Horns v BYU Game Thread 2023

HalRex said:
So, do we jump ou in the AP?
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We should - that’s typically the way this works. They lose to an unranked team and will drop, maybe out if the top 10. We should move up 1 slot. Top 5 stay the same.

Oregon could jump us though as they’re pantsing Utah right now like it’s cool.
 
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Didn’t mean to post that odd stuff.

wadster said:
If the D played against Houston like they did today that's a total blow out. Last week Houston scored 3 TDs while the O only had the ball once. And they drove to the 25 and then Sark makes the moron fake FG try. But the O was still moving the ball. Ewers gets hurt and the O struggles the rest of the game. We didn't drive the length of the field once today. TDs came on short fields. MM isn't close to Ewers this year. The jump Ewers made from last year to this was huge. Hopefully MM does it as well.
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Good points.
Maybe I’m just trying to be optimistic about Murphy’s improvements from game 1 to game 2.
 
For the life of me, I cannot understand why when you have a chance to go up three scores in the second half you don’t kick the freaking field goal and then you get another chance and you don’t kick it again. A freak, play or two, and those decisions would be extraordinarily huge. Someone needs to explain to Sark the math. I get that the Texas defense was dominant and I get that Sarkisian was trying to give the team something by way of an accomplishment but kick the damn field goal and go up three scores.

If Texas plays the way, it did today next week against Kansas State. It will be an ugly ugly ugly loss. Fortunately they get to start over and Maalik has a game under his belt and will hopefully improve game over game.

I don’t want to lose sight of the fact that the defense was absolutely incredible today and bailed out the team every single time. Awesome job by the D.
 
FWHORN said:
For the life of me, I cannot understand why when you have a chance to go up three scores in the second half you don’t kick the freaking field goal and then you get another chance and you don’t kick it again. A freak, play or two, and those decisions would be extraordinarily huge. Someone needs to explain to Sark the math. I get that the Texas defense was dominant and I get that Sarkisian was trying to give the team something by way of an accomplishment but kick the damn field goal and go up three scores.

If Texas plays the way, it did today next week against Kansas State. It will be an ugly ugly ugly loss. Fortunately they get to start over and Maalik has a game under his belt and will hopefully improve game over game.

I don’t want to lose sight of the fact that the defense was absolutely incredible today and bailed out the team every single time. Awesome job by the D.
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Yes. Yes. The players should just run out the FG team while Sweat carries Sark to the team tunnel for 60 seconds… and then set him free to come back…. Where we see Sark mouth the words “ get your hands off me MFer”
 
Texadelphia said:
Ball game. We 7-1! So much better than 2 years ago. 1 year ago, huh. Not always pretty, but we 7-1, Horns. I dig it.
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With the expectations on this board it’s easy to lose sight of this. We have been down for so long we’ve lost sight of the forest for the trees. I for one am going to enjoy the ride and see where this season takes us.
 
Have to remind myself from time to time that not long ago Texas would find ways to lose games like today and I’d complain.
Now that the Horns somehow find ways to overcome mental lapses and win games like today, I still find myself complaining.
I’ll enjoy the wins no matter what, and continue to complain. I’m one heck of an armchair qb!!
Guess it’s called being a fan.
 
havoc7701 said:
With the expectations on this board it’s easy to lose sight of this. We have been down for so long we’ve lost sight of the forest for the trees. I for one am going to enjoy the ride and see where this season takes us.
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This is true and indeed, we are nitpicking. But, the expectations are high, because the roster is talented and deep, sprinkled with elite players at multiple positions. To me, the opportunity is much greater this year than next year because of the predictable exits.

Regarding KSU, the best thing that could’ve happened was for them to steamroll Houston, a team with whom we struggled. That could make them overconfident, and it will certainly help us be even more focused.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
Another week for Malik to progress, or with a little luck (miracle) Ewers returns.
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The trainer needs to cut a hole in a knee pad and tape it inside Quinn’s shoulder pads where his shoulder injury is. If that doesn’t do it, go into the dungeon where all equipment goes to die and find some skeleton pads. Give him 2 aspirins and a ‘real’ coca-cola in a bottle..That should do the trick.
Now I wouldn’t go trotting him out in a string helmet with the rubber donut in the middle.
Oh the good old days!!
 
Aside from the RedZone, this was a solid win. Could have been better. But defense was dominant and seemed to learn from past two weeks. Don’t like being in closer game than you feel you should be, but considering this was a first start for Murphy and he came back from some mistakes, I’m not as uneasy about this as some of you. K State is playing well right now, but saying if we play this way next week and it’s a bad loss is just flat false. Blue needs more touches than Baxter.
 
txhorn_et said:
The trainer needs to cut a hole in a knee pad and tape it inside Quinn’s shoulder pads where his shoulder injury is. If that doesn’t do it, go into the dungeon where all equipment goes to die and find some skeleton pads. Give him 2 aspirins and a ‘real’ coca-cola in a bottle..That should do the trick.
Now I wouldn’t go trotting him out in a string helmet with the rubber donut in the middle.
Oh the good old days!!
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THAT is exactly what we did when I played!!
 
FWHORN said:
For the life of me, I cannot understand why when you have a chance to go up three scores in the second half you don’t kick the freaking field goal and then you get another chance and you don’t kick it again. A freak, play or two, and those decisions would be extraordinarily huge.
Someone needs to explain to Sark the math. I get that the Texas defense was dominant and I get that Sarkisian was trying to give the team something by way of an accomplishment but kick the damn field goal and go up three scores.

If Texas plays the way, it did today next week against Kansas State. It will be an ugly ugly ugly loss. Fortunately they get to start over and Maalik has a game under his belt and will hopefully improve game over game.

I don’t want to lose sight of the fact that the defense was absolutely incredible today and bailed out the team every single time. Awesome job by the D.
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Not kicking is stressing the defense and without enough pressure more defensive backs are getting injured.
 
Dionysus said:
We need a killer mindset against KSU. I hope Sark can get the team ready.
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What’s the over/under on how many more successful goal line stands our opponents will stuff us this season? I’m guessing 18 at this rate.
 
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