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What a great year. So grateful sark has us moving in the right way at all layers of the program. Quite an accomplishment.

Horseshit.

The winner of that game is going to be crowned National Champion, and that was a winnable game for Texas. Ergo, we'd be national champions. I'm not quite over it yet. Lack of execution for the first 2 losses. I pin this one on the coaches.
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Sark is a good coach and will continue to win a lot of games here.  In the same breath it's clear some teams/coaches have figured out his offense (which rarely uses the middle of the field).  He at the very least needs to self scout and figure out what he needs to do to fix it, and possibly hand over the offense to someone that can dedicate all their attention to it. 

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31 minutes ago, JGrayDBU said:

So, the reason I think I remember this guy.  Round Rock High School, I'm a freshman in the band, and we go to Killeen for the first time, and this guy runs roughshod over us, and the score might have been 21-0 at the end of quarter one.  Or I might be confusing this with the Temple game.  Either way, it made a serious impact.  We won every halftime and lost almost every football game. 

Or maybe it's the Mandela effect and he exists in another universe that you didn't know you were in. Or...maybe today wasn't actually today, but our minds get altered with memories that never really happened, so each person in the Matrix are reborn with new memories and believing that what our life is today has always been our life. 

 

Also, as the ever thinking man Zhuangzi

- Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly , flying happily without worry. Upon waking, he wondered if he was Zhuangzi who dreamt of being a butterfly, or if he was a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi .

 

We live in an Infinite simulation where in one you are waiting at a light and a truck was coming to hit you and kill you so you close your eyes. Upon opening them,you now see the truck going past you. So each time you "die" You're beborn as yourself in another universe. 

So maybe the Adrian Walker you're thinking of was there in another universe, but you're self-aware to know he does, in fact, live where you think, but just in another universe. 

 

Don't do drugs like me, kids. Always look at someone else's problems. 

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4 hours ago, JGrayDBU said:

About the 1984 Cotton Bowl.  Both January 2025 and January 1984 have something in common.  We lost our star RB in both years.  In 1983 Edwin Simmons was the best freshman RB in the country.  Go back and look at his Texas-OU highlights.  Unbelievable speed hitting the hole, was going to run for probably 1300 yards easily.  Had knee injury, doctors somehow found out one of his legs was significantly shorter than the other and he was basically done.  

Other thing in common, we had the best D in UT history in 1983 and this one ranks #2 or 3 imo.  The 1981 D was probably better than this one.  Harder hitting, but didn't have to defend much against the pass. 

The question to ask is how long will we be in the wilderness?  January 1984 to 1990-shock the nation, only to be humiliated against Miami.  Then six more years to James Brown, "maybe we'll beat them by 21?" and then finally 8 or 9 more years.  I actually count beating Michigan in the 2005 Rose Bowl as being completely back to National prominence, as it laid the foundation for the 2006 game.  I strongly believe knowing the scene and all the things about the Rose Bowl helped the team immensely.  

We are most definitely not going into the wilderness x number of years after this year.  We should be back, right away. 

 

I thought that's what the Sugar Bowl last year would do for this year's team. 

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45 minutes ago, chemHORN said:

Sark is a good coach and will continue to win a lot of games here.  In the same breath it's clear some teams/coaches have figured out his offense (which rarely uses the middle of the field).  He at the very least needs to self scout and figure out what he needs to do to fix it, and possibly hand over the offense to someone that can dedicate all their attention to it. 

Quite frankly, he needs an OC. He's trying to juggle watermelons st this point. He has too much talent to make stupid ass decisions. 

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1 minute ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

I thought that's what the Sugar Bowl last year would do for this year's team. 

Well, sort of.  We did make the semis, but we also played 2 games in baxk to back weeks, and the defense had to ensure 97 snaps, and they did their part, but offensively Saek/QE/Milwee/my neighbor went full tard in the last game. 

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10 minutes ago, Funk Doctor Spock said:

Well, sort of.  We did make the semis, but we also played 2 games in baxk to back weeks, and the defense had to ensure 97 snaps, and they did their part, but offensively Saek/QE/Milwee/my neighbor went full tard in the last game. 

I agree, I’m stuck with this vision of, standing ovation, “let me give you the shirt off my back” for the defense. And a “well, that was weird” (reaction from James Caan in Elf) for the offense. Then punching special teams in the dick.

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1 hour ago, RoyalBevo21 said:

I thought that's what the Sugar Bowl last year would do for this year's team. 

With a legitimate coaching staff it would have. Greg Davis couldn’t have called worse plays from the fucking 1 yard line. 

Coaches completely failed our players this season.

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We heard all offseason last year how the emphasis going into this season by Sark and the offense was going to be red zone offense but somehow we ended up being worse. When the defensive side of the ball says their emphasis on the years they have greatly improved at it. Something is wrong offensively whether it’s personnel or coaching, I’m leaning the latter because results were bad two different years with different personnel. 

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Sarks' offenses seem to work exponentially better with the threat of the deep ball.  Ewers is the worst deep ball thrower I think I've ever seen from a power conference starter at the cfb level.

Manning's skills will hopefully play into Sarks' comfort zone, hopefully that translates to Bama's 2020 offense. 

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9 hours ago, JGrayDBU said:

Whichever Walker it is, he definitely flew over the goal line on a regular basis, and don't think we would have any problem recruiting some young man to jump over the line to score TDs. 

The problem is that the modern 6'5 330# defensive tackle can actually jump, too.

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 A statement we've heard about Steve, early and often, is that his play-calling shows no tendencies.

But for the second time at least, we've had defenders from a team we just lost to say "we knew what their plays were gonna be when they showed their formations". That was Captain Jack recently, and a UGa guy after the regular season loss.

Sawyer even added "we knew they like to run that toss sweep there."

Not showing a trend is a trend.

Steve, you're showing yourself to be a damned fine HC.  Quit trying to prove you're still the Man when it comes to the Offense... everybody gets it and everybody agrees. You need to find an OC who can implement your strategies in practice, game planning, and play calling. And you need to not micromanage that person. 

Do it.

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2 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

 A statement we've heard about Steve, early and often, is that his play-calling shows no tendencies.

But for the second time at least, we've had defenders from a team we just lost to say "we knew what their plays were gonna be when they showed their formations". That was Captain Jack recently, and a UGa guy after the regular season loss.

Sawyer even added "we knew they like to run that toss sweep there."

Not showing a trend is a trend.

Steve, you're showing yourself to be a damned fine HC.  Quit trying to prove you're still the Man when it comes to the Offense... everybody gets it and everybody agrees. You need to find an OC who can implement your strategies in practice, game planning, and play calling. And you need to not micromanage that person. 

Do it.

It should also be noted about multiple teams saying we had been tipping plays. I do believe he needs to seek out what kind of offense he wants his team to run and go find the best OC to do said offense or find a guy he is comfortable with calling his offense, is that Milwee? In the time of infinite staff there is no excuses for offense or special teams being what they are. 

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Scatter shot thoughts, observations, questions on Sark:

 

*most of the national guys are split on the toss.  Some say awful call others broke it down and thought it was poor execution

*Sark is our guy.  Don’t waste time or energy on him leaving.  
*why was sarks offense significantly worse than Shanahan’s when he took over for him in Atlanta?  Turnover of personnel , new scheme?

*idk if he needs to give up play call g duties yet.  He seems very attached to it

*with nil, I’m not sure it’s possible to achieve the level of talent he had at bama. Not sure tosu has done that

*would he be my #1 choice if I had a blank slate to hire a hc?  No.  

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1 hour ago, AlrightAlrightAlright said:

We heard all offseason last year how the emphasis going into this season by Sark and the offense was going to be red zone offense but somehow we ended up being worse. When the defensive side of the ball says their emphasis on the years they have greatly improved at it. Something is wrong offensively whether it’s personnel or coaching, I’m leaning the latter because results were bad two different years with different personnel. 

The focus was scoring more touchdowns in the red-zone so Auburn didn’t attempt a record number of field goals again and improving on 3rd down. The redzone TD % went from worst in the country at around 50% to 65%, which was middle of the pack. Third down conversion rate went from 38% to 43%.

The unforeseen issue was Auburn suddenly becoming one of the worst kickers in the country and Ewers gifting redzone turnovers in several critical games. That really dipped the overall redzone scoring % when the TD rate was actually much improved. Obviously we wish that would have played out Friday night.

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1 hour ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Sarks' offenses seem to work exponentially better with the threat of the deep ball.  Ewers is the worst deep ball thrower I think I've ever seen from a power conference starter at the cfb level.

Manning's skills will hopefully play into Sarks' comfort zone, hopefully that translates to Bama's 2020 offense. 

I posted this on the QE thread, I think. My son and I went back and watched every snap Arch got this year. Man, the offense is TOTALLY different with him at QB. Just go watch it if you dare. (I was getting frustrated watching) There were called rollouts. He picks up yards with his feet when the pocket collapses. He throws a catchable deep ball. Next year should be great, I just hope Sark doesn't try and change Arch too much. Just let him do Arch things. I can't wait to see what that looks like. 

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Just now, AlrightAlrightAlright said:

It should also be noted about multiple teams saying we had been tipping plays. I do believe he needs to seek out what kind of offense he wants his team to run and go find the best OC to do said offense or find a guy he is comfortable with calling his offense, is that Milwee? In the time of infinite staff there is no excuses for offense or special teams being what they are. 

 One of the Talking Heads said Texas needs to have an offensive identity. I think that is a correct assessment. We don't need to surprise anybody, just line up and do what we do... whatever that turns out to be. 

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4 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

The focus was scoring more touchdowns in the red-zone so Auburn didn’t attempt a record number of field goals again and improving on 3rd down. The redzone TD % went from worst in the country at around 50% to 65%, which was middle of the pack. Third down conversion rate went from 38% to 43%.

The unforeseen issue was Auburn suddenly becoming one of the worst kickers in the country and Ewers gifting redzone turnovers in several critical games. That really dipped the overall redzone scoring % when the TD rate was actually much improved.

Do first half of the season red zone percentages vs back half, it is not pretty. When competition improved vs the best teams we played we were absolutely terrible in the red zone. We regressed as the season went along and ultimately finished two years in a row with red zone failures with a national title trip on the line. 

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2 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Scatter shot thoughts, observations, questions on Sark:

 

*most of the national guys are split on the toss.  Some say awful call others broke it down and thought it was poor execution

*Sark is our guy.  Don’t waste time or energy on him leaving.  
*why was sarks offense significantly worse than Shanahan’s when he took over for him in Atlanta?  Turnover of personnel , new scheme?

*idk if he needs to give up play call g duties yet.  He seems very attached to it

*with nil, I’m not sure it’s possible to achieve the level of talent he had at bama. Not sure tosu has done that

*would he be my #1 choice if I had a blank slate to hire a hc?  No.  

I've seen a lot of stuff online and on TikTok calling out Kyle Flood and the OL, especially on that second down call at the goal line. Seems like the OL had issues the last two games for sure. 

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3 minutes ago, AlrightAlrightAlright said:

Do first half of the season red zone percentages vs back half, it is not pretty. When competition improved vs the best teams we played we were absolutely terrible in the red zone. We regressed as the season went along and ultimately finished two years in a row with red zone failures with a national title trip on the line. 

We played a trash schedule. That’s not sarks fault.  Who knew Michigan, Florida, aggy and ou would suck?  Ok maybe the last two but still.  We didn’t beat anyone with a pulse.  

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2 minutes ago, AlrightAlrightAlright said:

Do first half of the season red zone percentages vs back half, it is not pretty. We regressed as the season went along and ultimately finished two years in a row with red zone failures with a national title trip on the line. 

It all averages out. That’s how stats work. It includes the creampuffs and tough games everyone has. It was a literal coin flip scoring TD’s in the redzone against anyone last year starting with the season opener against Rice. That wasn’t the case this year.

I would expect there to be a dip the second half of this year when you play 5 straight ranked opponents to end the season, including Georgia and Ohio State.

I’m not saying it doesn’t need improvement. You want to be above 70% in the redzone converting to TD’s. That puts you right around top 25 in the country. All I said was 50% TD rate to 64% TD rate is a significant jump regardless of schedule or order of games and paints a more accurate picture than looking up overall redzone scoring which factors in field goals, which we sucked at.

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10 hours ago, chemHORN said:

Sark is a good coach and will continue to win a lot of games here.  In the same breath it's clear some teams/coaches have figured out his offense (which rarely uses the middle of the field).  He at the very least needs to self scout and figure out what he needs to do to fix it, and possibly hand over the offense to someone that can dedicate all their attention to it. 

Maybe he rarely used the middle of the field because of Quinn’s limited arm strength. 

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Red Zone Touchdowns By Game:

CSU - 7
Michigan - 3
UTSA - 3 
ULM - 6

Miss St - 2
OU - 2
UGA - 2
Vandy - 1
Florida - 2
Arkansas - 2
Kentucky - 4
A&M - 2

UGA - 0
Clemson - 3
Arizona St - 1
Ohio St - 1

Totals:
Non Conference - 19 
Conference - 17
Postseason - 5

46% of our red zone touchdowns came from 4 non conference games. 



 

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53 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

We played a trash schedule. That’s not sarks fault.  Who knew Michigan, Florida, aggy and ou would suck?  Ok maybe the last two but still.  We didn’t beat anyone with a pulse.  

Actually, Florida redeemed themselves, winning their last 4.  They were a clear top 15 team.  A&M?  Not so much.

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48 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

We have a guy called "baby rhino" and didnt just try running him up the middle, what are we doing, Stevie.....

And last I checked we didn't use the "mobile QB" we have on the bench for any of the plays in the RZ against OSU on the final drive despite Sark calling plays that might have benefited from such a player. 

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5 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

And last I checked we didn't use the "mobile QB" we have on the bench for any of the plays in the RZ against OSU on the final drive despite Sark calling plays that might have benefited from such a player. 

. . . and it's entirely possible the "mobile QB" was concussed and not available to take any more snaps.

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1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

 

*most of the national guys are split on the toss.  Some say awful call others broke it down and thought it was poor execution

 

So often execution is poor because the call is awful.  In that situation we have 9 guys to block 11.  They are claiming they anticipated the call, but even if not, the S was walked down to the play side.  There is little chance of success execution when the defense has numbers and knows the play.

Every play created will work if executed perfectly.  Yet we see so many failed plays.  Odd.

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1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

We played a trash schedule. That’s not sarks fault.  Who knew Michigan, Florida, aggy and ou would suck?  Ok maybe the last two but still.  We didn’t beat anyone with a pulse.  

Agreed, not Sark's fault but the schedule this year ended up not doing us any favors. 

OU was a disaster and those two long Wisner runs near end of 1st half put the game away after looking pretty shitty on offense.

That Florida win in particular gave Sark too much confidence in his conservative play calling for the rest of the year. We had some big yardage plays with basic short stuff. Florida threw in the the towel early and that game should've been considered a throwaway instead of some sort of vindication. 

A&M just completely shit the bed and barely put up a fight. 

 

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8 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Agreed, not Sark's fault but the schedule this year ended up not doing us any favors. 

OU was a disaster and those two long Wisner runs near end of 1st half put the game away after looking pretty shitty on offense.

That Florida win in particular gave Sark too much confidence in his conservative play calling for the rest of the year. We had some big yardage plays with basic short stuff. Florida threw in the the towel early and that game should've been considered a throwaway instead of some sort of vindication. 

A&M just completely shit the bed and barely put up a fight. 

 

The Arkansas and A&M games were absolute clunkers on offense, particularly second half. Defense saved the day in both situations.

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3 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

The Arkansas and A&M games were absolute clunkers on offense, particularly second half. Defense saved the day in both situations.

Kentucky second half wasn’t much better than those two games

12 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Agreed, not Sark's fault but the schedule this year ended up not doing us any favors. 

OU was a disaster and those two long Wisner runs near end of 1st half put the game away after looking pretty shitty on offense.

That Florida win in particular gave Sark too much confidence in his conservative play calling for the rest of the year. We had some big yardage plays with basic short stuff. Florida threw in the the towel early and that game should've been considered a throwaway instead of some sort of vindication. 

A&M just completely shit the bed and barely put up a fight. 

 

Ou was so bad on offense that herbstreit wandered out loud in the middle of a national broadcast how they would score.  His job is to make the game compelling and he killed it.  
 

our offense kept ou alive in our last two meetings.  Also bolden falling on the bolden fumble killed ou

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29 minutes ago, TOR said:

Sark is getting it done.  Would you rather be in the Holiday Bowl, again?  

He is getting done but he also needs to fix his shortcomings.  Like I said earlier, I'm not sure if he needs to hand off play calling to someone that can dedicate all their energy on gameday to it but there are a lot of games this year where the offense was just dead.  Seems like it's hard for him to focus on the details while also trying to decide what to call on the next series.  That pitch play call on 2nd down from the 1 was one of the worse play calls I've seen him make.  

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I posted this on the QE thread, I think. My son and I went back and watched every snap Arch got this year. Man, the offense is TOTALLY different with him at QB. Just go watch it if you dare. (I was getting frustrated watching) There were called rollouts. He picks up yards with his feet when the pocket collapses. He throws a catchable deep ball. Next year should be great, I just hope Sark doesn't try and change Arch too much. Just let him do Arch things. I can't wait to see what that looks like. 

Just look at pre injury QE offense this year. Note the difference there too.
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1 hour ago, Pam Cummings said:

The Arkansas and A&M games were absolute clunkers on offense, particularly second half. Defense saved the day in both situations.

Arkansas yes, but I wouldn't call A&M a clunker. We put up 461 yards and moved the ball at will pretty much the entire game, including the second half where we had 222 yards. The two stupid Ewers turnovers inside the 10 and Auburn missing his usual before-half kick prevented that from being a 34-0 laugher. 

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