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The morning after TCU

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Watched the game this morning. Here's a few take aways.

Our offensive line missed more assignments than hey actually got right. Unbelievable right? Cosmi needs to put his big boy pants on immediately. He's long and light in the a$$ and missed so many dang assignments it's a wonder we were able to run at all. Left guard, I'm looking at you too Vahe. You got gapped so many times by a blitzing ____________ fill in the blank.



Sam.... I know you like leaving that ball in the belly during the Zoe read for a long time, but come on man..... I jumped up at one point last night, took a whiz, grabbed a beer and popped some popcorn and when I came back, you were
still carrying out your zone read. Pronto son! Pronto!

Boyd........ my bad..... Charcoal.... you are the weakest link in the secondary. You had four times last night where you were beaten badly and dumb luck, or a freshman safety, saved
your hide. Lincoln Riley saw that and is kicking his muh fuggin chops. Tighten it up dude or you will go down as the DB that lost us several games his senior year. It's called a slugo route bruh. They fake the slant and run the go. It ain't that hard. No where near as hard as covering a 7 route. (post corner)


Ingram---- them big dudes in the orange jerseys.... the ones infront of you... ya, those guys...... try following them and then breaking opposite of the way they are blocking. I know it's a fvcking weird concept, but you should try it.


Young...... the stadium end zones are really easy to understand. One faces north, one faces south. When you get the ball remember ---- the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. If you continue to run east and west your a$$ will SET
on the bench. Got me bruh?

Brenda...... know how many tackles you had? I'll make you a wager...... I wager you have more bottles of designer shampoo in your locker now.... not in your dorm.... in your freaking locker... than you had tackles last night. Because I promise you there's more than one bottle of shampoo. That's right peaches... you had, yet again.... 1 tackle all night. I see a theme developing here.

D-line..... I don't blame you for Boyd sucking so badly.... but I do blame you to an extent. If you could just pressure the QB... maybe boyd wouldn't look like he sucked so bad. Charcoal needs your help, Brenda.

OK, everybody not named Tim Feck, hit the showers.

Coach Feck...... where do I begin.

Oh, I know! Let's start with 4th and inches... no, no, no we'll get to that one in a bit.

How about 5-15. That's your 3rd down conversion rate. 33%. It's not even piss poor. It's worse. Did you know Feck, that TCU out gained us in yardage AND out rushed us too? Another fun fact..... TCU average 4.45 ypc. Know what we got??? 2.5.... a whopping 2.5 yards per carry. Another fun fact.... we had the ball 9 more minutes than they did. Did you know that Feck? But the kill shot, the one thing that let's me know you're a fvcking idiot, we were the recipient of four, count'em, 4 turnovers.

So let's review:
They out gained us in total yards.
Had a better 3rd down conversion %.
They out rushed us.
They had a high ypc average.
We held the ball 9 more minutes than they did.
We had zero turnovers to their four.


We won by two scores.

Zero turnovers for them and we probably lose this game because of........... You.

Now, tell me why on 4th and 1 with a 6'2 235 pound qb, YOU decide not to run a simple sneak. Instead, you want to be on sportscenter for out smarting old coach patterson by running a toss/pitch sweep to the SHORT side of the field.
Wait..... let me guess. That's what the sabremetrics computer program told you had the highest probability of success...... right?

You are fvcking clown shoes coach Feck.
 
That secondary (Boyd and Locke) scares the ship out of me. Already dreading Marquise Brown and CD Lamb.
 
As everyone saw as the second half unfolded, receivers play a lot differently when it becomes clear they ARE going to pay the price for catching a ball.

These DBs are the ones licking their chops.
 
I have been good with Beck's play calling last couple of games. I would have to go back and watch the game again to see how many 3rd down conversion were due to a bad play call or Sam misfiring. Nonetheless, Sam is improving and making good decisions.

Hager was off sides twice. Mental error from our senior captain and didn't get benched.

I think Boyd is getting it done. He is covering the top receiver for whatever game we have. You are right in that he has gotten beat, but, unless the wr catches the ball, no harm done. Potential harm doesn't matter in the end.

Watson, showed some toughness last night. I loved it. I couldn't believe several runs where he was wrapped up or almost stopped, when all of a sudden he fights through somehow and keeps going.
 
Watched the game this morning. Here's a few take aways.

Our offensive line missed more assignments than hey actually got right. Unbelievable right? Cosmi needs to put his big boy pants on immediately. He's long and light in the a$$ and missed so many dang assignments it's a wonder we were able to run at all. Left guard, I'm looking at you too Vahe. You got gapped so many times by a blitzing ____________ fill in the blank.



Sam.... I know you like leaving that ball in the belly during the Zoe read for a long time, but come on man..... I jumped up at one point last night, took a whiz, grabbed a beer and popped some popcorn and when I came back, you were
still carrying out your zone read. Pronto son! Pronto!

Boyd........ my bad..... Charcoal.... you are the weakest link in the secondary. You had four times last night where you were beaten badly and dumb luck, or a freshman safety, saved
your hide. Lincoln Riley saw that and is kicking his muh fuggin chops. Tighten it up dude or you will go down as the DB that lost us several games his senior year. It's called a slugo route bruh. They fake the slant and run the go. It ain't that hard. No where near as hard as covering a 7 route. (post corner)


Ingram---- them big dudes in the orange jerseys.... the ones infront of you... ya, those guys...... try following them and then breaking opposite of the way they are blocking. I know it's a fvcking weird concept, but you should try it.


Young...... the stadium end zones are really easy to understand. One faces north, one faces south. When you get the ball remember ---- the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. If you continue to run east and west your a$$ will SET
on the bench. Got me bruh?

Brenda...... know how many tackles you had? I'll make you a wager...... I wager you have more bottles of designer shampoo in your locker now.... not in your dorm.... in your freaking locker... than you had tackles last night. Because I promise you there's more than one bottle of shampoo. That's right peaches... you had, yet again.... 1 tackle all night. I see a theme developing here.

D-line..... I don't blame you for Boyd sucking so badly.... but I do blame you to an extent. If you could just pressure the QB... maybe boyd wouldn't look like he sucked so bad. Charcoal needs your help, Brenda.

OK, everybody not named Tim Feck, hit the showers.

Coach Feck...... where do I begin.

Oh, I know! Let's start with 4th and inches... no, no, no we'll get to that one in a bit.

How about 5-15. That's your 3rd down conversion rate. 33%. It's not even piss poor. It's worse. Did you know Feck, that TCU out gained us in yardage AND out rushed us too? Another fun fact..... TCU average 4.45 ypc. Know what we got??? 2.5.... a whopping 2.5 yards per carry. Another fun fact.... we had the ball 9 more minutes than they did. Did you know that Feck? But the kill shot, the one thing that let's me know you're a fvcking idiot, we were the recipient of four, count'em, 4 turnovers.

So let's review:
They out gained us in total yards.
Had a better 3rd down conversion %.
They out rushed us.
They had a high ypc average.
We held the ball 9 more minutes than they did.
We had zero turnovers to their four.


We won by two scores.

Zero turnovers for them and we probably lose this game because of........... You.

Now, tell me why on 4th and 1 with a 6'2 235 pound qb, YOU decide not to run a simple sneak. Instead, you want to be on sportscenter for out smarting old coach patterson by running a toss/pitch sweep to the SHORT side of the field.
Wait..... let me guess. That's what the sabremetrics computer program told you had the highest probability of success...... right?

You are fvcking clown shoes coach Feck.


Damn clob get ya a shot of Whiskey or eat a fing BBQ Frito or something... its all true though!



Hook'em
 
I don't see the issue with play calling yesterday, Yes I also jumped up and down on that 4th down dumb ass play, but I didn't see the issue with most of the plays we called. Texas is doing a good job staying with the run, my biggest issue was using Watson in the 4th quarter when what we needed was a big battering ram like Young in there. Then we put Young in and he was just as ineffective. For me the best part was the offense didn't go into a conservative shell because that would have just given the ball right back to TCU.

I'm not going to point fingers at Boyd, he had the toughest assignment all night, he is the guy that had to cover the best player TCU has and one of the best in the nation. Yea he got burned a few times, but Raegor scored one TD and Boyd recovered in the end zone enough to break up two additional TD scores.

I can't say enough about the Texas safeties, they are the difference makers in the secondary. Receivers are scared to catch the ball with those guys back there. Now I understand the Oklahoma's fans man crush on their Roy Williams. A safety that can do it all is hard to come by and Caden Sterns is a guy that must be accounted for on every play. Honestly, Brandon Jones and BJ Foster are just as good. It's scary how good these guys are. I don't remember Earl Thomas being this good. Especially not as a true freshmen.

The offensive Line

I have been saying this for some time, the oline is good enough to run our offense, but they are not great. If you compare them to the line last year or a couple years ago, they are the 95 Cornhuskers. but in reality they are a work in progress. The announcers pointed out again and again how gassed they looked and I have to agree, it's hard to pass protect over and over, but that is exactly what they did.

If I gave out game balls it would be like this.

Offense;
Sam Ehlinger for no turnovers, I can't say enough how important it was in a game like this.
Collin Johnson for keeping the chains moving and playing so big with that huge TD grab.
Calvin Anderson for keeping Ehlinger out of the hospital.

Defense
Caden Sterns - You are a legend in the making. Keep this up and you will never buy a drink in Austin Tx for the rest of your life.
Jeffery McCullough - Finally started to shine, glad you are taking advantage of the opportunity before you.
Brandon Jones - The glue of the defense,
Gary Johnson - They had no running attack because you are a machine
 
Watched the game this morning. Here's a few take aways.

Our offensive line missed more assignments than hey actually got right. Unbelievable right? Cosmi needs to put his big boy pants on immediately. He's long and light in the a$$ and missed so many dang assignments it's a wonder we were able to run at all. Left guard, I'm looking at you too Vahe. You got gapped so many times by a blitzing ____________ fill in the blank.



Sam.... I know you like leaving that ball in the belly during the Zoe read for a long time, but come on man..... I jumped up at one point last night, took a whiz, grabbed a beer and popped some popcorn and when I came back, you were
still carrying out your zone read. Pronto son! Pronto!

Boyd........ my bad..... Charcoal.... you are the weakest link in the secondary. You had four times last night where you were beaten badly and dumb luck, or a freshman safety, saved
your hide. Lincoln Riley saw that and is kicking his muh fuggin chops. Tighten it up dude or you will go down as the DB that lost us several games his senior year. It's called a slugo route bruh. They fake the slant and run the go. It ain't that hard. No where near as hard as covering a 7 route. (post corner)


Ingram---- them big dudes in the orange jerseys.... the ones infront of you... ya, those guys...... try following them and then breaking opposite of the way they are blocking. I know it's a fvcking weird concept, but you should try it.


Young...... the stadium end zones are really easy to understand. One faces north, one faces south. When you get the ball remember ---- the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. If you continue to run east and west your a$$ will SET
on the bench. Got me bruh?

Brenda...... know how many tackles you had? I'll make you a wager...... I wager you have more bottles of designer shampoo in your locker now.... not in your dorm.... in your freaking locker... than you had tackles last night. Because I promise you there's more than one bottle of shampoo. That's right peaches... you had, yet again.... 1 tackle all night. I see a theme developing here.

D-line..... I don't blame you for Boyd sucking so badly.... but I do blame you to an extent. If you could just pressure the QB... maybe boyd wouldn't look like he sucked so bad. Charcoal needs your help, Brenda.

OK, everybody not named Tim Feck, hit the showers.

Coach Feck...... where do I begin.

Oh, I know! Let's start with 4th and inches... no, no, no we'll get to that one in a bit.

How about 5-15. That's your 3rd down conversion rate. 33%. It's not even piss poor. It's worse. Did you know Feck, that TCU out gained us in yardage AND out rushed us too? Another fun fact..... TCU average 4.45 ypc. Know what we got??? 2.5.... a whopping 2.5 yards per carry. Another fun fact.... we had the ball 9 more minutes than they did. Did you know that Feck? But the kill shot, the one thing that let's me know you're a fvcking idiot, we were the recipient of four, count'em, 4 turnovers.

So let's review:
They out gained us in total yards.
Had a better 3rd down conversion %.
They out rushed us.
They had a high ypc average.
We held the ball 9 more minutes than they did.
We had zero turnovers to their four.


We won by two scores.

Zero turnovers for them and we probably lose this game because of........... You.

Now, tell me why on 4th and 1 with a 6'2 235 pound qb, YOU decide not to run a simple sneak. Instead, you want to be on sportscenter for out smarting old coach patterson by running a toss/pitch sweep to the SHORT side of the field.
Wait..... let me guess. That's what the sabremetrics computer program told you had the highest probability of success...... right?

You are fvcking clown shoes coach Feck.

I could have sworn that the TX Longhorns won last night. Well who the hell won this game anyhow?

And Kris Boyd played great last week. And he knocked a sure td pass out of the receivers hands last night. And I said that somebody among their big 3 playmakers would make some plays. You do realize that Jalon Reagor and Kavontae Turpin are.good players don't you? And another thing you go on and on about us being only 5 for 15 on third down. Well started out 0 for 7 and after we went for 5 for 8.

And for the second week in a row Sam Ehlinger outplayed the other teams qb. Oh and btw this year we knocked the other teams qb out of the game. By the end of the game we wiped that smug grin of Shawn Robinson's face.

Right now I'm enjoying watching the TX Longhorns start to climb back to the level they should always be at.

HookemHorns
 
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It's reading between the lines. If you beat a team by 40 and convert 75% of your 3rd downs and they have zero turnovers--- you beat that a$$ and are a much better team.

You beat a team by two TDs and they have 4 turn overs.... more yards than you, and less time of possession, it was a closer matched game than the score indicated.

Just giving insight.




I could have sworn that the TX Longhorns won last night. Well who the hell won this game anyhow?

And Kris Boyd played great last week. And he knocked a sure td pass out of the receivers hands last night. And I said that somebody among their big 3 playmakers would make some plays. You do realize that Jalon Reagor and Kavontae Turpin are.good players don't you? And another thing you go on and on about us being only 5 for 15 on third down. Well started out 0 for 7 and after we went for 5 for 8.

And for the second week in a row Sam Ehlinger outplayed the other teams qb. Oh and btw this year we knocked the other teams qb out of the game. By the end of the game we wiped that smug grin of Shawn Robinson's face.

Right now I'm enjoying watching the TX Longhorns start to climb back to the level they should always be at.

HookemHorns
 
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It's reading between the lines. If you beat a team by 40 and convert 75% of your 3rd downs and they have zero turnovers--- you beat that a$$ and are a much better team.

You beat a team by two TDs and they have 4 turn overs.... more yards than you, and less time of possession, it was a closer matched game than the score indicated.

Just giving insight.


Sooo, you're bitching because our upset of a top 20 team was a closer match than the score indicates? A team that had completely owned us in recent memory, and nobody had any reason to think that would change this year?

Get a grip. We're obviously not at Vince/Colt era levels yet and ready to bomb top twenty teams by forty. It's sure as hell a lot better than getting blown out. No we're not back to where we want to be yet, but that doesn't happen overnight. We're obviously getting better, and this was a HUGE win in that process. F*cking have a Coke and a smile every now and then.
 
I have a grip. I know it was a big win. I'm aware it was a pivotal game for this team and this staff. But the season isn't over yet. Don't expect me to mail it in and go "fvck it! We beat TCU. Mission accomplished!".
Also, I'm pretty sure you know by now that I'm not into pumping sunshine. And we have to realize that there are still areas in great need of attention so the wheels don't come off again.

Does it make a flippity fvck in the grand scheme of things? Nope. I can promise you that Tommy isn't over here worried about what clob has to say. But as it's miserable watching this product the last 9 years, it's been equally miserable watching the folks in this forum get their hopes up and then have them dashed away and left wondering "where we went wrong.".

I'm no fool Metcalf. I see improvement. It's weird improvement. It's the oddest form of improvement I've seen in college football in recent memory actually. But it is improvement. The difference between Texas fans and aggy fans are this simple:

They get creamed by Bama yet they chirp about Bama not beating them by the point spread, like it's a fvcking moral victory.

Texas beats a ranked team (tcu) for the first time in 5 years and horns fans are happy, but ALSO realize we still have a long way to go. That's the camp I'm in. I'm happy for the win, put still striving to get better by acknowledging our weaknesses.


Sooo, you're bitching because our upset of a top 20 team was a closer match than the score indicates? A team that had completely owned us in recent memory, and nobody had any reason to think that would change this year?

Get a grip. We're obviously not at Vince/Colt era levels yet and ready to bomb top twenty teams by forty. It's sure as hell a lot better than getting blown out. No we're not back to where we want to be yet, but that doesn't happen overnight. We're obviously getting better, and this was a HUGE win in that process. F*cking have a Coke and a smile every now and then.
 
Glad to hear you're happy. By reading your OP I could've sworn we lost by 40.

We all know there's a lot of work to be done. Most of us are just happy to see the biggest win we've had in years. It's a good sign.

You're right, it is weird. How we're getting better without a real QB is beyond me, but I'll take it. I'm confident the answer at QB hasn't played yet, or maybe not even on campus yet. I'm thinking, "holy crap if they can do this with this guy, I can't wait to see what they do with a real QB!"
 
Pretty harsh review, but I very much appreciate getting to read a thorough, unvarnished, level-headed evaluation of the team according to a championship standard by someone who knows WTF he's talking about.

I can find overexuberance and sunshine pumping on about 27 other Longhorn-focused sites. In fact, it's too often about the only thing I can find on Longhorn sites, and it gets boring pretty quickly.

I've enjoyed the sh*t out of the last two games, and I'm finally feeling cautiously optimistic about the direction of the program, but there's still a long way to go before Texas is performing at the level that it should be year-in and year-out. I appreciate seeing a breakdown that evaluates our performance not against the garbage Texas has produced for the last eight seasons, but against the standard the program will have to meet to contend for championships every year.
 
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The season is far from being over and our team has played down to 2 opponents and played up to 2 opponents. If there was a gripe about TH's Houston teams, it's that they had huge let downs against lesser opponents. This week is the another trap game as blow is 2 weeks away. We don't fare well in Manhattan so this will be every much the test tcu was. I think 8-4 is still the result. Tech and Baylor showed some life this week so the schedule may not have any gimmies. We have yet to run the ball with our rb's effectively and we will at some point revert to the mean on to's.
 
I'm not a fool. I'm not a sunshine pumper. I live in the real world. But for the first since 2009 there is real hope for TX . There are no guarantees on the remaining schedule. Good Lord we actually lost the last time we played at KS. But there is reason to believe we can beat anybody left. And it's not our first win in 5 years over a ranked opponent. SC was ranked last week and three years ago we beat an OK team that went to the playoffs.

But we have an exciting defense that is getting better every game. If they keep this up the sky's the limit for this d.

We are ranked 18th. We play at KST this Saturday. KST does not have a good team this year Bill Snyder's worst in a long time. But we are 1/6 in Manhattan, KS and Saturday's game is a chance to right some wrongs.

HookemHorns
 
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You know! I hope we go further in the Bowl picture at the end, but, I would settle for the Alamo Bowl so the fans didn't have to go far and would load the stadium full. but, higher would be good and plus I can stay with relatives for free

So that's my Bowl pic for Texas this year..

Hook'em
 
I know it's not our first win over a ranked opponent...... it's our first win over a ranked opponent named (tcu) in 5 years. My bad for the poor wording.

I'm not a fool. I'm not a sunshine pumper. I live in the real world. But for the first since 2009 there is real hope for TX . There are no guarantees on the remaining schedule. Good Lord we actually lost the last time we played at KS. But there is reason to believe we can beat anybody left. And it's not our first win in 5 years over a ranked opponent. SC was ranked last week and three years ago we beat an OK team that went to the playoffs.

But we have an exciting defense that is getting better every game. If they keep this up the sky's the limit for this d.

We are ranked 18th. We play at KST this Saturday. KST does not have a good team this year Bill Snyder's worst in a long time. But we are 1/6 in Manhattan, KS and Saturday's game is a chance to right some wrongs.

HookemHorns
 
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This team needs to get better if we think they’re going to compete for a conference championship. OU is in two weeks, WV looks like they’re for real, and Tech can put some points on the board. We need to buckle down and clean some things up. Can’t rely on turnovers all year.
 
Thx for the review Clob. I looked at the numbers and thought wow we won but we won because of the TOs in fact if the offense converts all of them into TDs we win HUGER(insert Trumpism). I’m happy for the W and hope the offense continues to progress and D as well.
 
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??? We had more 1st downs … and the stats were about the same for both sides --- except they turned the ball over 4 times
If you turn the ball over 3 times in the Big12 -- you should lose by double digits ...
 
Paraphrasing:
We're happy we got an important W and headed in the right direction but we have a long way to go before "Texas is baaaaack."

If you've read clobs history of posts, you'll notice he expresses his observations & opinions with a good helping of sarcasm and slapstick humor. Continual improvement and the drive for excellence is what he and all of us expect.

Great win Horns, let's keep it trending up and never settle for good enough.
HOOK'EM
 
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Ill reiterate that none of those 4 turnovers just fell into Texas’ lap. This young defense makes big plays over and over - because they’re well coached, in position and nasty aggressive. The secondary doesn’t overly respect opposing receivers, they’re going after them. LOVE that.

I do think we go away from running the ball too quickly during lots of series’. Good news is that I don’t really believe purple or ou can stop the run, so it should be there for the taking. Will TH take it though.....
 
@clob94 I laughed out loud when you said Brenda hahaha

Hager and Sam were literally the only ones I was mad at Saturday. And the play call on 4th and 1. I felt like everything else was pretty dang good.

Hager- Where has he been? He's hurt us more than helped us.

Sam- Needs to pull the zone read more! Clob- Maybe they have a "lock call" and it's not really a read at all, just base zone? That's the only thing I can think of.

4th & 1- Dont get cute, dont over analyze, just run it up the fing pipe!
 
@clob94 I laughed out loud when you said Brenda hahaha

Hager and Sam were literally the only ones I was mad at Saturday. And the play call on 4th and 1. I felt like everything else was pretty dang good.

Hager- Where has he been? He's hurt us more than helped us.

Sam- Needs to pull the zone read more! Clob- Maybe they have a "lock call" and it's not really a read at all, just base zone? That's the only thing I can think of.

4th & 1- Dont get cute, dont over analyze, just run it up the fing pipe!
maybe Hager should get a haircut
 
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I hope so....but I have been waiting for 4 games to hear his name not associated with being off sides. He has what?...3 tackles on the year?....Next man up I say! He is a senior for god's sake!
 
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