Texas-TCU Game Thread

[Horns11]

This team still lacks the mental acumen to be able to take advantage of opponent stupidity.

 

[Horn hubby]

Gladney is cheating on every play

 

[Mike the Texan]

Dicker misses too many easy ones.

I don't like, but true.

 

[Horn hubby]

Pathetic miss. Yes, I said that.

I guess that’s why Herman has been going for it all these times...

 

[AC]

Defense is playing here!

 

[caryhorn]

Bimage made a great tackle on third down!!

 

[MajesticII]

Holding on Coburn ...no call..But we stop 'em.

 

[Statalyzer]

Ya know what confuses me is I always heard that the ground cannot cause a fumble.

Apparently it can...I guess. The old adage no longer applies.

It's just that - an adage, not a rule. It's never fully applied. It's always been true that if a player holding a ball in his hands hit the football against the ground without any of his body being down, and in doing so lost control the ball, then it counted as a fumble.

It's just that this isn't usually how it happens. If a player is holding the ball against his chest like he should, it pretty much can't come out when it hits the ground without the player's body also hitting the ground and causing the play to be dead before the fumble happens.

Here's a good .gif of the famous Stoerner fumble from 1998: Friday Top 10: Tennessee vs Arkansas Moments | Rocky Top Insider - the ground causes a fumble because only the ball (and his feet) touch the ground.

 

[Olehornfan]

OK another gift. Let's take it in.

 

[Horns11]

Bimage made the best tackle we've seen in weeks.

 

[MajesticII]

Offense needs to get their crap together. Great field position once again.....Do something with it !!!!!!

 

[Joe Fan]

Do y'all know who the color guy is?
He said something earlier about us being a good tackling team
I was like, whoever this is, he has not watched a single game of ours this season
(although today so far is better than usual)

 

[Pomspoms]

Shank....Sam to duvernay let's roll again

 

[Pomspoms]

Dicker misses too many easy ones.

I hate those right hash kicks

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Creek]

Offense needs to get their crap together. Great field position once again.....Do something with it !!!!!!

Yes we can't seem to get both squads firing at the same time

 

[MajesticII]

We can't get out of our own way.....flag .....

 

[caryhorn]

Ya know what confuses me is I always heard that the ground cannot cause a fumble.

they are saying he was not down. In other words he had not hit the ground. if the ball or hand or wrist touches the ground its the same as the bottom of his feet. it's as if the runner just dropped the ball while running.

 

[I35]

I just watched k-St vs OU and now watching our game. The level of football is night and day. This game seems like pop warner compared to the other one. Embarrassing.

 

[Joe Fan]

The flags remind me of watching the Texans
When I watch the Texans, the flags remind me of watching the Horns
AM I the link?

 

[envgeo]

Do y'all know who the color guy is?
He said something earlier about us being a good tackling team
I was like, whoever this is, he has not watched a single game of ours this season
(although today so far is better than usual)

he mentioned the previous play that we have been a poor tackling team, but been the better tackling team today. I heard the second comment on our tackling and presumed he meant today, based on his previous comment about 30 seconds before

 

[MajesticII]

five yards out of bounds...SMDH

 

[Horn hubby]

So u can tackle the running back on a screen when the ball hasn’t been thrown?

 

[Joe Fan]

That should have been a flag
They tackled our receiver to the ground before the pass

 

[Statalyzer]

They flat out tackled Roschon to keep the screen from working.

 

[Mike the Texan]

Crap series.

 

[Horns11]

We've really mailed in the offensive playcalling.

 

[Joe Fan]

We got a fumble, did nothing
14-yard punt, did nothing

 

[caryhorn]

awesome special teams play on the punt!!

 

[MajesticII]

We have killed ourselves on offense with crappy play, terrible play calls, terrible passes, bonehead flags; TCU hasn't done much to stop us.....We have sucked.