Bunk Moreland said:

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Apollo79 said:

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Ag1188 said:

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usmcbrooks said:

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Post game observation?


Lot of bleeders on here tonight.

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They've had a long 2 weeks with Cracker Barrel and all. Tears still drying.

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lol seems like those on the left are more upset by Cracker Barre, also it's a fan forum what do you expect? Same **** every year people *****ing about the people *****ing


Lol

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So what was your last handle?

Lol

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FPS doug

1) We have a couple very nice playmakers at WR now RE the two transfers.

2) Running game was underwhelming but not concerned about that. We know we have some legit RBs and a veteran OL.

3) only 'first week overreaction' concern I had after game was the run defense. Getting gashed for as much as we did. UTSA actually has some pretty decent players on offense and so wasn't unexpected for them to have a bit of success here and there, but that was too many rush yards than we should have given up.

4) no injuries!!!!

Apollo79 said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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Apollo79 said:

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Ag1188 said:

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usmcbrooks said:

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Post game observation?


Lot of bleeders on here tonight.

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They've had a long 2 weeks with Cracker Barrel and all. Tears still drying.

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lol seems like those on the left are more upset by Cracker Barre, also it's a fan forum what do you expect? Same **** every year people *****ing about the people *****ing


Lol

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So what was your last handle?

Lol

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FPS doug

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Our safety run fits are horrid! I watched Anderson whiff at least 3x, corner back play was improved, but if our safeties can't make open field tackles in space from C Gap to C Gap, then we will continue to give up explosive run plays

The front 7 didn't look good either, but it should never get past a safety for a 5-7 yard gain....

Very disappointed in Anderson last night.

Dez Ricks looked better. That was one of the few positive take aways I have

Anderson & York may be great young men, great teammates, and have the smarts to know where everyone should line up and what their responsibilities are. But from an execution standpoint, they are not players that should be starting if you want to be top tier. Time and time again they fill the wrong gap, overrun the play, or take a bad angle which results in an explosive play for the opponent.

npc said:

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No huddle isn't up yet (thx in advance Woodland), but I watched the 10 min highlight reel this morning. There aren't enough highlights to judge the continued porousness of the OL, but enough for some defense observations.

1. Onyedim is the best athlete amongst the DT rotation. He's also not consistently physical. He junks and swims himself out of fits. He eliminated himself on at least two big runs.
2. Regis is the best DT, and while I love Regis, this statement is a problem for the prospects of the defense.
3. Hicks. Oh boy. Dude's feet are stuck in mud. He looks more like a three star plugger in his fifth year than a former five star.
4. Howell. NFL athlete off the edge. Poor discipline in fits. If he cleans up the fits, he'll end up a top three round pick, maybe late first.
5. York. Yikes. He launches himself at ball carriers and just guesses at run fits. Middle backers often look awful when the DL is undisciplined, but I'm not inclined to give York the benefit of doubt when it looks the same as the prior three years.
6. Scooby. Most dynamic defender. Excellent athlete while also willing to be physical. He might be a pro.
7. Secondary. Lee can't set an edge. Ratcliffe is aggressive in a valuable way, but he's so, so easily ran out of a play AND doesn't change direction well. Anderson as a starter speaks to depth issues, IMO - he's slow and undisciplined. On a positive, the corners were actually on top of the WRs the vast majority of the night. Lee, Ricks, and Chappell were in tight coverage, but Mccown made some dime throws on slants and UTSA made tough contested catches.

Everything in the front seven was a problem. Secondary can cover, but can't tackle nor set contain. Defense looks finesse and undisciplined, which speaks to a coaching and prep deficit.

A few games into Jimbo's second season I declared him "not the guy" because the offense had no dynamism, I could predict the exact play about 50% of the time, and the team was undisciplined (full of penalties and technique failures). I'm not there with Elko, yet, but, he's suppose to be a defensive mensch and all I saw last night was a defense that was less physical than an AAC squad and had abysmal fit discipline. They looked poorly coached.

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Very generous of you to not call for firing Elko after the second year in the first game of the season.

vander54 said:

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SBDavis87 said:

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takeaways:

(1) we rushed for 108 yards for the game
our opponent rushed for 373 yards for the game

(2) no one listens to a "disciplinarian" who looks like the pillsbury doughboy

(3) 'ole Sarge has never been a blimp lookin mascot

(4) when the hope-ium wears off, see number (1) above

(5) most champions don't "pull away late" from teams with no returning starters on one side of the ball.

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1. They only had 473 yards total. They ran for 203 though.

2. So stupud

Well really #2 is good for your entire post.

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ESPN posted two different totals, here's the published correction:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup/_/gameId/401752678

So you act like 203 yards against our 110 yards is a wonderful thing.

Just so the queen of positivity, doesn't have her panties in a knot over the yardage they ran on us, I want to apologize for posting that they didn't nearly triple our rushing yardage, they only nearly double it.

I'm actually encouraged overall, and I have a tendency to sway negative quickly.. I think some of the run fit issues are easy fixes or some guys will simply not see the field again.

SBDavis87 said:

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vander54 said:

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SBDavis87 said:

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takeaways:

(1) we rushed for 108 yards for the game
our opponent rushed for 373 yards for the game

(2) no one listens to a "disciplinarian" who looks like the pillsbury doughboy

(3) 'ole Sarge has never been a blimp lookin mascot

(4) when the hope-ium wears off, see number (1) above

(5) most champions don't "pull away late" from teams with no returning starters on one side of the ball.

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1. They only had 473 yards total. They ran for 203 though.

2. So stupud

Well really #2 is good for your entire post.

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ESPN posted two different totals, here's the published correction:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup/_/gameId/401752678

So you act like 203 yards against our 110 yards is a wonderful thing.

Just so the queen of positivity, doesn't have her panties in a knot over the yardage they ran on us, I want to apologize for posting that they didn't nearly triple our rushing yardage, they only nearly double it.

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Love the pot bangers. Nowhere did I say it was wonderful. Just correcting your error.

Also when you get one chunk play like they did it does tend to skew the results.

Now I'm not justifying them getting 200 yards running since I have to be super clear with you.

ccolley68 said:

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We suck…again

Who gives up nearly 200 yards to a single UTSA RB before the 4th quarter? A perennial loser that's who

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I take it by "prerrenial loser" you mean a team that will be grateful to not lose against teams it should beat handily and get curb-stomped by any team with a decent record, and to be obliterated at the end of the season by the team they wished they'd never play again.

Or, you could have just said "The Aggies."

Agree with OP. Good summary.

Lots of good observations that I agree with here.

I think my biggest disappointment is that after all the "culture" talk by Elko, the on the field "culture" seems to be the same as it has been for a while. We are a finesse team that can't move either line of scrimmage, miss far too many tackles, commit critical penalties, and just don't have a general nastiness that is needed to be a great SEC team.

I was hoping to see a lot of that addressed in Elko's "culture", but I didn't on Saturday night. Hopefully it is coming as they get comfortable playing together and start to face stiffer competition.

The OP and 1st page comments on this thread just proves how little most Texags posters really understand football. Inventing things to be upset about.

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Highlights were the two Portal additions.

Lowlight was the run Defense. Not sure how that gets fixed, and if the talent is there. We would have gotten it handed to us tonight by a good SEC team.

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good thing then that Notre Dame can't run the ball!

Front seven got moved early, especially on inside zone, and the LB fits were late. Reed's rhythm short was better, but the deep balls sailed, need PA shots off a real run threat. The new wideouts help a ton on third down. Special teams looked dialed, which we'll need at South Bend.I actually covered some travel costs by selling CS2 skins this week with Skinomat, signed in via Steam and cashed out to PayPal in seconds. If only our run fits were that quick and clean.

With the transfer of elite DL recruits at end of 2023 season and 3 more DL starters going to NFL after 2024 along with no size/physicality at LB we are basically turning into a B12 defense. The new WR additions are great, but again due to lack of size similar to QB they will get worn down through SEC play. Not giving up on Elko as 2026 recruiting looks like a real SEC class. We're just work-in-progress for the time being.

8-4 or worse, Elko is a dead man walking.

Cajun Ag 86 said:

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8-4 or worse, Elko is a dead man walking.

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Probably not.

DL is not small

vander54 said:

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DL is not small

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Hopefully they will not stink against another inferior opponent tomortow.

1. We might fix some D problems, but we'll still have at least a few bad tacklers. Many 10+ yd gains that should have been 3.

2. Linebavkers rotating to the "right" spot on pass play, but totally unaware of where the rcvr is coming from and hiw out of position they will be when and if the QB goes to him.

3. Something is wrong with our O linemen. We appear weaker than the opposition far too often. Moss covered up a lot last year- not sure he can do it this year.