OTF Premium The Texas offense isn't broken, but right now, the Longhorns are bad

[Forrest J.]

16 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

To me, broken would imply that there's no hope. That the offense is beyond repair.

Texas can put a competitive product on the field, but it's going to take Sark calling the game and changing the way he calls/manages a game to play off of the defense and special teams.

It won't be sexy, but something has to give. 

 

I don’t think we gonna see much different than what we’ve seen. 3-4 games is a pretty good gauge of what you are as a team.  Unless Arch makes monumental steps forward, we’re  gonna take a step back this year. 

[Oskies1279]

I don't get why sark doesnt just follow notre dames style like last year and use manning how they used Riley Leonard? They were a run first team and he can take the hits.

[TTown]

1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

Folks, please take your personal conversations elsewhere.

If you need to address each other, don't do it in the thread.

Here we go with the 24/7 policeman coming over here doing his thing !  Smh 🤣🤣

[TTown]

25.5 QB rating against UTEP it is broken !

[Jeff Howe]

11 minutes ago, Oskies1279 said:

I don't get why sark doesnt just follow notre dames style like last year and use manning how they used Riley Leonard? They were a run first team and he can take the hits.

The Texas offensive line hasn't shown it can support such a style of offense.

[Chioubaccalovin]

If it’s not broken… then it wouldn’t need to be fixed. Nothings beyond repair… but you might have to replace a few parts.

[Judd_Irby]

Should we start standing in line to get tickets for the Houston Bowl?

[archmadness]

13 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

The Texas offensive line hasn't shown it can support such a style of offense.

When is someone going to point a finger at Kyle Flood for having a below average O Line. Even last year they weren’t that special. 

[Hashtag]

The offensive coaching we need:

 

The offensive coaching we have:

[horns96]

@Jeff Howe - while it was an ugly game on a hot afternoon in front of a cranky stadium, I think we should at least acknowledge that we rushed for 226 yards?  

I'm also excited about James Simon.

[Hashtag]

7 minutes ago, horns96 said:

@Jeff Howe - while it was an ugly game on a hot afternoon in front of a cranky stadium, I think we should at least acknowledge that we rushed for 226 yards?  

I'm also excited about James Simon.

Running backs had 43 carries for 169 yards 3.93 YPC, that is HORRIBLE! We couldn't run consistently until late in the game, not when it mattered. We continually failed running in short yardage situations. Looking at total rushing stats trying to gain any glimmer of hope from one of the worst offensive performances since Arkansas 2021. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Hashtag

[Jeff Howe]

11 minutes ago, horns96 said:

@Jeff Howe - while it was an ugly game on a hot afternoon in front of a cranky stadium, I think we should at least acknowledge that we rushed for 226 yards?  

I'm also excited about James Simon.

I thought I mentioned Simon among my thoughts, but I left him out. That was my mistake. He was the unquestionable bright spot on offense today.

[horns96]

23 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

I thought I mentioned Simon among my thoughts, but I left him out. That was my mistake. He was the unquestionable bright spot on offense today.

...and I meant to say, your post-game write ups are stellar, thanks for your work 🤘

[TexasFanatic]

1 hour ago, archmadness said:

When is someone going to point a finger at Kyle Flood for having a below average O Line. Even last year they weren’t that special. 

Texas has yet to have a special OL

[GQ03]

6 hours ago, Hookem72 said:

The Film Guy made a comment that a number of scouts do not believe Arch can make touch throws and cant make the short and intermediate throws consistently.  I didnt want to believe that but it looks like it is true.  

This was something I noticed last year and was the one thing I was worried about regarding Arch coming into the year. So many Texas fans took that skill that Quinn displayed effortlessly for granted and just assumed we'd keep that and add Arch's deep ball & mobility. 

[GQ03]

3 hours ago, Oskies1279 said:

I don't get why sark doesnt just follow notre dames style like last year and use manning how they used Riley Leonard? They were a run first team and he can take the hits.

We don't have Notre Dame's Oline or a Jeremiyah Love on our roster. 

[AusMOJO]

I forgot to ask, but did Collin Simmons play in this one? Was I blind and didn't see him out there? Never heard his name called and he has no stats? 

[AusMOJO]

7 hours ago, ccarreon said:

I have a feeling the QB run game will NEED to be incorporated more than Sark probably wants. 

Arch's accuracy NEEDS to get better. He had time and receivers were open. Hopefully next week we see some improvement.

That's a recurring theme with him. Wide open receivers that he can't hit and easy throws that he can't make. 

[AusMOJO]

8 hours ago, Hashtag said:

Akron Offensive FEI

2013 - 113

2014 - 122

2015 - 99 

2016 - 90

2017 - 114

2018 - 126

Was this Milwee as the OC there? Wasn't he heading back there before Sark pulled him to Texas?

[AusMOJO]

7 hours ago, Bunk Moreland said:

This is the problem when you hire all your buddies to coach around you: there’s no accountability. It is inexcusable that Flood couldn’t have a better succession plan for his OL after losing so many key starters. Surely Sark has given him a ton of leeway. It’s inexcusable that Sark allowed himself to rely on so many young receivers this year. It’s inexcusable that Milwee’s QBs have shown zero development. There’s a hell of a lot of accountability on defense. So clearly this is a Sark problem. He needs to take a long look in the mirror.

Yeah, I don't know if you needed to bring in OL help from the portal, but recruiting wise hasn't been that great outside of a few guys. Just developmental guys. I know Gerry says you can't stack the OL room like you used to because of NIL but I do think Flood could've done a better job there.

I think I said it here or somewhere else, that we'll see what Flood made of this year as an OL coach because it's practically a brand new OL, first time he's had to do that in several years. So far, they're probably above average at best? The only bright spot has been Goosby. 

I agree with WR, I also mentioned here or somewhere else, that we would see what Sark's recruited WR's would look like and again, outside of Livingstone, pretty disappointing so far. Now not all their fault but still. 

I've no idea what Sark is seeing in practice and on film, that he keeps doing the same thing over and over again. He's almost regressed to 21/22 playcalling. 

[AusMOJO]

7 hours ago, Hornito said:

Perhaps the context was exactly the opposite of what we all thought 🤔 

Yikes, that is not a good sign, imo.