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11 hours ago, hook me said:

He was a huge part of turning this program around and I’ll always appreciate him. He’s not VY, but he was damn good and better than we’ve had in a long time. Hook ‘em Quinn!

He’s Chris Simms reincarnate.

 

and there was over a DECADE where I would have killed to have a Chris Simms at Qb.

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1 hour ago, honolulu horn said:

Quinn brought us the first huge transfer in the portal. He brought us huge wins over Bama, aggy, ou, Michigan, and so many others. He got us a Big 12 title and a victory lap around that conference. He got us to the SEC championship game and two final fours. All fantastic and worthy of celebrating.

Most importantly he did it all without drama. Texas is a fishbowl and that particular position comes with more stress and heat than any other sports position on campus, across sports. And having Arch as second string would've torpedoed team chemistry with the wrong QB1. Quinn handled all of that with grace. He is leaving with a great reputation as a leader, a teammate, and as a great representative of UT. Hook 'em, Quinn. You're a certified badass motherfucker. 

Super important call out.

If Arch is who we think he’s gonna be and if we look back and win it all and see the progression and trajectory just keep going up, we can look back and point to Quinn being the transition QB who made that happen. A lesser QB creates a situation where the boise is too loud and Arch transfers (either because he or his family don’t want to deal with it).

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Cross post from another thread. I did not see this thread

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Though I have been a critic of QE's fanboys and QE's red zone clutch performance ...  I'm not gonna trash and attack QE for that fumble.

Of course, it was a huge gaffe (along with Sark's idiotic play-calling with first down at the 1, surely the worst goal line calls in UT history).

I really feel for QE: Seriously. Here's why:

I'm in the arena of public art and intellectual life ... flying solo ... doing stuff with my name on it ... in public ... not a faceless cog in a corporation. 

And I have blown a couple of golden opportunities that I regret to this day. Massive failures ... from arrogance and hubris and just fucking up royally great chances. Embarrassing. Took years to get it rolling in my career again.

And took years to get kinda over it. Still not over it, as this post shows. 

-- Granted, this is not the stage of college football, but I know how it feels to fail in public. 

But, I also worked my ass off and had major successes and won legit international awards (albeit in obscure artsy fartsy worlds)

Total failures and big successes. 

I can assure you QE has a sick sick sick sick sick sick feeling. And it will last for years. If not the rest of his days.

I truly feel for QE. He tried his best, but it was not enough. He's a real Longhorn. I wish him nothing but the best going forward.

Hook'em QE.

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I’ll always be grateful for Quinn beating aggy, along with the rest of the team of course. The way he made some fantastic throws, followed by inexplicable mistakes was a microcosm of the season. But it was awesome how aggy had fleeting moments of hope before Quinn kneeled it for the final snaps in Kyle Field. Thanks to Quinn and Blue, Taaffe, Helm, and many others for that win.

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Quinn and my son played travel baseball together back in middle school. I had no idea who he was but started hearing stories from other parents on the team. Scholarship offers starting in 6th grade, etc. (Major eyeroll from me at the time) 

He was a nice, respectful kid and a good teammate. 

Fast forward to all the stuff we are well familiar with:

1. Committing and de-committing to Texas.
2. Skipping Senior year and taking the bag from the Buckeyes

3. Portal from OSU to TX (another bag)

4. 3 year starter (highs and a few lows)

5. Injuries

6. Arch over his shoulder

I heard someone on the radio say recently “ he has to compete with a concept of the perfect QB as his backup“ and I think that “concept” certainly clouds the lens many use to look at Quinn. 
 

I hope Arch is great, but short of a Heisman and National Championship I don’t think he can live up to expectations. But hopefully he can get us consistently to conference championship games and at least National Semifinals or he’ll be a real bust. 
 

Thank you to Quinn for all you have done to put Texas deservingly back in the national conversation and being a representative of our University of whom we all can (should) be proud.  Good luck in whatever your next step is. Hopefully history will treat your tenure here more kindly than some of us have. 
 

Hook ‘em high like an eagle soars. 

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45 minutes ago, orange dream said:

Quinn and my son played travel baseball together back in middle school. I had no idea who he was but started hearing stories from other parents on the team. Scholarship offers starting in 6th grade, etc. (Major eyeroll from me at the time) 

He was a nice, respectful kid and a good teammate. 

Fast forward to all the stuff we are well familiar with:

1. Committing and de-committing to Texas.
2. Skipping Senior year and taking the bag from the Buckeyes

3. Portal from OSU to TX (another bag)

4. 3 year starter (highs and a few lows)

5. Injuries

6. Arch over his shoulder

I heard someone on the radio say recently “ he has to compete with a concept of the perfect QB as his backup“ and I think that “concept” certainly clouds the lens many use to look at Quinn. 
 

I hope Arch is great, but short of a Heisman and National Championship I don’t think he can live up to expectations. But hopefully he can get us consistently to conference championship games and at least National Semifinals or he’ll be a real bust. 
 

Thank you to Quinn for all you have done to put Texas deservingly back in the national conversation and being a representative of our University of whom we all can (should) be proud.  Good luck in whatever your next step is. Hopefully history will treat your tenure here more kindly than some of us have. 
 

Hook ‘em high like an eagle soars. 

You think arch manning came to Texas to not win a Heisman and a national championship?  

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I feel like Quinn committing to Texas just closed the door for what 10 plus years of misery.  In my mind he was the player that flipped the script before he ever even took a snap.  Thank you Quinn you balled out and always represented Texas the right way.  I will always root for your success.

 

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