A Dose of Monday Morning Sunshine

[CJ Vogel]

Texas defeated the No. 7 team in the country on Saturday night without –

• RB1 Hollywood Smothers
• RB3 Derrek Cooper
• WR1 Cam Coleman
• LT1 Trevor Goosby
• EDGE1 Colin Simmons
• EDGE4 Richard Wesley
• S2 Kobe Black

For those keeping track at home, that is...

3 projected first round picks, one being the best defensive player in the country.

2 five-star freshmen contributors

An All-ACC RB in 2025.

A 6-game starter at safety.

....

Not to mention 14 penalties and three turnovers.

...

But that is a heck of a win given snaps on the sidelines and the (continued and repeated) self-inflicted wounds.

[Crusher Crew]

The penalties drive me nuts but any win is a "good" win for the rest of the year.  Need to steal one in Baton Rouge! 

[CJ Vogel]

By the way, I don't suspect the self-inflicted wounds to cease. That's who this team is and that's who this staff has allowed them to be.

[Rockin TL]

2 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

By the way, I don't suspect the self-inflicted wounds to cease. That's who this team is and that's who this staff has allowed them to be.

Always been this way under Sark, always will be this way.

[CJ Vogel]

3 minutes ago, Rockin TL said:

Always been this way under Sark, always will be this way.

Basically how I look at it.

[PaulieD]

7 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

By the way, I don't suspect the self-inflicted wounds to cease. That's who this team is and that's who this staff has allowed them to be.

[WRNC]

Success rate (similar to Miami Hurricanes):

— Gaining 50%+ of yards needed to move the chains on 1st down

— 70%+ of yards needs to move the chains on 2nd

— 100% of yards needs to move the chains on 3rd and 4th down.

 

[HookedOnTF]

6 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

Basically how I look at it.

This is not the sunshine I was looking for in this post!

[MBHORNSFAN]

14 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

By the way, I don't suspect the self-inflicted wounds to cease. That's who this team is and that's who this staff has allowed them to be.

 

And it's why they will likely never win a Natty here. 

[rgvhorn80]

Coach Saban said consistency is what makes a team or player elite. Until Texas gets some consistency, no kool-aid drinking for me. 

[NothinButDaHorns34]

I’m not sure I’d consider coleman WR1 anymore. Wingo is the one playing up to that title for us. 

[.45s]

3 hours ago, CJ Vogel said:

By the way, I don't suspect the self-inflicted wounds to cease. That's who this team is and that's who this staff has allowed them to be.

This is the way!

[TexShoe]

3 hours ago, CJ Vogel said:

Basically how I look at it.

Meaning the staff views penalties as a necessary evil for the players to play free and uninhibited?  How many drive extending personal fouls or excessive celebrations would be deemed too much?  

Juice Cryer is becoming one of my favorite players on this team, but even hi ran straight for Bevo after his interception to celebrate.  It's a judgement call if that was too much or not, but why even risk it?  We were luck as shxt to only get a sideline warning on that play.  

[Rockin TL]

4 minutes ago, TexShoe said:

Meaning the staff views penalties as a necessary evil for the players to play free and uninhibited?  How many drive extending personal fouls or excessive celebrations would be deemed too much?  

It means Sark is undisciplined and so is his team. 

[TexShoe]

1 minute ago, Rockin TL said:

It means Sark is undisciplined and so is his team. 

how is Sark undisciplined?  Is he obese?  Does he lead a dubious lifestyle?  

[Joe Naural]

I will Raise you  

-5*Michael Terry ! 

- 5* Michael Bishop

- throw in a Justis Terry defense explosion! 

Texas offense has to score 30 plus if wanna win out!

 

 

[4thandFive]

Texas IS consistent.

 

Consistently

-asleep in the 3rd quarter 

-lacking on special teams 

-playing with too loose or emotions 

-playing up to big games 

-playing down to opponents 

[camridleyfan]

[Inspired73]

23 minutes ago, Rockin TL said:

It means Sark is undisciplined and so is his team. 

Seems like a pretty 'buttoned-up' guy to me.   

This game seemed a little different to me.  Yes there were a couple of absolute bone head incidents.............but all in all our penalties were from being over aggressive.  For the first time all season, we played with our tails on fire.  Frankly, I (and my newest best frient Spec's), will live it!

[Aaron Hawn]

I don’t know if it’s just me but every time Gomer Pyle refs are games he is always flag happy! He looks like an A&M fan.

Edited 45 minutes ago by Aaron Hawn

[Alex Butler]

4 hours ago, CJ Vogel said:

By the way, I don't suspect the self-inflicted wounds to cease. That's who this team is and that's who this staff has allowed them to be.

Thanks for the clouds to cover the sunshine Cadillac Jameson! What happened to Kobe?!

[Rockin TL]

9 minutes ago, Inspired73 said:

Seems like a pretty 'buttoned-up' guy to me.   

This game seemed a little different to me.  Yes there were a couple of absolute bone head incidents.............but all in all our penalties were from being over aggressive.  For the first time all season, we played with our tails on fire.  Frankly, I (and my newest best frient Spec's), will live it!

This isn't a specific game analysis, this is a multi-year analysis on how poorly disciplined we are as a team. The numbers don't lie. 

National Rank in Penalties Per Game:
2021 - 55
2022 - 66
2023 - 98
2024 - 87
2025 - 134
2026 - 83

National Rank in Penalty Yards Per Game(Yardage Avg):
2021 - 45(48.3)
2022 - 39(47.3)
2023 - 73(52.2)
2024 - 73(51.8)
2025 - 132(69.7)
2026 - 105(65.7)

Edited 39 minutes ago by Rockin TL