Game Thread 2024 SEC Championship Game: Texas vs. Georgia - 3pm on ABC

[Cairn Horn88 8500]

At some point, the committee just has to say Texas is #5….period and work down. 

[Hookem10 851]

2 hours ago, wood said:

Wut, lol? We lost because of any combination of missed FGs, not even looking to block on what shoulda been a pick 6, not recovering a fumble, not protecting the QB, not running the ball, dropped pass, bad offensive play calling, stupid penalties (one of which negated a FG btw), not reacting to a fake punt right after their punter gets hurt,  etc, etc.

You can't put it all on the FG team with all that other shit happening.

thats what I meant. if we hit the 2 miss field goals we win. if we are better at everything you said, we blow them out. 

[dcar00 14902]

1 hour ago, ATXhorn17 said:

I guess I’m just biased. But I still leave that game thinking Texas is the better team. UGA didn’t win. We found new, creative ways to lose.

we aren't the better team but there is no reason to think any game with them is not a coin flip.  we've played them basically even the last 6 quarters and that was an away game for us.  PK made a mistake not loading up on the run IMO.  make the guy beat you in the air.  their WR's are kinda meh.  Sark needs to trust Manning in the red zone.

[BurntOrange&White 41649]

1 minute ago, dcar00 said:

we aren't the better team but there is no reason to think any game with them is not a coin flip.  we've played them basically even the last 6 quarters and that was an away game for us.  PK made a mistake not loading up on the run IMO.  make the guy beat you in the air.  their WR's are kinda meh.  Sark needs to trust Manning in the red zone.

There is no reason for any Texas fan to believe we’re the better team than Georgia. Especially considering how they’ve worked our offense in both games.

[dcar00 14902]

Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

There is no reason for any Texas fan to believe we’re the better team than Georgia. Especially considering how they’ve worked our offense in both games.

Ewers is a disaster in the red zone but we move the ball on them.  I'm ready to line up with Georgia any time.  we just took them to OT.  Any game that doesn't have us giving them 40 yard fields to score is a coin flip.  Ou D absolutely crushed them in the 1st half and was fine against them the 2H of the first game. 

[Bevoette 1489]

The penalties cost us.  A LOT and 2 miss FGs didn't  help or the sacks etc

[RabidM 2755]

5 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

 

 

I hope that doesn't cost Barron the Thorpe award.  That was going to be an easy pick 6.  It would have been the perfect exclamation point for his case, especially since it probably would have won the conference championship.   

[Funk Doctor Spock 13121]

2 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Hes average. No more

I would agree, except he's on the same trajectory as Thompson. We were fed bullshit like always, which is why we should always take whatever the $9.95s' with a grain of salt. 

[DanTheHorn 5061]

I wanted this one really badly and it hurts not to get it. Red zone last year and red zone again and we can’t get the TD needed to win the game in regulation.

[Bama Llama 1505]

Well, well.  Ain’t this a bitch?  I grew tired of watching what was apparently going to be a big Clemson win, said fuck it snd went on to bed (yeah, yeah; I’m an old fart; get up early and go to bed early).  What hath the morning brung us?  95% of the post-SECCG posts on here are negative to whiny to downright hostile vs Sark, Quinn, Auburn, the O Line, other Surly posters or all of the above.  Then I read of SMU’s big comeback trumped by Clemson’s walkaway very long field goal.  So, apparently now the Committee will not be able to find a way to justify sending Bama to be sacrificed in the Horseshoe or on the Golden Dome in the midst of a fucking winter storm.  Well, you know what?  Maybe we shouldn’t have shit the bed vs both Vandy AND Oklahoma? Maybe we don’t DESERVE to be in the CFP.  At least the Texas Longhorns are IN the motherfucker.  And if you’re IN IT you can WIN IT. Now, say ten Hail Marys, my sons. Go forth and sin no more.  11:00 will be here soon.  The Bama weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth will be loud and long.  The sidewalk fan chorus to THOW OUT THAT YANKEE DA BOWAH will begin anew.  Well, as my Yankee childhood friends used to chant, “Damn, damn, damn-shit fadiddlehopper!”  Wait’ll next year.  I hope I’m wrong.😑 

Edited December 8 by Bama Llama
Punk chew ation

[D3zii 3911]

1 hour ago, DanTheHorn said:

I wanted this one really badly and it hurts not to get it. Red zone last year and red zone again and we can’t get the TD needed to win the game in regulation.

I just feel like Sark does to much eye candy and long developed plays in the red-zone which doesn’t make a lot of sense with holes getting tighter and the defense not having to worry about anything deep. 
Sark needs to keep it simple, Instead of out scheming himself 

Edited December 8 by D3zii

[Horn80 6313]

7 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

When the refs want a team to win,  it is pretty difficult to overcome that without perfect a performance.  This game was basically a WWF match. The outcome was predecided.   Once you realize that it is much easier to digest. 

I don’t think the refs kept Arch on the sideline all game but for one play but your right they didn’t call obvious penalties on Georgia which fucked Texas.

[D3zii 3911]

Sark needs to let our Receivers eat. Screens are cool but we killed Georgia on the short game. Slants, Comebacks, Stops. We have WR they can run after catch so why not put them in position to do that?!??? 
 

once we get them biting on the short stuff that opens up the deep passes and double moves he loves so much. Sark is so hellbent on being deceptive and schematical he out schemes himself. Rod Barbers said this awhile back, keep doin it until they stop it. Georgia does it to us, so we can do it to them??  Jesus Sark keep it simple stupid (Kiss)

smh so frustrating  cause that game was winnable and we let it get away 

Edited December 8 by D3zii

[Ghost of Shag 2723]

First thought when I woke up this morning: Two fades is the best we’ve got?”

Losing hurts. Losing to a team you dominate is maddening.

[Irish Wrist Watch 1470]

10 hours ago, 4th and 5 said:

 

 

So I guess by pointing, instead of doing his own job, #3 wanted to make sure that the guy who just intercepted the ball knew how to do his... that is to run toward the opponent's goal line. (I guess everyone knows by now the path to the end zone was clear except for one tackler, who was eminently blockable). Truly heartbreaaking.

It's a coachable moment, I suppose... about focus and reaction time. The moment something "unexpected" happens, every player on the field has to immediately reccognize that their job just changed from attacker to blocker, and they must immediately move to take care of it. The pick six woulda been a remarkable moment on our path to a championship.

I guess Sark has to pick up the pieces. Is he capable of making the tough decisions ahead? He had seven weeks of "in your face" data on our second half offensive production and still couldn't pull the trigger. An easy one to pull actually. He doesn't have to replace Quinn, he needs to get Arch into the offense immediately, and I don't mean one play ever couple of series. Give him his own series. The cream will rise.

Let Quinn rest and reflect on the sideline. Maybe Quinn will hone his killer instinct a bit. He's too, for lack of a better word, emotional. He sees an open receiver and too often something clicks in his brain and instead of firing the ball, he lofts it. Maybe it's a lack of confidence - he's afraid of making a mistake. He doesn't step into the throw. Mechanics.

Edited December 8 by Irish Wrist Watch

[Underdog 29102]

1 hour ago, Bama Llama said:

Well, well.  Ain’t this a bitch?  I grew tired of watching what was apparently going to be a big Clemson win, said fuck it snd went on to bed (yeah, yeah; I’m an old fart; get up early and go to bed early).  What hath the morning brung us?  95% of the post-SECCG posts on here are negative to whiny to downright hostile vs Sark, Quinn, Auburn, the O Line, other Surly posters or all of the above.  Then I read of SMU’s big comeback trumped by Clemson’s walkaway very long field goal.  So, apparently now the Committee will not be able to find a way to justify sending Bama to be sacrificed in the Horseshoe or on the Golden Dome in the midst of a fucking winter storm.  Well, you know what?  Maybe we shouldn’t have shit the bed vs both Vandy AND Oklahoma? Maybe we don’t DESERVE to be in the CFP.  At least the Texas Longhorns are IN the motherfucker.  And if you’re IN IT you can WIN IT. Now, say ten Hail Marys, my sons. Go forth and sin no more.  11:00 will be here soon.  The Bama weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth will be loud and long.  The sidewalk fan chorus to THOW OUT THAT YANKEE DA BOWAH will begin anew.  Well, as my Yankee childhood friends used to chant, “Damn, damn, damn-shit fadiddlehopper!”  Wait’ll next year.  I hope I’m wrong.😑 

 

[Bama Llama 1505]

12 minutes ago, Underdog said:

 

Don’t spend all that in one place, son.

 

 

Edited December 8 by Bama Llama
Excess Ward

[Texasborn91 1083]

Andrew mkuba is a bad motherfucker. Can’t believe Qb held onto the ball 

[Murfdogg21 4548]

55 minutes ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

Let Quinn rest and reflect on the sideline. Maybe Quinn will hone his killer instinct a bit. He's too, for lack of a better word, emotional. He sees an open receiver and too often something clicks in his brain and instead of firing the ball, he lofts it. Maybe it's a lack of confidence - he's afraid of making a mistake. He doesn't step into the throw. Mechanics.

Quinn throws off his back foot 90+% of the time. His elite arm talent allowed him to thrive in spite of poor mechanics in high school and against poor college defenses. Sark and offensive staff probably should’ve worked on this the past 3 years to make him better for Texas and his draft stock. When he’s under pressure from a rush, dealing with an injury, and/or in a high pressure situation, it gets magnified and he floats balls. 

[SOBMarcos 60]

Well, well.  Ain’t this a bitch?  I grew tired of watching what was apparently going to be a big Clemson win, said fuck it snd went on to bed (yeah, yeah; I’m an old fart; get up early and go to bed early).  What hath the morning brung us?  95% of the post-SECCG posts on here are negative to whiny to downright hostile vs Sark, Quinn, Auburn, the O Line, other Surly posters or all of the above.  Then I read of SMU’s big comeback trumped by Clemson’s walkaway very long field goal.  So, apparently now the Committee will not be able to find a way to justify sending Bama to be sacrificed in the Horseshoe or on the Golden Dome in the midst of a fucking winter storm.  Well, you know what?  Maybe we shouldn’t have shit the bed vs both Vandy AND Oklahoma? Maybe we don’t DESERVE to be in the CFP.  At least the Texas Longhorns are IN the motherfucker.  And if you’re IN IT you can WIN IT. Now, say ten Hail Marys, my sons. Go forth and sin no more.  11:00 will be here soon.  The Bama weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth will be loud and long.  The sidewalk fan chorus to THOW OUT THAT YANKEE DA BOWAH will begin anew.  Well, as my Yankee childhood friends used to chant, “Damn, damn, damn-shit fadiddlehopper!”  Wait’ll next year.  I hope I’m wrong. 

Authentic frontier gibberish

[FOXHOUND 1178]

1 hour ago, D3zii said:

Sark needs to let our Receivers eat. Screens are cool but we killed Georgia on the short game. Slants, Comebacks, Stops. We have WR they can run after catch so why not put them in position to do that?!??? 
 

once we get them biting on the short stuff that opens up the deep passes and double moves he loves so much. Sark is so hellbent on being deceptive and schematical he out schemes himself. Rod Barbers said this awhile back, keep doin it until they stop it. Georgia does it to us, so we can do it to them??  Jesus Sark keep it simple stupid (Kiss)

smh so frustrating  cause that game was winnable and we let it get away 

This, we have playmakers at WR, the slow developing cute shit does not work against teams that can match us athletically. 

[US183 163]

[MirrOlure 15185]

So I’m finally sober enough to understand the answer if anyone has one…

How the fuck did Taaffe not recover that fumble and did we ever see that he didn’t?

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3543]

12 minutes ago, FOXHOUND said:

This, we have playmakers at WR, the slow developing cute shit does not work against teams that can match us athletically. 

We have one playmaker. 

[FOXHOUND 1178]

1 minute ago, MirrOlure said:

So I’m finally sober enough to understand the answer if anyone has one…

How the fuck did Taaffe not recover that fumble and did we ever see that he didn’t?

He didn't, the way the ball came out with nothing but white jerseys in the vicinity I assumed he rolled over on it. NO red jerseys were anywhere in sight until that guy came flying in. 

[troph 25089]

One of those slow developing red zone plays - fake flare pass I think - left a WR wide open for a TD but the pocket collapsed for a sack before Quinn could get the ball out.
 

There were SO many plays that if just one went our way. Reminds me of when sark was trying to get this program just to win the close ones.

This program is so close, all that is left is winning the championship games. It’ll happen. It was Alabama, then Georgia, Texas is next. 

Edited December 8 by troph

[MNLonghornFUKM 8963]

2 hours ago, D3zii said:

I just feel like Sark does to much eye candy and long developed plays in the red-zone which doesn’t make a lot of sense with holes getting tighter and the defense not having to worry about anything deep. 
Sark needs to keep it simple, Instead of out scheming himself 

agreed. 2-3 fakeouts while the UGA defense stacked with future pros are already in the backfield never seems to work. Might work vs UTEP tho

[D3zii 3911]

5 minutes ago, troph said:

One of those slow developing red zone plays - fake flare pass I think - left a WR wide open for a TD but the pocket collapsed for a sack before Quinn could get the ball out.
 

There were SO many plays that if just one went our way. Reminds me of when sark was trying to get this program just to win the close ones.

This program is so close, all that is left is winning the championship games. It’ll happen. It was Alabama, then Georgia, Texas is next. 

Texas best days are in front of them. 

[Horn Dog 10156]

2 hours ago, Horn80 said:

I don’t think the refs kept Arch on the sideline all game but for one play but your right they didn’t call obvious penalties on Georgia which fucked Texas.

You are right.  The refs didn’t make the stupid coaching decisions.  Like I said, refs can make it much much tougher to win (not impossible) and we have to play/coach flawlessly to pull it off when they put their thimb in the scale like they did in the first half.

It is real simple.  This is a multibillion dollar industry run by millionaires/billionaires where decisions are made to maximize profits, like every other industry. Even just a few percentage point advantage for a certain outcome makes a big difference (see Vegas).  SEC wanted maximum of their teams in the playoffs and they were going to help that happen. Have seen the same shit with other teams (GA-GA Tech and VT-Miami) in different conferences all year.  Until we get the ref crews to be independent, truly uninterested in the outcome and not run by conferences this will keep happening.  Maybe now that SEC got what it wanted, we don’t have to have this as a factor till next year.

[deft 7043]

Many years ago, we all had to endure bama and lsu play each other playing again as the “game of the century” because 9-6 is good smash mouth football. Th blueprint was always right there. This is what aggy meant when they said we weren’t ready for the sec. Our kicking game is not sec ready.

At least we’re not still missing PATs like in the strong era.

[BurgleBro 899]

15 minutes ago, D3zii said:

Texas best days are in front of them. 

IDK man never gonna get easier than it was this season. 

[David Dennison 19441]

2 minutes ago, BurgleBro said:

IDK man never gonna get easier than it was this season. 

Was?

[hookem48 4808]

14 hours ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

Bond done for the playoffs fuck 

We'll have to find another receiver that won't fight for balls and can't/won't block for shit.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3586]

13 minutes ago, BurgleBro said:

IDK man never gonna get easier than it was this season. 

We have a statue at QB that can only throw ducks and you worry our best days are behind us? 

[hookem48 4808]

1 hour ago, Texasborn91 said:

Andrew mkuba is a bad motherfucker. Can’t believe Qb held onto the ball 

You do funny things when you're concussed. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3586]

3 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

We'll have to find another receiver that won't fight for balls and can't/won't block for shit.

Lol this, he has been fucking awful this year. Wingo, Golden, and Moore are all better than him.

[Goredho 17627]

I’ve let the emotions ebb, slept off the alcohol and am able to think more rationally about last nights performance.

Annnnd it just makes me want to drink it all away again. The most maddening thing to me is the lack of execution, focus, discipline and poise in a championship game.  Up and down the roster and the staff.  Dropped balls, watching tipped balls be intercepted, being beat for loose balls, false starts to kill drives, lining up in the neutral zone or jumping offsides, the red zone play calling and execution, the passes that should have never been thrown, the missed free throw field goals, celebrating an int vs taking it to the house to seal the game.

And it’s made worse by the fact that we are so fucking talented that we can do all that and still almost win.  What a sad waste of opportunity.  Here’s to it being a wake-up call for the staff and players to fix that shit, but fuck, I wouldn’t bet on any sort of playoff run from this team. 

[Duane Moore 5636]

End of the day, the Texas OL (and associated blockers) once again got dominated by the UGA defensive front. 6 sacks and 1.1 yards per rush is all you need to know. It’s no wonder our red zone production was so pitiful. 

[D3zii 3911]

22 minutes ago, BurgleBro said:

IDK man never gonna get easier than it was this season. 

True but going off trajectory with recruiting and portal use, we will get there personnel wise. Although I think Sark is stubborn and gets in his on way, he can still build a roster. 

[ATLLonghorn 1083]

Absolutely stunning how mentally unprepared the offense was for a conference championship game

 

[Hookem2147 21930]

4 minutes ago, D3zii said:

True but going off trajectory with recruiting and portal use, we will get there personnel wise. Although I think Sark is stubborn and gets in his on way, he can still build a roster. 

You described pretty much every head coach in history. They are all stubborn and all do things their way. That’s how they get to the point they do.

[The Original Greaser Bob 2880]

1 hour ago, Texasborn91 said:

Andrew mkuba is a bad motherfucker. Can’t believe Qb held onto the ball 

Because He's a hayseed bad motherfucker.

[D3zii 3911]

5 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

You described pretty much every head coach in history. They are all stubborn and all do things their way. That’s how they get to the point they do.

Not necessarily!! Saban was stubborn, but admitted when moves needed to be made and made them. 
right?? Saban Moved to an open offense once he seen his run heavy style wasn’t winning games or recruits. Saban also made one of the most badass calls pulling his Season starting QB for a freshman in the National championship

Sark stil hasn’t shown the ability to do that. Thus my point. 

[Vertigo 20461]

3 hours ago, D3zii said:

I just feel like Sark does to much eye candy and long developed plays in the red-zone which doesn’t make a lot of sense with holes getting tighter and the defense not having to worry about anything deep. 
Sark needs to keep it simple, Instead of out scheming himself 

Our redzone offense is good thIs year. Ewers just has trouble finishing, and there is only so much scheming you can do around that. We weren't getting push in the run game, and Sark's achilles heel seems to be ultra athletic linebackers. Their guys were able to shut down the perimeter game and tackle in space. Not much more complicated than that.

[Tony Two K 605]

Against most defensive lines we can run the ball and thus do well in the red zone. Georgia D line pushed our shit in and we couldn’t run. I think playing Manning in the red zone makes a lot of sense against NFL D lines.

[D3zii 3911]

4 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

Our redzone offense is good thIs year. Ewers just has trouble finishing, and there is only so much scheming you can do around that. We weren't getting push in the run game, and Sark's achilles heel seems to be ultra athletic linebackers. Their guys were able to shut down the perimeter game and tackle in space. Not much more complicated than that.

If thats the case why not go to the QB run game with Arch?? We did it one time and got 6 yards. Add the extra blocker and do what you can, and if they stack the box let’s not forget Arch is a manning so he can definitely throw the ball. All that trick handoff shit is doing nothing but giving Georgia’s already monster D-Line time to get in our backfield and either get a sack or hold call cause our offensive line has to hold on for dear life 

Edited December 8 by D3zii

[hookem48 4808]

1 hour ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

We have one playmaker. 

Which one?

[hookem48 4808]

1 hour ago, troph said:

One of those slow developing red zone plays - fake flare pass I think - left a WR wide open for a TD but the pocket collapsed for a sack before Quinn could get the ball out.
 

There were SO many plays that if just one went our way. Reminds me of when sark was trying to get this program just to win the close ones.

This program is so close, all that is left is winning the championship games. It’ll happen. It was Alabama, then Georgia, Texas is next. 

With the strength of Ewers  arm and the fact that he never sets his feet when he throws anyway I'll always wonder if he could have thrown that ball but he fucking froze. 

 

[Texzilla58 4778]

37 minutes ago, ATLLonghorn said:

Absolutely stunning how mentally unprepared the offense was for a conference championship game

 

This absolutely reflects the the emotions of the head coach.  They were nervous because the coach was nervous.  Reflected in the terrible playcalling and red zone failures, the special teams fails. The team wasn’t mentally prepared for this stage. Kirby won this game with better coaching.

[Mdhorn 6153]

I didn't really care about a bye, because I think Texas needs to play every week to play with any sharpness.  I would hope the Horns can put some teams away, rather than continue their trend of shooting themselves in the foot with offsides calls, dropped passes and holding the ball too long.   It's too much to hope Auburn becomes a better kicker--I'm at the point where I wonder if Sark shouldn't just go for it on 4th when it's a fg try of any distance.  I still can't believe Texas didn't even faux rush the Georgia punter, but it is what it is--somebody got out coached on that particular play.  Also work with fat ass Cam on snap counts so he doesn't continue to jump offsides in every single game.