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He will not do it. Coach Barnes was told he needed to add an offensive minded assistant. He took a different job instead.

The SC game was a blowout but most of the game was competitive. UF outgained and out rushed them. Some bad turnovers by UF and then clutch plays by USC.

You think it was going to get better? While the hires of Charlie Strong and Tom Herman were abysmal, it doesn't mean forcing out Mack Brown was the wrong move. This is a speculative post. As of now, Sarkisian isn't going anywhere. I know it's a what if scenario, but I don't have a lot of investment in it unless the season goes even further sideways than it has so far. I know what it looks like, but it still has to happen. However, defending making a change by pointing out what a bad decision it was to force Mack Brown to step down when he did, makes absolutely no sense to me. The man was done, and he further demonstrated it when he went back to North Carolina.

Hey ya'll this is Hayden, I'm a sophomore here at UT studying Advertising. Looking forward to contributing to OTF and expanding this awesome community! Hook 'em 🤘

Chip Kelly would be a nice addition.

Because that is an outdated win total and frankly CFP is the new minimum standard, especially for a program like Texas. Once the CFP increases to 24 as predicted, just making the playoff will no longer be the standard but the standard will be quarter or semifinals. Everything has to shift in terms of expectations because that is what is required.

Sark is the diddy equivalent of James Franklin. Might as well fire him now before he pisses away our recruiting status. Keeping him does that and ends up being fired anyway

I feel like there's a lack of understanding with this post of who Bobby Burton is in the history of the recruiting industry. He built the first real national recruiting platform with the National Recruiting Advisor in 1993, and has been integral to the formation of every one of the ones in existence currently. Also, no offense to Bobby Burton, but anyone who hires Gerry Hamilton automatically gets the best coverage of Texas recruiting with that hire alone. In football and basketball. Since Gerry and Bobby go way back, and there's a huge amount of trust between the two, there's no real chance of a separation. Bobby isn't going to make a move unless he can bring Gerry with him at this point.

I just think OTF would provide a much better evaluation product than IT because I don't think Justin Wells leaves the state. And with OTF having a bigger footprint, the national guys would get better info. Hell, I'm not sure how much he leaves East Texas. Justin is a good guy, but his analysis of players we recruit are no where near as informed as Gerry's because he actually goes to see players practice. That's dedication to your craft. And that's what separates OTF from the others is the dedication everyone here has to their craft.

Rivals as well along with 247

That turned out real well, Sucked for 12 years.

With our Scedule , 9-3 is impressive.

Been doing that , Did not stop the haters .

I definitely don’t want to see Sark at the end of the year trying to politic his way into the playoffs after a 9-3 win season. Two years in a row doing that will not be a good look. Either way, just making the playoffs was not the goal this year. Everyone expects a deep run.

Rivals is On3 and Bobby is/was On3.

I totally agree. Sark will be fine, but alot of his staff won't be. Texas needs to finish 10-2 or better and make the playoffs. Sark know better than anyone that missing the playoffs would be CATASTROPHIC for him and his staff.

I think flood is a great tackles coach, we need an interior OL coach

Would that fix the root cause or just mask a symptom?

HC Sark has been fantastic, play caller Sark hasn’t.

Gotcha. Makes sense.

I’d expect him to have no choice but to swallow his pride and hire an OC and make other staff changes if he wants to continue to be the head coach.

New OC and OL.

I made this point on C&F back before they lost 2 in a row to blowouts.

No, one of the players gave me the name rockin ron because I used jock jams music to intro the match lineup. Years later one of the coaches started calling me rocketman. It stuck!

We peaked in 2023 when Joe DeCamillis was on staff as special teams assistant. We dropped significantly in 2024 when he was no longer here 🤔