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I agree but it needs to happen out of the spread …..which I don’t think fits Sark’s current obsession with BIG personnel bully ball.

FWIW, seven quarterbacks in the SEC had 100 rush attempts a year ago. Arch sits at 24 att. through three games. On pace for 96 over the 12 game regular season. That feels like the sweet spot. 7–12 rush attempts per game against the OU's, A&M's, UGA's etc. They are going to need each and every yard they can find given what we have seen through three weeks.

Obviously that's great and I'm happy for those guys to make it to the league, but can Flood's group play as one cohesive unit at Texas? Can they avoid the constant false starts and holding calls we've seen every season he's been here?

Go back to High School for Arch. He never has had much around him and had the pressure of winning it by himself. Newman's record wasn't that great. I fully agree with you CJ. Teams now have it on tape that you can make Texas one-dimensional by putting pressure on Arch. Designed runs early in the game with some very simple one read RPO and run if the pass is not there could force the defense to play more honest. Unfortunately our designed RB run game is limited by our OL. Instead of trying to get up early on the score then go very conservative and let the defense hold. We may need to take 3pts every time we get a chance and build up to that 20point number over the course of 4qtrs. Arch also needs help from his receivers. Wingo needs to step up and we need a healthy D-Mo. At this point, I'm not sure I would take reps away from Livingstone when Mosely gets healthy.

Confidence is the issue since everything is fine in practice. You start getting some praise and the crowd roars after a good run, confidence overall builds. Haynes is a bit better runner but not by a ton. Arch has a much stronger arm. He can be Haynes on steroids given some success.

The problem is Sark won't. And Arch will not survive in the SEC being a running QB that you wrote about. period. Remember the hit he took last year vs Georgia and other games. He is what he is for now just gotta hope the running game gets better. Even then one cannot expect this defense to do every week what has to be done on the field forever. Take field goals and hope for the best. Got 8-4 7-5 written all over this team. Another year before the year always. Hope I am wrong but eyes don't lie. Sark will never take him out either whether warranted or not. We were all bamboozled it seems.

Who needs enemies when our fans will turn so fast on our own. 3 games and he needs to be fired lol

Watch DJ Campbell on this play

Arch using his legs definitely gets him in a groove and gives him confidence. Use his legs to open up his arm

@CJ Vogel can you ask Sark in his press conference is arch getting any help sports physicologist or does he have the hips?

I'm not sure what a significant dropoff would look like at this point. Handing the ball to the other team? It hasn't been talked about a lot, but UTEP dropped some easy INTs. That could have gone down as the worst performance ever by a Texas QB.

Given how QB1 has played, I am not sure the drop off to QB2 would be as significant as we would have expected entering the season. Arch is tough, he enjoys running the football. Utilize his legs.

This is fine, but when (not if) your running QB is injured, then what? Another redesign? Shouldn't QB2, or 2A and 2B depending on how you read the room, be able to run similar game plans to the starter?! Is QB4 that guy but not ready?!

If Cristobal didn't go to Miami, are Banks and Cam even at Texas? But, he landed the Brocks, so there's always that!

I understand this won't be a popular take, but I do believe this would be successful in the Texas offense. After all, Arch is your leading rusher and leading TD scorer on the ground.

Opinion on how to use Arch Moving Forward Through three weeks, I think it is more than fair to say the Texas offense remains a work in progress. The learning curve has yet to narrow and oddly after playing UTEP, I feel like there are more questions and unknowns than after playing Ohio State. Still, that does not mean the season is over, nor does it mean there can't be redeemable qualities for the Texas offense. I am certain the offense does not look as bad as it did on Saturday if DeAndre Moore, Emmett Mosley V, Tre Wisner and CJ Baxter were healthy. That is four of your top six playmakers sidelined to injury and it is week three. Additionally, I am sure the play of Arch Manning improves as well with those playmakers on the field. But until that happens, Texas has to work with what they have on the field – and with what the quarterback is currently giving you as well. Which is where I wanted to go with this point. I have long said you only need 24 points to win games at Texas over the last two years with the way the defense has been constructed. ••• In fact, since the beginning of 2023, the Longhorns are 25–2 when they score 21 points or more. Contrarily, Texas is 2–4 when they score less than 20 points. ••• Come SEC play on the first weekend of October, Texas is going to be met with SEC level talent on the defensive side of the ball. The issues we have seen offensively will be magnified if they are not cleaned up. However, I do think there is a remedy in here for the Texas offense. And it includes the usage of Arch Manning. This is not the gunslinger that was expected. You cannot have ten conseuctive incompletions and expect success in football games in the SEC. But you can have success with Arch's legs. I mentioned in postgame videos over the weekend that Texas may need to turn Arch Manning into Haynes King. At first it was an off the cuff that I didn't necessarily believe wholeheartedly. But the more I rewatched the Texas game this weekend and more I saw of games elsewhere across the country, the more I found myself buying into the sentiment that Arch Manning may just need to become Haynes King offensively. King, a junkyard dog of a quarterback, is tremendous with his legs. There is grit in his game and a toughness not often found given his workload in the running game. On Saturday morning, Georgia Tech and King upset Clemson 24–21 with King eclipsing 100 rush yards on 24 rush attempts. Georgia Tech's final possession ended in a 55-yard game-winning field goal where the Jackets traveled 38 yards on 10 plays to get into field goal range. On those ten snaps, five were designed runs for King who racked up 18 yards. It was ugly, but it worked. On the afternoon, King ended up 20-28 passing for 211 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions. Given the struggles and inconsistencies of the Texas offense and Arch Manning specifically, I think we would all take a day like that against a top 25 team. Now, it is up to Arch to complete the easy passes. The quick curls, the checkdowns, etc. But our @Rod Babers pointed it out on Sunday, there is a transition to using Arch Manning's legs more than we have ever seen with a Sarkisian-coached quarterback. Again, 25–2 are the Texas Longhorns when scoring 21 points or more dating back to 2023. Texas can get to 21 points in SEC play with the legs of Arch Manning and Sarkisian opting to take the points when presented in the red area. Who knows, maybe there is some confidence that returns to Manning's game with his arm if this approach is taken. As a result, maybe something clicks with his arm and the passing game returns to what was expected in the preseason. If that is the case, that is tremendous. But I can not sit here and type to you that that is going to happen. Texas is running out of time to experiment ahead of SEC play. But you know the legs of Manning are a weapon and the kid is a tough cookie. Swallow your pride, Sark. Until further notice, it is time to crown Arch the next Haynes King.

Counterpoint, if we beat OSU last year and face ND, and beat UW the year before and face Michigan, maybe he has two. But to your point, we did neither, thanks to the offensive side of the ball. It's not just luck, evolution and growth are needed. Counterpoint, who out there is better suited to keep us in contention? An old Saban, a detestable Urban? I wouldn't even want Day or Dabo. Lanning is unproven. How's DeBoer doing? Let's try Shanahan! Our best bet is for Sark to get over the hump, which to the OP point, may involve tough evals of his inner circle.

And last years OL class doesn’t inspire confidence it will get better. Hoping for major over correction in the portal.