Horns vs Coogs Game Thread 2023

dukesteer said:
Bingo. No way a man that big would be easy to tackle.

Would anyone hesitate to run a quarterback sneak with Murphy? Probably not. But with Ewers, we all fear an injury, and for good reason.
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yeah, maybe we could bring back the 18 wheeler package. (not serious before i get jumped on)
Phil Elliott said:
IMO we played 3 qtrs w/o our starting qb. I think QE was hurt earlier in the game and that is why all the short dumpoff passes to the RB. The guys downfield who were open he couldnt get it there.
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I agree.
 
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moondog_LFZ said:
You know what?
Winning IS hard.
And I wouldn't mind hearing that after every win.
Ask USC or Clemson.
We're 6-1.
My heart may give out first but I'll take these ugly wins over a loss any day.
March on Horns.
:bevo::hookem::bevo:
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Well said Moon. We are 6-1. When was the last time we could say that? Whatever year it was, it's a distant memory. We won. Old ugly is better than old nothing every time. This team still has a way to go to be truly elite, but I'll take this over the S**T we have had to eat the last decade.
 
If Texas shuts down BYU, the silence here will be deafening.
I’m not predicting that, but I didn't think UT would have dominated KU (5-2)as much as they did.
 
NRHorn said:
If Texas shuts down BYU, the silence here will be deafening.
I’m not predicting that, but I didn't think UT would have dominated KU (5-2)as much as they did.
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I beg to differ NRH. It won't be silent here. There will be fault finding galore. We "shoulda, coulda, woulda."
 
Monahorns said:
That isn't true. How well the team played is what matters. Beating really really bad teams by 7 is a bad result. This is Aggie logic stuff.
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“How we'll the team played is what matters.” Not sure if this actually what you intended to communicate. If so, I respectfully disagree. I would argue what really matters is the scoreboard at the end of the game. Otherwise, I would be happy when we play well, but lose. No thank you.
 
I saw the players celebrating and happy after the game.
I didn’t get up at 5 am to toss my cookies, working out for 6 months.
Im not dealing with nagging injuries.
I didn’t practice hard last week ( i trust sarks assessment on that)
So I feel embarrassed to question the man in the arena.

The players were happy and I love that.

The end part 2.
 
Lots of sunshine pumpers this morning, and that’s ok. I don’t question your positive attitudes. Simply, I don’t quite share them.

To be clear, I am pleased by our record. Not exuberant, but pleased. However, my expectations are based on an assessment of the team, the talent, and how that compares to the teams we play. True, it’s hard to question 6-1, but it’s not hard to question the debacle in Dallas, or the inexplicable scare yesterday.

If we finish 11-1, go to the CCG, and win, I will be thrilled. But a sober assessment of this team suggests that simply, we are not performing at the level we should be. And yesterday, after a bye week following a devastating loss, we basically laid an egg.

I guarantee you that Sark shares that opinion. Can we get it fixed? As the season goes along, I grow more skeptical. But again, I will be thrilled if we win the rest of our games, get to Jerry’s world, and take care of business.

As I’ve said before, I don’t think there’s a team we can’t beat, including Georgia, or Ohio State. However, it also appears that there’s not a team that can’t beat us either. To me, that is troubling, and it reveals issues that are not being addressed.
 
rick mueller said:
I beg to differ NRH. It won't be silent here. There will be fault finding galore. We "shoulda, coulda, woulda."
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If we did not have people expressing opinions here there would be no need in having a Hornfans board. Bring it on, bur keep it fair and respectful. Most posters can see through the downers and the too optimistic and the content is oftentimes quite accurate.
As far as I am concerned this is the best board out there, by far, and the only one I will spend my time on.
 
NRHorn said:
If Texas shuts down BYU, the silence here will be deafening.
I’m not predicting that, but I didn't think UT would have dominated KU (5-2)as much as they did.
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Should we lose to BYU then Sark can say” ok, now we are real, real, real, real angry.” It reminds of the Angry Knight..as he gets dismembered.. of Monty Python fame.
 
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Happy we won. Disappointed that we didn't dominate. Worried that we clearly have flaws that a decent team, and especially a good QB, can take advantage of. Are we good enough that we can overcome a QB that has an especially hot hand against us? Who knows? Another loss this season will not surprise me.
Considering how little other games I've watched this year, I'll assume these other teams have flaws, too. But considering our earned legacy of entitlement, I worry about the lack of intensity we bring vs some of our opponents.
As always, I think every Saturday is a new season. So only time will tell how the rest of the season plays out for us. I'm hopeful and skeptical all at the same time.
 
WOW! Get your Horns up! Reading some of this seems like somehorns are down! Get 'em up!

I did not see this game but tracked it and thought after 1st qtr it would be blow out. Then I was stunned as I tracked it later in qtr 4 to final score but had no idea that Q was injured at any point of game; that obvioulsy (duh) impacted his play and the performance of other players / coaches. We won!!

Not a grad but a life long Horn supporter. First collegiate game I saw was on the farm in Hereford on a black and white tv with only 2 stations. Have seen many in person in Austin, Lubbocl, Aggieland, Cotton Bowl etc but will always remember some of my favorites, Chris Gilbert, Rosey, Street, Sizemore, Earl, Colt, Applewhite, James, Ricky and oh the list goes on and on... there's been some up years as well as some years of adversity but we keep clawing back; most recently from the dark days of CS and TH. Horns are clawing back and will arrive!!

Show me any team that has been on the top forever...none! Most, not all, have been in deep valleys and on top of the mountain. You climb back up!! Some climb faster than others (look at Nebraska's decent; 20+ years. What about USC, Bama, PStU, OStU, OU, FSU, all at top and climbed back.....Which of the top teams have barely edged a team that is ranked much lower and supposedly has more talent? All have!! All will!!

Opinions are great and this board provides those...!! Coaches, players have bad days and plans that may not turn out as they / we want.

Keeep the Horns up....as someone said we get the best effort from every team we play and many hate Texas...not just in Big 12 but throughout this football nation. Just look at the number of games played throughout, even when Horns aren't playing, how many 'fans' are throwing Horns down.

1 pt or 45...we won!!

Support MM as he will be expected to lead the Horns!

Get 'em up !!!
 
FWIW
I went to the game. The stadium is nice but the game day atmosphere was really below average. The operations were horrible throughout. The parking and traffic were the worst I have seen. Not enough signage or traffic control. There were inadequate vendors, not enough staff, inefficient staff, no walking vendors after the game started, Half Orange and half red. The Horn fans were noisy when we were on defense. UH was quiet throughout the game. Many stayed to sing The Eyes at the end. When we left the stadium, we were greeted by tremendous amounts of litter discarded in the tailgate area. It takes another hour to get 6 miles home. The UH fans that talked to us on the way out complained the refs favored us.
 
Stole a post from Vol Horn for Life:

Our opponents are 32-10 outside of their games against Texas.

4-2 Rice
6-0 Bama
5-1 Wyoming
3-3 Baylor
5-1 Kansas
6-0 OU
3-3 Houston

Further note Wyoming lost by 7 points to an undefeated Air Force and Kansas lost a close game too. Houston may finish 8-4 as far as we know.
 
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mchammer said:
Did you tell them that they don’t have to worry about that anymore?
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As so eloquently stated by the poet Dana Holgerson about Texas.
“Screw them. They can go wherever they want. They don’t want us, and we don’t want them. So move on.”

Goodbye Coogs. Best wishes.
Goodbye to Kansas and after November, thec will someday be a memory akin to that crazy gf from 1983.
 
NRHorn said:
As so eloquently stated by the poet Dana Holgerson about Texas.
“Screw them. They can go wherever they want. They don’t want us, and we don’t want them. So move on.”

Goodbye Coogs. Best wishes.
Goodbye to Kansas and after November, thec will someday be a memory akin to that crazy gf from 1983.
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Well stated. Wants me to break out in a chorus of:

Directed at all of the teams we are leaving behind.
 
What's so odd to me was through the first 5 games the big constant was the D. I felt if we put up 24 we'll win every game we play. Yesterday we build a 21-0 lead and it's 21-21 and the offense has only had one possession in which it moves the ball but ends with the fake FG fiasco. That's the part I just can't figure out. How a D that could dominate the LOS against Bama can't get pressure against UH. And if you're going to play cover 2 you just can't have this many breakdowns on the back end. D was so good last year. Outside of one long play basically shut down TCU. Feels like it's fallen off a cliff last 2 weeks.
 
wadster said:
What's so odd to me was through the first 5 games the big constant was the D. I felt if we put up 24 we'll win every game we play. Yesterday we build a 21-0 lead and it's 21-21 and the offense has only had one possession in which it moves the ball but ends with the fake FG fiasco. That's the part I just can't figure out. How a D that could dominate the LOS against Bama can't get pressure against UH. And if you're going to play cover 2 you just can't have this many breakdowns on the back end. D was so good last year. Outside of one long play basically shut down TCU. Feels like it's fallen off a cliff last 2 weeks.
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Injuries are a major factor in this.
 
wadster said:
What's so odd to me was through the first 5 games the big constant was the D. I felt if we put up 24 we'll win every game we play. Yesterday we build a 21-0 lead and it's 21-21 and the offense has only had one possession in which it moves the ball but ends with the fake FG fiasco. That's the part I just can't figure out. How a D that could dominate the LOS against Bama can't get pressure against UH. And if you're going to play cover 2 you just can't have this many breakdowns on the back end. D was so good last year. Outside of one long play basically shut down TCU. Feels like it's fallen off a cliff last 2 weeks.
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We have played two proficient passers, Gabriel and yesterday. That’s the difference, and that is what has changed.
 
dukesteer said:
We have played two proficient passers, Gabriel and yesterday. That’s the difference, and that is what has changed.
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That's part of it but doesn't really explain the lack of a pass rush. **** Baylor could barely run a play. We got 5 sacks on Bama. Hill's played pretty good as a LBer but can't remember a QB pressure much less a sack since the Bama game when he had 2.
 
And somehow we have to learn that when he do have a blitzer get a shot at the qb he brings him down, as opposed to the great whiff.
 
We don’t scare anyone.
Every scrub team we go up against knows they can take us down.
Eventually one of utensils will be right,
We’re a paper tiger.
 
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