This is who Steve Sarkisian is.

[Skipper 6162]

On 11/4/2022 at 8:57 AM, JFKFC said:

7-5 was always our ceiling because of Sark's approach. We were all allowed some unexpected optimism because we were fortunate enough this season to play the worst OU team to ever take the field at the Cotton Bowl in the history of ever. So, for that reason, if a miracle occurs and we win 3 of our last 4, we will be at 8-4. Sane people know this is extremely unlikely.

Still waiting on those odds on 8-4 buddy.  Let me know.

[Hookem2147 21345]

3 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:

Thats on offense, his baby. I don’t think he really has a handle on the D side. The lack of urgency in the off-season on addressing that side of the ball concerned me.

Well, his offense is close to set with the amount of young talent and recruits coming in, so let’s see what he does on the defense this offseason.

[Hookem2147 21345]

Just now, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

“If it weren’t for the dumb penalties….”

seems like an odd start in defense of your coach

Didn’t know he was telling Sanders and Billingsley to jump every possession.

I guess we need to add a false start period during practice to work on listening to the snapcount with your ears.

[Stunns38 3538]

Well, his offense is close to set with the amount of young talent and recruits coming in, so let’s see what he does on the defense this offseason.

Hope he addresses it or PK will sink him.

Bijan and Rojo are gone. The young RBs show promise but we will have obviously take a step back there. Our O-line should be as solid as they have been in a long time. Next year will show all-around improvement but we still will be a ways from “set”.

[lilMAC25 3801]

5 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Didn’t know he was telling Sanders and Billingsley to jump every possession.

I guess we need to add a false start period during practice to work on listening to the snapcount with your ears.

Teaching discipline isn’t on the coaches?

 

[Hookem2147 21345]

7 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:

Hope he addresses it or PK will sink him.

Bijan and Rojo are gone. The young RBs show promise but we will have obviously take a step back there. Our O-line should be as solid as they have been in a long time. Next year will show all-around improvement but we still will be a ways from “set”.

Set in the sense that they won’t be looking for offense in the portal outside of a WR probably.

Because of that, they can dedicate more resources, including Sarkisian himself, to recruiting defensive guys.

Edited November 6, 2022 by Hookem2147

[totallynotabuttpirate 5400]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

What game do you think we are winning to get to 6?

[Levi 2588]

Sark also can’t tell Worthy to not fumble on a big third down play that gave kstate a ton of momentum in the third quarter. Giving them the ball on our own 24. It is what it is tho, and Sark still needs to get better in the third quarter. Imo any time we get in turtle mode, we should go up tempo with K Rob and bijan On the field at the same time. Then there is 1st & 15, and seems impossible at times when it shouldn’t given the talent we have on offense. If they start covering up Sanders in the second half, idc, Sark should just keep feeding him. It seems when Sanders is getting the ball, Worthy does much better. 

[Thatguy 8761]

42 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

There is a huge difference, LSU lost vastly more players in those 2 seasons than we did and they were EVEN worse over the last two seasons than we were…

 LSU

2020-5-5

2021-6-7

 

   There are 10-15 guys that have championship rings on that team. That leadership is huge. Their upperclassmen won a championship. Our upperclassmen are perennial losers. Players are not robots. Confidence matters. Having older guys to lean on is huge for young guys.  We have none. Today was a fine example. Upperclassman Rojo fumbles going in. Upperclassman Jamison tries to pick the football up instead of falling on it. Upperclassman Sweat knocks his own player off the fumble recovery.  KC made a play and it took some freshman named Austin Jordan to finally fall on the got-damned football. 

[Coach pop a bitch 5487]

 

[lilMAC25 3801]

14 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

   There are 10-15 guys that have championship rings on that team. That leadership is huge. Their upperclassmen won a championship. Our upperclassmen are perennial losers. Players are not robots. Confidence matters. Having older guys to lean on is huge for young guys.  We have none. Today was a fine example. Upperclassman Rojo fumbles going in. Upperclassman Jamison tries to pick the football up instead of falling on it. Upperclassman Sweat knocks his own player off the fumble recovery.  KC made a play and it took some freshman named Austin Jordan to finally fall on the got-damned football. 

And yet those players with rings and tons of leadership experience were 5-5 and 6-7 over the last two seasons and SOME change has them winning THIS year.

 

if ONLY it could be quantified.
 

Edited November 6, 2022 by lilMAC25

[Burt 4089]

One.

That is the number of times Texas has scored more than 10 points in the second half vs. a "power 5" team this season.

Alabama - 9

Tech - 3

WV - 10

Okla - 21

Iowa St - 10

Ok St - 3

K-St - 3

[Valmy77 13251]

17 minutes ago, Thatguy said:

KC made a play and it took some freshman named Austin Jordan to finally fall on the got-damned football. 

Huh? Ford recovered the ball. 

I understand you are frustrated but recovering fumbles is a chaotic and crazy deal where 300 pound dudes are all scrambling to grab some weirdly shaped bouncy thing. The whole idea Sweat did anything wrong on the earlier is ridiculous. That kind of thing happens all the time.

Edited November 6, 2022 by Valmy77

[Hookem2147 21345]

 

[lilMAC25 3801]

15 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Huh? Ford recovered the ball. 

I understand you are frustrated but recovering fumbles is a chaotic and crazy deal where 300 pound dudes are all scrambling to grab some weirdly shaped bouncy thing. The whole idea Sweat did anything wrong on the earlier is ridiculous. That kind of thing happens all the time.

 

Edited November 6, 2022 by lilMAC25

[Coach pop a bitch 5487]

Where is this playcalling in the 2nd half?

 

[HtownHorn 14755]

1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said:

We had a false start penalty on every damn drive in the second half except the FG drive and final 3 and out. Literally. Not making excuses but it’s hard to call plays constantly behind the chains.

Worthy also fumbled on the 1st drive when we had picked up 2 first downs and were driving. Setting up their 1st TD of the 2nd half.

[Valmy77 13251]

2 minutes ago, Coach pop a bitch said:

Where is this playcalling in the 2nd half?

Yeah when we do score in the second half we grind out these long drives. We don't seem to get the brilliant play calling in the first half where we are getting guys in space for big gains.

I don't know. But its better to do it in one half than not at all. I guess we just have to hope that one half of awesome offensive football is enough against TCU. 

[linux 1660]

The reason the team loses second half leads is 100% mental, assholes gonna hate but from 02-13 Mack had a 19-2 record at UT when the margin of victory was just a field goal, he knew how to keep it loose.

The great news is that this can be overcome quite easily, by you know winning on the road after having a 21 point lead. Exactly as what happened.

That said Sark needs to dump his preplans and just let go when things are too tight. Throwing deep to Worthy is the best playstation play but in reality extremely demoralizing to the team, not to mention a lost down.

[Valmy77 13251]

Just now, HtownHorn said:

Worthy also fumbled on the 1st drive when we had picked up 2 first downs and were driving. Setting up their 1st TD of the 2nd half.

Yeah that fumble was huge. It looked like we might blow them out before that. When was Roschon's fumble? That was also a situation where it seemed like we were about to really take it to them.

[Coach pop a bitch 5487]

1 minute ago, Valmy77 said:

Yeah when we do score in the second half we grind out these long drives. We don't seem to get the brilliant play calling in the first half where we are getting guys in space for big gains.

I don't know. But its better to do it in one half than not at all. I guess we just have to hope that one half of awesome offensive football is enough against TCU. 

Make no mistake about it sir tcu bout to get stomped. 

[HtownHorn 14755]

3 minutes ago, Coach pop a bitch said:

Where is this playcalling in the 2nd half?

 

We ran a screen to Bijan on the 3rd drive on the 2nd half, it picked up 13 yards. Too bad, Billingsley committed a false start the play before and it was 2nd and 15 instead of 2nd and 10. KSU run blitzed on 3rd and Bijan and stopped him short.

[Valmy77 13251]

Just now, linux said:

The reason the team loses second half leads is 100% mental, assholes gonna hate but from 02-13 Mack had a 19-2 record at UT when the margin of victory was just a field goal, he knew how to keep it loose.

Yeah no doubt. If it was close Mack would win. Just towards the end he didn't keep it close much.

This is mental. Bad shit just seems to happen to us.

[HtownHorn 14755]

Just now, Valmy77 said:

Yeah that fumble was huge. It looked like we might blow them out before that. When was Roschon's fumble? That was also a situation where it seemed like we were about to really take it to them.

It was 14-10 and we were looking to go up 21-10. Bijan's long run on 3rd down should have been a TD as well, but for some reason he ran back towards the DB chasing him. We left 15 points on the field, but still won the game. It's improvement.

[HtownHorn 14755]

1 minute ago, Valmy77 said:

Yeah no doubt. If it was close Mack would win. Just towards the end he didn't keep it close much.

This is mental. Bad shit just seems to happen to us.

It will be mental until Ewers is ready to overcome it. Just like Young and McCoy were able to do.

[Valmy77 13251]

1 minute ago, Coach pop a bitch said:

Make no mistake about it sir tcu bout to get stomped. 

I sure hope so. Game is sold out and I hope the crowd is jacked. Keep the beer flowing. We need a crazy atmosphere and deliver that win on Saturday night. Crush TCU's playoff hopes and keep our title hopes alive.

[hookem48 4701]

Just now, HtownHorn said:

It was 14-10 and we were looking to go up 21-10. Bijan's long run on 3rd down should have been a TD as well, but for some reason he ran back towards the DB chasing him. We left 15 points on the field, but still won the game. It's improvement.

Bijan almost blew a tire on the long run, looked like his left leg gave out almost or something but it knocked him off his stride

[Had Enough 2083]

And yet those players with rings and tons of leadership experience were 5-5 and 6-7 over the last two seasons and SOME change has them winning THIS year.
 
if ONLY it could be quantified.
 

The new QB brought his winning ways with him.

[Valmy77 13251]

1 hour ago, lilMAC25 said:

Just ran out of time?

No, the opposite. We left too much time after Bert kicked that field goal.

[hookem48 4701]

when Kansas State had 1st and 35 and we immediately had the personal foul and Sark put his arm around the guy when he came off the field just really rubbed me the wrong way. There's times to get in a guy's shit and that was one of those times.

[Coach pop a bitch 5487]

1 minute ago, hookem48 said:

when Kansas State had 1st and 35 and we immediately had the personal foul and Sark put his arm around the guy when he came off the field just really rubbed me the wrong way. There's times to get in a guy's shit and that was one of those times.

Yes Thompson should have rode the pine the rest of the game after that. 

[Hookem2147 21345]

1 minute ago, hookem48 said:

when Kansas State had 1st and 35 and we immediately had the personal foul and Sark put his arm around the guy when he came off the field just really rubbed me the wrong way. There's times to get in a guy's shit and that was one of those times.

Different coaches have different styles. He’s ripped into guys asses before. Berating the guy does little there, he already knows he fucked up. It might be cool for TV or whatever but there’s different ways to approach those kind of things. Also, each player reacts differently. You know you can ride some guys and get in their face while others don’t respond to that.

[HtownHorn 14755]

1 minute ago, Coach pop a bitch said:

Yes Thompson should have rode the pine the rest of the game after that. 

Our depth at safety and NB is really bad right now. Taafe is playing way too much because of injuries. Really need Allen to step up next season and bring in a portal safety.

[Hookem2147 21345]

2 minutes ago, Coach pop a bitch said:

Yes Thompson should have rode the pine the rest of the game after that. 

Yes, great call. Take out our other starting safety for 3 quarters to send a message!!

[Coach pop a bitch 5487]

Just now, Hookem2147 said:

Yes, great call. Take out our other starting safety for 3 quarters to send a message!!

Fucking right it is. Its not like teams are converting 3rd and 15s on us.

[hookem48 4701]

1 minute ago, Hookem2147 said:

Different coaches have different styles. He’s ripped into guys asses before. Berating the guy does little there, he already knows he fucked up. It might be cool for TV or whatever but there’s different ways to approach those kind of things. Also, each player reacts differently. You know you can ride some guys and get in their face while others don’t respond to that.

yea I get that and thought about it and just don't agree in that instance.

[Thatguy 8761]

4 hours ago, lilMAC25 said:

And yet those players with rings and tons of leadership experience were 5-5 and 6-7 over the last two seasons and SOME change has them winning THIS year.

 

if ONLY it could be quantified.
 

It sure can. In 2019 those guys were the young guys. Now they've grown up.  They still have confidence of knowing they can do it. They just had to learn a new system. 

  Meanwhile our guys have ALWAYS been failures, losing cl9se games dating back to that very same LSU team that we are speaking of. So when they get in tight games they draw on the times they've lost as opposed to being able to draw on positive experiences like those LSU players. 

  Did you ever play sports? You seem to not understand that concept. No children that play sports? You can see it happening. No matter the call everything seems to go wrong. The ball seems to always bounce the wrong way. That's where we are. In those moments it's almost like we are cursed and no matter what we do doomed to fail. Those moments happen every game and we don't have the on field leadership to pull us out of it. 

 

[Thatguy 8761]

4 hours ago, Valmy77 said:

Huh? Ford recovered the ball. 

I understand you are frustrated but recovering fumbles is a chaotic and crazy deal where 300 pound dudes are all scrambling to grab some weirdly shaped bouncy thing. The whole idea Sweat did anything wrong on the earlier is ridiculous. That kind of thing happens all the time.

I saw the number 4 come flying in. Didn't see the 1.  

  Losers never get those balls. Against OSU we had about 3balls hit DBs and none could come down with them. Those kinds of plays are the plays that winning teams make consistently. Look at our season. We had a chance to make a play or two like that every game this year. The missed sack vs Bama. All the plays missed vs Tech. Dropped balls on both side of the ball vs OSU. Then tonight we were at it again. We fumbled two balls and lost them, while causing two of our own and not recovering them. Finally someone made a play. That's what it takes to finally break out of losing. 

  If we just made a couple more plays right now we would be undefeated. 

Edited November 6, 2022 by Thatguy

[Thatguy 8761]

5 hours ago, lilMAC25 said:

And yet those players with rings and tons of leadership experience were 5-5 and 6-7 over the last two seasons and SOME change has them winning THIS year.

 

if ONLY it could be quantified.
 

Also do remember who was quarterbacking them and who is now? 

[Dbeasy 15075]

Ah the fumbles. Let’s talk about those. One coaching staff had properly paid attention to details and ensured its players executed a proper ball stripping technique in the open field.

The other coaching staff constantly had players holding the ball with the improper technique, allowing for the defense to strip the ball. Hell, go look at many of Bijan’s carries. There were several plays where he was holding it away from his body. Texas is lucky they didn’t lose 1 or 2 more.  Attention to details. 
 

[Hookem2147 21345]

1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

Ah the fumbles. Let’s talk about those. One coaching staff had properly paid attention to details and ensured its players executed a proper ball stripping technique in the open field.

The other coaching staff constantly had players holding the ball with the improper technique, allowing for the defense to strip the ball. Hell, go look at many of Bijan’s carries. There were several plays where he was holding it away from his body. Texas is lucky they didn’t lose 1 or 2 more.  Attention to details. 
 

Texas forced more fumbles than Kansas State. Is that coaching or is it only coaching when it bounces right into the hands of your team?

Edited November 6, 2022 by Hookem2147

[MonkeyDoughnut 10331]

7 hours ago, Coach pop a bitch said:

Where is this playcalling in the 2nd half?

 

Yeah, 2nd half it doesn't seem like we spread things out and use all the motion and misdirecting like in the first half. He loves to go heavy and off tackle a lot. Last night somehow Bijan and the line was able to make it work against a stacked box, but that's the first game it did.

 

[Sawbonz 27580]

7 hours ago, Coach pop a bitch said:

Where is this playcalling in the 2nd half?

 

I thought they tried the screen and a DLine blew it up

[GTJ1982 388]

Think I'm done giving this guy the benefit of the doubt.  He's in his second season now and the team is still collapsing in the second half and his play calling is so predictable in second halves.  If I'm guessing the play at home any competent D-coordinator can guess as well.  He also has no sense of game management.  If you are going to have conservative or bad play calls why are we rushing every play when we have the lead and the clock is our greatest ally.  He needs to realize he is the head coach of the entire team and not the OC.  Hate to be down after a win but we should have won going away and threw away two games this year to teams that have been destroyed by other teams after beating us.  

Edited November 6, 2022 by GTJ1982

[lilMAC25 3801]

3 hours ago, Thatguy said:

It sure can. In 2019 those guys were the young guys. Now they've grown up.  They still have confidence of knowing they can do it. They just had to learn a new system. 

  Meanwhile our guys have ALWAYS been failures, losing cl9se games dating back to that very same LSU team that we are speaking of. So when they get in tight games they draw on the times they've lost as opposed to being able to draw on positive experiences like those LSU players. 

  Did you ever play sports? You seem to not understand that concept. No children that play sports? You can see it happening. No matter the call everything seems to go wrong. The ball seems to always bounce the wrong way. That's where we are. In those moments it's almost like we are cursed and no matter what we do doomed to fail. Those moments happen every game and we don't have the on field leadership to pull us out of it. 

 

Here’s that insane logic again…

 

if LSU had kept the Ogre, they’d have the same results.

That’s what you’re saying, and it’s UTTERLY LUDICROUS and NO ONE BUYS IT.

[Both Tacos 1806]

I thought they tried the screen and a DLine blew it up

This was at the beginning of the game.
It didn't work in the in the 2nd half.

[Hookem2147 21345]

27 minutes ago, GTJ1982 said:

If I'm guessing the play at home any competent D-coordinator can guess as well.  He also has no sense of game management.  If you are going to have conservative or bad play calls why are we rushing every play when we have the lead and the clock is our greatest ally.

[Hookem2147 21345]

16 minutes ago, Both Tacos said:

This was at the beginning of the game.
It didn't work in the in the 2nd half.

They ran a couple screens in the second half. One was on a 2nd and 15 following a penalty and was a few yards short. Other one got blown up.

[hobbes2702 13049]

7 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

It didn’t make sense to me either.

Glad we held onto the win. I hope this game can be a turning point but I fear it’s more of the same and we just squeezed by this time.

[Herpa Derpa 6126]

This fanbase is an incel.

Texas just beat the #13 ranked team on the road and is 6-3 and bowl eligible in Y2 following 10+ years of failure. And all you stubby fingered message board geniuses can do is bitch and moan.

Newsflash - This program ain't been TEXAS for a long time. The belief that your lazy, fat, couch sitting ass has a better clue on how to run a Tier 1 D1 football blue blood program is laughable. Probably wasting breath, but stop being clowns. At this point, it's just aggy behavior. Be better.