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According to Hookem.com, Sam to start against SJSU

I have no idea. I no nothing, but if this is true I was going to send it to all my buddies lol I'm not much of a website guy besides this one at the moment 

 
I read the article and besides the misleading title it says nothing of him starting. Just says he is getting first team snaps while Shane is hurt. Same thing we knew already. But players did speak highly of him after today's practice 

 
Would this be the talk of the AAS right now if it were true? Wouldn't Bohls have already stunk up the place with something really stupid to say about this? lol

 
They changed the caption under Sam's picture. It originally said he was starting on Saturday, now it says, "Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger works on his footwork and passing skills during a practice held at the Denius Fields on Aug. 4, 2017."

Herman may have told them to change it.

 
Even if Sam starts in place of Shane (injured), the offensive line will need to drastically improve!!!  Tom Brady would end up concussed the way the offensive line performed this past Saturday.

 
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Even if Sam starts in place of Shane (injured), the offensive line will need to drastically improve!!!  Tom Brady would end up concussed the way the offensive line performed this past Saturday.
This is a misnomer. The OL played better than most think. Sure they had their breakdowns, all OLs due but Shane was not running for his life as many would have you believe. Most of the time he was running for his life it was because he failed to execute himself. It's hard to say about run blocking when they only got 16 chances, there are improvements to be made no doubt, about that is across the board on offense.

Plus an OL looks much better when you get elite play from the QB position. Texas OL in 2005 was considered elite (of the 8 guys that were in the rotation), only 2 guys had any kind of a NFL career, and neither were considered AP level players.

 
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This is a misnomer. The OL played better than most think. Sure they had their breakdowns, all OLs due but Shane was not running for his life as many would have you believe.
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As I've said elsewhere on this board, Shane was far from perfect, but he was far from the most glaring issue. Also, I definitely don't expect there to be a "perfect pocket for 10 seconds every time," nor should Shane. But I think he should also expect for his line to provide some blocking. I can clearly recall straight whiffs by McMillon and Nickelson in the first half, in addition to repeated protection breakdowns. Additionally, although he's not a lineman, Gray was asked to block and pass protect, and we all know how that turned out.

I'll give you that they played better in the second half, but they set the bar pretty low in that first half.

 
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This is a misnomer. The OL played better than most think. Sure they had their breakdowns, all OLs due but Shane was not running for his life as many would have you believe. Most of the time he was running for his life it was because he failed to execute himself. It's hard to say about run blocking when they only got 16 chances, there are improvements to be made no doubt, about that is across the board on offense.

Plus an OL looks much better when you get elite play from the QB position. Texas OL in 2005 was considered elite (of the 8 guys that were in the rotation), only 2 guys had any kind of a NFL career, and neither were considered AP level players.
This is correct from my replay I watched. Yes Tristan nickelson and grey SUCK. But a lot of the time Shane had the time but ran left or right outside of his blockers and then it was game over. He early stayed in the pocket going thru his progressions. It was glaring. O-Line def wasn't on point but Shane did have more than a few self inflicting sacks. Just because we get a offensive coordinator that's like a running QB doesn't make you a runner. Stick with what your good at. 

 
As I've said elsewhere on this board, Shane was far from perfect, but he was far from the most glaring issue. Also, I definitely don't expect there to be a "perfect pocket for 10 seconds every time," nor should Shane. But I think he should also expect for his line to provide some blocking. I can clearly recall straight whiffs by McMillon and Nickelson in the first half, in addition to repeated protection breakdowns. Additionally, although he's not a lineman, Gray was asked to block and pass protect, and we all know how that turned out.

I'll give you that they played better in the second half, but they set the bar pretty low in that first half.
Herman has said that Shane audibled on that play that lead to McMillon shifting his assignment left. The idea was to hit the hot route from where the vacating LB was coming from. Shane and Brewer didn't execute.

Far from perfect is the correct way to describe quarters 1-3, then the 4th quarter happened. In the 1st 13 minutes Shane was 3-9 for 28 yards, which included 4 near picks by Maryland(3 dropped and a pick 6 nullified). It went from a 3 point game to a 17 point game due to offense futility with Shane's abysmal playing being one the main reasons.

 
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It went from a 3 point game to a 17 point game due to offense futility with Shane's abysmal playing being one the main reasons.
I guess you're giving a pass to the defense with respect to it becoming a 17-point game? I guess we're going to ignore the 2 holding calls that negated first downs?

 
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