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Someone said that OU is so bad this season (except their defense) that the only way Texas could lose was if Texas gave the win to OU. Well all 3 phases of the team gave the game to OU on a silver platter. There were so many head scratching self-inflicted wounds and painful turnovers with this one. Also..I hate Texas games played right after a bye week. They seem to lose or barely win a game they should have lost. however the AP poll ranks Texas after this loss…is anybody’s guess, but Texas went into this game with LOTS of pundits saying Texas doesn’t play like a number 1 team. Will Texas even be in the top 15 after this?

Sark beat the hell out of Stoops in prime in the 2004 title game, and he was 30 at the time.

Lol well Sark isn't going against Stoops in his prime either.

Sark hasn't lost five in a row to the criminals, and he's certainly never been beaten 63-14 by them.

Yea that quote really scares me, I'm not going to lie. In theory I like the idea of CEO coach Sark, but I think he may be too delusional and narcissistic to ever give us that.

We gained more yards on the criminals than any team all season. Not even close. Arch gave them ten points and Banks gave them seven. That's what lost the game, not the offense.

Who said a coach can't call plays? I just think Steve Sarkisian is a bad offensive coordinator right now. I'd have no problem with him calling plays if he was a good coordinator, but he isn't. Imagine how bad Mack Brown would have been if he insisted on being his own offensive coordinator? We're not quite there but damn it gets closer every year.

When the OC/play calling thing comes up, Sark always says he was hired to call plays. That being the case, he isn't going to stop unless the people who can fire him tell him to stop. I suspect Sark wants to be a play calling head coach in the NFL one day, and that won't happen if he stops calling plays in college. That means the only option is to fire him if you don't want him to be the OC/play caller. That's clearly unreasonable at this point. Banks as special teams coordinator is a different story.

It was a butt kicking that Sark needed. There needs to be some changes to the offensive philosophy and unfortunately I think this is the only way those changes take place.

I think Sark's system makes playing college football way too difficult. Arch is put in very difficult positions on a regular basis. I'd like to see a system that makes life easy for the players instead. I also think the execution is just very poor game after game, season after season. The play calls often work on paper, but the players just can't get it done. Well guess what, that is Sark's job: to get the players to execute the damn play. No doubt about special teams. Banks is an even bigger blind spot for Sark. Another thing that sucks game after game, season after season.

Perhaps, but the level of skill, complexity and attention to detail required for daily preparation and practice are certainly much greater in the NFL. That's certainly just as time consuming as worrying about recruiting. Having said that, people who think Saban and Kirby didn't call their own defense during their respective championship seasons are smoking something illegal. They may not have officially claimed to call the plays, but you can be your house that they did.

Look, I know we’re all upset. Try to keep things in perspective. Your family, kids, friends, faith(not necessarily in that order but whatever). We lost today and beat ourselves, but you know what? It’s a good day because you are alive and people care about and love you. I know I struggle with that. I try not to let the games results dictate how my weekend/week will go. I tried that and it was miserable for the most part, even when we’re good. Maybe this post will get some traction. Maybe it won’t. Spend time with those you cherish and enjoy being around. That’s what’s truly important.

Stop crying and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

I miss Bo, this just came across my feed. Muschamp really the only flamethrower on the staff.

You said it not me Mr. Equivalency

Sark calls an offense his team cannot support. The o-line can’t support deep route concepts and arch can’t throw shorter routes. We could run the ball, but that’s hard out of 2nd and 10. It looks, to me anyway, the team should be a 60/40 run team with passes built off of that, but sark isn’t willing to do it. So what you get is a clunky poorly timed offense with no rhythm.

I can't say for certain why it works or doesn't work in the NFL, but there's plenty of evidence that it hasn't typically worked in college. Is it possible a college head coach has more day to day responsibilities than an NFL coach? Like recruiting for instance.

Saying the system sucks and is poorly coordinated is a bit strong. Special teams and Arch lost the game, not offensive coordination. You can certainly argue that many of Arch's mistakes ultimately land at Sark's feet, but that doesn't mean the "system" sucks.

https://x.com/longhornhq/status/2109122992135610431?s=46 was immediately the first thing I thought of when he trotted the kicker out this time

For me it's not even about "calling plays", it is coordinating the offense. This system sucks and is poorly coordinated, independent of the play calling on Saturday.

This made my day better thanks Gerry

This is the thing I just can't understand. The best NFL head coaches have called their own plays since the league began. Why do college fan bases think their head coach can't call plays? In fact, the best play callers in the NFL are head coaches (Shanahan, McVay, Reid, Johnson). This doesn't mean Sark is the best play caller now, but it certainly doesn't mean it can't be done.

Bumping this post from last year.. I think we did much better on the personnel front this season, but still, at the end of the day this program is held back by Sark insisting on being both the OC and HC. Why does he do this? Look in the mirror dude. Look at the talent on this team. Look at the offensive output running your "system", year after year. It sucks, man. Hire a damn offensive coordinator! You aren't getting it done doing both jobs.

Its wild that Sark actually thinks him being his own OC is in the best interest of the program. The dude is completely delusional. How many years of mediocre offense with elite talent until he realizes he can't do both of these jobs?

This loss may do a lot of things, but it won't improve our mental health 😆 🤘🏼