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It began with the report that Sark was eyeing NFL. Which has still not been refuted by Sark, he just attacked the messenger.

Wow, that was even worse than I thought. That is absolutely insane.

Why would Kirby want someone gone who is mentally weak and he’s 3-0 against?

No surprise but deeply disappointing to have the lack of rushing production in year 5 for Sark. Sark, Flood, Becton and Choice failed Texas. Excellent detailed work CJ!!! 4 year players Hutson, Robertson, Neto and DJ didn't develop into an IOL group that can successfully run block. 4 years is plenty of time to develop fundamentals, techniques, explosiveness, more size/strength, better push and cohesion to run block effectively. That's on Becton, Flood and Sark. TEs have not been good run blockers over the past 5 years. That's on Becton, Banks and Sark. All our good Herman/Drayton RBs are gone. Drayton recruited maybe 5 RBs that went on to get drafted including two that were the first running backs taken in the draft. We converted a tweener to RB out of necessity. Without Wisner, we would have next to nothing at RB. Choice didn't evaluate RBs well enough imo. We had 2 RBs coming back from serious injury. We didn't hit the portal for a RB like we should have. Missouri is #1 in rushing and they hit the portal for RB Hardy. Our RB woes are mainly on Choice and Sark. Our OL & RB personnel, development, coaching and rushing attack came up woefully short this season. Sark and others did not recognize the urgent need and potential to get a starting portal RB along with upgrading our IOL. Pathetic rushing attack this season along with poor pass blocking in many of the earlier games. This is year 5 for Sark, Flood and Becton yet we waisted Arch's first season as a starter.

That was the last called run for a RB until the final play of the game — a handoff to CJ Baxter. Woof.

The Cowboys and Raiders getting together reminds me of those joint practices at St. Ed's they used to run back in the day.

Wouldn't mind moving away from the oversized OL with poor athleticism on the trail. If they're big and athletic, cool, but they need to be able to move their feet. Think they've also been hung up on these massive CBs too who simply don't have the short area quickness for the position. I doubt they would've ever recruited Barron because he wasn't 6'1" +

Arch had a great layered throw to Wingo on 3rd down on our TD drive in the 3rd quarter. A bit high but also in the only spot his receiver could go get it.

Hope he plays well. Really hope he stays healthy. He was playing at a very high level before that injury. A good article on the Longhorn from Arp and his comeback on ESPN: How Cowboys' DeMarvion Overshown returned from knee injury

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2025/passing_advanced.htm I like this as a frame of reference. It gives an on target% and a bad throw %. It is NFL, but it’s a reminder that everyone misses some. There’s likely some surprises for some persons.

Squash brings in more wealthy parents than baseball!

All of this

Thanks for the perspective. Was Kirby's 5th year the year Georgia was dominating Bama and at halftime Saban went to a freshman who led a comeback to win the title?

I don't really agree with the talk about his throwing motion or how that could be a factor in him throwing with touch. A lot of the times Arch is throwing in a dirty pocket where he feels he needs to change his arm slot a bit. I think his throwing motion is fine since he can make all the throws and he gets the ball out really quickly. I'm not an expert so I can't tell you why he does show some more inaccuracy in those type of throws but I don't think it's the throwing motion.

Weren't the Branch bros publicly going to whoever would pay the most to both bros? Georgia won that bidding war, seems to have paid off for them as well.

Yeah it could be that the misses on deep balls or the ones where he is throwing with touch are due to having to build a strong rapport with some of the receivers. He's pretty accurate when throwing to DMO or Livingstone no?

The -8 yard run was the 6th run play called after the first drive.

Sark once again is out of touch with game planning, in game decisions, and recognizing the strength of his team when it comes to the running game. One mistake (penalty, turnover, etc) and he gives up on the running game. It took him a while to commit to running most the season when we had bijan and roschon. The rushing game is just a throw in once the passing game is effective or when his back is against the wall. When he has choices, it will always favor the passing game. This cost us the Washington game 2 years ago. It hurt us in the Ohio State games and multiple games this year. Sark is predictable in this way at this point. Coaches know this. It's not a coincidence that Georgia and most teams just play 3 back now to force Sark to do things he doesn't want to. Georgia didn't do anything fancy on defense. They just keep testing Sark's patience and he kept trying to press from a passing standpoint. Look at the Georgia RB's the last 3 years and look at ours. They are physical runners and no necessarily with elite speed. We gave up on Gibson too early and put too many eggs in the Baxter basket. We need to fully commit and recruit more dawgs on RB/OL and less speed.

Oh yeah absolutely... I think some people might take what I said or what the film guy said as just writing Arch off or something when that's quite the opposite: Arch is such a smart and talented football player that you can criticise areas in which he needs to improve cause you know he can improve in those areas. It may be nitpicking but that's kind of what you do when you have a guy that next year could be the number 1 overall pick. He's huge, he can run, he can scramble and throw on the run, he's very very tough and durable, he's smart, he's got a strong arm while having elite arm talent... It's not a knock on him to say that he could improve in throwing with touch. Every player has flaws, I think right now that's one of them. He has all the talent to get better at it.

Thanks! I could have added more like Steve Spurrier (0-3) and Urban Meyer (1-2). I know there are more great coaches from the past and present but just want to give people some perspective on things.

The offense is soft, that is entirely on Sark. The defense and team folded after the onside kick. The defense was, is and has been physical. Smart is just a whiny B&%$#.

Guess what is gonna be talked about all day now and the Speculation. Not a Desmond guy but to put that out there is well interesting to say the least. Something has started hmmm

Kirby wants Sark gone... because he knows eventually Sark has the cool, calm, smarts to get him... Kirby knows whose smart and whose not... of course Lane Kiffin weird in Austin weird .... Can 2 weirds make a wow?

Amen! Kirby called Saban daddy for years and he finally broke through eventually. Mack called poopy Stoops daddy for 5 straight seasons until we broke through. The body of work speaks volumes. We’re truly crying from our yacht. There are things to fix but we’re not where we were from 2010-2021

Someone should ask him about all the under the table money players he bought pre-NIL. I have some words for him but they aren't appropriate. He is a propaganda machine.