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The Power Five => Big XII => Topic started by: longhorn320 on September 07, 2020, 06:31:06 PM
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Did I dream this
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Nope, no dream. Unless something REALLY crazy happens in the next 4 days, the Horns will play at least this one game, this season. I didn't think it would happen but here we are.
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amazing I would have bet money that it wouldnt happen
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something really crazy like 44 players test positive after a weekend party
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we stay positive
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does anyone know about the Horn status concerning being out because of testing positive or other key player injuries?
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something really crazy like 44 players test positive after a weekend party
That was the other orange "UT" school, right?
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Marquez Bimage was expected to be a decent contributor at DE. He's opted out of the season. Troy Omiere was showing good things at the Z receiver position, and will likely be out for the year with an injury. Isaiah Hookfin is a bit dinged up for the opener. There's not really too many other injuries or opt-outs that affect the 2-deep roster to any degree.
UTEP is likely one of the worst teams in D-1 football. We're not going to learn a whole lot from this game. I'd imagine we'll flash a couple of neat things from the offense just to let the other DCs waste time on them in practice. On defense, I'd like to see renewed fundamentals at the DL (new commitment to the 4 man front) lead to early stops - followed by very vanilla but competent secondary play. I'm hoping the game is out of hand by the middle of the 2nd quarter to the point that basic defensive calls carry the day.
I'm excited that the left side of our OL could be an Alabama style "just run here" level of talent. Again, this likely won't be confirmed during this game.
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Marquez Bimage was expected to be a decent contributor at DE. He's opted out of the season. Troy Omiere was showing good things at the Z receiver position, and will likely be out for the year with an injury. Isaiah Hookfin is a bit dinged up for the opener. There's not really too many other injuries or opt-outs that affect the 2-deep roster to any degree.
UTEP is likely one of the worst teams in D-1 football. We're not going to learn a whole lot from this game. I'd imagine we'll flash a couple of neat things from the offense just to let the other DCs waste time on them in practice. On defense, I'd like to see renewed fundamentals at the DL (new commitment to the 4 man front) lead to early stops - followed by very vanilla but competent secondary play. I'm hoping the game is out of hand by the middle of the 2nd quarter to the point that basic defensive calls carry the day.
I'm excited that the left side of our OL could be an Alabama style "just run here" level of talent. Again, this likely won't be confirmed during this game.
Interesting were there other players doing this
not sure it was a good decision remains to be seen
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That was the other orange "UT" school, right?
correct
not burnt
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Interesting were there other players doing this
not sure it was a good decision remains to be seen
So far, the list is RS-SO OL Willie Tyler, SR DE Marquez Bimage, SR RB Daniel Young, and TR-FR WR Dajon Harrison.
Tyler would have pushed for starting time at RG. I always hate to lose talent on the OL, but I understand the big men's concerns. There's more heart and lung issues to this thing that we don't fully realize yet.
The NCAA is essentially not counting this season as far as eligibility. If you're eligible to play this season, you can do so without using a year. If you sit out this season, you're not counted on the redshirt list.
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Haven't heard of any new 'rona news yet on the team, but if anything happened over the weekend, the tests likely wouldn't be picking it up yet.
Fingers crossed everybody stayed isolated and they'll be ready to go this weekend.
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no band for week 1
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no racial eyes of Texas song???
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Oklahoma test results for COVID-19 will no longer be shared publicly, with the Sooners set to begin the regular season this week, coach Lincoln Riley announced Tuesday.
"I think we're to the point now where we're playing games and obviously any active case or contact trace is going to have game repercussions," Riley said. "So, just like we would with an injury, we made the decision to not broadcast that. I know we've been probably the most transparent school in the country up until then, but you don't want to give your team a competitive disadvantage, so we're not going to do that."
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no racial eyes of Texas song???
They'll play it over the soundsystem without any threat of drum majors refusing to conduct it. Heck, it might even convince them there's no need to risk a band protest at all, and just disband the band completely.
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I could attend a college football game and not miss the band a Tall
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I love the band
I used to wait outside the stadium just to watch it march in
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They'll play it over the soundsystem without any threat of drum majors refusing to conduct it. Heck, it might even convince them there's no need to risk a band protest at all, and just disband the band completely.
when we get a crowd back they will take care of making sure its heard
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I enjoy the band. I don't want to re-pick an old scab, but I do hope we can proceed eventually with the "Eyes" in a non-oppressive light.
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I enjoy the band. I don't want to re-pick an old scab, but I do hope we can proceed eventually with the "Eyes" in a non-oppressive light.
no problem
I'll be singing it
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hopefully non-oppressively
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hopefully non-oppressively
I dont even know what that means
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I love the band. Heck I was in marching band for all 4 years of high school, I'm a complete band nerd.
But if they decide to make political statements by not playing the school's alma mater, then they can join the scrapheap of other discarded things in college football like leather helmets and the flying wedge. Their primary purpose in being inside the stadium, is to play the school's songs. If they're not going to do that, then they're unnecessary.
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Caden Sterns, who was largely positive about the university's response to players' requests for a more inclusive campus environment, said he will not be singing "The Eyes of Texas" -- the alma mater -- which has come under scrutiny.
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Caden Sterns, who was largely positive about the university's response to players' requests for a more inclusive campus environment, said he will not be singing "The Eyes of Texas" -- the alma mater -- which has come under scrutiny.
To be fair, many and perhaps most of the players don't actually sing it. They hold up the Hook 'em handsign, and face the crowd or band, as the band plays the song. Most of them aren't moving their lips, rather they're enjoying the serenade.
If he doesn't want to sing it that's fine with me.
If he wants to shout down others that do want to sing it, that's not fine with me.
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is he a team leader of any note?
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is he a team leader of any note?
Fearless youre what we used to call a shity little pot stirrer
at least we have a conference that wants to play football
just kidding but damn that felt good
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did they change any of the words to the song
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Fearless youre what we used to call a shity little pot stirrer
at least we have a conference that wants to play football
just kidding but damn that felt good
nah, many folks still call me that
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I like marching bands. I can't play an instrument and can't carry a tune in a bucket, but I like marching bands.
I get a lot of kids from our state champion band in my AP classes. They're always taking other AP classes as well. And the band plays more than the state championship football team.
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In band it was always okay to be a nerd and make good grades. In fact it was pretty much expected.
When I was in high school, the jocks made fun of any of "their own" that actually cared about school and worked to make good grades. Observing the HS-aged kids of many of my friends, that doesn't seem to be the case-- as much-- as it used to be. But it's still there at least somewhat.
So I'm glad my daughter loves band so much, and I hope my son wants to do it, and enjoys it, too. I want them to be around peers that raise them up and support them in their academic endeavors.
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In band it was always okay to be a nerd and make good grades. In fact it was pretty much expected.
When I was in high school, the jocks made fun of any of "their own" that actually cared about school and worked to make good grades. Observing the HS-aged kids of many of my friends, that doesn't seem to be the case-- as much-- as it used to be. But it's still there at least somewhat.
So I'm glad my daughter loves band so much, and I hope my son wants to do it, and enjoys it, too. I want them to be around peers that raise them up and support them in their academic endeavors.
In our high school (Texas City) we didnt have any of that drama
in fact so many of us football players were dating band members that would have been impossible
my future wife was in the band so all was good in the world
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Guess the answer to this was ultimately... YES! Nice win, Horns looked good against a very bad team, but there have been plenty of times when the Horns looked bad against bad teams in their opener, so this is a net plus.
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Theres a lot to be said for just going out and doing what youre supposed to do
Last night they did that
Yes UTEP is a bad team but in the past that sometimes didnt matter
it looked like the Horns are well coached and really made few bonehead mistakes
well see in two weeks (off next week) if this team is for real
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I think the current Horns have more talent at every position than any Texas team since Colt's senior year. Actually, probably since his junior year, which was actually a better team than the one that played for the NC in 2009.
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I was a HS "jock", basketball and baseball, and was decent, and I made good grades (usually) in the top rated classes. I don't recall that anyone made fun of me for that.
I think it was useful in developing some independence as I didn't have a natural group. I hung with the nerds at times and with the jocks fairly often. I was never in the "super cool popular group with the cheerleaders" though I knew several of them pretty well. Several of them were in the top level classes too and were really pretty, intimidatingly so.
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I was a HS "jock", basketball and baseball, and was decent, and I made good grades (usually) in the top rated classes. I don't recall that anyone made fun of me for that.
I think it was useful in developing some independence as I didn't have a natural group. I hung with the nerds at times and with the jocks fairly often. I was never in the "super cool popular group with the cheerleaders" though I knew several of them pretty well. Several of them were in the top level classes too and were really pretty, intimidatingly so.
I teach a "top level class," and I have had some female students like that.
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Hook Em
Way to go Horns
Nothing like getting 4 turnovers to win a game
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Hope you guys can beat K-State and ISU. You'll have to win the turnover battles again, I think.
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Hope you guys can beat K-State and ISU. You'll have to win the turnover battles again, I think.
Thats the plan but we really have our work cut out for us
If you look at the stats of the OSU game theres just no way we should have won
but I guess thats why you play the game instead of just talking about it
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Thats the plan but we really have our work cut out for us
If you look at the stats of the OSU game theres just no way we should have won
but I guess thats why you play the game instead of just talking about it
For sure. Texas made clutch plays when they needed to, something that was notably absent in the games against Tech and TCU, and only present in the 4th Q against OU.
I figured this would have been a 3-4 TD loss, and aside from turnovers the stats would support that. But the longer Texas kept it close, the worse it was for oSu, because although this Texas team is a mess from the coaching/development viewpoint, there's still a ton of talent on the roster. And in close games, it only takes a play or two for talent to make the difference.
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even though my daughter would have a great passing day against the Horns I thought our def line play was much improved
We put more pressure on the QB then any other game this year
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like my golf game
better to be lucky than good
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like my golf game
better to be lucky than good
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity
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there were certainly opportunities
roughing the punter is a nice opportunity
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity
Ever have a golf shot drift deeply into the woods and ricochet onto the green?
Ever put a chip on red 5 and have the roulette wheel stop there?
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Ever have a golf shot drift deeply into the woods and ricochet onto the green?
Ever put a chip on red 5 and have the roulette wheel stop there?
never play roulette as the odds are too high against you much better games to play
I have had the woods to green however It takes years of training to develop that one
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if it wasn't for luck, I'd have given up golf decades ago
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I hit a shot one time that hit in the middle of the green but bounced in a 90 degree different direction into the woods
Im thinking WTH where did that come from
so I get up to the green and discovered several box turtles sunning themselves all over the green
what a bunch of crap
it was then that I decreed a local rule of a free drop on the green in the event one hits a box turtle
problem solved
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I think that that game illustrated the maxim that the longer you let the other team--that you should be beating--hang around, the stronger that team gets.
Texas has better athletes, but OSU was the better team. If you could eliminate turnovers and bad special-teams play, that is. But the Pokes didn't put the Horns away, and, as Utee said, it came down to talent making plays at the end.
I was rooting for Texas because I want OU to be in the CCG, and that means that somebody in addition to us needed to beat OSU. Also, as a general rule, if I could know that OU would be in the CCG and I got to pick the opponent, I would pick Texas. Either because, as in 2018, we could get revenge for a loss in the RRS, or because--college football-wise--not much could be better than an opportunity to beat Texas twice in one year.
So, if OU and UT both run the table the rest of the way, all it will take is for the winner of the K-State-Iowa State game to take one more loss for the Sooners and Horns to meet for the conference championship.
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Im not at all optimistic about UT running the table
one game at a time is all we can think about
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I'll be shocked if Texas runs the table. I think we probably lose 2 of 3 against WVU, KSU, and ISU. This is an incredibly poorly coached and undisciplined team.
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West Virginia is the key
They have a much better team then folks give them credit for
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Yup. They have no problem beating us in Austin, either.
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Man hard to believe
Our under developed poor coached team done won another one
weird year
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Hope is a bad thing. But, well, there you have it.
I'd always rather win than lose, and today the team showed a heck of a lot of grit, and they also really curtailed the undisciplined penalties and such. There's always been talent on this team. Coordination, cohesion, has been lacking. But today was a good day.
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I would bet any of us who played competitive sports can recall games where our team either excelled unaccountably or just played poorly for some vague reason. I tend to think it's statistics. You look awful one week and then fairly decent the next, and of course your opponent has something to do with it. Take a team like UNC for example, a decent enough team now, nowhere near top ten even when they were ranked there, they looked bad twice, and then looked pretty good. There is enough randomness in college football for that to happen with "pretty good teams". A really great team will just dominate nearly every time out. And even a not quite mediocre team will look good on occasion.
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fans (fanatics) don't want to accept that our team "just played poorly for some vague reason"
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Yeah. I think about how often in games I watch where I don't care who wins that Side A just has "bad luck", a pass is dropped at a key point, holding is called on a big play, a receiver is an inch OB, or not, a tipped pass is caught, or not, the D gets into the wrong formation, the O has a false start, ...
A lot of probabilities involved.
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That's one of my reasons for enjoying college football. The players are usually large enough to play the game at the adult level, but there's still such a wide variance of precision that utter random stuff can influence the outcome. Kind of like watching Major Leaguers play Little League ball.
Really, looking across college football, lots of "contender" teams are underwhelming. It's almost like something prevented them from receiving in-person coaching on a playing surface for, I dunno, 6 months!
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MT good description of/on CFB
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college FB is more then just the players however
Its the fans and the bands
its age old traditions that spring forth before and during the game
going to a college football game is an experience not just something to do
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college FB is more then just the players however
Its the fans and the bands
its age old traditions that spring forth before and during the game
going to a college football game is an experience not just something to do
not this season
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not this season
Huh?
Lots of people going to college football games this season. Where ya been?
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I do really miss the band
looking forward to seeing them again
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really, y'all got fans and bands and age old traditions?
like singing the Eyes?
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really, y'all got fans and bands and age old traditions?
like singing the Eyes?
shit head
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sorry I brought up the band
Purdue has the bigger drum, btw
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sorry I brought up the band
Purdue has the bigger drum, btw
dont dis Big Bertha
sometimes the biggest aint the best
you of all folks on this forum should believe that
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Well, as of today, 18 November, the answer to the OP question is "No, the Horns are not really playing a game next saturday".
KU got the rona and canceled.
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bummer, Dude
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Well, as of today, 18 November, the answer to the OP question is "No, the Horns are not really playing a game next saturday".
KU got the rona and canceled.
damn the one game I thought we had a chance and its gone with the wind
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Might be played on Dec 12
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Well, right now, it's rescheduled to 12 Dec.
Texas is:
home to ISU
at KSU
at KU
vs CCG
in the coming four weeks, Lord willin'.
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I still dont think we run the table
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I would have much rather played the KU game this week and taken on ISU (I see the blender-birds as our largest obstacle) next week. I'm encouraged at how the team is working out some of the bugs on defense. I think health and consistency on offense will improve. Playing a practically warmup game before ISU would have been ideal.
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I would have much rather played the KU game this week and taken on ISU (I see the blender-birds as our largest obstacle) next week. I'm encouraged at how the team is working out some of the bugs on defense. I think health and consistency on offense will improve. Playing a practically warmup game before ISU would have been ideal.
Normally I would agree but Im for getting this game behind us
I see no reason to delay
If ISU is the better team then so be it but if we win then that will be a huge leg up
in a very difficult year
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really, y'all got fans and bands and age old traditions?
like singing the Eyes?
Fans are singing The Eyes after every game. Where ya been?
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What will we all remember and think about this year in ten years I wonder?
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Has it reached "worse than 1969" status yet?
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1969 was pretty good for Texas fans
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Has it reached "worse than 1969" status yet?
CW you must be thinking of 1968
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CW you must be thinking of 1968
You're right, 320. '69 was bad enough, but '68 was the worst of that era.
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Steve Sarkisian head coach presser about to begin on LHN. I guess this marks the beginning of a new era. Hooray.
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good luck
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Maybe it's just been beaten out of me, but I don't have the usual dread that's happened when Texas has (all too frequently) changed coaches.
I feel like Sark is a true visionary. He seems like someone who's not only interested in finding new ways to play football, but that he feels like being HC at Texas is like being named to play with Queen. It's a privilege and a responsibility.
I think he's been through the "I always win" phase and realizes that only hard workers win. He seems like a guy that players can relate to, but still respect.
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good luck
Thanks.
He sounds good in the presser.
But a lot of people sound good in pressers.
Only time will tell.
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Maybe it's just been beaten out of me, but I don't have the usual dread that's happened when Texas has (all too frequently) changed coaches.
I feel like Sark is a true visionary. He seems like someone who's not only interested in finding new ways to play football, but that he feels like being HC at Texas is like being named to play with Queen. It's a privilege and a responsibility.
I think he's been through the "I always win" phase and realizes that only hard workers win. He seems like a guy that players can relate to, but still respect.
Park the Sark, Hire Meyer.
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Just kidding. Time will tell. I don't get excited about recruiting classes and I won't get excited about a head coaching hire.
For each, the final exam is simple-- win on the field. A lot.
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We were trying to talk Urban Myer into leaving his gig and get back into coaching. Even if he did, he really didn't want to.
I'm not sure exactly why Steve Sarkisian decided to come to Texas. He's had other offers at HC that he turned down. There was more than even money that he'd get to step into Saban's shoes in a few years. He must feel like Texas is something more than just another state program.
My point exactly. He's backed up his press conference cheerleading by doing different things on a football field. He's had the view from the HC office before and been both successful and a rough failure. If he picked the Texas job now, he feels something.
But yeah, sweat in the offseason wins games. Press conferences don't factor.
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We were trying to talk Urban Myer into leaving his gig and get back into coaching. Even if he did, he really didn't want to.
I'm not sure exactly why Steve Sarkisian decided to come to Texas. He's had other offers at HC that he turned down. There was more than even money that he'd get to step into Saban's shoes in a few years. He must feel like Texas is something more than just another state program.
My point exactly. He's backed up his press conference cheerleading by doing different things on a football field. He's had the view from the HC office before and been both successful and a rough failure. If he picked the Texas job now, he feels something.
But yeah, sweat in the offseason wins games. Press conferences don't factor.
Amen, brutha!