and Blue with almost 100 yards? That's how you beat aggy. It doesn't all have to be on Quinn. aggy is so vulnerable to the run. 

Blue can’t touch the ball that much. At this point those fumbles are mental. 

[Js1 85610]

43 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Wisner with 158 and Blue with almost 100 yards? That's how you beat aggy. It doesn't all have to be on Quinn. aggy is so vulnerable to the run. 

Sark is gonna get creative because aggy is susceptible on the outside.   Gonna need to be some Wingo and Niblett plays to get them on the edge with their speed. 

[babysdaddy 2728]

10 minutes ago, Drew said:

Blue can’t touch the ball that much. At this point those fumbles are mental. 

He is so fucking talented with the ball in his hands.  So frustrating he can't get that figured out

[tbone_ 14191]

He is so fucking talented with the ball in his hands.  So frustrating he can't get that figured out

Can he go Lester Hayes with the stickum?

[Drew 2539]

1 hour ago, babysdaddy said:

He is so fucking talented with the ball in his hands.  So frustrating he can't get that figured out

[6th Street 6508]

1 hour ago, babysdaddy said:

He is so fucking talented with the ball in his hands.  So frustrating he can't get that figured out

Plenty of film of him holding the ball loosely. Now opponents are simply going for the strip every time. 

[TrashMaster G 17630]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

Sark is gonna get creative because aggy is susceptible on the outside.   Gonna need to be some Wingo and Niblett plays to get them on the edge with their speed. 

Who?

[NorthLoop 14254]

2 hours ago, 6th Street said:

Plenty of film of him holding the ball loosely. Now opponents are simply going for the strip every time. 

Yep. Meanwhile Wisner keeps two hands on the ball and just bounces off tacklers like it's nothing. Blue goes down on first contact. He's great in space but that's it. 

[Dahobbs 17700]

3 hours ago, babysdaddy said:

He is so fucking talented with the ball in his hands.  So frustrating he can't get that figured out

We need to get full The Replacements and just lather his hands in stickum. 

[Dahobbs 17700]

19 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Yep. Meanwhile Wisner keeps two hands on the ball and just bounces off tacklers like it's nothing. Blue goes down on first contact. He's great in space but that's it. 

Blue was doing a good job getting through arm tackles (when he held on to the ball) on Saturday. It really may have been his best overall rushing performance if not for the fumble. 

[Gene Parmesan 4016]

45 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

We need to get full The Replacements and just lather his hands in stickum. 

Coach it looks like I just jacked off an elephant. 

[Hermanator 7181]

9 hours ago, babysdaddy said:

He is so fucking talented with the ball in his hands.  So frustrating he can't get that figured out

He is in space. He gets tackled very easily once contact happens so he's not very useful inside unless the line is blowing open big holes like Saturday. At this point 3 years in I think he is what he is going to be. A good receiver out of the backfield who fumbles like crazy. Gotta look to replace him next year even if it's in the portal. Hopefully Gibson grows out of his fumbling nonsense. That's the one I have no idea how that came to be. 

Edited Tuesday at 12:46 AM by Hermanator

[Hermanator 7181]

9 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Can he go Lester Hayes with the stickum?

Ball's gonna have to be welded to his hands as loose as he carries it. 

6 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

Who?

#21 on special teams