Game Week Thread Game week 13, 2024, Texas at aggy

[John Coctostan 626]

1 hour ago, horn4life said:

We have our Destiny in our hands.  But so does A&M!  This is the biggest single game either team has played in quite a while. 

If by “quite a while” for us you mean “since January,” I agree. 

[The Ace of Aces 5194]

This a aggy’s biggest game since, what, 1998? 

[GreenspointTexas 9664]

Yeah, this isnt the biggest game for us in quite some time

 

 

but it is the biggest game in the rivalry in what….. 80 years?

[babysdaddy 2728]

I’m thinking last night broke their spirit a bit 

That game was effectively irrelevant for them.

[Sgt Hulk 13838]

Guys. Can someone help me.   Which team is in their first year in the SEC and is first place in the conference. 

[6th Street 6504]

Bert Auburn is ass

[InkaUtexas 26097]

1 hour ago, MirrOlure said:

We should hold open tryouts for punter. There’s no way we don’t have two dozen plus former soccer player students better than this clown.

Hell, try out our goalie from the UT soccer team. She couldn’t be any worse.

Fuck yes. Just for shits and giggles. Aggy would never survive when Texas wins WITH one of dem girlie kickers.

[Bevo14 8375]

56 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Yeah, this isnt the biggest game for us in quite some time

 

 

but it is the biggest game in the rivalry in what….. 80 years?

Probably. They finally expanded the national championship field to be just barely big enough that aggy can have an outside shot at it in the last week of the regular season.

[Horn Dogg 3964]

9 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Guys. Can someone help me.   Which team is in their first year in the SEC and is first place in the conference. 

After many years of hearing aggy tell us “yer gonna get yer ass kicked by Bama and everyone else when you come to the SEC.”   
 

fuck it, let’s welcome aggy to Texas’s SEC!

[GTX Horn 1710]

1 hour ago, Hank_Hill said:

I’m thinking last night broke their spirit a bit 

We’ll see. I’m not sure I totally agree here. The only real impact is that it killed any outside shot of them making the playoff with a loss to us (although I think any 3-loss team with no real signature wins would have a tough argument).

They’re still playing for a chance to play for the SEC championship and thus a chance to earn a playoff spot with wins over us and Georgia.

If the loss last night would’ve eliminated them from SEC title game contention, I’d be more inclined to agree about last night’s loss crushing their spirit.

Now, the physical toll of playing a long game like that could play a role on Saturday, but they still control their own destiny to some degree.

[WBT 20666]

1 minute ago, GTX Horn said:

a chance to earn a playoff spot with wins over us and Georgia

[Horn Dogg 3964]

30 minutes ago, GTX Horn said:

We’ll see. I’m not sure I totally agree here. The only real impact is that it killed any outside shot of them making the playoff with a loss to us (although I think any 3-loss team with no real signature wins would have a tough argument).

They’re still playing for a chance to play for the SEC championship and thus a chance to earn a playoff spot with wins over us and Georgia.

If the loss last night would’ve eliminated them from SEC title game contention, I’d be more inclined to agree about last night’s loss crushing their spirit.

Now, the physical toll of playing a long game like that could play a role on Saturday, but they still control their own destiny to some degree.

Nah, we control their destiny.  As long as we don’t fuck around we should be OK.

[The Original CaliHorn 68]

Any word of the status of Ewers and prognosis?

[Underdog 28773]

 

[dcar00 14361]

1 hour ago, babysdaddy said:

That game was effectively irrelevant for them.

not sure but I thought if they win they are in the champ game even with a loss to us.  It is a rematch the following week if they beat AUB and lose to us, right?  now they have to beat us to get into the champ game.

[jw4381 3095]

Ol JW's hoping for a repeat of our last 2 games last year. Everything clicks, play a clean game, we roll 38-14 or something. Or better yet another repeat of tceh last year would do my 60 year old heart good.

[pyrohornIII 4821]

2 hours ago, GTX Horn said:

The couple of times I’ve watched A&M play this year, none of their position groups stood out to me as special. Their DL could give us fits, but that’s about the only major concern I have. Their offense is a bunch of JAGS, so not really concerned unless we gift them short fields like we did against Georgia.

All that being said, I’m sure they’ll play out of their minds since this is their super bowl, so we’ll definitely get their best punches.

I think the real X-Factor is going to be the stadium. Kyle Field is typically overrated, but it’s going to be absolutely rocking. Momentum and crowd energy are really hard to quantify, especially in college football. However, I trust Sark and co. to know how to manage that. Plus, some of Quinn’s best games as a Longhorn were on the road (last year @Bama and this year @Michigan).

Sark has taught this group to embrace the hate.  It's part of the culture now.   They will use that hate as fuel.  I thought the vid last week of the cheerleader in Arky mockingly rating the horns down wasn't something born or arrogance, but more of confused humor as to the popularity of the gesture.  That's the kind of culture Sark and Co is building here, humble but ass kicking.  

2 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

I’m thinking last night broke their spirit a bit 

I think it put a lot more stress on them to prove last night was a fluke, which will only increase the pressure they'll play under.    

[Surly Bevo 25149]

aggy likes to come out and shit the bed early on defense in games before they gather themselves....we need to be ready to take advantage.  

[MIkeHoncho 1931]

11 hours ago, Wulaw Horn said:

nobody is overlooking this game Bill in Sinton. 

This.  I'm sure Elko has their focus single-handedly on Georgia… I mean....

[Horn80 6131]

1 hour ago, babysdaddy said:

That game was effectively irrelevant for them.

Especially since they lost……

[Hagbard Celine 10923]

let's be real about a couple of things.....

 

reed is dynamic

he has all the throws (cough cough)

he is fast and elusive

mission #1 is stopping him from getting hot

play dime with a spy and keep him in front of you

bend but don't break - stop the crowdfrenzy chunk plays

give them the chance to fuck up for the first 30 yards of every possession

then lock down when they get to no-man's land at our 40

 

sark is not a fool

he really gambled in the 3rd qtr yesterday leaving bad quinn out there

but he won the game the same way as our walk-off win last year in tuscaloosa

if bad quinn is flailing in the first half he will do the right thing and call arch - he has to

if good quinn is picking them apart we should win - but the cigars won't tolerate an avoidable loss - not in this game

our O-line won the game yesterday - they kept quinn's pocket clean so he could tread water

then they dug a trench 80 yards long - would sark try the same recipe 2 weeks in a row at a jihad night game?

sark will do the necessary thing to get this win

[Surly Bevo 25149]

8 minutes ago, pyrohornIII said:

Sark has taught this group to embrace the hate.  It's part of the culture now.   They will use that hate as fuel.  I thought the vid last week of the cheerleader in Arky mockingly rating the horns down wasn't something born or arrogance, but more of confused humor as to the popularity of the gesture.  That's the kind of culture Sark and Co is building here, humble but ass kicking.  

A lot of this and I KNOW we all hate it in the moment because it feels uncomfortable as hell, but I think Sark is also practicing the Nick Saban "I'm going to prove to you just how right I am about how good you guys really are" bit.  Think back on last year.  Alabama loses to us then the next week Saban says to Milroe "yea you can go take a seat over there" and put in 2 QBs that after that game I don't think have ever been heard from again.  His thought was likely "yea I know who the best QB is but you motherfuckers should be able to go beat South Florida with a paraplegic under center so that's exactly what you're gonna do".  A team that everybody thought was dead in the water after their loss to us rolls to the playoffs and was on the goalline with a chance to take down the eventual national champion in the CFP.  

Fast forward to yesterday.  "Yea Quinn is hobbled and ineffective but go and close out this team you have a 10 point lead on....you're more than good enough".  

Is it risky at times?  Sure.  Does that kind of stuff build culture?  Absolutely.  

Edited Sunday at 05:39 PM by Surly Bevo

[Js1 85570]

5 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

mission #1 is stopping him from getting hot

play dime with a spy and keep him in front of you

Anthony Hill is going to murder him 

[Hagbard Celine 10923]

i hadn't though of hill as the spy but he absolutely would fuck with klein

love it

[troph 24905]

4 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

 

 

Idn’t that like not legal or something? I thought no artificial noise allowed at when the O lines up?

[Texasrocks 2149]

Watching the Auburn highlights, the key to defending aggy is not playing Jerrin Thompson. So I'm feeling pretty good about that.

[Post Oak 20267]

I thought Auburn had success throwing to the backs out of the backfield. None of those guys seemed to have Blue's juice

[troph 24905]

3 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

I thought Auburn had success throwing to the backs out of the backfield. None of those guys seemed to have Blue's juice

scar had the same success their screen game routed aggy.

 

[Texas Wahoo 3417]

4 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

I thought Auburn had success throwing to the backs out of the backfield. None of those guys seemed to have Blue's juice

Is the juice what causes the ball to squirt out so often?  Maybe we need to get him some towels. 

[Texas Wahoo 3417]

1 hour ago, GTX Horn said:

We’ll see. I’m not sure I totally agree here. The only real impact is that it killed any outside shot of them making the playoff with a loss to us (although I think any 3-loss team with no real signature wins would have a tough argument).

They’re still playing for a chance to play for the SEC championship and thus a chance to earn a playoff spot with wins over us and Georgia.

If the loss last night would’ve eliminated them from SEC title game contention, I’d be more inclined to agree about last night’s loss crushing their spirit.

Now, the physical toll of playing a long game like that could play a role on Saturday, but they still control their own destiny to some degree.

I think the biggest change from the loss for A&M is that they likely will not get in if they beat Texas and then lose to UGA. I think they probably would have gotten in in that scenario before the loss to Auburn. Now they would have 4 losses. 

[TexArcher 38063]

12 hours ago, Hmbre97 said:

fuck aggy

 

12 hours ago, The Tower said:

poor aggy

 

12 hours ago, BachelorTrek said:

Fuck aggy and all their fake army cult shit!

 

11 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Fuck em. Fuck em big time. Fuck em and their stupid ass yell leaders. Fuck em.

 

 

You all make some good points.

However, it's also important to remember fuck aggy.  Fuck them in their weird ass culty faces.

[Rickylovesweed 14541]

10 minutes ago, troph said:

scar had the same success their screen game routed aggy.

 

That's because Elko brings a lot of pressure from the 2nd and 3rd level. If you can get past the initial wave of pressure there's a lot of potential for big plays in the screen game. 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14541]

3 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

I’m thinking last night broke their spirit a bit 

I'm not sure it broke their spirit but I don't think they're a very good football team. 

They've lost their last 2 games against P5 competition and really should have lost to LSU if Nussmeir didn't collapse under pressure. 

[Danimal 340]

Any hope Connor Weigman will play this game? That's my thanksgiving wish

[Surly Bevo 25149]

17 minutes ago, troph said:

scar had the same success their screen game routed aggy.

 

They are very slow on the edges

[InkaUtexas 26097]

2 minutes ago, Danimal said:

Any hope Connor Weigman will play this game? That's my thanksgiving wish

Nah, still scared of magic.

[Spankytoes 1743]

This is a weird game. If aggy pulls an upset, we’re still in the playoffs with 2 losses. If we win, we’re still in the playoffs even if we lose to Georgia with 2 losses. So ultimately, the game doesn’t really matter for us. Of course I want to win, but I’m not going to be crushed if we don’t. 
 

if aggy does win, Texas was a National Champ caliber team. If they lose, we benefited from an easy schedule and didn’t beat anyone this year. Aggy moral victory no matter the outcome.

[BachelorTrek 3061]

Just now, Danimal said:

Any hope Connor Weigman will play this game? That's my thanksgiving wish

I bet aggy is hoping we don't plan for Weigman so they can pull the switcheroo that Mobilehoma wanted to do against us (with Hawkins), but Mobilehoma was forced to do it right before playing us because Arnold shit the bed against rockytop.

[Pimphand 5877]

4 hours ago, DFW Horn said:

The Station with their cosplay, fake army and pumped-in crowd noise is gonna be lit y'all!

 

Sent that to my aggy superfan friend and he replied "Guaranteed aggy loss"

 

[utexas8 1468]

I'm not sure it broke their spirit but I don't think they're a very good football team. 
They've lost their last 2 games against P5 competition and really should have lost to LSU if Nussmeir didn't collapse under pressure. 

They are not good. But it’s a rivalry game Anything can happen. We should win but I also witness Charlie strong beat OU and case McCoy beat atm.

Where does reed rank among the qbs weve played?

[BigHorn'13 3387]

5 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Sent that to my aggy superfan friend and he replied "Guaranteed aggy loss"

 

Lol yup. IIRC, they're something like 1-9 when gameday comes to aggyworld. 

[gmr548 16614]

4 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

We have to figure out our dogshit special teams.

Not going to happen. We're 11 games in. The team is what it is, for better and worse. That goes for both sides.

This game will go as Ewers, the Texas OL, and the Texas LBs go. I don't think there's much A&M can do if Texas plays well and I don't think there's much Texas can do if Ewers is still gimpy and Sark leaves him out there.

 

[Surly Bevo 25149]

4 minutes ago, utexas8 said:

Where does reed rank among the qbs weve played?

Arkansas QB

[Bodacious Bevo 3602]

22 minutes ago, Spankytoes said:

This is a weird game. If aggy pulls an upset, we’re still in the playoffs with 2 losses. If we win, we’re still in the playoffs even if we lose to Georgia with 2 losses. So ultimately, the game doesn’t really matter for us. Of course I want to win, but I’m not going to be crushed if we don’t. 
 

if aggy does win, Texas was a National Champ caliber team. If they lose, we benefited from an easy schedule and didn’t beat anyone this year. Aggy moral victory no matter the outcome.

Man, I fucking hate the ‘meaningless games’ talk we see all across college football. Setting aside the rivalry aspect and playoff talk - this game is for a spot in the conference championship game. How does that not matter? How do we watch this team use conference championship elimination as a motivator for six weeks in a row then decide it doesn’t really matter before the biggest game of the year? 

Soft 

[jw4381 3095]

52 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said:

Is the juice what causes the ball to squirt out so often?  Maybe we need to get him some towels. 

It’s piss. 

[Rickylovesweed 14541]

11 minutes ago, utexas8 said:

They are not good. But it’s a rivalry game Anything can happen. We should win but I also witness Charlie strong beat OU and case McCoy beat atm.

Where does reed rank among the qbs weve played?

For sure but aggy has been outgained in their last 4 power conference games against LSU, Miss State, South Carolina, and Auburn.  3 of those teams are bad.

What's saved aggys season, to a degree, is them finding ways to win against bad teams like LSU and Miss State. This team has looked pretty bad in the last 5 games when you also include New Mexico State.

 

[jTower 238]

Paging Mr. Elko.  Mr. Elko you have a telephone call at the 8 and 4 desk.

 

[Kennythetiger 9459]

49 minutes ago, Spankytoes said:

This is a weird game. If aggy pulls an upset, we’re still in the playoffs with 2 losses. If we win, we’re still in the playoffs even if we lose to Georgia with 2 losses. So ultimately, the game doesn’t really matter for us. Of course I want to win, but I’m not going to be crushed if we don’t. 
 

if aggy does win, Texas was a National Champ caliber team. If they lose, we benefited from an easy schedule and didn’t beat anyone this year. Aggy moral victory no matter the outcome.

This sounds like one of those “We didn’t even want to be there” bowl games. 
It’s aggy- do you want to beat them, or not?  

[Bevo14 8375]

On 11/24/2024 at 2:09 PM, Bodacious Bevo said:

Man, I fucking hate the ‘meaningless games’ talk we see all across college football. Setting aside the rivalry aspect and playoff talk - this game is for a spot in the conference championship game. How does that not matter? How do we watch this team use conference championship elimination as a motivator for six weeks in a row then decide it doesn’t really matter before the biggest game of the year? 

Soft 

This game matters and the SEC championship if we make it. I want to lord that over the southeastern dipshits for eternity after putting up with their shit from the outside for over a decade.

Edited yesterday at 01:29 AM by Bevo14

[DreadHead 116]

Has it been said yet, or does anyone know... What the practice schedule is for the team going into Saturday with Thanksgiving?