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Love all of this but I think our DE are legit. OSU got rid of it quick. Great game plan. But the rest is spot on.

Man my key to this game all offseason was the run game. It really sucks that we got the run game going and it still wasn’t enough. I’m concerned about the receiving corps, but it was only week one. We shall see

I had a different opinion before the game. I wasn’t sold on our defense against OhioState. Had hoped we could hold them to 420 yards or so. I also did not see any ability for us to run the ball. I was extremely pleased with the D and our run game. Two heavyweights being played on the road, sure would have wanted to win but damn, we basically made mistakes that kept us from winning. These can be fixed .

I just realized we still don’t know if we have a kicker that can make a field goal when needed.

Lots of people are assuming Florida is an automatic win, it’s in the swamp and they’ll be ready for payback. Texas will need to make some big improvements to pull out a win, starting with Arch playing like he’s capable of.

A couple of days ago, Colt did an interview leading up to the game. Perhaps some of you saw it. He said that a huge advantage for OSU was that they had a new OC and DC with no useful tape to study. OSU had plenty on us because of our coordinators being unchanged for years. Arch seemed out of sorts because they were disguising everything really well. He had no idea what the coverage was until the snap so he had to adjust in real time.

Concerns & Things to keep an eye on IMO… NO EXPLOSIVENESS * Lack of offensive playmakers. I’m not buying Baxter/Wingo hype until I actually see it. Wingo has to get the ball on the move to be effective. He doesn’t have in air ball skills to consistently win contested balls. Baxter’s best quality as a RB is picking up blitzes. Wisener’s lack of burst leaves a lot of yards on the field. *No downfield threat at WR or out of the backfield MENTAL ERRORS *Still committing mental error penalties (pre snap and personal foul) that kill drives! GILBEAU * Gilbeau is going to be a liability DE/EDGE ROOM *Slight concern that DE room isn’t what we think it is. Lack of impact/pressure plays from the position only reinforced my thoughts. SARK *Sark play calling in shorty yardage and goal to go situation e.g. 3rd and 3 and he calls two pass plays. *Sark in big games against equal talent or an elite coach -Sark 0 v. Kirby 2 -Sark 0 v. Day 2 -Sark 0 v. DeBoer 2

Great point. Wisner is our bell cow. Tough. Has a slow but methodical style that fits our zone blocking scheme. Not that baxter did poorly but I couldn't agree more that Tre was just better

Given how Klubnik specifically has looked this game (and game 1 last year FWIW) I think maybe we can cut Arch some slack and expect him to use the next 3 weeks to get back on track and take care of Florida to start conference play.

Another underrated aspect I think was that once we started going with Wisner the run game really started to get going it was going all game but Wisner added a different level

Lagway has tough games before we roll into town … if he stays healthy it’s going to be a ballgame … arch and the receiving corps need to get on the same page, we have three weeks of free reps to figure this thing out offensively … NO INJURIES

He should have seen what we all saw in the first quarter..... He didn't have it. Are we trying to win the game? Fair is for ladies..

Couldnt agree more

How can two different players put their hands into an opposing player’s face mask? Don’t they know it will cost 15 yards? The first changed a sure OSU punt into a touchdown drive. The second wiped out a safety. Eight points from mental errors on the defense that otherwise played well. We’ve simply become accustomed to false starts by the offensive line, but they keep happening. Maybe start thinking a little out there. Sorry for ragging these guys out. I think we have a promising season ahead. Our expectations were oversized in part due to our listening to hometown media pundits.

I agree with most of this but to be fair to him arch was not on his game with hitting the open man … it is what it is … hoping we stay healthy into Gainesville

I think he wants to do both because his ego won’t let him give it up and one of his greatest mentors, Pete Carroll, did that when he was at USC. Carroll was both the head coach and defensive coordinator/playcaller during his tenure there and won a couple of natties. Sark is trying to prove he can do that too.

Do we have any theories as to why Arch was under center a lot more than Quinn ever was?

Yep, FSU and others demonstrated you can be a great HC, and a great offensive playcaller, but doing both at a big time program does not work in today's world.

I think sark has proven to be the most overrated play caller ever. Not real hatred. He has a few tik-tok plays that show up on highlights but over the course of a game I am just amazed at how awful his game plan can be. Regardless of the quarterback. It's not Quinn's fault, it's not Hudson cards fault, it's not Casey Thompson's fault, it's not Arch Manning's fault. The things that always show up year after year and the only constant is sark. I want him to be our coach and I love him to death. But he needs to step away from being the play caller. He forces you way too much. Throwing the ball on first down when you saw in the first quarter that Arch just didn't have. It is beyond me. Third and three in the red zone and we throw two passes. When the running game has been working all game. He is the reason we lost this game. We have a great team that played very hard. Very disheartening. Same issues we have seen for 5 years now.

Always good to have an optimistic attitude in life. As terrible as we were offensively, we had a chance at the end. Hopefully build some confidence and cohesion with the offense against some directional chumps.

Regarding Arch, I agree.

No we miss the Quinn that won 11 straight away games . Arch will be fine please give him a chance.

While I agree the defense is FAR from the issue

None. Zero.

This. The "offensive genius" ceap needs to die. The red zone in year 5 is the same BS every year