Iāve passed by Lupeās for about 5 years and never went in, primarily because of the hate on Surly. We went today because we had a gift card. It wasnāt bad. Had barbacoa egg tacos for brunch and it was decent. A little expensive but not terrible considering inflation today.
This is the one major disadvantage to watching a game on the tv vs in person. In person you can quickly see every route, whoās open, etc. I would like to hear from knowledgeable posters who have seen multiple games live. Even if the routes are more slow developing, is Arch late to see them? He was doing a lot of that in previous games, so my criticism of Sark may be a little too harsh.
Whatās the downside of that offense? Or in other words why is Sark running offense A while Kiffin runs offense B given they both hung out under Saban?
Iām fascinated by the contrast in situations between Kiffin at Ole Miss and his QB, vs Sark and Arch.
Every play, Kiffin right before the snap tells the QB where to go with the ball. If the defense doesnāt completely disguise its coverage, presumably the play has a high chance of success. Ole Miss is scoring points.
However, to win a title your QB needs to be able to read coverages, because sooner or later you will run into well disguised defenses. I donāt know why Smart did so poorly at it yesterday.
I would really encourage this board to not go down the Sark replacement path because it wonāt happen for another 2+ years, unless some sort of āfor causeā issue were to happen.
The organization is still behind him and will give him the time to fix the issues. They just gave him an extension.
Just hope heās one of those rare individuals that can recognize their own limitations and make the decisions necessary to fix the problems.
Iām not concerned in the least about Archās body language in the press conference. But it drives my wife insane when she sees him on the sideline just sitting there with a blank stare on his face, doing nothing, and no one talking to him.
I will sunshine pump one thing. Iāve been begging Texas to run a quick hitter route like a slant, and not a fucking bubble screen, all year long. When shit got tight in the 4th quarter last night Sark called 2!!!! Progress.
Iām curious to know if there are some more serious issues going on in the background with coaches, between coaches, with some key players, with the Manning camp, etc. Every once in awhile some concerning rumors pop up.
Interesting comment. My wife said the same thing. She sensed something was off with Sark. Maybe his personal life is a mess with a new baby, relationship problems, etc. I hope not.
We were talking about 5-7 type seasons vs seasons of unfulfilled expectations. While 5-7 seasons are obviously terrible, most of the time going into that type of season you knew they werenāt title contending caliber. So while those types of years are obviously disappointing, I think they are less disappointing than years when Texas really should be very good but then fails to deliver.
The Miami Cotton Bowl season ended terrible but at least they had a conference championship and they improved from years of mediocrity.
The Big 12 Championship fail with Simms was a big one, especially because they learned before game time that someone lost (Tennessee?) and that with a win they would go to the national championship game.
As we watched that trash last night, we tried to identify the most disappointing season in Texas history. If this team continues on like itās going, this could be it:
1. Preseason #1 ranking blown
2. Epic QB recruit complete failure (edit: if he continues to struggle)
3. Wasting one of the best Texas defenses in a very long time.
4. Wasting it in a year with no dominant team.
5. Doing this all while a fat oaf an hour and a half away is undefeated with a team with far less talent.
In many of the other disappointing years Texas at least accomplished something before blowing it. What other years were worse?
Arch is bad. But heās looking worse because of terrible OL protection a lot, and a bad scheme for him (at this point in time in his development)
Caldwell wasnāt brought in for Owenās, was he? It was for Arch.
You donāt produce this type of ineptness and flatulence due to just one issue. This offense is an absolute disaster from start to finish.
1. our OC has the worst possible scheme and play calling possible given the talent
2. the talent at QB, OL, and WR is completely underperforming and itās a combination of lack of development and lack of execution by the players.
3. the recruiting is off in the OL.
4. There is a cultural issue. This team is always slow out of the gate, slow to perform, and always plays down to its opponents level.
None of this is likely to get fixed imo.
Thatās true. You see other teams really drill the slants, the outs, the ins, the button hooks in the 3-7 yard range. Sark must spend every practice throwing bombs, bubble screens, and long developing fly routes. Itās ridiculous. Heās just not smart enough to figure all this out. Itās why he got canned in the pros. Heās been a huge beneficiary of great talent due to NIL but now heās wasting it all. Receivers, QB, etc.
No amount of scheme is going to help Arch be accurate on easy throws to wide open receivers.
Heās not performing either. So who is that on? Also, Arch holds the ball for 3-5 seconds on every pass play because they have no quick hitter plays. Thatās one example of many how coaching and scheme can help a player.
The odds are low. For sure. But what gave me a bit of hope is that there was a text thread of folks that all understand who Trump really is, and what conservatives are really doing.
We discovered later that a Trump supporter had been added to the text string. As I looked at all the texts railing on Trump by a whole bunch of people on our group, I realized that stuff was going to start to sink in on this person. He was hearing it from a huge group of his closest friends. It was almost like an accidental intervention.