Panic ?

[OTFBrandon]

Am I the only one not panicking at all after last night? Of course it was an awful showing of the number one team’s offense in America, but it was bound to happen. Bad games are apart of Football and bad days and weeks are apart of human nature. This game wasn’t as bad as i honestly thought it was going to be following what happened this week leading to it. Sure Arch didn’t play to his standards and obviously he knows it, but neither did his pass catchers or his linemen. Did UTSA blitz almost every play? Just about. Did that mess up timing and gave less time for our receivers to get space? Yes of course. Should Texas had made adjustments to combat those problems? Of course but they didn’t till the fourth quarter. Long story short is that Texas faced adversity all week and it showed up Saturday night in a way that’s not pleasant to the fan base. But IMO you have to give this team grace for what they’ve accomplished already in this young season. Sure they haven’t had as many flashy explosive plays as they probably should have right now, but they’ve managed to knock off probably the second best team in the nation regardless of ranking. They don’t have the luxury of having those explosive plays and ran up scores for that reason. Thus making me not panic. I don’t care about explosive plays. I care about wins, and that’s what they’ve done so far, and against a team that would almost certainly beat anyone else in the top 10. So, don’t panic yet. Arch is a human being. Not a perfect machine. The offense will be fine. The defense will continue to dominate. All you can do it learn from this week and move on to Tennessee.

[Joe Z]

Lol

[jbseamus83]

4 minutes ago, OTFBrandon said:

Am I the only one not panicking at all after last night? Of course it was an awful showing of the number one team’s offense in America, but it was bound to happen. Bad games are apart of Football and bad days and weeks are apart of human nature. This game wasn’t as bad as i honestly thought it was going to be following what happened this week leading to it. Sure Arch didn’t play to his standards and obviously he knows it, but neither did his pass catchers or his linemen. Did UTSA blitz almost every play? Just about. Did that mess up timing and gave less time for our receivers to get space? Yes of course. Should Texas had made adjustments to combat those problems? Of course but they didn’t till the fourth quarter. Long story short is that Texas faced adversity all week and it showed up Saturday night in a way that’s not pleasant to the fan base. But IMO you have to give this team grace for what they’ve accomplished already in this young season. Sure they haven’t had as many flashy explosive plays as they probably should have right now, but they’ve managed to knock off probably the second best team in the nation regardless of ranking. They don’t have the luxury of having those explosive plays and ran up scores for that reason. Thus making me not panic. I don’t care about explosive plays. I care about wins, and that’s what they’ve done so far, and against a team that would almost certainly beat anyone else in the top 10. So, don’t panic yet. Arch is a human being. Not a perfect machine. The offense will be fine. The defense will continue to dominate. All you can do it learn from this week and move on to Tennessee.

For the most part, I am right there with you. My hesitation is that this game felt a lot like UTEP last year where everything was very clunky, Arch was not accurate, the line was leaky. I am ok with the team having a rough outing, especially after all the emotions and distractions of this last week, but I also know that the UTEP game last year was a foreshadow of issues the rears throughout the year last year and I hope that is not the case for this game. We will find out this week at Tenn.

[JMarquette]

Not much reason to panic. 

[horns96]

We can't wait for football season until actual football is played.  People were anxious up 20-3 at the half in a game that wasn't in doubt after the first play.

Last week, I happened to go back and look at our schedule in 2023, our first conference championship in almost 15 years.  We were favored by 23 at Houston and won by a TD and a questionable officiating call. We went to OT against KSU and benefitted from a missed FG and some very questionable coaching decisions by KSU.  We were favored by 12 at TCU and won by a FG.

It happens. College football is an ugly, messy sport.  There will be more ugly and gut-wrenching games this season, I just hope we win most of them.🤘

[Roy Hinojosa]

I would rather face adversity against UTSA at home than on the road in Knoxville. I was at the game yesterday, and I was definitely frustrated. Learn from it and move on. Arch started slow last year too, and I would rather be in this position this year than last. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Roy Hinojosa

[TTown]

 Not panicking, but there are some legit concerns. Obviously the offense had to get going faster and for 4 quarters. We won but I'm looking at the big picture SEC schedule now.

I truly hope Arch gets better at the weaknesses he has right now. He has to for us to get where we all wanna go. Not  bashing him because again he does many things well. But I think there are legitimate questions  about the same things over and over.

Will know way more about 2:30 next Saturday. But to be fair they all looked out of sync. I expect better Sat of course.  Be a long 2 weeks before OU if we play flat again. Tennessee is definitely gonna be a challenge.  I always had OSU and Tenn as the bell weather's. Got 1 need 2 ! Hopefully all 3 phases show up and play 4 quarters. 

[diegozanna20]

29 minutes ago, OTFBrandon said:

Am I the only one not panicking at all after last night? Of course it was an awful showing of the number one team’s offense in America, but it was bound to happen. Bad games are apart of Football and bad days and weeks are apart of human nature. This game wasn’t as bad as i honestly thought it was going to be following what happened this week leading to it. Sure Arch didn’t play to his standards and obviously he knows it, but neither did his pass catchers or his linemen. Did UTSA blitz almost every play? Just about. Did that mess up timing and gave less time for our receivers to get space? Yes of course. Should Texas had made adjustments to combat those problems? Of course but they didn’t till the fourth quarter. Long story short is that Texas faced adversity all week and it showed up Saturday night in a way that’s not pleasant to the fan base. But IMO you have to give this team grace for what they’ve accomplished already in this young season. Sure they haven’t had as many flashy explosive plays as they probably should have right now, but they’ve managed to knock off probably the second best team in the nation regardless of ranking. They don’t have the luxury of having those explosive plays and ran up scores for that reason. Thus making me not panic. I don’t care about explosive plays. I care about wins, and that’s what they’ve done so far, and against a team that would almost certainly beat anyone else in the top 10. So, don’t panic yet. Arch is a human being. Not a perfect machine. The offense will be fine. The defense will continue to dominate. All you can do it learn from this week and move on to Tennessee.

Panic? Absolutely not.
Do I feel good about this team offensively when we're about to go play Tennesse in Knoxville? No, I don't.
Like Bobby said, I'm not gonna draw any conclusions based on how people play or coach against UTSA, I'm gonna reserve that for OSU, Tennessee, OU, etc...

[Bobby Burton]

No panic. Texas will not be ultimately judged by how they play against UTSA. Judgement will come against the likes of Tennessee, etc. 

[Nathan Larson]

I am not going to say panic but more or less disappointed especially on the offense. I am contemplating that is this offense has not become too predictable. And over the past 6 years Sark hasn't changed much and it's starting to catch up.  And I just don't think this team is an explosive offense the personal is there but everybody now sees what Texas can do. We just need to be a blue collar hound it down run short intermediate passing game then at some point explosiveness will happen. 

[Schindler86]

I am not panicked but just disappointed at how disjointed and listless the team played.  The expectations are very high.  That 2005 team just oozed with confidence from March to January.  That is what you want to see here.

[Nate C]

I’m not panicking but I would like Arch to be more consistent and confident in the pocket. Need the 2nd half Mississippi State Arch to start clicking.

[Thorn007]

well it wasn't that bad.  first downs tx 27- utsa 9.  total yardage tx 400 - utsa 142. time of possession tx 37-23

utsa is not a bad team. we were lackluster at times tho. 

[TexasLonghorns]

I’m not panicking. I just think we’re ignoring a pretty obvious pattern with this offense.

Texas and Sark have played a lot of clunky, inconsistent offensive football over the years, especially after big emotional games. Last night wasn’t some shocking outlier to me. It’s who they’ve been under Sark.

We saw it against TCU. Georgia. Ohio State. And we saw it again against Ohio State last week for three quarters before finally waking up in the 4th. One good quarter doesn’t erase the other three.

I’m not worried because Arch had a bad game. He’s human. I’m frustrated because Sark has had elite talent for years, and this offense still too often fails to play up to it when it matters.

I think Texas will be fine. But let’s stop pretending last night came out of nowhere. This has been a pattern for a long time.

[horns96]

1 hour ago, Nathan Larson said:

I am not going to say panic but more or less disappointed especially on the offense. I am contemplating that is this offense has not become too predictable. And over the past 6 years Sark hasn't changed much and it's starting to catch up.  And I just don't think this team is an explosive offense the personal is there but everybody now sees what Texas can do. We just need to be a blue collar hound it down run short intermediate passing game then at some point explosiveness will happen. 

It looked predictable yesterday because it was.  We didn't show anything, ran the ball 40 times (not considering Manning's runs).

Still, our guys have to execute better and play with more effort on offense.  

[Ghostin]

Not panicked at all….there’s definitely things to be concerned about, but every game has things that could/can be cleaned up. If these guys can figure out how to play loose and have fun, the sky is the limit.

[DanielOnorato]

 

No panic from me... 3-0!

 

[Mike Gosnell]

3-0 is 3-0 no matter how ugly the wins are.
 

At this point moving forward, I don't care if it take 4th quarter comebacks to win. As long as Texas wins. It could be ugly in Knoxville but to me it doesn't matter as long as the Horns come out on top.

That said, Arch clearly is still not progressing like he should. That kind of play will not go far in this conference. Better figure it out and fast.

[kiteling]

 

Mike Gosnell said:

3-0 is 3-0 no matter how ugly the wins are.

At this point moving forward, I don't care if it take 4th quarter comebacks to win. As long as Texas wins. It could be ugly in Knoxville but to me it doesn't matter as long as the Horns come out on top.

That said, Arch clearly is still not progressing like he should. That kind of play will not go far in this conference. Better figure it out and fast.

 

Wins buy patience, but the offense can't keep waiting until the fourth quarter to find a pulse. Tennessee will make that a much thinner margin.

[ClubWhatever]

I am in full on panic mode.   

[NTX_Horn]

11 minutes ago, Mike Gosnell said:

3-0 is 3-0 no matter how ugly the wins are.
 

At this point moving forward, I don't care if it take 4th quarter comebacks to win. As long as Texas wins. It could be ugly in Knoxville but to me it doesn't matter as long as the Horns come out on top.

That said, Arch clearly is still not progressing like he should. That kind of play will not go far in this conference. Better figure it out and fast.

That’s the most frustrating part for me is Arch not progressing enough.  4 years in the system, HOF uncles to learn from.  Talent all over the field.  Let’s hope it starts to click, and soon.

[Hornsdxx]

Some panic here, offense has not looked great plus arch has been playing like an average qb