Horns vs Wyoming game thread 2023

Chop said:
Coach PK and his mighty D kept us in the game, and ultimately put some distance between us with the Defensive TD.

A very meager 10 points (net of 3 points considering the D TD) surrendered against a fairly decent team.

:bevo::bevo::bevo::bevo:
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while I do not disagree, a 17-play drive is unacceptable.
 
HoffHorn said:
Ewers ain't the guy! He looked like ****!

Our D is LEGIT!
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Were you thinking Ewers wasn't the guy after the Bama game?

Like someone said above, Colt and Applewhite had some less than stellar games their Soph years. Most QB's do. Still, he did not turn it over and finally got some help from the run game last night which put the game away.

Yes, Ewers seems to lose focus occasionally. I don't worry about that though. This should be much less of an issue as he gains experience. I think he is on trajectory to be a fine QB. Baylor will be a good test. Their D is above average.
 
stevedallas said:
Ewers is a sophomore. Remember Colt's sophomore year? The kid had an off game, but he never turned the ball over, accounted for three touchdowns, and stayed calm even when things did not go well.

Cut him some slack.
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Colt had a 65% comp% his sophomore year. Quinn is nowhere near that despite less than stellar competition. When/if Quinn gets close to that maybe I'll agree.
 
Run Pincher said:
Colt had a 65% comp% his sophomore year. Quinn is nowhere near that despite less than stellar competition. When/if Quinn gets close to that maybe I'll agree.
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Completely different offense for Colt designed around the short game. Not to mention the sticky hands of his receiving corp.
 
Let down game and Texas played like it for three quarters. Those first seven minutes of the fourth is what Texas needs to to find on a consistent game long basis these next two weeks with Baylor and Kansas where the Horns will have a huge talent advantage.
 
Okie State was a huge surprise to me, losing 33-7 to South Alabama. Gundy’s kid looked pretty good at QB in the few highlights I saw.
 
Chop said:
WR—Gotta stop dropping catchable balls (1st half especially).
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Exactly! I think there were at least 4 critical plays where the ball hit a receiver in both hands and they dropped it. Maybe someone can count them. The ball was high or to one side or the other and there was a defender. But top quality receivers make that catch. And DB’s were playing too soft all night giving up completions, until the end when a route was jumped. Yet the criticism is mostly on QE. He will be fine, but fix the other or pay going forward.
 
Sloppy win - but nonetheless, a win. Thanks to the defense! Receivers and QB need to get on the same page and routes and leads - too many drops and over/underthrows. I'll give Quinn due credit - he does know how to avoid sacks and how to avoid INTs. Longhorns need to tighten up focus and execution quickly - next games won't be as easy.
 
Well- we are now ranked 3…
Can’t we simply enjoy this?

Wind the clock back to Aug 20th… and I appear to you as a big happy go lucky Genie.
“Going into conference play, UT will be undefeated and ranked #3, and now I’m headed back into that bottle”

Everyone here except OUBubba ( all in fun brother) would be ecstatic.
 
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Saw true frosh playing on defense in addition to Hill: Muhammad and Derek Williams. I don’t think teams can handle us for 4 quarters. Conference play will be interesting.
 
First the good: Horns are 3-0 for the first time in a long time. Ewers got the W for the O. Good decisions. Showed good leadership. No turnovers. 1 sack. 1 run TD, 1 pass TD.

However, as others expressed, Ewers shows some concerning inconsistency. Too often he over throws open receivers and it appears to me he still doesn't look for second and third receiver very often. Mostly locks eyes on one receiver.

2nd "however", our receivers have dropped far too many catchable balls the last 3 games.... especially vs. bama an WY.

Perhaps his consistency will improve a little with each game and our receivers will start making better catches!
 
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@lc,

Since you asked about the game day experience related to the drones...

Liked the drone show

Liked the burnt orange led lights

Didn't like the lights blinking like close encounters of the third kind

Effing hate the announcer speaking over the band. Just know when to shut up.

Effing hate the announcer yelling TEXAS (of TEXAS FIGHT). Just shut up

CDC, don't minimize the band and the fans
 
WorsterMan said:
First the good: Horns are 3-0 for the first time in a long time. Ewers got the W for the O. Good decisions. Showed good leadership. No turnovers. 1 sack. 1 TD.

However, as others expressed, Ewers shows some concerning inconsistency. Too often he over throws open receivers and it appears to me he still doesn't look for second and third receiver very often. Mostly locks eyes on one receiver.

2nd "however", our receivers have dropped far too many catchable balls the last 3 games.... especially vs. bama an WY.

Perhaps his consistency will improve a little with each game and our receivers will start making better catches!
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Just cant understand the drops. They have had so much time this summer working on this that it makes no sense. I missed the first 1st qtr but also very disappointed in the OL. They didnt give up that kind of penetration against bama and no way Wyoming had a better dl.

I am puzzled at whether or not we utilized X for his speed in the first half. Seems he is so fast and good at getting open that running him downfield should have forced some doubles and should have opened up some other stuff. What I saw in the 2nd qtr didnt seem to show that.

Happy for the w. Lets hope for massive improvement before next week.
 
I see a lot of drops due to improper hand technique. Often a football will go through the hands especially if the ball is thrown with some speed. One hand should be in front of the nose of the ball. Then the other pins the ball to the other hand. This prevents the ball from going though the hands.
I agree we could make better use of Worthy. I have always liked the way Worthy runs YAC. He runs with a nasty disposition.
We used Mitchell well in the first half then we went didn't.
And we should went deep at least once.
 
HalRex said:
Completely different offense for Colt designed around the short game. Not to mention the sticky hands of his receiving corp.
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Yes, but with all the 3 & outs and failure to move down the field and put up a lot of points against Rice and Wyoming then maybe all the long passes aren't the correct strategy.
 
Run Pincher said:
Yes, but with all the 3 & outs and failure to move down the field and put up a lot of points against Rice and Wyoming then maybe all the long passes aren't the correct strategy.
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I think the 3 and outs prevented the offense getting to mid-field to where the deep ball comes into play.
 
Not since 2005 have we been able to say that the caliber of the talent and depth we put on the field exceeds that of the competition. With talent and depth comes the expectation of performance.

To me, we should beat everyone left on or schedule. That is, if we don’t beat ourselves. In fact, that might be the biggest challenge Sark faces although I do like the culture of this team.

The D looks great, but…

The offense was flat against Rice “because we were looking ahead.” Then we were flat against Wyoming “because we were looking back.” We need to see this offense — and Ewers — put it together week to week, and impose their will.

Based on the first three weeks, I have no idea what to expect, and that concerns me.
 
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