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I'm a recent grad... they redid a lot of it over the past couple years. It's now "Tommy Lasorda Field".

Totally agree with everything you said! 🤘

I just posted it above

Wow https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRKHyHFDX7M/?igsh=Z3N2dWE4eDlheTBk

Honestly, this is exactly why Iwaited a full 24 hours before posting anything. When you look at the numbers laid out like this, it’s hard not to say the quiet part out loud: the offseason talent eval and offensive roster building flat-out missed the mark. And the stats don’t sugarcoat it. Last in the SEC in YPC (2.61). Second-fewest rushing attempts. Dead last — by a mile — in conference rushing yards per game. Averaged 5.0+ YPC vs ranked teams only three times in 13 tries. That’s not a “trend.” That’s an identity crisis. It’s a combination of everything: • Personnel misses (– whether we mis-evaluated the backs, the OL, or both) • Scheme stubbornness • No real rhythm or commitment to the run game • And a portal strategy that backfired This isn’t bad luck. It’s structural. The SEC is a league where you earn yards on the ground, and right now Texas is trying to win heavyweight fights by shadowboxing. You can’t live in 3rd-and-8 all season and expect your offense to look coherent. The craziest part? Sark came in with a 1,000-yard rusher streak that spanned like a decade and half a country. Now we’re staring at a season where the leading rusher might not hit 450 yards. That’s not a small dip — that’s falling out of the airplane without a parachute. There’s a ton to fix this offseason, but the first place to start is admitting the eval and acquisition strategy at RB and OL simply wasn’t up to SEC standard. Until that’s addressed, everything else is window dressing. And yeah… this was the toned-down version of what I wanted to post yesterday.

Does anyone have the full post? Won’t lie, I don’t see that as a good thing even if this year was a let down.

I don't care who the eventual coach is but averaging 71 yards rushing in the SEC and being dead last of 16 teams is ridiculous. And yeah Howard didn't just wake up with that epiphany either. Things are obviously going on.

It began with the report that Sark was eyeing NFL. Which has still not been refuted by Sark, he just attacked the messenger.

Wow, that was even worse than I thought. That is absolutely insane.

Why would Kirby want someone gone who is mentally weak and he’s 3-0 against?

No surprise but deeply disappointing to have the lack of rushing production in year 5 for Sark. Sark, Flood, Becton and Choice failed Texas. Excellent detailed work CJ!!! 4 year players Hutson, Robertson, Neto and DJ didn't develop into an IOL group that can successfully run block. 4 years is plenty of time to develop fundamentals, techniques, explosiveness, more size/strength, better push and cohesion to run block effectively. Becton, Flood and Sark didn't succeed with OL. TEs have not been good run blockers over the past 5 years. Becton, Banks and Sark need to do better with TE run blocking. All our good Herman/Drayton RBs are gone. Drayton recruited maybe 5 RBs that went on to get drafted including two that were the first running backs taken in the draft. We converted a tweener to RB out of necessity. Without Wisner, we would have next to nothing at RB. Choice didn't evaluate RBs well enough imo. We had 2 RBs coming back from serious injury. We didn't hit the portal for a RB like we should have. Missouri is #1 in rushing and they hit the portal for RB Hardy. Our RB woes are mainly on Choice and Sark. Our OL & RB personnel, development, coaching and rushing attack came up woefully short this season. Sark and others did not recognize the urgent need and potential to get a starting portal RB along with upgrading our IOL. Pathetic rushing attack this season along with poor pass blocking in many of the earlier games. This is year 5 for Sark, Flood and Becton yet we waisted Arch's first season as a starter. Going forward changes need to happen. We are not on the right track as a rushing offense.

That was the last called run for a RB until the final play of the game — a handoff to CJ Baxter. Woof.

The Cowboys and Raiders getting together reminds me of those joint practices at St. Ed's they used to run back in the day.

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!

All of this

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.