All Activity

He’s going to get to play eventually. But he will be mad if they don’t release him. My wife will be mad (well, more upset) if they do release him because she doesn’t want him to play. At all. She’s extremely nervous over it. Even last night at the game it was bothering her and he wasn’t dressed out. she has very high anxieties about him returning to the football field. He caught an infection at church camp in July that hospitalized him for a couple of days. Due to said infection, they had concerns about his spleen due to his major accident last November. He’s had a “no contact” label on him since then. He’s can run, he can lift, he can do drills but he can’t be hit. If he isnt released Tuesday, he will most likely (95% chance I’d say) be released the following week. Judging by the defensive backfield I saw yesterday at the game, they will want him on the field pretty quickly.

I’m there with play calling - the call today today was putrid.

Yep he’s what we need. Unfortunately he’s a high school senior right now and we still can’t score inside the five.

Hoping this plays out like Jalen Milroe a few years back… let down against Texas, brutal and replaced against USF…. goes on to finish 6th in Heisman voting. Defense is elite. Talent is there on offense. Can’t miss 5-8 yard throws. Missed reads on back to back goal to go plays… whole season infront of them, last 2 years give me faith they will have a shot in December. Hook’em and beat SJSU

I don’t think the run game was as good at the box score suggests. Patricia was fine with letting Texas get good runs when the field was big, but Texas simply didn’t run the ball when it counted. (3 & 4th and short, goal line)

There is a reason Sark wants D. Cooper so bad.

Sark sucks as a play caller. He needs to give it up and worry about running a program.

Spencer Shannon #83 bare ass. Brutal QB play.

It's Quinn all over again. Not stepping into throws. Relying too much on arm talent.

Now why we see why Quinn was our starter last year. Sark is an idiot inside the 10 yard line. He needs to give play calling duties.

When you can’t complete a simple drag route it looks that way. I do think Wingo should’ve risked an OPI to prevent that INT by Arch though.

True but a lot of people crowned him before… cough cough

I definitely didn’t remember him throwing sidearm last yr.

I'd say it's true Sark was worried abut pre-snap penalties, which kept him from using motion as much as he has in the past. The more I think about it, I don't really think the offensive game plan was bad or too simplistic. Arch missed throws. Ohio State covered well. Perhaps if Sark had used more tempo and quick passing game, it would have helped the offense move more in the first half. Sark probably wanted to avoid putting his defense back out on the field really quickly early in the game. That's not bad coaching. The two empty red zone possessions in the second half was the reason Texas lost.

There was open receivers like that multiple times, and pretty much every time throw was skipped to them or overthrown. He was extremely inaccurate and flustered till about the last 5min.

Well written as always Jeff, love your articles. Travis Shaw was a pleasant surprise today. Bill Norton was undervalued but was a big piece lost from last season. It seems Shaw may be able to fill that role which was a question mark heading into today's game.

The going for it on 4th down also killed us.

Im sick of this red zone dysfunction that's been in Sarks offense every single year. Every single year full stop. He cant get it done.

As i said in the game thread… too many poor side arm flicks without feet set. Look at this throw (ignore the fact that endries would have walked in for a td)

I will agree with pretty much everything you said there. My one caveat is that it is hard for Sark to game plan when his QB can’t make expected throws. These next 3 games might be what Arch needs to get comfortable and get his confidence where it should be.

Another aspect to consider- maybe Sark didn’t want this game vs Ohio State to be his best called game of the season, or the peak game. Those Michigan and Bama games were great, probably the best called game of the season. That was especially important to get the Bama win in the 4 team CFP era. In this 12 team era, maybe it’s best to save some stuff for say the Florida game. Especially when he saw something was up with Arch (nerves). Could have been a problem wasting wrinkles just for drives to stall

I wonder if, for all the strides in the run game (and decent time for Arch in pocket), Sark yet trust the OL to hold their water for all the complicated pre-snap action

Locked onto his receivers prior to every throw. Didn't seem to have timing or understanding of what would be available. Left a lot of guys open over the middle.

@Jeff Howe I completely agree with your characterization of Sark’s game plan as “arrogant”. I had precisely the same impression that it seemed like he wanted to just line his guys up and see how they performed. That is a fine approach if you’re starting the season against SHSU. Against the defending national champs who just beat you by double-digits six months ago, it’s arrogant to the point of delusion. I understand that this loss doesn’t kill Texas’s chances to get back to the playoff, but the margin for error when you STILL have to play Florida, Georgia, OU, and A&M is now almost zero.