If I were Texas fan

[TNCatfanforever]

I would be livid that Manning didn’t start and play the 2nd half.

 

[merrimanm]

Why? Ewers wasn't the reason they didn't win. A stupid TD at the end of the first half and not scoring from the one is why they lost.

 

[Ky grandpa]

Maybe Manning could get a pss over a linemen!!!!!!!

Who would have thought this QB kept making the same mistake over and over...

GBB

 

[BBN-N-AZ]

This game reminded me of coach Cal. Riding with my guy (Ewers) regardless of what is needed. They needed Manning. Might have lost anyway. But at least they tried to win by playing Manning. Ewers had the feeling that the receivers needed to make a play and not the QB.

 

[blackcat714]

SEC was trash this year hard to believe we only won one game.

 

[Bluegrass79]

The scheduling is what beat the SEC.

You see the Big 10 knows how to schedule. They make sure their best teams play at the end of the season. Hell Indiana didn't play anybody. They didn't play oregon or Penn State but went 10 and 1 in the Big 10. Scheduling.

That way they can rise up the rankings beating up on the inferior Big ten crap schools which is 3/4 of the league.

Meanwhile the SEC will play top 5-25 matchups in September, October, and November.
Some SEC teams will play eight ranked games when the Big 10 will play two or three or 4 like Indiana did.

 

[gamecockcat]

Why does everyone think Manning is so much better? He played sparingly this year. Sark knows QBs and he's seen both these guys all year long. You don't think he wants to win a championship? He's consciously playing a worse QB in the biggest game of the season? This is 'backup QB syndrome' taken to an absurdity. Sark played the QB he thought was better. Period. It wasn't Ewers who called a couple of horrible plays in the red zone. It wasn't him who whiffed on a block that resulted in the strip sacks TD. I don't think Ewers is a great QB by any means. Put him on an average team and no one would've ever heard his name. But suggesting that the HC purposely played an inferior QB in the semifinal game is ludicrous.

 

[Johnfarrel]

Why? Ewers wasn't the reason they didn't win. A stupid TD at the end of the first half and not scoring from the one is why they lost.

Yes, and I thought going for it on fourth down from Ohio State's 40 on the first drive was a bad idea. Analytics aside, I would not have risked putting Ohio State on a short field that early in the game. And if I am on the one, first down and goal, I run it at least three times up the middle. A tush push on Ewers a couple of times should have gotten it done.

 

[merrimanm]

Yes, and I thought going for it on fourth down from Ohio State's 40 on the first drive was a bad idea. Analytics aside, I would not have risked putting Ohio State on a short field that early in the game. And if I am on the one, first down and goal, I run it at least three times up the middle. A tush push on Ewers a couple of times should have gotten it done.

EXACTLY!!

 

[BigRickWithTheBig___Suv]

Texas fans this morning:

 

[trueblujr2]

Why does everyone think Manning is so much better? He played sparingly this year. Sark knows QBs and he's seen both these guys all year long. You don't think he wants to win a championship? He's consciously playing a worse QB in the biggest game of the season? This is 'backup QB syndrome' taken to an absurdity. Sark played the QB he thought was better. Period. It wasn't Ewers who called a couple of horrible plays in the red zone. It wasn't him who whiffed on a block that resulted in the strip sacks TD. I don't think Ewers is a great QB by any means. Put him on an average team and no one would've ever heard his name. But suggesting that the HC purposely played an inferior QB in the semifinal game is ludicrous.

If Arch’s last name wasn’t Manning, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.