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Couldn't have come at a worse time. Now I've got to rely on those $hitty Aggies and Bowl cut Kirby to end my suffering

maybe sark needs to donate his salary to the NIL fund like the FSU coach did

This reminds me a lot of the 2010 season where we had a solid defense, a putrid offense, a much ballyhooed QB struggling mightily and a low game day IQ football team.

Whatever Jeff. It’s Volleyball season.

There's a lot more I wanted/needed to write, but I just needed to submit and gather my thoughts. "Staggering" is how I'd describe this loss.

As Saturday’s 29-21 loss to Florida unfolded, it became clear that Texas has significant issues. Some of those issues can be fixed over the seven remaining games on the regular-season schedule, but others will require changes after the season. Still, Saturday’s loss to the Gators came down to the Longhorns losing the line of scrimmage battle in a landslide. From the jump, Florida (2-3, 1-2 SEC) punched Texas (3-2, 0-1) in the mouth up front and never let up. The Gators finished the game with six sacks and seven tackles for loss. While the Longhorn offensive line might not be solely responsible for each of those negative plays, the fact that the Texas running backs ran for 15 yards on 11 carries on a day when the running game tallied 52 net yards on 26 official attempts is a direct reflection of how the offense was soundly defeated at the point of attack. *** Nick Brooks briefly replaced Connor Stroh at left guard in the first half. The true freshman started the second half next to Trevor Goosby, with Steve Sarkisian and Kyle Flood searching for an answer to help generate a push. Although he was flagged for consecutive false starts on a fourth-quarter drive, I could see Sarkisian and Flood giving Brooks another shot. Whether Brooks is in the starting lineup against Oklahoma or not, Saturday’s performance made it clear that the starting offensive line mix — as it was through the first five games of the season — isn’t the answer to getting the offense untracked. *** Offensively, everything Texas couldn’t afford to have happen did. Unable to establish the run, the Longhorns had to put the fate of the offense on Arch Manning’s shoulders. The result was a mixed bag, with Manning (16-for-29, 263 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions; 37 net yards on 15 official rushing attempts) making his share of plays to keep Texas in the game, along with a few turnovers and a final possession of regulation he’d like to have back. Operating a one-dimensional offense, moving the ball came down to Manning’s ability to make a play. It’ll require a more nuanced evaluation to determine if the mistakes down the stretch were things to worry about or a case of a quarterback trying to make the best of a bad situation. Manning did enough positive things to believe he can truly trend upward in the not-too-distant future. Still, he’s not at a point of elevating everyone around him to the point where he can mask the offense’s deficiencies. *** It doesn’t seem right that I’ve gotten this far into writing my postgame thoughts without talking about the defense. It was disappointing that things played out for the offense the way they did, but it wasn’t a total surprise. I, however, was flabbergasted at how Florida gashed Texas on the ground (159 yards, 4.3 yards per attempt), negated the Longhorn pass rush and gave DJ Lagway (21-for-28, 298 yards, two touchdowns and one interception) enough time to hit six explosive plays (15 or more yards gained through the air). Coming into the game, Texas allowed five rushing attempts to gain 10 or more yards. The Gators had five double-digit-yard runs in the first half (only 13 through their first four games). Only Auburn had fewer 20-yard gains through the air than Florida (10) before Saturday’s game. Lagway connected on four such plays against a Longhorn defense that allowed only six through four games. Jadan Baugh (107 yards and a rushing touchdown on 28 carries) and Dallas Wilson (111 yards and two touchdowns on six catches) made the kinds of plays the Longhorn skill players didn't or couldn't come up with on Saturday. *** The 2021 Iowa State game (a 30-7 loss) is the last loss I can remember Texas suffering in which it lost the line-of-scrimmage battle as it did in the Swamp. You’d have to go back to the Arkansas game that same season to find the last time a Sarkisian-coached Longhorn squad was bullied to the extent the Gators pushed Texas around from start to finish. *** There’s a lot more to digest from the loss than these time-constrained thoughts. Still, the following must be said: Talk of the SEC Championship Game or the College Football Playoff, at this point, is pointless. This is beyond a play-calling issue or a few personnel fixes for this team to become what it hoped to grow into by season's end. Against a desperate team, coming off a bye and knowing the kind of road environment they’d be going into, the Longhorns lost a game in which they were soundly defeated in all three phases. Considering the circumstances, and with Texas still unable to play disciplined (10 penalties for 70 yards) and/or complementary football, an argument can be made that this was the worst loss of Sarkisian’s tenure. While I have recently given Sarkisian credit for not suffering a head-scratching loss, my trust in the staff to avoid an unnecessary toe stub the rest of the way must be rebuilt after Saturday. The Longhorns can still be a good team. But Saturday’s performance didn’t inspire any confidence that Texas can turn the corner any time soon. View full news story

You couldn't give Gibson or Clark a carry? We just weren't ready to play. Bye week and laid the biggest egg in about six years.

I think I was closer.

With this D and our O playing this way, we're not beating Vandy and Miss State is better this year than they were last year. They have one of the best RB's in the SEC and we just played Baugh who is also one of the best in the SEC and he had his way with us. I'm not willing to say anything bad about other teams, when we looked this bad ourselves.

Miss St is not lacking in talent and Vandy is no pushover. Maybe UK. Maybe. A team with as bad an OL as we have led by generally craptastic QB play is no cinch to roll just anybody.

Four if we're lucky. How can you fall this much in one offseason when you have just as much talent?

I'm looking at the stats now, our "elite" D gave up 457 offensive yards to Florida, Baugh ran all over them, Lagway had almost 300 yards passing and we had...wait for it...ZERO sacks. Where is all that elite edge talent? Where is Moore, Spence, Hill, Simmons, Burke...anyone? Our interior DL who had played well, completely got manhandled by Florida. By the way, we had 53 yards rushing....Wisner was 8 carries for 11 yards. Manning was 15 carries for 37 yards. Niblett 2 carries for 4 yards and Clark 1 carry for 0 yards. No run game and a passing game that only started getting anything going at the end of the game, when Florida knew they had things wrapped up. There is so much wrong with this team right now and a lot of it has stemmed from recruiting fails the last several years.

The schedule isn’t difficult, play some teams without talent. Vandy at home, at Mississippi State, at Kentucky, those are almost guaranteed wins. Sark struggles vs any team that has similar talent, those teams don’t. At Georgia is definitely a loss though, A&M likely a win at home but probably close. OU with a backup QB? Easily could win that.

“Rebuilding year” yet how many in here picked Texas to lose against 1-3 Florida.

I’m struggling hard to find another 5 wins.

You were easily the closest lol.

Agree

That’s not the way Georgia and Alabama operates. You don’t get to look this bad in the SEC.

You just lost to the worst coach in the SEC. There is no excuse for what happened today if your Sark. Every other team with eqaul talent that has played Florida absolutely dominated them. Billy showed you how incompetent he was by trying to let Texas comeback with that moronic time out with 1:50 left in the game.

Just saying where we are in year 5...no excuses, I hurt and am greatly disappointed. We are not what we all hoped we were

Let’s be honest, no one was calling this a “rebuilding year” before the season started. Texas came into the year ranked #1 by multiple outlets, hyped across the media, and even the mods here were predicting 11 wins and a playoff berth. The narrative has changed only because the results haven’t matched the expectations. We returned a ton of talent, had continuity at key positions, and added through the portal. In today’s era, especially with Texas resources, no team can realistically call itself “young” or “rebuilding.” As Gerry says, that excuse doesn’t hold up anymore. This isn’t about rebuilding, it’s about underperforming. The pieces are there. Now it’s on the staff and leaders to recalibrate, get tougher in the trenches, and clean up execution. Improvement can and should come, but let’s not rewrite history just to soften the reality.

Kevin?

Gotta case. Gonna watch some Clint and John Wayne. Build an old west saloon the rest of this fall and winter. Check back again next October.

I cringed reading that but you are not wrong lol.