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I watched a six man football game on Friday and that kid had perfect deep throws that were dropped. I never bought into the Heisman, first pick in the draft BS. Arch has too much talent to not succeed. I never expected him to miss such easy passes all game. I thought in the second half it would get better and it didn’t. Sark has got to use this kids legs. I am not so confident in the run game. It didn’t work on fourth and one. Confidence in the run game would have been a handoff like Ohio State did. Instead it looked like a tush push. I am more concerned about Sark than Arch. His running up the middle on second and long makes no sense. Despite an entire off season Texas still turns the ball over, has penalties at the worst times and still can’t score in close against elite teams. You have to beat elite teams to win a national championship and Texas seems to struggle once it gets to the best of the best. Sark seems determined to do it his way. It seems like he refuses to believe another team may have a better line than his. Ohio State scored on a three yard running play. A really good defense couldn’t stop them. It’s not like Ohio State did anything special on that play. And Texas can’t score on the one yard line. This stings more because they could have won this game. It would have given them a little more wiggle room against a brutal SEC schedule. It’s going to be a while before Texas faces another team where they are matched against elite talent on both sides of the ball. So it’s back to wait and see mode. It’s only the first game but I was not expecting to see more of the same issues as last year. Texas does have an awesome punter though. That’s not a sarcastic comment. I think he’s really good.

This wasn’t his first start.

Arch was definitely underwhelming, but play calling, especially in the red zone, was predictable and vanilla. I found myself missing Greg Davis. At least the bubble screen would have been a change.

Nah

This made me feel a little better lol

It’s not sarks jam but a guy like castellanos is what you need in college especially with pedestrian receivers…

The environment was great for Arch to thrive, he just couldn't make the routine plays that would lead to the complementary plays off them.

The actually went empty multiple times. I think the interception was out of empty.

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How did Sark plan to limit Arch? Arch forced Sark to limit him. The first throw was a perfect call and Arch skipped the ball. Arch couldn’t even throw the screen. Can’t wait for the Film Guy to break this down. Arch couldn’t make the 2nd or 3rd read.

What was Sark supposed to do short of going out and making throws for Arch? Arch was just terrible for 3 quarters. 26 yds passing in first half? Who would have predicted that?

Arch played poorly, but still had them in the red zone multiple times, if Texas converts those they win. The play calling in the red zone is the biggest worry.

It doesn’t matter who calls the play if the QB can’t execute then a team is not going to win. We were 1 dimensional until the end of the 4th when OSU went to prevent and burn clock. They were daring Arch to throw.

I truly believe Sark is a great play caller but he needs to give up the play calling. Ryan day had to come to that point and now it’s time for Sark to give it up and be the head coach. He trusted AJ and Kyle to come up with the game plan now let one of them call the plays.

Are you talking about the very first easy pass that Sark set up for him that he skipped or the screen pass he skipped? Or are you talking about the strong run game that started out to take pressure off Arch?

Don’t over due that run game. Ohio State wasn’t worried about Wisner. He was slow and hesitant.

We looked like an 8-4 offense … can they get it together in the swamp @ Florida (and score with Lagway), beat a Venables defense, go on the road at Georgia, and not stub their toe along the way with the rest of the schedule? Idk. They CAN. But will they? Receivers left a lot to be desired today, and that’s accounting for arch mishaps

Seems Sark was holding plays, like cards to close to the vest. First game of the season, Texas will be fine. Really, like this team, just clean up stuff. Very vanila play calling, that is expected first game.

The memes from that moment will be legendary.

Gameplan was lackluster and it looked like Arch was uncomfortable and not going thru his reads efficiently.

Bama fan just flipped off the camera on live TV 😂

Good stuff Gerry. No fluff, says it the way it is. I didn’t expect a prime time Arch but I did think I would see a competent one. It was borderline unwatchable at times. So disappointing after being in the system three years and the hype he was playing well in camp. I thought the gameplan wasn’t good. I’m surprised they never went empty just to simplify reads and clear the field up. It also would have gotten the ball out quickly. Arch never got in a rhythm. Today blindsided me. Nothing what I expected at all. Texas had every chance to win and blew a golden opportunity because the defense/punter are elite.

Couldn't let San Jose State see our entire playbook now could we??

Could be worse. We could be Alabama and lose to FSU

Aside from previous mentioned areas, poor play calling etc, my question falls to the defensive side. Why with all of the talent are they not dialing up blitzes. There was next to no pressure on Sayin the entire game. Poor discipline has proved to be a year over year issue as well with presnap penalties. Kids played hard, but they sure werent ready.