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Wouldn't mind moving away from the oversized OL with poor athleticism on the trail. If they're big and athletic, cool, but they need to be able to move their feet. Think they've also been hung up on these massive CBs too who simply don't have the short area quickness for the position. I doubt they would've ever recruited Barron because he wasn't 6'1" +

Arch had a great layered throw to Wingo on 3rd down on our TD drive in the 3rd quarter. A bit high but also in the only spot his receiver could go get it.

Hope he plays well. Really hope he stays healthy. He was playing at a very high level before that injury. A good article on the Longhorn from Arp and his comeback on ESPN: How Cowboys' DeMarvion Overshown returned from knee injury

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2025/passing_advanced.htm I like this as a frame of reference. It gives an on target% and a bad throw %. It is NFL, but it’s a reminder that everyone misses some. There’s likely some surprises for some persons.

Squash brings in more wealthy parents than baseball!

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Thanks for the perspective. Was Kirby's 5th year the year Georgia was dominating Bama and at halftime Saban went to a freshman who led a comeback to win the title?

I don't really agree with the talk about his throwing motion or how that could be a factor in him throwing with touch. A lot of the times Arch is throwing in a dirty pocket where he feels he needs to change his arm slot a bit. I think his throwing motion is fine since he can make all the throws and he gets the ball out really quickly. I'm not an expert so I can't tell you why he does show some more inaccuracy in those type of throws but I don't think it's the throwing motion.

Weren't the Branch bros publicly going to whoever would pay the most to both bros? Georgia won that bidding war, seems to have paid off for them as well.

Yeah it could be that the misses on deep balls or the ones where he is throwing with touch are due to having to build a strong rapport with some of the receivers. He's pretty accurate when throwing to DMO or Livingstone no?

The -8 yard run was the 6th run play called after the first drive.

Sark once again is out of touch with game planning, in game decisions, and recognizing the strength of his team when it comes to the running game. One mistake (penalty, turnover, etc) and he gives up on the running game. It took him a while to commit to running most the season when we had bijan and roschon. The rushing game is just a throw in once the passing game is effective or when his back is against the wall. When he has choices, it will always favor the passing game. This cost us the Washington game 2 years ago. It hurt us in the Ohio State games and multiple games this year. Sark is predictable in this way at this point. Coaches know this. It's not a coincidence that Georgia and most teams just play 3 back now to force Sark to do things he doesn't want to. Georgia didn't do anything fancy on defense. They just keep testing Sark's patience and he kept trying to press from a passing standpoint. Look at the Georgia RB's the last 3 years and look at ours. They are physical runners and no necessarily with elite speed. We gave up on Gibson too early and put too many eggs in the Baxter basket. We need to fully commit and recruit more dawgs on RB/OL and less speed.

Oh yeah absolutely... I think some people might take what I said or what the film guy said as just writing Arch off or something when that's quite the opposite: Arch is such a smart and talented football player that you can criticise areas in which he needs to improve cause you know he can improve in those areas. It may be nitpicking but that's kind of what you do when you have a guy that next year could be the number 1 overall pick. He's huge, he can run, he can scramble and throw on the run, he's very very tough and durable, he's smart, he's got a strong arm while having elite arm talent... It's not a knock on him to say that he could improve in throwing with touch. Every player has flaws, I think right now that's one of them. He has all the talent to get better at it.

Thanks! I could have added more like Steve Spurrier (0-3) and Urban Meyer (1-2). I know there are more great coaches from the past and present but just want to give people some perspective on things.

The offense is soft, that is entirely on Sark. The defense and team folded after the onside kick. The defense was, is and has been physical. Smart is just a whiny B&%$#.

Guess what is gonna be talked about all day now and the Speculation. Not a Desmond guy but to put that out there is well interesting to say the least. Something has started hmmm

Kirby wants Sark gone... because he knows eventually Sark has the cool, calm, smarts to get him... Kirby knows whose smart and whose not... of course Lane Kiffin weird in Austin weird .... Can 2 weirds make a wow?

Amen! Kirby called Saban daddy for years and he finally broke through eventually. Mack called poopy Stoops daddy for 5 straight seasons until we broke through. The body of work speaks volumes. We’re truly crying from our yacht. There are things to fix but we’re not where we were from 2010-2021

Someone should ask him about all the under the table money players he bought pre-NIL. I have some words for him but they aren't appropriate. He is a propaganda machine.

It's pretty clear, Sark doesn't even want to try to run the ball. He did so on his "script" then quickly didn't try anymore. How many runs were called after the first drive? 4, 5, maybe 6? How is that even possible?

So it begins Desmond Howard dropped a bomb on Instagram just now. Don't be surprised with UT and Sark parting ways. So it begins .

Upon rewatch, looks like Sark abandoned the run game after Wisner’s 8-yard loss, where he was initially stuffed just behind the LOS. That drive had momentum even after Wisner’s loss, but died after a holding penalty on a check down to Niblett, where Arch also took way too long to get the ball out.

Agree with Marcus Myers this morning about the type of RB Texas doesn’t have. Texas staff IMO has dropped the ball on RB recruiting. I watch college football every weekend and see so many teams with physical twitchy RBs. No excuse for Texas not to have one.

A few eye-opening rushing statistics *** Very clearly a main topic of discussion given how this season has gone, but I wanted to set an idea for where things are in the running game currently. Texas rushing stats vs. ranked opponents since the beginning of 2024. Texas has played 13 ranked teams in that time span. Only three times out of the 13 games has Texas averaged 5.0 yards or more. Is that personnel? Is that scheme? Is that the inability or unwillingness to stick with the run before it can figure itself out? I'm not sure. I would bet all of the above. *** Rushing Numbers from SEC Teams in Conference Games 207.0 - Missouri 205.3 - Texas A&M 201.0 - Arkansas 184.3 - Georgia 171.9 - Ole Miss 146.8 - Vanderbilt 138.8 - Tennessee 138.1 - Auburn 131.4 - Kentucky 121.7 - Miss State 115.9 - Florida 108.8 - Oklahoma 102.3 - Alabama 99.0 - LSU 98.0 - South Carolina 71.7 - Texas Texas also has the second fewest amount of rushing attempts per game in conference play at 27.5. Only LSU, at 26.8, has fewer rushing attempts in conference games. Additionally, Texas is dead last in yards per rush in SEC play. Longhorns are averaging only 2.61 yards per attempt in conference play. *** The 1,000-yard rushing streak that has been a feather in the cap of Steve Sarkisian's since becoming a playcaller is more likely than not coming to an end. Leading rusher Quintrevion Wisner has just 375 rush yards this season.

Laid an egg after both bye weeks. Arch only one to show up at both games too. Tough player evals and convos gotta happen after a&m game.