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can you provide an example of this? I’d love to see what you mean. Thanks

If you watch the tape another bad actor is DJ Campbell. He’s always looking for ways to back away from a fight in pass protection. I don’t understand why the OL coach doesn’t see the problem he’s creating for our plays to develop. Hookem

Who cares about if they’re maxed out before nfl? They were drafted high and results in college were championships. I’ve said repeatedly that it’s not a s&C issue because you haven’t seen it on defense until the Florida game. Which further points to this change. And I’ve also said repeatedly that it’s specific to one side of the ball over the years being less physical. But to think that this philosophical change to practice has no effect is hilarious.

Who are you talking about here, Mills or Fasusi? I don't think either one of those guys was coming to Texas, unfortunately.

I disagree, he was a liability a lot but his experience/communication was a huge factor. Something they could've gone to the portal to get from an experienced C. If they weren't going to go in on other guys, you could've just left Hutson at LG and brought in an experienced C until Cruz is ready to go.

That view of the OL from behind is just...wow. How are they all just whiffing on easy blocks? Stroh looks so weird moving out there and not to mention how often they just let guys go straight pass them, without even so much as getting a hand on them. I refuse to believe Flood is this bad at coaching OL. Another factor, is that Hutson isn't a C. We all thought he'd be better there, but he just doesn't have the strength or communication to play C. He might've whiffed as much as Stroh did. Also agree that deep dive with Paul and Ian, I think it was? That was actually really good. I don't typically watch a lot of their content but it came across my feed today.

Saban’s players were maxed and often bounced soon from the nfl because of wear and tear. They were 3 deep because of paying players when others weren’t so not remotely an apples comparison. Just because you think it’s the first year about S&C doesn’t mean it’s true, lol. Good lord. Our oline has struggle for years to push and drive folks. I never learn to keep you on ignore. Back you go.

Seems odd that he was the #1 pass blocking G when the whole OL wasn't that great, but that's good for Campbell. I shudder to think what any of their run blocking #'s looked like though lol.

Apparently the kid that was at Texas is the #1 pass blocking Guard in the country. At least as of right now.

I don't think anybody knew and understood football enough to predict what has happened this year. I guess you are putting it all on the o-line and Sark guy, but you understand holding on to the ball longer than anybody in college football helps the offensive line and coordinator look bad too.

Apparently the kid from USC that ended up at Oregon is the top graded G on PFF, I saw someone post that in another thread.

Very bizzare.

To be fair to Florida, they played some tough teams and played them pretty close. So I'm not sure they're as terrible as we all seemed to think. But to your point, they're not a top tier program with Napier and the domination was a surprise. I know their OL was supposed to be one of the best in the SEC, if not the country but their DL was missing 3 guys, including their best one. Their Edge group was missing a guy and the group overall hadn't performed very well. Even missing a starter in the secondary. Not sure what we did for 2 weeks, but it certainly wasn't get ready to play Florida in The Swamp.

I don't understand the change from his perspective? Ass you said, these are college kids not NFL pro's. They still need you to stay on top of them and make sure they're doing what they need. To stay motivated, etc. I know everyone likes to rag on you for keeping it real but this does seem to be true. This team seems to just be casually strolling through the season and it worked against G5 teams. not so much against P4 teams. If this is indeed how he's approaching things, that is concerning and I've no idea why he decided this is the way to do things. Is this also the reason he kept guys out for so long, that could've played?

They also have a kid from Texas State on their OL, too. Seems like we either didn't evaluate that hard or look much at all. Even the kid from Rice who's now riding the bench at Ohio State would've been an upgrade at T. Seems like this off-season that might be something to watch with only one portal window.

Any body that can't see Stroh isn't ready tells you all you need to know about their football knowledge or lack thereof. Nice kid but not a P4 starter anywhere on a contender or even an average team. Neto may or may not be the answer , but this is on Flood and all the powers that be. Not to bring in portal OL is criminal and it is showing period.

On ESPN Greg McElroy says Carson Beck is playing out of his mind. I heard that right now. He meant on a good way. Yet against UF he was at 56%, 160 yards, no TDs, 1 pick. He was pressured 19% of the time. On those 6 pressures, he was 1-5 for 9 yards and a pick. He completed 64% otherwise at a depth of 3.4 yards. But I suppose no one was open and UF was playing with 14 guys but against us, oh they were awful. Or maybe he said, “screw my game. I’m relying on the defense.” Maybe the WRs took the day off.

The Neto situation is bizarre.

So, what is the fix for this? Is it Arch in general or is it his development has been lacking? I'm a bit confused on that part. Not sure if he's just flustered or if he really isn't seeing these things. I remember that play against UTEP or one of those teams, where it was an out route (I think) to Livingstone on a 4th down in the red zone and he rolls out and is starting right at Livingstone who's open for the 1st down and he keeps staring him down and then reverses field and throws an INT straight to a DB in the end zone. That was such a bizarre play by him. While I don't think he's the biggest problem on this team, his development compared to say a Julian Sayin or that kid Kiffin has at Ole Miss who was a d2 or d3 QB, is baffling to me.

He’s a moron. On that screen, there was a guy in the first window, a guy in the second window too. In all his arrogance, he tells me it's to be thrown immediately until I show him the screenshot with two guys squeezing Endries in that window so then he says the 2nd window is open and that the defender is too locked leg to the play. The absolute risk is a tip and pick. His actions were completely reasonable. So every time you get a screenshot, every defenders reaction is based on the action to the point. If a QBs head, shoulders and feet are down the middle of the field, then certainly in a non-man coverage situation, the defender will act accordingly. So, if that Qb shifts to the right flat, like in the Endries Ohio State shot, then defenders will begin to move so 15 yards of space when the QB is not ready to throw and has to throw it 30 yards, the pass catcher has to catch, turn and run isn’t as open as he appears. And sure, that curl right, imagine the corners reaction when he sees those shoulders and hips turning that way. He has help deep, he has help to the inside. There’s no threat underneath. It is entirely possible the QB identified that early and went to the other side of the field because the numbers were more advantageous. The last one before the screen. If that’s the play I think it is, there is a similar if not identical to the right. There’s absolutely no way to know which side will be open initially. But you can imagine that a right handed QB may look right first. You can pretty much do this all day, every day on zone coverage. There will always be missed QB opportunities. And you’re pretty much a moron if you think on 5 man routes the QB will find the first man open or the only man open every time.

This is true, if Cristobal doesn't got to Miami with his OL coach who's still with him there, Banks and Williams stick with their Oregon commits, imo. Not only is Brockermeyer starting at C, he's excelling there.

After Playstation Vue shutdown it wasn't on any of the other streaming services and I wasn't going to go back to paying over two hundred a month for cable

Ahhh....there you are, just like clockwork.

We've seen for 5 weeks now, this OL continue to struggle. No push against UTEP, SJSU or SHSU. That should've been a warning sign going off in the coaches minds. But because we put up yards and won those games, it slipped past. Even Stevie Lee kept saying so on the live streams, that the OL and DL's are getting pushed around and not playing well. How did the coaches see that and think that everything was fine? I'm not completely sold on Arch, but he's not the biggest problem, imo. Seems almost like Sark completely changed his scheme/offense for this year, thinking he had what he wanted in Arch? I'm not really sure, it just feel different and it certainly looks different. Don't get me wrong, Sark's O has been less than impressive for most of his tenure but this year, I don't even know what to call it. At this point, they might as well just go 5 wide and let Arch be your RB lol. Just joking, but if they want to have more success, he needs to get Endries more involved in the O and stop having so many long developing plays, you don't have the OL to hold up and it's causing Arch to hold onto the ball too long. Get your guys the ball and let them make plays. Screens, hitches, slants, etc. They have to find a way to move the ball more consistently. Give your OL a chance and help them out. Make the reads easier for Arch because for being a QB guru, Sark sure can't see that he is struggling at times to read whatever it is he's calling. It almost feels like he reverted back to his '22 self and started using that playbook again.

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