Here for the Wins

Rubell-Johnson come on down. It is a bit odd that people are seemingly scared of a frosh. Simmons played as a frosh in the SEC. Hill played as a frosh. Littleton played as a frosh. The freshman LBs are not being thrust into starting roles because they have to be.

Pretty sure Bobby has an NIL package.

“Where I need to see Siani improve is in his play strength and balance,” Renner said. “Often, those problems go hand in hand, as the latter compensates for the former. He gets overaggressive trying to make first contact and ends up on the turf. He'll have two years to fix that problem against SEC competition if he wants to.” This is an issue that likely triggers some for guys with limited experience when trying to get proper position on the defender. The defender then uses that against the blocker to toss them aside.

Not NFL talents. Your point is valid. Message boards give off a it’s either a 10 or a 1, which is not the case. We certainly would not have that drop off at LB if we lost a starter. And you still have 10 other high potential players on the field.

Sark didn’t completely allow for that versus Ohio State last year - 3rd and 3 from inside the 10 then back-to-back passes. We got 7 yards rushing on downs 1 and 2. We then went from the 9 to inside the 1 before the ill advised QB sneak. A QB sneak with G-C-G all covered, an MLB then another defender inside the RT. Very little the Oline could do there other than hope for a miracle. For Uga we actually got off to a good start. The complaint was we gave up on the run when really the missed passes fouled some drives up and then the 4th was out hand.

If this isn’t a post after my own heart, I don’t know what is.

This is shortsighted. If not for Tom Herman, I would have never known I’ve been dehydrated my whole life.

Hand raised for being so sensitive and having feelings on a sport site. I won’t apologize for that. Sports can be very personal. I suspect they are for Smith. I have no idea what triggered his actions and will never know all the details. For now I won’t have an opinion given that limited information. As a younger dude, I’m not sure that I would have been so reserved.

And if some other party failed to keep their word? Say regarding playing time?

I’d think success regarding points of emphasis matters most. Of course, we’re limited on that knowledge because it may be player specific. The defense was missing two of its biggest potential playmakers. No material injuries still may be the biggest goal.

This does not say Smith was out with the flu only that he’s out. I interpret as different statements.

@jdhdavis Good points. The small sample size is a limiting factor that often drowns out the overall actual play. That’s a historical flaw in player evaluation and play too. Then feelings take over. Then true evaluation is lost. ive read discussions that Sark was distracted last off season. The play calling and game the first says maybe true. That were so physical in practice now says similar.

And how’d you feel if voters passed on Kobe Bryant knowing he’d be there?

Sounds like some confusion. The Big Ticket gets access to tickets and was available at least in June. The Longhorn Foundation piece gets priority access. The foundation piece opened today. Basically reiterating your statements.

My post should have it was not a lack of physical talent rather than it was. He’s not top 25. But undefeated versus OU always worth a mention.

Blake, you have no idea how shitty the QB landscape was in the state of Texas at that time. High school and college. And it was lack of physical talent.

So still thinking? Hurry up.

Brackens was a shining light in an era of dark and ill-advised defensive schemes. I would have a hard time putting him over Hampton though.

The pressure rate was low. It’s not that there weren’t mistakes. The question is whether or not that’s abnormal. It’s one of two things (I’m open to other options). You screw up an assignment or you get beat straight up. This is one game in isolation. We start with a premise. We find 3 plays to prove a point. The data and the outcome would suggest those were minimal. So in evaluating the data, your assumption is that almost all other games, other players, other teams are straight up getting beat rather than blowing assignments. My assumption is that in the majority of games it’s a combination of both. Its a fans view of their own team rather taking a global perspective about the typical play around the nation.

We scored 41 points. The most Michigan gave up all season. Here is some PFF data. Arch was pressured on 19% of dropbacks, only 3 of 8 were attributed to pass protection. Goosby, Robertson, Shannon. So I guess we saw all of them in that video. After watching the film Guy, I kinda thought “is that all you got?” On the season there were 169 qualifying QBs included. Only 10 were pressured less than 25%. Only one, Carson Beck, at less than 20%. So that Michigan game was a pretty low pressure rate. It was our highest P4 pass blocking game of the season except maybe Arkansas. This is the Film Guy’s, 3rd review at least, about Arch. He sucks. Well maybe it’s his foot. It’s the Oline. This one for sure falls short in relation to what should be expected, what actually happens, what’s typical for any game. All games against good, relatively evenly matched competition will have these type plays. And the misfire on the throw, there is something to the pressure. I think that is massively lost in the OSU game. Some of these mechanical issues are because the QBs view is distorted so they become off platform or the timing is changed because the window isn’t clean. Even the end zone view doesn’t always tell that part of the story.

This is not correct. Not sure if you misquoted or if someone else misstated. I believe the 8% to be legitimate but not the 5%.

This is a big point. MSU and Vandy were big plays. Georgia could have been. We threw few of these in the games preceding Kentucky.

I think we’re kicking butt this year. Just play our game and the offense will hum along. Almost time to sit back and enjoy.

Stroh’s overall grade was 59.7. His pass blocking efficiency was 94.7. Not good but not horrible. And since he hasn’t played in 3 years, I’d expect growth out him. Brooks was 36.6 and sub-90. Drastic differences. And I don’t fault Brooks, but that’s the biggest head scratcher as to why he played. CJ also pointed out in the past week that Brooks allowed pressure on 16% of pass plays whereas all others were 6% or lower. Only one of those was horrible. Basically the same as efficiency just calculated differently. So why am I so adamant in defense? Because the narrative starts off misleading. Some plays yes. Some plays no. Guys miss blocks all the time. I’d guess it’s much closer to 0% of plays than 100% that all 5 make a block on a given play. And you know Arch can dodge one on just about any given play. And versus OSU we had more yards rushing and yards per carry than anyone. So that doesn’t really compute as to how he screwed that all up. Ole Miss. Of their top 5 Olinemen in terms of snap count, two graded lower than Stroh. You do not get sub-60s by winning every play. I’m not arguing Stroh is better but rather all the other points. On any run, that’s at least two guys losing the play. It didn’t destroy their run game.

Here is where I sit. Not an Oline expert but understand the game. PFF grades aren’t the end all, be all, but they provide a ton of context when no one can watch all their games. I understand why people watch only certain games, but that doesn’t convey context of whether that’s the standard game or a players best game or worst game. I will reiterate one of my points from several weeks ago. That essentially came up today. Our supposed strengths of the Oline last year had too many errors to start the season. It’s asinine to focus on the least experienced guy when versus OSU the majority of the big downs that we failed to execute was off the right side. Most teams 5th guy is mediocre at best. Go look at Ole Miss blocking grades. Compare our offensive output to Miamis, and they were universally a top 3 unit. LT, C, and Baker should all start better than we were a year ago. If Baker has a single with either 5 pressures or 2 penalties, I’d be surprised. And that was just OSU last year. Siani should ready. And the pass blocking efficiency outside of one LG was in a normality range. That alone works with this team. And without looking, our highest yards per carry last year came at the LG area. I’m not saying that’s because the LG but rather you can still make some hay even if you don’t have a plus player. And underappreciated last year was the return home. That helped the offense but also Sark opened up the screen game. Sub-10% versus OSU/UF, 20% versus Vandy. Our gameplans seemingly focused on us. Outliers early were UTEP at 70/30 run-pass and UF average depth of target at 20 yards. OSU didn’t replicate either. So a ln inexperienced team and we’re rolling different gameplans. I’m reasonably confident UF and Kentucky used their bye weeks to attack differently too. So that’s a lot of words to say if LG stands out, it’s likely because of unexpected issues elsewhere.