Football Gone Bad

Nicely done, Trips

Yeah, GD. Try putting DJ in the game. Then get this… are you waiting… call a play where the QB hands him the ball while the rest of the team tries to get in the way of the other team. I mean you are calling the plays, right?

It was shortly after watching his home team — the Basque Bravos of the nascent Spanish Soccer League — turn in just such a performance, that Papa Hemingway took a mouthful of over-under and called it a day.

Detective Scipio, "Iowa State, we want you to know that nobody is judging you despite your “easy” reputation, but can you point to the football and tell me where GD molested you?"

Iowa State, “Actually, detective, there wasn’t any penetration. In fact, he didn’t even touch me. It was more like he sat back and fondled the 2005 AFCA crystal trophy.”

Everything that can be said about Davis has been said. What Belmont is going to find out quickly that an apathetic fan base is much, much worse than a mad one. A mad one still cares, shows up to games, etc… That Florida Atlantic game is going to dead ass empty. That will get someone’s attention. This brand of football sucks and is hard to watch, why should I bother when there is so many better options?

Wow, didn’t know that about White. Sounds like our program is in a spiral. Right the ship Mack, right the ship.

The most frustrating part of all is how fucking obvious all of this is to everyone but the coaching staff. Or at least the ones that are running the offense.

Erin Hogan said on 104.9 in the post game that Aaron had gone to the coaches and asked to return punts to showcase himself for the NFL. Believe it or not but that shit sounds stupid enough to be true.

Minor league hockey is exactly what comes to mind to me as well. I’ve been going to home games, hell, I’ve been sitting in the same seats, since I was conscious. But the atmosphere being imposed on the crowd by some jackass who bought the Sporting Event Enthusiasm kit from IMG sports makes the experience near unbearable. I had to miss Iowa State due to a wedding. I didn’t miss not being there.

Just to add to the theme of how obviously bad Mack Davis is, Echeese broke down and called GD a “mediocre offensive coordinator.” I never thought I’d see that guy post something like that. I’d say it’s sobering but we’re already way past that point.

the atmosphere will cause me to give up my season tickets before the play on the field. it’s that bad and it’s getting worse.

I work with a guy that is like what I imagine Greg Davis to be. Credentials out the ass, sounds like a rocket scientist.

He also makes a cup of coffee sound like the fucking Manhattan Project and is an abject idiot. Utterly full of shit. The emperor has no clothes and everyone in the universe can see it, especially any defensive coordinator with half a brain.

Theres a reason they dont send this guy out on many recruiting visits.

I think I have had enough of the other teams DBs running in a dead sprint toward some stationary receiver and blowing his ass up two yards past our line of scrimmage. That shit doesnt work in junior high ball either.

I will say it again and again. GD only gets away with what Mack lets him get away with plain and simple. The fault lies with the man who draws the biggest pay check for letting this shit go on.

Be it the offensive scheme, failure to utilize talent, failure to get young talent on the field. That can only go on if Mack allows it.

Mack is often described as the CEO which might mean he gives authority to his underlings, but lets be honest here. He isn’t fucking running GE where you have multiple components spread across the globe. For all practical purposes he is running a company split among a few divisions with less than 200 total employees who all come to work in the say area every fucking day. He is paid multi-millions to run this company and he has two purposes win games but more importantly make money to basically subsidize the rest of the conglomerate. As long as the coffers are full Mack and his staff are safe. it will only be when that cash flow gets threatened that any pressure will be placed upon Mack to make any changes.

" If DJ was truly industrious, he could jump the shot-gun snap and intercept it."

Bright spot of my weekend. Absolutely laughed out loud.

I blame everyone and everything.

davey, I’m going to take a wild guess that concession sales will be suffering this season. I’m sure that’s just a drop in the bucket, but it will show up nonetheless.

Concession sales? I am talking about the real money. The people who rent the suites, the people that McWilliams has on speed dial, those are that can apply the pressure.

The Texas football and basketball programs have been cash cows and that has been great. Unfortunately (and in more than one way since I am going to quote Barry Switzer) “you have to feed the monster” and that means keeping the revenues rising.

One point I wonder about is pressure from Dodds in terms of the future destination of Texas. The longer these strugle persist the more perceived the issues and less partners will be willing to give in negotiations.

This is the first I’ve heard about the Darius White situation. If that’s true, god only knows what Stoops, Pelini, and other coaches across the country are telling potential recruits. This shit could go real bad real fast. Just ask Florida State how good the last 5 years have been.

What exactly did Darius say?

Echeese broke down and called GD a "mediocre offensive coordinator."

Mother of God.

Do any of us truly understand the magnitude of that about-face? We’re talking about a guy who blames the 2004 Oklahoma loss on the defense. That game ended 12-0. The offense was shut out, with Vince Young and Cedric Benson in the backfield. But, to this day, echeese believes Greg Davis was not to blame for that loss. And now even he is criticizing Davis? Jesus. The Apocalypse is upon us.

I’m going to need a link or a screenshot before I’ll believe chuckie cheese is throwing Davis under the bus.

Meanwhile, Trips is being criticized at 24/7 for reading tea leaves about Darius without access. I had to point out that those who claim to have access won’t tell the truth while they protect their access. It’s going to be an interesting ride.

ok, seriously – to stop the music – start booing or chanting “stop the muusssssic”.
Also, start a chant “Fiiiiiiirrreeee Greegggggg Daviissssss”

that’s the only power you as a fan have.

“Darius White sulking/pouting 60 yards away from the team during the Eyes of Texas and then facebooking that he’s not happy with the direction of the program while implying he wants to transfer.”

If true, this is the most alarming development in this program in years. Not because of one player’s discontent, but because it clearly implies that the wheels are just about off the boat completely, or something.

This Darius White on facebook? Not seeing anything explicit (‘course I ain’t FB friends with the guy), but he implies that something is going on and he has to do some thinking…

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000044783225&v=wall

Somebody twisted the knife and posted that iowa state is a great football team. Ouch.

I could see our players on offense feeling pretty discouraged. You’re surrounded by all this high-falutin Texas-bred talent, yet it seems so awfully difficult to move the ball against some sad, mediocre defense. You don’t understand the logic of the play calling - well, you know the team rep’d the plays in practice - but it seems that almost every play hurls a back or a receiver or the QB into the teeth of the defense. You’re convinced that your high school coach would have come up with something better. You’re feeling bewildered and tired, it’s funny how repeated failures can sap your energy.

Now you start to worry that in a day or so your performance is going to be reviewed by the coaches, and they tend to be especially mean after a loss. You’re going to be trashed for poor technique on a couple of plays, but you know deep down that you could have executed like an NFL veteran and it wouldn’t have mattered — those plays were doomed from the get go.

Oh, there’s Garrett laid out on the turf. Maybe you should help him up. Nah, why bother. He’s a good guy but, you almost hate to admit it, he’s no leader. If he were a real leader, he would override the coach’s play and call something that has at least a 50-50 chance of working. You’ve been telling him in private that he needs to do this. But he’s young and feels that he doesn’t yet have the power to stand up to the coaches. He says that he needs to endear himself more to the fans or the coaches will sit him on the bench if he gets too feisty.

Well, it could be worse. Austin is a cool city and the guys on the team are mostly nice. Winning isn’t everything you know.

I think the cable snapped on the elevator…

Two BC tailgates. Two home losses.

Blame Vasherized, imo.

Preach on, brother.

I think this will get worse before it gets better. But if it has to go bad, I’d rather go all-in and burn the damn thing down. It’s the only chance that meaningful changes might be made. A patched-up 7-5, 8-4 type of season will probably be enough to maintain the status quo or limit changes to the superficial ones that don’t address the underlying causes.

BC Tailgates are the new Mudhole posts.

Dodds and Co have turned DKR into a tacky carnival. My favorite moment is that the instant replays now have sponsors whose name on the sceen …obscures the replay itself.

Other than the parking pass, there is no reason to buy season tickets. Seats from scampers are cheaper and better than my upper deck season fix. I will not renew for next season.

“Erin Hogan said on 104.9 in the post game that Aaron had gone to the coaches and asked to return punts to showcase himself for the NFL. Believe it or not but that shit sounds stupid enough to be true.”

If this is true this tells you all you need to know about this team. The players see that AW has negatively impacted the team as a punt returner in at least 3 games (Rice, OU, Iowa St.) and hasn’t offset these mistakes with any positive plays (has he had a return > 5 yards?). This is Mack sending a clear message that a single player’s professional goals are more important than team goals. Why should a player bust his ass for the team when the staff has other priorities?

Brickhorn, in his actual post, Echeese placed all of the blame squarely on Muschamp and Mack and no blame on Davis. The part about the mediocre OC was mocking Echeese, not a direct quote. So all is right with the world.

Trips’ kids are still waiting at the tailgate for the donuts HenryJames promised them and failed to deliver. Who does that?

you know,last year DJ Monroe was breaking records returning and now this year we got who returning,why the hell is DJ not inNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN……..doing everything while he hands off to CJ

Incredible analysis. After watching this program really gel from 2004-2009, I’m amazed at how far we’ve fallen in so short a time. I can only conclude that this coaching staff is completely brain-dead. Of course, with Davis, that would register as an improvement.

Meanwhile, Trips is being criticized at 24/7 for reading tea leaves about Darius without access. I had to point out that those who claim to have access won’t tell the truth while they protect their access. It’s going to be an interesting ride.

I guess Bobby Burton or one of his minions didn’t like my post suggesting the pay sites shill for Mack to protect their access. It was removed early this morning.

Since we refuse to simply hand it, toss it, or fumblerooskie to Monroe, perhaps he can talk Garrett Gilbert into audibling the ball to ole number 26. If DJ was truly industrious, he could jump the shot-gun snap and intercept it.

On morning squawk here, it was pointed out that when Gus Malzahn was saddled with Casey Dick as his quarterback at Arkansas, he decided it might be better to have Darren McFadden take snaps and hand the ball to Felix Jones. So you may be on to something here.

I’ve been bitching about the stupid canned music all year, but I’ve been told I don’t understand how to get the crowd into the game. Yet I can’t help but notice how quiet the crowd gets when they start blaring that bullshit. It’s as appropriate as a fart in church.

What also was lame, and indicative of how clueless everyone is associated with UT football and game ‘entertainment." was the band playing “Texas Fight” after the worst home loss in memory. Being an LHB alum from the 80’s, we never did that after a loss. We just played The Eyes and were done with it, not trying to put lipstick on a pig with Texas Fight.

Your point about the canned music vs the band is well put. Between my job and my distance from Austin I can’t make it to many games, but I was watching the Iowa State game on TV and wondering when did they quit playing Texas Fight on kickoffs? Who made the decision that all this canned music was better than The Showband of the Southwest?

WTF I wish they will might get hold of their stuff sorted over so I really understood there was in fact likely to end up being footballing this year. Truth be told there will probably be a few serious circumstances of withdrawal without.