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Dude, did you watch Swoopes lead Texas coached by Charlie Strong against ND. Notre Dame, a real football team. That is the level of our current offensive production, against Kentucky, a really terrible team. Offense accounts for 40% of the team with D at 40% and ST at 20%. Speaking of ST, Niblett as a punt returner set up 10 of our 16 points. 3 of the other 6 came in OT when thr offense lost yards. Lost yards. So, ST was directly responsible for 13 of 16 points. And for emphasis, because it matters, that was against Kentucky who hasn't beaten a SEC team in 9 tries. Speaking of 16 points scored, did you know Toledo scored the same amount against Kentucky and Eastern Michigan scored 23? This year! But wait there's more. Toledo got 329 yards on offense vs Texas 179 against Kentucky. Toledo.
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It actually has one of the best Ramen shops I've ever eaten at which is insanely perplexing. Aside from that, the people I was meeting with asked where we were staying, explaining that they just wanted to make sure it was a safe location. Unless you are the biggest Ramen fan on the planet or have a bucket list of visiting all college football stadiums, hard pass is in order.
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I don't want to watch the MSU game. I'm going to white knuckle it, but I think there is a good potential for a loss. Of course, I believe that to be true of every game left on our schedule. There are no given wins wherever the offense produces an offensive output rivaling Strong coaching and Swoopes at the helm. At this point I'd be stoked with beating pig and aggie and winning the Nobody Gives a Shit Bowl sponsored by Another Fucking Company.
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The cowbell alone are reason enough to avoid that place, but a later game.. There are 3 things to do there on a Saturday, meth, get drunk, ring cowbells at a football game.
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I have a couple of aggie grad friends too. One even posts here. No, they don't live in Houston and don't go back to College Station at all.
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Lol Okay. I'd be elated if we only lost 1 more game. We won't but even so, we will have beaten only 2 teams in the top 25, aggie and Vandy. That isn't getting Texas into the play offs. This assumes the 1 additional loss is Georgia and also assumes Georgia doesn't lose any other games aside from Texas, which is in no way certain.
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My bad on incorrect aggie lingo. Amusingly, he is absolutely more liberal than my tsip ass and that's not a slight, just an observation.
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Well, my first evaluation criteria of an executive or HC is basic fundamentals. In football those are blocking, tackling, running game and penalties. We do 1 well and Sark handed that part off to a competent direct report.
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Let's focus on having more yards rushing than penalty yards. I think that is a better baby step.
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Lol Okay, if you say so. Based on all the evidence it's really hard to dispute your logic. Which.. I assume and/or hope is sarcasm based on prior posts. But..
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My niece has a boyfriend who really loves college football in broad strokes. Went to aggie but isn't a 2%er AT all. Pulls for his team, but loves the game and didn't even shit on Texas in 4 hours of hanging out. They are moving to Nashville together. We talked in depth about the various SEC and non-SEC games we could attend. Memphis, Tennessee, Bama, MTSU, Louisville etc. At one point I brought up Miss State. I said he's welcome to go but I won't join him for that one. Business has taken me there and even if Texas was dominating and undefeated this game would be the hard pass for the season. That's a really long winded way of saying, fuck no.
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Yeah, if players feel the need to defend the team against fans, the problems are very serious. When a team leader or coaching staff knows that they've lost the majority of the fans, it's usually a very strong sign that the spiral has started. This concerns me a lot more than invigorating me to rah rah yay team shit.
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College football is a business and Sark is paid millions to run ours. In the business world if an executive was doing a really shitty job, nobody is giving them the excuse of oh, marriage issues. It's fucking expected, man up and do your job. ...but you want to play Candyland, pretend Sark isn't failing as a millionaire executive of a business. Fine, let's play Candyland for a minute and throw Steve a pity party? The very first thing I would ask a friend or family member making millions as a corporate executive that was having issues with work life balance due to familial issues would be, are there responsibilities at work you aren't properly delegating? Are there any opportunities to offload some of them to capable work associates or any of your direct reports? Maybe some areas that needs more attention than my friend/family members is able to provide given all their other duties and their home life issues. Guess what.... Steve has Just fucking that area. It's called the offense and he could hand off those responsibilities to competent direct reports, focus on being just an HC and giving the extra time back to himself to focus on his family matters. But.... he fucking isn't.
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Cross posting this from the Kentuck game thread because this is where it really belongs. First, we had a lot of younger starters coming into this year. However, despite that fact Sark decided to run "NFL style" spring and summer drills which are essentially non-contact. The thought behind this is that it reduced chances for injury. It can work in the NFL because there is almost no season where a team places 3-5 starters on the OL. It doesn't work in college because OL is among the latest developing positions in college football. It also has some of the largest misses because the physical changes between 18-22 of men that large can great decrease or enhance their ability to execute the game plan. Second, because you don't get to see them in full speed contact drills it becomes nearly impossible to make the proper evaluations of growth and development among those type of players. As an important side note, the exact same is true of the QB position regarding growth and evaluation in college. If a QB isn't seeing real world speeds and pressures you can't evaluate his real world growth and ability. That huge piece said, there is also a critical aspect of aligning your game plan to the skillset and abilities of your players. Because you can have wholesale changes at QB and skill positions in a single year and need to replace 3-5 starters on OL, what worked with one group of OL, one group of skill players and one QB may not work well or at all with an entirely different set of each. Texas faced all these save RB who we returned. If you haven't seen them in full speed practices in summer and fall camps it's absolutely impossible to make these adjustments because you can't evaluate the skills and abilities of the players. So, you have to wait for actual games to see both these faults, weaknesses and strengths. Ohio State made them all very clear. However, despite that reality and given we then faced 3 teams we absolutely outmatched those adjustments were not nessecary in order to win convincingly. So, basically no changes were made to blocking scheme, passing or running game. Which leads us to Florida. Sark is a very easy read for a competent DC and HC. His habits and play calls are extremely predictable. While Florida is a struggling team they do have talent physically on the defense. So, a coach who is about to get fired schemed against a predictable offensive game plan that our players couldn't execute very well. The result were exactly what you saw. WHICH lead Sark to alter blocking schemes, QB play, RB play for OU. He simplified blocking from complex strategies and long developing WR routes to shorter routes, very non-complex down blocking schemes, shorter much quicker WR routes, alternative running lanes that were quick hitting and didn't make his young QB turn his back to the field. It worked really well against a very good OU defense and Texas was greatly helped by an OU offense that could not do jack shit. So, in addition to a less complex scheme that our underdeveloped OL and young QB could better execute, fatigue on OU defense also helped. Then came Kentucky where Sark went back to the complex blocking, longer WR routes, same predictable RB runs that also develop slowly and a coach who's not a complete idiot prepared for just that. Sark did it because just like the 3 crappy teams we played and incorrectly Florida he thought the talent would over come poor execute by the Texas players against a far less talented team physically in Kentucky. It didn't. Sark will do the same against the next mid-tier opponent and then just shit the bed against quality ones. It's what he does and it won't change. Why did go away from what worked for OU? Cause he's a offensive genius of course. Ego comes before the fall. Why do we look so bad? Bad talent evaluation in recruiting, inability to evaluate the talent in spring and practice given NFL style approach, complex blocking schemes and long developing WR routes without the talent and abilities to execute them. Edit- 2 important additional aspects. Sark does not create offensive game plans to align with the skillet of the player he has at his disposal. This is complicated by a clear inability to evaluate talent (partially due to the NFL practice) and just bad evaluation of talent. Second, Sark does NOT adjust to the defensive scheme of opponents. He doesn't take what the defense gives us, rather he tries to impose his will against defensive schemes, whether it is working or not.
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There is always a silver lining to all dark clouds and bringing gloom to any Stoops is always a bright spot. That it's coupled with Venables pain from last week all the better.
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Nice white flag surrender you raging pussy. Someone throws facts in your face when you post regarded shit and "you have issues" is all the response you can muster. It's pretty on point for you though. You don't know shit and fling poo around then leave the room when your stupidity is exposed.
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Lol, when Saban benched Milroe he had already won 7 national championships at Alabama. Saban also won the SEC in 2023 when he benched Milroe. Turns out Milroe was a great player BTW. Not for nothing but how many years after benching Milroe was Saban at Alabama? Zero is the answer. Do you know when Saban benched Milroe? After the Texas loss. Do you know what Milroe numbers were in 2023? Do you know what Saban’s record was in the SEC? 8-0 Did you know Saban lost only to Texas and eventually national champion Michigan in 2023? Did you know Milroe started that national championship game against Michigan? If you think there are parallels between Nick Saban benching Milroe at Bama and Sark benching Arch at Texas, it's only in your delusional mind.
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Well, I obviously don't know for certain CDC will press this issue. What I do know for certain is that the expectation at Texas are a competent and well run offense and consistency of production. Additionally, making the CFP is now basically being at top 15 program. So SEC championship contention and consistent CFP is the low bar expectation of any staff at Texas given the NIL, facilities and brand value. College football is now, more than ever, a business. CDC is ultimately responsible for all sports and football is the cash cow. Not taking care of nor meeting expectations in that realm will absolutely lead to questions about his ability to run the Texas athletics program. I've found in life the surest way to motivate an executive leader into action is potential threat of losing his job. Not forcing Steve to give up control of the offense won't lead to immediate issues for CDC, however they will absolutely ultimately lead to Sark getting shit canned and CDC being severely questioned for not taking action sooner as we head into yet another coaching search. CDC might make that process but if Texas next HC isn't winning (WINNING) an NC within a year or two CDC will be shit canned next. So... that's how business works and to be clear Texas Athletics is absolutely a business, a very lucrative one with shit tons of eyes watching.
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Arch isn't the mistake. Sark is and sadly there is no immediate fix. We could bring in an OC mid season but it takes time to fix all the damage Sark has done already. Sooner rather than later is best, imo, will CDC force it after Kentucky, I doubt it. Had we lost, maybe, but the clock is ticking and sadly I think the additional losses we are nearly guaranteed to see are what will ultimately make CDC force Sark to give up control of the offense completely. Hate that it's that bleak but it's the only answer I see.
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Do you know who has coached all but 1 of those players not named Arch? Do you know who has developed those QBs that produced the production of Arch who was awesome last year? Do you even know the mascot of Troy University? Have you watched game film of Caldwell in all 5 of his starts at Troy? Do you really think if Ewers, a much better OL and better skill positions struggled against good Ds, a guy who started 5 games at Troy can fix this entire shit show? Is it worth potentially losing current QBs below the wunderkind from Troy and possibly the commitment from Dia Bell? Is it worth becoming the laughing stock of all college football for benching Arch, clearly admitting our OC and HC suck at QB evaluation and development? For what? Do you really think bridging in any of them gets us to the playoff? An NC run? They won't and the price of doing so fucks the future. Not true at all.
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Remember what happened to Ewers when Texas faced good D? Is changing the QB gonna help the running game? Is changing the QB gonna create quicker developing plays? Are there issues with Arch absolutely. Is it delusional to think that changing QBs is gonna fix the shit show of an offensive game plan. Absolutely. Will benching Arch potentially fuck up current and future QB commits? Absolutely. Will it lead to Arch entering the portal to find a OC and HC that know how to actually create an offensive game plan that aligns to his talent? Quite possibly. Will it make Texas look even worse among the talking heads, prospect recruits and others if we bench a Manning for a guy who didn't start at Troy and we continue to flounder due to an inept OC and offensive game plan? 100% Is it frustrating, yes. But I'm telling you, making the switch to a backup who didn't start at Troy until the last 5 games of their season are going to wreak havoc on Texas long term and Texas still isn't winning shit regardless of who plays at QB cause Sark will still be running the offense. We couldn't win big with all the talent last year and a QB who is now in the NFL. If you think running in a scrub from Troy is going to make this offense suddenly flow you're delusional and you also don't grasp the long term damage it will do to Texas. But hey, that's Longhorn fans, the back up is always better and a fix for all that ails us.
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Won't make a shit, Sark will still be calling shitty plays that a DC with a any clue and decent talent can scheme against and stop.
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It's sadly not that complex. First, we had a lot of younger starters coming into this year. However, despite that fact Sark decided to run "NFL style" spring and summer drills which are essentially non-contact. The thought behind this is that it reduced chances for injury. It can work in the NFL because there is almost no season where a team places 3-5 starters on the OL. It doesn't work in college because OL is among the latest developing positions in college football. It also has some of the largest misses because the physical changes between 18-22 of men that large can great decrease or enhance their ability to execute the game plan. Second, because you don't get to see them in full speed contact drills it becomes nearly impossible to make the proper evaluations of growth and development among those type of players. As an important side note, the exact same is true of the QB position regarding growth and evaluation in college. If a QB isn't seeing real world speeds and pressures you can't evaluate his real world growth and ability. That huge piece said, there is also a critical aspect of aligning your game plan to the skillset and abilities of your players. Because you can have wholesale changes at QB and skill positions in a single year and need to replace 3-5 starters on OL, what worked with one group of OL, one group of skill players and one QB may not work well or at all with an entirely different set of each. Texas faced all these save RB who we returned. If you haven't seen them in full speed practices in summer and fall camps it's absolutely impossible to make these adjustments because you can't evaluate the skills and abilities of the players. So, you have to wait for actual games to see both these faults, weaknesses and strengths. Ohio State made them all very clear. However, despite that reality and given we then faced 3 teams we absolutely outmatched those adjustments were not nessecary in order to win convincingly. So, basically no changes were made to blocking scheme, passing or running game. Which leads us to Florida. Sark is a very easy read for a competent DC and HC. His habits and play calls are extremely predictable. While Florida is a struggling team they do have talent physically on the defense. So, a coach who is about to get fired schemed against a predictable offensive game plan that our players couldn't execute very well. The result were exactly what you saw. WHICH lead Sark to alter blocking schemes, QB play, RB play for OU. He simplified blocking from complex strategies and long developing WR routes to shorter routes, very non-complex down blocking schemes, shorter much quicker WR routes, alternative running lanes that were quick hitting and didn't make his young QB turn his back to the field. It worked really well against a very good OU defense and Texas was greatly helped by an OU offense that could not do jack shit. So, in addition to a less complex scheme that our underdeveloped OL and young QB could better execute, fatigue on OU defense also helped. Then came Kentucky where Sark went back to the complex blocking, longer WR routes, same predictable RB runs that also develop slowly and a coach who's not a complete idiot prepared for just that. Sark did it because just like the 3 crappy teams we played and incorrectly Florida he thought the talent would over come poor execute by the Texas players against a far less talented team physically in Kentucky. It didn't. Sark will do the same against the next mid-tier opponent and then just shit the bed against quality ones. It's what he does and it won't change. Why did go away from what worked for OU? Cause he's a offensive genius of course. Ego comes before the fall. Why do we look so bad? Bad talent evaluation in recruiting, inability to evaluate the talent in spring and practice given NFL style approach, complex blocking schemes and long developing WR routes without the talent and abilities to execute them. Edit- 3 important additional aspects. Sark does not create offensive game plans to align with the skillet of the player he has at his disposal. This is complicated by a clear inability to evaluate talent (partially due to the NFL practice) and just bad evaluation of talent. Second, Sark does NOT adjust to the defensive scheme of opponents. He doesn't take what the defense gives us, rather he tries to impose his will against defensive schemes, whether it is working or not.
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Ehh.. the entire last 2 minutes of that game were wild and FSU got some help. That call at the end was wrong initially but not over turning it based on video and missing it originally is more a shit happens than FSU got screwed imo. No matter it was a crazy ass ending.
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