Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (The chance was there for the taking)
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Get better or lose the job. That is what is in front of him.
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With a healthy Sam this year TX wins at least 2 more games. Especially without Herman running him like a fullback!
The only issue I had with your post-game thoughts on Friday was that the high throw to Sanders fell 100% on Ewers and not at all on Sanders. The throw was high but it was absolutely catchable and any competent D1 tight end should be expected to make that catch... especially one that you like to hold up as a BAMF 1st round talent. Sanders has 2 drops in the last 3 games that are as bad as any of Ewers' bad passes.
On the high pass to Sanders, I would assign blame on that incompletion 80/20 with Sanders owning the bigger number.
On the high pass to Sanders, I would assign blame on that incompletion 80/20 with Sanders owning the bigger number.
Ewers looked OK to start out the Baylor game. While I don't have it down scientifically, I felt like after his whiff on the pass to JT, he was just not the same. (Or maybe that's just when I started noticing it.) I agree that he has to step up on the mental side of the game. I know the announcers were squawking about it, but I also thought his body language was not signaling a leader. I know he's another one of these "lead by example" guys, but I would have liked to see him settling and encouraging guys. I understand the quick bitch to Campbell on that sack play, but after the bitch, give him a pat on the back and build him up. One of the reasons that I feel Maalik has a better shot than a lot of folks are giving him is that very issue. Maalik is Ehlinger-like in his alpha-maleness and oozes leadership.
Totally agree on US v. Iran. I'm just getting a weird vibe. Similar to the Texas vibe of having no lead large enough to defend in the second half. I'm still completely pissed about the ultimately stupid, take-down of Bale in the box late in the Wales game. What in the absolute F were you thinking! That stupid, peewee-league decision snatched the W right from your grasp. It wasn't a necessary "professional" foul; it was just plain dumb.
On Spielberg, I actually didn't care for Lincoln. Love Daniel Day Lewis, but just couldn't get into the movie. I'm also of the opinion that Saving Private Ryan is too low on that list but wholly concur with Jaws on top. My top 3 would be Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List (as if you care - LOL).
Totally agree on US v. Iran. I'm just getting a weird vibe. Similar to the Texas vibe of having no lead large enough to defend in the second half. I'm still completely pissed about the ultimately stupid, take-down of Bale in the box late in the Wales game. What in the absolute F were you thinking! That stupid, peewee-league decision snatched the W right from your grasp. It wasn't a necessary "professional" foul; it was just plain dumb.
On Spielberg, I actually didn't care for Lincoln. Love Daniel Day Lewis, but just couldn't get into the movie. I'm also of the opinion that Saving Private Ryan is too low on that list but wholly concur with Jaws on top. My top 3 would be Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List (as if you care - LOL).
Maybe, but Sam's history was that he had a few serious clunkers each year.I'm
With a healthy Sam this year TX wins at least 2 more games. Especially without Herman running him like a fullback!
Sanders barely was able to get his hands up above his head when the ball arrived.
Interesting thoughts.
The USC/Iran take is interesting and a good one.
Good overall post.
I brought this up once early in the year and was told “yeah all QBs struggle with pressure.” The simpletons on this board never fail to arrive and show their lack of understanding beyond basic 1 + 1 concepts.
The thing that's radical is that anyone with any questions about him and his development coming into this year were basically clueless assholes when they said anything.
Hogwash. Watch the replay... Sanders head is fully turned around looking for the ball before the ball is even out of Ewers hands.
I was living in Brazil (Brasil) when that movie came out and saw it in a Brazilian movie theater with Portuguese sub titles. It was awesome and the first scary movie I ever watched. I think I was about 12. We didn't have TV there in the Amazon jungles so it was quite something.
That is what has to happen at this point- improve or be passed. Hopefully Ewers is up to the challenge. Its the same one facing Sark and Sark knows it. I am pretty sure Sark is embracing the challenge. Ewers needs to as well.
If you watch this replay enough times, you'll see that Sanders can't get his hands up fast enough to catch that ball because of both the velocity and the height...that's exactly my point on people saying he could have caught that ball. He just makes his cut and turns for the ball and it's a rocket and too high. Sanders has great hands - anyone that's seen any footage of him, he's solid catching the ball when given a decent chance or better.
Very few college tight ends could catch that pass. Has to be thrown softer if that high.
Here's a frozen still shot mili-seconds before the ball reaches Sanders. He hasn't even been able to get his arms fully extended. The ball is high and at a velocity that makes it incredibly tough.
Go watch the replay again Buda. Hit pause/play super fast and you'll see that Sanders' hands are below his waste as the ball is crossing the 20-yard line...and he's still in the process of trying to get his hands high enough as it crosses the 15-yard line. Sanders could not catch up that highly thrown, extremely fast ball. Just watch the video again and again.
Yes, that one play triggered a drastic change in play calling. That's a fact. Sark said as much.
But the reason for the change in play calling is the real issue. You, Ketch, say the change was triggered because Ewers was at fault and that Sark lost confidence in him. When Sark himself was questioned about the play in the presser he said that in retrospect it was his own mistake for calling such a slow developing play when the offensive line had been having trouble blocking in pass protection all day.
On this particular play the pass protection was especially bad and allowed an unblocked DB running at full speed to get a blind side hit on the QB. In what bizarro world is that primarily the fault of the quarterback? In what bizarro world is that play taken as the CAUSE of the coach losing confidence in the QB and therefore changing the play calling when the coach himself said he changed the play calling as the result of a loss of confidence in the OL in pass pro?
Again, the loss in faith in Ewers can't be seen in the vacuum.
In the last three weeks, he couldn't score against TCU, he was put on training wheels in Lawrence and then handed Baylor 10 points in a game that was only close because of those 10 points.
It all adds yo to not letting him throw it again.
You’re not being unfair at all. Quite the opposite. Most of the responses on this thread can be summed up with the following…
Correct. You either think he’s the second coming or you’re “crucifying” him. SMH. Critical thinking isn’t this boards forte.
If I knew how to take a screen shot, I would take another that shows Sanders head looking back at Ewers when the ball is still in Ewers hand. If Sanders didn't get his hands up in time, he didn't begin reacting to the pass until it was too late. It's not like the pass whizzed right by him before he got his head turned around.
Agree to disagree I guess, but I won't be buying the hype you are putting out on Sanders if you think he should not have made this catch. Can't have it both ways. Either he should have made the catch or he isn't the BAMF you prop him up to be.
Sorry we see it different and I did watch it multiple times and pause it. Sanders has his head turned around before the ball was thrown. He simply waited too long to get his hands up and was too slow to react to the pass.
Agree to disagree.
And just like that, Ewers is absolved of any responsibility as the guy with the football in his hands.
Nope, didn't say that either. I said 80/20 Sanders fault vs Ewers. Ewers threw a less than perfect but still catchable ball.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, in being the only person suggesting a shared responsibility in the play failing, when everyone else seems to be in the 100/0 Ewers fault.
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I literally LOL'd when I saw the gif. Sadly, 83% of OBs will not get the rather blatant hint.No. 6 - A Portal profile to keep an eye on ...
On one hand, Kentucky wide receiver Barion Brown was saying all of the right things to the public following Kentucky's win over Louisville.
On the other hand, Brown's name has been making the rounds behind the scenes as a player that could absolutely end up in the Portal and I would suggest is a player to keep an eye on after catching 45 passes for 604 yards and four touchdowns.
That includes a monster 10 catches for 145 yards and a touchdown against Georgia two weeks ago.
The Portal is about to be bubbling over with talent and this is exactly the kind of player that would improve the Longhorns.
Gracias, Ketch.
