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utee94

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Re: Longhorn Football
« Reply #546 on: September 09, 2023, 11:41:20 PM »
I think Alabama's clearly not the dominant team they've been in recent years, but they still have blue chip talent all over the field, and it's hard to call their head coach anything other than the greatest college coach of all time.

But Texas looks pretty darn good.  That was an impressive performance and once Ewers got in a groove, he was tough to match up against.  He overthrew a couple and the receivers dropped some easy ones.  Fix all that, and WOW the potential is exciting.
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Re: Longhorn Football
« Reply #547 on: September 10, 2023, 12:30:54 AM »
I wasnt expecting us to put as much pressure on their QB as we did

at least 4 sacks

very happy with our defense
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« Reply #548 on: September 10, 2023, 07:31:17 AM »
Nice win horns. I noticed that y’all were getting a really good amount of pressure on Milroe with just a 3 man rush. Bama OL did not look great. Their QB did not look great, but he was scrambling much of the game. 

Ewers looked really good. Congratulations on the win. 

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« Reply #549 on: September 10, 2023, 08:09:49 AM »
Thanks amigo.

Condolences on the loss yesterday.  My i s c & a aggie wife and I were really excited during the first half, the ags were totally kicking arse.  I have zero love for Miami and would have enjoyed an ag victory there.

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« Reply #550 on: September 10, 2023, 08:32:04 AM »
Texas really dominated that one on both sides.

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« Reply #551 on: September 10, 2023, 12:09:35 PM »

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Re: Longhorn Football
« Reply #552 on: September 10, 2023, 12:10:42 PM »
Texas could well be 15-0 this season ...
Just sayin' ....

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« Reply #553 on: September 10, 2023, 01:21:11 PM »
Ya never know.  All I can say is I'm glad to see Texas on THIS side of a game against a good team that looked like that.  It's been awhile.  

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Re: Longhorn Football
« Reply #554 on: September 11, 2023, 09:40:49 AM »
I read a description that said Texas was like Neo realizing what he really is. I think that's accurate.

I believe it was one of the last TDs, where Jonathan Brooks got into the endzone, that had DJ Campbell (the RG I mentioned last week), driving one defender towards the goal line. He drove him into another defender - then shoved them both backwards. He was bulldozing everything across the line.

Quinn let his receivers work. He put an extra 6 feet of air under the ball and let them run to make plays. He wasn't perfect, but there were more instances of catches that should have been made rather than passes that weren't on target.

Yes, this isn't the world-beating Bama teams of old. I keep saying that Kyle Flood works for Texas now. I believe that's evident in a drop off of traditional OL power. Jalen Milroe still has a lot to learn about quarterbacking. However, there's a reason that Saban hasn't lost at home in like 4 years. This is a massive step down the road for a Texas team still coming into its own.

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« Reply #555 on: September 11, 2023, 10:39:06 AM »
I read a description that said Texas was like Neo realizing what he really is. I think that's accurate.
Man I love this characterization.  I sure hope it's right!

I will say that on Saturday night, almost every problem I've pointed out for this team, looked to have been addressed and corrected.  CLEARLY some coaching has occurred, and that's something that seemed lacking for the most part, under the two previous coaching regimes (and honestly, the last 4 years of Mack Brown's tenure, too).

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« Reply #556 on: September 11, 2023, 10:50:00 AM »
One of the things that stuck out in last Saturday's game is the cool calm collected way the Horns went about business

very few mistakes and almost that old Horn swagger we used to have

we won by 10 but could have easily been 24 with no dropped passes

with a few more games under our belt hopefully the dropped passes will decrease
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« Reply #557 on: September 11, 2023, 11:01:45 AM »
Yeah, Worthy sort of made up for his 1st quarter miscues, but not enough IMO. He still seriously needs to work on his concentration and finishing the play.  This is his "contract season" so I expect him to correct the issues.  It'll cost him tens of millions in the draft if he doesn't.


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Re: Longhorn Football
« Reply #558 on: September 11, 2023, 12:17:20 PM »
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Re: Longhorn Football
« Reply #559 on: September 11, 2023, 12:36:38 PM »
What's weird is my Longhorn wife was uncharacteristically buzzing around and humming "The Eyes of Texas" all night before we went to bed.  I wonder why.  Something must've happened.  

 

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