OTF Premium Thoughts on what happened to No. 1 Texas in a 14-7, season-opening loss to No. 3 Ohio State

[Jeff Howe]

12 minutes ago, CHorn427 said:

 

Ohio State might be in trouble going against PSU, unless our run game and run D is just really good. 
 

The way Texas ran the ball and stopped the run wasn't a fluke.

[Assistant Regional Manager]

26 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

As solid as the offensive line was overall, what jumped out to me was Texas going 0-for-8 on rushing attempts with two or fewer yards to convert that resulted in a first down or a touchdown.

I don’t think this stat is correct. The first Arch QB sneak was converted on 4th and 1. And Wisner also had a few first down runs on 2nd and 3rd and 2 or less.

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

I was blindsided by this. I didn’t expect perfection but competent play. Texas couldn’t complete a forward pass for long stretches.

The gameplan was hideous especially when you have all off season. 
 

I went from thinking we have one of the best QBs in the land, to do we have one at all. 

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, CaseMcCoyTruther said:

Love to see the overreactions in the comments! Was a fun game to go to

I'm sure it was an incredible environment. Hopefully, no negative interactions with the Ohio State fans.

[UT92]

Question about Sark as a play caller: In games against top defenses, does he spend too much time early in the game trying to set them up later for a big play, instead of just doing what seems to be working? I know it’s one of his calling cards, but it seems like maybe it’s gotten us into too big a hole against OSU and the first time against GA?

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, CoachBobbyFinstock said:

 

The gameplan was hideous especially when you have all off season. 
 

Boy, this sums up how I feel, especially because Sark has been so good in these early-season games.

[CHorn427]

Could be worse guys, Bama’s looking like poop vs FSU.

I saw it coming. I called this game as a potential week one upset- certainly didn’t see Bama covering like 17 points away.

I truly think Bama could go like 6-6 this year, possibly even worse than that. People highly devalued how much of a cheat code Milroe’s running was and de-emphasized the uncertainty around Ty Simpson (who had lest PT than Arch).

People also highly devalued FSU- the 2-10 was an anomaly that they could quickly bounce back from to at least be a competitive 8-4 team. The team gave up last year. They’ve come out highly motivated now and Castellanos is looking like a guy that could be invited to New York in December. 

[CaseMcCoyTruther]

Just now, Jeff Howe said:

I'm sure it was an incredible environment. Hopefully, no negative interactions with the Ohio State fans.

You get what you give out. I try to as kind as possible in away environments… after all, I’m there to represent my school 

[cdibbs]

We are clearly more like Penn St as a program than Ohio St and Georgia at this time. Penn St loses a lot of games like you saw today. Hopefully we can get that fixed and bounce back. 

[CHorn427]

2 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

The way Texas ran the ball and stopped the run wasn't a fluke.

I believe it. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we’re significantly improved there. I think Manning was probably even a factor there- don’t know for sure, but it did seem Ohio State was playing things conservatively and not allowing deep shots, opening things up a bit in the box. 

[Jeff Howe]

3 minutes ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

I don’t think this stat is correct. The first Arch QB sneak was converted on 4th and 1. And Wisner also had a few first down runs on 2nd and 3rd and 2 or less.

Yeah, I missed something there. I'm going to come back to it.

[Roy Hinojosa]

It almost felt like Sark put his team out there to sink to see how they would respond. I was baffled at how he didn't help Arch early on in this game like he would with Quinn. Maybe we will get to keep Arch for three years starting.

[CHorn427]

1 minute ago, cdibbs said:

We are clearly more like Penn St as a program than Ohio St and Georgia at this time. Penn St loses a lot of games like you saw today. Hopefully we can get that fixed and bounce back. 

When was the last time PSU or UGa have played a true road game against a Top 5 opponent in week one? I’ll wait

[Jeff Howe]

1 minute ago, Roy Hinojosa said:

It almost felt like Sark put his team out there to sink to see how they would respond. I was baffled at how he didn't help Arch early on in this game like he would with Quinn. Maybe we will get to keep Arch for three years starting.

I don't look at it as a Quinn vs. Arch thing. But the game Sark called in the first half was lacking creativity, imagination and an absence of the things that make his offense tough to stop.

[cdibbs]

2 minutes ago, CHorn427 said:

When was the last time PSU or UGa have played a true road game against a Top 5 opponent in week one? I’ll wait

More referring to Sark's record in top 5 matchups

[Texazz]

This was a Tom Herman esque game that had me calling for his head 

[f1revo]

9 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

The way Texas ran the ball and stopped the run wasn't a fluke.

Yes. I expect Georgia and perhaps Florida will be better along the lines of scrimmage than OSU was, but that should bode well against everyone else on our schedule.

[stephenmarshall]

Play calling may not have sparkled but this loss was on Arch- He will be fine but he was awful in the short game. If the throw behind Wingo was on the money, we have a different outcome and no one is doubting Sark.

 

[Texazz]

Guys - where was the “vaulted” DLine? We looked PEDESTRIAN 

 

where was #1 on key plays???

[Texazz]

AM should’ve kept the ball and RAN 5x of what he did

[Texazz]

15 points would’ve won this game

[syracusehorn]

The defense has outperformed the offense throughout Sark's tenure (except for year 1). It is very difficult, and rare, for a HC to be an elite OC at the same time. I don't think Sark can do it. He needs to find someone to call plays. It's no knock on him; it's almost universal that teams have separate playcallers. There's just too much going on simultaneously to not delegate that job.

[Joe Zura]

18 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

[Jeff Howe]

8 minutes ago, Texazz said:

Guys - where was the “vaulted” DLine? We looked PEDESTRIAN 

 

where was #1 on key plays???

As I wrote, the pressure didn't get home, but they made a few things happen and did a great job against the run.

[RX_Angler]

I’m so annoyed of this game and play calling. It was evident by the statistics that Texas was the better team. 
 

On a bright note, Graceson Littleton is going to be a star. Maybe the next great Thorpe winner.