For reals ? or !

[sonofdaxjones]

I don't see how anyone can say we're clearly the best team in the conference.

We beat a decent OU team, that's lost 4 out its last 7 conference games.   

[steve dave]

I really have faith this team could win all of them.  Seriously.  I'm not going to be at all surprised if Texas or WVU or even OSU gets us

wow, bold stance here CF3

[steve dave]

OU team, that's lost 4 out its last 7 conference games.   

good stat

[MakeItRain]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

[Cartierfor3]

I really have faith this team could win all of them.  Seriously.  I'm not going to be at all surprised if Texas or WVU or even OSU gets us

wow, bold stance here CF3

  Yeah that was bad.  What I meant was I believe we CAN win them all, yet a loss to UT, WVU, or OSU won't shock me.  My EXPECTATION is a share of the Dr. Pep. 

[steve dave]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

yeah, do I drunkenly recall some "check with me" at one point?

[Cartierfor3]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

If there ever was an example of him trusting his players, it was the 2nd half though.  Going for 4th and 1 in our own territory, the play calls on the 3rd & 11 and 3rd & 12 etc. 

[MakeItRain]

I really have faith this team could win all of them.  Seriously.  I'm not going to be at all surprised if Texas or WVU or even OSU gets us

wow, bold stance here CF3

  Yeah that was bad.  What I meant was I believe we CAN win them all, yet a loss to UT, WVU, or OSU won't shock me.  My EXPECTATION is a share of the Dr. Pep.

so what you're saying is that we can go undefeated but we can also lose one or two? 

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Great thread. Has totally paid for my premium subscription for the week

[Cartierfor3]

I really have faith this team could win all of them.  Seriously.  I'm not going to be at all surprised if Texas or WVU or even OSU gets us

wow, bold stance here CF3

  Yeah that was bad.  What I meant was I believe we CAN win them all, yet a loss to UT, WVU, or OSU won't shock me.  My EXPECTATION is a share of the Dr. Pep.

so what you're saying is that we can go undefeated but we can also lose one or two? 

Capable of 12-0.  I expect 10-2 and a Dr. Pep. 

[Sandstone Outcropping]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

If there ever was an example of him trusting his players, it was the 2nd half though.  Going for 4th and 1 in our own territory, the play calls on the 3rd & 11 and 3rd & 12 etc.

Someone w/ HFBIQ -- why didn't we go for the second fourth and short in the 3Q? Was it an issue of not liking the look that the defense gave, or what?

[MakeItRain]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

If there ever was an example of him trusting his players, it was the 2nd half though.  Going for 4th and 1 in our own territory, the play calls on the 3rd & 11 and 3rd & 12 etc.

It was clear that it was his intent to play it very close to the vest and loosen as the game progressed.  I would have preferred we didn't do that but we won so...

Also I don't think those third down play calls took much courage, we had no shot in converting them with runs, running in either case would have been the ultimate "playing not to lose."  IMO the full credit for those plays should be with the execution of them.

[The1BigWillie]

We will lose at least 2 games between TCU, OSU, UT, and WVU... We will lose one between TT, BU, and ISU.  3 losses kids.  Phil Steele isn't Phil Steele because he's stupid.   

[ben ji]

We will lose at least 2 games between TCU, OSU, UT, and WVU... We will lose one between TT, BU, and ISU.  3 losses kids.  Phil Steele isn't Phil Steele because he's stupid.   

Take it back or I'll tell Amanda

[Shacks]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

If there ever was an example of him trusting his players, it was the 2nd half though.  Going for 4th and 1 in our own territory, the play calls on the 3rd & 11 and 3rd & 12 etc.

Someone w/ HFBIQ -- why didn't we go for the second fourth and short in the 3Q? Was it an issue of not liking the look that the defense gave, or what?

There isn't anyone with a high enough FB IQ to explain the schemes of

He had his reasons and I'm satisfied with them, even if I can't fully understand them

[Boom Roasted]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

If there ever was an example of him trusting his players, it was the 2nd half though.  Going for 4th and 1 in our own territory, the play calls on the 3rd & 11 and 3rd & 12 etc.

It was clear that it was his intent to play it very close to the vest and loosen as the game progressed.  I would have preferred we didn't do that but we won so...

Also I don't think those third down play calls took much courage, we had no shot in converting them with runs, running in either case would have been the ultimate "playing not to lose."  IMO the full credit for those plays should be with the execution of them.

I thought all the long shots down the sideline on 3rd & 4 and 3rd & 6 were pretty crappy.  Would have much preferred a draw, play action, TE dump, screen, reverse, etc.  We just arent going to complete many fades down the sideline.  Especially against corners as good as OU's.

[pissclams]

Coming into the season every one of us would have been okay with 10-2 or 9-3.  To get to those marks we had to win at least 3 of these games. @ OU, @WVU, OSU, @TCU, UT.  We've won 1 of these games, not two or three.  Nothing has changed, we're on the way but have plenty of work to do, not to mention having to navigate trap games like @ISU and hosting TT.

I'll revisit my stance after flood aggy and coal aggy.

nothing has changed since the begining of the season?  that's weird, i thought we were in week 5.  a lot has changed, namely how much information we have about the teams.

eta- i'm not saying we're going to run the table, because I still think we're going to have a couple of N Texas type performances

[Emo EMAW]

Hey dumbasses, we took last year's conference champ to the wire on the road, and we're better this year.  We'll be fine.

[8manpick]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

If there ever was an example of him trusting his players, it was the 2nd half though.  Going for 4th and 1 in our own territory, the play calls on the 3rd & 11 and 3rd & 12 etc.

Someone w/ HFBIQ -- why didn't we go for the second fourth and short in the 3Q? Was it an issue of not liking the look that the defense gave, or what?

It was a full yard to go, as opposed to just a few inches like the previous one, which is much, much harder to convert. I'm not sure why we blew the timeout if we were going to take a penalty and then punt though.  That seemed silly.

[The1BigWillie]

Hey dumbasses, we took last year's conference champ to the wire on the road, and we're better this year.  We'll be fine.

And we'll be fine with 9-3. That's where we'll end up. 

[Dr Rick Daris]

as chingon mentioned, this schedule is the hardest bill has ever faced. hard to fathom getting through it but, man, maybe. WVU has a pretty pud schedule the rest of the way. their only road games of any substance are @TX and @OSU. They get us, OU, TCU and Baylor at home.

Everyone cheer your taints off for Baylor tonight.

Midnight Yell practice?

it's almost like pete didn't even read my "race for the b12 championship" thread where i broke down every important conference game including time and channel. it's like sometimes i just have to say why do i even bother? you'd be better off building model trains rick daris is what i sometimes think.

 http://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=23050.0

[420seriouscat69]

No one knows percentages better than LHCBS. He'd probably curb stomp you in poker. I'd fold every goddamn time.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

If there ever was an example of him trusting his players, it was the 2nd half though.  Going for 4th and 1 in our own territory, the play calls on the 3rd & 11 and 3rd & 12 etc.

Someone w/ HFBIQ -- why didn't we go for the second fourth and short in the 3Q? Was it an issue of not liking the look that the defense gave, or what?

It was a full yard to go, as opposed to just a few inches like the previous one, which is much, much harder to convert. I'm not sure why we blew the timeout if we were going to take a penalty and then punt though.  That seemed silly.

I guess this was my question. Why waste the timeout if you knew you wanted to punt anyway. Can't you try to draw them offsides without using a timeout. I'll stop nitpicking and shut up

[Rage Against the McKee]

We will lose at least 2 games between TCU, OSU, UT, and WVU... We will lose one between TT, BU, and ISU.  3 losses kids.  Phil Steele isn't Phil Steele because he's stupid.   

Finishing 9-3 would still make Phil Steele look Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!).

[Skipper44]

I don't think we executed as well as we could have against OU. Don't get me wrong, we played mistake free. But in terms of our best game, I don't think that was our ceiling. Just my opinion.

didn't love the 1st half play calling, I thought  fell into his old trap of not trusting his players

If there ever was an example of him trusting his players, it was the 2nd half though.  Going for 4th and 1 in our own territory, the play calls on the 3rd & 11 and 3rd & 12 etc.

Someone w/ HFBIQ -- why didn't we go for the second fourth and short in the 3Q? Was it an issue of not liking the look that the defense gave, or what?

It was a full yard to go, as opposed to just a few inches like the previous one, which is much, much harder to convert. I'm not sure why we blew the timeout if we were going to take a penalty and then punt though.  That seemed silly.

I guess this was my question. Why waste the timeout if you knew you wanted to punt anyway. Can't you try to draw them offsides without using a timeout. I'll stop nitpicking and shut up

maybe OB watched a replay of the first sneak when the oline got zero push during the time out and changed his mind