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

[TOR 6131]

5 minutes ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

I noticed Tony Siragusa was on that team.

Dammit.

 

[tx 3 putt 78699]

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3644]

[Horndog 2300]

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. 

[Lhorn 5095]

3 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

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

No, Mackovic

[kingkoopa6 8711]

Siap. 
 

They look small and tiny in the trenches.
 

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

Texas by 16 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by kingkoopa6

[dec3169 556]

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?

[Longboard Horn 41361]

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

 

[CashMcCoy 3415]

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

Who will be scout team RB this week?

[immamac 44372]

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. 

[DaysOff 8211]

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

[DanTheHorn 5086]

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 4736]

Full game from 2007

 

[utexas8 1708]

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

[InkaUtexas 26902]

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 12629]

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 2 hours ago by Al_4_ISU

[DanTheHorn 5086]

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

[Al_4_ISU 12629]

5 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

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

That's fair.

[TexasGolf 5466]

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    😂

[MrX 804]

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…

[The_Great_Hornsby 3599]

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. 

[closetojumping 65441]

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. 

[immamac 44372]

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. 

[Fug 604]

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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[warhorn8 0]

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

And take the GD field goal.

I mean, our kicker probably would have missed.

[NorthLoop 14484]

[Red Five 41742]

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 2246]

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. 

[billfromlaketravis 11824]

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.

[MuellerHorn 4627]

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 hours ago by MuellerHorn

[jimmyjazz 47219]

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.)

[The_Great_Hornsby 3599]

10 minutes ago, Red Five said:

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

I think it was good Texas. Clemson played pretty damn well towards the end of the game, especially Klubnik. Should be very valuable for our defense to get that experience considering we have Howard or Gabriel upcoming. 

[immamac 44372]

7 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

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.

This is an absolute joke of a post. He wouldn't even get touches in front of Gibson. 

He doesn't have elite balance, he just doesn't get arm tackled. There is nothing bijan-esque about him and it's fucking blasphemy to even compare them. You should be ashamed of your post. 

[kevwun 16440]

No need for hyperbole.  He's a good running back.  He would absolutely get carries here, for sure in the beginning of the season before Wisner took it up a notch.

Edited 1 hour ago by kevwun

[TrashMaster G 18103]

7 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Does anyone know how to contact the girls in the 2nd pic so I can buy them some cheeseburgers?

[HenryJames 67388]

I'm not one for hyperbole, but he's the best running back in history.

[MuellerHorn 4627]

7 minutes ago, immamac said:

This is an absolute joke of a post. He wouldn't even get touches in front of Gibson. 

He doesn't have elite balance, he just doesn't get arm tackled. There is nothing bijan-esque about him and it's fucking blasphemy to even compare them. You should be ashamed of your post. 

I'm not talking about Gibson. I'm talking our current stable of healthy RBs.

Bijan-esque doesn't mean he's Bijan - he's not Bijan. It means some of his highlights resemble Bijan's. There are numerous games where he has multiple highlights of him breaking three or four tackles while cutting back across the field like Bijan did. The bulk of Bijan's same highlights came against the same level of Big12 talent Skattebo's have. He's a really good RB. This isn't Toby Gerhart.

 

Edited 1 hour ago by MuellerHorn

[jimmyjazz 47219]

1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

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

I can definitely see them beating SMU and Boise State.  I don't know about Tennessee, seems like a push.

[BurntOrange&White 41889]

Per Peach Bowl president:
 

Peach Bowl is sold out

 

If Texas wins the Peach Bowl we will be the first team to win all NY6/BCS bowls.

[ClubWhatever 12314]

10 hours ago, SarkAfterDark said:

No idea why Skattebo has some of you acting like terrified pussies.

I have an idea 

[Rickylovesweed 15522]

Skattebo is a good back but damn he's faced a lot of terrible run defenses. 7/13 games have come against defenses ranked outside the top 75 in rush defense. 

He's a good back but I don't even think he's the best RB we've faced this year. Etienne is the better back when healthy. 

 

[DanTheHorn 5086]

3 minutes ago, immamac said:

He doesn't have elite balance, he just doesn't get arm tackled. There is nothing bijan-esque about him and it's fucking blasphemy to even compare them. You should be ashamed of your post. 

I agree that that guy does not have Bijan speed or change of direction. He would come in in handy for us in the read zone but so did Cody Johnson.

 

4 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

I'm not talking about Gibson. I'm talking our current stable of healthy RBs.

Bijan-esque doesn't mean he's Bijan - he's not Bijan. It means some of his highlights resemble Bijan's. There are numerous games where he has multiple highlights of him breaking three or four tackles while cutting back across the field like Bijan did. The bulk of Bijan's same highlights came against the same level of Big12 talent Skattebo's have. He's a really good RB. This isn't Toby Gerhart.

 

I posted that video a few post up so yea I have seen it and I stand by what I said. There is no Bijan-esque in this guy. I was at a game when Bijan broke into the open field and the safety was about 7 yards away with a perfect angle and all I thought was that the poor safety had no chance this is a going to be a 40+ yard TD. This guy would get touched and while making his futile attempt at shaking the safety he would get caught from behind as he is many times in that video.

[89Horn 1737]

7 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

All of these girls:  Ah crap.  I didn’t get into Stanford or Berkeley or UCLA or USC.

Their parents (hiding equal parts laughter and annoyance eyes rolling): You also didn’t get into UCSD, UCI, UCD, UCSB, UCSC, UC Riverside or Merced, San Diego State, Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton, Northridge, Dominguez Hills, etc. either . . . and Arizona.

girls:  I guess it’s Arizona State!!!

Parents:  You did get into Texas A&M.  Give it some thought.

girls:  eww

[Al_4_ISU 12629]

50 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. 

I think it has more to do with being in Jerry World and seeing them live in their best effort of the year vs pure conference affiliation.  3 star Matt Campbell try hards have a hard ceiling, but they did beat some pretty good OU and UT squads over the years, and hung reasonably well against a Texas team of similar talent level to this one a year ago.  Texas (and OU for that matter) never whipped a Matt Campbell try hard team as soundly ASU just did.

I'm in no way predicting that ASU even makes this a game, really.  I just don't agree that they're the worst team in the playoff, and there are some concrete examples to back up that opinion - not just pure bias (and obviously I'm biased).  Clemson absolutely has more on-paper talent than ASU, but outside of truly elite talent (which Clemson doesn't have) you regularly see better coached teams win against more talented ones.  I can't see ASU dropping a home game to Louisville like Clemson did.  ASU has one bad loss, and it was a road game without their QB.

Edited 1 hour ago by Al_4_ISU

[closetojumping 65441]

26 minutes ago, Red Five said:

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

I felt like it was good Texas that went vanilla when they shouldn’t have. The injuries didn’t help. 

22 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

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.

I watched him multiple times this year. I’m not arguing that he’s not a good college back who will play in the NFL. I’m just saying that he has one elite trait, surviving first contact. That’s not misaligned with what you’re calling “balance”. 

I’d love to have him on UT’s roster and getting 25-50% with our depletion of backs this year. He and Tyson are the only two guys I’d want on the Texas roster. 

[Bevo14 8468]

51 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

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. 

Underestimate 5 star culture at your own peril, sir.

Edited 1 hour ago by Bevo14

[MuellerHorn 4627]

2 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

I agree that that guy does not have Bijan speed or change of direction. He would come in in handy for us in the read zone but so did Cody Johnson.

 

I posted that video a few post up so yea I have seen it and I stand by what I said. There is no Bijan-esque in this guy. I was at a game when Bijan broke into the open field and the safety was about 7 yards away with a perfect angle and all I thought was that the poor safety had no chance this is a going to be a 40+ yard TD. This guy would get touched and while making his futile attempt at shaking the safety he would get caught from behind as he is many times in that video.

Again, I'm not saying he's Bijan. Bijan is a one in every 10 years kind of back. I'm also not afraid of playing this guy, especially since Texas should dominate the LOS.

[MuellerHorn 4627]

1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

I felt like it was good Texas that went vanilla when they shouldn’t have. The injuries didn’t help. 

I watched him multiple times this year. I’m not arguing that he’s not a good college back who will play in the NFL. I’m just saying that he has one elite trait, surviving first contact. That’s not misaligned with what you’re calling “balance”. 

I’d love to have him on UT’s roster and getting 25-50% with our depletion of backs this year. He and Tyson are the only two guys I’d want on the Texas roster. 

I can agree with all of that.

[DanTheHorn 5086]

Just now, MuellerHorn said:

Again, I'm not saying he's Bijan. Bijan is a one in every 10 years kind of back. I'm also not afraid of playing this guy, especially since Texas should dominate the LOS.

Then why open your self up to criticism by saying Bijan-esque. Just say that the guy survives first contact well and and is surprisingly shifty in tight spaces.

[jimmyjazz 47219]

5 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I'm in no way predicting that ASU even makes this a game, really.  I just don't agree that they're the worst team in the playoff,

I definitely agree with you.  For whatever it's worth, Sagarin has this as Texas minus 7.5 on a neutral field.