Ewers Pass

I truly do not understand how any recruit at any position, signs with OU.
This isn’t getting fixed anytime within 4 years.
Could they get 7-8 wins, sure, but the dominance is over.
No more 5* QB portals. The saving grace was OUs Venables defense guru status and it looks like that ship sailed.
The offense game plan is even worse.

The fat lady is warming up, recruits. Do you desire to be in Act 2 or 3 of this chaos?
 
NRHorn said:
I truly do not understand how any recruit at any position, signs with OU.
This isn’t getting fixed anytime within 4 years.
Could they get 7-8 wins, sure, but the dominance is over.
No more 5* QB portals. The saving grace was OUs Venables defense guru status and it looks like that ship sailed.
The offense game plan is even worse.

The fat lady is warming up, recruits. Do you desire to be in Act 2 or 3 of this chaos?
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NRHorn- in years past I would have agreed with you 110% but in the current state of the portal, a team can do a 180° with a handful of top transfers. While OU doesn't have the bmd's we do, they have enough that are still sick to their stomachs from what they saw on Saturday and will open the wallets to get it turned around.
 
The way he just casually flings the ball out there to the perfect spot where a very large dude is running down the field surrounded by the enemy and nobody but the intended recipient is in position to catch it
The defenders are totally f**ked to do anything about it
One of the announcers said it during the game - he makes it looks easy
 
LHABSOB said:
NRHorn- in years past I would have agreed with you 110% but in the current state of the portal, a team can do a 180° with a handful of top transfers. While OU doesn't have the bmd's we do, they have enough that are still sick to their stomachs from what they saw on Saturday and will open the wallets to get it turned around.
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I agree with you , damnit.
 
For years n(many years) under all our coaches since DKR, we have dreadfully underutilized our TE’s. Not since Finley have we used the seam behind LB’s for solid gains. There is no position on defense more difficult than the LB who doesn’t know if Sanders is coming to seal block or sift behind. The poor LB has to prepare for a violent collision/block that doesn’t come. That half crouch forward lunge is like trying to stop a back flip once it is started. The first the LB knows that he’s been passed by, he can’t possibly adjust. That keeps the LB’s guessing and the safeties have one chance to prevent 6 and that is stay at home. What you don’t see on TV (which follows the ball) is the freeze that occurs off-ball everywhere else. We may have re-discovered this play. Sanders is a stud and offenses that do this right are rare and attract to TE’s like a giant magnet. Best play we have. It sets up everything else from runs, options and deep balls.
 
hornde68 said:
For years n(many years) under all our coaches since DKR, we have dreadfully underutilized our TE’s. Not since Finley have we used the seam behind LB’s for solid gains. There is no position on defense more difficult than the LB who doesn’t know if Sanders is coming to seal block or sift behind. The poor LB has to prepare for a violent collision/block that doesn’t come. That half crouch forward lunge is like trying to stop a back flip once it is started. The first the LB knows that he’s been passed by, he can’t possibly adjust. That keeps the LB’s guessing and the safeties have one chance to prevent 6 and that is stay at home. What you don’t see on TV (which follows the ball) is the freeze that occurs off-ball everywhere else. We may have re-discovered this play. Sanders is a stud and offenses that do this right are rare and attract to TE’s like a giant magnet. Best play we have. It sets up everything else from runs, options and deep balls.
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Everyone needs to read this three more times. It is poetry.
 
Except for the interception, his passes were almost all on the money. I remember one that was a little high, but catchable. Sanders, Worthy, Whittington, then Bijan and Roschon out of the backfield with his arm will score a lot of points.
 
We’ve been in search of THE tight end for a long time (see the multiple posts in recruiting about “another tight end!?!). Problem is the large, highly athletic dude with hands and brains doesn’t come along very often. We’ve also been somewhat snake bit with regard to injuries at that position over the years.
 
This is what a five star/only perfect recruiting score since VY looks like. He’s cool in the pocket and just flicks it. Off platform and multiple angles. At least a baker’s dozen NFL throws in 2.25 games. We are lucky to have both him and the best back up in the country. Enjoy it. I posted this elsewhere, but in the 20 drives with Ewers, Texas averages 4.5 point a possession. CJ Stroud and Ohio State 4.49. This is a solid team with Card. It’s a top 10 team with Ewers. He’s a gun slinger and there will be bad moments in a tough schedule ahead, but the team plays different with him and there is more room for error. The Tech game and even UTSA to some degree, you can feel the team gritting their teeth.

JT Sanders. On pace for an All American season. He doesn’t get utilized the same with Card and him and Ewers have some serious chemistry. Nothing like him since Finley. Having a tight end in this kind of offense with a young QB is a real lifeline. He’s that dude.

Legitimately excited to see how we play against the Cyclones and a legit defense.
 
LHABSOB said:
NRHorn- in years past I would have agreed with you 110% but in the current state of the portal, a team can do a 180° with a handful of top transfers. While OU doesn't have the bmd's we do, they have enough that are still sick to their stomachs from what they saw on Saturday and will open the wallets to get it turned around.
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Unless BlowU can portal in a brand new defense, QB, and O-Line, OP is spot on. Venabales is punch drunk after two beat downs in a row and it will only get worse. Maybe a few graduate transfers/second-string players consider portaling in for playing time, but that will not fix the Sooners because the same question will apply: why portal into a Sooner Schooner that's lost all four wheels?
 
hornde68 said:
There is no position on defense more difficult than the LB who doesn’t know if Sanders is coming to seal block or sift behind. The poor LB has to prepare for a violent collision/block that doesn’t come.
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hornde68 said:
The first the LB knows that he’s been passed by, he can’t possibly adjust. That keeps the LB’s guessing and the safeties have one chance to prevent 6 and that is stay at home. What you don’t see on TV (which follows the ball) is the freeze that occurs off-ball everywhere else.
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Love this insight
 
hornde68 said:
For years n(many years) under all our coaches since DKR, we have dreadfully underutilized our TE’s. Not since Finley have we used the seam behind LB’s for solid gains. There is no position on defense more difficult than the LB who doesn’t know if Sanders is coming to seal block or sift behind. The poor LB has to prepare for a violent collision/block that doesn’t come. That half crouch forward lunge is like trying to stop a back flip once it is started. The first the LB knows that he’s been passed by, he can’t possibly adjust. That keeps the LB’s guessing and the safeties have one chance to prevent 6 and that is stay at home. What you don’t see on TV (which follows the ball) is the freeze that occurs off-ball everywhere else. We may have re-discovered this play. Sanders is a stud and offenses that do this right are rare and attract to TE’s like a giant magnet. Best play we have. It sets up everything else from runs, options and deep balls.
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If I weren’t already married, I’d marry you.
 
hornde68 said:
For years n(many years) under all our coaches since DKR, we have dreadfully underutilized our TE’s. Not since Finley have we used the seam behind LB’s for solid gains. There is no position on defense more difficult than the LB who doesn’t know if Sanders is coming to seal block or sift behind. The poor LB has to prepare for a violent collision/block that doesn’t come. That half crouch forward lunge is like trying to stop a back flip once it is started. The first the LB knows that he’s been passed by, he can’t possibly adjust. That keeps the LB’s guessing and the safeties have one chance to prevent 6 and that is stay at home. What you don’t see on TV (which follows the ball) is the freeze that occurs off-ball everywhere else. We may have re-discovered this play. Sanders is a stud and offenses that do this right are rare and attract to TE’s like a giant magnet. Best play we have. It sets up everything else from runs, options and deep balls.
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I don't know who you are but you know what you are talking about. Watching the ou game a 2nd and 3rd time, you described the dilemma for LBs and safeties as well. Check out his 2nd td pass (something tells me you caught it the 1rst time, no recording needed)
 
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LHABSOB said:
NRHorn- in years past I would have agreed with you 110% but in the current state of the portal, a team can do a 180° with a handful of top transfers. While OU doesn't have the bmd's we do, they have enough that are still sick to their stomachs from what they saw on Saturday and will open the wallets to get it turned around.
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Interesting comparison, okie problem now vs years past when in similar situations. In Robert heard's book Oklahoma vs Texas, he detailed the moment their university president decided to do whatever it took to field a big winner. And they executed. No one was better at cheating. No one

Different day now. NIL allows everyone to pay out in the open. I'm not sure ou can dig out of this hole anytime soon, unless qb Gabriel is the 2nd coming of James Street and pulls them out of this mess

We can money whip any recruit better than ou. So can aggy, LSU, Alabama, auburn, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Clemson, Penn state, Michigan, Ohio state, notre dame, usc, Oregon. And, I may be missing a few

Poor sooners. They best hope Gabriel has some Slick in his game
 
hornde68,

Thank you for your eloquent explanation and describing why I can't watch football on TV and have to sit up high in the stadium.

:hookem2:
 
Sanders is a weapon, the best TE prospect the Horns have had come along since David Thomas... let's hope Sark utilizes him more in the O scheme each week.
 
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I’ll go out on a limb and say that in my lifetime — and I’m not young, we have never had the caliber of elite offensive weapons — QB, RB, WR, TE — as we do now, on the same offense. And I believe that QE is a generational talent.

For those of you who don’t follow Joel Klatt on YouTube, he is gushing about Texas, even with the two losses. He speculated with confidence yesterday that if Quinn Ewers had been playing the entire year, we would be 6-0 and ranked no lower than # 3. He also said that the AP voters that placed us at #22 this week have no idea what they’re doing and that they shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

High praise from someone who certainly understands the game. Now of course, this could be the kiss of death. But I have a feeling that it won’t be this time.
 
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dukesteer said:
I’ll go out on a limb and say that in my lifetime — and I’m not young, we have never had the caliber of elite offensive weapons — QB, RB, WR, TE — as we do now, on the same offense. And I believe that QE is a generational talent.

For those of you who don’t follow Joel Klatt on YouTube, he is gushing about Texas, even with the two losses. He speculated with confidence yesterday that if Quinn Ewers had been playing the entire year, we would be 6-0 and ranked no lower than # 3. He also said that the AP voters that placed us at #22 this week have no idea what they’re doing and that they shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

High praise from someone who certainly understand the game. Now of course, this could be the kiss of death. But I have a feeling that it won’t be this time.
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He's still feeling the affects of the Kelson hit from 2005.

:fiestanana:
 
dukesteer said:
I’ll go out on a limb and say that in my lifetime — and I’m not young, we have never had the caliber of elite offensive weapons — QB, RB, WR, TE — as we do now, on the same offense. .
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I believe this to be true. And their skill sets offset each other quite well too.

Neyor and Angilau would have rounded out the entire offense very well.
 
NRHorn said:
What’s is wild is two things
A. His incredible accuracy
2. Watch Ewers reaction after connecting in this TD.
( no wildassed over reaction, windmill arm, child like baker mayfield “look at me” celebration ).[/URL]
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Understands St. Darrell's Axiom #63: "When you get to the endzone, act like you've been there before."
 
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