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Burt Macklin

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  1. This reminded me of a football game from the Charlie Strong era where both teams look so terrible and incompetent that even a win feels kind of like a loss because you know the systemic issues run so deep they're not getting fixed until there's a new coach.
  2. I think Brugler spelled TE wrong.
  3. They sure are spending a ton of money at WR just so Klein can ignore them. Just a reminder for everyone, in three years as the play calling OC, here's the leading WRs in his offense: 2022: 725 yards 2023: 589 yards 2024: 574 yards
  4. This was a fine thing to say at the time Texas hired Sark, but that's an extremely outdated take at this point. The best thing about the team the last two years have been the defense, talent acquisition, and culture. If anything, Sark is showing that his primary value is running the program. His play calling and the offense as a whole is not what has been carrying this program to new heights. The offense's performance, especially against top 10 teams, is what held the team back from winning a title this year. Sark's #1 trait right now is absolutely his ability to be a CEO/run the program. Sark doesn't need to be calling plays in order for his offensive system to be part of the reason he's a great HC. Sark can still have the team run his offense, script the first 15 plays etc. without being the play caller. Play calling is overrated. Very few people are so brilliant or terrible at it that it makes a big difference. Sark is somewhere in the middle, but he could also find someone who's about on par with him or possibly better at play calling. If he does that, it could free him up to focus on game management, in-game adjustments and better overall execution, and that could be a step forward for the program.
  5. lol wut. The Giants already put a ton of capital into DE with Burns and Thibodeaux, and there's no reason to expect Darnold to be available. The Vikings will either sign him to a short term deal or franchise tag him.
  6. I never said it was mostly Quinn, but he absolutely contributes to it. Arch is a run threat and can hit the deep ball. It’ll be interesting to see how much he helps our running game. And we’ll need it since we will have 4-5 new starters on the OL next year.
  7. Keeping any of Golden, Taffe, and Williams would be great for us. Moore would be great too, but we have more depth at his spot.
  8. You’re wrong here. Quinn is absolutely part of our running problems. He’s not a threat to keep it and run and he can’t hit deep balls so safeties can play in the box more. His deficiencies lead to 1-2 extra defenders who can make a stop in the run game on every play. Our OL, especially interior OL needs to improve, but Quinn is absolutely part of the problem with our run game. Sure, but that’s only because you’re a moron.
  9. This guy gets it. Where would we be without Bond this season? Who else could we find to drop critical third down passes in the semifinals or commit a stupid penalty in the SEC championship game?
  10. Conner is leaving. Campbell has been terrible this year and Hutson and Neto have not been able to start over him for a reason. G is absolutely a need.
  11. Miami is going to be in for a world of hurt going from Cam Ward to Carson Beck. Ward was the only thing they had going for them this year. Their defense is abysmal, Cristobal is a god awful game manager and now they have an overpaid, overrated QB to go with it. But they're in the ACC so they'll probably still win 8 or 9 games.
  12. This has been my expectation. I don't expect Doohan to get a full year, or even close to it.
  13. I don't buy the Sark to the NFL rumors. He's been better as a program manager/talent acquirer at Texas than he has as an offensive coach. He gets to have a talent advantage against 90% of his schedule every single year at Texas. That's gone in the NFL, and his teams haven't shown the discipline/execution to consistently succeed without that talent advantage. But being a college coach is absolutely more taxing than the NFL right now. During the season both are similarly busy, but NFL guys get more of an offseason. College coaches shift right to recruiting. There's also a difference between working 80 hours per week strictly on football versus having to Facetime and text 15 year-olds all the time or keep your whole roster happy because they are always free agents and can transfer at any moment.
  14. I did some googling and there was no report confirming the exact details of his contract, despite him being an employee of a public university. That makes me think it wasn't a straightforward 5 year guarantee, and we have an easier out/lower buyout at some point. My guess is we technically signed him to a five year deal to show public support, but we didn't fully lock ourselves in, and that's why full contract details were never fully reported. Regardless of whether it's fully guaranteed, we have the money and he needs to go by the end of this year.
  15. You must be confused. We said he might leave for a school with money.
  16. Stop being a dumbass. There’s plenty of NIL for UT basketball to be significantly better than this. NIL is not the problem here. We have a coach who’s not good at putting together a roster or coaching it.
  17. This made me think it would be interesting to track where Texas was at before and after Sark considering he's basically had us in the top five every week for two straight years now. Texas in 2021: Texas in 2024: That's a pretty big move up and to the right in the last three years for both Texas and Oregon.
  18. Pretty much all those guys committed to Saban, so it's not surprising they don't want to stick around after going 9-4 with DeBoer. I'm all here for a talent drain for Bama. I'm still surprised Bama pulled in as good of a class as they did in 2025. I don't see them being able to do that moving forward unless DeBoer starts winning big.
  19. It seems like Tennessee has also been connected to a lot of second-rate transfers. They lose a lot on their DL, so they’re probably going to have to be less picky there. This was the year for Tennessee to make a splash on the field. They had a pretty easy SEC schedule, and I don’t think their defense will be this good again for a while.
  20. Hopefully, but the same play calling and game management issues have been apparent for four years now, and he hasn’t done anything yet. I think he needs to hire a play caller, so he can focus more on game management, execution, and red zone issues. Oh and figuring out how the fuck our team is consistently terrible in the third quarter. I’ve never seen a team struggle so consistently in one quarter of almost every single game in a season. There’s something gems doing wrong. It’s too big of a sample size now to dismiss it as a quirk. I agree with everything you said, except for the last part. I’m not saying he should hire a new OC and run their offense, but he should hire a QB coach/OC to call plays from his offense, so he can focus more on game management and execution. Sark’s biggest value add as an OC is his scheme/overall offense. People overrate play calling. Play calling is very much part fo the 80/20 rule. Not many are so good or bad at it that it makes a huge difference. Sark’s never been a particularly good play caller on game day, so he should delegate that responsibility so he can focus on other issues on game day. He can still have control of the game plan and give plenty of input during the game.
  21. There’s no way A&M would let their leading receiver transfer to Texas for anything less than crazy money.
  22. The fact that you edited this post and it still reads this poorly is pretty impressive…in a spider2ybanana type of way.
  23. WTF are you talking about? All the penalties have been legit. We’re just playing like shit.
  24. Yep. A tour de force in moronic play calling. He’s completely blown what should’ve been an easy win. He can’t help himself from trying to dial up deep shots despite starting a QB who can’t throw the deep ball to save his life.
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