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The bye week gave us time to focus on things unrelated to the Texas Longhorns.

Some took the kids trick-or-treating or became that cool neighbor who served tequila shots to adults that night. There was plenty of time to brush up on local politics and vote. Longhorn fans were finally able to fit in a Saturday date night. However, let’s be honest: there was one activity you enjoyed more this past week than anything else.

Laughing at Texas A&M after South Carolina spanked the Aggies.

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Oh, Aggies.

Okay, now back to Quinn Ewers.

It is time to throw away all the preseason expectations surrounding Ewers. Forget about him potentially throwing for 4,000 yards this season. He is no longer a serious Heisman Trophy candidate. There is no need to debate if Ewers is the best quarterback in the SEC. This is not the time to ponder his draft stock.

The only thing that matters is Ewers needs to be the best version of himself to get this team into the playoffs and make a national championship run.

Texas has four regular season games remaining, and the Longhorns will be the favorite to win each game:

Saturday – Florida (home)
November 16 – at Arkansas
November 23 – Kentucky (home)
November 30 – at Texas A&M

It is easy to envision Texas running the table, especially after seeing the Aggies lose on Saturday.

However, the SEC has taught us that if you take any team lightly in this conference, there will be a price to pay.

Well, maybe that doesn’t apply to Mississippi State or Auburn.

Ewers’ task is simple:

Just land the plane – again.

Ewers endured challenging performances last season. He did not play well against Wyoming. He didn’t play his best game in a close win against Houston. Ewers did not play well against Texas Tech, but the Longhorns didn’t need him to do anything special during that blowout win.

There is a common denominator with those games:

Texas won.

Ewers played well enough to guide Texas to the Big 12 Championship Game. He worked his magic during a record-breaking performance in the title game. Some critics have blamed Ewers for the loss against Washington in the playoffs. I blame a defense that allowed Michael Penix Jr. to complete 29 of 38 passes for 430 yards and two touchdowns (188.7 passer rating).

Before Ewers sustained an injury, he was playing well. He had a strong performance to start the season against Colorado State and led Texas to a road win against Michigan. Ewers completed 14 of 16 passes for 185 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception, finishing with a 213.4 passer rating before the oblique injury.

Clearly, he played poorly enough against Georgia to get benched. Ewers played well in the first half against Vanderbilt but struggled after halftime.

However, Sarkisian did not point fingers at Ewers during his previous press conference.

“Going back and even looking at the tape, I thought Quinn had a tremendous game, especially coming off of last week where your first pass is a tipped interception, and you can get kind of down,” Sarkisian said. “For him to come back and go 17 completions in a row, 200 yards, three touchdowns, I think, just speaks volumes of kind of his mental fortitude, the resiliency he showed. I’m really proud of him for that.”

Put down your Arch Manning pom-poms.

Sarkisian has made it clear he intends to stick with Ewers for the remainder of this season. There are only three realistic scenarios that result in Manning appearing in another game this season:

1. Ewers sustains another injury
2. Ewers is playing poorly, and Texas is trailing
3. The Longhorns are winning in a blowout

Only one scenario is great for everyone involved.

Hopefully, for Ewers, the bye week allowed his body to heal, and he will close out the regular season on a high note and continue that momentum in the playoffs. This defense is good enough to keep Texas in every game.

This team just needs Ewers to be the best version of himself.

“I think for him, I'm sure last week there was a lot of emotions, from the Georgia game all the way through this game (Vanderbilt),” Sarkisian said. “With emotions, your heart may be beating a little bit more, maybe not sleeping quite as good as you'd like, and your mind is racing because you want to make sure you play well and you're doing all the things that you need to do. I'm sure this week he's probably going to appreciate a little bit of downtime, appreciate a little bit of rest. We talked about that this morning [last Monday] with the team. Everybody's recovery this week is going to look a little bit different. There’s some guys that are recovering from physical ailments that we need to get them back from. There’s some guys that maybe got to get their mental health space, kind of maybe realign with all that a season can put on them and make sure we have resources for them that way. There’s other guys that maybe just need some physical rest. And so where that lands on each guy is a little bit different.

“We just want to make sure our players, Quinn included, that all of those resources are here for them to get that done, whatever it makes them feel like when we come back next Monday, their batteries charged up as close to one hundred percent, they feel as good as they can feel for this kind of four-game stretch that we have coming up.”

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By the way, one stat Sarkisian loves is his history of producing 1,000-yard running backs.

That streak is in jeopardy if Texas does not get more production from the run game. Texas' rushing offense is currently ranked ninth in the SEC.

2024 (Texas)
Quintrevion Wisner - 77 carries, 422 yards, 2 TDs (5.3 YPC)
Jaydon Blue - 71 carries, 337 yards, 4 TDs (4.5 YPC)

2023 (Texas)
Jonathon Brooks - 187 carries, 1,139 yards, 10 TDs
CJ Baxter - 138 carries, 659 yards, 5 TDs

2022 (Texas)
Bijan Robinson – 258 carries, 1,622 yards, 18 TDs
Roschon Johnson – 93 carries, 563 rushing yards, five TDs

2021 (Texas)
Bijan Robinson – 195 carries, 1,127 yards, 11 TDs
Roschon Johnson – 96 carries, 569 yards, five TDs

2020 (Alabama)
Najee Harris – 251 carries, 1,466 yards, 26 TDs
Brian Robinson Jr. – 91 carries, 483 yards, six TDs

2019 (Alabama)
Najee Harris – 209 carries, 1,244 yards, 13 TDs
Brian Robinson Jr. – 96 carries, 441 yards, 5TDs

2017- 2018 (Atlanta Falcons OC)

2015 (USC)
Justin Davis – 169 carries, 902 yards, seven touchdowns
Ronald Jones – 153 carries, 987 yards, eight touchdowns

2014 (USC)
Javorius Allen – 276 carries, 1,489 yards, 11 TDs
Justin Davis – 129 carries, 595 yards, four TDs

2013 (Washington)
Bishop Sankey – 327 carries, 1,870 yards, 20 TDs
Jesse Callier – 48 carries, 213 yards, three TDs

2012 (Washington)
Bishop Sankey – 289 carries, 1,439 yards, 16 TDs
Dezden Petty – 29 carries, 99 yards

2011 (Washington)
Chris Polk – 293 carries, 1,488 yards, 12 TDs
Jesse Callier – 47 carries, 260 yards, 1 TDs

2010 (Washington)
Chris Polk – 260 carries, 1,415 yards, nine TDs
Jesse Callier – 77 carries, 433 yards, zero touchdowns

2009 (Washington)
Chris Polk – 226 carries, 1,113 yards, five touchdowns
Demitrius Bronson – 19 carries, 89 yards, zero touchdowns

Funniest Things You Will See This Week

Poor kid had an out-of-body experience
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When you try to act happy about your gift
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Sports On A Dime

1. Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian on the development of Gunnar Helm: “I've been really, really proud of Gunnar. He was in the kind of our inaugural recruiting class. Those kids signed in December, and then I got hired in January. We had a little information on Gunnar in the recruitment process from the previous place we were at. But to watch his growth over four years, from where he was as a developmental player in our program, his first year. The next year, kind of found a little bit of a role. And then, year three, last year, had a real role as kind of an in-line blocker, as JT Sanders was catching a lot of balls, Gunnar continued to work at it. I think the dedication that he made to developing himself in the passing game, we saw glimpses of it last year, but what he's been able to do this year has become a real weapon, a real target, a primary receiver, a guy that can not only catch the ball but can create explosive plays and can make people miss in the open field.

“I think he's become a really complete tight end, and I just think that's a credit to his work ethic, but also to the development in our program, and him believing in our program and in the weight room and with Coach [Jeff] Banks in the tight end room.”

2. Sarkisian’s response when asked how Helm compares to other tight ends in college football: “Well, it's kind of difficult to judge when I haven't seen all the other ones. What I do know is, we spread the ball around a fair amount in our offense. Just look at our numbers of touchdown catches, receptions, and the amount of guys that catch balls for us. It's not like we just feature one specific player at one specific position. With that being said, I think Gunnar is leading our team in receiving yards right now. He's made impactful plays. He's made explosive plays.

“I don't know about all the other tight ends, but Gunnar is a complete tight end. As much as he does for us in the pass game, he's critical to our success in the run game. He's critical to our success in pass protection. He is a true tight end and a guy that has to encompass it all. He's not the guy labeled the tight end that splits out and plays slot receiver. He does it all, and he does it at a high level. He plays a lot of snaps for us. He's tough-minded, so I do think that about him, but it's hard to compare him to other guys that I haven't seen.”

3. Sarkisian on David Gbenda’s response to losing playing time to Liona Lefau: “David's responded really well. He's a guy that when we get him in there, he's impactful. He makes his reps count, something that we've been, we've really been preaching here is – don’t count your reps, make your reps count. When David's on the field, he's making tackles, he's plays fast, he plays physical.

“We've been talking a lot about this at multiple position groups, but I think a lot of it even at linebacker, you don't feel that drop off when you go to the number two guy, and David's a prime example of that. When he gets on the field, you don't feel like, man, we have a backup in there. We have a guy who's in there making plays and is impacting the game.”

4. Sarkisian on Jahdae Barron’s draft stock increases after deciding to return for his senior season: “He's making that money now, and making that money back now for himself and for his family. I know a lot of agents preach, just get to your second contract. That's true, and that's true whenever you go to the NFL, but you can never go back and make that money that you inevitably get drafted at, and what that rookie deal looks like. When we have players that really buy into the developmental piece and what one more year could look like for them, I think it just really speaks volumes for our younger players for what it can look like.”

5. Enjoy your Sunday
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6. It is a wonderful world we live in when Vanderbilt can talk trash (bad language alert)
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7. Here is Oklahoma’s remaining schedule after Saturday’s win against Maine

At Missouri
Alabama
At LSU

Oklahoma is 5-4. If the Sooners do not defeat Missouri, it will be hard to make a bowl game.
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8. Better known as the Lane Kiffin Rule
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9. Come on, Tom.

Here is Yahoo’s recap of Herman losing his cool after a blowout loss against USF on Friday:

“Florida Atlantic head coach Tom Herman did not appreciate the shoe being on the other foot Friday.

“Let's rewind to Oct. 14, 2023. FAU, in its first season under the former Texas head coach, blew the doors off of South Florida, 56-14. It was not a graceful win, as FAU attempted and recovered an onside kick, then went for it on fourth down while up 42 points in the fourth quarter.

“In the run-up to this year's matchup, Herman talked openly about how he views USF as a rival, saying "We don't like them, I hope they don't like us." Those comments ended up being an unfortunate prologue to a 44-21 blowout win for USF.

“And USF didn't just beat FAU. On its last real play of the game, the Bulls went for it on fourth down while up 23 points and got it with a 10-yard pass.

“As the game ended, USF head coach Alex Golesh attempted a frosty blow-by handshake with Herman, which appeared to set something off in Herman. He proceeded to follow the coach and berate him for several seconds.”
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10. Let’s see what happens
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Proud Dad Alert

This crazy schedule will resonate with every parent of young athletes.

Maximus was invited to participate in an MLS Next Invitational ID event in San Antonio on October 25. I rented a car in Austin, drove to the event, stayed in San Antonio, caught a 5 a.m. flight to Nashville, covered the game, napped for about 90 minutes, caught a 5 a.m. flight back to Austin, and then watched my son play for his team at 11 a.m. on last Sunday. I was dead to the world that afternoon.

However, Max made sure it was worth the effort (shout out to OB Live producer Tyler Mills for creating a cool thumbnail).
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Selling two tickets in section 28, row 52, seats 9/10 with seat backs for $250 each

DM or call/text if interested at (210) 382-0667.

Thanks!

Looking for 2 tickets for this weekend. I know there honoring veterans this weekend and in the past there have been some veteran allotments or discounted tickets through the university. Does anyone know if they are doing that and if so where to look.

Thanks
Brad

Watched a nfl draft segment with greenie, kiper and field Yates. Greenie said he doesn’t see anything in Ewers that would make him a first round pick. kiper actually defended Ewers and talked about him playing well in big games, but he thinks Quinn needs to come back to college or Quinn needs to get lucky in the NFL and end up with the right coach.

Saw the Bama clips from 2023 and the no look passes from Quinn. I hope he balls out and gets into the 1st round with a good coach.

Hibernation,

...what it means to be riding the Aggy Furkcoaster in November:

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I know you all love you some Elizabeth Hurley. Here ya go!


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$50

ror@bebtexas.com

I am looking for a new book to listen to on Audible. My daughter gave me a pair Powerbeats Pro for Xmas. I am avid follower all of the OB book threads for the last five years, or so. OB readers are a great source for interesting books. I have recommended a few myself. In fact I will recommend a few books I have found myself.
Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
In 1986, 20-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another human being until nearly three decades later, when he was arrested for stealing food. Living in a tent even in winter, he had survived by his wits and courage, developing ingenious ways to store food and water, to avoid freezing to death. He broke into nearby cottages for food, clothes, reading material, and other provisions, taking only what he needed, but terrifying a community never able to solve the mysterious burglaries. Based on extensive interviews with Knight himself, this is a vividly detailed account of the why and how of his secluded life - as well as the challenges he has faced returning to the world. A riveting story of survival that asks fundamental questions about solitude, community, and what makes a good life and a deeply moving portrait of a man who was determined to live his own way - and succeeded.

East Of Eden by John Steinbeck

Recommended many times by OB, and I finally read it.......... Thank you

The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille book 1 (read this first)

Welcome to the fabled Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to a fading aristocratic legacy; and Frank Bellarosa, the Mafia don who seizes his piece of the staid and unprepared Gold Coast like a latter-day barbarian chief and draws Sutter and his regally beautiful wife, Susan, into his violent world. Told from Sutter's sardonic and often hilarious point of view, and laced with sexual passion and suspense, The Gold Coast is Nelson DeMille's captivating story of friendship and seduction, love and betrayal.

The Gate House by Nelson DeMille book 2

Now, 10 years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gatehouse of Stanhope Hall, which had been the family home of his ex-wife, Susan Stanhope Sutter, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan, who has also returned to Long Island.

But Susan isn't the only person from John's past who has reemerged: Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, and intent on two missions: Drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father's murderer - Susan Sutter.

At the same time, John and Susan's mutual attraction resurfaces, old passions begin to reignite, and John finds himself pulled deeper into a familiar web of seduction and betrayal.

In The Gate House, a book that is both a sequel to The Gold Coast as well as a suspenseful stand-alone novel, acclaimed author Nelson DeMille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North Shore - a place where past, present, and future collide with often unexpected results.

Hornet Flight by Ken Folett

It's June 1941, and the low point of the war. England throws wave after wave of RAF bombers across the Channel, but somehow the Luftwaffe is able to shoot them down at will. The skies, indeed, the war itself seem to belong to Hitler.
On a Danish island across the North Sea, Harald Olufsen stumbles upon a secret German installation. With England preparing its largest aerial assault, what Harald has discovered may turn the course of the war, but the race to convey the information could have terrible consequences for everyone close to him. For his older brother, Arne, a pilot in the Danish air force, and for Arne's fiancee, Hermia, an intelligence analyst desperate to resurrect the foundering Danish resistance. And most of all, for Harald himself

Looks like Keegan Bradley is going to get the nod; 2 years after being left at home.

If it wasn't going to be Freddy, Tiger basically said no, and Phil blew that shot, this is better than any of the remaining/current roster of olds.

The boys club may be in trouble of breaking up, Jordan/Justin are going to have to bust it to make the team now.

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Looking for 4 lower level tickets for Florida. Taking the kids to their first game, so am looking for good seats. Please DM me if you have anything. Thanks.

Sark should be starting up shortly. I'll post live notes on this thread once he gets going.

Martin Marietta CEO thinks the rebuilding of the infrastructure damaged during Helene in western North Carolina will take 10 years. Story in Triangle Business Journal. I live in NC and have heard that NC has the second highest number of miles of state highways in the country, after Texas. Many highways and bridges were destroyed by the storm.

>>>>>Weeks after super storm Helene ripped through Western North Carolina, one of the state’s biggest quarry companies is working on a restoration plan.

“Will there be rebuilding? Yes,” said Ward Nye, CEO of Raleigh-based rock crusher Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE: MLM), during a third quarter earnings call Wednesday. Martin Marietta supplies gravel, concrete and other aggregate materials for the construction industry.

Nye said it could take the better part of a decade to complete road and highway repairs in the mountains after historic flooding brought widespread devastation.

Nye said the North Carolina Department of Transportation estimates Helene recovery expenses will between $5 billion and $6 billion, and that the federal government typically reimburses between 60 and 65 percent of those costs, making the state’s share of the burden about $2 billion.


Nye said Martin Marietta is in position to help, with operations west of Hickory, “getting into the Appalachians with our North Carolina operations.” And its $2 billion buy of 20 aggregates operations out of Blue Water Industries earlier this year gave it sites in Eastern Tennessee — meaning it can help from the east and west.

Martin Marietta doesn’t expect to lose out on other NCDOT projects in the process, as it’s been told “it’s going to be business as usual in terms of construction and maintenance activity outside of the work for Helene,” Nye said.

“So we’re not going to see other parts of the state not continuing to advance,” he said.

Nye said one of the reasons the company wants to be in places like North Carolina that are in good fiscal condition is “because when these types of things happen, we need to be in places, states that can manage that.”<<<<<<<

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Go Birds 🦅

I wonder what the plotter’s OB username is.

And say hell no!

My Nephew is selling his 2 Florida tickets for $225 each. Section 117, Row 9. These are permanent seat backs.

...to remove the USC head coach? A 90 million dollar buyout is chump change for those two. The late Warren Bennis, Dean of the Biz School, and famous author/leader was a mentor of mine. He told me that those two were the best whenever he needed to raise funds. Rich beyond imagination.

Looking for 4 lower level tickets to the UT/Florida game. Let me know if you have any reasonably priced tickets for sale.

Obviously the ESPN Match-Up predictor is not infallible, but here is what you get using it through the first 12 games (prior to the Conference Championship games; ranked using my best-guess projection).

1 Oregon 12-0
2 Ohio State 11-1
3 Miami 12-0
4 Texas 11-1
5 Penn State 11-1
6 BYU 12-0
7 Notre Dame 11-1
8 Indiana 11-1 (with a future loss to Ohio State)9 Alabama 10-2
9 Alabama 10-2
10 Mississippi 10-2
11 Georgia 10-2 (with a future loss to Mississippi)
12 Tennessee 10-2 (with a future loss to Georgia)
13 Boise State 11-1

Other teams of interest.

14 SMU 11-1
15 Iowa State 11-1
16 Washington State 11-1
17+ LSU 9-3 (with a future loss to Alabama)
17+ Texas A&M 9-3 (with a future loss to Texas)
17+ Army 11-1 (with a future loss to Notre Dame)

Six teams tie for second-place in the SEC. I don’t know who “wins” the tiebreaker to play Texas in the SEC championship game.

Boise State will need to win its conference championship game to stay ahead of Army, and maybe also Washington State. Washington State could be ranked higher than 16th, but I don’t think they can break into the top 11, and I don’t know if they qualify for the highest-rated-non-P4-conference-champion-slot even if Boise State loses.

Let's try to remember that no matter how things shake out, life is probably going to go on much as it has. Even if it isn't your preference, don't panic and think the sky is falling. Everything will be OK.

That said, I'm pretty sure it's going to be Oregon.