We had pretty close to the worst OL in power 5 conferences last year. Worst in 20+ years at Texas.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Tom Herman is all-in on the 2018 Longhorns ...)
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No problem, you guys are all working hard around the clock to stay on top.my bad. I copied and pasted the question and didn't catch it. Neither did Suchomel. That is kind of telling.
So, if we have the same bad exchange on the third play against Maryland, and the ball hits the ground, and they recover, it is not a fumble?
In 2018 in major college football, you better win in year two if you went 7-6 in year one.
So, we will go through the 2018 season with a punter who is struggling with 35 yard punts and we should relax. Some of us prefer panic and alarmism at the first sign of a minor problem.
Keep calm and eat a banana.
The turettes battle cry.
I watched the Facebook live, read your 25 thoughts and read this thread. You’re pretty much my dude, Ketch, so don’t take this the wrong way, but if you can’t see how you have drawn predictive conclusions about the offense and, thus, the season based on the Spring game and, specifically, the offensive performance, you aren’t seeing your own reaction/analysis clearly.
You do realize that my sample size includes all of last season, all of this spring and the spring game itself, right?
Which position do you think I'm being slightly unfair to? Quarterbacks? Running backs? Offensive line? The unit as a whole?
This.
Great summary of the "game." I think it was a clever move by Herman to give an excuse for O-line play, and I agree we may need a sorcerer next year. Color me questionable about an honorable mention transfer from an inferior league. I am hopeful, but even one serviceable player providing an upgrade to one side of the line does little to excite me. Glad he's coming, and I hope he does well and stays healthy.
All that said, the happy face side of me will buy the 2k for Johnson and LJH, even if the split is 1500 for LJH and 500 for CJ. Ummm, wait a sec, as you noted, the sub patterns that occur with our current WR coach may not even have them on the field for 1/3 of the plays; so never mind. BUT if they get a chance to play? Buy. This may be the oddest discussion known to man -- how can there be any doubt about who should play... OFTEN??? Funny how this discussion never comes up on the D side of the ball. Roach + Hager = fun to watch.
Glad the baseball team had a good week, but I'm not sure what to expect for the remainder of the season. UNO is not a bad team at all, but they showed the weakness we have in our starting pitching, which is our achilles heal this year. That said, it has been a surprisingly good year so far, so maybe Pierce can continue to pull rabbits out of his hat. We'll see.
Thanks, as always, for a good Monday morning read.
Hook 'em!!!
Curious, what other "considerations" then the OC's ability to call a game and manage personnel?
Hook 'em!!!
But, wouldn't that require and investment by the University? Not sure investments will happen, unless you are talking facilities and people. Those in power aren't capable of thinking past that.
About right. I'll go out on a limb and say we win one more from your loss picks. 8-4.
You nailed it. Reinvestment is probably key because ESPN doesn't give a shit.
Could easily happen, just as Texas could easily drop a couple of those wins I gave them.
I think no way Herman lets his boys lose to Tech two years in a row. I would swap KSU and Tech. FIFY. If Texas is good enough to beat USC at home then I think they are good enough to beat TCU at home. 9-3 would be an excellent season IMO.
at Maryland (win)
vs. Tulsa (win)
vs. USC (win)
vs. TCU (loss)
at Kansas State (loss)
vs. Oklahoma (loss)
vs. Baylor (win)
at Oklahoma State (loss)
vs. West Virginia (win)
at Texas Tech (win)
vs. Iowa State (win)
at Kansas (win)
at Maryland (win)
vs. Tulsa (win)
vs. USC (win)
vs. TCU (loss)
at Kansas State (loss)
vs. Oklahoma (loss)
vs. Baylor (win)
at Oklahoma State (loss)
vs. West Virginia (win)
at Texas Tech (win)
vs. Iowa State (win)
at Kansas (win)
They deserve zero benefit of the doubt against TCU. Zero.
There’s an undercurrent of mailaise and here we go again to your reaction to the SG. It’s understandable and consistent with the general reaction of the board and other media, so maybe I’m the one who is off base, but I think way too much is being read into a game where they didn’t even attempt to run the ball, the offensive line was playing on both teams and the game plan was beyond vanilla. There is very little to be drawn from it, which is what TH was strongly implying in his presser. Unless the coaches were lying when they reported multiple times that the offense won prior scrimmages (with none of the aforementioned SG limitations imposed), then the gnashing off teeth over how the offense looked in the SG is misplaced. I would have emphasized restraint on drawing anything from the SG were I in your shoes.
You mouthed that sentiment from time to time, but the thrust has been malaise and here we go again.
My comments about the offense are inside the context of everything we know about this team. The spring game was just a small spotlight on a lot of issues.
Can you specifically pinpoint one thing I said (please quote it) that was unfair, so I can see what you object to?
You put Hurts on our team and Sam on Bama. We still finish with 7 wins and they still go undefeated.
Totally disagree.
Texas fans need to stop overrating quarterbacks in their minds with sub 130 quarterback ratings.
@Ketchum please contact RLong68's family. I believe he is tied up in a basement somewhere and someone is posting positive, once in a lifetime comments with his laptop. Note that he even praised you to the sky. It will take him literally minutes to undo all this harm once he is freed from his captors.
911 has been called.@Ketchum please contact RLong68's family. I believe he is tied up in a basement somewhere and someone is posting positive, once in a lifetime comments with his laptop. Note that he even praised you to the sky. It will take him literally minutes to undo all this harm once he is freed from his captors.
I believe there is more to this than Beck simply calling the plays. Herman.is trying to create continuity, as well as get Roschon signed. Tim Beck is a big part of Roschon and other recruits coming to campus(as surprising as that may sound). Beck has strong relationships with many recruits, and until we are a 10 win team, conference champions and vying for a playoff birth, these relationships are important to maintain. Just my opinion.
I am all in with you on Hurts but wouldn’t he have to redshirt in ‘18?
Then we would have six QB’s in the room in ‘19?
Then we would have six QB’s in the room in ‘19?
