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7-0 vs Ohio State in Columbus through 3 quarters isn’t the same thing that happened in Ames in 2015. You’re being overly doom and gloom about losing a one possession game on the road while outgaining your proposed #1 team in the country by over 100 yds.

We had two possessions in the 3rd Q. The first, we had a 70 yd drive that stalled at the 1 yard line. The second, Arch pretty immediately threw an INT. The 3rd and 4th quarters were our best quarters on Saturday. Bad 3rd or 4th quarter playcalling hasn’t been an issue so far this year. The first half was for sure not great, but we were going against a defense literally no one had seen before, so there’s a caveat there. Then again, hard to say the play calling wasn’t great in the first half when Arch was badly missing open guys. Goal line and short yardage are basically the same issue, and yes, clearly it’s an issue.

OL was definitely a plus. They had some bad moments but overall for a brand new OL on the road against Ohio State, they did a great job. In both run blocking and pass pro. There was many times that Arch had loads of time in the pocket, even when they brought pressure.

We have actually statistically regressed in red zone offense and our overall offense has pretty much been stagnant around the 15-20 range outside of the 1st year he was here. Conversely our defense has improved every year.

Who cares run dive & run right behind Neto.. Gotta try something other than what Sark is doing

Ok Hudson Card vs Arkansas lol

No, they aren't. Every 1-0 team in CFB won't be ranked higher than every 0-1 team. We can put a few bucks on that if you really believe what you're saying.

He has had 4+ years. You’re right he needs more creativity in the red zone/short yardage situations. But like you said players change but issues remain. Maybe his next special assistant hire should be to help with this issue.

The Clemson loss to me is worse than ours bc at home.

I didn’t like the 1st half gameplan as much as the 2nd half. With that said, the opening play should have been a 20 plus yard play and Arch grounded it. There were throws that were there and Manning simply didn’t make the correct read or couldn’t complete the throw. Sark has to bear some of the responsibility but players have to make plays. I think everyone thought Manning had a higher floor than that. Apparently he doesn’t and the climb will be steeper than anticipated.

At least he didn’t turn the ball over!

That is quite literally how rankings are based

To be clear, everyone hopes Sark gets over the hump in the biggest games and in the red zone But he’s got to do it

It would only be moot if all rankings were based on wins. Every team that won isn't better than every team that lost whom they didn't play.

Sark has put up lots of yards but not enough points. That’s been the story of the last two seasons and game one of this season. He’s baked the cake but keeps forgetting to add the icing to it.

So your original point is moot

That’s worse than right hash PTSD!

He may need to realize he's not as decent as he thinks he is at it.

This is about rankings.

It looked like 2-3 quarters of Tyrone Swoops, I agree Gerry

3rd quarter Goal Line Short Yardage but I digress

What would people say if Arch put up this stat line this past Saturday?

Dang, we must have won the game then!

1. Ohio St 2. Miami 3. LSU 4. ND 5. Texas 6. Clemson