horns vs rice 2023

We are in a bad spot. If we look good or even win against AL, then we are back to same old Texas playing down to their competition. If we get killed, then this team is nowhere near as good as we were led to believe. Either one is not a good look.
 
Certainly its better than getting blown out, but dont think you can call it a hollow criticism. Its been a hallmark of our team culture the past 10-15 years.
 
Welp... expectations are a b*tch. I had them. Pregame, I told my wife I wanted to see a 45-0 score.

Statistically, Quinn had a good game. No picks. Ran for some nice first downs. Three TD's. Endured breakdowns up front. I'm willing to give him a break if he needs one. It's just a feeling we have about him. Something seems missing. He's had a full season now and the off-season. So... that makes him a sophomore, right? What is the expectation for a sophomore after game one? Maybe it was a good game in the proper context. I was hard on him last year.

As I said, the offensive line had breakdowns. We saw it. The commentators high-lighted it. They said we had all five starters back for the first time in a long time. They had the off season. So what was the problem?

Xavier looked amazing. So fast. Another level fast. Baxter looked great on the run. Then the injury. Holding my breath. Blue looked good.

The D looked great. Yeah, it was Rice but that's what we wanted to see. Domination. That what we saw.

Coaching? Well, coach, what about the line?

Back to Quinn. Those two long throws that should have resulted in pass interference (absolute abomination of non-calls) would have made the scoreboard that much better (assuming we didn't score on those drives anyway. I didn't make a note of that). It's easy to be paranoid about officiating when we're leaving the conference. OU would probably have the same suspicions. It's just amazing that they didn't throw the flags.

All in all a Meh game. I went for a nap in the fourth quarter. I'll stay awake for next weeks game.
 
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I’ve watched 15 QB’s today better than Ewers! I’m now convinced he’s too small with zero legs and zero escape ability. When he rolls out, he rolls 10 yds too deep!
 
Now, several hours after the game, what I feel is mostly being underwhelmed. True, the defense looked very good, so there’s that. But my enthusiasm on that side of the ball is tempered a bit by the fact that this was Rice, and that they basically have no receivers.

On offense, with elite players and an entire OL that returned — not counting Campbell who replaced a returning starter — we sputtered until the third quarter. Ewers is not mobile, and his inability to hit the long pass has become chronic. Some have said that interference should’ve been called on a couple of plays. I’m not sure. What I saw was a throw to Mitchell that was probably three yards short, and another to Worthy that landed out of bounds. Not one of those passes could have easily been caught.

If this offense doesn’t make a significant leap from week one to week two, it won’t be pretty in Tuscaloosa.
 
It is obvious that QE is not an elite QB. The line does not appear to be as good as we thought. Maybe they were looking ahead to next week.If that was the case that is on the coaches. They can not run against Alabama and QE cannot throw deep. We need more throws to the running backs and tightends,to have a chance.
 
dukesteer said:
Now, several hours after the game, what I feel is mostly being underwhelmed. True, the defense looked very good, so there’s that. But my enthusiasm on that side of the ball is tempered a bit by the fact that this was Rice, and that they basically have no receivers.

On offense, with elite players and an entire OL that returned — not counting Campbell who replaced a returning starter — we sputtered until the third quarter. Ewers is not mobile, and his inability to hit the long pass has become chronic. Some have said that interference should’ve been called on a couple of plays. I’m not sure. What I saw was a throw to Mitchell that was probably three yards short, and another to Worthy that landed out of bounds. Not one of those passes could have easily been caught.

If this offense doesn’t make a significant leap from week one to week two, it won’t be pretty in Tuscaloosa.
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While the pass to Mitchell was short, it was a classic PI. The defender never looked back and ran into Mitchell. However, big 12 officials rarely call PI for Texas. That play should be put in Wikipedia as an example of a PI.
 
old65horn said:
While the pass to Mitchell was short, it was a classic PI. The defender never looked back and ran into Mitchell. However, big 12 officials rarely call PI for Texas. That play should be put in Wikipedia as an example of a PI.
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You’re right. But to me, the bigger issue is that QE seems unable to throw an accurate long pass with any regularity. He didn’t have any today.
 
I’m just going to thank my lucky stars that my Texas Longhorns are 1-0 and not 0-1.
Take care of whatever bumps and bruises there are. Watch video and correct what needs fixing. Have positive practices, implement the game plan, and GATA next Saturday!
Hook ‘Em!!
 
txhorn_et said:
I’m just going to thank my lucky stars that my Texas Longhorns are 1-0 and not 0-1.
Take care of whatever bumps and bruises there are. Watch video and correct what needs fixing. Have positive practices, implement the game plan, and GATA next Saturday!
Hook ‘Em!!
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I agree with chunk pass attempts, however, the OL should share in the blame. QE rarely had time to set his feet or get comfortable. I am sure he was pressing because it looked like last year’s OL play again. Look at the highlights of USC’s game. Their QB had all kinds of time.
 
So I was listening to Bobby Burton's post game show. Very interesting analysis by Rod Babers what Rice D was doing to confuse and have sucess vs UT OL today AND get pressure on Ewers.

He called it an amoeba or ghost defense. Said Rice DC may have been influenced by our Bailor game last year. Also stated Bama will pick up on it and use it next Sat.

Check it out.
 
QB - B+ Ewers didn't have good touch on the long balls. Otherwise good. Score and stats would have been better if not for some drops on ready catches.

RB - A We have three really good backs. Hope CJ is OK. But it did show us that Blue has good stuff.

WR - B+ This is freshman year Worthy and then some. I believe he was injured last year now. Mitchell did some good stuff, whiffed on blocking sweeps and screens. A couple of drops. Whit did a couple of Good things.

TE - A Sanders look awesome. Unsure if he blocked well.

OL - C+ They definitely under performed. Too many mistakes. Sark called it miscommunication. I just thought they missed assignments.

DL - A The big Bois were great. Real strength of the defense. Tackles get A+. The ends did well too getting pressure but the DTs were the stars

LB - A Ford and Gbenda were strong overall. Hill looked good a couple of times. Don't remember the others standing out.

S - B+ it's hard to criticize a group that is part of the running and passing defense success. But the starting Ss combined for 1 tackle, to my knowledge. Crawford did well.

CBs - A Muhammad was in on a bunch of plays. Our DBs did such a good job at coverage that we should feel good. Very active hands and mostly right there where they needed to be.

Special teams - B+ kicking game is good. One missed FG from 58 yards. I feel like Worthy wasn't great in PR. Not in the right spot a couple of times.
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
Give the haters time. The season is young.
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Alternatively if the D line is really good and tackles specifically are spectacular, and there are veteran players like Ford at LB and you have talent and experience at DB, it’s really hard for a coach to screw it up.
 
WorsterMan said:
So I was listening to Bobby Burton's post game show. Very interesting analysis by Rod Babers what Rice D was doing to confuse and have sucess vs UT OL today AND get pressure on Ewers.

He called it an amoeba or ghost defense. Said Rice DC may have been influenced by our Bailor game last year. Also stated Bama will pick up on it and use it next Sat.

Check it out.
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You're damn right they'll use it, as well as the of the teams Texas plays as long as Sark doesn't adjust. It looked like the flyover Bailor and TCU used last year. The way to beat it are the intermediate passes but those aren't in Sark's playbook.
 
X Misn Tx said:
QB - B+ Ewers didn't have good touch on the long balls. Otherwise good. Score and stats would have been better if not for some drops on ready catches.
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A D at best. True Saek wasn't going to show Alabama anything so yes the game was more of a scrimmage, However, Ewers did not show any improvement in his downfield passing game.
 
bystander said:
Welp... expectations are a b*tch. I had them. Pregame, I told my wife I wanted to see a 45-0 score.

Statistically, Quinn had a good game. No picks. Ran for some nice first downs. Three TD's. Endured breakdowns up front. I'm willing to give him a break if he needs one. It's just a feeling we have about him. Something seems missing. He's had a full season now and the off-season. So... that makes him a sophomore, right? What is the expectation for a sophomore after game one? Maybe it was a good game in the proper context. I was hard on him last year.

As I said, the offensive line had breakdowns. We saw it. The commentators high-lighted it. They said we had all five starters back for the first time in a long time. They had the off season. So what was the problem?

Xavier looked amazing. So fast. Another level fast. Baxter looked great on the run. Then the injury. Holding my breath. Blue looked good.

The D looked great. Yeah, it was Rice but that's what we wanted to see. Domination. That what we saw.

Coaching? Well, coach, what about the line?

Back to Quinn. Those two long throws that should have resulted in pass interference (absolute abomination of non-calls) would have made the scoreboard that much better (assuming we didn't score on those drives anyway. I didn't make a note of that). It's easy to be paranoid about officiating when we're leaving the conference. OU would probably have the same suspicions. It's just amazing that they didn't throw the flags.

All in all a Meh game. I went for a nap in the fourth quarter. I'll stay awake for next weeks game.
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I agree Ewers could have put more on those deep balls to put on a better showing, but I agree with two missed PIs and a dropped TD pass to Brooks that would have dramatically changed the score.
Oline makes some fixes .. let’s beat Bama
 
ATX_Horns said:
I agree Ewers could have put more on those deep balls to put on a better showing, but I agree with two missed PIs and a dropped TD pass to Brooks that would have dramatically changed the score.
Oline makes some fixes .. let’s beat Bama
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Use 2 TE’s, throw intermediate passes to JWhitt and Worthy and run the ball or pass to RB. Score 24 points and hope defense holds on.
 
dukesteer said:
You’re right. But to me, the bigger issue is that QE seems unable to throw an accurate long pass with any regularity. He didn’t have any today.
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yes, but all I see is bitching about the long passes. I have not seen any comments on the facts that QE was:

* 19-30 for 260 yards.
* 0 (zero) interceptions.
* Ran for 2 (two) big 1st downs on 3rd and long.
* 3 (three) TD passes
* 1 (one) TD run.
without any credit for the above, One poster stated that he personalty watch 15 BETTER QB's yesterday.

Unless QE had been 30-30, many posters seemed ready to trash QE.
 
moondog_LFZ said:
Really?
Could have swore I saw JT Sanders, Worthy, Whittington and Mitchell all catching intermediate passes.
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Still not enough of it and still wasting down throwing long to Worthy. One was even thrown out of bounds. I guess our QB doesn't realize that doesn't count.

And forget about throwing it short to get a PI penalty. The DB could tackle the WR and it still won't happen.
 
old65horn said:
yes, but all I see is bitching about the long passes. I have not seen any comments on the facts that QE was:

* 19-30 for 260 yards.
* 0 (zero) interceptions.
* Ran for 2 (two) big 1st downs on 3rd and long.
* 3 (three) TD passes
* 1 (one) TD run.
without any credit for the above, One poster stated that he personalty watch 15 BETTER QB's yesterday.

Unless QE had been 30-30, many posters seemed ready to trash QE.
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And let's note that on that zero interception stat, there weren't even any throws that "should have been" picked off, nor even any in danger of being picked off.

And whoever thought he saw 15 better QBs yesterday must have been full of
a) alcohol
b) ****
c) both a and b
 
Maybe some of you sunday morning coaching genius's can enlighten me on the motion receiver running across the formation on most downs. The almost seem to reach the center at the snap time. I just see no value to his motion. Any help here?

A Mitchell better learn to block or he needs to sit the pine. Receivers who block on plays they dont get the ball often are the difference in a small gain and big YAC. The oline issues are just puzzling to me. Why do we have what seems like the only oline that has trouble creating the pocket and protecting? Our guys are big, athletic and everyone wanted them.

Our D looked impressive but again it was Rice. They had no run game and no receivers so how could we not look good. I like that we played 30 players on d. We will need the depth as the season goes on and they all look capable. Someone better teach them gap integrity as a running qb will gash our d which we will see next week. Again, its Rice but the D was solid.
 
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