A bone for the Texas fans around here

Story about Shipley and Colt playing together. Too bad we couldn't get him in here. I know the thought gives the Texas fans around here a boner.

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I am no Texas fan, but I think Shipley could come in here and challenge for some playing time at WR from day 1. I would love to see him in Orange and Brown.

We have met the enemy, and they are ours. - O H Perry

by Lisol on Sep 8, 2011 2:24 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, I’m the polar opposite.

Pittsburgh is just jealous. We got Cudi and they have Wiz.

by SpecialBrownie on Sep 8, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Really? You wouldn’t want your QB to have a WR that he’s already completely familiar with? To me, your statement is got to be one of the dumbest made in a long time. Hell, I wish that we had Limas (of course, minus the headcase part of Limas) the way he was back at UT. I dont care where a players from, or what college he played for. All I care about is how well will my Brownies do!

"They kept throwing it at me. I don’t know why. They just kept trying, and I just kept knocking it down." - Joe Haden, Cleveland Browns.

by J. W. on Sep 8, 2011 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Sweed is available. I agree, Shipley would be better.

by HenryDawg on Sep 8, 2011 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions

If (thats a monster if now) you could get Limas some really hard core professional mental help, and it worked. Then I would give him a try.

"They kept throwing it at me. I don’t know why. They just kept trying, and I just kept knocking it down." - Joe Haden, Cleveland Browns.

by J. W. on Sep 9, 2011 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t think this staff is interested in head cases.

by HenryDawg on Sep 9, 2011 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions

To me, your statement is got to be one of the dumbest made in a long time.

This is a little overboard, to say the least. At least try to be polite.

I don’t think Shipley is bad, I just don’t think he’s any better than what we have already. Besides, familiarity only matters if it’s in the same system.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Sep 9, 2011 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions

We do run Texas’ favorite play. But if all we ran was that, we’d be screwed.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Sep 9, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Well we all run some version of the WCO but I also think you’re underrating the importance of “chemistry.” (It’s a bad cliche, but that doesn’t mean its untrue).

by HenryDawg on Sep 9, 2011 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

(collapse blabbering homer comment)

The McCoy Shipley combo was absolutely amazing to watch. Shipley was the very definition of the go to guy for Colt. There was some serious magic happening with the timing between those two guys on Saturdays.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 9, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions

But this isn’t the Texas offense. Shipley would have to take the time to learn it and Colt probably doesn’t know it inside and out yet.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Sep 10, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Obviously. I wasn’t implying Shipley could walk in and be his go to guy with the Browns right off the bat.
Just a little reminiscing really – although I do believe if by some odd set of circumstances Shipley did land in Clevelend, the timing and “chemistry” that developed between them over the years at UT could definitely be a factor down the road once they had both thoroughly learned the “Shurmur WCO” offense.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 10, 2011 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ld say a couple of weeks at most.

by HenryDawg on Sep 10, 2011 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions

An amusing bit of irony I’d thought I’d drop in and share…
In tonight’s game the Longhorns were down by 6 points to BYU in the fourth quarter.
(from espn.com):

(starting QB) Garrett Gilbert was just 2 of 8 for eight yards with two interceptions and was lustily booed by the home crowd before he was pulled.

Then…

McCoy (brought in to replace Gilbert in the 2nd half) then led an 8-play scoring drive that started at the Texas 48, connecting twice with Shipley for big gains before RB Cody Johnson scored on a 4-yard run up the middle that put Texas ahead for the first time with 8:46 to play.

…that would be Case McCoy and Jaxon Shipley – younger brothers of Colt and Jordan.

(Longhorns won)

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 10, 2011 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions

(link)

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 10, 2011 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Gilbert has impressed me less and less since taking over from Colt in the NC game.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Sep 10, 2011 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions

After the first game I thought maybe he had made some progress. Now I have a feeling McCoy’s little brother will soon be their starter. Gilbert just isn’t getting it done.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 11, 2011 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions

When does he graduate? We could use a spare.

by HenryDawg on Sep 11, 2011 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

He’s a sophomore.
Something tells me he could be be good from what little I’ve seen and heard of him.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 11, 2011 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions

When you have a QB and a WR on the same page and they could probably finish each others sentences, I’d say thats what you want out on the field.

"They kept throwing it at me. I don’t know why. They just kept trying, and I just kept knocking it down." - Joe Haden, Cleveland Browns.

by J. W. on Sep 9, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I’d rather have a QB and WR that finish each other’s sandwiches

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Sep 10, 2011 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions

If only Heckert would let anyone else have one.

I really don’t really think... - Tom Heckert

by North Coast Flea on Sep 10, 2011 3:06 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

With heckert around they would have to finish each others samiches. Or rather samich, because there would only be one left for the entire team to share.

That’s another reason we should have kept Mangini. With his diet, the team was able to eat more. Although they probably had to hide a few snacks from Ryan.

Mangini apologist by default.

by Villeslgr on Sep 10, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

But that’s the thing, they wouldn’t automatically have that chemistry in a different offense. The terminology is different, and the reads and plays are going to be different too. They would have to work on establishing that again. It might come quicker than it would with some of our other guys, but our other guys have a one-year head start on Shipley.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Sep 10, 2011 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions

It’s still football.

But I think Shipley would be more overmatched in the NFL at a position that demands more athleticism. Colt’s accuracy is NFL-level, is Shipley’s speed?

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Sep 10, 2011 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he is better than any WR on our roster. Guy is nails. Very quick.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Sep 9, 2011 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Texas homer here. I would rather have Quan Cosby than Jordan Shipley for Colt to throw to.

by scrumm on Sep 9, 2011 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for the bone er… yeah, the thought of Shipley as a target out there for Colt… (~~censored content~~).

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 8, 2011 2:33 PM EDT reply actions

…not even going to go there.

"I want my unwarranted optimism back." -Dilbert

by Simmsinns on Sep 8, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions

A friend of mine and I joke about this regularly; we’re both Longhorn fans (although tOSU comes first) and laugh about the idea of Colt and Ship getting together 10 years into their careers and magically becoming better than the sum of their parts again, like they did at UT. (For those of you who didn’t watch, that connection was as good as there ever was in CFB)

"Mixed emotions. Rather see him hit PEDroia [with that pitch]. I don’t care if he is in the dugout"

by Gradysmanldy on Sep 9, 2011 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

Hey did you hear that Texas is in discussions with Big 10? Supposedly coming in with ND. The catch is that they are asking to go to an 8 game schedule so they can retain rivalries with OU and USC.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Sep 9, 2011 4:08 PM EDT reply actions

You are joking, right?

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 9, 2011 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Serious as heart attack. They are asking for alot – but it would make a super conference. But asking to change the schedule to 8 games, and allowing Texas to keep the LHN seems like it would be shot down.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Sep 9, 2011 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn’t be surprised. I’ve heard rumors of adding OU, OSU, ND and Pitt. What would be hilarious is if Texas went to the SEC just to piss off A&M.

by HenryDawg on Sep 9, 2011 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions

The day Texas joins the SEC will be the day I stop paying attention to college football.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 10, 2011 7:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Texas makes little sense going to the Big-10. Nebraska was already a bit of a stretch geographically and Texas would be even more so. the SEC seems more likely, but I don’t think thats happening.

ND makes sense because there are already some natural rivalries and the geography works perfectly

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Sep 10, 2011 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions

The B10 would love to add that TV market. It makes a ton of sense academically, athletically, and financially.

Geography means little: B10 also linked to rumors with UNC/Duke, and Rutgers.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Sep 10, 2011 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions

they would love to have the TV market and it does make sense with the academics and the $$. I just don’t see it happening even if UT doesn’t have ridiculous demands and I dunno why, but I think the geography will play into it at least a little bit.

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Sep 10, 2011 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions

If Texas had to move to another conference, the B10 would be my preference.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Sep 10, 2011 7:32 AM EDT up reply actions

We (fans as well as other people who stand to benefit financially) would welcome you with open arms.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Sep 10, 2011 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Would be a stretch geographically. You are prolly talking Minn, Wisc, Neb, IL, TX, Ia, Maybe you bring Mizzou. For TX not the biggest deal as we have Iowa St. and Mizzou already. Supposedly Texas is dangling the Turkey Day National Primetime game as an annual for ND vs. TX.

But Texas is growing leaps and bounds and the rust belt emigrating – so I am sure that the Big 10 would love the southern exposure.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Sep 10, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

Big10 is doing pretty damn well regardless of population figures. Texas would just mean even more money and that the SEC would no longer be the king of CFB.

I think if we got you guys, another big, blue-chip program would come with your or shortly thereafter.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Sep 10, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions

None of this chit ~~Texas~~ makes ~~little~~ sense ~~going to the Big-10. Nebraska was already a bit of a stretch geographically and Texas would be even more so. the SEC seems more likely, but I don’t think thats happening.~~

~~ND makes sense because there are already some natural rivalries and the geography works perfectly~~
oh yeah, money.

Mangini apologist by default.

by Villeslgr on Sep 10, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

ND makes sense but they seem to not be joining the BI0 out of spite depsite playing several of our teams every year. Hell they even joined the Big East in BB, it would be weird to have BB in the BE and football in the BI0.

by HenryDawg on Sep 11, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Where the heck did you hear this news from?

"They kept throwing it at me. I don’t know why. They just kept trying, and I just kept knocking it down." - Joe Haden, Cleveland Browns.

by J. W. on Sep 9, 2011 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions

The source was from a Northwestern blogger, but apparently the guy had uncannily accurate stuff on the Nebraska move to the Big10. Stuff that only an insider would know. So not the best source – not the worst.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Sep 9, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I think the B10 wanted to get Texas last year, the problem being TTech needed to go too and the B10 wasn’t interested in them. If Tech left first for the Pac-24, we could get Texas.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Sep 10, 2011 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Also, we dont have to wait 10 years for them to team up again. All Shipley has to do is not sign a new contract or an extension with Cincy. Then come to us as a free agaent.

"They kept throwing it at me. I don’t know why. They just kept trying, and I just kept knocking it down." - Joe Haden, Cleveland Browns.

by J. W. on Sep 9, 2011 8:35 PM EDT reply actions