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. . . is good, but hasn’t reached it’s potential yet. We are getting better every week, but we still have some bumps in the road.

If you’d like to see what a bump free offense looks like, watch a Kansas game. They attack underneath coverage with multiple packages out of multiple formations. They run unique combinations with unique ideas, and do so with a discipline, practiced efficiency. If they fail, it’s usually because their best receiver is a fast tight end, their second best WR is a failed QB, and their QB is an uppity wood nymph.

We, on the other hand, run relatively few plays that don’t always put teams in the positions we think they will. For instance, here is a route combination we’ve been using regularly for the last couple years:

This is a simple, basic combo. LBs drop into zone, throw underneath. If they jump teh corss, or cover it man, you throw behind him to the in route. It’s a good play that works on the chalkboard. The problem is that, in the practice room, on a whiteboard, those little O’s don’t fight back when our X’s are running around. They do, quite literally, what we tell them to do.

Of course, opposing coaches probably like their jobs. They like those 6 figure paychecks, and they like beating Texas. So they aren’t going to play the type of defense we want them to play, because that’s how you get rolled by 60. If you remember the 2006 A&M game (and to a lesser extent the ‘07 version) or the recently played Wyoming game, you saw exactly the type of innovation that will give us such fits (Greg Davis note #1: This innovation is not new. It started matriculating down from the pros in the early 90s. It was brought down to stop offenses exactly like ours. These common, older problems that were presented have been largely solved, yet we haven’t taken part in the next wave of offense, aside from our brief foray into the zone read).

Stuff like this (pattern matching) allows a defense to give the minimum amount of attention to crossing and/or shallow routes without giving up too much beyond it. Teams still run traditional zones and we can still score in bunches against them, but the more professional schemes give us fits, because we don’t stress them by overloading underneath or taking full advantage of those WR on LB matchups. We do exactly what they were designed to stop.

When the quick outlet routes are taken away, that’s when we get into trouble. If the primary route isn’t there then Colt has to scramble or try to create or force something. Sometimes it works, sometimes is doesn’t, but it’s not reliable and can lead to scoreless stretches.

Think about our effective plays in the last couple years. Most come off of broken plays where Colt scrambles, a lot are seam routes against zone defenses, but the big ones are plays where everybody is short. Those still work because you can’t double team everyone, and pass rush has no time to make a difference. Last year we did this a lot, this year less so.

One of the best plays we ran last year (and sparingly this season so far) can be found as part of this post. This is a classic pattern that stresses the underneath coverage in a way where something will always be open. The only way to cover everybody soundly is to do it man to man, and there wasn’t a LB alive who could stay with Shipley on that out cut, especially with the timing he and McCoy had.

I would think that part of the reason we’ve seen it less is because of the personnel differences. We can replace the athleticism of a Quan or Ogboyyanaana (I should not have to look it up now that he’s gone), but we can’t replace the consistency. 200 times Colt McCoy dropped back and decided that his best option was one of those two guys. That’s what, 2/3s of the pass offense? Then right before the year, the one other guy Colt trusted was ruled ineligible.

Effective offenses is usually just finding out which pieces you have then fitting them together in a way that benefits everybody. Every week we seem to find a new piece. Shipley is now Quan, Buckner is now Shipley, Newton is a better Obi-Wan, etc. We haven’t replaced Brandon Collins yet. I was hopeful that it would be Kirkendoll, and maybe it will be, but he hasn’t done anything yet. I feel like the team is one more guy away from really hitting their stride again.

The short game is about trust and execution, which is where you turn when you don’t have any big play threats. It’s why teams like Tech and Navy do what they do. You have to make the defense play your game. The one downside is that it limits the importance of physcial talent, which is why Malcolm Williams is getting David Aaron’d. He is big and fast but he’s running plays that need discipline and timing.

The short game is also purposeful. A statement that says “I am going to get this 7 yards.” When you have deeper, layered options, if one is covered, it may be too late to get to another one, especially if the defense has any amount of closing speed. Timing is important in the passing game because it accentuates your advantage in knowing what is going to happen. Once the defense reacts, they’ll run to catch up to you. Every moment after the reaction makes the throw harder to make because the window gets smaller as the pass rush gets closer. Short patterns are designed to get the ball out no matter what at the expense of big plays )although proper timing can lead to YAC). The way we do things can lead to missed opportunities underneath because we’re waiting for deeper routes that never come free.

Let’s take a break and think about what it takes to stop this offense. Closing speed in the back 7, a good pass rush and a defense based on finding tendencies and taking them away. Sound like anybody we know? We’re in for a tough game in 2 weeks, I’d say, regardless of record.

There is good news, though. Colt is still the best 3 step passer in the game (Greg Davis note #2: but let’s not focus as much on that this year . . . for some reason), and OU’s pass rush will almost certainly force us into it. For the last 3 seasons OU has sat back, put only 6 in the box, and dared us to run. We’ve had success against that for 2 straight games and if Stoops is smart he’ll do more to force the issue this year. They can’t let us pick them apart again. Our running game is, at this point, functional if not underrated, and I feel we can move the chains against a gambling, impatient back 7. Big plays won’t come from playcalls, we’ll have to let OU make mistakes for us. The key for this offense is staying on the field long enough to punish that mistake.

This is where that final guy comes in. We have 2 good receivers and 2 good running backs who add something to the passing game (1.5, really, because one of them is never healthy). Teams have been bracketing the WRs and letting everyone else’s mediocrity take care of itself. So far it’s worked. We need that fourth guy to make plays when everyone else is covered. That Brian Carter type of guy who only has 2-3 catches but each one keeps a drive going. There are 1 on 1s available but between Williams/Kirkendoll/Chiles, nobody seems to be able to convert consistently.

Of course, this is all from two games. Two eerily similar games. UTEP and UL-Shithouse don’t count, because our guys get better quality reps in practice. We didn’t hit our stride until the 2nd half of the OU game last year. Just like Wyoming, Tech (this year and last), A&M last year . . . hey wait. We seem to hit our stride in the second half every game. I know I’m not the only person to notice this. Why yes, I do have a theory about this.

Greg Davis note #3: We script our openers. We always have. I can’t remember what the number is, but I want to say 15. Scripted plays are picked during the week, away from the emotion of battle, based on what you think you can do against the defense based on talent and how they will play you. We routinely get hammered early in games.

We also pick plays that appear that game and no others, and those rarely work as well. This is because when our offensive staff makes educated guesses about what will work and what won’t, they are playing a chess game in which the other guy gets a 20 move head start.

Sometimes our pet plays work. 2007 saw several good runs against OU based on plays we never saw again (Greg Davis note #4: We never saw those plays again. What!?). The 2003 home loss to Arkansas saw two out a bunch package that worked all over once in 8-9 tries. The latter is not the outlier, either.

This, in some ironic sense, does make us unpredictable. We are a very consistent team schematically but you never know when our scissors will be met with rock. This is called a Greg Davis special and everybody knows what I’m talking about.

The reason we aren’t 5-7 is because we do run out of scripts, eventually and mercifully. In the Wyoming game we started attacking the short flanks to open up the middle, and it worked wonderfully. Against Tech we started running more short patterns. We are not incapable of making adjustments, it’s just that they are always late. Like Vince playing in a Simms offense for 2 years, or Colt playing in Vince’s for 2.5, it’s the timing that matters.

So far nobody’s been able move the ball on our defense to put us in a hole. Tech did that last year but couldn’t this year. Wyoming never threatened to beyond a special special teams decision.

The odds are is that it is going to happen. We’re going to be down 24-7 halfway through at least one second quarter because that’s how football goes sometimes. We can still score in bunches if, when it really matters, we go back to what we know works. If we don’t, then we’ll drop a game. It’s probably going to be that simple.

The other possibility is that Newton becomes the starter and Whitaker does as much as his body will let him (McGee is a fine running back but brings little to the passing game. That’s too important a role to fill with OK guys). Somebody decides to be that consistent 3rd receiver and off we go. The OL won’t be dominant but they know their jobs and can execute whatever the defense gives them. The real key is finding out what that is early and really going after it. Some teams will give us the short stuff, some will gamble and blitz, and if we don’t adjust accordingly we’ll be vulnerable to a loss.

If we do, we’ll waltz to 13-0 and nobody will touch us. We’re a good matchup with both UF and Bama so I like the odds there. Just watch for the keys:

1. A CONSISTENT slot receiver.
2. Whoever does play in the backfield should add something to the passing game.
3. If the defense plays back, drive onthem. If they blitz, create big chunks of yardage.
4. Run on 6 men in the box.

Do those 4 things and we’re golden. A look at the defense will be coming later in the week.

Article Tags:

Colt McCoy, Greg Davis, Jordan Shipley, Offense, Scheme, Texas Longhorns

102 Responses

BrickHorn said:

October 5th, 2009 at 4:23 pm

Wait a minute. Just the other day, I was informed that ChrisApplewhite, the biggest GD h8er evar!!!!1!!1!, had decided that Greg Davis is in fact a schematic genius of the highest order. And then you go and post a public critique of your new-found gridiron lord and savior? I’m confused.
ChrisApplewhite said:

October 5th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

It’s less about Davis and more about the direction as a whole and why we haven’t untracked ourselves yet. And why we’re struggling now but may not in a few weeks.
CloseToJumping said:

October 5th, 2009 at 5:59 pm

I enjoyed the post, even if I see some things differently. I’ll post on those since agreement does nothing to the conversation and I acknowledged I liked the read.

Regarding Briscoe, the guy is not a fast TE. He’s an elite college WR in any season on any team. I am not sure if you were being cute there or really believe otherwise.

Regarding OU, I simply think I have a different opinion on their defensive coaching behavior. Especially since Mike Stoops left. I think they’re moored as much to their philosophy and tendencies as any offensive staff that they’ll face. They’re always going to have slower than average safeties that overcommit to stopping the run and biting on the playfake. They are always going to blitz heavily, even when they’re personnel demands that they shouldn’t. That front four can get a pass rush on anyone and Venables can’t help himself, he has to bring someone. I think Travis Lewis is an elite college blitzer and I still don’t think they should be blitzing much. On top of all of this, they’re going to pay mere glancing attention to the opposing offense’s TE, or version of a TE. They have to know they do these things at this point and they simply refuse to alter anything. It is hubris and little more in my mind. I have no other way to reconcile it.

When you type that they run a defense designed to take away tendencies, I can’t necessarily disagree. At the same time, they also run a defense that begs to lean towards its own tendencies when it can get away with it. They want to shut the run down and they want to force turnovers. They can fall over themselves attempting to do those things and that’s when patience and intelligence can beat them. We don’t possess it with our OC, but we certainly have it in the supporting offensive staff and with the QB/#1 WR combo. This is also what we didn’t have for years at the beginning of this decade and it killed us. We couldn’t wait to start throwing the ball on every down. Tight coverage? Fuck it. The QB has a cannon and the WRs are the best there is, right? The offensive staff consisted of two McNeese State grads; a lazy, entitled dipshit coaching WRs; a Dallas inner city high school coach; and Mac MacWhorter. Quite a different lot these days surrounding GD, I think.
kafka said:

October 5th, 2009 at 6:06 pm

Chris,

Why aren’t the horns doing a better job of dumping the ball to the TB as an outlet when the primary targets are covered?

Kirk has done fine as a 3rd receiver. He is catching more passes/game this season than Collins did last season. Kirk’s problem is that Chiles is getting just as many touches (about 4 catches/game for both guys, IIRC) so that eats into Kirk’s totals. UT already has 2 WRs (Kirk and Chiles) who are doing better than the number 3 WR last season (Collins). Also, Malcolm is lurking. Malcolm is an outstanding blocker at WR (a very big deal in a short passing oriented offense) and might be pretty decent at catching short passes if given a try (have to crawl before you walk). At number 6 WR, Goodwin is much better than anybody expected and faster than any WR from last season.

This season UT has a very tall, fast WR who can really catch the ball (Buckner). That was not the case last season. UT has much more size at WR this season and much better blocking (especially Malcolm, Chiles, Shipley, and Buckner). UT has more speed (Goodwin) than last season. UT is running the WR screen (typically with Chiles) much better this season. Adjusting to new WRs is not Colt’s strong point but it looks like Colt is getting comfortable with his posse of WRs.

UT’s WRs are a strength, not a weakness. A lot of the problems with the passing game earlier in the year is that Colt was throwing high. He didn’t have that problem last game. As long as Colt throws accurately, the UT WRs are going to catch it (except maybe Malcolm).
CrazyJoeDavola said:

October 5th, 2009 at 6:24 pm

“Quite a different lot these days surrounding GD”

Not least of which is a defense and its coordinator who won’t roll over in practice or the film room.
CloseToJumping said:

October 5th, 2009 at 6:37 pm

That’s a good point too, CJD.

Applewhite is blunt badass. Kennedy is an outstanding WR coach. McWhorter is ok. I actually like what we do with the TEs these days.

Then there’s the defensive staff that doesn’t seem like they’re giving much quarter to the OC, considering various things I know many of us have heard.
Horncasting said:

October 5th, 2009 at 7:11 pm

One thing that hasn’t been mentioned is that the WR’s have dropped a good 10-12 more balls this year than they did last year, ending or hampering probably 6-8 drives (and in at least 2 cases resulting in interceptions). Those drops seem to have the effect of Colt losing confidence, causing his accuracy to deteriorate, and him relying even more on Shipley.

Without the drops, especially in the Wyoming and Tech games, and I don’t think we are having a discussion about the offense not hitting its stride yet.
texoz said:

October 5th, 2009 at 7:19 pm

The lack of productivity from TB passes is perplexing.

Player/Receptions/Yards
McGee 4 / 14 yrds
Newton 3 / 21 yrds
Johnson 1/ 7yrds

That’s 8 receptions for 42 yards in 4 games.
topo gigio said:

October 5th, 2009 at 7:30 pm

the dots are freakin’ BACK! yesssssss!!!!
uthookem said:

October 5th, 2009 at 7:45 pm

“The lack of productivity from TB passes is perplexing.”

Not really perplexing when we can’t keep one of them in for more than 3-4 plays at a time. Find a consistent RB (or even consistent 3rd down RB), and the pass-catching numbers will get better.

Hook ‘em!
topo gigio said:

October 5th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

CTJ —

Can you hum a few more bars about Muschamp & Co. not “giving much quarter” to the OC? Up here in the northwest we’re not privy to some of the discussion that isn’t on the internets.

thanks
3 MNC in a row said:

October 5th, 2009 at 8:51 pm

I don’t know about all this strategy stuff (do I think that Texas could do more with their talent? Yes, but you could say that for every year. This year is no different from the rest. I also think that Texas could recruit a whole hell of lot better if it so chose to, but you could say this also every year.), but it seems that Texas really misses the reliability, game smarts, and the underrated athleticism of Quan. From what I can tell, Colt seems to be really left with only one target, Shipley, that he can regularly rely on when the going gets tough. Unless Texas gets its running game in order, this limitation with the WR’s will show itself more and more as Texas plays better teams down the line.

Do I think Texas will lose any of their games? Possibly, but given the competition, I doubt it. It seems only Nebraska or OU could possibly give UT a run for its money in the conference this year.

While the Texas wideouts are not a weakness, you really can’t say they are a strength. Shipley is a great, whitey WR and makes the most of what he has, bless his whitewashed soul, but his speed and athleticism are somewhat limited (what white guy’s isn’t? No surprise here.).

Buckner? Am I the only one who is underwhelmed by his speed? Maybe its just the long legs and stride, but he looks slow as hell out there, at least to me. I am shocked he was such a highly rated recruit as a WR. Hand it to bullshit recruit ratings to give the Longhorn faithful what they want to hear. Also, Buckner does not seem to be very agile or quick in small spaces, does not seem to have great balance or quick hips, which would be ideal for a WR in the middle, but, on the plus side, he does seem to have great hands (something you can’t say for Malcolm). And of course, he is a total liability on the blocking side. All but useless.

Chiles? He has gained some of his athleticism back with the drop in weight, but that level is still bit of a disappointment. He has good initial explosiveness and quicks to make you anticipate that something special is about to happen, but then nothing or nothing much or special. He just does not have that extra gear to follow through typically on that initial tease. At this point who knows about his route running or his hands? His route running, in the least, seems to be suspect, since only screens are thrown at him. Chiles is okay, but against a decent D, unless he improves on his overall game, he will be totally ineffective and neutralized.

Malcolm? Hands (ie. hand eye coordination), route running, agility (ie. foot eye coordination) and discipline are all questionable. Doubt if he ever ends up fulfilling his potential and I doubt if he ever becomes a reliable WR in a short passing game.

The rest of your WR’s are either okay, nothing spectacular here or anywhere close to it, or are too young to really help at this point in the season. Hopefully for you all, the young ones get better in a hurry, cause I doubt if the older ones will improve much from what you see now.

Your running game is suspect once again this year. And no, Newton is not the answer. Another overrated UT recruit in my opinion. His lack of athleticism leaves something to be desired. It is shocking that Texas can put a more impressive back on the field and has to go and rely this Newton kid. Look at Bama. They probably have three future quality NFL backs in their three deep. Texas? Not a one on the entire roster. Maybe Fozzy if he can ever be healthy. Given the size of Texas relative to Bama, makes you wonder why?

Vondrell looks so slow this year. Could be an injury or he may just suck that bad. Either way, he will never be the complete answer at RB for you all anyway. Fozzy is the only one who I believe can breathe some life into your piss poor running game and make it look somewhat like a legitimate threat, but even he is unproven at this point.

Your OL? I’m surprised by the lack of athleticism of your front. They look kinda of soft, slow, and a bit pudgie in my opinion. Your OL is okay, but not any where close to dominant, either in the run or the pass game. For all the awesome OL recruiting in the pass few years, I was expecting more than what I have been seeing. Once again, chalk this discrepancy up to overrating recruits for the Longhorn faithful. GIve’em what they want to hear. That’s always the best business model to go on. Doesn’t OB have the largest # of subscribers on Rivals? Seems to be working to me, at least for Ketch and his pocketbook.

Colt is a good QB. Overrated by quite a bit in my opinion, but he does excel in the short passing game (not sure he could excel in any other system but a short passing one. Frankly I doubt it.). The problem this year for him is that his WR’s as a group do not fit this system as well as they did last year. Colt is really going to miss Quan this year. His absence may not show itself for a while, considering you all’s weak ass schedule, but at some point in the season, it will make itself felt. I predict that unless the Texas running game improves (and I do believe this is within the realm of possiblities), Quan’s absence will become more and more glaring as the season goes on.

Either that or hope and pray that your D is as good as it has looked so far this season, cause in this case, you guys are going to be needing it to cover for the weakness of your O. Personally, I don’t your D is all that good. Not bad, but I question it’s physicality at the point of attack and, frankly, all over the field in general. Against a genuine physical team, I suspect that you all’s lack of stoutness in general, and especially upfront, would be exposed rather easily. Fortunately for you all, no such team exists in the B12. In your conference, Nebraska is the only team within the zip code of being such a team.
CloseToJumping said:

October 5th, 2009 at 9:04 pm

It is going to be fun to beat an SEC team for the national title this year. I want to watch 3 MNC change his handle. I might change mine to “Bookending the SEC’s Ass”.

Shipley isn’t slow. It surprises no one that your critical skills are limited to basic colors and stereotypes you’ve been fed since your anally rendered birth, but it is still comical to watch you fail miserably in your breakdown of basic shit, 3 MNC.

McCoy is overrated compared to whom? The guy set the NCAA record for completion percentage last year while attempting over 3000 passes. Perhaps Joe Cox has done something that an entire nation missed. Perhaps Jefferson looked like something other than a pedestrian in one of those untelevised SEC games. Mike Hartline is a wizard, no doubt. No one can vomit up their sinless soul like Tim Tebow. Jevan Snead, in some dimension in which the rest of us are unfamiliar must be looking good to SEC fan. Who exactly is it that McCoy is currently paling against in terms of what’s been asked of him? The reality of it is, you haven’t the slightest ability to answer that, as you likely haven’t seen him play. If you have observed him this season, you’ve already proven to lack the analytical skills of an Emmitt Smith/Hershel Walker mental hybrid.

Texas will do its part. You guys just make sure you put one in the game too. There won’t be any 2 loss excuses for inserting one of your also-rans this season. No doubt we’ll hear about how the mediocre SEC just beats itself up, paving the way for mean ol’Texas if you don’t have someone win out. That will be awesome when it happens and we look forward to your cyberbawling as it does.
t1climb1 said:

October 5th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

3MNC,

That was an awful lot of keystrokes at the end of which confirmed nothing more than, not only are you an idiot, but a racist one.
3 MNC in a row said:

October 5th, 2009 at 9:14 pm

“It is going to be fun to beat an SEC team for the national title this year. I want to watch 3 MNC change his handle. I might change mine to “Bookending the SEC’s Ass”.”

Odds are higher that your’s changes to “closer to jumping” or “already done jumped” before mine ever needs to change to whatever.
Tim said:

October 5th, 2009 at 9:30 pm

“We’re a good matchup with both UF and Bama so I like the odds there. Just watch for the keys”

This has got to be a joke, I realize a prerequisite for putting on the burnt orange is narcissism, but maybe you should set down your burnt orange glasses and actually watch a UF or Bama game. UT is a terrible matchup for either of these teams. Ya’ll needed Sergio Kindle to skullf**k Taylor Potts just to close out a Texas Tech team that had 1 DE. How do you think Greg Davis and Colt McCoy are going to handle an SEC defense with 2 DE’s and Rolando McLain?

The way A&M’s LT Barrara is playing matador you’ll probably be the only team in the B12 South whose starting QB doesn’t go down, so you’ll get a free pass to the Big 12 title game. Take the gift and crawl back to Austin, don’t spend a week embarrassing yourselves by proclaiming how you will do what OU has failed to do and take down an SEC power in the NC. It ain’t happening. Just take the Big 12 title, shut up, and prepare Gilbert for a raping in 2010 behind an inexperienced o-line.
3 MNC in a row said:

October 5th, 2009 at 9:39 pm

White Guys and being slow (or slower relative to african-americans as compared to asian-americans. You see, it’s all relative)? Now, this might be a stereotype, but does that necessarily mean it has to be false? What? Can a stereotype never be true as a matter of principle. By stereotypes you surely aren’t meaning the kinda of stuff like the stereotype of a boat lost in the middle of the pacific with a big, gaping hole being fucked and sinking. What? Surely you are not saying that this stereotype can’t ever be true.

Hey, I don’t know much but I know a few things, such as the following: Ussain Bolt sure as hell isn’t white and when is the last time a whitey has ever won a 100M on a competitive level. Also, you know UCLA and UC are around 70% Asian. When is the last time (or even first time) you have seen an Asian American on the field field for either University. Asian Americans sucking rice patties on the football field maybe a stereotype, but does that mean it has to be then untrue? Shipley may not be slow, but he sure as hell should not be consider to be a burner, not even a rice burner.

Look I said Colt is a good QB, but, hell, there are alot of QB’s that could do what he does with the talent he plays with and against the talent he typically goes up against. That Keenum kid down in Houston looks every bit as good as Colt, if not better. The QB at Nebraska this year is impressive and really does not look all that different in his skill sets from Colt. Look, I haven’t watched a whole lot of CFB this year or I am sure I could name a whole bunch of others just off the top of my head.

Colt certainly is no super duper difference maker like a Locker at UW. If you put the meaningless stats down and just look at how they both play and their skill sets, Locker is in another league from Colt. Locker is like another Steve Young, only with a better arm. His abilities are just on another planet from what Colt brings to the table. Locker’s stats and accomplishments may not be anywhere close to what Colt’s are, but only a fool would think that Colt is anywhere close to the ballpark of a Locker. At the collegiate level, favorable circumstance or bum luck can play a big role in all this stat stuff. How else can you explain a GIno Toretta winning the Heisman? Odds are high that Locker will be the first pick of this coming year’s Draft. If he isn’t, from what I have seen, he sure as hell should be. Locker is a special talent at QB. Now, nice things can be said for Colt, but the same can’t be said for him.
flamingmonkeyass said:

October 5th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

Does it sting to know that Houston, the team that just lost to UTEP, could accomplish what the might s-e-c couldn’t just one week before, and win in Stillwater? Georgia scored all of what, 10 points against the 7th or 8th best defense in the Big XII? Yeah, we’re very fucking impressed.

Please just let one of your overrated asses make it to the MNC so that we can expose you for the frauds you are. Unlike ou, we actually show up for our bowl games.
Austin180 said:

October 5th, 2009 at 9:49 pm

“Then there’s the defensive staff that doesn’t seem like they’re giving much quarter to the OC, considering various things I know many of us have heard.”

BUENO!!! In my perfect fantasy, we win the 2009/10 MNC, GD accepts his OC of the year award and goes away, the Major ascends to OC, we hire a smokin’ RB coach, and keep right on going! Who would be that smokin’ RB coach?
bigdukesix said:

October 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pm

By stereotypes you surely aren’t meaning the kinda of stuff like the stereotype of a boat lost in the middle of the pacific with a big, gaping hole being fucked and sinking. What?

You’re so ‘tarded it hurts me. That’s not a “stereotype” you knuckle-dragging mouth-breather.

Let’s get right down to it, 3 MNC in a row. What fine SEC institution did your barely-literate ass graduate from?
gohornsgo90 said:

October 5th, 2009 at 10:21 pm

“Look, I haven’t watched a whole lot of CFB this year”

Yes, your myopic, biased, and generally ignorant comments made this quite readily apparent…
wisconsinhornybadger said:

October 5th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

dunno, but i think we need some swagger back there at rb. ask kirkpatrick
3 MNC's Brother said:

October 5th, 2009 at 11:03 pm

I am glad you have met my brother. He just went to bed. But here is my breakdown of your defense.

DE’s. Kindle is all hype – very definitely overrated. He only has 2 sacks. Sorry but that doesn’t cut it in a real conference. Acho and Okafor are overrated because they are African, so they get positive african points, since people assume they are good, even though they are not, which leads them to be overrated.

DT – Lamarr Houston was good when he played at 240 but he is now soft and fat and totally overrated. I don’t know why they rated him I guess to sell subscriptions to you guys. The other guys you have (I don’t know their names) are not even rated on the national scale since we don’t get Dave Campo’s Texas Foosball over here, but probably are rated by you guys, therefore they are overrated.

LB’s – Muckelroy is probably pretty good – he might be able to start at Mississippi State and could make the two-deep at Auburn since he is familiar with the Chizik system. Robinson is overrated and Acho gets African points so he too is overrated.

CB’s – Chunky Brown is a good athlete but his coverage is overrated since he can’t swivel his hips as well as the CB’s from Vanderbilt. The other Brown guy is vastly overrated because I don’t even know his first name, I’m sure you have him highly rated He has very bad ball-eye skills as I have determined from my film study. Aaron Williams is a decent player, but he is listed as a nickelback which was an overrated band.

S – Earl Thomas would be a good FCS player but could not go up against a guy like Jevan Snead. he is too short to pick off the pass – which leads him to be overrated by you. As for Blake Gideon – lol he is so white, he wipes his ass with a JCrew catalog. Need I say more.

Anyway you may have enough D win your conference but if your D had to go up against a guy like a Joe Cox on a regular basis the emperor would have no clothes. That’s all I’m saying.
CrazyJoeDavola said:

October 5th, 2009 at 11:12 pm

Perfect illustration of the SEC versus the non-UT Big 12 fanbases on this thread.

SEC fanbase: Your conference is shit. Anyone in our conference would fucking destroy anyone in your conference. As current standard-bearer, UT is at best mediocre, and would probably lose by a touchdown to Vanderbilt. What else could you expect from such a terrible conference?

Non-UT Big 12 fanbase: We agree that UT sucks! Look at how much they struggled against our shitty team! Can we hang out with you guys? We can talk to you about how much we hate UT and wish they weren’t in our conference!
Vasherized said:

October 5th, 2009 at 11:34 pm

This has to be one of shaggy aggie’s multiple personalities. If it’s a completely new brand of retard in our midst then color me impressed.
AZHorn said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:00 am

“He has very bad ball-eye skills as I have determined from my film study” Wtf are ball-eye skills? Is that the prereq for Teabagging 101 at the University of SEC? And what did your film study consist of, a youtube clip at the public library? Fucking conference homer.
flamingmonkeyass said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:34 am

I especially like Tim already pointing to the 2010 season. Dude, we’re four games into 2009. We’re ranked #2 in the country and will be favored (possibly by double digits) in every game we play up until the MNC. We have what soon may be the all time winningest quarterback in college football history. You’ll excuse us if some of us aren’t quite ready to “get ready” for 2010.

As for the “not being able to match up to Team X” stuff – we’ve heard that bullshit before. As recently as last October as a matter of fact. Somehow we manage.
blackscholes said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:04 am

3 MNC can’t be for real. The Locker posting was over-the-top; If I didn’t know better I’d swear that was off of EDSBS.
p said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:09 am

3 MNC in a row………….. Utah says hello.

I always find it perplexing how SEC fan thinks.

They have racked up 4 National titles since 2003, by beating OU and Ohio State a combined 4 times. Yet after witnessing everyone else do the same, they still use it as a barometer agaisnt what Texas might perform like.

How about……… OU and Ohio State just don’t perform well in big games?

Has SEC fan not realized that everyone beats OSU, and OU? The SEC has been gift wrapped at least 6 BCS games in the last few years. They have played OU and OSU the aforementioned 4 times combined, then they got two layups against Hawaii and Notre Dame.
Outside of that, SEC fan has taken his lumps just like everyone else has. Ole Miss lost to Wake Forest last year. Bama got trounced by Utah last year, and lost at home to UL- Monroe at home the year before. Tennessee got beat at home by Wyoming, and UCLA twice. Georgia got their nalgas handed to them by Oklahoma State. Both Ole Miss, and Arky got mudholed by Mizzou in the last couple years.

In case it slipped by anyone, none of those teams are as good as Texas. Yet here is SEC fan explaining how there is NO WAY Texas could manage a win.
parlinhall said:

October 6th, 2009 at 4:29 am

These illustrations are great, CA, but can I suggest you consider adding a special dot?

Something that pulses red, with Hot Wheels flames trailing in its wake and the ability to burst through any defensive alignment with virtually no blocking in front of it.

This would be the “Magic Running Back Dot,” and could be dedicated to Scipio as a way of infuriating him.
jinx said:

October 6th, 2009 at 6:09 am

The little dots…they’re not moving.

The SEC thing is soooo tired. I know, I live in the middle of it.
Houston Cougars said:

October 6th, 2009 at 6:15 am

Hi tim!! Wish we could play TT every week, you menstruating prairie dog..
nordberg said:

October 6th, 2009 at 6:39 am

Thanks to SEC guy and Tim for fucking up what was an excellent post and comment thread.
Art Vandelay said:

October 6th, 2009 at 6:58 am

Clowns to the west of me, jokers to the east, here I am….
stuck in the middle with dots.
You ruined my tic tac toe tutorial said:

October 6th, 2009 at 7:07 am

Thanks SEC shaggy. Thanks tim. Thanks bin laden…
spider said:

October 6th, 2009 at 7:20 am

Ya’ll needed Sergio Kindle to skullf**k Taylor Potts just to close out a Texas Tech team that had 1 DE.

That’s called “defense.” It’s part of the game. The only reason it looks weird to you is because your team doesn’t play defense.

Or football, for that matter.
hg03 said:

October 6th, 2009 at 7:37 am

Is there a way for BC to create a feed dedicated to Tim’s comments?

Everyday I waste lost of time scouring the board for my daily chuckle, and I don’t think I’m alone. It’d save a lot of time if they were grouped together somewhere with a link.
BEHorn said:

October 6th, 2009 at 7:52 am

SEC guy seems like a troll. No one seriously thinks every guy on our team is “overrated”, “fat”, “whitey” (well, Shipley is white), etc. Plus, the SCT (SEC Conference Troll) tends to use a name that touts the conference rather than whatever actual “school” (a word I use loosely in the case of most SEC member institutions) he allegedly attended.

And isn’t the whole “SEC Fan” thing a little weird. Can you imagine a Longhorn fan ever using the handle “Eleven MNCs” (or whatever the count is between blowU and the Horns)?
Fico said:

October 6th, 2009 at 8:42 am

-BrickHorn

“I’m confused.”

It is apparent that confusion is something you regularly experience when discussing football.
Holdem said:

October 6th, 2009 at 8:56 am

I wonder if 3MNC realizes that the only reason Jevon Snead is playing in the SEC is because he couldn’t beat out Colt McCoy. Its a bit ironic that someone can say Colt is Overrated, yet talk up someone that saw Colt up close and realized he couldn’t compete.
The Bobs said:

October 6th, 2009 at 9:05 am

personally, I’d like me some more positive african points…

I guess we’ve got Wilson coming next year, so we’ll keep our streak alive, but are there any Acho brothers left?
The Bobs said:

October 6th, 2009 at 9:08 am

oh, and Holdem? I think that’s just a teeny-tiny tip of the iceberg of stuff 3MNC doesn’t realize…
CloseToJumping said:

October 6th, 2009 at 9:42 am

I have to type that is one of the funniest threads I’ve ever read. It did get shit on, but CA can come back in and turn it back to discussion just as easily. In the interim, I have laughed pretty hard.
magnusbleuveigner said:

October 6th, 2009 at 10:19 am

3 MNC’S Brother deserves a pulitzer.

3 MNC’s deserves Tim.
Harsh Reality said:

October 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am

“3 MNC’s deserves Tim.”

They’re only separated by a taint.
Think about it..
Vasherized said:

October 6th, 2009 at 10:59 am

Menstruating prairie dog might be the most accurate description of Tim I’ve heard yet. A handle was born.

And I hope the dialogue with 3MNC continues throughout October. It appears he’s real which makes the argument all the more compelling.

From his parochial knowledge of UT and brash overtones I’m going to wager LSU fan.
nordberg said:

October 6th, 2009 at 11:01 am

Pretty much all LSU fans sound like that.
airbendr said:

October 6th, 2009 at 11:42 am

Fuck the environment and all of those damn liberal alarmists…save the prairie dog, however.
3 MNC in a row said:

October 6th, 2009 at 11:55 am

“You’re so ‘tarded it hurts me. That’s not a “stereotype” you knuckle-dragging mouth-breather.”

BigDuke, why don’t you try to live up to your name and tell me and the rest of the world how sinking in the middle of Pacific ocean and being majorly fucked is not a stereotype. Or to make it easier for you, I’ll be content if you can accomplish the much easier task and explain with clarity how the sinking in the middle of an ocean stereotype is different from a racial one. Yes, I am aware that the object of the stereotypes differ, so don’t start here with the obvious, but go beyond this technical differentiation to begin your explanation. I for one would love to here it. Should be very easy for a “BIG” duke of a man like yourself. Oh, and if you can’t may I suggest that you change your namesake to “littlesissyduke” for the sake of factual accuracy. Now I admit, I maybe “barely literate” and I may not have graduated, but I certainly am not stupid. Now go on and show the rest of us just how so very easy it is to differentiate between the two stereotypes and prove to me, us, and the rest of the world how “not stupid” you are.

Sorry but last time I checked, I don’t have a brother, but I can understand how complete strangers would want to be associated with some like me and would want to be related to me, even if it is only on the level of their fantasical fantasies. I really don’t want to go to the trouble of breaking down your defense, but I will say this, your defense still is wanting in the physicality department across the board. Muck would be an exception to this rule. Keenan Robinson has always impressed me and your LB’s in general have improved on their athleticism from years past. Thomas is a bad ass safety and while he may not be the most physical safety in the world, his out of this world athleticism more than makes up for it.

Sorry, but I think Kindle is a disappointment. If there was ever a reason to indict piss poor or lack of coaching, the example of Kindle would be it. Either this guy is dumber and less coachable than all the other illterate athletes strewn across the collegiate landscape (implying that it would take years just to teach this boy to tie his shoes) or your coaches have done an inexcusably pathetic job of coaching up this young man. Name one skill set Kindle has learned or improved upon since he first came to Austin. He looks as raw, lost, and unskilled today as the first day he got to Austin. Sure he is an awesome athlete and that raw athleticism will probably be enough to get him to the league, but, I be damned, everytime I see the guy, its pretty apparent that the guy has not learn not one damn thing about football since his first days. It seems the only thing the coaches do with Kindle is to tell him: see ball, go get it (maybe that’s all he can comprehend and learn? Who knows?). That seems to be about the only coaching he has ever gotten. Talk about a waste of athletic talent.

The rest of your D is suspect in the physicality department. Randall at tackle has been impressive for someone so young, but I think your lack of depth on the line would become obvious if you guys ever run into physical team. I don’t know whether it’s simply a lack of ability from an athletic standpoint or whether it is an attitiude issue or a little of both, but, to me, the physicality of your D is definitely questionable right now.

“Thanks to SEC guy and Tim for fucking up what was an excellent post and comment thread.”

Speak for yourself, Nordberg. I for one don’t think I fucked up anything. If anything, this post was fucked up from the start. My point was that beyond all the stratertgy stuff which I know nothing about, UT’s issues with its O goes to the more basic level of its players (some white and others not) and their lack of abilities. As I said above, you guys are going to really miss Quan this year and it looks as if you guys will not be successful in replacing him and what he added your team. UT’s issues goes beyond any stratergy issues. As my uneducated ass says: If you ain’t got the players, you ain’t got the players and no amount of stratergizing is going to mean a damn thing, at least that’s my take on this matter.

Also, Tim might be fucking shit up, I personally have no opinion on the matter, but I do agree with him. FU and Bama is not a good match up for UT. Just the excellence of both their D’s should be enough to make this obvious to anyone who is not a heart of Texas penis head. Sure both teams have weaknesses. Bama has a sorry ass QB and the loss of Hightower (he was a much badder ass athlete than Kindle and he was coachable) was a huge loss for the Tide D. But I think Bama would eventually run all over UT (see the OSU game last year for reference) and UT, with its limited O, would have a hell of a time scoring on the Tide D.

The same as the above can be said for the FU D. Florida really misses Harvin this year, it seems to me, and in the tough games his absence will show itself. But with their D, that speed on their O, and the excellence of their O line, FU is not a really good match up for any team, let alone a team with questionable physicality.
3 MNC in a row said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:06 pm

“3 MNC can’t be for real. The Locker posting was over-the-top; If I didn’t know better I’d swear that was off of EDSBS.”

Blackie, I have never claimed to be real (and I never will. It’s against my religion.), but if you are so ignorant as to be unable to see the talent oozzing out of Locker, stats be damned, then you should question your own reality, cause you obviously have very little touch with it yourself. One thing is unquestionable though, if you actually think that the Locker posting was over the top, and that would be your very own definite stupidity and ignorance.
henley said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

“Sorry, but I think Kindle is a disappointment”

3 MNC is Kirk Bohls. You have to work hard to be that stupid, and Kirk is one of a kind.
houstonearler said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

How the hell did Alabama, with all its badass coaching and talent, get skull fucked by Utah, a team full of 2 stars that barely got by crap teams such as Michigan (2 points, UM was horrible last year), New Mexico (3 points, aggy beat them worse), Oregon State (3 points), and Air Force (7 points)?

Don’t tell me Alabama did not want to be in that game. It was their first appearance in a BCS bowl game since 2000 (and that game was their only prior BCS game). Yet they let a bunch of 2 stars run a train on them.
nordberg said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:09 pm

This might actually be Les Miles.
Harsh Reality said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:19 pm

“This might actually be Les Miles.”

Or Bobby Boucher..
Holdem said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

“Name one skill set Kindle has learned or improved upon since he first came to Austin. He looks as raw, lost, and unskilled today as the first day he got to Austin. Sure he is an awesome athlete and that raw athleticism will probably be enough to get him to the league, but, I be damned, everytime I see the guy, its pretty apparent that the guy has not learn not one damn thing about football since his first days. It seems the only thing the coaches do with Kindle is to tell him: see ball, go get it (maybe that’s all he can comprehend and learn? Who knows?). That seems to be about the only coaching he has ever gotten. Talk about a waste of athletic talent.”

So Kindle is basically just like every player to play for LSU in the last five years. Watch the LSU vs. UW game and tell me LSU looked like they had any idea of what was going on.
3 MNC's Brother said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:48 pm

Hey bro – I covered it last night while you were asleep – we are in agreemance over the fact that Kindle is a disappointment who does not produce, which is compounded over the fact that his production is overrated and lacks productivity, which makes him double overrated. My film study of his explosion-to-acceleration ratio is almost done and it basically is the same as Glenn Dorsey with a hurt leg or a shorter slower Jevon Kearse with inferior coverage skills.

I also agree that if Texas had to face a downhill running attack like the kind that Arkansas can put up with a mobile QB like Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett there interior DL would be exposed for what it is: Soft and overrated. Also underrated wide receivers like Early Doucet would give their secondary lots of fits due to their size, speed, hands and route-cut coordination skils.

Also I have read that it has been said that others have read that the African UT defensive players are good students – this is a product of Texas’ overrated US News and World Report ranking which tends to overrate their academic performance. At Vandy these guys would not even get honorable mentin Academic all american. I think they are both smart and good players, I am just pointing out the grade inflation that is rampant when you drink the burnt orange koolaid.

I think if you combine their good but overrated defense and Jordan Shipley, who is basically a slower, whiter Craig Yeast, with Colt who is a nice player but basically just Jevan Snead with a better SID, and maybe one other receiver in the you could probably go 2nd in the SEC west and the African players, if they dropped down to taking independent study seminars – could make academic all americans.
Harsh Reality said:

October 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

“I also agree that if Texas had to face a downhill running attack like the kind that Arkansas can put up with a mobile QB like Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett”

You’re a fucking idiot….
HenryJames said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:03 pm

I like the cut of his jib.
ctex80 said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:05 pm

Harsh,

Surely you recognize the brilliance that is 3 MNC’s brother.

3 MNC’s,

You’re a fucktard. But at least you’re not Tim. My favorite part is where you admit that you don’t know shit about football, and then proceed to tell us all how much you know about…football.

3 MNC’s brother,

A brilliant act of motherfuckery on your part. Bravo, sir.
Harsh Reality said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

I got ‘Clipped’
magnusbleuveigner said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

3 MNC’S Brother,

Do you proof-read to make sure you fucked up your post appropriately? I bet you have trouble dumbing yourself down to SEC levels.

3 MNC,

You’re about as dumbfuckingly stupid a person can get. I also suspect you to be an LSU fan that probably cleans the shitters at Coushatta. 90% of your clothes are purple and your perfect Sandals vacation is to Beaumont. Earlier when you admitted to being a drop-out I immediately suspected from tech school or high school. As I re-read your post it’s quite obvious that those esteemed achievements were never met. Please go back to posting on ESPN.
Vasherized said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

agreemance … that’s like when HenryJames and Scipio knowingly wink at eachother in public.
Jigglebilly said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:35 pm

I think we are all in “agreemance” that this is the best thread ever, bravo you effing hick…and Tim.
CloseToJumping said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

I asked 3 MNC to never leave and never get banned about 4 months ago and I absolutely ecstatic that he’s returned with the removal of the registration reqs. There is awesome, and then there is 3 MNC awesome. The parody of him is greatness as well. The tell-tale of who is doing it is included in the original LB paragraph of the first post.
ransomstoddard said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

Is the offense still coached by Greg Davis? That’s all anyone needs to know about achieving its potential.
jinx said:

October 6th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

I am not certain what the stratertgy of Barking Carnival is, but I’m not sure that it could be much badder ass than it is. It is much badder assed than all SEC sites put together. If you are not in agreemance, then you are probably some fucktard Texas overinflated kool-aid drinking African Academic All-American.
Trips Right said:

October 6th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

Art Vandalay for the mother f’n win.
magnusbleuveigner said:

October 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

Damn, how can you tell? To tell you how pathetic I am, I’ve been trying to decode it but can’t. I swore to myself to name my first born after 3 MNC Brother.
Capt. Obvious said:

October 6th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

“UT’s issues goes beyond any stratergy issues. As my uneducated ass says: If you ain’t got the players, you ain’t got the players and no amount of stratergizing is going to mean a damn thing, at least that’s my take on this matter.”

Beautiful. Alabama v. Utah may be a good counter-point for this, but as the man says, you can’t beat players with strater-jizzing.
ChrisApplewhite said:

October 6th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

ctj – I like Briscoe, a lot. I like Reesing, too. The overall theme with Kansas is a lack of speed and talent, but those two aren’t the problem. I respect the crap out of KU.

kafka – my guess to the passes to the backs being down is that the main target graduated. This is why I like Newton, because I think he fits the role that does the most for the offense as a whole. We’re not designed to be a big play run offense, so why not fill in the guy who can do everything right and at least add to your strengths?

Horncasting – you bring up an excellent point. When I talk about missing Quan’s consistency, this is what I mean. Drops end drives. So do poor passes and sacks. Last year we didn’t really deal with any of those and this year we are, thus the step back. Other guys need to become reliable if we are to hit last year’s stride.

SEC mouthbreathers – Sergio Kindle is overrated because he has two sacks is exactly the kind of thing someones says right before the rest of the adults at the party turn around and shake their heads as they go back to talking amongst themselves. Prepare to be surprised in a few months.
huge said:

October 6th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

the tipoff was saying zac lee looked as good as mccoy
ChrisApplewhite said:

October 6th, 2009 at 3:34 pm

If Zac Lee is good, what does he think of Brian Johnson?
3 MNC in a row said:

October 6th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

“You’re a fucktard. But at least you’re not Tim. My favorite part is where you admit that you don’t know shit about football, and then proceed to tell us all how much you know about…football.”

Yea, I admit that I don’t know shit about football. And, I admit, I have never played it, aside from some flag football. Dammit, I was always open for the entire game, and the fucker QB would never throw my way. Unfortunately for me, the one time when he got so guilty about it and finally threw my way, I got so over anxious about it that I dropped the damn ball.

Yea, that about it as far as my first hand experience with the game is concerned. But notice, I said I didn’t know shit about the game; I never said that any of you heart of Texas couch potatoes knew anything worth a shit either. Apparently, from what my ignorance can tell, you boys as a group know even less than me (which is saying something). Hey, at least I don’t go through life with blinders on and at least I can see and notice the obvious. I guess the same can’t be said for most folks in the world. From the examples of open mindedness and clarity of thought posted above, I’m afraid it certainly can’t be said for the talking heads that like to make it a habit to frequent this site.

Yea, yea, parody me if you want. Go ahead and make fun of me in your mob like manner and mentality. Yea, pretend to be my relative and close friend. Pretend to be on my side when you are just trying to stab me in the back. Remember Cain and Abel? Yea, that’s sort of like it. All I have to say to all these expressions of disrespect is to tell everyone to just go ahead and look at my record. Look back on my last postings and you will see that me and my parody-esque writings were right on and correct on just about every subject matter I bothered to touch. I happens to be a habit with me. I even have to say, with some feigned modesty, that even I am pretty impressed by my laser like accuracy. The only thing I have been off the mark on is my agreemance with Closer that Baylor would win 8 games. And even this one flaw in my perfection can be attributed to unforseen injury issues, rather than to my being mentally wrong on any subject matter (god forbid that). I still say that I would have been right on this one as well if Griffin’s knee did not go boom.

As far as my writing style is concerned, that is unintentional. Look, I try to write like you guys, like a normal person, like a Scipio, but, shit, that’s how my thoughts come out I’m afraid. Yes, I admit, my writing style comes across as Quasi-modo-esque on some occassions. And I apologize for that, for the relative unattractiveness of the packaging of my thoughts, but, let me remind everyone, sometimes in life it is wise to look beyond the packaging, no matter how unattractive and smelly it may seem. Ultimately, folks, it’s not the packaging that counts, what’s on the outside, but what is on the inside. Refer to anyone who was dumb enough to marry a gold digging stripper and their inevitable impoverishing outcome as confirmation of the truth of this statement.

Need I say it? What is inside of my packaging, in my opinion, are brilliant jewels and just about the most accurate predictions on the outcome of future events as you are likely to find anywhere. In my opinion, the content of what’s in my packaging is priceless. Stuff and a level of accuracy you will not find lying around any corner any day of the week. It’s rare, rare stuff. As the bimbo girls of Winghouse say: Need I say more? What’s more impressive is that I don’t even need buffalo wings or big, over exposed tits to say this and still have it mean something. Impressive, indeed, I must say.

Off topic: Anyone else notice that the twins on the Winghouse commercial ended up as the new girls on the Playboy TV reality show. They are supposed to be Hef’s new GF’s and they are twins. Sis on SIs, anyone? They seem to have had a bit of plastic surgery since their WInghouse commerical days, but knowing eyes can still tell that it’s them, that it’s the same double duty, familialy related sluts that use to hock buffalo wings in Texas.
BEHorn said:

October 6th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

“Yes, I admit, my writing style comes across as Quasi-modo-esque on some occassions.”

Don’t know what that means, but I like it. (Not as much as I like 3 MNC’s Brother, but still.)
Sasha is a Longhorn Dog said:

October 6th, 2009 at 5:15 pm

Is 3 MNC the reincarnation of Steve? His posts are so long and boring that I can’t even get through them… and I’m in law school. I’m used to reading long, boring passages.

3 MNC, a person’s writing style generally gives away their intelligence level. Your style is, to say the least, lacking. Further, the content of your posts are filled with half-logic, generalizations, and opinions – opinions that are so off the wall as to show how little you actually know.

I am a woman. I have never played football. And yet, I read your post and realize that you will never, EVER know as much about football as I do. Never.

This is assuming you’re for real. Your stupidity about football is so ridiculous that I can’t help but suspect you are actually a Barker in disguise, trying to rile up the masses and increase the post count.
dick said:

October 6th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

I can’t read 3 MNC’s posts either past the first 2 sentences.

Is BC incentivized by high post counts? Does Evony pay per post?
parlinhall said:

October 6th, 2009 at 7:11 pm

“As far as my writing style is concerned, that is unintentional. Look, I try to write like you guys, like a normal person, like a Scipio, but, shit, that’s how my thoughts come out I’m afraid.”

Does anyone else think that ‘3 MNC in a row’ is just Scipio messin’ around? Who else would align “like a normal person” with “like a Scipio”?
ctex80 said:

October 6th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

After reading that last one…

Surely that can’t be real.
Bighornfan32 said:

October 7th, 2009 at 6:20 am

tl,dr
jinx said:

October 7th, 2009 at 6:26 am

“Ultimately, folks, it’s not the packaging that counts, what’s on the outside, but what is on the inside. Refer to anyone who was dumb enough to marry a gold digging stripper and their inevitable impoverishing outcome as confirmation of the truth of this statement.”

This is why I come to this site. It feeds my hunger for Texas Longhorn news, and thanks to 3 MNC, it inspires my soul.
Travis said:

October 7th, 2009 at 6:55 am

How can you ramble on about how overrated everyone on texas is… and that we have no real talent, but then on the other hand say that anyone that is able to play with what colt has around him would do just as good?/??
kafka said:

October 7th, 2009 at 7:35 am

Chris:
You should not need Ogbonnaya or Newton to complete a relief valve pass (aka dump pass) to a TB. For the wheel route you might need Og or Newton but that is something completely different. It takes no route running capability to catch a dump pass and the pass is so short that it is easy to catch (i.e. lack of receiver skill by the TB is not what is limiting the success of dump passes).

The point is that Colt is not throwing very many dump passes to the TB and when he does throw them, they are not getting many yards. Why? One reason is that Colt does not throw the dump pass on time and by the time he finally tries to dump it off to the TB, even the TB is covered. That does not matter when playing a directional school but it will matter against OU.

The biggest reason (IMHO) for why the dump pass is not more productive is that Colt is reluctant to throw that pass. When Major took over as running back coach, it seemed reasonable to expect that QB passing to running backs (especially dump passes) would improve but it has not happened.

Is Newton better in the passing game than a healthy Fozzy? My understanding is that Newton is the best pass blocker. If true, then he probably starts vs OU. On the other hand, Newton is a freshman and may get a bit overwhelmed by the OU/UT game so Mack may go with a more experienced player to start.
CloseToJumping said:

October 7th, 2009 at 7:36 am

I am pretty certain that 3 MNC is real, although that last post is honestly bizarre.
LonghornScott said:

October 7th, 2009 at 8:03 am

I want 3 MNC to be real but “agreemance” is too good to be true.
Vasherized said:

October 7th, 2009 at 8:47 am

This was a sparkling gem:

What is inside of my packaging, in my opinion, are brilliant jewels and just about the most accurate predictions on the outcome of future events as you are likely to find anywhere.
kafka said:

October 7th, 2009 at 8:51 am

Good comments about the short passing game but it should be noted that both Colt and GD prefer the intermediate passing game. Since the timing in the short passing game is so critical, the QB has to read short to long to optimize the short passing game. Colt has not been doing that this season.

“Our running game is, at this point, functional if not underrated, and I feel we can move the chains against a gambling, impatient back 7.”

I’m less sanguine about that. Assuming (as you do) OU puts 6 in the box, my guess is that that UT can’t block them well. The flex TE is no help to the running game so UT’s front 5 is blocking 6 OU guys, that is not good. In addition the UT running scheme sucks anyway because it is so slow developing that OU has plenty of time to run to the ball before the UT runner actually makes a cut.

I’m not sure that OU will gamble that much. By now they realize that getting to the QB when he is throwing a short pass is almost impossible. OU may make the obvious adjustment of frequently having the DL get their hands up and trying to deflect the pass at the LOS. Colt has had problems dealing with that in the past.

UT may run the ball OK in the second half if OU is tired and selling out to stop the pass. Otherwise I would not look for much from the UT running game. Having said that, if UT becomes a completely pass oriented offence against OU, that will make it much easier for UT on the rare occasions when it runs the ball.
kafka said:

October 7th, 2009 at 9:29 am

“This is where that final guy comes in. We have 2 good receivers and 2 good running backs who add something to the passing game (1.5, really, because one of them is never healthy).

The horns have two awesome receivers (i.e. way, way beyond good) in Ship and Buckner. They have two more good receivers in Kirk and Chiles (most teams would kill to have either guy at WR). Goodwin has looked great when they throw the ball to him and is super fast. Malcolm has huge potential. He has not optimized that potential yet but Colt/GD may be part of the problem.

“(The horns lack) That Brian Carter type of guy who only has 2-3 catches but each one keeps a drive going. There are 1 on 1s available but between Williams/Kirkendoll/Chiles, nobody seems to be able to convert consistently.”

Chiles is averaging nearly 4 catches/game and specializes in moving the chains. Kirk is averaging 3.5 catches/game. On any pass play, Colt is going to look first to Ship then Buckner then to somebody else. You can’t catch the ball if Colt does not throw it to you.

The bulk of UT fans have unrealistic expectations for the catching skills of WRs. There is only one Quan. Almost all WRs are going to drop a pass every now and then (TO, front and center).

It is not that important if Fozzy is available vs Wyoming or Colorado as long as he is healthy for OU, OSU, Big XII championship game (if applicable), and bowl game.
kafka said:

October 7th, 2009 at 10:29 am

Interesting theory about why UT gets better in the second half. I guess you are saying that GD makes good second half adjustments. It also seems likely that UT’s superior depth starts wearing out the opposition in the second half. Against OU, UT did better in the second half because UT made a fundamental change to its O in the second half and started attacking the OU MLB pass defence (which was terrible). Colt says he is doing better in the second half this year because he settles down and just throws better in the second half.

“We can still score in bunches if, when it really matters, we go back to what we know works.”

Your thesis, recently, is that the short passing game is key to the horns’ success. It isn’t clear that a short passing attack will lead to rapid scores. It is more of a methodical moving the ball down the field with possession passes. This can take a while to score.

“Just watch for the keys:

1. A CONSISTENT slot receiver.
2. Whoever does play in the backfield should add something to the passing game.
3. If the defense plays back, drive onthem. If they blitz, create big chunks of yardage.
4. Run on 6 men in the box.”

1. Horns WRs are already fine.
2. Newton, Fozzy, and Vondrell are all fine as pass catching TBs. I’m not pushing Vondrell but he seems to be catching the ball OK (I remember at least one outstanding catch) and I haven’t seen that he is weak on pass blocking.
3. I don’t actually understand point 3. Obviously an offence should always drive on the defense and create (gain, right?) big chunks of yardage. The question is how to accomplish this.
4. There is nothing about the horns’ offensive scheme that leads me to believe they will be effective at running when OU has 6 men in the box.

The reason I have made such detailed responses to your post is that I really appreciate what you have done and there were relatively few responses to your actual content. Most responses on this thread did not have much to do with your original post.
HawaiianHorn said:

October 7th, 2009 at 10:49 am

3 MNC said “…tell me and the rest of the world how sinking in the middle of Pacific Ocean and being majorly fucked is not a stereotype.”

I think the rest of the world already knows this, so this is just for you, 3 MNC, and the rest of your SEC genius brethren. I apologize to the rest of the world if this is already been covered.

A stereotype is a “broad generalization” about a particular group or groups. An example of this would be the commonly held stereotype that all black persons can play basketball. Since we know that there are undoubtedly exceptions to this statement, which render it factually inaccurate, the statement is therefore a stereotype (or a “broad generalization” or a “commonly held belief,” if you will). “Sinking in the Pacific Ocean and being majorly fucked” is not a broad generalization or commonly held belief since at no time could sinking in the Pacific Ocean be considered a good thing. Since there are no exceptions to the rule “Sinking in the Pacific Ocean and being majorly fucked” it is therefore a fact, not a stereotype. The key distinction being stereotypes always have exceptions, factual statements do not.

However, since you live in bizzaro SEC homer land maybe you could imagine a scenario in which you would enjoy sinking in the Pacific Ocean. If so, please don’t let this simple little post get in your way.
Homesick Alien said:

October 7th, 2009 at 2:29 pm

Second the request for more info on the “no quarter” coming from our D staff toward our O staff.

Lil’ help?
SEC, Trans Ams & Skynyrd said:

October 7th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

“A stereotype is a “broad generalization” about a particular group or groups”

I thought you’s talkin bout Pioneers, Kenwoods and shit..
3 MNC in a row said:

October 7th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

“Since there are no exceptions to the rule “Sinking in the Pacific Ocean and being majorly fucked” it is therefore a fact, not a stereotype. The key distinction being stereotypes always have exceptions, factual statements do not.”

Do you really think that this was a satisfactory response? Sure there are exceptions to the stereotype that one is fucked if one’s boat has a hole in the middle of the Pacific. You can think of all sorts of exceptions to this. What if when sinking, you were near a chain of uninhabited island that turned out to be as close to paradise as is possible in this world? Shit man, you should know better. Maybe that’s how the Hawaiian Islands were discovered. Who knows? Or what if I finally got some sense together and concluded that sinking in the middle of the ocean amongst the fishies was not such a bad outcome, that it might be better than the option of landing on the mainland and going on to live the typical hum drum, crap, cowardly, untruthful life most folks go on to live. Whose to say that sudden death is not better than that? It really doesn’t sound all that irrational to me.

See, any number of exceptions could be made for even this “fact”, as you say. It would be wise not to forget that anything which is finite can never be absolute by definition and must therefore always have an exception. Even should that exception only exists within the realm of possibilities and never reach the empirical level, it would still apply and throw a wrench into your simple minded stereotype/fact distinction.

You do know by using a definition got out from a dictionary, you are not accomplishing a damn thing at all, even though you may not know any better. Actually, I find it ironic.
By resorting to a dictionary to do your thinking for you, you are basically using a stereotype, the stereotypic definition of a stereotype, to define what a stereotype is. And you are actually proud of this. You obviously have no idea what exactly a stereotype is and, personally, I doubt if you could understand it even if it was spoon fed you. It’s probably just a bit to complicated and original for your intellect like yours to handle, I suspect.

By the way, E=MC/2 seems to vaguely imply, in a sort of incoherent manner, that matter does not in fact exist. And if matter does not exist than your beloved facts, if one thinks in a disclipine manner, also cannot exist and, then, your fine, artificially created distinction goes to hell. The existence of facts depends on the existence of matter (you can see this, can’t you?) and, of course, that would be very questionable.

If you do believe in “matter”, have no fear you are not alone, Actually, secularism, its outlook, and all its values are premised upon this belief in the existence of matter. This paradigm would be a decent and fairly insightful way to describe and understand the dilemma of the modern world, the dilemma that faces it. The human mind by its very nature cannot help but be tempted to believe in the existence of matter, and yet, at the same time, in a contradictory sense, it is repulsed by this belief and instinctively rejects it as a worse than death poison.

I do not really want to get into the details of it, but this would be a good starting point to understand the nature of stereotypes. The natural and instinctive aversion all of humanity has to stereotypes is very understandable from this perspective. This aversion can be reduced to that prior and more primary aversion the human mind has to the belief in “matter”. That, my ignorant friend, would the “why” of why people are naturally averse to stereotypes.

Also don’t forget, a mind that thinks in terms of matter, which would be just about all the minds you are likely to see around you in this world… remember that such a mind can only think in terms of stereotype. Your using a stereotype to define what a stereotype is, being proud of your accomplishment, and being totally unaware of your goof only serves to confirm the truth of such a state of affairs and my views on this matter.
3 MNC in a row said:

October 7th, 2009 at 8:53 pm

“3 MNC, a person’s writing style generally gives away their intelligence level. Your style is, to say the least, lacking.”

Not really. Sure one has get above the illiterate, Sergio Kindle level of intellgence, and know how to read and write to a basic degree. From the way that boy plays on the field, you could swear that he would require a series of remedial courses just to learn how to let paint dry. But anyway, once one gets above and beyond that idiot level, then your statement above really does not apply. Have you ever tried reading Hegel? He is widely considered to be greatest modern philosopher of the Western world. Yep, and you are right. He was really known for his crisp, clean writing style (not).

Actually, (and I did not expect a person such as yourself to know any better) it’s probably the case that the very opposite of what you say is the more truthful position. The best minds have a tendency to write very obtusely and cryptically. Basically, they have a tendency to write like crap, just like I do. The reason for this being that the very best minds – and I am not talking about the above average minds, but the very best of best minds – have the tendency to be extreme introverts as opposed to extroverts and introverts, due to the originality of their minds and their individuality, tend not to be the easy reads in the world. If you need proof of this for yourself, just go and pick up Kierkegaard’s “Sickness Unto Death” and read the first few sentences.

Hopefully, you know more about football than you do about the relationship between writing style and intellect, but I doubt it. Look now, I do admit, you being a girl and all, that you probably know about some things more than I (none of which I, me being a man, particularly care to know about, do, or experience), but, sorry, football ain’t gonna be one of them.

By the way, I’m glad that you are so confident in your self worth that you are not in the least bothered by referring to yourself as a “dog”. You know, most women I know are rather loathe to refer to themselves as dogs and have the tendency to respond with a bitch slap for anyone who is careless enough to remind them of that fact, but I guess your indifference must just be a local yokel, Austin thing. Maybe it goes along with that feminine, unshaved arm pits thing that Austin is also famous, or should I say infamous, for. You should know better than I.
Vasherized said:

October 8th, 2009 at 8:51 am

Christmas has come early to Barking Carnival. Thanks for the generous gift of your unique insights, 3 MNC in a row.

You’re Soren. Don’t stop. I Kant wait to read more!
Hornsfan2005 said:

October 8th, 2009 at 9:23 am

3 in a row,

Do you know who Jeremy Wariner is? If not, go google him and you’ll see that not all white people are slow.
Hornsfan2005 said:

October 8th, 2009 at 10:14 am

3 in a row,

I would say there are probably many women that know more about football than you (i.e. Stephania Bell, Linda Cohn, pretty much any woman on ESPN) . You said yourself that you haven’t had any real experience playing football. So what would make you think you are more knowledgeable than anyone else? Because you watch ESPN all day? And watching film doesn’t prove anything unless you know what to look for. Don’t get me wrong, if you are a long-time student of the game and have spent time learning the intricacies, then you may know what you’re talking about, but if you think you know football because you consider yourself one “of the very best minds” and have never had any actual experience playing or coaching the game, then that just makes you an ignorant moron.
3 MNC in a row said:

October 8th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

If Wariner is that skinny white guy who looks terrible in tights, wears a bad hair cut, runs the 400m, then he just goes to affirm the stereotype even more. Notice, he sure as hell ain’t running the 100m and probably not the 200m, and why is this? Cause in short distances, he being a whitey, he does not have the quicks or the burst to keep up with the Blackies. I never said that whiteys were not competitive in long distance stuff, like long distance running or biking (what Black guy not from African you know likes to run or bike long distance. I’ve never met one. Everyone long distance running I see on the street are whiteys. It’s so pervasive you would think it was a law or something. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I saw a Black guy actually running on the street, at least for the sake of exercise.), where their lack of outright speed is never exposed.

And yes, I have no idea about the intricacies of the game, but all that intricacies knowledge stuff must not mean jack shit, cause I find that I tend to be a hell of alot more accurate with my ignorance than those who claim to have this intricacies stuff down pat. Yes, I maybe an ignorant moron (I have never denied it), The only question that really matters is whether I am more of a moron or more ignorant than you Longhorn Buttheads. And in this category, I say you guys have me beat by a good measure.

I may not know jack, but, just watch. What I said about the Longhorn O and D will eventually show itself to be the case. You boys will not be winning an MNC this year. Last year’s Longhorn team was noticeably better and more talented than this year’s version.
Hornsfan2005 said:

October 8th, 2009 at 12:52 pm

The 400 is NOT considered a long distance race and Wariner won the Texas 5A state title in the 200 so that is just not true. Knowing the intricacies does mean jack shit. You may have gotten lucky with a few predictions you have made, but how many are we talking about here? I notice that many people tend to remember the times they are correct with extreme clarity, but forget the times they are wrong like they never happened. I am not saying this is you, but to say that you are always right is just ridiculous. Nobody is right all the time and if your predictions are always so accurate, then why aren’t you on ESPN or NFL Network or, better yet, a millionaire because I know that I would live in Vegas if I had a crystal ball like you.

And another thing, you obviously have some animosity towards Texas and just do not enjoy it when the Longhorns are successful. Maybe your “great mind” was rejected from UT and that is why you are so angry, I dunno. I also have a feeling that the only Texas game you have watched this year is the Tech game, and your comments about Locker and Colt are just comical. Actually, you made so many ridiculous statements regarding Colt, it’s hard to choose one to address.

I’m gonna bring up your reference to Jevan Snead though; he was Colt’s backup and transferred schools because he knew he’d be sitting behind Colt for four years. So I don’t know how you can say Colt is basically Jevan Snead when they were competing for the same job and Colt beat him out. Enough said.

One more thing… If Texas does go undefeated and does win the MNC, will you come on hear and admit you were wrong?
3 MNC in a row said:

October 8th, 2009 at 4:24 pm

Nobody is right all the time and if your predictions are always so accurate, then why aren’t you on ESPN or NFL Network or, better yet, a millionaire…

You obviously do not understand what it takes exactly to be on ESPN, NFL Network, or how one becomes a multi-millionare, cause if you did you would know that outright accuracy is not one of the qualities that is chiefly desired for such positions. Oh, believe me, if I so chose, I could very easy become a multi-millionare and I could do so with very little effort, thought, or foresight. Basically I could do it by barely lifting a finger, cause I know exactly what it takes to make the dinero. As long as one understands the how and the why of making money, believe me, it is a very easy and non-challenging thing to do. Believe it or not, I would just rather pass on getting involved with all that making money silly stuff and all its petty concerns. At bottom, if one is honest about it, it is always dirty, dirty stuff in the end and this has no exceptions.

Note, a football field is not 200m long. Also, finding one exception (and I still say it is not really one) among a population size of a few hundred million would not be exactly what I call disproving a stereotype, so I don’t know what your point is by going on and on about this fast white guy stuff.

The only thing Colt might have above Locker is game smarts and management and I don’t really even believe this is true. Locker’s arm is actually better, his release is as quick, he is as accurate, and he is blessed with game breaking mobility. Now, Locker would have been a better example of a fast white guy than Wariner and he does it on the football field. He is explosive on the football field.

Snead is actually a better pro prospect than Colt. He has a cannon for an arm. One of the best I have seen in college. He may just have a stronger arm than Mallet. His issue is consistency. He is a big, burly guy and possibly he has not yet grown fully into his size. He seems to have issues with coordination and seems clumsy and blocky with his movements at times. If he becomes more consistent and a bit more graceful in his movements, and I have little doubt he will, then I would definitely put him above a Colt. Snead was born with an elite arm. That is something you cannot say for Colt.

Of course, I will be back to receive my just desserts, but the odds of this Texas team winning the MNC is low in my opinion. Just put it this way: I ain’t exactly experiencing any anxiety issues in regards to this. You guys should hope and pray that some no name team squeeks into the MNC game if you guys do indeed manage to reach it yourselves, cause if you guys do end up facing an SEC team, I believe that the physical SEC teams would go on to flatten UT on both sides of the ball.
Hornsfans2005 said:

October 8th, 2009 at 6:06 pm

I’m not going on and on about this fast white guy. I’m just going to drop that because that wasn’t even the point. You were just talking about white people not being fast or something. I was just giving you an example of a white person who is one of the fastest in the world.

You say that Locker’s release is just as quick, and he is as accurate, which is not true, but you claim that he is in “another league” because of his arm and game breaking mobility? Arm strength is not everything and many NFL scouts have Colt high on their boards despite this. I wonder why that is, maybe it is because of his “game smarts and management.” Maybe you should give them your expert opinion before they make a colossal mistake. I still think the only Texas game you’ve watched this year is the Tech game. Colt is a great runner and has this “game breaking mobility” you speak of. The coaches told him not run early this year to preserve himself for conference play. He ran early and often last year and was worn down by the end of the year.

You say that Snead is a better pro prospect and I may agree with you, but we are not talking about the NFL. This is COLLEGE football last time I checked and it doesn’t matter how they project to do in the NFL, it matters how the perform right now in college. That is why Snead is at Ole Miss right now.

And don’t give me this crap that you just choose to not make money by gambling. That’s what a loser says when asked why he doesn’t gamble.

I response to your last comment, you are so obviously an SEC homer and I would love to play Florida or Bama in the MNC. We should have had our chance last year, but Florida got lucky and got Chokelaoma.
Hornsfans2005 said:

October 8th, 2009 at 6:07 pm

O, and I never said my predictions were so accurate. If they were, I would be on ESPN.
3 MNC in a row said:

October 9th, 2009 at 1:59 pm

I am wise enough to know that there are easier ways of making money than going against Vegas and its lines and, yes, I have learned this from experience. It’s possible to make some money going against Vegas, but in the long run it won’t be for much. Even for someone like me, the risks are not worth the effort. Vegas ain’t exactly playing on a level playing field and that happens to be why it always wins in the end.

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This was definitely the worst, by far.
Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 12 hours, 42 minutes ago

Don’t have time to address each and every comment now, but I wanted to say thanks to everyone for contributing to the site this season. It’s made it a lot of fun to follow a team that’s tough to watch at times.

Also, I wanted to thank you for the kind words as
Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 12 hours, 43 minutes ago

And that’s all she wrote…relatively boring day so far. A&M out to a nice early lead.

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Art Vandelay commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 12 hours, 46 minutes ago

Trips,

Great work all year long. Love the passion. The fact that you kept writing these (even around the birth of a child), is fantastic, shows your commitment, and is a little freaky. :-)

I think you showed great restraint in this post. It would have been easier to “go off” on Barnes.
ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 12 hours, 47 minutes ago

Second awesomest thing — Magnus gets his woman to go to Hooters with him.
Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 12 hours, 53 minutes ago

Missouri going to hang on…

Sconsin clinging to a 2 point cushion

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