Texas-Vanderbilt Game Thread

[WorsterMan]

UGLY, UGLY win today.

Grateful we have a bye before the Gators come to town.

I'll be surprised if the Horns dont drop in the polls.

 

[cnb]

Will this "win" drop us in the polls?

No

 

[LonghornCatholic]

We’re a much better team than Vandy but we got issues…if we expect to win a national championship, anyway.

 

[HornHuskerDad]

Back to Austin with a very sloppy win and  lots of things to work on in practice

 

[militaryhorn]

Not an answer to my question.

Yes we might but who cares. It does nothing for us either way.

 

[Horns11]

Too sloppy all around. From dumb penalties to batted passes to a lack of composure... this was reminiscent of Sark's 2021 job.

 

[Golgo451]

UGLY, UGLY win today.

Grateful we have a bye before the Gators come to town.

I'll be surprised if the Horns dont drop in the polls.

Ol’ Ugly is better than Ol’ Nuthin’

——Darrell K. Royal

 

[stanhin]

Yes we might but who cares.

Since I asked the question, it's a reasonable inference that I do.

 

[erbutch]

I am not looking forward to the pigs and aggies. We cant beat them with this kind of play.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

I don’t like how we’re trending on sacks given up last 2 games. Not gonna go deep in the playoffs if we don’t figure something out… and the penalties

 

[Olehornfan]

Such a shoot yourself in the foot game. Totally sucked. We had 108 yards in penalties and all at an inopportune time.

 

[BornOrange0855]

Defense fail

Well, all I can say is we won. But we got issues. I saw nothing in these last two games that makes me think we can contend for a NC. I hate to pile on but I'm not sold on Ewers any more. He might do great in the NFL, but I just don't think he's a baller. On offense, we're playing 10 vs 11 on every play.

 

[Chop]

Our two tipped pass INTs kept it close. Those things happen. This team is mentally tough enough to fight til the end and get the W.

 

[Chinstrap]

We’re a much better team than Vandy but we got issues…if we expect to win a national championship, anyway.

Texas appears to be killing drives with penalties. SEC officials or bad technique? I think some of both.
Texas will have to score a lot of points to overcome penalties and win out. They may have a target in their back.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

If Sark doesn’t snap out of it, Aggy is going to be in the playoffs instead of us.

 

[Chop]

Offense - push
Defense - push

Both between 20-30 points

We need a better punter.

Wisner and Blue both played well today.

 

[militaryhorn]

Since I asked the question, it's a reasonable inference that I do.

I get it, but with a 12 team playoff starting this year people need to getting used to it not really meaning anything.

It is really a talking point until the first CFP ranking.

 

[Olehornfan]

One stupid roughing the qb penalty from a 35 - 17 game.

 

[Sydhank]

Our two tipped pass INTs kept it close. Those things happen. This team is mentally tough enough to fight til the end and get the W.

I agree with this. But, Sark still struggles with end of game clock management. Should have run the ball 3 times and eaten clock during the last drive. This beat us multiple times in last few years and should not happen.

 

[Chop]

Vandy is noticeably better than Nebraska. Nebraska almost took out aOSU today. Teams that know how to win just win.

 

[Sydhank]

Texas appears to be killing drives with penalties. SEC officials or bad technique? I think some of both.
Texas will have to score a lot of points to overcome penalties and win out. They may have a target in their back.

Only 1 or 2 questionable penalties (hold on Helm). The rest were just bad or bad luck when the QB jumps into you.

 

[stanhin]

I get it, but with a 12 team playoff starting this year people need to getting used to it not really meaning anything.

I never claimed it meant anything with regard to the playoffs. I just asked a question.

 

[Chop]

I agree with this. But, Sark still struggles with end of game clock management. Should have run the ball 3 times and eaten clock during the last drive. This beat us multiple times in last few years and should not happen.

Well, Ewers isn’t as bad as Warren Moon at end of game clock management, but he could use some improvement.

 

[Walking Boss]

Texas had more to do with the close score than Vandy did. Mistake after mistake with penalties. Someone else needs a look at right tackle because Williams is not cutting it. The pass blocking scheme needs to be revamped, because whatever they are trying to do isn’t working. Arky, aggy and Kentucky have pass rushes much much better than Vandy and if not as good almost as good as Georgia

 

[VYFan]

My perception:
1. No one who watched that game--NO ONE--thought Vanderbilt looked anywhere near as good as we are, even this day. They are not in our league and it was obvious watching it.
2. Never once in that game did Vanderbilt have any decent chance to win the game. They showed they were okay, and with a lot of grit and luck (and penalties) could come "close to being close" to UT on this one day.
3. We had people hurt playing Georgia. They unloaded on us, and were even willing to give us targeting/ejections just to hurt us. I think we recalibrated our willingness to not just win on the scoreboard, but try to knock that team out as a contender for the year. That's the way Alabama and LSU play, and we saw last week what a 2024 SEC fistfight looks like, and we just beat Vanderbilt the **** up. By the time we play Georgia again, if we get there, probably neither team would have all its players, but we could have Bond back. It sucks losing players, but I think the SEC is a war of attrition, and this year, we are built for that. And on that note, we have a backup QB which is unusual in a non-qb-controversy situation.

 

[Malcom]

Glad we won. Very happy we appeared to come out of game healthy. This is a very different kind of season with the now playoff. Progress and winning most important. We are the best fans in the world...Supporting the best school in the country.

 

[rick mueller]

Such a shoot yourself in the foot game. Totally sucked. We had 108 yards in penalties and all at an inopportune time.

Not capitalizing on turnovers hurt us badly!

 

[FWHORN]

This game was so reminiscent of Houston last year as Texas farted around and let a really outclassed cougar team almost get a win. Last year Texas tried really hard to lose to Houston, Kansas State, and TCU, but got very lucky bounces, calls, and great plays at the end which made a possible eight and four season into 11 and one. Right now the Horns are at seven and one but frankly, watching today they felt a whole lot more like a five and three team. Texas has a crap ton of talent and a crap ton of capability, but the offensive line has got to clean it up, the turnovers have to stop and the shooting yourself in the foot with both barrels has to stop.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

My final couple of thoughts…1) the bend but don’t break Herman-like defense is no good in the SEC. Bring pressure for crying out loud. 2) we are a very good team, but I want a National Championship, not an Alamo Bowl trophy. Protect Ewers and limit penalties…I like our chances

 

[HornHuskerDad]

UGLY is the right word for this one. I'm very happy the Horns are coming home with the W in the record book, but it was indeed sloppy.
(1) Quinn had a good game. Too many sacks, but mostly not his fault.
(2) Running backs did quite well. Wisner and Blue piled up some key yardage.
(3) OL not up to par. Too many whiffed blocks, far too many penalties.
(4) Defense gets a B+. Held when they really needed it, but gave up some big plays. Getting the penalty to nullify the Pick-Six was inexcusable. Held Vandy (who prides themselves on 3rd down conversions) to 3-12.
(5) Got to get better punting - not getting the job done.
(6) Receivers did well in the passing game.
(7) Did I mention penalties? 10 penalties for 108 yards!

Good time for the second bye. Lots of things for the team to fine-tune before Florida. Play like today against Arkansas and aggy and it won't be pretty.