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Texas still has too many Big 12 tendencies
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:38 am
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:38 am
Texas is almost ready for the SEC. Their defense is legit. The Texas defensive line is ridiculous. On offense, the passing game concepts are great and Sarkisian knows how to scheme receivers open with the best of them.
Still have to figure out how to run the ball when it matters, however, and it doesn't necessarily have to be with the running backs. Quarterbacks can run too, and these actually work the best against Georgia. Moving forward, Sarkisian will either have to take the bubble wrap off of his quarterbacks or start recruiting more dual-threat quarterbacks.
Team rushing totals for Texas in 2 games against Georgia...
62 carries for 60 yards
RB1s in the two games this season...
Quintravious Wisner – 34 carries for 103 yards, 0 TDs
Trevor Etienne – 35 carries for 186 yards, 5 TDs
Still have to figure out how to run the ball when it matters, however, and it doesn't necessarily have to be with the running backs. Quarterbacks can run too, and these actually work the best against Georgia. Moving forward, Sarkisian will either have to take the bubble wrap off of his quarterbacks or start recruiting more dual-threat quarterbacks.
Team rushing totals for Texas in 2 games against Georgia...
62 carries for 60 yards
RB1s in the two games this season...
Quintravious Wisner – 34 carries for 103 yards, 0 TDs
Trevor Etienne – 35 carries for 186 yards, 5 TDs
This post was edited on 12/11/24 at 9:50 am
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Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:41 am to Violent Hip Swivel
They did well in all honesty, have Sec personel just didn't get the crucible that creates the Sec motto of Iron sharpens Iron. The hard fought Sec games are what created the postseason dominance.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:42 am to Violent Hip Swivel
Didn't Texas lose their two best RBs before the season even started? Maybe even their top 3, I don't remember
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:42 am to Violent Hip Swivel
Quintravious Wisner – 34 carries for 103 yards
Trevor Etienne – 34 carries for 133 yards
Pretty similar.
Plus Etienne has 1 carry for 48 yards when Texas had the wrong defense on the field.
Trevor Etienne – 34 carries for 133 yards
Pretty similar.
Plus Etienne has 1 carry for 48 yards when Texas had the wrong defense on the field.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:45 am to BigBro
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Quintravious Wisner – 34 carries for 103 yards
Trevor Etienne – 34 carries for 133 yards
Pretty similar.
Plus Etienne has 1 carry for 48 yards when Texas had the wrong defense on the field.
Etienne...
19-87, 3 TDs in the first game
16-94, 2 TD in the second game
...Georgia RB1 averaged 5.3 yards per carry and Texas RB1 averaged less than 3.
What the hell am I missing here???
This post was edited on 12/11/24 at 9:47 am
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:46 am to OlDirtyTiger7
We lost our first string RB, who was our only bigger back with experience. Its changed the offense quite a bit this year.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:47 am to TexasOnTop
We lost 4 running backs this year, many were 5* guys.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:48 am to TexasOnTop
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We lost our first string RB, who was our only bigger back with experience. Its changed the offense quite a bit this year.
Georgia's 4th-string running back to start the season (Frazier) averaged almost 6 yards per carry against yall. Running backs are a dime a dozen when you have an O-line that can block for them.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:49 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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Texas defense is almost ready for the SEC.
You must be kidding.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:50 am to MtVernon
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You must be kidding.
Good catch. Texas defense is definitely ready for the SEC. Went back and edited first sentence.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:52 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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Still have to figure out how to run the ball when it matters
This is what separates the good from the great. Texas can run up stats all day long. This means Texas is good.
But champions know how to get in the end zone when they have to. This is the hump the Texas offense is climbing.
Texas defense is there. Already at championship status.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 9:57 am to TexasOnTop
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We lost our first string RB, who was our only bigger back
This has been driving me crazy all season. We need a bruiser and all we have is track stars. Wisner is tough but he's still not all that big.
We need a big boy like the backs that Bama and UGA have been getting the last decade.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 10:02 am to Violent Hip Swivel
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On offense, the passing game concepts are great and Sarkisian knows how to scheme receivers open with the best of them.
the cost of this is not being able to run the ball. its the offensive line. recruiting and scheming to zone block is great for that spread out passing game, but they cant drive people off the line when they need to cause they havent been coached/repped enough in it.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 10:04 am to Violent Hip Swivel
One of Sark's biggest strength's is his ability to build progressions off of route trees.. He will run a play early on in the game in order to show a certain route to a defender.. And when it is successful, sometimes he will run the same play multiple times.. almost like a patient fisherman, Sark will wait for the defensive guy to take the bait.. and as soon as he starts leaning, the hook is set when the play goes the opposite way.. (that's my opinion of how Sark calls passing plays)
Sark's biggest fallacy is the exact same scenario when the 1st play isn't successful.. he can't call the next progression, so it's almost as if he is trying to make apple juice with oranges.. and it's ugly.
That was the running game this week.
Make no mistake. Sark wants to throw early, take a lead, and then pound the rock to kill the clock and make the other team quit. This is 100% his gameplan every week. Sark wants to pound the rock.
And even when the run game is non-existent, he will keep pushing pushing pushing because he wants that next progression to be there if he wants to call it.. perhaps the success on the ground opens up a deep ball, or a wheel route, or something else..
Sark is a genius that way.. but it also causes him problems as well at times.. Yes, our running game sucked on Saturday and the whole world knows how Texas could fix it, specifically against Georgia. It isn't rocket science.. then again, maybe Sark is saving it for the game in Athens next year. Perhaps he really wants to break that home winning streak.
Sark's biggest fallacy is the exact same scenario when the 1st play isn't successful.. he can't call the next progression, so it's almost as if he is trying to make apple juice with oranges.. and it's ugly.
That was the running game this week.
Make no mistake. Sark wants to throw early, take a lead, and then pound the rock to kill the clock and make the other team quit. This is 100% his gameplan every week. Sark wants to pound the rock.
And even when the run game is non-existent, he will keep pushing pushing pushing because he wants that next progression to be there if he wants to call it.. perhaps the success on the ground opens up a deep ball, or a wheel route, or something else..
Sark is a genius that way.. but it also causes him problems as well at times.. Yes, our running game sucked on Saturday and the whole world knows how Texas could fix it, specifically against Georgia. It isn't rocket science.. then again, maybe Sark is saving it for the game in Athens next year. Perhaps he really wants to break that home winning streak.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 10:12 am to Warwick
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the cost of this is not being able to run the ball. its the offensive line. recruiting and scheming to zone block is great for that spread out passing game, but they cant drive people off the line when they need to cause they havent been coached/repped enough in it.
They’re a Joe Moore award finalist offensive line… They blew A&Ms defensive line up 2 weeks ago.
Georgia is a tougher matchup for them, due to the size and athleticism across the front 7. They’re the only team in college football with that combination of both on the front 7, that comes from years of amazing recruiting.
Texas ran the ball fine against them in the first half until Kirby decided to stack the box and dared us to beat them with a 1 dimensional offense. It was a good game plan by Kirby. If they meet up again this year, Sark needs to prove he’s the “offensive genius” that we think he is.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 10:22 am to Violent Hip Swivel
I guess I'm fine with this as long as we don't develop any inbred, wall-eyed SEC tendencies.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 10:40 am to Jimmy Montrose
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I guess I'm fine with this as long as we don't develop any inbred, wall-eyed SEC tendencies.
I'm guessing you're one of those Austin hippie-elite types. Not immorally liberal, but you probably like your SRV, Willie Nelson, and you don't mind hugging trees.
Those were the days when I too thought I was 50% liberal. Today? Hell no.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 10:42 am to Violent Hip Swivel
quote:Too many nice guys on the OL. Need at least one or two enforcers to bring a nasty edge to that room.
Texas is almost ready for the SEC.
This post was edited on 12/11/24 at 10:44 am
Posted on 12/11/24 at 10:45 am to Violent Hip Swivel
In spite of how it may seem, we play teams other than Georgia, and not all will be susceptible to mobile QB's.
This may or may not be our year, but thanks to our lil bros in Collie Station Sark had 3+ years to build a team to compete in the SEC, (not just UGA) and for the most part he's done just that.
In theory a team built to compete in the SEC should have success in the playoffs, right? We will see very soon.
This may or may not be our year, but thanks to our lil bros in Collie Station Sark had 3+ years to build a team to compete in the SEC, (not just UGA) and for the most part he's done just that.
In theory a team built to compete in the SEC should have success in the playoffs, right? We will see very soon.
Posted on 12/11/24 at 10:51 am to Violent Hip Swivel
This is a small list of team flaws needing to be fixed to win the SEC
Every team has flaws
Most teams don't sniff Atlanta
Topic deserves an accurate headline
Every team has flaws
Most teams don't sniff Atlanta
Topic deserves an accurate headline
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