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Great article Gerry. Time will tell how it plays out.

You don't have to be a QB instructor for a person to know what they are talking about. Ball should never have been thrown. It's not processing in real time fastest enough for Arch at this point. That is reality. And the other reality is he may just end up lacking innate feel and athletic instincts at the highest level of some others that shows up in situational awareness and under duress in key moments. The plays were made early in the season to let anyone with working eyes that has been around the game their whole life. Read what I wrote, and go back and watch the games again. It's all right there.

To add a little salt to the wound; Venables has a reputation for picking up signals, and OU has Parker Livingstone, who knows Sark’s offense. Watch Guillory on that last interception. He breaks straight to the spot like he knows what’s coming. With the blitz timed perfectly, I can’t help wondering if OU knew the play before the snap.

I'm bookmarking it.

On his last pick, he had a safety coming at him unblocked that hurried his timing up. I just watched the all 22 of all his plays and that's what caused the pick.

"Well I just feel like we had a really good week of practice. Arch looked good, he just needs to transition it to game day" - Something a long those lines.

It's one thing to talk about it but to see proof of it just makes it hit even harder. It's very disappointing.

Look how much better they block in the 10 personnel, too. Gives your OL an easier time, lets your WR's work their secondary and makes it easier for Arch to read and hell even run out of.

Like most coaches, he's stubborn and wants to do things his way. He still believes that it will work. I'm not sure he'll ever truly change it.

The last good TE we had was Helm who was probably the most complete TE we've had and everyone after him was either underutilized or isn't up to scruff, imo. Yet you've got Coleman, Wingo, Mosley and Bishop who could all be out there causing teams havoc. As you said he loves explosive plays but is obsessed with 12 personnel. Even worse is he'll then motion one of those TE's out wide.

The pick 6 was definitely on Arch, he had Coleman wide open and instead gifted OU 7 points. But I do think more 10/11 personnel and even some 20/21 would be more efficient to utilize and let Arch actually run some RPO's and let your supposed elite WR's work the opposing defense. Also Cooper is the best RB on the team. He needs to get way more than 8 carries. That one drive before half he was in, he showed exactly why he should be in more. 2 carries in the second half is criminal. Not sure if Terry is ready but Brown just isn't cutting it, especially for the things they're asking him to do. Like block a 240/250 LB blitzing through the gaps lol. He should be used sparingly. Cooper, Smothers, Terry..in that order.

its not the offense. takes some blame tho. its the special teams f ups and penalties ou has a great D DateOpponentTotal Yards Sept 4UTEP145 yards Sept 12at Michigan263 yards Sept 19New Mexico185 yards Sept 26at Georgia306 yards and 12 first downs Oct 10vs Texas (Dallas)382 yards

There is so much content on this forum, so my apologies if this has been discussed in some way. I am not able to read every post and comment. DISCLAIMER: I know we are 4-1 and in control our own destiny and may be foolish to be so negative. 1) The Arch issue. Gerry wrote an extensive post about Arch that covered every angle. The only thing I will add is that I don't recommend benching Arch. I would only recommend let him use all of his tools (his running ability) like every other college program does and call plays that take advantage of Arch's speed and power-the dude is tough and good sizee. Now, if that is an issue with the Manning family and Arch himself, that is a different scenario that would justify putting somebody in that can run. It is now self-preservation and Texas needs to be able to have the QB running option. I mean, hell, he did it 2 years ago against aggy and it worked beautifully for a TD. 2) Sark the HC has two obstacles: The irony how Vegetables flipped the weight of the world to Sark and temporarily freed himself from it. Obstacle 1: Sark the OC. Had he made the move to hire an OC on his own, the spotlight and the pressure cooker wouldn't be anywhere near the level it is since Saturday. That pressure is here to stay and will only get heavier and heavier. It is never good when a HC is forced to make a change not of his own doing-quite frankly it seems to be the beginning of the end of the HC tenure in most cases. Additionally, what kind of OC could possible come to Texas knowing Sark was against the decision and knowing he may be butting heads and worried about a turf war at every turn? Sark would have to humble himself and think about his future. Really, if he fails here, he will be damaged goods as an OC and as a HC-college or NFL. Yes he has an great win loss record the last 4 years, but that is with the wealth of resources from Texas. The main reason for the record is elite defenses-not his high scoring innovative offensive schemes. At other schools or the NFL he will not have the talent advantage he currently enjoys. Obstacle 2: Sark's buddies. People may ask did Banks/Flood forget how to coach? The were great at bama. Well, they had the GOAT as a HC that held his assistants accountable. Sark thought he was getting the guys under Saban, but apparently Saban gets more out of them. The CEO matters because he deals with the big and little things. How do other schools make their OL work? They haven't had the recruiting advantage Flood has at Texas. Is it incredibly bad luck that the top recruits that signed at Texas are busts? CJ nailed the special teams issues, so I won't regurgitate. But, I will remind you of the horrible outing at UT2, was more of the same against blowU. It is laughable at how we got more of the same. The very first kick-off goes out of bounds. This obstacle is not as complicated as firing the OC, but the fact that you are being forced to do it is not a good look. It is difficult to respect a HC that doesn't deal with the obvious problem himself. I mean does he think he has multiple years to fix these issues? For all I know (which isn't a lot), Flood is not the problem as much as what he is asked to do in Sark's complicated scheme. This would make some sense, because now you have Arch and Flood scratching their heads after each practice at what there scheme/identity is supposed to be. 3) I really like Sark, but we all saw it coming in one way or the other-it was simply unsustainable to have such a under performing offense. It should be embarrassing how much BMDs payout for these athletes and get such an underperformance. To make matters worse and something we have to reconcile is the crap about not apologizing for a win. Well, the reason the media and fans were making a bid deal about is because it is a big deal. We saw the unsustainability with our own eyes and knew it would bite us at some point. But, he blew us off and gave us his non-apology. I don't see what can be improved when Sark himself doesn't really have a plan. I really believe that he doesn't know how to fix STs and the offense. CJ make a great point about "doing the same thing and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity" in Sunday morining's video and it applies perfectly in the current state of affairs at Texas. 4) Still no answer for the constant blitzing Arch gets. Will it be a free for all SEC head coaches to look like geniuses by simply blitzing the hell out of Texas because we still look lost and get shut down. Sark has given us no hope of dealing successfully with out opponent's blue print.

It was a terrible call. Technically right by the letter of the rule but the hit wasn’t egregious and part of the rule is if the player can adjust. In this case Biles hit his helmet with his shoulder pad. Should’ve been a no call in my biased opinion. I guarantee if they hadn’t called it no one person would’ve said a thing about a missed call. The frustrating thing is that they missed several hits to the head on catch when he was throwing one in particular on a completion to Coleman that was clear and wasn’t called. That would’ve changed the game and we probably win the game on that int. However, we still can’t give them 7 point on a blocked punt and 10 additions after that play off INTs.

It will be better but his issues are still issues even against bad defenses. He didn't play that well and threw 50% completion rate against UTSA (120 ranked). He'll have a few more good drives but we'll still see a fair share of 3 and outs. If he just throws to whoever McClain is defending this week, Arch will look like a Heisman candidate. 😄

I don’t understand, Sark’s obsession is explosive plays, yet he’s fixated on 12 personnel which puts 2 lack luster tight ends (in terms of explosiveness) on the field, and it clearly DOESNT WORK.

CJ, Just curious, but where does Texas fall in the National rankings? Thanks!

In regards to the playoff committee, this loss will hurt us like the Florida one did last year. OU is not a good team and will rack up more losses. If we have 3 losses we will be in a similar dilemma we were in last year because the committee has shown they only care about how many losses you have and who you lost to. They don't care who you've beaten. I hope they understand that and the urgency is at code red.

Beating Florida wont erase the damage this has caused Sark. Something broke yesterday.

This is how a loser thinks

There is too much talent in that room not to have them on the field more often.

I hope we win out…and move on from Sark

#LetArchCook

I agree with you on all of that. Let’s see if sark takes that route this weekend. I’m hoping for it but not sure if he will.

Exactly.