Another Boring SEC championship game
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You keep referring to F+ when it fits your argument, but when it doesn't, we get crickets from you. Make up your mind, are you all in on F+ or not. If you aren't, stop referring to it.
Second F+ isn't used to select playoff teams or appoint a champion. It's a useless rating system that has no merit. Your arguments when using F+ are meaningless because the F+ system is not used to select playoff teams.
Ewers is really holding Texas back.
He's not a good quarterback. Sure he can throw pretty deep ball.
Doesn't look like they give him an option to sight adjust or audible. He doesn't know how to read a defense.
Definitely a snoozer.
He's not a good quarterback. Sure he can throw pretty deep ball.
Doesn't look like they give him an option to sight adjust or audible. He doesn't know how to read a defense.
Definitely a snoozer.
I detailed the D nuances vs USC in past posts. They gave up yards. Bent but didn't break. In an away rivalry vs a talented USC offense that went for broke.
ND weathered it all to beat USC by 14. Highest margin of defeat this season by USC. Add in that 1st fumble that led to a TD, garbage time TD with reserves, a missed GF.
The margin is deceptively close. Not the other way around. The D endured and grinned out 2 pick-6s at the goal line.
My conclusion: ND had an outlier mediocre day vs USC, but yet heavily contributed to victory, adjusting and making key plays on talent and willpower...still elite in my book. They will keep improving in the next month, hopefully in a deep playoff run.
To be fair, I thought he played ok. His receivers also dropped some crucial passes. Texas is good. Sarkisian knows what he is doing with all the resources you can ask for.
I think Texas will become an elite team. They are in the playoffs, singed by 2 losses to Georgia. Solid enough schedule.
They like ND are in a position to keep improving and peak at the right time.
If his team can keep his pocket clean, the kid can ball out for sure and he's got a lot of fancy weapons and throws a great ball. He's had great flashes but when it comes to mental mistakes he really implodes.
He doesn't play like he has it between the ears tbh. He never knows where the pressure is coming from (I'm assuming as an experienced qb is calling protection), doesn't know when he has man or 2 deep safeties. Missed an easy indicator of cover 2 man late in the game to take off with his legs with a wide open run. No site adjusts when UGA blitzes off the corner and receivers are taking off running to the coverage instead of sitting down.
There is zero chance Sark gives him the keys to the program next year. Sark is loyal to fault with this kid and they're likely going to relegate Manning to a package guy in the playoffs (they shouldn't), but I don't think the loyalty is extended to next season.
Good points.
They do seem an elite QB away from being a monster. That OL and running game.
Their D seems REALLY good. Fast, athletic, big. Will only get better.
Texas is a committed football culture with serious resources. Big $$$. Incredible talent pool in Texas and a big enough brand nationally to reach far.
Sarkisian is already good and young enough to evolve even more and be vigorous. Again, I see parallels to ND, but for maybe 1 possible difference: Texas can recruit any academic level, ND can't.
But, in an age of NIL and transfers, as we all keep discussing...this might not be the gap it once was. It's harder to stack talent and keep it. ND just might have enough critical mass talent, coupled with more stability, rounding with transfers in key positions, leveraging its brand and big $$$...to compete with the top 4 and to win a NC.
I'm hoping this comes true this playoff.
I agree 1000% and talked to my brother in law over thanksgiving (huge ut fan) about what you said about parallels and how ND needs to get more friendly with undergrad options.
UT is in a desirable metro where students are happy to plant roots after graduation and they have a lot of football friendly majors.. about half of their team is in a general studies program. Few and far between their football stars take on a challenging major.
“They don't have a couple of teams that could probably compete in the NFL this season (like some SEC teams in the past) but top to bottom that conference might be more stacked than its ever been.”
One of the dumber comments in a litany of dumb comments from this poster.
One of the dumber comments in a litany of dumb comments from this poster.
