Different season if Ewers wasn’t hurt

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[Walking Boss]

Ewers played very well especially coming out of his layoff which was not quite restarting the season but close enough. He did miss some open receivers (receivers could have helped on a couple) especially to Whittington which left points on the field and the dirt burglars failed to grab a couple that could have been turnovers. He should get sharper and even more in sync with the receivers meaning the offense should get even better. The beat down of ou should give the team confidence in Sark’s process and what can happen playing with focusness for all four quarters. Point is, it is a new season now. This team can beat everyone remaining on the schedule, but they have to show up with the intensity they had against Bama and ou and consistently perform at a high level (all easier said than done).

 

[Phil Elliott]

This is easy to say now, but, let's say Ewers is not hurt against Bama and we are sitting 6-0 and Top 10 (at least) right now. I am not sure that it wouldn't be too much, too fast for this team.

 

[earl77]

I'm glad Ewers is ours

 

[ViperHorn]

Phil is right in everything he wrote except being Top Ten. If Texas is 6-0, which includes a non-fluky win over Alabama, they are top 4.

Way too much for a young team. Losing to Tceh is the best thing to happen to this team, as it taught them that they cannot let down or believe everything that is written about them.

Hopefully, they know that they can win every game left on the schedule if they apply themselves, or they can lose some or all if they become fat and happy after the ou game.

 

[MeatHeadHorn]

In Ewers’ 20 drives, Texas averages 4.5 points per drive. CJ Stroud is averaging 4.49

 

[Your Wrong]

Seriously, throw it out there. 4 folks disagreeing on a post with facts and verifiable **** and a few opinions based on reason.

Why waste time disagreeing if it’s not worth discussing? I presume it’s either my comment about winning out with Card or that my suggestion to let it go about being undefeated. So here’s some rationale.

Here’s a fact. 1st halves only. Card versus Tech 4.8 points per drive. Card versus WVU 5.6 points per drive. Ewers 5.0 versus Bama. Ewers 4.67 versus OU. We don’t know how much Card practiced (or rather shared reps) leading up to Tech. We don’t know how much Ewers practiced after Bama. Last year, our offensive first halves were better then the seconds.

Why am I using only first halves? Because we have a history of not finishing offensively. Ewers has never played a 2nd half. He’s never played a full game against a team worth a ****. I’d like to think we win if he plays versus Bama, but we simply do not know. We don’t know what happens when he gets knocked on his *** and gets a little dinged up. Maybe Bryce Young opens it up in the 3rd. Who the hell knows. If Sark makes a better play call on 3rd and 3, we win. If they call face mask against Keilan, maybe a win. If we don’t miss a FG. If we make a sack of the QB.

Versus Tech, it’s Sark that decided to run the ball which massively impacted two fruitless drives. And again QB averaged damn near 5 points per drive in the first half so there’s no reason, NONE, to believe he couldn’t have made it more productive. Those play calls also may have been an attempt to rest the defense since they were well on their way to 100 plays, which had nothing to do with the QB. In fact, our TD drive in that half happened because our QB saved our *** on two 3rd downs. The absolute critical drive was the first of the second half. Sark royally screwed that one up.

I’d also like to think if Jamison finishes the game at Bama, we win. If Ojomo plays at Tech, we win. But they’re never mentioned even though they’re both kicking tail.

As to where we go from here, I think Sark cuts it loose. You saw a bit of that versus WVU. He intentionally got Bijan his yards but late. OU was so terrible they couldn’t handle much of anything, but we involved our weapons all over the field. That’s the key - make the D respect everything.

For me, it’s not about who’s better. It’s about this team and not one player. It’s about winning. So again Ewers was the starter for reasons, and he’ll be the starter. If you disagree that Card could lead this team to a Big 12 championship too, I say you’re full of **** (but we may not get to find out do I can’t be proven wrong unless Eeers goes down.

Big 12 Champs coming your way.

 

[Statalyzer]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Ewers certainly has the potential to be great. But. He missed Worthy for a TD waiting too long to throw. He missed an easy TD to Whit. He had 2 throws where Whit had to make diving catches they were so off target, otherwise Whit would've had good YAC. He missed a wide open receiver on the sideline, don't remember who. It should have been 2 ints. but gooner couldn't hold on to one.

Ewers played very well especially coming out of his layoff which was not quite restarting the season but close enough. He did miss some open receivers (receivers could have helped on a couple) especially to Whittington which left points on the field and the dirt burglars failed to grab a couple that could have been turnovers.

Yeah, there were more mistakes than there should have been, which is as to be expected when you have a freshman QB with only 1.3 games of experience, and there were way more high-level than there should have been also, reminiscent of some of Colt's best work.

But all 3 possessions where our 1st team failed to score were primarily attributable, IMO, to his mistakes. There was the Okie Cb dropping the pick that hit him in the numbers, plus missing a wide open guy past the marker for the 1st down to throw to the flat, which was covered, for a loss instead, leading to a punt. Then the other punt happened when he had an easy scramble for the first down but didn't take it (thankfully he learns quickly, and converted a 3rd an 10 via a similar scramble on what I think was the very next drive). Then of course the big one, the interception, that followed badly overthrowing Whittington in the endzone even though no Sooner was anywhere near him.

But hey, it was his 3rd start, and like I said, I think he learns quickly. And we won 49-0, so now we get to learn from the mistakes and celebrate a blowout at the same time rather than saying "Well let's hope we learn from these errors that lost us this game". My only real beef is the double standard some of our fans have where we'd be ripping into Card for these same errors and saying it proves he's not good enough (we had some people still criticizing him pages later for a single understandable overthrow on a deep ball that was just out of reach).

Yeah, maybe we're 6-0 if not for Ewers, but it's a fine line from that to saying it's Card's fault for both losses and everyone else gets credit for the wins, which would be grossly unfair.

 

[dukesteer]

Not sure if this has been posted yet on this thread:

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[mchammer]

Yeah, there were more mistakes than there should have been, which is as to be expected when you have a freshman QB with only 1.3 games of experience, and there were way more high-level than there should have been also, reminiscent of some of Colt's best work.

But all 3 possessions where our 1st team failed to score were primarily attributable, IMO, to his mistakes. There was the Okie Cb dropping the pick that hit him in the numbers, plus missing a wide open guy past the marker for the 1st down to throw to the flat, which was covered, for a loss instead, leading to a punt. Then the other punt happened when he had an easy scramble for the first down but didn't take it (thankfully he learns quickly, and converted a 3rd an 10 via a similar scramble on what I think was the very next drive). Then of course the big one, the interception, that followed badly overthrowing Whittington in the endzone even though no Sooner was anywhere near him.

But hey, it was his 3rd start, and like I said, I think he learns quickly. And we won 49-0, so now we get to learn from the mistakes and celebrate a blowout at the same time rather than saying "Well let's hope we learn from these errors that lost us this game". My only real beef is the double standard some of our fans have where we'd be ripping into Card for these same errors and saying it proves he's not good enough (we had some people still criticizing him pages later for a single understandable overthrow on a deep ball that was just out of reach).

Yeah, maybe we're 6-0 if not for Ewers, but it's a fine line from that to saying it's Card's fault for both losses and everyone else gets credit for the wins, which would be grossly unfair.

You guys are grossly over analyzing this. The basis for the OP was that Texas lost 2 games to last second FG’s and QE appears (based on limited viewing) better than Card (which is not to say Card was the reason for losing). Ergo, Texas is 6-0 as slight improvement in QB play is certainly worth 3 points.

 

[mchammer]

You guys are grossly over analyzing this. The basis for the OP was that Texas lost 2 games to last second FG’s and QE appears (based on limited viewing) better than Card (which is not to say Card was the reason for losing). Ergo, Texas is 6-0 as slight improvement in QB play is certainly worth 3 points.

Note I am leading the weekly score prediction contest so frankly no one here has the credibility to challenge me on the above. Ha!

 

[MeatHeadHorn]

Note I am leading the weekly score prediction contest so frankly no one here has the credibility to challenge me on the above. Ha!

I have made steady gains from the bottom 3rd to top 7! I agree with the original sentiment. Ewers is talented gunslinger in more ways than some around here seem to realize and it’s demonstrable between the 1st and second quarter of Bama the difference he makes to the team and coaching. He allows Sark to call his game and for Texas to fully utilize the weapons at skill position. The fact that multiple outside credible observers can see Texas is very dangerous with him should speak volumes.