REDACTED Practice Report From The Asset

oh, it’s on, bitches!

Thanks, I can go to sleep now

Huzzah!

first! i hope redacted has the game of his life on saturday!

Well redact me with a redacted in the redacted. They sound confident and ready.

Mykkele Thompson wildcast please

“I’ve never heard of a Texas staff and their supporting cast working longer and harder on a football game than they have leading up to this weekend. Bank on it.”

That’s all I needed to hear. Bring it!!!

In 9 months Bob Stoops will have Mack’s Baby! Hook ’em!!!

I equate REDACTEDness with AWESOMEness so the more things that you REDACT, the more awesome things must be. Love it.

Jesus Redacts

Furk

I feel like I’m watching this:
 
http://youtu.be/gbIv7W7rhx4
 
The Dude: …look, man, I’ve got certain information, all right? Certain things have come to light. And, you know, has it ever occurred to you, that, instead of, uh, you know, running around, uh, uh, blaming me, you know, given the nature of all this new shit, you know, I-I-I-I… this could be a-a-a-a lot more, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean, it’s not just, it might not be just such a simple… uh, you know?
 
What in God’s holy name are you blathering about?
 
The Dude: I’ll tell you what I’m blathering about… I’ve got information man! New shit has come to light!

I agree with Scipio. Also, I just ate the hottest fucking habanero pepper I’ve ever had. So much so that I gargled with 6 month old Similac to put the fire out. Regardless, I’m still not telling anyone who’s throwing the wildcat pass.

If nothing else, these REDACTED practice reports fire me up like a kid playing hs football again.

#ihavenofactstobackthisup but Malcolm Brown double flea-flicker to Shipley to Ash who then pulls a statue of liberty play to Fozzy who throws to Brown who then does a hook and ladder with Irby on the first play.

maybe instead of specifics of what you know, you can provide percentages on:
our chances of winning
getting spanked
representing well regardless of outcome

or maybe its 2a and this makes no sense

Am expecting to see defensive players take some snaps on offense

Awesome Post. This fires me up. It’s refreshing to hear about the enthusiasm towards the game of football by the UT players and coaching staff. This sort of intensity, eagerness, and conviction would have never happened under the rein of Greg Davis, love all the new coaches!

Fuck Chokelahoma!!!!!!!!

OU SUCKS!

I can’t wait for clips of Boise OU sprinkled in throughout the game after Harsin pulls off some wizardry. This thing is a message to set the tone for years to come.

Ankles are taped. Eye black applied.

Fuck OU.

You know what is absolutely bizarro amazing about this staff?

That JS can even write a sentence like “I’m still not saying who’s throwing the wildcat pass.” Because there’s a half dozen people who not only can, but do line up at QB!!!

Oh, and next time instead of similac, try Vagisil. Honestly. And we all thought you were from TEXAS.

thanos,

100%
0%
see above

It’s blind homerism time for me, my man. Bob Stoops will be pissing blood before nightfall tomorrow. Hook ’em!

This week (and season) feels very 2008.

This report is in line with the trajectory of previous ones. The offense continues to develop with what the casual fan calls “trick plays” that are a real part of the offense rather than occasional gimmicks. Harsin uses everyone we have to make the defense hesitate and account for multiple threats. New wrinkles will be a “surprise” in one sense (never seen before) but not in another (this is what Harsin does).

Was listening to an OU show on the radio last night and they were talking about how many players had thrown passes, how many had caught them, how many reverses we had run and how many passes we had thrown off of them. Long story short, OU has noticed and all of this has had the desired effect—making them play honest.

Game on.

Awesome to hear! I can’t wait until tomorrow. It’s feels like Christmas Eve as a child….

It’s 6:35am, and OU still sucks!

Jesus, that report amounted to a whole mound of REDACTED. You, sir, are a REDACTED!

In 9 months Bob Stoops will have Mack’s Baby! Hook ‘em!!!

I don’t think babies come out when you go in that way.

Exactly Beowulf…FUCK OU!

Well, shit. My exuberance is beginning to bubble.

Must. Get. Through. Work. Day.

Also, I found a non-redacted copy of A&M’s super-secret practice report, and they spent all week getting certified for the Heimlich, so Tech better watch out!

Just the thought of imaginative, unpredictable plays is all we need to give us hope for the upset. We will be content with the original report (prior to redaction) once the game is over. And Texas will own OU from next year on even if we do not manage the win this year. The OU game would be easily winnable if played in late November or early December.

Hint: If you hit control-U in your browser to at the original HTML source for the site, you can clearly see all the redacted information. Check it out!

“but just know that there are additions to our game plan vs. the Bastards from the North that we haven’t seen before. "& " I’ve never heard of a Texas staff and their supporting cast working longer and harder on a football game than they have leading up to this weekend. Bank on it."
 As always thanks for all you guys do. I don’t want to know if it hurts this team.
  Thank you UCLA, OU, Iowa State, K. State, Baylor, Okie Lite, & A&M for without your collective wins we would still have GD & the Incompetents. M. Brown, David Ash, Shipley, Cochran, Espinosa, et al would not have seen the field & may be on their way to a redshirt.
Gilbert would be starting & we would have no chance. Makes me realize what we left on the table.
 What we are experiencing is melding our talent & resources with one of, if not the most, innovative staffs in college football. It’s scary what this may hold for the future. Winning this game is the best way to further infuriate the good folks in Oklahoma, Colleg Station, Lincoln, Ne., Columbia, Mo, Dave Sittler & all the rest of the penis envy crowd.
  I take great comfort in knowing Stoops & Venebles haven’t taken a solid dump all week. BTW if you look at Venebles notice how his eyes are too close together.
  Hook ’em & as always, OU SUCKS!

Why do we have to redact the fact that we’re going to throw a sideways pass for a one yard loss to start the game?

Gilbert is going to throw out of the wildcat, isnt he??! Lol!

@mdundee – It’s a Hook and Lateral. No matter how many jackhole announcers get it wrong.

i’m going to start a punk band called Redacted. Will only play one song and the only lyrics will be, “FUCK OU.” We’ll be playing tomorrow in the Cotton Bowl parking lot.

The Diamond Formation to FozCat last week gave me chills, for serious. Can’t wait to see the bag o’ tricks this way. Can’t wait to see the “OH MY GOD THIS IS FUBAR” faceshot of Venables on the sideline.

Y2K is going to party like it’s 1999.

hope for the upset

as the season wears on i don’t think it’s going to look so much like an upset, but it’s good if people think so tomorrow.

excellent report and nicely redacted. much appreciated. i think we’ve all guessed that we started prepping for this game the day the new guys got here.

the habanero is a delicious pepper but you have to give it respect. i was able to get fresh off-the-bush peppers one of the times i worked in connecticut — of all places! also cayenne, serrano, and jalapeno. fresh cayenne is much more delicious than i had any idea. another great but mild pepper i sometimes was able to get was the new mexico chimayo. member of the anaheim family. mmmm . . . mmm.

if you want a really good but not ridiculously hot habanero sauce, look for el yucateco brand from mayan country out on the yucatan peninsula. their red and green sauces are available at most heb stores, but the really good one, the mayan recipe so true that they don’t color it, is only available at specialty stores that primarily cater to hispanic shoppers. worth seeking out. not crazy hot but hot enough to need to give it some respect.

My only concern is how much McCoy gets to play. I don’t think anyone can make the case that we are a better team when he is on the field. I certainly don’t see how his supposed skill set puts us in a better position to succeed on offense. I have been very encouraged by the decisions the staff has made this year and to me the final step is acknowledging that Ash is our quarterback.

I remember Irby lining up at QB initially last week before being motioned out and Fozzy being motioned in to run a wildcat play. I wonder if Irby doesn’t motion out of it this week.

I’m going to go ahead ahead and expect the annexation of puerto rico…

REDACTED should starts

Love love love hearing about how the staff is putting everything into this game.

My very educated guess is that Taylor Bible lines up in the slot to burn them deep.

Taylor Bible is finally going to play in the Wildcat…. Even throw a pass… awesome….

(And what a great staff it is!)

Was the band playing The Eyes in the background while you were writing?

meant Redacted is finally going to play in the Wildcat… Even……………………..

And, as requested, this report will be posted soon after the game, UN-REDACTED, yeah?

Good to see this… and it is EXACTLY what we’ve been expecting. Win or lose, I’m good with what we’re doing… other days and other fields, imo.

Come at me, bro’.

It’s Colt McCoy’s bye week and there’s strong physical resemblance to another player on the roster…I’m just sayin…

Good stuff, thanks.

i’m going to start a punk band called Redacted.

I’ve always wanted to start a band called Egregious Philbin but I can’t really say why.

Stoops may not be as surprised as you think come Saturday.

I understand Lonnie Williams was spotted having lunch at El Patio Tuesday.

Habanero is a chili, not a pepper, you dumbass gringo! Lol!

What a magnificent piece of misdirection! We’ve always wanted more misdirection in our offense, and we finally have it: misinformation, that is, designed to trick the gooners.

Well, I’m not having any of it. We’ll beat’em fair and square or not at all.
The truth, Bob, is this:
Mack is really uncomfortable with all of this weird stuff Harsin has brought in. It cuts against his grain, donchano? This game is big for Mack, Bob, so he has brought in a secret weapon.
Quiet, now, cause this is SECRET. SHHHH!!
(Read between the lines)
All of this stuff about Wildcats, Hellcats, Bobcats, Crazy Kats, Kitkats, and TicTacs
(he is)
is just so much bullshit. The idea of “running” the ball hurts Mack’s head.
(bringing back)
He has had record setting offenses before without “running” the ball.
(Greg Davis)
But he is a clever man. He wants you to think he has changed. Don’t fall for it, Bob!
(Dig your index card out of the trash)

I really hate myself for spilling the beans like that, but I refuse to resort to trickeration, sometimes
(Sheet it and die, Bob!)
called “thinking” or “planning,” against our honorable cousins from north of the Red River.
(Dream of Mormon hell, Bob!)
I anxiously await the surprise and consternation on Bob’s face when we throw our first two-yard
(Uck Faux U)
out on third and seven. It will be delicious!
(I’m as excited as a puppy. Damn! There goes the carpet!)

Reading between the lines, Justin Tucker has been deliberately short-legging kickoffs and DeSean Hales is our new QB. Do I get a tote bag?

I get it and this will be splendid.

I cannot wait.

ou sucks.

It’s a Hook and Lateral. No matter how many jackhole announcers get it wrong.
[Rolls eyes] Not so fast, my friend.

I agree that “hook” is – or may be – the route run by the pass receiver, and “lateral” is definitely the second part of the play. From that perspective, we can definitely call it “hook and lateral”.

Howsomever… growing up, I had three uncles who played college ball (Stanford, SMU, USMA) and pro ball (NY Giants, Montreal Allouettes), two of them being receivers, and the phrase used around the Central Fire back in the olden daze was “hook and ladder” and it was explained to me back then that it referred to the receiver following the play, the one who got the lateral: he was like the hook and ladder truck that followed firemen to a fire.

Lateral passes are a bread-and-butter play sequence in rugby, so this play goes back well over a hundred years, but I dunno when the term “hook” for that pass route was introduced once the forward pass was legalized (early 1900s – 1906 is what I remember, but…). I suspect that “ladder” is likely a corruption of “lateral” by those dumb ol’ jocks and their dumb ol’ coaches who aren’t really comfortable with proper English, but so what? We ain’t talkin’ about Proper English here, amigo, we’re talkin’ about [REDACTED] FOOTBALL!

Bottom line: I reckon pretty much all of us are aware of the distinction between “ladder” and “lateral”, but it don’t make a rat’s ass what you call the play, as long as you know it when you see it. To me, it’ll always be the “hook and ladder”. Your mileage may vary.

How well do you think stoopsie sleeps tonight, remembering what Boise REDACTED up his REDACT?

Whoa whoa whoa. Wait just a minute. OU SUCKS.

Oh! Oh! Oh!

A name for the formation: The Redact Cat!

I like Y2K and the Prince reference.

I used to be the smug fan who scorned the notion that Stoops prepared for our game all year long. I was stupid. I’m very excited about this game. I expect we’ll see a little more from the FB position. I also think Bergeron has had some time in practice to work on new things now that Gilbert can no longer play. But what do I know?

Slightly off-subject, but I assume and hope that the game stream will be available on either FirstRow or Veetle? Please say it will be.

Getting excited! Thanks so much for these reports, JS. I think you actually get people MORE excited about the team when you redact that when you give a lot of info. You kinda inspire a collective group-think on protecting and supporting the team.

Y’all get your Horns up, now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa8tBHIcqFg&feature=related

Somebody please convince Harsin to call Statue of Liberty on the first play. Just to get inside their heads.

Headhunters, Speed Demons, and Slobber Knockers of the Longhorns Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world will be upon you in the Cotton Bowl. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the Oklahoma war machine, the elimination of Sooner tyranny over the oppressed peoples of the Big 12-3, and conference security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, battle hardened, and grew up in a double-wide trailer surrounded by vast quantities of meth. He will fight savagely while “Boomer Sooner” plays incessantly and television announcers mindlessly drivel about the Longhorn Network and conference realignment.

But this is the year 2011! Much has happened since the Longhorn collapse of 2010. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Sooners great defeats, in open battle, man to man…and with zone blitzes. Our loco Cuban defensive coordinator has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our new offensive coordinators have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons, coherent schemes, and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of young running backs, quarterbacks, and receivers. The tide has turned! The free Texans of the world are marching together to victory!
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory over these inbred land thieves!

Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. OU Sucks.

Great stuff JS.

Can you speak to the security measures in place during practices. I wouldn’t put it past Stoops to try to crack the ’Horns a la 1976 Switzer.

Thanks, JS. I’m eager to know how many jersey numbers kitchen sink will wear this weekend.

Time to put the women and children to bed…

I will be honest with you man. I was hoping and wishing that you do not send a report out at all. This comes close. I dont want to know and I dont care until the game starts. I have no problems being in the dark if I know my horns can win this one. JS thank you for everything you have done, but I would be perfectly fine if you do not have any reports from the Humidor or the Asset for the OSU, KS and Aggie game.

REDACTED for Heisman!

(Carnac raises envelope to his forehead)

REDACTED, REDACTED and REDACTED…

(opens envelope, reads)

…Taylor Bible on the jet sweep.

(winks at Bob Stoops)

Tex, three generations of guys being taught by marginally concussed rednecks doesn’t change the fact that a “Hook” and a “Lateral” is a perfect description of the play — and dragging in firefighting lingo makes zero sense.

As long as we’re redacting things, we might as well tell you guys the secret of redaction.

First, you do a ██████ ██████ for an ████ ██████, then using the █████████ function on your ████████, you ████ the ██████████. Once on the ████ you wish to display the redaction, you █████████ the ████ you previously █████████. Try to make the █████ as long as the █████ you are █████████, it enhances the secrecy.

So, you’re saying, someone not expected to throw a pass will throw a pass?

Hey Malcolm, there are alot of folks who can toss the piskin around.

Yeah? Like who?

Lots of folks can.
Just sayin

FWIW, I can throw for miles

Stop yer jibba jabba

Only former QBs need apply

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I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a TE throw a pass. My vote is Irby. Dude comes back from a devastating knee injury, and hasn’t even caught a ball. I thought we’d at least pump a TD his way in the Rice game, just to complete the narrative. Maybe we’ve been telling him to limp for 4 games on film.

Tex, three generations of guys being taught by marginally concussed rednecks doesn’t change the fact that a "Hook" and a "Lateral" is a perfect description of the play — and dragging in firefighting lingo makes zero sense.

The fact that you want to focus on “ladder” versus “lateral” and ignore the “hook”, and consequently don’t get it, does not mean that it doesn’t “make sense”, it only means that you don’t get it. Maybe it has something to do with your problem with attainment of perfection. [shrugs]

As long as we’re redacting things, we might as well tell you guys the secret of redaction. First, you do a ██████ …

Yeah, well, the problem is that ██████ is harder to spell than “ladder”… but I’m appreciative of your erudition. How’s the coffee?

So, you’re saying, someone not expected to throw a pass will throw a pass?

Yes, unless they pitch it to other non-QB personnel who could throw a pass to someone who may or may not be a receiver.

So they will have to literally prepare for everything. No problem there, and certainly no different than in years past.

This is the football version of the entire town of Santa Poco dressing up like the amigos.

The real genius displayed by Harsin so far is that he will, in fact, NOT throw the entire kitchen sink at the ‘clips… unless he HAS to. He will use what needs to be used, to win the game. Anything that doesn’t need to be used will not be used… until we need it to beat OSU, or KSU, or Baylor… or agy.

Anything that is used, is used purposefully – either because we need it to win, or because it’s a setup for a continuation or contradiction which will be used later (in the game or the season).

This dog may not be big enough or strong enough to win this fight, but what the hell… he ain’t but a pup, so watch the fuck out, ‘cause he’s still growing.

While The Asset is appreciated, all of us here know damn well that Harsin and Diaz have some crazy-ass shit lined up. Still. as the shit unfolds, we will merely display a knowing smile, as our friends lifts their jaws from the groud.

Nordnerg for the win… love the amigos prop…

spelling epic fail…

spelling epic fail…

I believe the correct spelling is “Nordnergeron”. But we knew what you mint.

I say let’s aim straight for the damn Sooner Schooner and REDACT the hell out of it…

Stoôöòóøõoooōôöóòøôõpsssssssiiiiiie!

“Good stuff, thanks.

i’m going to start a punk band called Redacted.

I’ve always wanted to start a band called Egregious Philbin but I can’t really say why."

Oedipus and the Motherfuckers FTW

I’ve got a raging REDACTED right now.

If Bobby Stoops, any OU coach or staff, or any OU player are reading this…

FUCK YOU!

Can there not be a compromise? Hook & Ladderal….for all.

I think we’ve been setting something up from the CoJo Jumbo. It’s been way to predictable and pedestrian for Harsin’s style.

I also expect some crazy-ass offensive formations heretofore not seen.

Mostly, I expect our Horns to play hard and have fun whatever the outcome. The “aura” of these team compared to last year is night and day.

uthookem said:
October 7th, 2011 at 5:47 am
Well, shit. My exuberance is beginning to bubble.
Must. Get. Through. Work. Day.

THIS!!!!!****

Have we burned any of the Freshmen OL shirts yet?

lurkerinthedark said:
October 7th, 2011 at 7:39 am
Slightly off-subject, but I assume and hope that the game stream will be available on either FirstRow or Veetle? Please say it will be.

Or here: http://chanfeed.com/
or
http://88.80.11.29/

secret email with REDACTED explained received, thanks jesus!

Thank you, Jesus. You don’t give me everything I want, but you always give me enough of what I need.

Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome!

I don’t want to tip anything off, but will Sedrick Flowers be throwing a pass out of the Wildhorn to John Paul Floyd (player who hasn’t contributed one iota)?

I imagine Venables screaming at his assistants to find out who this Redacted kid is pronto as he’s not on his player list.

Here’s hoping that Boren and Stoops feel like calling the Big East to see if they have any openings tomorrow night.

One question, I’ve seen there is a chance of rain tomorrow in Texas and though I’ve come to believe that rain doesn’t actually exist anymore, the emergence of film proof of the mythical Fozzy creature has me rethinking my beliefs so I’m giving it some credence. If it is actually raining do we have misdirection and punishing overpursuit plays that don’t rely on so much ball movement and do we ever practice say with the sprinklers on to simulate such conditions? I’m assuming Harsin had to drill his old players in dealing with snowy conditions, but not so sure about rain.

06, this staff doesn’t burn shirts like greg did. however, they have put a couple of true frosh o-lineman to work already. so far. cochran and flowers are playing. hutchins, too, maybe?

This tomorrow, I’ll either be hoarse or drunk. Either way, looking for MT on the field. Speaking of which, does the defense follow the new guy, the anomaly or hold the line and just react?

Who is REDACTED and if he’s so versatile, why no PT before now?

I’m skeptical.

It must be fun and exciting for the players to know that the coaches are also bringing their A game on Saturday. I shutter to think of what Harsin and Diaz are scheming up knowing that they have full reigns to do whatever it takes to get the W against OU.
 
If we lose to OU, it will be because they simply played better than us that day and not because we weren’t prepared and outcoached. I can live with that.

even over here in California… OU Sucks.

REDACT this, Stoops!

So this is what that Y2K hype was all about?

Curiosity killed the cat but satisfaction brought him back. Curious today … satisfied on Saturday.

Harsin’s offense puts so much on film, has so many trick plays, gets a defense’s preparation so overloaded that eventually the DC says: let’s forget anticipating the play, let’s just play assignment football and not get over aggressive. That would be a huge switch in the way OU plays. The O defense has excellent athletes but they are not necessarily book smart. The more Texas forces them to prepare and think, the better off Texas is.

By running so much and passing almost exclusively on play action plays, the number of sacks, QB hurries, QB fumbles, and picks goes way, way down (like zero?). Whoever wins the turnover battle usually wins the game.

The Wild Foz and Wild Ship and Wild REDACTED plays are very customized to the specific talents of the wild qb. The wild toolkit permits Harsin to surgically employ the wild package that best suits attacking a particular defensive vulnerability. This gives the horns offense a very different look (requiring a specific defensive response) depending on who is the wild qb. All these wild QBs really make it tough for a DC to prepare. One common trait about the wild packages is that they improve the horns ability to run the ball. This really helps in the red zone, where it is more difficult to pass the ball. Whoever rushes for more yards usually wins the Texas-OU game. By running so much, Texas shortens the game, making an upset more likely. By running so much, Texas keeps the ball away from the OU offense, getting them out of sync and tiring out the OU defense. This could make a big difference at the end of a close game.

One of the things I’ve not paid attention to in the WildKat we’ve run – is the Tailback getting the snap every time? In the olden Single Wing days, the two guys lined up deep were called Tailback and Fullback, while the other two were Quarterback and Wingback. The snap did not always go to the TB, but sometimes to the FB, so there was that first element of doubt for the defenders. I have a feeling we’re going to see ’Kat plays that see someone else taking the snap, even though Ship and Foz are on the field. Could be Ash, maybe even Y2K… hello, maybe even McCoy Minor.

Fuck me, this is an exciting year!

I was reading some article a while ago that made mention of one of the 200x seven-TD blowouts and said the same thing that haunted me McCoy Major’s freshman tOSU game (and the BamaBowl): Greg and Mack were trying not to lose, and wound up with a game plan so conservative that it never even had a chance. That habit is what has given me concern,even this year: I’m not yet comfortable that Mack will keep his hands off the offense and the defense, even though it looks like he pretty much has, so far. Now, if we can just pry is fingers off the ST, we oughta be hot shit.

I will be very happy if we take a chance on a fourth and short out of the jumbo set with play action.

Paper cuts, lawn darts, soap scum, broken hearts,
AIDS, ants, humidity, John Tesh, stupidity,
Liars, lies, lice, goth,
Priapism, pessimism, the ice monster on Hoth,

The price of gas, the price of rent, “The Price is Right,” the plague,
The Unabomber, Jeffrey Dahmer, sinusitis, squeaky brakes,
Out-of-order ATMs, PMS, MSG,
DUI, double-dippers, floods, flies, flats, fleas.

All of these things they suck it’s true,
But none suck more than O.U.

Interesting topic, Tex Long, and I’ve actually been thinking about that. If you have personnel on the field who can operate efficiently on both running and passing plays, then you can line Ash and Foz (for example) side by side in the backfield and either can take the snap. The defense does not know whether to prepare for a run (bring up the safeties and LBs) or a long pass (keep the safeties and LBs deeper).

If the safeties and LBs are up, then the realtime decision is for Ash to get the snap and pass the ball. If the safeties and LBs are back, then Foz gets the ball and triggers a running play. At the snap, the QB not receiving the snap can swing wide and become a WR.

Once you get so many guys playing QB, it opens up lots of options. It also reduces pressure on the “real” QBs.

Of all the amazing things that this offensive staff has shown the GD starved masses, the amazing execution of or trick plays has been very impressive. I can only remember one unsuccessful trick play, Fozzy’s incomplete pass out of the wildcat. And really, he threw it where the defense couldn’t get it, so it wasn’t all that unsuccessful.

It is 1:38 in Seattle, and OU Still Sucks.

can someone tell me what Y2K is? excuse my ignorance… There are 3 winebagos in front of me trying to find a place to park downtown… All have OU plates…

Thanks for the private email explaining all this. It will be a great day.

Mykkele Thompson

There are players running plays in our playbook that have, to date not made one iota of impact on the offensive side of the ball.

Ok, Could be these guys play defense. Im looking at M. Thompson and D. Cobbs two huge high school talents that could cross over and cause damage.

Just got back from the State Fair. Texas fans are in a much better mood than this day last year! I hope we get that place rocking! It’s 4 PM in Big D and OU STILL SUCKS!!!!

They execute the trick plays in practice everyday so that explains the polished,error free execution.

Mack deserves some credit because he has really encouraged the running game and the trick plays.

my math says we run the ball around 67% of the time. I dont see us pass more than 20- 25 times in this game. Best way to beat the Sooners is to keep the Sooner offense off the field while running clock.

Im with Orange Longhorn, I am so torn btw wanting to read what the Asset has to say vs not have Ou or even their fans read a single word about what we might do. I dont want to give even a single yard to those Mo F’ers in crimson!!!

the secret play is Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd throws to Wooderson from the wildcat.

Im looking at M. Thompson and D. Cobbs two huge high school talents that could cross over and cause damage.

Sure, could happen. Would I take defensive guys and have them execute on offense for the first time against OU? Not unless I had to.

From a reliable source: Guess which two plays OU is gonna run against you fellows?

Our playbook is so varied, it’s changed my view of trick plays. To me, our offense is very unconventional and designed to slow a defense’s reaction times. Our defense with it multiple looks and stunts can be said to be unconventional as well.

I feel that a significant element of this game is excitement. We are rolling into Dallas with a great deal of excitement, and the media can’t talk enough about it. The only thing the media is talking more about is our youth, and the number of freshmen and sophmores we have playing. Excitement and early playing time; what group of people would that appeal to?

This puts Stoops in an unusual position. He could actually win this game with his ‘powerful’ team, yet lose the recruiting game to an exciting team on the rise (which will own him for at least the next 3 years). He may very well run a couple of “trick” plays to make his team more exciting; it would be a smart move.

“Im looking at M. Thompson and D. Cobbs two huge high school talents that could cross over and cause damage.”

Pretty sure we’ll see several new wrinkles vs OU.

The worry to me about Cobbs is that he broke his arm in August.

Somebody is the new 3rd string QB, that guy is certainly a running QB, and I think it is Mykk Thompson. Quick as a wink and can throw a lot better than the backs and WRs as the wild qb. I would not be surprised to see some wild Mykk because he adds that dimension of the short pass to the wild horn package while still having a qb that can help out on the run game. He played QB in high school so that will help.

I doubt that Ash has the speed to run efficiently vs OU and they would probably like to minimize risk to Ash now that there are only 2 scholarship QBs. My guess is that the new running QB is the 3rd string QB is Mykk.

1) Fading-Chin Route
2) The Wild Cocksuck.

Also think there is a pretty decent chance of a DL guy appearing the jumbo short yardage package. Would not be surprised if that guy caught a pass against defense stacked to stop the run. I’m sure the DL guy will do a whale of a job when he plays offense.

Kafka,
I see what you did there…whale of a job indeed.

Kafta, i agree with you completely. including Cobb’s arm situation. I have been waiting for the Thompson pkg to get unwrapped. Being Harsin must be like a kid owning the Candy store. Ash may only run if he has space, i could see some pass/run rollout options, based on what the cover guys and LB’s do. Thompson would be something to see in that type of play. Cobb’s was a strong and shifty inside runner in high school, but like you said, the arm might be a problem. I personally dont care if i see Thompson throw a pass, but i sure would like to see him run.

listening to ESPN on tv and the radio and nobody gives Texas a chance in this game. They’re not really researching it very much either—neither side. I haven’t heard very much about OU’s defense being undersized compared to years past or Lewis playing through an injury and not a peep about OU’s center going down. Some of this has to have some of an impact on this game I would think.

……somewhat of an impact on this game….

“The real genius displayed by Harsin so far is that he will, in fact, NOT throw the entire kitchen sink at the ‘clips… unless he HAS to.”

You don’t give the man enough credit. There is no kitchen sink. Harsin could call every play in the playbook this weekend and still have a dozen new wrinkles next week. We have an actual coach, and not just any coach, he’s a bona fide fucking offensive genius.

that guy is certainly a running QB, and I think it is Mykk Thompson

Ya think? Leading rusher in 5A last year? Over 2800 yards, running from QB? Yah, could be… could be.

You don’t give the man enough credit. There is no kitchen sink.

You’re right. “Kitchen Sink” is a poor metaphor – unless you imagine a kitchen sink with hyperbolic functionality of asymptotically nigh-infinite content. There is a certain number of “base” plays, which unfold in various ways, nearly unlimited ways, dependent on the position, down and distance, factoring in the game time, factoring in the score, factoring in tendencies shown by the D, factoring in previously run plays that had the purpose of conditioning the D, and… the half-dozen or so “trick” plays that each look like a version of a “base” play, except that it isn’t.

Mad Libs with 10,000 blanks, imo. Or one of those clever Police IDentaKit TM books, with 150 hairstyles, 54 types of ears, 172 eyebrows, 43 sets of eyes, 119 noses, 97 mouths, 15 cheek dimples, 5 chin dimples, 23 chins, 6 necks, and 897 moveable tattoos…

When he was five, Bryan Harsin made the Eiffel Tower using just 14 legos.

BTW – watched the Boise game versus Fresno State tonight… Two things struck me: one, there hasn’t been much of a dropoff over last year for them; two, there was a definite family resemblance to the Horns’ offense… and it looked good. I think I saw a few things happen that may happen tomorrow in BigD.

Can’t hardly wait. Damn.

MONTY,
“Ash may only run if he has space”

Agreed.

“I could see some pass/run rollout options, based on what the cover guys and LB’s do. Thompson would be something to see in that type of play.”

Agreed.

Mykk is faster than the OU LBs, so when Mykk rolls out the OLB will be desperate to beat Mykk to the corner. Even the weakest of one shoulder brush blocks by the play side WR will free up Mykk, forcing the CB defending that WR to go after Mykk. That WR could immediately turn up field (think legal pick and roll) for a very short, easy to throw pass. That WR would then be downfield of both the OLB and the CB on that side.

The key is to have an extremely speedy QB (faster than the OLB) who can throw very short passes on the run. Because the block by the WR can be quite flimsy (it just needs to disrupt the stride of the OLB), any of the horn WRs can do it. It is possible that the play side CB does not realize in time that he needs to switch to Mykk. If so, Mykk can just pull the ball down and turn down field and the play side WR can block the nearest safety.

This roll out play does a lot of things. It generates some easy yardage to get you ahead of the sticks. It also makes the OU defense hyper aware of the roll out, which sets up sprint draws and reverses in the opposite direction of the roll out. It also sets up the half roll pass, where Mykk starts to roll out and then passes, maybe to the play side WR who is fakes like he is going to block the OLB and then cuts up field past his defending CB who is focusing on defending the roll out.

A super fast QB who can throw even just a little bit puts an inordinate amount of pressure on a defense when he rolls out. A DC may be tempted to insert a super fast OLB but the OLB who can run with Mykk is probably going to be a bit light to tackle Malcolm Brown one on one.

An ultra quick QB like Mykk encourages a DC to play zone pass defense to facilitate DBs helping on run defense. This makes zone blitzing tougher and makes it easy for smart WRs like Ship, Davis and Goodwin to sit down in an empty spot in the zone for an easy completion. That’s a nice confidence builder for the QB.

Originally the plan was for Gilbert to start, Case to backup, and Ash to be the running QB. Now Ash is effectively taking Gilbert’s role (the deep passer) and a speedy frosh QB (probably Mykk) will be the running QB. Since Ash was a throwing QB in high school, not a running QB, and most likely is not fast enough to threaten OU’s speedy defense, Mykk can be considered a significant upgrade as a running QB compared to Ash. It looks like everything worked out for the best wrt all the QB changes.

agree exactly with kafka. there are a lot more mykkele thompson youtubes than there used to be, and the guy throws better than i was aware. he seems very comfortable executing what i’m assuming are pass/run option rollouts where he is doing just what kafka describes. seems to be very comfortable in that role.

excellent observation.

another thing i bet we are doing is contacting nelson agholor and telling him to watch mykkele today. tell him mykkele is firmly aimed at becoming a world-class db but is keeping nelson’s place warm until he can get here.

i’ve said before that i envision both nelson and dorial green-beckham in slightly different hybrid roles. beauty is that both are such good receivers that both can be on the field at the same time. the personnel to run two somewhat different specialty packages could be on the field whole portions of drives.

Harsin’s playbook is like Sonic’s drink menu… You can never drink every combination.. 107000 different drinks. Harsin’s book has plays and formations and shifts and motions. If he threw any appliance at you it would be a huge ass industrial blender…

Sink =\= appliance

Today we throw the HarsinArt, to slice and dice, bend and blend… Ultimately extracting all juice and leaving behind dried pulp.

MMMmmmm… Freshly squeezed Valley orange juice with a shot of Tanqueray -breakfast of champions.

" I’ve never heard of a Texas staff and their supporting cast working longer and harder on a football game than they have leading up to this weekend. Bank on it."

This team looked amazingly unprepared, Mr. Jesus.

Oh, we threw something at them at all right. Our feces, after we crapped ourselves. Say what you want about Greg Davis, but he didn’t lose like this to OU since Carl Reese was our DC. Carl… Reese.

Senior year Vince and Colt couldn’t have won today with that O line. Peat, Theus, and Estelle will make a world of difference. Run defense was stout, secondary looks good, just very young. That will be a strength next year after they gain more experience.

Wow. Rereading this post now with benefit of hindsight, it’s all so clear.