Peach Bowl: Texas vs Arizona State, Jan. 1, 12:00PM, ESPN

[TOR 6,131]

5 minutes ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

I noticed Tony Siragusa was on that team.

Dammit.

 

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2 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Jake smith still plays?  Didn’t he sign with strong? Lol

Too bad Tennessee lost. We could have played against Jake Smith and Bru McCoy in the same postseason. 

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3 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Jake smith still plays?  Didn’t he sign with strong? Lol

No, Mackovic

[kingkoopa6 8,711]

Siap. 
 

They look small and tiny in the trenches.
 

we need to pound the rock and then clog the middle.
 

Texas by 16 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by kingkoopa6

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5 hours ago, Bevo said:

Oregon and tOSU will be a battle. They should have the exact same chance to win it all.

PSU will advance. We will advance.

Georgia and Notre Dame will be a battle.

Then it will be PSU vs the winner of the GA vs ND. And us vs the winner of OR vs OSU.

PSU will lose because they aren't that good. And our game will be a tossup.

Well if you use Aggie logic, we scored more points and gave up fewer against MS State than AZ State did so we already won that future game.  We beat Michigan, who also beat tOSU - so we already won that future game.  Oregon scored more points against Michigan but our defense gave up fewer points against Michigan.  Our defense already won this future game.  Advantage Texas.   At least I think that's how Aggie would do it?

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First meeting since the 2007 Holiday Bowl. We should invite Chris Jessee to be a sideline guest for the game. 

 

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9 hours ago, CHEF RIBS W/ THE HAMM YALL said:

Who will be scout team RB this week?

[immamac 44,362]

ASU is possibly the worst team in the entire playoff. Texas will take them very seriously, but even Clemson had no shot. Texas looked on a completely different level speed wise on offense and the defense absolutely dominated the line of scrimmage. 

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I agree with the 2023 big12 ccg analogy. Clemson worried me more. Shit gets real after that.

[DanTheHorn 5,081]

I have not seen Skattebo play so looked him up and like someone here said all ankle tackles do is let the runner keep going. He seems to abuse guys smaller than him and he definitely will run through arm tackles. Can't tell if he is sneaky fast but the video makes him look faster then one thinks he would be with that body build. Our LBs are fast and will have to make sure he does not get to the third level although I can see a serious collision coming between him and Makuba. Georgia has been the only team to run on us when we knew it was coming. Don't think ASU will be able to and hopefully it will be like last years BIG 12 championship game and Skattebo will be throwing a tantrum on the sideline in the 4th quarter because he has less than 50 yards.

 

[rage-a-holic 4,736]

Full game from 2007

 

[utexas8 1,706]

This has all the makings of a game where we come out hot in the 1st half and are tackling Skattebo by the ankles, but my worry is in the 2nd half when we get a little fatigued we'll inch up a  bit and get to the waist/chest area, coming out flat in 3Q.
Who will be scout team RB this week?

Arch

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4 minutes ago, immamac said:

ASU is possibly the worst team in the entire playoff. Texas will take them very seriously, but even Clemson had no shot. Texas looked on a completely different level speed wise on offense and the defense absolutely dominated the line of scrimmage. 

So you are saying we have a chance?

And athletes.

[Al_4_ISU 12,625]

27 minutes ago, immamac said:

ASU is possibly the worst team in the entire playoff. Texas will take them very seriously, but even Clemson had no shot. Texas looked on a completely different level speed wise on offense and the defense absolutely dominated the line of scrimmage. 

They would likely beat both ACC teams and Boise, and I'd take them over Indiana and Tennessee.

Texas is absolutely the better team and should be heavily favored, but ASU is not the worst team in the entire playoff.  I would be very surprised if they didn't play Texas closer than Clemson did.

Edited 54 minutes ago by Al_4_ISU

[DanTheHorn 5,081]

Tried to read AI's post but eyes kept venturing one post up.

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5 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

Tried to read AI's post but eyes kept venturing one post up.

That's fair.

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26 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

I have not seen Skattebo play so looked him up and like someone here said all ankle tackles do is let the runner keep going. He seems to abuse guys smaller than him and he definitely will run through arm tackles. Can't tell if he is sneaky fast but the video makes him look faster then one thinks he would be with that body build. Our LBs are fast and will have to make sure he does not get to the third level although I can see a serious collision coming between him and Makuba. Georgia has been the only team to run on us when we knew it was coming. Don't think ASU will be able to and hopefully it will be like last years BIG 12 championship game and Skattebo will be throwing a tantrum on the sideline in the 4th quarter because he has less than 50 yards.

 

They have Skattebo but we have SkatteBLUUUE    😂

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The Skattebo full season highlights show him stepping out of every ankle tackle attempt within 5 yards of the LOS. 
 

I think AZ State’s offense is probably one of the better ones we’ve seen this year. Their defense though…

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7 minutes ago, MrX said:

The Skattebo full season highlights show him stepping out of every ankle tackle attempt within 5 yards of the LOS. 
 

I think AZ State’s offense is probably one of the better ones we’ve seen this year. Their defense though…

Skat-or-poo will be out of the game by halftime. He hasnt played a real defense that hits like us all year. Expect less than 80 yards on the ground for him and a 20 point blowout. 

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27 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

I have not seen Skattebo play so looked him up and like someone here said all ankle tackles do is let the runner keep going. He seems to abuse guys smaller than him and he definitely will run through arm tackles. Can't tell if he is sneaky fast but the video makes him look faster then one thinks he would be with that body build. Our LBs are fast and will have to make sure he does not get to the third level although I can see a serious collision coming between him and Makuba. Georgia has been the only team to run on us when we knew it was coming. Don't think ASU will be able to and hopefully it will be like last years BIG 12 championship game and Skattebo will be throwing a tantrum on the sideline in the 4th quarter because he has less than 50 yards.

 

He’s a fun back to watch, but he’ll be the focus of the defense. He’s not an elite back by any stretch in any form other than surviving first contact. ASU is going to try to get him around the edge and away from the trenches. I expect Hill and Lefau to have big days.  

16 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

They would likely beat both ACC teams and Boise, and I'd take them over Indiana and Tennessee.

Texas is absolutely the better team and should be heavily favored, but ASU is not the worst team in the entire playoff.  I would be very surprised if they didn't play Texas closer than Clemson did.

Texas will have to take ASU seriously and I assume they will. That said, you’re overrating ASU due to conference bias. Sure, they whipped ISU’s ass, but that’s a team of Matt Campbell 3 star try-hards. Clemson has far better talent across the board on both sides of the ball versus ASU.

The QB, TB, TE, 2 OTs, and 3 WRs will all eventually be drafted. 3 LBs, Woods, and Parker will all eventually be drafted on defense. 

Meanwhile, ASU has a freshman QB, Skattebo and a bunch of guys that couldn’t crack Texas’ or USC’s two deep on both sides of the ball. 

If regular Texas shows up, this is a cover. If good Texas shows up, this is a beatdown. 

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4 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

He’s a fun back to watch, but he’ll be the focus of the defense. He’s not an elite back by any stretch in any form other than surviving first contact. ASU is going to try to get him around the edge and away from the trenches. I expect Hill and Lefau to have big days.  

Texas will have to take ASU seriously and I assume they will. That said, you’re overrating ASU due to conference bias. Sure, they whipped ISU’s ass, but that’s a team of Matt Campbell 3 star try-hards. Clemson has far better talent across the board on both sides of the ball versus ASU.

The QB, TB, TE, 2 OTs, and 3 WRs will all eventually be drafted. 3 LBs, Woods, and Parker will all eventually be drafted on defense. 

Meanwhile, ASU has a freshman QB, Skattebo and a bunch of guys that couldn’t crack Texas’ or USC’s two deep on both sides of the ball. 

If regular Texas shows up, this is a cover. If good Texas shows up, this is a beatdown. 

Seriously a bunch of "who was that guy again?" Are starting at ASU. Like 3 deep or further back guys. Starting. Not like playing some snaps, like they are the guy who can't get beat by the guy behind them who sucks even worse. It's like a bunch of Texas scout team walkons and a few 2nd stringers. 

Take it seriously, win or go home situation, but this should be very one sided with almost a vanilla playbook. 

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Todd McShay said on his pod we have 12 guys for the 2025 draft that will be drafted, while ASU has 1 (Skibidoo). This might be one of the least talented teams we play all year.

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On 12/22/2024 at 7:08 AM, Knoxtnhorn said:

And take the GD field goal.

I mean, our kicker probably would have missed.

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18 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

If regular Texas shows up, this is a cover. If good Texas shows up, this is a beatdown. 

Would you say the Clemson game was regular Texas or good Texas? Kind of felt like somewhere in between. 

[GabrielsHorn 2,246]

Forget which podcast said it, but they asked if you’d take an all star team of DL from teams that played ASU or Texas’ DL, and most picked Texas.

 

ASU has a had a great season, but this is such a jump up in competition for them, especially in the trenches. 

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Just now, GabrielsHorn said:

Forget which podcast said it, but they asked if you’d take an all star team of DL from teams that played ASU or Texas’ DL, and most picked Texas.

 

ASU has a had a great season, but this is such a jump up in competition for them, especially in the trenches. 

I think it was Cover 3.

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27 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

He’s a fun back to watch, but he’ll be the focus of the defense. He’s not an elite back by any stretch in any form other than surviving first contact. ASU is going to try to get him around the edge and away from the trenches. I expect Hill and Lefau to have big days.  

Texas will have to take ASU seriously and I assume they will. That said, you’re overrating ASU due to conference bias. Sure, they whipped ISU’s ass, but that’s a team of Matt Campbell 3 star try-hards. Clemson has far better talent across the board on both sides of the ball versus ASU.

The QB, TB, TE, 2 OTs, and 3 WRs will all eventually be drafted. 3 LBs, Woods, and Parker will all eventually be drafted on defense. 

Meanwhile, ASU has a freshman QB, Skattebo and a bunch of guys that couldn’t crack Texas’ or USC’s two deep on both sides of the ball. 

If regular Texas shows up, this is a cover. If good Texas shows up, this is a beatdown. 

Agree to disagree. I'm not worried like some posters here, but Skattebo has elite balance and breaks all forms of tackles, has plenty of speed, and catches the ball just about as good as any RB in college football. He is very shifty in the backfield, as well. Watch his tape again. Just because he's a bigger, white RB doesn't mean he doesn't have some elite traits. He's Bijan-esque on many of his highlights. He'd be RB1 at Texas this season.

That being said, I think a lot of that will be neutralized when Texas dominates at the LOS and Skattebo has no running lanes.

Edited 2 minutes ago by MuellerHorn

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8 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Would you say the Clemson game was regular Texas or good Texas? Kind of felt like somewhere in between. 

Late in the week, Vegas had the game at roughly 32-18 Texas.  It ended up 38-24, so they nailed the spread but underestimated the total.  I'd say that was "good, not great" Texas.  (For one thing, the 24 was bothersome.)