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He’s a Georgia fan first and foremost. He’s gonna dance on our grave every opportunity he gets because it helps shape a negative perception about Texas which can benefit Georgia recruiting. He isn’t wrong about the inexplicable state of the OL though. You would think we were starting a bunch of walkons out there.

There is no doubt that Sark built something special that was on the verge of being a machine like Ohio State and Georgia. But it’s also extremely clear that Sark got complacent amid all his success, and he took it for granted that it could just keep rolling on auto-pilot. His complacency led to hubris and arrogance, which led him to not self-evaluate, particular on the offensive side of the ball. He implicitly trusts guys like Flood and Banks, and he let them coast, which led to dramatically underperforming on offense and special teams. He thought his roster was set, ignoring the red lights in the offseason and the incredible team youth, and did not adequately address needs in the portal. I also wonder if becoming a dad has affected his drive and obsession that shaped his first 4 years at Texas. That’s not a knock against him—my productivity nosedived when I became a dad. But if so, it really shows how bad he was at delegating control. Regardless of the answer, he’s going to need to do a lot of soul searching and self-evaluation after the season.

Arch needs to play in rhythm, and Sark needs to find a way to play in rhythm. He can make those off-script plays but he's also gonna make some dumb decisions when off schedule. After re-watching it I think he kinda had a worse game than what it looked like yesterday while still showing some good signs. Again I do want to emphasize that running for your life almost every snap definitely didn't help him in looking the part. We need to start seeing some big jumps in development for Arch or it's gonna be a long year. I think the ceiling is still as high as it's been for him, it's just that the floor is so much lower than what people expected.

It would be in the sense that all of our preseason goals will be toast, six games into the season. We would have new goals, like becoming bowl eligible, and doing some potentially funny things to the aggies the day after Thanksgiving. And keeping our recruiting class intact.

Cool. Maybe you will quit posting then and move on.

Texas’ 2002 Gut-Punch in Fayetteville: Razorbacks 52, Longhorns 12 Ah, the one that still stings like a bad breakup—October 12, 2002, when the No. 5 Texas Longhorns rolled into Razorback Stadium thinking they’d feast on a 3-2 Arkansas squad. Instead, the Hogs (under Houston Nutt) turned it into a 52-12 slaughter, with freshman phenom Matt Jones slinging daggers and the home crowd howling like possessed hillbillies. Texas got out-physicaled, out-schemed, and out-everything-ed in a game that exposed our soft underbelly before a 10-game win streak salvaged the season. Chris Simms? Sacked 5 times, looking like a piñata at a frat party. Here’s the raw, ugly stats breakdown from that swamp-*** nightmare:

So I've actually come around from saying that Arch played a good game but wasn't helped enough to the opinion that Arch didn't play good enough early enough. He said it in his press conference, about needing to start faster. Arch needs to start faster. He really got in his element only in the third quarter and that's way too late. I get it, the OL didn't help and I'm 100% sure that with a little bit more help Arch would've looked totally different both early on and overall. Also, after he got going in the third quarter he also started to play hero ball too. That can't happen. Just needs to play his game, take what's there and move on. But it wasn't good enough, simply. It can't take 3 quarters to move in the pocket well enough to make some plays, even if the OL play was abysmal. OU is gonna be a big test for him, again. Is he gonna take 3/4 quarters to get used to the speed of everything or is he gonna be able to start faster? Is a bad performance like Florida gonna linger or is he gonna have gold fish memory? Is he gonna look more confident and poised in the pocket overall? I think from the third quarter he was really comfortable and had he not started to play hero ball we might've even won the game. I hope Sark also helps him that way by starting with very simple one read kind of throws where you don't have to think and you just rip it, slowly progressing to the more advanced stuff. Again, I REALLY THINK that his performance would've looked totally different had he had a little bit more time on some throws, but that doesn't excuse some of his inability to make plays when he could've. I would rate his performance a C honestly. It wasn't good enough but he seemed to get the hang of it more and more as the game went on and the OL/RBs didn't help him at all very early on. Could've had some big plays had the OL given him 0.5s more.

Playoff chances yes but I don’t consider it over cus you still have to finish strong to have something to build off going into the offseason

If we don’t win next week our season is over.

His name is irrelevant to me, I want whoever it is taking snaps at Texas to be good. Arch had some plays I liked and some I didn’t like, that will be the case most of the time. Unlike most fans I’m more focused how we look at the end of the season before call for people being fired or having yellow stained pants

It’s been so long since this program has had a Dan Neil / Casey Studdard type at interior OL we don’t even know what a mean nasty player at those positions looks like anymore. Flood’s big humans approach or whatever he and sark call it has been abysmal.

Texas needs Lou Brown and Taylors leadership! 😂 images.mp4

Good for arch. He’s still bad at QB. A lot of y’all’s desires for him to be great and his name make it hard for yall to watch the game and realize how awful he truly is. But hey at least he had that game vs Sam!

We need the OL to improve by leaps and bounds. In order to get to bowl eligibility.

Ok egg head name a qb that would have looked good getting hit every play damn near? Arch threw for more yards than Nussmeier and Beck vs Florida

Kyle Flood will probably be replaced by whom to be determined. If Sark makes a change at QB coach they will want to call plays unless Sark promotes Mike Bimonte.

My issue with flood is talent evaluation. How could he see these guys in practice over 2+ years and decide we needed to roll with them instead of filling in with portal additions?

Hot take, Texas looked like crap yesterday and we’re never gonna win another game ever ever. Sark is dumb and done and our players don’t actually care or like football. Everything is broken and can’t be fixed. This is 2021 all over again. Worse actually, it’s 1997 but we don’t have Ricky Williams. Florida can redeem themselves to us by beating the Aggies in CS next week and we can redeem ourselves by getting back to playing elite defense and getting Arch better protection and a little more physical running game. We also need leaders to truly emerge and galvanize both sides of the ball on the lines. That can and will happen fastest through adversity. As Jake Taylor famously said

Look, we all knew last year that our OL was the weak link. Some of our OL were drafted to the NFL and so it was dued to poor coaching and running schemes. This year I believe we have the same problem and if Sark doesn't address his coaching OL staff, UT national playoff is short and done.

Flood need to go.

CJ. Some one needs to have an intervention with Sark. Pittman would heal many woes.

Bobby’s had him on OTF a few times. He’s not just a guy in his parents’ basement. The overall ranking of the starting OL Goosby: #416 Stroh: #546 Hutson: #410 Campbell: #11 (meh) Baker: #34 (did this miss make them gun shy to spend here?)

It’s not THAT we lost it’s in the how we lost. That score was not indicative of the game. Talent is one thing but we’re flat out, undeniably, unprepared for the game.

Let’s be honest, making the playoff last year doesn’t excuse disappearing against top-tier programs in Year 5. Down 14-0 with 4 minutes left vs Ohio State, and Texas only scores because the opponent goes into prevent? That’s not competitive, that’s failing when it matters. Yes, the OL and DL have issues, and Arch is a third year QB, not “young” at all. With NIL advantages, portal access, and top ranked recruiting classes, there are no excuses for rolling food out on the offensive line or racking up penalties. “Playing in the Horseshoe and the Swamp” doesn’t justify looking unprepared and undisciplined. This isn’t about throwing in the towel, it’s about holding the program accountable. Right now, Sark’s program is trending in the wrong direction, and the responsibility falls squarely on the head coach. The only two Power 5 opponents Texas has played this year? Totally unprepared, manhandled, and one of those was a 1-3 Florida team coached by Billy Napier with a QB on one leg. That’s on Sark.