I would have it higher but kudos to you for listing this overlooked gem in your top 10.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (On Herman, Beck, Milroe and more...)
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I would have it higher but kudos to you for listing this overlooked gem in your top 10.
I think Kyle Allen is a really poor comp for Stone. Manziel without the off field drama is more apt.
Manziel?
I don't see that at all. I don't look at the kid and think his athleticism is such that he could be recruited as an NCAA athlete.
I don't understand how you don't see elite athleticism. He is an elite passer in the pocket, but even moreso when on the move. He extends plays like Manziel and they are both ~4.7 guys. Kyle Allen was stiff and more like Garrett Gilbert or Trevor Lawrence as far as athleticism.
Spieth’s decline started when he decided to try and gain more distance off the tee. If he will be willing to go back to driving it 285 instead of trying to hit it 305 I think his championship form will return.
Good column.
But,......The Birdcage at 10 is just a travesty. This is a top 5 movie,...….and it's not even close.
But,......The Birdcage at 10 is just a travesty. This is a top 5 movie,...….and it's not even close.
His name was only brought up in relation to the players that Herman has coached.
Calling him Manzei, which he is not, would be like me calling Milroe Vince Young.
Not at all. Stone is a transcendent player in the same way that Adrian Peterson was. There is a reason the Texas coaching staff broke their own rules and offered him as a high school freshman.
Not sure the staff would essentially close the book on a 2021 "transcendent" QB by taking another prospect.
I can assure everyone that they don't believe he's the Adrian Peterson of quarterbacks.
Well, Phil has the super flop, that's true. And Phil is the only guy who has decided to hit a moving putt rather than watch it run off the green, so I give him major points in the creative category for that. Also, Tiger is/was incredibly creative as well...so I'm probably guilty of hyperbole in my post. I suspect I am biased because I am a Jordan fanboy and really enjoy watching golf when he is on a roll.
a. No matter how much Tom Herman might not want to outright declare that it's Big 12 title or bust this season from an expectations standpoint, it’s Big 12 title or bust right now. Going into year three, this is the expectation for every head coach that has ever been hired by the University of Texas in my lifetime.
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Agreeing with this in principle, but there weren't that many who expected David McWilliams to win the SWC in 1989. Coming off a 4-7 record, a 4th straight loss to OU, and A&M loaded.
I was initially going to bring up Mackovic in 1994, but decided that we were a lot more optimistic before that year. We had come within a yard of beating A&M in CS the year before and had a lot of talent on offense and some young studs on defense. I can see that an SWC title was expected that year (and I don't accept the bogus 4 way tie that we were ultimately part of).
Akers and Brown? Yep. Championship expected every year.
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Agreeing with this in principle, but there weren't that many who expected David McWilliams to win the SWC in 1989. Coming off a 4-7 record, a 4th straight loss to OU, and A&M loaded.
I was initially going to bring up Mackovic in 1994, but decided that we were a lot more optimistic before that year. We had come within a yard of beating A&M in CS the year before and had a lot of talent on offense and some young studs on defense. I can see that an SWC title was expected that year (and I don't accept the bogus 4 way tie that we were ultimately part of).
Akers and Brown? Yep. Championship expected every year.
So Air Coryell was mentioned in the question about alias for an owner or moderator of a site.
I’m not sure we ever got the full and final story on that.
Are you saying it was an account by you or someone who worked for you or another site?
And sorry if this was already asked above in thread.
I’m not sure we ever got the full and final story on that.
Are you saying it was an account by you or someone who worked for you or another site?
And sorry if this was already asked above in thread.
fair enoughWell, Phil has the super flop, that's true. And Phil is the only guy who has decided to hit a moving putt rather than watch it run off the green, so I give him major points in the creative category for that. Also, Tiger is/was incredibly creative as well...so I'm probably guilty of hyperbole in my post. I suspect I am biased because I am a Jordan fanboy and really enjoy watching golf when he is on a roll.
It might not have been expected with McWilliams, which is one of the reasons so many people had him on the obvious hot seat entering that his third and fourth seasons. He just wasn't cut out for the gig.
I agree that "Big 12 or Bust" has more appeal to journalists like Ketch (who need something to talk about in the off season) than for a coach like Herman (I'd argue from his perspective it's nothing but bulletin board material for OU).
However, I don't think OU is as stacked on offense as they have been the last 2 years. Replacing 4 NFL OL, a #1 pick at QB and the best WR in the draft will be tough. If their defense doesn't show marked improvement, they will be in some dogfights this year. I'd argue that's at least as big a rebuild as what our D will be going through.
Other than that I am (as usual) 100% in agreement with you.
