Game Week Thread 2024 Playoffs Round 1: Clemson at Texas

[BachelorTrek 3262]

4 hours ago, Sir Ulrich said:

This may have been talked about up thread but wanted to chime in after hearing some confusion on OTF about it. 

The NCAA is heavily involved on in stadium experience for home games in the post season. I worked a few games at the FCS level and they limit everything from music on 3rd downs to how the PA announcer can do their job amongst other home game staples. 

Be prepared for a stale environment that will be completely dependent on the crowd to produce noise. 

So you're saying, it'll be just like the Memorial Stadium games (It wasn't DKR until '96.) I attended in the 70s, 80s, and 90s will just have The University of Texas Longhorn Band playing at stoppages, and no DJ, no blazing-overdriven loud dance-music for women to keep them from saying, "I'm boooored!" and leaving, no annoying loud advertisements?

It'd help enormously if a good Wally Pryor impersonater ran the PA.

----"George.... George Soros. Please report to the stadium office."

 

FUCKING SIGN ME UP, THEN!  Lulz. 

Edited Saturday at 01:46 AM by BachelorTrek

[Rickylovesweed 15304]

Defensively, I think the gameplan will be very similar to aggy with no Moss. 

We're just going to sell out on Klubnik until Clemson shows their RBs can beat us. Clemson's OL is also pretty bad in pass pro even though the sack numbers don't show it. 

Generate numbers around Klubnik and blow things up before they even get started. 

[BarthHollamew 251]

9 hours ago, Jimmy Two Times said:

Under the current team leadership, I'm not worried about this team overlooking anyone. May help a bit that it's ASU waiting on the other side too, but we've jumped out to a lead in virtually every game the past two years. I can't remember the last time that I thought the team looked flat because of the opponent (not counting games where they're obviously up for it and just shit the bed like OU/OU/UW/Georgia). 

Agree.  It’s what happens at half-time that concerns me.  

[Dahobbs 18179]

12 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Defensively, I think the gameplan will be very similar to aggy with no Moss. 

We're just going to sell out on Klubnik until Clemson shows their RBs can beat us. Clemson's OL is also pretty bad in pass pro even though the sack numbers don't show it. 

Generate numbers around Klubnik and blow things up before they even get started. 

Frankly, I'm not sure we've changed our defensive game plan all year. It is the same game plan every time: no big plays, make teams drive the field, and rely on the fact that we will inflict negative plays to end drives. We haven't done much selling our on anything and I don't expect us to start now. 

[Red Five 41586]

4. Sark is ultra stubborn when it comes to QB loyalty.

This. He’s sticking with his guy and that’s all there is to it.

Obviously that changes if we get another Georgia in Austin first half.

[lilMAC25 3969]

24 minutes ago, Red Five said:

This. He’s sticking with his guy and that’s all there is to it.

Obviously that changes if we get another Georgia in Austin first half.

Even then, you’ll probably only see a couple of series from the backup (barring injury).

[GreenspointTexas 9930]

We will NOT make it deep into the playoffs unless Sark installs some sort of Arch package using both his arms AND his legs.

 

Immobile Quinn is simply too easy to defend and tee off on (as is the running game) against better competition. 

[TrashMaster G 18027]

13 hours ago, BachelorTrek said:

So you're saying, it'll be just like the Memorial Stadium games (It wasn't DKR until '96.) I attended in the 70s, 80s, and 90s will just have The University of Texas Longhorn Band playing at stoppages, and no DJ, no blazing-overdriven loud dance-music for women to keep them from saying, "I'm boooored!" and leaving, no annoying loud advertisements?

It'd help enormously if a good Wally Pryor impersonater ran the PA.

----"George.... George Soros. Please report to the stadium office."

 

FUCKING SIGN ME UP, THEN!  Lulz. 

Sounds dreamy

 

[LonghornSean 4072]

18 hours ago, Sir Ulrich said:

This may have been talked about up thread but wanted to chime in after hearing some confusion on OTF about it. 

The NCAA is heavily involved on in stadium experience for home games in the post season. I worked a few games at the FCS level and they limit everything from music on 3rd downs to how the PA announcer can do their job amongst other home game staples. 

Be prepared for a stale environment that will be completely dependent on the crowd to produce noise. 

Some rules like that will be in place, but it’s not because of the NCAA. The CFP is not an NCAA-organized event or championship. It’s controlled by the CFP (which is an independent group run the conferences).

[Hookem10 848]

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

We will NOT make it deep into the playoffs unless Sark installs some sort of Arch package using both his arms AND his legs.

 

Immobile Quinn is simply too easy to defend and tee off on (as is the running game) against better competition. 

arch is not gonna play extensive time. Quinn is hurt and will be hurt for the whole playoff. sark does not want arch to be wildcat guy taking hits and possibly getting hurt. we might actually need him when and if qe goes down this playoff. 

and I don't think there is a Georgia defense on our side that'll shut our running game down.....maybe Ohio state. 

[Surly Bevo 25654]

This may have been talked about up thread but wanted to chime in after hearing some confusion on OTF about it. 
The NCAA is heavily involved on in stadium experience for home games in the post season. I worked a few games at the FCS level and they limit everything from music on 3rd downs to how the PA announcer can do their job amongst other home game staples. 
Be prepared for a stale environment that will be completely dependent on the crowd to produce noise. 

So Texas/OU?

Great

[Huckleberry 34395]

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

We will NOT make it deep into the playoffs unless Sark installs some sort of Arch package using both his arms AND his legs.

 

Immobile Quinn is simply too easy to defend and tee off on (as is the running game) against better competition. 

Hot new take. 

[JBJ 3780]

The time off might just let Quinn heal up and we'll get early season Quinn.

[thunderlounge 8305]

You mean the one that would lock down to a receiver while throwing to a different one?

 

[TreatyOak 17187]

[Hagbard Celine 11152]

18 hours ago, lilMAC25 said:

4. Sark is ultra stubborn when it comes to QB loyalty.

other helmet school fan I talk to a lot:

5. Sark trusts Quinn more than Arch against league/playoff opponents, i.e. Arch lighting up OOC and game-managing league-bottom opponents doesn't guarantee he is ready to do it in December and we have no choice but to trust in Sark.

not my opinion (i think it's #4) but psa how an outsider sees it

[Hagbard Celine 11152]

4 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

Frankly, I'm not sure we've changed our defensive game plan all year. It is the same game plan every time: no big plays, make teams drive the field, and rely on the fact that we will inflict negative plays to end drives. We haven't done much selling our on anything and I don't expect us to start now. 

other than the 2nd quarter against the first uga game (short fields) this has worked in every game and it's the reason we will win it all if the offense unfucks itself

if we had a punter we'd be even more dangerous

note: florida snagged the michigan punter in the portal dammit

[NashLonghorn 297]

5 hours ago, Red Five said:

This. He’s sticking with his guy and that’s all there is to it.

Obviously that changes if we get another Georgia in Austin first half.

Bite your fucking tongue😡

[Ignatius 4125]

23 hours ago, Sir Ulrich said:

This may have been talked about up thread but wanted to chime in after hearing some confusion on OTF about it. 

The NCAA is heavily involved on in stadium experience for home games in the post season. I worked a few games at the FCS level and they limit everything from music on 3rd downs to how the PA announcer can do their job amongst other home game staples. 

Be prepared for a stale environment that will be completely dependent on the crowd to produce noise. 

The NCAA has zero to do with the FBS playoffs; it’s not their event, and the people who run it don’t give a flying fuck what they want…

[cabowabo 4644]

23 hours ago, Sir Ulrich said:

This may have been talked about up thread but wanted to chime in after hearing some confusion on OTF about it. 

The NCAA is heavily involved on in stadium experience for home games in the post season. I worked a few games at the FCS level and they limit everything from music on 3rd downs to how the PA announcer can do their job amongst other home game staples. 

Be prepared for a stale environment that will be completely dependent on the crowd to produce noise. 

This sounds fucking great. 

[Hank_Hill 19694]

3 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

other helmet school fan I talk to a lot:

5. Sark trusts Quinn more than Arch against league/playoff opponents, i.e. Arch lighting up OOC and game-managing league-bottom opponents doesn't guarantee he is ready to do it in December and we have no choice but to trust in Sark.

 

This explanation seems way less reasonable than Sark being scared of hurting the Ewers camp feefees as has been suggested.

[Hagbard Celine 11152]

6 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

This explanation seems way less reasonable than Sark being scared of hurting the Ewers camp feefees as has been suggested.

i came back with that, and the outsider retort is we are subjective because of how close we are to our program

[Jkwellborn 7002]

Even then, you’ll probably only see a couple of series from the backup (barring injury).

Plays. It’s doubtful arch gets an entire series.

[Ignatius 4125]

16 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

This explanation seems way less reasonable than Sark being scared of hurting the Ewers camp feefees as has been suggested.

Why would he care about that? There’s no younger Ewers we’d be recruiting and no potential recruit is going to question why he gave way to one of the most heralded recruits in history….

[Tex Long 4605]

Tell you what, we march our first possession down the field, go 0-2 in the red zone and  kick FG on 4th and six without seeing Arch... my big screen's in danger.

[Surly Bevo 25654]

Tell you what, we march our first possession down the field, go 0-2 in the red zone and  kick FG on 4th and six without seeing Arch... my big screen's in danger.

[Tex Long 4605]

Just now, Surly Bevo said:

Yes, you do. 

[Hagbard Celine 11152]

i thin he's sarkmocking you

[Tex Long 4605]

7 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

i thin he's sarkmocking you

That, or he has a case of small screen.

[Hank_Hill 19694]

4 hours ago, Ignatius said:

Why would he care about that? There’s no younger Ewers we’d be recruiting and no potential recruit is going to question why he gave way to one of the most heralded recruits in history….

I agree, people are idiots.

[Hookem10 848]

4 hours ago, Ignatius said:

Why would he care about that? There’s no younger Ewers we’d be recruiting and no potential recruit is going to question why he gave way to one of the most heralded recruits in history….

no dog in this fight but which one of y'all is a coach on staff and has seen both arch and qe practice. spill the beans if arch is better in practice and sark is telling him wait his turn. I knew a coach would pop up on surly one day just like greg Davis. 

[Horndog 2293]

3 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

i thin he's sarkmocking you

Sarkasm?

[Horn of Gabriel 1883]

On 12/12/2024 at 2:16 PM, LonghornSean said:

The Athletic had an article last month about some of the guidelines and logistics for home playoffs. Intro videos, no LED light shows allowed after TDs, etc.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5889137/2024/11/01/college-football-playoff-home-game-tickets/

This quote: “We all like the tradition of the bowls, but moreso, the bowl committees know how to put on games and hospitality and game operations,” Hancock said. “They know how to do that better than anybody.”

REALLY??!!!  The bowls know better how to put on a game than the athletic departments who do it 8 times a year every year?  We knew the bowl parasites were going to try every trick in the book to get their hooks into the CFP to try to maintain a semblance of relevance, but zero reason the first 2 rounds should not be on campus.  Better environment, less travel, rewards the higher seeds, rewards the fans and season ticket holders.  

Between semis and the national championship they can establish a rotation of Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Cotton, and Peach maybe.  Or just use the first three, who cares.  The only butthurt people would be the barnacles on the side of the college football boat that are the bowl committees.  NO ONE is saying "wow I can't wait for a trip to Arlington and the pageantry of Jerryworld!"

[Surly Bevo 25654]

Rose Bowl has pretty much tapped out of being a semifinal/final location....they like their January 1st 2 pm PT kick  

[TrashMaster G 18027]

24 minutes ago, Horn of Gabriel said:

This quote: “We all like the tradition of the bowls, but moreso, the bowl committees know how to put on games and hospitality and game operations,” Hancock said. “They know how to do that better than anybody.”

REALLY??!!!  The bowls know better how to put on a game than the athletic departments who do it 8 times a year every year?  We knew the bowl parasites were going to try every trick in the book to get their hooks into the CFP to try to maintain a semblance of relevance, but zero reason the first 2 rounds should not be on campus.  Better environment, less travel, rewards the higher seeds, rewards the fans and season ticket holders.  

Between semis and the national championship they can establish a rotation of Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, Cotton, and Peach maybe.  Or just use the first three, who cares.  The only butthurt people would be the barnacles on the side of the college football boat that are the bowl committees.  NO ONE is saying "wow I can't wait for a trip to Arlington and the pageantry of Jerryworld!"

I can't read the article thanks to the paywall, but the truth is that what that guy is talking about is the stuff for the teams and the VIPs and NOTHING ELSE.

The bowls do NOT give a shit about the other fans in the stadium. None. They are happy to stiff the non-VIP ticket holders with shitty seats that are overpriced, while lavishing their volunteers and sponsors with prime seats for free. 

It's a disgusting culture and, as much as I loved the bowl games for so many years as a tv-watching fan, the power those bowls have wielded needs to go away. 

Edited Sunday at 09:05 PM by TrashMaster G

[Horn of Gabriel 1883]

25 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Rose Bowl has pretty much tapped out of being a semifinal/final location....they like their January 1st 2 pm PT kick  

That's fine and they'll become irrelevant as a result.  But the CFP should still hold the championship game at that stadium every year.

[Tex Long 4605]

34 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

I can't read the article thanks to the paywall...

Dunno about phones and iShit, by the Just Read extension on Chrome tosses those paywall popups out the window. Also... shitcans a lot of in-text ads, and cleans up colorization and formatting. 

[thunderlounge 8305]

1 hour ago, TrashMaster G said:

I can't read the article thanks to the paywall, but the truth is that what that guy is talking about is the stuff for the teams and the VIPs and NOTHING ELSE.

The bowls do NOT give a shit about the other fans in the stadium. None. They are happy to stiff the non-VIP ticket holders with shitty seats that are overpriced, while lavishing their volunteers and sponsors with prime seats for free. 

It's a disgusting culture and, as much as I loved the bowl games for so many years as a tv-watching fan, the power those bowls have wielded needs to go away. 

 

[Leanderman 2350]

 

"I can't read the article thanks to the paywall"

[D3zii 3911]

On 12/14/2024 at 1:45 PM, JBJ said:

The time off might just let Quinn heal up and we'll get early season Quinn.

Yea he did look

good after the last bye week he was able to heal up before re-hurting it against Kentucky  

[stork642 4511]

8 hours ago, Tex Long said:

Tell you what, we march our first possession down the field, go 0-2 in the red zone and  kick FG on 4th and six without seeing Arch... my big screen's in danger.

[Steamboat1874 4280]

Jesus

Sounds like many of you would like to see Quinn benched so Arch can play.

Obviously you are an idiot if you believe this is true.

[GreenspointTexas 9930]

Wont this be the best qb we have faced all year?

[Red Five 41586]

18 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Jesus

Sounds like many of you would like to see Quinn benched so Arch can play.

Obviously you are an idiot if you believe this is true.

We've seen enough from both QBs. It's not unreasonable at all to think we'd be better off with Manning playing. 

[Dahobbs 18179]

4 minutes ago, Red Five said:

We've seen enough from both QBs. It's not unreasonable at all to think we'd be better off with Manning playing. 

I think you're misremembering what they looked like against similar competition. 

[Red Five 41586]

1 minute ago, Dahobbs said:

I think you're misremembering what they looked like against similar competition. 

Hey man, I can argue both sides of this. You think it's unreasonable to think we'd be better off, right now, with Manning playing. The guy who is going to be a Heisman favorite going into next year. 

[Dahobbs 18179]

2 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Hey man, I can argue both sides of this. You think it's unreasonable to think we'd be better off, right now, with Manning playing. The guy who is going to be a Heisman favorite going into next year. 

I think you're setting yourself up for disappointment next season. Arch is going to be good. He'll still have struggles in his first full season.  You'll probably ask for our backup at some point with Arch as well. 

Edited yesterday at 01:38 AM by Dahobbs

[Hank_Hill 19694]

3 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Hey man, I can argue both sides of this. You think it's unreasonable to think we'd be better off, right now, with Manning playing. The guy who is going to be a Heisman favorite going into next year. 

….like Ewers this year??

Edited yesterday at 01:38 AM by Hank_Hill

[Red Five 41586]

2 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

I think you're setting yourself up for disappointment next season. Arch is going to be good. He'll still have struggles in his first full season. 

Did I miss some posts of mine? I have never suggested otherwise. 

Again, I said it is not an unreasonable opinion to think we'd be better off with Manning starting. That's it. Full stop. 

[Steamboat1874 4280]

14 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Did I miss some posts of mine? I have never suggested otherwise. 

Again, I said it is not an unreasonable opinion to think we'd be better off with Manning starting. That's it. Full stop. 

That’s great.

So what if Manning comes in when we get to the red zone and throws a pick six.

Then what do you do?