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Brown stepped up today, IMHO.

Agree. Sometimes I feel like an old fart (which I am) and want these athletes to be more respectful, professional, but that's me, I'm certainly not in touch with how things are with college kids.

I would say a "3". He seemed to hose for a while; wanted to make sure ref saw him, I guess.

Agreed. He seems to be "over-enamored" with his offensive schemes at times. I think he'll realize these shortcomings and correct them. God Bless! P

Yup...even nailed the score perfectly.

Amen, brother. Guys, the coaches are called coaches for a reason - they take raw talent, mix it with football stuff, and produce a team that works together. Our football squad doesn't show up in Austin in August like some plug and play device.

Roy, I don’t think I got much wrong about this game going into it.

Well said. Folks, the glass can actually be half full. It doesn’t always have to be half empty.

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Coach has an off week to do some serious behind-the-shed arse wuppin. We came in with a chip on our shoulder, but you can't let that translate into bonehead plays and penalties. Sark is also overthinking his offensive game plan. Opponents now know his tendencies, so he must realize that, and change his approaches. They aren't letting you throw long developing passes. Short dunks and dinks, aka the Pirate's offenses of yesteryear.

Great reads, Jeff. Question - what do you think of Cryer's play so far? Seemed like he was all over the field, and played better than the critiques that I read here. Thanks, P

I think people understand that but for a fanbase that had to endure late Mack Brown, Charlie Strong and Tom Herman not that long ago and were regularly dunked on by the likes of TCU, Baylor, Oklahoma St & Iowa St that we'd be more appreciative of a top 15 SEC road win. Oh and we're also currently ranked #1 on the country. We have to improve and if we play like we did today vs LSU or Florida we'll probably not like the result but we didn't have to play them today, we played Tennessee and won so enjoy it.

It was the same last year, and they started figuring it out. The thing for me is that they kinda figured it out last year and it's not that Arch or Sark regressed, but forgot what worked? It's very discombobulating, and hopefully they can figure it out after the bye. Rather be undefeated than with two losses entering the RRS.

Lmao at this thread

When you are referencing the Aggy Billy Lucci, you already lost all credibility. And you are wrong. CJ is 100% right. This offense sucks right now because it is so inconsistent. He's not saying they don't have the potential to be really good, they are just not playing like it.

Unless he wakes up like he did mid season last year i don’t see how he’s a first round pick at all after this season.

I don't think Sark's scheme is that great tbh. He can script some plays really well but outside of that it's been really bad. He's very rigid in his approach and he doesn't like to stray outside of what he does. It's a round hole round square type situation. It's why Flood's OL doesn't really peform well, it's a lot to do with the scheme. Remember when we were told that PK needed to go because Sark was babysitting the D and now Sark could focus on the O because he had a HC of the D? Well it was all a lie and the O is still the same. As for the OL in this game, Sark never really adjusted to them bringing delayed blitzes. There is no check or anything because Sark doesn't expect it or anticipate it. Thus his QB's don't either. Even though he's played this guy several times and knows this is what he does + what worked last week vs UTSA. I don't think criticism of Arch is that fair, because there were similar issues with Ewers, too. Even to a lesser extent Card when he played. Thompson seemed to take to Sark's O really well, they put up a ton of points back in 2021 in several games. Maybe Sark isn't a great play caller or offensive mind as he thinks he is. I haven't really seen the O resemble that 2020 Bama O and personally I don't expect it to. That was an insanely loaded team from top to bottom. Anyway, it all starts with Sark. He's not only the HC but the OC/play caller. If this is him focusing on the O, it is severely underwhelming. If your players aren't executing, why? What is the disconnect? The fact is Sark is never going to hire an OC. You imagine what a Buster Faulkner could do with the talent we've got? Look at what he's doing at Florida. Sark could have his pick and yet he won't. He's said this numerous times that this is why he was brought to Texas and he's not going to stop. Now I don't want him fired because he's done good at Texas but he needs to figure something out or have a serious gut check. Because the D might be elite, but you can't win games with just elite D. They are going to get worn down against some of these offenses in SEC play. Also penalties aren't going to get instantly fixed. It's part of Sark's identity. Thank you for coming to my TED talk lol. My bad on the ramble. Glad to be 4-0 but boy does it need to get way better.

At this rate, Arch will not be entering the draft. What does Sark do at that point? If Arch comes back, Lacey is gone.

He was pressured on 14 of 30 dropbacks. But he threw in less than 3 seconds. Only 9 QBs average less time to get rid of it when pressured. Two were from Buffalo. That does say something.

Not only does Sark need to play into Arch's skill set more, he needs to get his TE's more involved. TE screens, play action pass to them, etc. See a lot of teams do it but so far our TE's don't really seem to factor into the game plan or can't? I agree with @Jeff Howe and @Here for the Wins you need to lean into your QB's skill set and utilize you scheme for said skill set. Sark sometimes seems like the round hole square peg type of play caller/OC.

Absolute truth. Ive read a ton of let Vince be Vince on this site. That’s goes for every QB that ever played. Whatever their skillset, play into it rather than restrict it.

Nail meets coffin for Brent on 10/10.

I have specific longhorn gear that I don’t wear on gamedays because they’re tied to bad losses we’ve had in the past 😂. I recently got a shirt from the coop that I wore for the first time against OSU so that may be my new good luck shirt.

I used to attend the games and have seen over 200 in person. It sounds crazy I know but now I record the game and I don't watch until it's over. These games today make me a nervous wreck. I turn on OTF Watch with Us during the actual game and listen to Craig Way on the radio. I think the Horns have given me blood pressure problems. Sometimes I wish I didn't care so much.