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Arch doesn't process information quickly enough. All the great QB's have the abilility to process quickly. It'something that can't be taught. You either have it or you don't.

I truly hope and think that arch and the offense will get better throughout the year. He definitely had the jitters and it showed especially with pocket presence and missing wide open receivers and it wasn’t even close. I’m just more pissed that we had more 1st downs, better on 3rd down, more passing yards, more rushing yards, more yards per run, and we lost the game due to 1 turnover, 35 more yards than OH State, and god forbid cannot get the ball in the endzone when you’re in the RZ. Blows my mind.

Kinda feel bad for Arch, but he needs to dig in and earn his legacy and he knows it. He's done nothing so far. Talent alone will only get you so far, just ask Quinn.

I’m so annoyed of this game and play calling. It was evident by the statistics that Texas was the better team. On a bright note, Graceson Littleton is going to be a star. Maybe the next great Thorpe winner.

As I wrote, the pressure didn't get home, but they made a few things happen and did a great job against the run.

Seriously? It's a massive blowout if our defense isn't probably the best in the country. I have legit concerns about what he is seeing happen if that is true.

Manning’s misses were so uncharacteristic from what we’ve seen that I’ve got to believe it’s fixable. It seemed like he was just trying to throw with one bullet speed on every throw. I do think it will get better. I think he could have benefited greatly from a tune up game. Anything you could have NOT asked for a game as a 1st time starter QB, this had it. This has to be the worst “thrown into the fire”/pressure week one game for a guy in Arch’s shoes of all time. With how bad Arch’s game was, if Arch would have come through on that last drive and got another TD and sent the game to OT, that would have literally been a Heisman moment. I know it’s a what if. But with how much of a nightmare it was (and it was), we were much closer to talking about his performance in more favorable terms than people are letting on.

Exactly, beat a total of one great coach into year five. 0-6 in the other matchups. Not great

Did Brad Spence get in the game. I don’t recall seeing him.

I thought oline played well

The defense has outperformed the offense throughout Sark's tenure (except for year 1). It is very difficult, and rare, for a HC to be an elite OC at the same time. I don't think Sark can do it. He needs to find someone to call plays. It's no knock on him; it's almost universal that teams have separate playcallers. There's just too much going on simultaneously to not delegate that job.

It worked for Day at OSU. But remember when asked after the ‘25 Semifinal exit he said that there is an aspect of calling plays that he loves and, as long as he's "decent at it," he will continue to do so. Unfortunately being “decent at it” doesn’t cut it against the UGAs and OSUs of the world. And it certainly doesn’t cut it when you can’t finish it off with points. It’s early but look at Florida State being up on Bama too! Norvell did the same thing this offseason

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Multiple penalties and botched blitz pickup on fourth.

Yes

100%

That game was there for us to dominate.

From the stands, the OL was great. Arch had tons of time, he just didn’t throw receivers open. He waited until they were open then threw it but by then the windows were closed. He is going to have to process much faster.

Dabo counts if you still see him as the HC he was from 2015-2020. Not sure about him now unless he wins big in the postseason this year. But the only great win over the other great HCs was Saban 2023 and that’s probably because he knew his defensive scheme inside and out.

15 points would’ve won this game

AM should’ve kept the ball and RAN 5x of what he did

This was not on OL . Sark and manning $hit down their pant leg.

Guys - where was the “vaulted” DLine? We looked PEDESTRIAN where was #1 on key plays???

Two bizarre things that I’ll remember from this game - Arch’s big misses on easy throws and the stagnant vanilla unSark-like offense. The defense, run game, and punter were good enough to overcome one but not both. All of a sudden the Florida game is critical.