Penalties - What needs to be done?

[Hashtag]

What is everyone's thoughts on penalties? Being a highly penalized team just seems to be a feature under Sark. What can be done to fix this moving forward, can it be fixed?

 

Year - NCAA Rank(Penalties Per Game)

2024 - 94(6.4)
2023 - 99(6.6)
2022 - 68(6.1)
2021 - 58(5.8)

As far as 2025 goes this is what we're looking at through non-conference:

2025 - 121(8.5)

[Assistant Regional Manager]

Is it a feature under Sark, or is it a feature of being at Texas? In the last 15 years, we have never once ranked better than 40th in penalties. Here is some years further back than what you listed:

2020- 116th (8.2)

2019- 115th (7.3)

2018- 109th (7.4)

2017- 106th (7.1)

2016- 102nd (7.1)

2015- 79th (6.4)

2014- 65th (5.9)

2013- 45th (5.2)

2012- 40th (5.2)

2011- 81st (6.5)

-Texas gets officiated differently from other teams, whether intentionally or unintentionally. We went the entire 2023 season with 1 accepted holding penalty against our opponent in Big 12 play. 15 years in a row being one of the most penalized teams in the country under 4 different coaches. That isn't just a coincidence.

-Timing of penalties. On Saturday, 3 of our 9 penalties were on the final offensive drive with third-stringers in the game. 4 of our 12 penalties against SJSU came on the final two drives with backups in the game. A lot of the miscues have been at the very beginning or very end of games. 

-Penalties are up across the country. Last year, only 26 total teams averaged more than 7 penalties a game. Currently, 49 teams are averaging 7 or more penalties.

-All you can do is try to emphasize it the best you can. There isn't a magic wand. 

 

Edited 35 minutes ago by Assistant Regional Manager

[Jbro52]

Have them do up downs till Bobby is tired lol