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Very well said ! It’s refreshing to read 🤘🏻

Kyle Flood or AJ Milwee who I assume are in the press box should have seen how Ohio St was stacked in the middle and screamed at Sark to call timeout and not run that play

Sorry, I don’t know how Texas got those yards because their offense wasn’t a threat. I don’t think one of their WRs beat an Ohio State DB the entire game

Great angle. Hopefully the next time we’re in that situation, they send Arch in with two calls. On these type of plays, idk why you bring the receivers in so close to the line. Isn’t the idea to get defenders away from the ball carrier? If you’re going to qb sneak, go five wide and take five defenders out of the play.

Sarkisian would have liked some calls back like any OC. What I’m saying is he dialed up enough to win if we executed.

A penalty also kept their 1st scoring drive alive

I keep watching the failed goal line attempt. I really wish this was a handoff to Baxter and he ran left behind Goosby / Endries.

Love this!!

Remember everyone, the national media likes their money too. There's a reason texas was ranked #1 in every poll but also an underdog to ohio state. 1. If they are wrong, they can now create a massive negative talking point on that Longhorn Logo which brings lots of clicks and attention for their respective platforms. As @Gerry Hamilton says, they build everything up, so they can tear it down later. We all knew the offense was young and struggled a bit against our own defense which is incredible. May be the best in the country. 2. Relax. Stay off social media, and enjoy the potential growth of these players from week to week. We've had tons of all Americans/great players at every position who stunk it up a time or two when they first dipped their cleats in the fire. Same goes for coaches before they got over the hump. Analyzing everything that goes wrong will do nothing but raise your blood pressure lol. And yes, I know there's been a recurring theme with some of the teams struggles. Let it be a team problem and let them keep working on it. They do have the right to get better. God bless you all. And HOOKEM!

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This is probably not a bad idea. Arch executed that offense when Quin was hurt and did alright. I don't know how much different Sarurdays game plan was than when Arch replaced Quin but Arch didn't look comfortable Saturday.

We won’t really know how much this offense has improved until they go to Gainesville and Dallas back to back, but what I want to see over these next three games are: - Anyone who is injured to get healthy and anyone who is not injured to stay healthy. - More creativity in the red zone. Nuff said. - The short and intermediate passing game to come to life with the QB and WRs. - Getting the other RBs involved in the run game. Building off that performance against Ohio State.

Umass looking tremendous

That’s why this game was painful. Because (like Bobby said) it was so winnable.

I’m sure they’ll get better, but it seems Sark outthinks himself too much.

There’s a certain caliber player you can play in game 1 vs a top 5 opponent, away from home. O Sark knew we wouldn’t have plays to burn on “new” talent especially at WR. Those guys will get their time to shine (hopefully) this month.

Most of this is true. But Sark also pissed away a 4th and half a yard. This after controlling the OSU line on that drive and progressing from the 9 to the half yard line in 3 plays. That is the singular worst play of the game. The pick may have been the second worst. Poor choice by Arch but Sark had his ass handed to him on that one too. The hold was hurtful. We had the OSU front a bit compromised after the 15-play drive. This sequence was probably the most underappreciated one of the game. On the Wingo slant, that route has to contend with a safety. I think there’s room, but there’s less contention on the route he chose.

Sorry that’s just stupid. Texas was inside the 10 twice and had plays to score. Ohio State crossed the 50 twice. You had 203 yards. If our guys would have simply kept their hands from a facemask you don’t score one of your TD’s and we get a safety plus the ball. Hope we see you in the playoff.

I’m not going to act confident about beating Michigan until they actually do it. I’m just glad Ohio State will be a completely different team by then. Sayin will be a night and day different QB.

Our penalty on that potential safety was a killer. That could have very well swung the outcome of the game.

These quotes and Sark's breakdown of the Ohio State game are from his opening statement today, which you can find the bulk of right here (it starts at the 1:10 mark):

At no point after Ohio State went up 7-0 did we feel threatened by Texas.

AUSTIN, Texas — Steve Sarkisian opened his press conference on Monday, more than 48 hours after Texas kicked off the 2025 season with a 14-7 road loss to Ohio State, with his thoughts after reviewing the game. Sarkisian’s film study confirmed that the Longhorns left too many yards, opportunities and points on the field at the Horseshoe to avenge their College Football Playoff semifinal loss to the Buckeyes in January. A streak of 24 consecutive games forcing at least one turnover was snapped (a 34-30 loss to Oklahoma in 2023 was the last game in which the Texas defense failed to record a takeaway). Three penalties charged to the defense (illegal hands to the face calls against Colin Simmons and Liona Lefau and a defensive holding call against Malik Muhammad) aided a touchdown drive and wiped out a safety, which put the Longhorns on the losing end of a nine-point swing. Even with Jack Bouwmeester averaging 46.2 yards per punt, with three of his four punts pinning Ohio State inside its 10-yard line, Sarkisian said Texas must be better at playing complementary football, beginning with Saturday’s home opener against San Jose State (11 a.m., ABC). “I thought in the first half we had some really good field position that we didn't capitalize on offensively, that the defense and special teams got us,” Sarkisian said. “Conversely, we had some good field position on defense. “I just didn't think we did a good enough job of pinning them deep and flipping the field back in our favor.” Obviously, the offense going 1-for-5 on fourth down, with two turnovers on downs occurring in the red zone, isn't conducive to winning games against elite-level competition. “We were aggressive initially, obviously, with the first fourth-down sneak, and then the fourth-and-2, which we didn't convert,” Sarkisian said. “A couple of the fourth downs late were, kind of, because of the situation, we, kind of, had to go for them. They were what they were.” On the other side of the coin, Sarkisian liked his team’s fight. The offense “played much better in the second half,” he said. Arch Manning and the Longhorns tallied 257 total yards on 41 plays from scrimmage (6.3 yards per play) and recorded six of their seven explosive plays (four pass completions of 15 yards or more and two rushing attempts of 10 yards or more). He came away pleased with what Texas generated on the ground (166 yards on 37 official rushing attempts). With Quintrevion Wisner (16 carries for 80 yards) and C.J. Baxter (10 carries for 40 yards) leading the way, the Longhorns averaged 4.5 yards per rushing attempt as a team (the Buckeyes allowed 4.5 or more yards per carry in just three of their previous 29 games, a stretch in which the Ohio State defense held opponents to under 100 yards rushing). “I think our ability to run the football was evident in the game,” Sarkisian said. “To go into that environment against that defense, to rush for just about 170 yards, I thought, was good for us.” Pete Kwiatkowski’s defense held the Buckeyes to 3.8 yards per play, 2.3 yards per rushing attempt, a 3-for-12 effort on third down and just two explosive plays (a 16-yard reception by Jeremiah Smith and Julian Sayin’s 40-yard touchdown pass to Carnell Tate) on 54 snaps. “I thought, defensively, we played a very good football game,” Sarkisian said. Individually, Sarkisian singled out a few Longhorns for their performances in all three phases. “I was proud and happy for Cedric Baxter. I think he had 15 touches in the game, his first game back not playing for a year — 10 rushes, five receptions,” Sarkisian said. “I thought Manny Muhammad competed his tail off Saturday against a great player in Jeremiah Smith. I thought Jack Bouwmeester was fantastic. He's a weapon for us in the punt game. I thought to have four [new] full-time starters on the offensive line [Trevor Goosby, Connor Stroh, Cole Hutson and Brandon Baker], and the way that they performed was definitely encouraging. I think Arch, in the second half, I thought we started to see the glimpses of what he's capable of. Sarkisian wrapped up his thoughts on the loss to the Buckeyes before fielding questions on Monday with a message befitting a coach and a team looking to turn the page after learning a lot about themselves. “A lot to look forward to this season, I think, of where this team can go,” he added. “We've got a ton of potential. Now, we've got to make that come to life.” View full news story