Quick Tidbit From The Asset

Good news. Thanks.

From the guy who first told you Shipley woudn’t play against Texas Tech

Chip Brown?

So you sips are trying to replace the most respected football program in the southwest with tekk on Thanksgiving! HA! HA! HA!

Some of you tards have been saying we will be buried once we move to the SEC but that will not happen. Have you seen our recruits? Malcolm Brown will be changing to the good guys and you will all be scratching your heads.

Even if we are not the champs every year at least we are trying to compete at the highest level.

Wait til you see the surprise you have coming at halftime when we play. tu fans will be very upset.

Once again the Aggies show how classy they are.

Hey you stupid aggy. We know about your Gay halftime act…trotting out a Steer with inverted Horns? That’s so fcking Gay and typical of you aggy freaks. I hope that steer goes wild and tramples one of you aggy F*ckheads. Now that would be entertaining.

Yay! I do hope they’re being cautious with Shipley, and it sounds like they are.

Malcolm Brown will be changing to the good guys

Not if you TAMoo losers can’t spell his name correctly …

Wait til you see the surprise you have coming at halftime when we play. tu fans will be very upset.

But then comes the 2nd half, when TAMoo fans get to watch their team collapse again. Must hurt to realize Texas has a better record right now than your pre-season Top-10 Aggie team of the decade.

Aggie Jack is getting better, but doesn’t totally sell it yet.

 AJ it’s not “tu fans” it’s “whorns”! Ok?

Aggie Jack, Malcolm Brown isn’t likely going to quit playing for a team where he’s already had three 100-yard games.

Oh wait, I forgot you’re an Aggie and spelling has never been your strong suit. You must mean Malcom Brown, without the L. I’m trying to understand why he’d switch his commitment to a team that has put on clinic after clinic on how to piss away a game in the 2nd half. Do you have some info that we don’t? Like your DC is suddenly going to become competent?

Aggie Rick = funny + ironic + dead on satire = fake aggie

Aggie Jack = not funny + holy-shit-I-think-he-believes-this-site + not kidding = actual aggie

David Ash, who had a mediocre practice

He hasn’t begun squinting, has he?

Spill, gentle Jesus meek ’n mild.

Good news about Ship.

Aggies are sad, sad, sad people.

Guys like Aggie Jack make me all the more eager to watch the hayseeds down at B-CS get repeatedly Sandusky’d next year by the teams in the SEC.

Hey you stupid sips. We are going to stomp you. We are going to show you what SEC football is all about! Get it!!! SEC! SEC! SEC! Come see our surprise! HA! HA!

I’d be interested in the Big Cigar’s take on the PSU mess, and any comments he may have heard from UT staff. IIRC, the PSU staff visited Texas prior to the 2005 season to learn the zone-read offense, then used it to rebound from 4-7 in 2004 to 11-1 in 2005.

It will be so much fun to watch Aggies vs. SEC next year, as counterpoint to Texas competing for the national title.

The ags are gossiping that one of the farm boys has raised a longhorn steer for the past few years and had purposely distorted the horns of the poor animal so they point down and don’t follow their natural curvature. Supposedly, they are going to parade this beast on the field at halftime to show how funny animal cruelty can be. I hope they don’t do this, especially on national television. Then again, if they already have the animal, maybe i hope they do.

Can’t wait until the details get worked out for the Thanksgiving game in the post a&m; era. Ah! The post a&m; era is going to be sweet.

Aggie Jack said: November 9th, 2011 at 8:35 am

Hey you stupid sips. We are going to stomp you. We are going to show you what SEC football is all about! Get it!!! SEC! SEC! SEC! Come see our surprise! HA! HA!

Hey Aggie Jack, you’re already 0-2 this year in the SEC….so if that’s what you mean by showing us SEC football, then yes you go right ahead and show us SECede football, you douche bag…..

Aggie jack is a troll, right?

Giggles – not funny. At all. And I’m dead fucking serious.

The national title is the SEC. You all know it and we might as well just give the trophy to our winner because as you have seen that is how it happens. I think Gray is probably going to switch to us, too! You guys are so much in envy of us! Just admit you wish you were Aggies.

 I will teach you a champions chant. Join in, SEC! SEC! SEC!

How in the world did these aggie fans every figure out how to work the internet? Thanksgiving can not arrive fast enough.

Aggie Rick = Corporal Max Q. Klinger

Aggie Jack = Major Topper

M*A*S*H fans, holla!

uthookem-

Actually it was pretty funny. Pretty damn funny and I’m dead fucking serious.

The reason trolls exist is because people on the Internet react very quickly and emotionally and in a rush to make sure they get their refutations out there ASAFP, they don’t stop to think “wait, does this sound legit?”, and thus end up serving said troll endless supplies of fried chicken and waffles.

Would love to hear what Jesus/theAsset/Big Cigar had to say about the long term projection of David Ash. I was dismayed to Read David Ubben claim that we would have mediocre QB play from Ash next season. I was rather hoping that this season would pay off for Ash and the’horns in a big way.

So the halftime surprise is that you are going to bring out a DI defense for the second half? Do they have those at Rent-a-center? Or mebbe Aaron’s Rents? Where you guys rent your big screens because your credit is so crappy you can’t put one on Visa?

AJ’s value system is like saying that we just love being in 5A District XX, where Big Cigar HS pounds our asses every year, because they usually win state. Yea, that sounds REAL satisfying. Probably just the place that a top coach wants to go.

Just like aTm after you guys fire Sherman in your constant quest for a one person fix. It is MUCH bigger than that. And why you will NEVER get a tier one coach to go there.

Excellent news.

“Abe Lemons said: November 9th, 2011 at 8:47 am

Aggie Rick = Corporal Max Q. Klinger

Aggie Jack = Major Topper

M*A*S*H fans, holla!"

Hey hey.. Mash fan here. I will not accept such an insult to one of my favorite characters… Max was awesome… Major Topper reference I am OK with…

Right now.. With the way Texas is going and the way the Aggies are playing, I think I am going to shut up. We are very good now and I dont want to Jinx it.. Suffice it to say that i dont think the game will be a walk in the park for the Aggies as many believe…

Pistol… And you really believe what David Ubben has to say… really? Look lets go with what we have seen. Ash is improving week to week… we are seeing that. Please dont believe crap unless you see onfield evidence.

Right now.. With the way Texas is going and the way the Aggies are playing, I think I am going to shut up. We are very good now and I dont want to Jinx it.. Suffice it to say that i dont think the game will be a walk in the park for the Aggies as many believe…

Like pushing a baby in a stroller! Wa! Wa!

I’m curious to hear from Jesus/theAsset/Big Cigar whether there is any internal discussion about the possible NCAA rule changes.
http://chronicle.com/article/NCAA-to-Consider-Sweeping/129483/

I’m sure the answer will be that they will deal with them when they begin to take effect, but the proposal to reduce the season in all sports (=including football) by 10% is significant. Reducing scholarships from 88 to 80 isn’t drastic, but taking one game off the football schedule each year is rather significant for a program like Texas’. Is there any internal chatter about this inside Belmont?

NO AGGIES WELCOME…please go play in College Station.

Peeps are getting trolled hard

Orange Longhorn

I don’t believe David Ubben per se, however I would like to get an idea how good people think he can get. He seems to have all the right tools to be a great QB, good arm, good height, good strength , good runner. I guess my question is, is he is Greg Mcilroy? (competent QB in a good running team), or can he be one of the top QBs in the country, because if so, we have the potential to be a really really special team the next two years. Or is he likely to be caught up and overtaken by Brewer in a couple of years?

Aggie Jack…

How many times do we have to say it?

1. You’re not an Aggy.
2. You’re not funny.
3. You’re not even funny when you pretend.
4. Shut the hell up.
5. Shut the hell up. Nobody wants to read your shit.

We all know what we have in Ash…a QB with is a workman, that will give you what he has got. He may not have a high ceiling but we do have Brewer coming and he has a lot of upside. Let’s support him and it is going to be great to have options in the future.

“I was dismayed to Read David Ubben claim that we would have mediocre QB play from Ash next season. I was rather hoping that this season would pay off for Ash and the’horns in a big way.”

@ Pistol: Why are you concerned about what Ubben would claim about Ash or anyone else for that matter? Do you really think that no-talent hack would ever offer any sort of objective evaluation of any Texas player? He is a well-known OU and Mizzou homer and will trash Texas at every opportunity, as evidenced in his extremely anti-Texas biased ‘reporting’ in the conference realignment fiasco.

Don’t worry, Ash will be fine next year. Remember, he has only had since August to learn this offense and to adjust to the speed of the college game. One thing that is very encouraging to me is that I see vast improvment over the last two weeks in his decision making and confidence, and I think that by the end of the season he will look like a completely different player than the one who stepped on the 40 Acres last August.

It’s great to hear Shipley is feeling better.
As far as Ash having a mediocre practice – i guess we all have our off days.
I like how Mizzou will be a nice progression up the ladder for us. If we play well and win, I think it will be a nice step toward playing K-State and having a good opportunity to win that one also. The weather is forecast to be upper 50’s to low 60’s and clear in Columbia on Saturday. It should be a great day for football.

God reading an aggy post is like trying to sit through an episode of Green Acres.

How can a person not have a clue how juvenile they come off?

Aggy is an entire institution of window lickers. I wish I had the short bus concession in BCS.

Good to hear about Shipley. Are there any lingering issues with Brown and Bergeron that might slow down our running game?

Yeah, Insano, child rape is definitely humorous. Ha. ha.

Whatever happened to taking things with a grain of salt?

Aggie Jack is an Aggie Rick copy cat, and if you haven’t figured out what Aggie Rick is yet, I can’t help you.

David Ash had a mediocre practice. Doesn’t mean he will play mediocre this Saturday, in fact he may never have another mediocre practice. Ups and downs go along with any difficult task.

And I’m not sure Sandusky will ever be funny.

“Orange Longhorn

I don’t believe David Ubben per se, however I would like to get an idea how good people think he can get. He seems to have all the right tools to be a great QB, good arm, good height, good strength , good runner. I guess my question is, is he is Greg Mcilroy? (competent QB in a good running team), or can he be one of the top QBs in the country, because if so, we have the potential to be a really really special team the next two years. Or is he likely to be caught up and overtaken by Brewer in a couple of years?"

Pistol,

I honestly feel that Brewer will shirt. I also feel that after looking at David Ash play that he is no Greg McElroy.. Or rather Greg McElroy is no David Ash. The 54 Yard run by Ash should have put it to rest.

You know when we we pass off of the Play Action, I dont necessarily give the QB as much credit. More because the running game has caused enough indecision in the Safeties that all the QB has to do is to put the ball in the right spot and he gets a big gain. The plays where the QB is looking at a third and long on obvious passing downs, where he has to make the right decision is where I look at how good the QB is. I think in that respect Ash did very well. He had two situations of third and long (that I can remember) where he took off the for the 54 yard run and the other where he put the ball on the money in #84’s hands… That was perfect and you can see that the decision making has markedly improved.

We have to maintain perspective. He is a freshman.

Jesus,

Gerry at 247 has been reporting since yesterday that there is big news on the recruiting front with a major OOS kid perhaps about to switch from another school for UT. He has said he can’t spill the beans as of yet…

Any insight? If you can’t say the name that is fine, but have you heard anything regarding something about to come down the pipeline?

Any projections about Ash or Brewer would be pretty wild guesses right now, wouldn’t they? I don’t know how Ubben can make that prediction. Ash shows he can run, throw and think. He is also getting better. With that trend, it seems observers would be optimistic.

Brewer is a high school QB whom I am glad is coming to Texas. Projecting him or any incoming freshman to take a top spot from an experienced upper classman is just a fantasy game. We’ve got a few five stars that did not pan out as we hoped (no reflection on those players as people, just the way it is) and other players who have shone better than expected.

I like to follow recruiting and used to feel sorry for the upperclassmen who would no doubt lose their positions to the incoming studs. Fully recognizing that this year is an exception to what I am about to say, it almost never works that way. I’m now experienced enough to be glad of the very good players we get, but I don’t hold much immediate expectation for them. Some will shine, some won’t. You don’t know which until they get here.

That way I can enjoy a wonderful surprise like Earl Thomas, Joe Bergeron or Jaxon Shipley while not feeling disappointed in other recruits who may take more than a year or two to become great contributors.

I’m sounding preachy. Sorry.

Another thing to note is that I have grown weary of high profile high school players. Dont get me wrong, I think Brewer will do well. But I dont want us to lose perspective of where Ash is and what he has already achieved. Remember, for as good as Brewer can be, he could also be GGV2.0. You never know. Ash is good, he has the skills and he needs the fanbase behing him.

If I remember correctly people were burying Landry Jones before the end of his first season.

I’m just happy to see a football post. Yay!

@Big Ern, I’m just guessing here but I think the talk is about Noah Spence. Unfortunately I don’t think we ever offered him, but there was a lot of interest there in the beginning.

Fellache,

Burton said earlier this morning that it was not Noah Spence. That was my guess as well.

@ Fellache Me – Nopers, Burton came out and said that none of the 7 pages worth of guess were correct. I threw my hat in the ring with 2 kids from Don Bosco Prep, out of Jersey: Yuri Wright or Darius Hamilton…it’s all speculation at this point. They’re being tight-lipped.

Roma,

Not preachy, just intelligent and rational. Good post, good man.

I’ve only watched one of Brewer’s games and he definitely can throw but it looked like he could use a redshirt year to adjust to the Big 12 level of play. Overstreet, on the other hand, looks to be very quick, fast and tough, like he could run the wildcat plays pretty quickly. That’s just my feeling. I’m sure the coaches will figure it out. It’s nice to have those be your “problems.”

Now as to trolls, I think they add something — like a good laugh to the day. However, Aggie Jack obviously isn’t up to the level of Aggie Rick. What I would suggest is that before I troll could post here he would have to go over to TexasAggs and post there, like Aggie Rick did, and stir up the Aggies. (I split a gut laughing at that post, my best laugh in ages.) Then a troll would come back here and post with a link to his TexasAgg post. That should be the minimum requirement to troll here; that or a couple of journalism awards.

On Ash, he reminds of Andrew Luck. To me that is his upside, it’s just a matter getting the mental parts of the game down. Whether he reaches that potential will be told in time.

@g’69 -

I don’t know if you watched last week’s aggie/ Sooner game, but Landry J wasn’t the reason OU won that game. I think he was something like 10/24 at halftime against one of the worst secondaries in the country. Landry only plays a complete game when he plays in the Cotton Bowl. He ain’t all that as far as college quarterbacks go.

Aggie Jack, you’re great. I like the additional comments. But you’re still not toally selling it! You need to try harder. I dunno maybe add an “Old Army” or a couple of “Whoop!”s?

Or…. I know!! Add your class and school designation “Class of ’88 EE”. That’ll do it!

Aggie Jack — off my nads please. You suck at life and the internet.

Whoop Whoop!

Whoop, double up. Whoop! Whoop!

That’s how it’s done Aggie Jack!

@Aggie Rick, can you please start another post on a aggie board and link us to it?

Al- Did not say he was a great QB but the team’s record over the last two years speaks for itself. You have to give him a little more credit than just what he has done in the Cotton Bowl. OU has won 20 games since the start of 2010 season. The ground game has been just OK this season. He performs when given time. My hope for David is that he can be creative when he is not given time.

“On Ash, he reminds of Andrew Luck.”

Get to Vegas and bet the odds on winning the Heisman in his tenure. That would be one of the greatest predictions ever!

I am rooting for Ash and if he can cut down on his turnovers and learns to identify defenses quicker, he might just end up a pretty good QB.

 We will get a much better idea this week than we have the last 2 because Missouri, while no defensive juggernaut, is tougher against the run and he is going to be forced to throw more. Turnovers are the only way we lose this game and I am hoping we do not have them.

@Jesus, I think Bobby Burton is an avid reader of your posts, and he is waiting for you to divulge the secret recruit before it can be posted on 247. How else would they get there information?

Why we never offered Noah Spence is fucking beyond me!

uthookem,

I’m guessing that someone died and now you’re in charge of patrolling the internetz? Don’t get butthurt, I was only joking.

Okay. I’m done.

The mysterious OOS recruit wouldn’t by any chance have a prior commitment to a school currently enduring nation-wide (if not world-wide) vilification, would he?

That is why everyone jumped on the Noah Spence bandwagon.

Hasn’t JS been saying for some time that a big name target would flip in time and he was confident of it, but couldn’t tell us who it was?

Just wondering if this is the same kid that he had reason to believe would eventually come into the fold months ago.

DKR,

I’m just saying he has similar raw physical talents: strong arm, physical running, similar build. I’m projecting him to reach the same ability level. It’s too soon to tell if he can get there, but if we’re just talking brick and morter building blocks, he’s got a similar makeup.

Again, take shit with a grain of salt.

Thanks for the update, Jesus.

Pistol,

I’m not sure how Ubben’s comments merit concern. Has his talent evaluation skill been particularly prescient on this topic? I’ll guess a floor on Ash with a former Boise QB would be Jared Zabransky. Ceiling? We’ll see. I don’t want to set anyone up with expectations of a future top draft pick, but I trust Harsin to make it work wherever Ash ends up in your personal pantheon of quarterbacks.

Re: 247 tease

I think the recruit may be another safety prospect, but that’s just a feeling. Congrats to them, if they have a scoop. I hope it all works out for the best between the recruit and Texas.

juice,

No knocking your prediction, just saying get to Vegas and bet it! You can see something nobody else can and if you are right, you can cash in big because the odds will be large and they do have bets like that.

I am just hoping he becomes a good journeyman that does not turn it over and I would be happy. I think we all agree that if he can cut out the turnovers, this team can win out. then we can see what happens next year when Brewer arrives.

DKR,

All good, man. I knew when I made that comparison there would be a lot of people thinking I’m crazy. I will not be shocked either way if he is merely average and gets us through tough games or if he ends up being a first rounder. I will enjoy watching it all play out, though.

I should add, for the record, I didn’t actually make a predicition. I made a loose comparison with the caveat that it is too soon to tell whether it will be validated.

the tight end role in the boise/harsin offense is absolutely critical. the absence of proven talent on hand at that position who can be counted on for stellar blocking as well as stellar receiving would suggest that we are scorching the known earth for prospects unless we are absolutely certain that that guy is already on campus — which may be true.

so, if there is a mystery high-flyer out there who is likely to pitch in with us at some point, i have to strongly suspect that he (i’m assuming it’s a he and bigger than a breadbox) is a tight end or a candidate to move to that position.

juice,

Hope you are right and time is going to tell.

Any news if DB-G will be in Columbia this weekend? If so, I would expect more pass attempts by Ash, at least more than seven. But sure love that power running game.

DKR said:
“We will get a much better idea this week than we have the last 2 because Missouri, while no defensive juggernaut, is tougher against the run and he is going to be forced to throw more. Turnovers are the only way we lose this game and I am hoping we do not have them.”

This game is pretty much a tossup. Why do you think turnovers are the only way that Texas loses this game? Another way is that Mizzou defends the Texas run game ok with only 7 in the box and the Texas passing game just can’t score as many points as the balanced Mizzou offense.

Mizzou is really vulnerable to the big play. If Texas can force Mizzou to bring a safety up to defend the run, Mizzou will be quite vulnerable deep (if Ash can hit the deep target). Those are two big "If"s.

Mizzou’s QB is accurate but has a weak arm. He looks like a HS QB throwing the ball. Texas is going to pick off some of his passes. There is also a pretty good chance that Franklin gets knocked out of the game since he runs quite a bit, doesn’t get down as much as he should, and isn’t built to withstand big hits.

Ash has progressed a bunch the last couple of weeks, against weak defenses. It will be really interesting to see if he can play at the same level vs Mizzou.

Assuming Brown is healthy, I hope that Foz plays a lot of snaps split out some (rather than at TB) to:

• get both Foz and either Brown or Bergeron on the field at the same time,
• get Foz more snaps,
• give Ash an easy safety valve pass target who gets lots of YAC.

kanawa,

The Beckhams will be busy at that time. See the below link.

http://recruitocosm.fantake.com/2011/11/07/eyes-on-the-class-of-2012-playoffs-1-0/

DGB will not be at the game. I believe he has a playoff game. If they lose, I believe he is slated to be in Austin on banquet weekend (Nov 19).

“Get to Vegas and bet the odds on winning the Heisman in his tenure. That would be one of the greatest predictions ever!”

I think there’s a decent chance that we’ll have a Heisman winner during Ash’s tenure, but it won’t be Ash. It will be a running back. You might know who I’m talking about.

kanawa, I doubt we’d base our gameplan on a recruit’s presence. That said, I believe we’ll need to pass more in order to win for other reasons already stated in this thread.

JS, is MB 100%, or did The Asset get into that? Will we get a more expanded report from him this week? Not being ungrateful—-just hoping.

Kafka,

The reason Vegas has the game picked so close is our past history of turnovers this year. Bettors that run their numbers are aware of these and until we can cut them out, games like Missouri will go off with the lines being close. As soon as we show that we are able to play error free against at least moderately descent defenses the spreads will start favoring us by more against these weaker opponents. I hope that helps.

A lot of us seem to be assuming the only way to a win is based on our ability to pass under the asumption our running game will be a lot less productive, and that’s a valid concern/point of view. Personally, I believe our ability to shut down their running game is an even bigger key. Franklin is a mediocre passer from what I’ve seen and if we can keep him and Josie (reasonably)in check and make them one dimensional, then our offense can stay with the ground game longer and wear them down. Also keep in mind that our ability to attack the edge in our newfound running game, along with a newly discovered screen game and the Foz cat can counteract an overcrowded box. I may be Pollyanna here, but I don’t think they can stop our run with an honest front. We aren’t going to get 400 yards, but I believe we’ll get more than enough to win if we can stop them from running successfully.

Put me down for a Kool-Aid induced 400+ yards rushing prediction. I feel like this is the game where someone breaks out an 80+ yard TD run that skews all the overall stats.

Whichever team runs for over 200 yards wins. Personally, I like our running schemes and blocking personnel better. I also like our D-line better. I think we’ll go blow for blow with them in the passing game, and we’ll outrun them. I say they get around 150 on the ground and we get around 250 on the ground. Both teams get around 200 in the air. Turnovers are obviously key, but there’s not a game in which that doesn’t apply.

DKR: still not buying it because it is way too simplistic. Turnovers are always important but there are so many other factors to consider.

No way Texas rushes for 400.

As far as power running inside, it boils down to blocking Mizzou’s DTs (I assume Luke does a good job of blocking the DEs). If Texas can block Mizzou’s DTs, then Texas should be able to run well inside. Those Mizzou DTs are about 300 pounds each and Mack says they are NFL prospects.

Agree that Texas running wide will stress Mizzou. Think the ratio of jet sweeps to inside runs will increase vs Mizzou.

When Foz is at TB, would like to see Texas fake the jet sweep in one direction and pass to Foz in the flat in the opposite direction.

Expect to see something like the K offense with Ash throwing lots of high percentage short passes to backs in the flat. This should also force safeties to come up to defend.

Good news about Ship. Thanks JS

LSU and Alabama are stupendous at the moment and everyone knows it.
Everyone else in the SEC is playing catchup right now but it wasn’t so long ago that ’bama was off the SEC championship radar and LSU…..well, LSU is up one season and down the next.
One of the main effects of aggy and misery going East in is that it dilutes the quality of the SEC in general so that the Tennessees and Ole Misses etc will have a shot at a better record.

You boys saw Ghost of Big Roy’s blog last night about Mizzou DT Sheldon Richardson’s mouth?

http://www.burntorangenation.com/2011/11/8/2547216/missouri-dt-sheldon-richardson-texas-high-school-football-overrated#storyjump

The dude has request special attention.

Apparently Mizzou lost their 3rd Texas recruit today since they announced they are SEC bound. Jonathan Williams already decommitted, which was a pretty big loss for them. It will be interesting to see if they can maintain any sort of foothold in the State moving forward.

burntorangejuice said:
“Whichever team runs for over 200 yards wins.”

Probably right.

“Personally, I like our running schemes and blocking personnel better. I also like our D-line better.”

Not so sure, their TB is running wild this season against good competition. Our best running is vs weak competition. The Mizzou QB is also a running threat.

“I think we’ll go blow for blow with them in the passing game”

They have the better QB so he probably throws for more yards. Having said that, Ash did a good job in the short passing game vs KU and that might also work well vs Mizzou (especially with Mizzou focusing on stopping the horns running game).

My guess is that it comes down to whether Texas can efficiently exploit the Mizzou D big play vulnerability with the deep play action pass into single coverage. Another decisive factor will be whether Texas can efficiently block the Mizzou OTs.

Road games can be tough for frosh and Texas plays a lot of frosh.

Big Ern,

For sure it is going to hurt Mizzou’s Texas recruiting. Parents want to see their kids play. You can pack up the car and take the family to games in Texas and Oklahoma. A Texas family isn’t going to drive to most of the SEC game locations.

Jake Lonergan said:
“if we can keep him (Franklin) and Josie (reasonably) in check and make them one dimensional”

Mizzou has an extremely balanced offense, it will be a major accomplishment to make them one dimensional. I do agree that if Texas controls the Mizzou run and forces Mizzou to pass, Mizzou is in trouble.

Thanks for harshing my buzz Kafka! I was already picturing Brown taking a long one to the house by juking a dazed Sheldon Richardson, who just had his head burrowed down into his ass by Walters on the previous play.

Then we are basically in agreement.

Kansas State and Miami (ohio) held Mizzou in check offensively…. K state won by 7. Mizzou beats Miami with a late score off of a TO.

K State held them to 319 total yards
Miami held them to 291 total yards

Big Ern, who else has Missouri lost? I am not shocked that Williams decommitted and it makes me a bit giddy. I hope TCU, Baylor, TT and others use Sheldon Richardson’s little gaffe to good purpose.

Kafka,

Like I said, it might be simple. We win if Ash does not turn it over. I never said we were going to rush for 400 yds…I said just the opposite and that we were going to have to throw this game. I have been playing the games for many years and yes, it can be that simplistic. Do you think it is coincidence that the Cowboys lose so much when they can’t run? They have better players than most teams but have 1 playoff win in 14 years. There is a lot of money made by simply following the turnovers.

Missouri can not carry our jock straps without turnovers. The 1 skewed stat to turnovers is that the team that gets them has the ball more and yes, they might run for more yards. We stay away from the turnovers and we win.

Missouri homer press webcast

http://www.columbiatribune.com/videos/2011/nov/09/201/

“Not so sure, their TB is running wild this season against good competition. Our best running is vs weak competition. The Mizzou QB is also a running threat.”

They only rushed for 112 against K State. I think the state of our defense right now, is at least as good as K State’s. I wouldn’t have said that 4 weeks ago. Our best running, as in for over 400 yards, has come against weak competition, true. But we’ve run well, ie. 200+ yards against good competition.

Ricky,

Sorry for harshin’ your mellow. I do think that Texas has a good chance at breaking some long plays because Mizzou has given up some big plays so you could easily be right about the big runs.

“Another decisive factor will be whether Texas can efficiently block the Mizzou OTs.”

Assuming you meant DT’s, I think Harsin will be able to scheme around the difficulty of dealing with their big fellas in the middle.

DKR-

I also have been known to wager and you are right. I think if we stay away from bad plays that we win easily. Turning the ball over also hurts the way a team thinks.

Mikey,

They will learn. Our athletes are so superior. Ash does not need to make a lot of plays, just a few to keep drives going. If he is to be a long term fixture, he needs to show he can perform without turning it over. He is a freshman and we cannot expect the world from him, just a steady performance but he does need to do that.

Not familiar with either of them but the two that I know of are:

Simon Goines and Evan Boehm.

Apparently DL Donald Hopkins has also openly said he is considering opening up his recruitment and reached out to UT. Guessing we are all full at DT.

But they are not having a smooth ride after the announcement. I thought all these kids were going to be falling all over themselves to play in the SEC, SEC, SEC.

Thanks Big Ern. Goines was quoted in an article posted over on BON about how MU recruits from Texas were a bit torn about the move to the SEC. I think he said he wanted to come to Mizzou to get revenge on teams like UT and OU that didn’t recruit him, but I thought he said he was fine with the move. It certainly didn’t say he was dropping the Tigers, nor did the article mention the other defections. I saw on Rivals that Williams said his decommitment had nothing to do with Mizzou’s move to the SEC. I think in both cases, the players are being a bit coy.

I did see that Gerry Hamilton said the Williams decommitment was expected by many and very well may have had nothing to do with the SEC move. I think Mizzou was on him early but he has shown interest in other schools for a while. There is speculation he will end up at Arky.

Funny Big Ern. One of Mizzou’s St. Louis recruits was saying the move would help them reel in DGB, since they guy would rather play against SEC teams than Big 12 teams. My main thought was the move to the SEC probably helps Arky more than Mizzou. For as much as I hate those pigfuckers, I would rather he go to Arkansas than OU.

I think Mizzou is in for a rough sledding for a long time. Aggy at least has a realistic shot at getting adequate talent to win since it is all right in their backyard. They can rely solely on recruiting their own state and trying to pick off a few kids from LA (easier said than done, but is still right next door to them).

I have no idea what in the hell Mizzou thinks they are going to do. 30+ kids a year on their roster from TX will not be sustained now that they will only play one game in TX every other year, and maybe not even that depending on how divisional alignment shakes out. Even in its best years, Mizzou can’t close its own borders with Okie and Arky poaching from the southern parts of the State and the Big X routinely picking off the top kids out of STL and KC.

burntorangejuice said: November 9th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
"Another decisive factor will be whether Texas can efficiently block the Mizzou OTs."

“Assuming you meant DT’s, I think Harsin will be able to scheme around the difficulty of dealing with their big fellas in the middle.”

Yes, I did mean DTs. What do you think Harsin’s approach might be? If you run inside, you have to block the DTs. To avoid the DTs, you can run outside or quick pass. Running inside has been an essential part of Texas attack lately. If you devote 2 blockers to blocking the DT, that is one less blocker for other purposes (such as blocking an LB).

BTW, Texas and Mizzou have the same record (1-2) vs their 3 common opponents: OU, OSU, and ISU.

Yeah, Insano, child rape is definitely humorous. Ha. ha.— Sorry UTHookem. You are absolutley right.

Unfortunately for you…that’s not what I said and it was a nice try on your part to make me look like an asshole. The only one that looks like an asshole is you…for trying to be the voice of morality on a fucking blog you dumbshit.

Anal Rape on Hayseeds from College Station…now that is fucking funny. Whether you think it is or isn’t…I could give a flying fuck. Get over yourself.

Aggie Jack is in dreamland. I cannot believe how stupid these aggies are. It is the funniest thing I have read in years. Don’t you realize that you will be the laughing stock of the SEC???

Guys this stupid and arrogant guy is a real aggie. He is not just joking around like Aggie Rick which makes him so much funnier. Go back to smoking what you were AJ.

That is funny Capt.!!!!!!!!!!

Dr. Von Gigglesworth said:

November 9th, 2011 at 8:31 am

Guys like Aggie Jack make me all the more eager to watch the hayseeds down at B-CS get repeatedly Sandusky’d next year by the teams in the SEC.

Yes, it IS funny, Giggles…hope we Sandusky/Ned Beatty-Deliverance the mouthy Mizzou DT Saturday also!

I think were going to run all over Missouri, control the clock and beat them by 20.

The only one that looks like an asshole is you…for trying to be the voice of morality on a fucking blog you dumbshit.

To each his own I guess, but I’m with uthookem. There’s not much room for joking about the PSU calamity. And some people – myself included – act the same on here as I would if I was in a bar or anywhere else.

I can’t find any humor in this situation other than to point out that Eric Cartman right all along; Gingers have no soul. And even then I’m only semi foolin’.

Fuck Mike McQueary.

Kafka,

“What do you think Harsin’s approach might be? "

“To avoid the DTs, you can run outside or quick pass.’

There you go. We’ve got Fozzy, DJ Monroe, Marquise Goodwin, David Ash, Malcolm Brown, and Joe Bergeron. I’d say we’ve got the speed to pick up some long plays, and the power when we need to convert a 3rd and short. Plus we’ve get a chessmaster in Harsin. Call me a homer. I just have faith we can get it done.

Also, those big boys are gonna get tired. I’m fairly certain the fourth quarter is when we’ll roll up some yards on the ground. That is assuming we’re not playing catch up and throwing a bunch in the fourth.

burntorange——if we cannot get it done something is wrong. They are not even .500 so like someone said unless our quarterback is just no good, we should win.

“… the most respected football program in the southwest …”

Really? Do you Aggies really expect Bama, LSU, Florida, and the rest of the SEC to respect you the morning after a night a seriously buttfucking you to tears? We’re going to enjoy watching your misery much more than you could possibly comprehend.

One is not an @$$hole for thinking that gratuitous references to the child rapist Sandusky are tasteless, nor for pointing it out on a blog. I tend to agree with uthookem and TG. It’s just a difference of opinion as to what constitutes poor taste.

difference of opinion as to what constitutes poor taste.

God knows the InnerTube is where one can expect to find quintessential Good Taste, and one must stand prepared as a Defender of the Taste to leap into protection mode to make sure that Tasteless @$$holes are identified and called to account.

“@$$hole”? Really? Ballpark of sh!t and fvck, yeah? One of my grandfathers was a Good Catholic who thought Jesus would have his hems soiled if someone said FUCK! So he said FFFF-OOEY! when he hit his thumb with a hammer. But we knew what he meant.

EweTube – Internet for agy? I’ll bet someone’s already registered it, but haven’t figured out what to do with it yet.

Thanks Kafka…..

I expect the trick plays to reemerge this week. Double reverses will be naturally complemented by the double reverse halfback pass. Run those big fat fatties 40 yards laterally a couple of times and those power O’s will start to click. Harsinwhite knows what time it is; they’ll be more than capable of handling this setup.

This prolly belongs in the (upcoming) Q&A;, but I’m likely to forget before that comes around, so I’ll ask now…

Does the Asset or one of his confreres have a read which he can and will share with us about the extent to which Applewhite is learning from Harsin (or vice-versa)?