Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Surly Horns

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business & Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Advertise... Tailgate Donations

Featured Replies

14 minutes ago, gmr548 said:




I mean I think the assumption is most posters are older than like 13 lol
 

I mean given some of the posts on this board I'm not sure that is a safe assumption.

  • Replies 661
  • Views 47.3k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Most Popular Posts

  • Let me get this straight... We were missing 4 starters most of the game. We turned the ball over 3 times. We dropped a pick in our own end zone. We committed a bunch of mental pena

  • im just here for the overreactions

  • You guys always say this when things don't go our way. We got outplayed. This game was won on the OFF SCRIPT plays. Period.

Posted Images

1 hour ago, Skipper said:

Have we not scored out of that package this season? Am I misremembering another similar failure?  Maybe I'm wrong but of the things I second guess I just don't have an issue with those runs.  I probably would have put a 95% success rate of scoring on 1/3 plays out of that package.

I have no problem with it 2 of the first 3 downs. 

15 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I’ll still say this:

Texas is 11-18 in the RRS since 1995, 8-16 since 2000.

What are peoples thoughts as to why that record is what it is?

A lot of those OU teams were just flat out better than we were.  Looking at it since 2000.  We were clearly better in 2005.  Clearly better in 2009 (and barely won that one).  Any others I'm missing where we were clear (10+ point) favorites?  Obviously I guess 21 once Gabriel was hurt.  Teams, on paper, were pretty equal in 01, 02 and 08.   I think they were slightly better when we won in 18 and we were slightly better on paper yesterday with the L.   OU just had a great run in the Stoops era with a pretty seamless handoff to Riley and it's showed in the results.

Edited by Skipper

20 hours ago, lilMAC25 said:

IMG_3421.thumb.jpeg.757aecf976250d39135ea84862641d53.jpeg

 

 

from the game thread.

this actually doesn’t piss me off, i understand the logic of what he was trying to do 

2 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Sorry, but last yr Texas and Sark beat blOU 

49 - 0  🤘

we played a backup qb who couldn’t complete a forward pass 

Edited by FORTY NINE TO ZERO
words

5 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

i'm sure someone has already replied but in case not......   that's excactly what he said he told them just before they came out on the field

Well fuck me sideways, maybe he is an idoit 

1 hour ago, gmr548 said:

Sark is 0-2 in actual football games against OU and has produced two losses that will be shown in OU highlight videos 30 years from now.


WTF?

 

31 minutes ago, FORTY NINE TO ZERO said:

this actually doesn’t piss me off, i understand the logic of what he was trying to do 

we played a backup qb who couldn’t complete a fordward pass 


That's right, and even with Casey Thompson as QB we almost beat the Sooners.

1 hour ago, Skipper said:

I probably would have put a 95% success rate of scoring on 1/3 plays out of that package.

Not with 40% of our starting OL out.  Shit I was shocked we didn't false start with 2 DL dancing around in the backfield.

Fully expected (and wanted to see) JT or Helm at least on 3rd down after the first two down disasters.  Sark went full Herm there.

27 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I’ll still say this:

Texas is 11-18 in the RRS since 1995, 8-16 since 2000.

What are peoples thoughts as to why that record is what it is?

Mack never got the importance of Texas OU and what it could for his season. VY and Colt were more of a factor than Mack in the only wins we got in that decade. Then we had multiple head coaches who each got a win, seamingly out of nowhere. We've lost to OU by a combined 11 points under Sark and could've have won both with defensive stops that didn't happen. I think Venables and Sark are where the series can get reset. We're now almost 10 years removed from Mack. 

1 hour ago, Pancho said:

8-16 since 2000.

What are peoples thoughts as to why that record is what it is?

Mack Brown, Charlie Strong, Tom Herman on one side, Bob Stoops and Lincoln Riley on the other 

I’ll still say this:
Texas is 11-18 in the RRS since 1995, 8-16 since 2000.
What are peoples thoughts as to why that record is what it is?

Oklahoma is a more successful football program than Texas, certainly for most of that time period, so you would expect a losing record. I don’t think it’s necessarily more complicated than that.

Unless we win a rematch, we’re now guaranteed not to win consecutive games against OU from 2009 until AT LEAST 2025. Considering the programs’ trajectories over that time, it’s not shocking, but fuck is it painful.

52 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Mack never got the importance of Texas OU and what it could for his season. VY and Colt were more of a factor than Mack in the only wins we got in that decade. Then we had multiple head coaches who each got a win, seamingly out of nowhere. We've lost to OU by a combined 11 points under Sark and could've have won both with defensive stops that didn't happen. I think Venables and Sark are where the series can get reset. We're now almost 10 years removed from Mack. 

I think he go it but figured out how hopeless the situation was that he intentionally downplayed it.  

1 hour ago, Hornius Emeritus said:


That's right, and even with Casey Thompson as QB we almost beat the Sooners.

Yea they beat us with Nate hybl and Paul thompson 

2 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

 

Can we not get a Texas version of Nick saban or Barry switzer?

 

Uhh,

[Insert] MackBrownCurse.jpg [/img]

Edited by JoseMedinaDeJesus

2 hours ago, Pancho said:

I’ll still say this:

Texas is 11-18 in the RRS since 1995, 8-16 since 2000.

What are peoples thoughts as to why that record is what it is?

I'm gonna start it off with 4 Heisman winning QBs

Edited by MonkeyDoughnut

On 10/7/2023 at 3:05 PM, lilMAC25 said:

The 4 runs on the goal line?

Up tempo with 4 min left leaving OU with plenty of time to drive for the winning score?

Running the ball on 3-9?

 

Im sure there are plenty of other instances.

that goal line stand was difficult to comprehend. their DL was not supposed to be this sturdy.  But overal they were the more physical team .  

4 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

I'm gonna start it off with 4 Heisman winning QBs

Two of which couldn’t get a cup of coffee in the pros. 

1 minute ago, AllenTx75 said:

that goal line stand was difficult to comprehend. their DL was not supposed to be this sturdy.  But overal they were the more physical team .  

Almost always are.  Angry football team against us.  

Almost always are.  Angry football team against us.  

This is the only explanation I’d add to them just bring the more successful program. I don’t mean this in the same way we say it about Baylor or Tech, but Oklahoma seems to have the intensity/aggression edge more often than not. They just seem to care about the game a little more than Texas does. Again, that’s not an excuse. Envy, if anything.
12 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

If you don't think intensity/fire played a role here, I don't know what to tell you.  Per 995, Sark told his team to "withstand the surge" and play collected all week.  In his pregrame interview, he said he told the team to "have fun."  That shit makes Mack moist.  You have to approach the OU game like a prison fight and it was obvious we did not match OU's intensity in the 1st quarter or even for the whole game for that matter.  If you gave their staff our talent advantage, they would have beaten us badly. 

This is all true. 

9 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

Yeah sometimes the football team you root for loses. There is still a lot of season left. If you're a gloom and doomer have fun with that shit but don't expect everyone else to be the same way or wanna put up with it.

Texas losing to OU historically dooms our season in the Big 12 era. It’s why we have hardly won any Big 12 championships. 

11 hours ago, Skipper said:

JFC.  The constant overreaction on this board in both directions never disappoints.

Yeah, what I love is the hindsight bias, relentless second-guessing, and pattern-matching to create dubious narratives and statistics that just prove that Sark isn't the guy and is much closer to Herman and Strong than to Saban or even Mack Brown.

I am pessimistic and cynical a great deal of the time.  I am also pretty optimistic at times, short of wildly so.  I can't figure myself out, but I am at least conscious of my tendencies.  "HOPE" I suppose is reasonably accurate, I tend to think it's more "I don't know shit about fuck" and can't predict the future, so I think I prefer "open-minded."

The FATE crew just doesn't resonate with me, for whatever reason.  They may ultimately be right.  For now, I think they're full of shit.

Edited by TwiceHorn

8 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

In 15 minutes, you guys are gonna be fuckin fine with this.  So I'll just sum it up this way, as fast as I can. 

That is the most humiliating game in the last fuckin 10 years I've been involved with. how can we fuckin not score 1st and goal from the 1? How could you fuckin do that? What do you think you are doing?  This isn’t some goddamn game!!! It’s about our lives!!!!! Like I said 15 minutes from now you won’t give a shit, but I gotta fucking live with this embarrassing game for the rest of my fucking life!!

I poured one out for this post, there will never, ever, be another Augie Garrido. Pos rep for that brother. 

13 minutes ago, gmr548 said:


This is the only explanation I’d add to them just bring the more successful program. I don’t mean this in the same way we say it about Baylor or Tech, but Oklahoma seems to have the intensity/aggression edge more often than not. They just seem to care about the game a little more than Texas does. Again, that’s not an excuse. Envy, if anything.

The Great Depression: Farms and Cities in the 1930s - Brewminate: A ...

Oklahoma ca. 1935.

image.thumb.png.4a9bcb1d3ef58c3b4007daddf17d8857.png

Austin Public Libary, 1936.

1 hour ago, gmr548 said:


This is the only explanation I’d add to them just bring the more successful program. I don’t mean this in the same way we say it about Baylor or Tech, but Oklahoma seems to have the intensity/aggression edge more often than not. They just seem to care about the game a little more than Texas does. Again, that’s not an excuse. Envy, if anything.

Never heard an ou player or coach undersell the rivalry.  Their recruits have always done the horns down.  It’s the culture 

Sark with the "just have fun" is just mind numbingly stupid.  the only 2 players I want loose are the QB and the Kicker.  
 

Everyone else needs to be wound tighter than a fucking drum and so angry they are ready to snap at any point.  we keep getting beat mostly because our coaches are pussies.

Just to add some fuel to the fire, Ewers was 11-11 on routes 11-20 yards.

7 hours ago, Pancho said:

I’ll still say this:

Texas is 11-18 in the RRS since 1995, 8-16 since 2000.

What are peoples thoughts as to why that record is what it is?

Charlie Strong.  He was the worst coach in Texas history and he left the cupboard mostly bare.  Absolutely zero depth.  We weren't any better in talent than half the Big 12.

Before the last 6 years, UT and OU were dead even in the post DKR era.

I don't like the just have fun mantra either. Pissed off people win football games, not people out to have fun. If you want to have fun go to 6 Flags.

4 hours ago, bullet said:

Charlie Strong.  He was the worst coach in Texas history and he left the cupboard mostly bare.  Absolutely zero depth.  We weren't any better in talent than half the Big 12.

Before the last 6 years, UT and OU were dead even in the post DKR era.

He’s not the reason. He was a tremendous loser, but Mack Brown shit all over the field in the Cotton Bowl for years before Charlie was stealing money from us. The OU game no place for pussies. 

9 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

Texas losing to OU historically dooms our season in the Big 12 era. It’s why we have hardly won any Big 12 championships. 

It's absolute horse shit that Mack couldn't beat ok-state or k-state some of those years and go play for the big 12 championship, even after losing to blOwU, more than he did. 

3 minutes ago, WinningIsHard said:

It's absolute horse shit that Mack couldn't beat ok-state or k-state some of those years and go play for the big 12 championship, even after losing to blOwU, more than he did. 

And yet here we are. Not sure why people are declaring it’s no big deal, we’ll just win the rematch. This game was just blood in the water for the K-States of the world. We’re getting everyone’s best shot. 

2 hours ago, Hard Times said:

I don't like the just have fun mantra either. Pissed off people win football games, not people out to have fun. If you want to have fun go to 6 Flags.

Six flags? That’s torture, not fun. Place is a massive shit box.

34 minutes ago, WinningIsHard said:

It's absolute horse shit that Mack couldn't beat ok-state or k-state some of those years and go play for the big 12 championship, even after losing to blOwU, more than he did. 

You forgot Tech... blOU lost to A&M and Okie Lite in 2002 and basically rolled out the red carpet for us to go to the Big 12 title game, only for Kingsbury to slaughter our defense and send us to the Cotton Bowl.

Then they did it again in 2008

37 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

And yet here we are. Not sure why people are declaring it’s no big deal, we’ll just win the rematch. This game was just blood in the water for the K-States of the world. We’re getting everyone’s best shot. 

k-state does run their QB well, just hope their QB plays like shit like he did vs okie lite.

WTF happened on Friday kstate ???

1 hour ago, WinningIsHard said:

It's absolute horse shit that Mack couldn't beat ok-state or k-state some of those years and go play for the big 12 championship, even after losing to blOwU, more than he did. 

Most years, a loss to OU meant we were trailing them in BigXii South and they had to lose 2 for us to sneak in.

Edited by lilMAC25

10 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

Most years, a loss to OU meant we were trailing them in BigXii South and they had to lose 2 for us to sneak in.

But we also don’t play everyone this year so don’t have that opportunity to break a tie with them head to head. 

1 hour ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Nobody's goal is to have fun in a street fight.

Mostly true, but the two midget MMA bros who kicked the shit out of the two 0U footballers awhile back started out with big grins and "Which one do you want?" Granted, it was a bar fight, but only one door from the street.

15 hours ago, Pancho said:

We better not be related or your ass is grass at the next reunion 

   I don't want no smoke my guy!!

 

15 hours ago, Constant said:

Davis Beville was a 3 star out of high school. Davis Beville could not complete a forward pass last season. We did not have a RB playing QB, but we did have TE playing QB for a lot of the game. 

Screenshot(410).thumb.png.1e4f13b6e800dda419e8292918f1f8b5.png

 

Screenshot(411).png.dd23aa6019acd3333d271d57717c0ed6.png

 

Herp Derp Mother@*$ker

 

1 minute ago, Thatguy said:

Screenshot(410).thumb.png.1e4f13b6e800dda419e8292918f1f8b5.png

 

Screenshot(411).png.dd23aa6019acd3333d271d57717c0ed6.png

 

Herp Derp Mother@*$ker

 

To be fair, Gerg had a lot to do with the 2013 win.

Also, that offensive line gave Brown and Gray massive holes to run through.

50 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

Most years, a loss to OU meant we were trailing them in BigXii South and they had to lose 2 for us to sneak in.

2001, 2002, 2007, 2008....all of those seasons should have been big 12 titles for Texas. Add that to the 3 we won and all the sudden the narrative is different. It goes back to what Texas is willing to do to win big and often in football, and the answer is not as much as oklahoma, bama, ohio state etc. 

15 hours ago, Pancho said:

I’ll still say this:

Texas is 11-18 in the RRS since 1995, 8-16 since 2000.

What are peoples thoughts as to why that record is what it is?

   To be honest OU has largely had better systems in place than we did, so when talent was even they had the advantage there. With Stoops at the helm they were defensive minded. However, on offense they had The Pirate come in and install his shit and then Mangino took it from there. When that got stale they switched to the HUNH, and after that Riley came in and started running his stuff. Mack was still dicking around with a ball control offense and didn't even get around to consistent 11 personnel until and a basic ass ZR until VY. We thought it was amazing running 4 wides with Colt. Then Mack, after getting his QB hurt, decided to go back to the 1950's again.

  It's still the same. OU is running Briles O which makes reads easier, spreads the field, and let's your athletes eat. Ewers would be an absolute problem in that offense, but we run a pro-style which is way harder to operate.

Venables is a monster coach on defense and OU found a rising star as Offensive coach.   Texas and OU will play again and it will be up inthe air who wins.  What was more obvious is OU was more physical and more ready.  So yes coaching was the difference because Ewers played great ( except the interceptions) and the team clicked most of the day.

10 minutes ago, WinningIsHard said:

2001, 2002, 2007, 2008....all of those seasons should have been big 12 titles for Texas. Add that to the 3 we won and all the sudden the narrative is different. It goes back to what Texas is willing to do to win big and often in football, and the answer is not as much as oklahoma, bama, ohio state etc. 

'01, '02, and '08 were all one score losses that kept us from winning the B12. That's as much luck as it is anything and Mack didn't have a whole lot of that as evidenced by being 1 play each season from going back to back in 08/09 and 3 in 5 seasons. 

What would Saban's narrative looked like if Colt doesn't get hurt in '09, Ok State doesn't get snubbed in '11, or tOSU gets to play ND instead of Bama in '12? He would have won 0 championships in his first 6 years if the stars didn't align so perfect. 

14 hours ago, AllenTx75 said:

that goal line stand was difficult to comprehend. their DL was not supposed to be this sturdy.  But overal they were the more physical team .  

 

23 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

'01, '02, and '08 were all one score losses that kept us from winning the B12. That's as much luck as it is anything and Mack didn't have a whole lot of that as evidenced by being 1 play each season from going back to back in 08/09 and 3 in 5 seasons. 

What would Saban's narrative looked like if Colt doesn't get hurt in '09, Ok State doesn't get snubbed in '11, or tOSU gets to play ND instead of Bama in '12? He would have won 0 championships in his first 6 years if the stars didn't align so perfect. 

One score losses to colorado, and Texas tech though man. That's the overall theme at Texas, and I guess at this point it is what it is. Here is the problem with the what if scenario with saban, they gave him chances to win titles that he shouldn't have gotten...then he won the fucking title to prove that he deserved it anyway. It's hard to argue that he didn't deserve to be there when he won the game. Mack should have won those fucking games, especially if we are going to continue to shit on sark for not winning games we think he should. If we were all sensible we would realize that Texas isn't really a football school, it's an academic school that has a bad ass swim team, great track teams, good to great baseball teams, and in football we win a lot of games but very little else of significance. 

Sark said he would change nothing in terms of clock management on our last offensive drive.  

Ok cool.

There's a reason some coaches are better in close games than others.  

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business & Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Advertise... Tailgate Donations

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.