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I don’t think the run game was as good at the box score suggests. Patricia was fine with letting Texas get good runs when the field was big, but Texas simply didn’t run the ball when it counted. (3 & 4th and short, goal line)

There is a reason Sark wants D. Cooper so bad.

Sark sucks as a play caller. He needs to give it up and worry about running a program.

Spencer Shannon #83 bare ass. Brutal QB play.

It's Quinn all over again. Not stepping into throws. Relying too much on arm talent.

Now why we see why Quinn was our starter last year. Sark is an idiot inside the 10 yard line. He needs to give play calling duties.

When you can’t complete a simple drag route it looks that way. I do think Wingo should’ve risked an OPI to prevent that INT by Arch though.

True but a lot of people crowned him before… cough cough

I definitely didn’t remember him throwing sidearm last yr.

I'd say it's true Sark was worried abut pre-snap penalties, which kept him from using motion as much as he has in the past. The more I think about it, I don't really think the offensive game plan was bad or too simplistic. Arch missed throws. Ohio State covered well. Perhaps if Sark had used more tempo and quick passing game, it would have helped the offense move more in the first half. Sark probably wanted to avoid putting his defense back out on the field really quickly early in the game. That's not bad coaching. The two empty red zone possessions in the second half was the reason Texas lost.

There was open receivers like that multiple times, and pretty much every time throw was skipped to them or overthrown. He was extremely inaccurate and flustered till about the last 5min.

Well written as always Jeff, love your articles. Travis Shaw was a pleasant surprise today. Bill Norton was undervalued but was a big piece lost from last season. It seems Shaw may be able to fill that role which was a question mark heading into today's game.

The going for it on 4th down also killed us.

Im sick of this red zone dysfunction that's been in Sarks offense every single year. Every single year full stop. He cant get it done.

As i said in the game thread… too many poor side arm flicks without feet set. Look at this throw (ignore the fact that endries would have walked in for a td)

I will agree with pretty much everything you said there. My one caveat is that it is hard for Sark to game plan when his QB can’t make expected throws. These next 3 games might be what Arch needs to get comfortable and get his confidence where it should be.

Another aspect to consider- maybe Sark didn’t want this game vs Ohio State to be his best called game of the season, or the peak game. Those Michigan and Bama games were great, probably the best called game of the season. That was especially important to get the Bama win in the 4 team CFP era. In this 12 team era, maybe it’s best to save some stuff for say the Florida game. Especially when he saw something was up with Arch (nerves). Could have been a problem wasting wrinkles just for drives to stall

I wonder if, for all the strides in the run game (and decent time for Arch in pocket), Sark yet trust the OL to hold their water for all the complicated pre-snap action

Locked onto his receivers prior to every throw. Didn't seem to have timing or understanding of what would be available. Left a lot of guys open over the middle.

@Jeff Howe I completely agree with your characterization of Sark’s game plan as “arrogant”. I had precisely the same impression that it seemed like he wanted to just line his guys up and see how they performed. That is a fine approach if you’re starting the season against SHSU. Against the defending national champs who just beat you by double-digits six months ago, it’s arrogant to the point of delusion. I understand that this loss doesn’t kill Texas’s chances to get back to the playoff, but the margin for error when you STILL have to play Florida, Georgia, OU, and A&M is now almost zero.

I think not having film on Patricia at the college level or any kind of idea on his tendencies with Ohio State neutralized Sark’s ability to dial things up with the extra prep time. Even for Martindale last season, Sark had a week one game to watch to get some idea. And that game wasn’t a runaway for Michigan last year in week one either

I think our WRs were overhyped

Continued prayers Blake, I'm guessing the mad will be whether or not he continues to play or not? I don't know anything about Colt's condition or what's been going on lately, sorry if I've missed that.

Ohio State barely had over 200 total yards of offense at home. They have the best group of pass catchers in the nation. Their analysts are very high on their OL. If you think holding tOSU to a little over 200 yds and 14 points at home is pedestrian, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Even though we didn’t get sacks, the DL had a big role in limiting both passing yds and (obviously) rushing yds. And the word you were looking for is “vaunted” not “vaulted”