TEXAS VS WASHINGTON- GAME THREAD

We could have won this game. Turnovers were the difference. We held them to FGs but we can't scorec when we turn it over. The end of the game was frustrating. 4 chances inside 15 yards and can't convert. Oh well.
 
Ok understand that I am very much a Sark fan. I will always be grateful for what he accomplished this year and I am also a positive supporter of Ewers. My issue is how in the heck could a team as potent offensively as ours not score from inside the 15 with four tries? Imho that is just inexcusable and until I get back home and watch it again I’m on the coaches are accountant wagon. Of course the dang tv cameras zoom in so much you cannot normally see the pass routes run but maybe you can see something . I just do not get it. But heck, baring something unforeseen I’ll be back in my seats next year. Hookem
 


I don’t understand the negative talk regarding Ewers both on here and in general.

All those folks need to stay off the drugs, you guys are waaaaaay off base. Just because he doesn’t run around the field with his hair on fire like Sam Ehlinger and throw three interceptions trying to fit a dart in the narrowest of windows cause that’s your indication that he’s trying hard or a leader or whatever your weak imagination can surmise are sorely mistaken and wrong to be on his ***. Anyone that thinks he is the wrong guy and calling for Manning is completely insane.

He was accurate and protected the ball. He doesn’t play defense and he doesn’t call the plays. The ball thrown to AD was accurate as hell and most likely EXACTLY like they practiced. Ungrateful as hell. The kid loves Texas AND he’s a great QB, does he need to keep growing?? Uhhhh, yeah, every QB has to keep improving. We are extremely lucky to have Ewers and then Manning stepping in after, we most likely remain championship caliber at that position for the NEXT THREE YEARS! That’s better than any team in the country!!
I love them both, Manning will get his shot and as soon as he loses one game due to a fumble or interception yall will be calling for Trey Owen’s. :brickwall:

I know losing that game sucks but just congratulate Washington, they earned it, our team and coaches will hit the offseason hard and come back next year, they have a tough schedule to prepare for, I for one would NOT want to put Manning in that schedule as the starter.

Sark is the guy and we are lucky to have him, I thought he made some play calling mistakes but I know he will learn from them and be better next season. Enjoy this time cause it’s difficult to find a good coach (see A&M). Hook’em! :hookem:
 
The ewers haters. Since you want to make comparisons why don’t you post Vince, colts, and ewers sophmore passing stats on here. It won’t support your argument and it’s not close.
I support him 100%. Great player and great young man. He is very good and will get better. Also, one player does not make a team. I am incredibly proud and supportive of this team and every player. These players and coaches have turned this program around and not just from a winning standpoint. The culture, attitude, and the positive atmosphere is something this program hasn’t seen in 15 years and when sark got here it was at the bottom of the barrel. And thank God for Bo Davis for throwing that rant on the bus. That was a big turning point and got rid of the infections in our program. I couldn’t feel more positive where we are right now.
 
aUTfan said:


I don’t understand the negative talk regarding Ewers both on here and in general.

All those folks need to stay off the drugs, you guys are waaaaaay off base. Just because he doesn’t run around the field with his hair on fire like Sam Ehlinger and throw three interceptions trying to fit a dart in the narrowest of windows cause that’s your indication that he’s trying hard or a leader or whatever your weak imagination can surmise are sorely mistaken and wrong to be on his ***. Anyone that thinks he is the wrong guy and calling for Manning is completely insane.

He was accurate and protected the ball. He doesn’t play defense and he doesn’t call the plays. The ball thrown to AD was accurate as hell and most likely EXACTLY like they practiced. Ungrateful as hell. The kid loves Texas AND he’s a great QB, does he need to keep growing?? Uhhhh, yeah, every QB has to keep improving. We are extremely lucky to have Ewers and then Manning stepping in after, we most likely remain championship caliber at that position for the NEXT THREE YEARS! That’s better than any team in the country!!
I love them both, Manning will get his shot and as soon as he loses one game due to a fumble or interception yall will be calling for Trey Owen’s. :brickwall:

I know losing that game sucks but just congratulate Washington, they earned it, our team and coaches will hit the offseason hard and come back next year, they have a tough schedule to prepare for, I for one would NOT want to put Manning in that schedule as the starter.

Sark is the guy and we are lucky to have him, I thought he made some play calling mistakes but I know he will learn from them and be better next season. Enjoy this time cause it’s difficult to find a good coach (see A&M). Hook’em! :hookem:
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Thank you! The low % in the first half were due to knockdowns (OL) and long passes (which I'm sure is what Sark wanted). We know that's been hit/miss all season. And the last play Quinn did a helluva job just getting rid of it, had he completed his arm motion, it would've been knocked down.

As I said before, give him UW's OL and let's see how he does. If I could stand in a pocket all day and wait for a WR to get open, even I could complete some passes. And trying to determine his leadership abilities by how he stands on the sideline is beyond ridiculous.

I wasn't very high on Quinn after year 1, but his improvement was remarkable. Another year and another year of OL improvement, he may be in NY.
 
mmsnake said:
The ewers haters. Since you want to make comparisons why don’t you post Vince, colts, and ewers sophmore passing stats on here. It won’t support your argument and it’s not close.
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Vince's sophomore year? He was the MVP of the Rose Bowl. Fk the stats, go watch that game again and stop comparing the two.
 
Don’t need to rewatch game I was there and he had a great game but his sophomore year passing stats weren’t near as good as ewers. That game propelled him into being a great qb his jr year. Im just had enough of the attacks on ewers
 
What Ewers is missing is the ability to put the team on his back and win a must-win Championship game. #10 did it, #11 did it, #12 did it and #16 did it. Right now Ewers is on Peter Gardere/Robert Brewer level. A very good college QB. This was Ewers' third year in a college program after voluntarily skipping his senior year in high school. Don't expect growth to the level of 2022 to 2023 for 2024.

If Ewers is the best QB next season Sark will go with him, but some offensive playmaker is going to have to step up big-time if Texas is to get to and win the CFP.
 
ViperHorn said:
Right now Ewers is on Peter Gardere/Robert Brewer level.
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Oh, Good Lord, Viper. That take is far below your normal standards.

If you're saying he didn't win a title, but got us really close, then he is on a Colt McCoy level. Gardere and Brewer were both great QBs for us, but neither had anywhere near Quinn's abilities.
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
Oh, Good Lord, Viper. That take is far below your normal standards.

If you're saying he didn't win a title, but got us really close, then he is on a Colt McCoy level. Gardere and Brewer were both great QBs for us, but neither had anywhere near Quinn's abilities.
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No doubt Ewers has the ability, but when he is all-in he flinches. The last hurdle is the highest and the hardest. I trust Sark to make the right call on his QB.

Also, someone in the Athletic Department doesn't see Colt's contribution as you do or they would not have retired his number.
 
The criticism of Ewers blows me away. Need to have someone walk me through the mistakes he made in the game Monday night. The only critique I can make is that a few of his passes were knocked down.

And the “it” factor? My gosh, with less than a minute left, he took us down to field and to the threshold. The fact that we couldn’t score was a massive disappointment but I have a hard time putting that on Quinn. They fixated on Mitchell – not necessarily a bad idea – but how about trying something more creative? Perhaps sneaking # 85 out? That pass to Mitchell was exactly the same play on which we had scored our last touchdown. So the DB, who was beaten on the previous TD, was ready and played it well. Now, had that pass been thrown to the pylon, different story, perhaps.

Looking back, to me Quinn’s his performance was stellar, particularly in the face of an aggressive pass rush all night. And in fact, given the obstacles, his late game performance was arguably heroic.
 
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Sangre Naranjada said:
Oh, Good Lord, Viper. That take is far below your normal standards.

If you're saying he didn't win a title, but got us really close, then he is on a Colt McCoy level. Gardere and Brewer were both great QBs for us, but neither had anywhere near Quinn's abilities.
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Colt took a team with a sub par offensive line, no explosive WRs , no above average RBs to a natty game. Colt would have killed for supporting cast we had this season. He took a team on his back to the title game, put us in the lead before leaving the game (injured, because we had NO other running threat in '09)

These comparisons by you guys are silly. Ewers isn't Colt and he damn sure isn't Vince. He is what he is. If you want to claim he's a statistical superstar, go ahead. Since I don't see nfl scouts begging him to jump, that confirms my opinion for the moment on that front, but I know for a fact he was the 2nd best qb on the field Monday night. Don't agree? Argue away
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
Oh, Good Lord, Viper. That take is far below your normal standards.

If you're saying he didn't win a title, but got us really close, then he is on a Colt McCoy level. Gardere and Brewer were both great QBs for us, but neither had anywhere near Quinn's abilities.
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Gardener/Brewer level? Me thinks not. We did not lose the game because of him. That would be a bias confirming statement. The only issue I have with Quinn is the way he seems
to lead/not lead. And, that might not be fair because I watched on TV and didn't see how he comported himself on the sidelines for the whole game. I did notice his body language in the 3rd or 4th quarter and him sitting by himself on sidelines. I would expect a strong leader to help rally the team vs the way I saw him. Not sure if he was woozy after hitting his head or if my observations are accurate.
 
Mistake is the wrong word. We saw the same issue that has been present for the last two seasons - he does not have the arm strength to consistently make the deep throws over the middle. Which as you well know gives an advantage to the DC. He makes up for up in most games with the sideline throws, but in a playoff game, the DC's are willing to shade to the sideline leaving the middle a little open. If Ewers had hit one or two of those over-the-middle throws early, Washington would have had to make adjustments which would have played into Texas' hands.
Texas wasn't playing a top-25 defense by any measure. (2023 College Football Defense Rankings: Team Pass and Rush Stats | FOX Sports)
Was the problem Sark or Ewers? It was a collective issue. Just because people point issues out doesn't mean criticism; it means some issues that prevent a win have to be addressed. Some of us don't worry about what is history - we try to get it right in the future.
 
NFL scouts weren’t begging Vince and colt to jump after their sophomore years either. Talking about “silly comparisons”
 
ViperHorn said:
he does not have the arm strength to consistently make the deep throws over the middle.
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FWIW, I tend not to believe this. True, his accuracy on the long ball has been a bit suspect, but it has been getting better. The “inaccuracy” has more to do with either miscommunication, or the inability of receivers like Worthy to track the ball, and adjust. (That happened again Monday night.) If you go back over the last year or so, even back to the Alamo Bowl, there was an obvious issue in this regard.

Sark has repeatedly said that Ewers has the ability to make every throw. I have seen no reason not to believe it. And again, while the long ball accuracy may seem suspect, it may have to do as much with the receivers as it does with QE. I guarantee you that Odunze can adjust to the ball in flight. BTW, so can Mitchell. (See TCU.)

Watch. QE will be even better in 24. Probably lethal.
 
We lost by inches on defense…3 times our DB’s had hands an inch or less from defending a pass. And if only Manny Muhammad had fingers 1/4 inch longer he would have knocked that pass down.

The officiating was biased..Washington was only penalized when it was so obvious they had to call it…what like twice.

Then there were the fumbles.

Ewers graded an A
 
dukesteer said:
The criticism of Ewers blows me away. Need to have someone walk me through the mistakes he made in the game Monday night. The only critique I can make is that a few of his passes were knocked down.

And the “it” factor? My gosh, with less than a minute left, he took us down to field and to the threshold. The fact that we couldn’t score was a massive disappointment but I have a hard time putting that on Quinn. They fixated on Mitchell – not necessarily a bad idea – but how about trying something more creative? Perhaps sneaking # 85 out? That pass to Mitchell was exactly the same play on which we had scored our last touchdown. So the DB, who was beaten on the previous TD, was ready and played it well. Now, had that pass been thrown to the pylon, different story, perhaps.

Looking back, to me Quinn’s his performance was stellar, particularly in the face of an aggressive pass rush all night. And in fact, given the obstacles, his late game performance was arguably heroic.
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My only disagreement here is QE is not heroic. He did his job which is what we wanted. Obviously not happy with the pressure he was under but we never found a solution. The 2nd half was a sleeper except for the last 2 minutes. The fumbles hurt us a lot. We never seemed to get in a "rhythm" but we were 1 play away from the national title game. Not bad when this was far below our best game. Put either of the last 2 games performance in the sugar bowl and its a much different game. Given the month lay off, not surprising we were not the same.
 
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