🏈 Texas Football: "A win at Bama will set the tone for them to embark on a championship season... Just go get it done."

 

[TerryP]

Comparison question: Which QB would you rather face?

 

[AirForceBamaFan]

Comparison question: Which QB would you rather face?

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How many total attempts, total yards and offensive scoring average?

 

[alabama mike]

Just win baby!

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Really looking forward to game. Several offers on my tickets...lowers west....shade...
Don't know what it would take to let them go....nobody has gone there yet....

 

[JoshB]

Memories ...

Tyrod Taylor didn't scare me, at all, that season. He was too inconsistent in 2008 to be a worry. What sealed it for me was what Beamer said prior to the game in one of his press conferences. In essence, "a loss to Bama won't affect our ability to win the conference." To me, it was over before it started. I'm surprised they were still close at the half.

Thoughts on this Texas game that he was comparing it to?

 

[TerryP]

Thoughts on this Texas game that he was comparing it to?

I have several, but let's start here.

I was sorta goofin' around this morning with the graphic I posted in the second post in this thread.

On the left is Ewers vs Bama. On the right is Ewers vs the rest of his schedule. You've seen "he lit us up" more than a couple of times, I'm sure. And it's true. He was having a good day.

BUT, what we saw in that limited time was not the QB Ewers was last season. "Did you see what he did to OU?" That doesn't mean anything to me. All I see is a QB that's inconsistent.

I believe he'll be a better QB. I also believe he has the weakness of "being able to be gotten to." Head case type of a QB demonstrated by how he gets up for some games, down for others.

Key? Defensive line for Bama.

 

[BamaFan334]

I have several, but let's start here.

I was sorta goofin' around this morning with the graphic I posted in the second post in this thread.

On the left is Ewers vs Bama. On the right is Ewers vs the rest of his schedule. You've seen "he lit us up" more than a couple of times, I'm sure. And it's true. He was having a good day.

BUT, what we saw in that limited time was not the QB Ewers was last season. "Did you see what he did to OU?" That doesn't mean anything to me. All I see is a QB that's inconsistent.

I believe he'll be a better QB. I also believe he has the weakness of "being able to be gotten to." Head case type of a QB demonstrated by how he gets up for some games, down for others.

Key? Defensive line for Bama.

Same for Stephen Garcia and Zach Calzada. Who cares how they play against everyone else, because they played well above average and beat us. We likely lose if Ewers stays healthy. Iget it, football has consequences like injuries, so what ifs don't matter, but he woulda beat us.

 

[TerryP]

Who cares how they play against everyone else, because they played well above average and beat us.

Stop, and think about this.

I'm saying he's inconsistent. You're saying he played well against Bama, didn't play well against others, and asked, "who cares?"

In a conversation about what a quarterback brings to the field, inconsistency isn't something that should be noted?

 

[BamaFan334]

Stop, and think about this.

I'm saying he's inconsistent. You're saying he played well against Bama, didn't play well against others, and asked, "who cares?"

In a conversation about what a quarterback brings to the field, inconsistency isn't something that should be noted?

That's fine, but if he plays well against your team that inconsistency doesn't matter from last year with anyone else considering it happened afterwards. We are lucky he got hurt, because he was hot and would have beaten us. I don't really care how he played against everyone else, just care about how he played against us.

I am more concerned why he played so well against us and maybe struggled against inferior talent the rest of the year. Do we dare look at Golding and the plan he employed against Texas? I know you hate the idea of putting anything on him, but we looked out of whack early when Ewers was in. Their offense scored ten points the two drives he was in and he only missed three throws. Maybe his inconsistency afterwards was due to not truly being healed from his injury after us, maybe our defensive gameplan was terrible, maybe our players thought they would walk all over Texas. Hard to call the second or third game of the year, your first notable game, a trap game or be concerned about fatigue. We acquitted ourselves well once he was gone, but Card still completed 64% of his passes. I think Sarkesian was the other reason we won because he dialed it back due to losing his starter.

 

[TerryP]

I am more concerned why he played so well against us and maybe struggled against inferior talent the rest of the year.

Come on...as if every player that goes against Bama doesn't elevate their game. Some get lucky.

 

[BamaFan334]

Come on...as if every player that goes against Bama doesn't elevate their game. Some get lucky.

I happens rarely is my point. So what is it, just getting lucky, actual talent, or did we do something to allow it? Manziel was talent. Garcia appeared to get lucky (although my recollection of that game isn't good). Hard to tell about Ewers, since he got hurt, but based on your snip he either got lucky or we allowed it.

 

[TerryP]

Manziel was talent.

He was a surprise. What happened the next year, or the one following that?

 

[BamaFan334]

He was a surprise. What happened the next year, or the one following that?

I meant his overall stats though were in-line with what he did to us.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I happens rarely is my point. So what is it, just getting lucky, actual talent, or did we do something to allow it? Manziel was talent. Garcia appeared to get lucky (although my recollection of that game isn't good). Hard to tell about Ewers, since he got hurt, but based on your snip he either got lucky or we allowed it.

Ewers is a damn good QB. After us he was a little inconsistent, but according to Sark his injury lingered, but who knows.

I know this- if he doesn’t get hurt we lose by 2+ tds last year

 

[NickelDoubleDog]

While Ewers looked good in the small amount of time he played in the Alabama game, I've seen others break down the rest of his season with advanced metrics and they have stated confidently that Ewers is highly overrated and that he falls apart with any pressure. I guess we'll find out soon enough if he's improved this year.

 

[mando]

No one can truly say with absolute certainty Bama loses if Ewers hadn't gotten hurt. He did so no one will ever know. Would the score have been different? Possibly and even likely. I suspect Bama would have scored more also if they needed to.

 

[Rsedge72]

I know this- if he doesn’t get hurt we lose by 2+ tds last year

Don’t know how y’all know this??!!!??
An entirely different game, different play calls, different situations. So to say I know that they’d have won by 2 scores is kinda funny.
If a bullfrog had wings and all…

 

[ElephantStomp]

Don’t know how y’all know this??!!!??
An entirely different game, different play calls, different situations. So to say I know that they’d have won by 2 scores is kinda funny.
If a bullfrog had wings and all…

They were whipping our asses prior to him getting hurt, we couldn’t stop him at all, so common sense would say they would’ve beaten us by at least that

 

[TerryP]

They were whipping our asses prior to him getting hurt, we couldn’t stop him at all, so common sense would say they would’ve beaten us by at least that

The teams exchanged field goals is whipping ass?

Moving the ball between the '20's and scoring touchdowns...there's a difference unseen with a lot of fans. Defensive efficiency.