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6 minutes ago, C-Man said:

We had four offensive plays for minus-5 yards in the first 14:29 of the third quarter and finished with eight yards on six plays in the entire quarter.

Here's our quarter-by-quarter offensive breakdown:

  • 1Q: 5 plays, 75 yards
  • 2Q: 16 plays, 78 yards
  • 3Q: 6 plays, 8 yards
  • 4Q: 28 plays, 165 yards
  • OT: 5 plays, 50 yards

At 14-3 we had 45 seconds time of possession 

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8 hours ago, chainsaw said:

Skattebo made multiple huge plays, had an undeniable stat line, and took his team from a statistical 99.9% loss chance to a statistical 91.2% win chance. Let's give credit where it's due. You don't have to like his persona, but I can't understand how anyone could objectively see what he did and not respect it. Hats off to him, and I wish our RBs ran as hard as he does.

Seems like you started watching the game half way through the 3rd quarter.  I don't understand how anyone who watched the first 3 and a half quarters can think that Skattebo is anything but an above average college player.  

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13 minutes ago, 83Horn said:

Seems like you started watching the game half way through the 3rd quarter.  I don't understand how anyone who watched the first 3 and a half quarters can think that Skattebo is anything but an above average college player.  

there's 60 minutes in regulation dude

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9 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

As I posted in the game thread, the no call probably helped us.  If they have to settle for a FG there, we are down three points on the 4th and 13 play.  Sark would trot Bert back out there to try to tie it up.  Would you have any faith in that fucker hitting a 45 yarder to send it to a second OT?  I wouldn't.

100%. You never know if something is a good thing or a bad thing until you have had the perspective of time, this being a perfect example. So don't sweat the small shit...or even the (at the time) big shit.  

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4 hours ago, C-Man said:

We had four offensive plays for minus-5 yards in the first 14:29 of the third quarter and finished with eight yards on six plays in the entire quarter.

Here's our quarter-by-quarter offensive breakdown:

  • 1Q: 5 plays, 75 yards
  • 2Q: 16 plays, 78 yards
  • 3Q: 6 plays, 8 yards
  • 4Q: 28 plays, 165 yards
  • OT: 5 plays, 50 yards

I'm already planning a ~35 minute mental wellness nap at around 8:15 next Friday.

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58 minutes ago, JesterM409 said:

West Virginia native son Rich Rodriguez says "Hey!" 

Oh for sure. I mean you can never say with 100 percent certainty what a coach will do, especially if a blue blood shows up on your doorstep offering you whatever you want in terms of money. I guess the hope would be that he is more in the vein of a Mark Few who likes where he is than a coaching nomad like Larry Brown was.

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2 hours ago, 83Horn said:

Seems like you started watching the game half way through the 3rd quarter.  I don't understand how anyone who watched the first 3 and a half quarters can think that Skattebo is anything but an above average college player.  

Did that make sense when you typed it? Almost 300 all purpose yards and responsible for all 3 of their TDs. He's the only reason they were at the game and the only reason they were in the game. 

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7 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Did that make sense when you typed it? Almost 300 all purpose yards and responsible for all 3 of their TDs. He's the only reason they were at the game and the only reason they were in the game. 

No, they only reason they were in the game was the Texas offense in the 3rd qtr and never staying on the field consistently. He got stuffed on a 4th and goal on a huge play. Quinn threw a gifted pick in the 4th. One of his rushing TDs he was stuffed but his lineman threw him into the endzone illegally. Another TD came because his pass was so terrible, it was easier for the WR to adjust and come back to it than the defender. A great chunk of some other yards came because he was allowed to extend his arm, push off and create separation on a pass right after Quinn's pick.

He was an average RB yesterday who took advantage of situations that fell into his lap late in the game when the defense was tired. He wasn't dominating the game and putting the team on his back type game and keeping them in it. Texas' ineptitude on offense kept ASU in the game after it was 14-3 early. Not him. 

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11 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

No, they only reason they were in the game was the Texas offense in the 3rd qtr and never staying on the field consistently. He got stuffed on a 4th and goal on a huge play. Quinn threw a gifted pick in the 4th. One of his rushing TDs he was stuffed but his lineman threw him into the endzone illegally. Another TD came because his pass was so terrible, it was easier for the WR to adjust and come back to it than the defender. A great chunk of some other yards came because he was allowed to extend his arm, push off and create separation on a pass right after Quinn's pick.

He was an average RB yesterday who took advantage of situations that fell into his lap late in the game when the defense was tired. He wasn't dominating the game and putting the team on his back type game and keeping them in it. Texas' ineptitude on offense kept ASU in the game after it was 14-3 early. Not him. 

Maybe you should ask PK, Nansen et al if he's an "average " running back. 

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12 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Did that make sense when you typed it? Almost 300 all purpose yards and responsible for all 3 of their TDs. He's the only reason they were at the game and the only reason they were in the game. 

Yes, and it still does.  It was Texas's offensive ineptitude in the third quarter that led to Texas's defensive exhaustion in the fourth quarter which led to Skattebo being able to make casual observers believe he's some unstoppable superman.  He is an above average college RB who was absolutely shut down for 3 quarters, and took advantage of his opportunity in the 4th.  He even kept taking himself out of the game in short yardage situations in the third.  Not exactly what an unstoppable "warrior" would do.   I am just tired of the popular narrative being shoveled about this game.  I finally got around to listening to some of the national "experts" talking about this, and heard everything from, "Arizona State completely controlled this game right from the start", to "Skattebo was completely unstoppable, he was like a man among boys out there", to "There is nothing he can't do" before finally acknowledging (reluctantly) that Texas actually won the game.  I swear if you hadn't watched the game, and didn't know the final score,  you'd swear that Texas got boatraced.

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13 hours ago, chainsaw said:

So the Heisman voters were wrong, and you're right, he's just an average RB.

1) Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?

2) Heisman voters?  You talking about Heisman voters?  Are these the same Heisman voters that awarded their trophy to the likes of Johnny Manziel, Eric Crouch, Gino Torretta, Jason White, et al?  GTFO with that shit.

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Just now, 83Horn said:

1) Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, is it?

2) Heisman voters?  You talking about Heisman voters?  Are these the same Heisman voters that awarded their trophy to the likes of Johnny Manziel, Eric Crouch, Gino Torretta, Jason White, et al?  GTFO with that shit.

Not all of today's voters were the ones who picked Jason White or Johnny Manziel. None of those players were ever "average" at the collegiate level, and it requires a lot of burnt orange kool-aid to even begin to think otherwise. Just because they got it wrong when they awarded it to Reggie Bush does not mean Reggie Bush was an "average" RB. Leinart finished behind VY that year, by the way, and neither of those two QBs were "average" in 2005.

Speaking of Matt Leinart, some of you guys are getting dangerously into "the better team did not win" territory with these copes over Skattebo's performance. The guy was as advertised, and nearly joined the ranks of 2001 Roy Williams of highlight reels we would never ever see the end of. We can be grateful that didn't happen, as I am, without making excuses for why he got all those yards and TDs against us late in the game. That's not something an "average" RB would have done.

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19 hours ago, C-Man said:

We had four offensive plays for minus-5 yards in the first 14:29 of the third quarter and finished with eight yards on six plays in the entire quarter.

Here's our quarter-by-quarter offensive breakdown:

  • 1Q: 5 plays, 75 yards
  • 2Q: 16 plays, 78 yards
  • 3Q: 6 plays, 8 yards
  • 4Q: 28 plays, 165 yards
  • OT: 5 plays, 50 yards

what's amazing, is the 16 point lead evaporating in 4Q while also having our biggest offensive output.

the defensive effort (essentially holding them to 3 points)  in 3Q totally gassed the defense.

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2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm mildly amused at the national reaction to the non-call on targeting as if we were gifted the game.  The officiating (and lack thereof) was massively one-sided, and not in our favor.  Most people who watch football are idiots.

Fuck 'em, we're Texas.

I'm glad we did not join the Big Ten conference if the Clemson and ASU games are any indication of the quality of their officials

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18 minutes ago, yoladu said:

what's amazing, is the 16 point lead evaporating in 4Q while also having our biggest offensive output.

the defensive effort (essentially holding them to 3 points)  in 3Q totally gassed the defense.

Yes, we asked the defense to do entirely too much in the first three quarters and it showed in the fourth. Half of our 4Q yards were on the long drive to open the quarter that got us to the 24-8 lead.

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Another Fuck You ASU. I'm fucking sick and tired or hearing every sports network and broadcaster suck Scatterbrains dick. Yes, he's good, but hardly the best. Jeanty, Brooks, Sampson, Giddens, Hunter, Singleton, and probably a few more are better. He didn't do shit until the defense was exhausted because of the offense and penalties. And he got help from the officials too. The officiating  was nearly as bad as the women's BB game last night. Fucking targeting bullshit. The hit on Bond was 10x as bad.

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1 hour ago, chainsaw said:

Not all of today's voters were the ones who picked Jason White or Johnny Manziel. None of those players were ever "average" at the collegiate level, and it requires a lot of burnt orange kool-aid to even begin to think otherwise. Just because they got it wrong when they awarded it to Reggie Bush does not mean Reggie Bush was an "average" RB. Leinart finished behind VY that year, by the way, and neither of those two QBs were "average" in 2005.

Speaking of Matt Leinart, some of you guys are getting dangerously into "the better team did not win" territory with these copes over Skattebo's performance. The guy was as advertised, and nearly joined the ranks of 2001 Roy Williams of highlight reels we would never ever see the end of. We can be grateful that didn't happen, as I am, without making excuses for why he got all those yards and TDs against us late in the game. That's not something an "average" RB would have done.

scat can be good and his stats could be inflated at the same time. it doesn't have to be one or the other. our defense was ass tired and still had stops against him. he's also a pretty good college back. did he dominate like media says. hell no. he had one good quarter, good for him cause they needed it. and yes we are the better team whether we won or lost. that's why they call it an upset. it happens throughout the year all the time in all sports. 

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34 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Yes, we asked the defense to do entirely too much in the first three quarters and it showed in the fourth. Half of our 4Q yards were on the long drive to open the quarter that got us to the 24-8 lead.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I disagree that asking the best D in the country to stop an offense with an upper-tier RB and a scramble-capable QB but without its top receiver was entirely too much. What was entirely too much was expecting the OL to try to block small, quick DL for slow-developing plays with Ewers's back to the defense half the time and without utilizing the TE until the end of the game while trying to throw deep out of the same formations we always throw deep out of. When Auburn missed that first FG, you could see Ewers give Sark a look that I think has more to do with Sark's play-calling than Auburn missing. If you think about it, Ewers's game-saving heroics and some of the bigger plays in previous games have been Ewers recognizing something in the D, checking out of Sark's play call, and adjusting the blockers. I know Sark is an offensive genius and QB whisperer, but that look on Ewers's face was telling.

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I mean, we're well beyond the point of ever thinking any officiating crew is going to give Texas a fair game. We were 108th or something in penalties for. No targeting on Bond. No holding calls on ASU's OL. No OL downfield call or OL holding call on the scrambling 2PC attempt. No negating Skattebo's TD when he was pulled three yards into the EZ by the OT. DPI on Taaffe instead of OPI on Skattebo for elbowing Taaffe to get separation. No DPI against Wingo on at least two plays where the DB was pulling his jersey right in front of the LJ. It's been that way since Chuck Strong at least. No PF late-hit call when Ewers was on the ground and got hit three times (shades of the Michigan game when he kneeled it and got smashed).

This is what Texas is up against.

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5 minutes ago, AnotherLawyer said:

I mean, we're well beyond the point of ever thinking any officiating crew is going to give Texas a fair game. We were 108th or something in penalties for. No targeting on Bond. No holding calls on ASU's OL. No OL downfield call or OL holding call on the scrambling 2PC attempt. No negating Skattebo's TD when he was pulled three yards into the EZ by the OT. DPI on Taaffe instead of OPI on Skattebo for elbowing Taaffe to get separation. No DPI against Wingo on at least two plays where the DB was pulling his jersey right in front of the LJ. It's been that way since Chuck Strong at least. No PF late-hit call when Ewers was on the ground and got hit three times (shades of the Michigan game when he kneeled it and got smashed).

This is what Texas is up against.

We’re 103rd.  On the bright side, Ohio St is 134th

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29 minutes ago, AnotherLawyer said:

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I disagree that asking the best D in the country to stop an offense with an upper-tier RB and a scramble-capable QB but without its top receiver was entirely too much. What was entirely too much was expecting the OL to try to block small, quick DL for slow-developing plays with Ewers's back to the defense half the time and without utilizing the TE until the end of the game while trying to throw deep out of the same formations we always throw deep out of. When Auburn missed that first FG, you could see Ewers give Sark a look that I think has more to do with Sark's play-calling than Auburn missing. If you think about it, Ewers's game-saving heroics and some of the bigger plays in previous games have been Ewers recognizing something in the D, checking out of Sark's play call, and adjusting the blockers. I know Sark is an offensive genius and QB whisperer, but that look on Ewers's face was telling.

I get it. The bottom line is ASU had the ball for 20 of the first half's 30 minutes and then we ran all of four plays in the first 14:30 of the third quarter. The defense was cooked -- and it ultimately gave up some big plays (required some trickeration, though).

 

24 minutes ago, Hookem10 said:

after watching these replays of the game. Joe tessitore is a fucking beating. love announcers being excited but holy shit. I feel he needed new underwear after every 2 yd scat run. 

He is the absolute worst.

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1 hour ago, C-Man said:

Yes, we asked the defense to do entirely too much in the first three quarters and it showed in the fourth. Half of our 4Q yards were on the long drive to open the quarter that got us to the 24-8 lead.

Well the final drive was stopped by time and overconfidence by sark, not by asu. 

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4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm mildly amused at the national reaction to the non-call on targeting as if we were gifted the game.  The officiating (and lack thereof) was massively one-sided, and not in our favor.  Most people who watch football are idiots.

Fuck 'em, we're Texas.

I've decided most announcers are idiots as well.

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3 hours ago, AnotherLawyer said:

When Auburn missed that first FG, you could see Ewers give Sark a look that I think has more to do with Sark's play-calling than Auburn missing. If you think about it, Ewers's game-saving heroics and some of the bigger plays in previous games have been Ewers recognizing something in the D, checking out of Sark's play call, and adjusting the blockers. I know Sark is an offensive genius and QB whisperer, but that look on Ewers's face was telling.

Good lord. Stop posting. 

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