OTF Premium Snap Judgments: No. 1 Texas rides historic defensive performance to road win over No. 14 Tennessee, 20-17

[diegozanna20]

54 minutes ago, Blue Horn said:

Sark needs to do some serious self reflection.  His coaching has been very suspect.  His offenses are extremely undisciplined and inconsistent.  This team is much better than they have played.  This isn’t a one game observation, but something that has been consistent throughout his tenure.  I don’t want him gone and want him to stay a long time.  But surely he has to see that he has a problem.  If he has the humility to look deep and find the problem, he has a chance to be legendary.  I hope he is able to figure it out and make the changes he needs to make within his organization.

I agree with this take a lot more than the easy finger pointing that I see from a lot of fans.
I saw some things today that just lead me to believe there's issues in coaching when it comes to the offense.
Play calling was suspect at times too.
I get that we couldn't really run the ball but those were the best play calls that Sark had if we couldn't run the ball? It's a serious problem that any Sark offense becomes COMPLETELY putrid any time there's problems running the ball. Any team that can make Texas one dimensional will win on defense cause Sark has no answers.
Obviously not all is on Sark... it never falls on just one person but there's serious issue IMO when it comes to coaching on both special teams and offense.

Edited 40 minutes ago by diegozanna20

[texcoyote15]

We need to practice from here on out is a two step drop and get the ball out.  No more time to make 3 reads before you throw. 
 

I hate to say it but something with Arch and Sark just doesn’t seem to click.  Idk if he just doesn’t have enough time or is getting hit too much that he can’t get settled in but Arch is a good QB but he’s not a Heisman candidate type QB.  He’ll go and I’m sure have a great pro career but it is what it is going to be now.  Each week we hope this is the week where we see 4 quarters put together but it never happens. The last 4 quarter game I remember was against Oklahoma State in the Big 12 championship and I think we were just that much better than them.  It just never seems to happen 

[pskjace]

Not that I disagree with some of the takes. This offense has certainly been disappointing with far too many mistakes, missed reads, and self-inflicted penalties. But, this thread reads like the team is 0-4 and Charlie Strong level bad. 

Edited 37 minutes ago by pskjace

[hookem1014]

Muschamp called an amazing game. I wish he didn’t take the foot off the gas on their TD, but he saved this team from a loss

[Neil Leininger]

I am not sure what the eff happened between the final whistle against OSU and the last 8 quarters of play, but Sarkisian has not done a great job with this team. Luckily we are 4-0, with everything left to play for and two weeks to prepare for what we will a very wounded OU team that will only be playing to ruin our season. Sarkisian needs to get this crap under control and figure out how to attack teams that are going to blitz the eff out of the running game to set up negative plays. Manning is lost again right now, as he's not a pocket passer.

No matter what happens this season, Sarkisian really needs to move on from Flood, Banks, and Milwee. The OL was trash again today, STs are again awful under Banks, and we've had 6 seasons of Ewers/Manning not improving a single inch at the QB position. You'd think a guy like Sarkisian that has had everything taken from him, would figure out that he can't be prideful with his offense. Manning needs help and Sarkisian continues to throw everything on his plate.

That said, Sarkisian's decision to hire Muschamp has saved this season, they would 2-2 right now with Kwiatowski's defense. That is what is so disappointing with his failure to move on from the offensive coaches that are under delivering results, because he was able to do the exact opposite with the defense.

Edited 33 minutes ago by Neil Leininger

[Alex Butler]

1 hour ago, chennups said:

 

 

This should have been another 15 yard penalty against us.  So pissed at our lack of discipline and poise.

Could not agree more. It’s like we went there and forgot how to act. Seriously?!?! What kind of juvenile bullcrap was all that?! Those guys need to be running til they puke everyday this week for that sloppy performance and embarrassing behavior/celebrations. Terrible sportsmanship. 

[NTXHornsFan]

1 minute ago, pskjace said:

Not that I disagree with some of the takes. This offense has certainly been disappointing with far too many mistakes, missed reads, and self-inflicted penalties. But, this thread reads like the team is 0-4 and Charlie Strong level bad. 

Like @Gerry Hamilton said, be happy about 4-0 ,but it’s also fine to have concerns about it being year 6 and the stupidness is still the same.

[Tres Comas]

3 minutes ago, pskjace said:

Not that I disagree with some of the takes. This offense has certainly been disappointing with far too many mistakes, missed reads, and self-inflicted penalties. But, this thread thread reads like the team is 0-4 and Charlie Strong level bad. 

Our offense thru 4 games in Charlie's last year was significantly better than our offense now ironically

[TheNightKing]

I hope this site starts to lose subscribers because of the fair weather bs that @CJ Vogel pulls. Just a buffoon. And yes, I’ll come to the office in Austin and let you know if you need me too 

[TheContractor12]

30 minutes ago, diegozanna20 said:

Jesus how many points did we lose by and are we 0-4? 😅🤣🤣🤣🤣

yes its negative but there are a lot of true points. 

[NothinButDaHorns34]

This team REALLY needs to find an offensive identity and something arch can do well because they looked like complete *hit the last two weeks 

[MBHORNSFAN]

Are Texas fans the most miserable 4-0 fanbase in America? 

[Gerry Hamilton]

3 minutes ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

Are Texas fans the most miserable 4-0 fanbase in America? 

No! Go follow Kentucky basketball 

[MBHORNSFAN]

Just now, Gerry Hamilton said:

No! Go follow Kentucky basketball 

 

Hard pass. 

[NTXHornsFan]

9 minutes ago, TheNightKing said:

I hope this site starts to lose subscribers because of the fair weather bs that @CJ Vogel pulls. Just a buffoon. And yes, I’ll come to the office in Austin and let you know if you need me too 

But he’s not wrong tho 

[TheNightKing]

Just now, NTXHornsFan said:

But he’s not wrong tho 

Yes he is. Even so bad that Billy Liucci called him out TODAY. Dude is a glorified vlogger 

[NTXHornsFan]

Just now, TheNightKing said:

Yes he is. Even so bad that Billy Liucci called him out TODAY. Dude is a glorified vlogger 

What part of the Texas Offense was good today?! 

[TheNightKing]

Just now, NTXHornsFan said:

What part of the Texas Offense was good today?! 

The offense was average. We didn’t need them to be good. Just efficient. Which is exactly what we did whenever we are down our best running back, down our best WR, for almost an entire half, and playing a Jim Knowles defense 

 

 

 

which prior to today, we had scored 7 points and 14 points on Jim Knowles defenses

 

 

26 is our team high against any team That has run a 3 high safety look and that was Iowa state in 2023 when we won the big 12. 

[nineliveslost]

5 minutes ago, MBHORNSFAN said:

Are Texas fans the most miserable 4-0 fanbase in America? 

I'm so confused by this. we are thrilled by being 4-0. But good God almighty with have major issues with a 50/50 brain dead QB, receivers that forget how to catch , line that looks pedestrian at best and a phenomenal defensive guy that like to whip his imaginary d*ck out and pee on people. Oh my God the head coach/offensive coordinator is lost in his own mind 75% of the time 

[TheRoJoShow]

1 hour ago, TexasFight12 said:

I think Texas wins by 20 if Smothers was healthy.  Arch didn’t have the run game to make his day easier until the 4th quarter. Then the offense looked good. 

I don’t think Smothers is 17 points better than brown.

[Clifton]

15 minutes ago, TheNightKing said:

I hope this site starts to lose subscribers because of the fair weather bs that @CJ Vogel pulls. Just a buffoon. And yes, I’ll come to the office in Austin and let you know if you need me too 

Calm down dude. 

[Waxahorn]

1 hour ago, texcoyote15 said:

What do yall think about hiring a special team coach?  Banks is supposed to be a guru at ST but I just don’t see it. Some of it is the players just making stupid mistakes which I can’t blame on Banks, but man ST nearly cost us a game today. Used to when they first got here we would get several blocked punts a year.  We just rush to make sure they don’t fake it now.  Maybe mix it up a little to where they don’t know what you are going to do.  Defense seems championship caliber but offensive and special teams doesn’t seem close to that level.  We were more talented than Tennessee. We should have beat them at least by two touchdowns or more but we can’t get over the hump.  I keep thinking this is the week we see a complete game and it never happens.  The good is we are going is we’re going into the bye week 4-0. 

Yes, you have my vote.

[Gerry Hamilton]

3 minutes ago, TheNightKing said:

The offense was average. We didn’t need them to be good. Just efficient. Which is exactly what we did whenever we are down our best running back, down our best WR, for almost an entire half, and playing a Jim Knowles defense 

 

 

 

which prior to today, we had scored 7 points and 14 points on Jim Knowles defenses

 

 

26 is our team high against any team That has run a 3 high safety look and that was Iowa state in 2023 when we won the big 12. 

Only thing I will say is Texas was NOT efficient today. 

Texas has literally played 3.5 quarters of quality offensive football out of the last 12. 

[NTXHornsFan]

1 minute ago, TheNightKing said:

The offense was average. We didn’t need them to be good. Just efficient. Which is exactly what we did whenever we are down our best running back, down our best WR, for almost an entire half, and playing a Jim Knowles defense 

 

 

 

which prior to today, we had scored 7 points and 14 points on Jim Knowles defenses

 

 

26 is our team high against any team That has run a 3 high safety look and that was Iowa state in 2023 when we won the big 12. 

Buddy if that was average then is bad us taking a safety or a pick 6 every offensive snap?! This is a team whose OC is the HC in year 6! Outside of 2 drives there was NOTHING efficient or good about it. 

[Clifton]

This offense as of September 26th is not good. Doesn’t mean it won’t be good, doesn’t mean Texas can’t win a bunch of games. 
 

It’s not either/or. Right now like we can be happy to be 4-0 and know there has to be improvement or the 1 is coming soon.