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Sam did his part. He was phenomenal. He is an EXCELLENT QB and player. Some poor coaching decisions, receiver drops, sloppy OL play, and piss poor defensive tackling did the Horns in. Sam did everything and then some to win that game. He was legit.

I will agree the loss is NOT on Sam.

Horn's Big 12 defense was the cause
LSU's defense didn't look great either

Here are a couple of lists.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/college-football-transfer-quarterbacks-jalen-hurts-justin-fields-jacob-eason/1cm3qrg2y5fbf1o8dkzroxxjf1

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/list/jalen-hurts-justin-fields-among-transfer-quarterbacks-who-can-define-2019/i29a1m5ri4x01uoh7l589lx4l/3

He good.

I will agree the loss is NOT on Sam.

Horn's Big 12 defense was the cause
LSU's SEC defense didn't look great either

FIFY.

I thought the key play in the game was in the 4th quarter when LSU--up by 5, I think--had 3rd and 17 from its own 39.  Many defenses in that situation would play prevent.  Texas blitzed and Burrow hit a wide open receiver down the left sideline who went on the score.  That made the gap 2 scores, and Texas never had the ball with a 1-score deficit after that.
Neither defense had much success getting stops over the last 20 minutes of the game.

FIFY.

I thought the key play in the game was in the 4th quarter when LSU--up by 5, I think--had 3rd and 17 from its own 39.  Many defenses in that situation would play prevent.  Texas blitzed and Burrow hit a wide open receiver down the left sideline who went on the score.  That made the gap 2 scores, and Texas never had the ball with a 1-score deficit after that.
Neither defense had much success getting stops over the last 20 minutes of the game.

Agree 100%. I posted as such in this thread when it happened. DUMB play call by Texas DC/HC. Especially when Burrows was carving them up all game long vs man coverage. All you need is to prevent a 1st down there to get them to 4th down so they’d have to punt. Drop 7 or 8 and keep everything in front of you. Play zone and make Burrows make an unreal throw into tight windows to pick up 18+ for the 1st down. 

The RB dropping a TD on 4th and goal from the 2 that hit him right in the hands boned Texas pretty hard too. Sam threw it right to him and he drops it wide open in the end zone. Texas got stopped twice on 4th and goals. Herman should’ve just taken the points both time and he’d have 6 and the game would’ve been a 1 point game.

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Yeah, we can't say that with any certainty. 


When you're guaranteed a sample size of 12 (games, each), making big, sweeping statements after 2 games isn't a recipe for accuracy.  Ya know?

UNC is interesting for a few reasons. At the very least, they're not as bad as they could've been. Which is to say, they could've been 2-3 win bad, and they probably won't be that barring the sky falling on them.

Coming into the year, there was a tenuous case they could be good. They're 28th in star talent. While I don't trust Mack, Longo is an excellent OC and Bateman has a good rep at DC, even if it's slightly overblown. So you could align it, good coordinators take good talent and a top-100 recruit delivers as a freshman QB, you could have a good team with a solid record against a bad ACC slate. 

Basically, the path to 8 wins isn't unpossible.