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  1. I am a bit conflicted on 3rd downs. Its been bad. To be honest Texas has not been great on 3rd downs recently (42nd nationally in 2024, 70th in 2023, and 73rd 2022). The average 3rd down this year is 3rd and 7.43 yards. 1/2 have been 8 or longer. 35% have been 10 yards or more. Best way to convert 3rd downs is to have successful 1st and 2nd down. 3rd and 5 or less, Texas is converting at 50% (not great but not panic worthy). 1 for 13 on 3rd and 8 or longer, which is obviously not good but with new OL and QB not shocking. #1 thing the offense needs to do is find ways to stay on schedule. Too many negative plays going on to be an efficient offense (penalties or tackles for losses).
  2. 100% on this. When you dig into the games, it is not 1 person or group. They seem to be tag teaming the errors. I am sure a lot of it is new faces. 2nd half of SJS had what 2 starters from the starting playoff lineup (Wingo and Campbell, maybe I am missing someone)? Unfortunately, it is going to take some time for everything to gel.
  3. I think this comes down to your disappointment in Wingo's first 2 games. I would say Golden showed marked improvement in his 1 year at Texas. Livingstone is pretty solid on the technical side. Wingo's route running can be hit or miss. Blocking has been sub par, though for some reason Sark seems to bitch about WR blocking the first few weeks of every season. Moore just gets an incomplete for the season. I think you are probably 3-4 games early even bringing the subject up.
  4. butter bank account makes it a 10 overall
  5. This is dumb. The screen passing rate alone is a massive change. Nobody thinks Sark threw out all his concepts. Quinn's biggest issues were pocket presence (that has been majorly upgraded) and turn downs. It is not hard to see the differences in the offense. We saw the significant difference in the aDOT last year between Quinn and Arch, 7.2 vs 11.1. That is not all Arch, it is plays and frequency of the plays Sark calls. For some reason you continue to pretend that Arch is this mad bomber when the stats through 2 games are 4 -8 on deep passes. Somehow you believe that is a terrible number, which is one of the most interesting takes I have seen on this site.
  6. Texas is 7-26 on 3rd downs. This is a bit intentionally misleading. He throws in the 4 yards to make it look worse. There is not a lot of 3rd and medium (only 3 attempts between 4 and 7 yards) 1-3 yards: 10 attempts, 6 conversions 4-7 yards: 3 attempts, 0 conversions 8+ yards: 13 attempts, 1 conversion Average distance on 3rd down attempts of 4 or more yards is 10.56 yards. I am shocked it is a bad number. There is no doubt 3rd down can and should be better. The bigger issue to me is that 50% of the 3rd downs are 8 yards or longer. That speaks more to issues on 1st and 2nd down. Number Yds to go 1 1 convert 2 1 convert 3 2 convert 4 2 convert 5 3 convert 6 3 7 3 8 3 convert 9 3 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 14 8 15 8 16 8 17 9 18 10 19 10 20 10 convert 21 10 22 11 23 12 24 14 25 19 26 25
  7. Just a funny stat but Quinn Ewers finished his Texas career with -59 yards
  8. you may want to cover your eyes for this WR comp Wingo: 6 catches for 65 on 16 targets.... 4.06 yards/target Livingstone: 6 catches for 175 yards on 9 targets...19.4 yards/target
  9. Almost never. Texas was predominantly a horizontal team last year. Believe the highest rate of passes behind the LOS in the country last year and ton of wide zone. It made sense with a QB that struggled deep and intermediate (believe ~50% comp rate last year on intermediate balls). This year is much more of a vertical attack. Arch's strength is his legs and his deep ball. That said Texas is has thrown an average of 4 deep balls a game this year. They have completed 4 of the 8. Guessing the average per attempt is between 15-25 yards, so it has been a big success. That has been the best part of the offense to date, so hard to criticize that ara of the offense. Now they need to figure out something they can do efficiently to stay ahead of the chains. Tried more gap schemes in the run game. Saw Sark dabble with straight drop back short gamev sSJSU, we will se if that has legs.
  10. I specifically said 4 verts. i dont hate short and intermediate routs. You are just makign shit up now.
  11. 1st play in this is for @closetojumping
  12. It is only great if you stick to the run and convert on critical downs and redzone. Your comment is part of the calculus. If I am game planning for Texas the #1 goal is limit explosive plays, force Texas to execute 10 play drives (without a negative play), and convert in the redzone. I can tell you Sark would much prefer throwing explosives than grinding out 10-15 play drives at ~4 yards a clip.
  13. I wont argue. I am just saying if you watch the first 2 games you can see the offense is much different. Lot more gap schemes, progression passing, and much more vertical passing attack.
  14. I look at rushing stats a bit different. You can take at the Bama game. Texas ran for under 3 yards a carry. Bama wants to play aggressive and get a safety involved in the box, you should beat them throwing the ball. The run game was successful as it ended the game. It was poor most the game, but when it was needed it came through. Washington and OSU took a more modern approach. They ran light boxes against Texas and played the pass (Texas defense is built on this approach). You have to be able to punish teams for doing that. Getting 4 yards and not converting in short yardage situations is not punishing the defense for running light boxes. You have to get explosives and/or convert in those short yardage situations. If you are not doing either the defense wins.
  15. Should add I was really talking about Arch going off script. That said anyone saying Arch is throwing too many deeps balls is not watching. The kid is 4-8 on deep balls. It’s literally the best part of the offense
  16. Take a look at the routes. When was the last time you saw Sark run four verts? How many less screens is Sark calling? Sark did it in Arch’s first game also. Sark is hunting the big play also. He has a QB that throws a great deep ball. It’s kind of Sark
  17. College is weird. They include sack yards. Probably the easiest thing to do is just use the RB carries. Just think about the delta between Quinn and Arch on rushing yards.
  18. that is the most depressing sentence in this thread.
  19. Reminds me. Umeozulu the Younger looks much better than expected.
  20. hard to know without the protection call or even seeing alignment pre-snap, but guessing the End dropped to coverage, DT slanted outside, and the NG slanted to offense's right. Huston gets whipped, so poor grade. Campbell sees the guy over him slant away, he should be expecting someone to replace and is slow to recognize, so shitty grade. Complete guess though.
  21. this is why the offense is erratic. Pretty much every position group is dealing with inconsistencies. Hard to pinpoint who will miss an assignment on a given play, but it is a good bet someone will
  22. Not speaking for anyone else, but Campbell might be the most disappointing guy on the OL. Really hoping to see him put it together this year and realize his potential. Hoping he would be a guy to rely on and raise the OL play. Baker and Stroh are so young. They will likely show great improvement over the course of a year, albeit starting from a very low point. Based on talent level, I would rather bet on Baker. Campbell has enough snaps and experience that I am starting to think this is who he is. It is only 2 starts, so probably a bit of a knee-jerk reaction.
  23. Stroh 89 snaps Neto: 22 snaps Kibble- 10 snaps (72.6 grade, 73.7 pass/72.1 run) Neto is getting 11 snaps a game, so that is not a lot of snaps. He may look bad with a 40+ a game. Kibble only has 10. It is not up to me, but I would be giving more snaps to Neto and Kibble the next 2 games. I do not know who the best option is currently. All I know is Stroh has struggled mightily and having an open competition here vs the next 2 tomato cans seems reasonable. At worst you are setting a culture of accountability
  24. I get that, but if Neto keeps putting up low 60s grades you will be bitching about him in 2 weeks. The argument is not if Neto is a better option than Stroh, it is who is best option on the roster. Honestly, I do not who that is currently. Just like to see more snaps over the next 2 games.
  25. 2 things. 1. It is a small sample size 2. Stroh has gotten horrific grades from PFF. Neto has not gotten good grades. Low 60s grades are not winning football. If we are getting below starter level play, might as well give it to the youth. Perhaps a better way to say it is neither Neto nor Stroh have shown they deserve to start. I am throwing out the idea that Nibble, who looked good vs SJSU (small sample size, graded in the 70s) should be allowed to compete.
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