OTF Premium Snap Judgments: Another showdown with Georgia, another humbling loss for Texas

[Thorn007]

Running back Cash Jones recovered the kick, which was executed by kicker Peyton Woodring, and it led to a touchdown drive for the Bulldogs. 

Previous successful onside kick: 2013 against South Carolina 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRGiReIDCwn/

Jonah Williams Warren Roberson we’re backing up on kick 

 

Perfect kick bounce and grab. Onside kick up by 11 points. The 4th and 5 Kirby said they weren’t going for it. Simmons jumps offside presnap. Penalties again killed Texas . Undisciplined football team

 

 

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Thorn007

[Jeff Howe]

9 hours ago, PaulieD said:

@Jeff Howe, it just seems that the coaching staff at times is going through the motions.  I'm probably wrong - I hope I am - but the cohesiveness isn't there.  No fire in the belly.  This will always boil down to coaching, and I am not dwelling on the HC other than managing assistant coaches and coordinators in whatever way necessary to make Texas get over the hump. Something is broken, and quite frankly Sark needs to get his head out of the playbook and head coach.

I don’t think it’s a case of going through the motions. To me, it’s bad body language whenever things go wrong and you’re searching for answers.

That’s probably too simple of an explanation, but I agree that something is amiss.

[Jeff Howe]

10 minutes ago, ThatHornsGuy87 said:

@Jeff Howe tell if im crazy, I didn't have an issue with Sarks game plan last night. He schemed alot of things open and Arch was hitting the guys in the hands, and they dropped it. If I had one gripe it would be you could say he got away from the run. My biggest gripe were the drops, the penalties and the soft ass coverage from the corners thats been discussed over and over again. Catch the damn ball! I watched Colin get held all night long. Trey Moore was held multiple. DeAndre was held on the pick. Call the game equal. And for the love of God, if you’re going to recruit man corners. Put them in position to play man. If you get beat over the top, you get beat. 

I agree with just about everything you said. Sark’s script was fine, but sloppy, undisciplined teams that don’t pay attention to details make the kind of mistakes Texas made from start to finish last night.

[ThatHornsGuy87]

4 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

I agree with just about everything you said. Sark’s script was fine, but sloppy, undisciplined teams that don’t pay attention to details make the kind of mistakes Texas made from start to finish last night.

Listening to 3rd and longhorn, Aaron Williams said its ultimately on the players. And Little Hills said back in their day you got pulled because the team was so stacked it was next man up. This team doesnt have that kind of depth. And I also dont think you can coach like that anymore or you'd lose everyone to the portal. So how does it get corrected. The way college football is constructed in today's game its not as cut and dry as it used to be

[SchoolColors]

1 hour ago, ThatHornsGuy87 said:

Listening to 3rd and longhorn, Aaron Williams said its ultimately on the players. And Little Hills said back in their day you got pulled because the team was so stacked it was next man up. This team doesnt have that kind of depth. And I also dont think you can coach like that anymore or you'd lose everyone to the portal. So how does it get corrected. The way college football is constructed in today's game its not as cut and dry as it used to be

Little Hills teams never had that kind of depth so that comment is pretty funny. 

[Ace Recruiter]

1 hour ago, ThatHornsGuy87 said:

Listening to 3rd and longhorn, Aaron Williams said its ultimately on the players. And Little Hills said back in their day you got pulled because the team was so stacked it was next man up. This team doesnt have that kind of depth. And I also dont think you can coach like that anymore or you'd lose everyone to the portal. So how does it get corrected. The way college football is constructed in today's game its not as cut and dry as it used to be

Plenty blame to go around from top to bottom. We got out coached and out played. On the onside kick, the players looked completely confused. Thats on the staff. The drops, off sides, missed tackles, etc.. is on the players. Will need to be a off season of change.

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

I was chuckling when sark pulled out the same wr screen 3 weeks in a row but if wingo doesn’t slip how would the game have gone 

 

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Sickening.

[Ace Recruiter]

50 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

I was chuckling when sark pulled out the same wr screen 3 weeks in a row but if wingo doesn’t slip how would the game have gone 

 

Slipped on the painted area. Kirby thinks of everything lol

[4thandFive]

I’m just depressed about it. Like, I’m finding it hard to care about the rest of the season. I hope we don’t have a 2026 season like 2025- Lord willing this ol earth is still spinning then. 

[ChanmanV]

We got out physical-ed no question in the first game in Austin, but last night was less physicality in my mind than it was personnel, discipline, and focus. Georgia just has bigger and better players on the line right now. That's not our players not wanting to get in there and fight but it's just they are bigger and stronger than our OL and tack on the fact we hold on to jerseys too long, it exacerbates the situation. Our defensive line and LBs did fine against the run until they wore out in the 2nd half. 

The narrative would be so much different if Auburn would have just made the FG in the SEC championship. People are forgetting we didn't get outplayed in that game even though it was ugly, We should have won that game in regulation.

Edited 10 hours ago by ChanmanV

[Texas fan in Georgia]

4 hours ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

I was chuckling when sark pulled out the same wr screen 3 weeks in a row but if wingo doesn’t slip how would the game have gone 

 

Example of why he will never be a WR1. 

[AusMOJO]

10 hours ago, TTown said:

3rd and 11 a qb draw? Sums it all up while Kirby goes for the kill. Whatever is going on with Sark needs to be addressed soon for the sake of the program I'll stop there. Truly embarrassing and no excuses needed anymore.

Yeah some of the play calls make no sense and if even an amateur like ourselves can see it, what the hell is Sark or Milwee looking at lol. 

For all the clamoring that Bobo gets from Georgia fans, he seems to put his guys in positions to make plays and adjust to what they are good at. 

Our offensive guru once again out coached. 

[Jeff Howe]

7 hours ago, ThatHornsGuy87 said:

Listening to 3rd and longhorn, Aaron Williams said its ultimately on the players. And Little Hills said back in their day you got pulled because the team was so stacked it was next man up. This team doesnt have that kind of depth. And I also dont think you can coach like that anymore or you'd lose everyone to the portal. So how does it get corrected. The way college football is constructed in today's game its not as cut and dry as it used to be

I don't always agree with what former players say, but I'll always respect their opinions because they've got a frame of reference I don't have and never will.

With that said, you can't absolve one party regarding the discipline issues.

From a coaching standpoint, if a firm believer that you're either coaching it or you're allowing it to happen. If you're worried about guys heading to the portal when they need to be corrected for making mistakes that hurt the team, then either they're the wrong type of guy for your program or your culture isn't that good.

This team doesn't pay attention to details. That starts at the top, but it's also on the players to hold each other accountable. Texas isn't as talented or experienced as the last two seasons, where it can overcome those mistakes, especially against an opponent like Georgia.

Personally, I don't buy that the portal and NIL mean you can't coach a disciplined team. Furthermore, 8.2 penalties per game is the worst in the Power Four — that's flat out unacceptable.

Curt Cignetti, for example, has built a roster with a heavy reliance on the portal. Indiana is in the top six in the country in fewest penalties per game and fewest penalty yards per game.

This is an ongoing issue for Sark that must be resolved. They can be if he's willing to put the screws to guys and change the program's mindset regarding self-inflicted wounds.

[PaulieD]

9 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

I don’t think it’s a case of going through the motions. To me, it’s bad body language whenever things go wrong and you’re searching for answers.

That’s probably too simple of an explanation, but I agree that something is amiss.

You are probably correct, and the buck stops at the coaching staff.

[AusMOJO]

11 hours ago, Walter Jenkins said:

After his initial script of plays is exhausted, Sark's offense had about as much thought and continuity as you'd find at your average intramural game. There is too much going on during the game for Sark the head coach to focus on what to do offensively. We ran the ball quite well in the first quarter, but then abandoned it. Why??? Because Sark the Head Coach wasn't able to step back and see the big picture. Instead Sark the Offensive Coordinator panicked and it was "bombs away" as usual

Furthermore, I am so tired of this "bend, but don't break" bull s*"t defense I may burn all of my burnt orange gear. (Believe me that would rival the Aggie bonfire!!!) Our secondary was useless for the first two series they played 10 yards off the LOS and then backed up. An easy 5-8 yard completion every time. After those series we pressed them at the line and amazingly it was 14-10 going into the 4th quarter. Then after we close the game our "bend, but don't break" b.s. allows Georgia to control the ball for probably 12 straight minutes (thanks to the onside kick that, amazingly, Sark said they practiced for) and put the game away. We're leading the nation in sacks so you know the QB won't have time to accurately  throw intermediate to deep routes.  Use that to your advantage. Wouldn't you call that a form of "complementary football?" 

Isn't it amazing that you can watch other teams go an entire half, if not a game without a false start penalty? And didn't we all know when the flag was thrown on Niblett's long return in the 2nd quarter that Warren Roberson had been flagged for either holding or a block in the back? It was game changing as the return had  breathed new life into us. But instead it cost us 50 yards  and backed us up to the 11 yard line. The fact that Warren Roberson is still playing Special Teams and why the OL has so many false start penalties are proof that there is no discipline/accountability on the team. I guess that is part of the "culture" Sark is fostering.

Yeah once Sark's script gets used up, it's like he has no idea what to do. I'm starting to come around to this bend but don't break D that everyone's talking about. I like PK but he rarely ever wants to attack teams. The first couple of TD's from Georgia felt like lay ups and after that they finally woke up and started playing and then once they scored again to go up 21-10, it felt like the air just left their lungs. 

I think PK's problem is there are too many cooks in the kitchen, if that makes sense. Also think he puts too much trust in his passing game coordinators to handle the secondary. 

[AusMOJO]

11 hours ago, HookemTexas said:

You can throw in Texas Tech as well

I think i threw up a little...

[AusMOJO]

13 hours ago, Jordan91 said:

If Sark can’t fix this, he will probably be excited WATCHING, the next game Texas and Georgia play. 

I still can't believe Tom "Mensa" Herman beat Georgia in a meaningless bowl game and Sark has 3 cracks at it, been blown out twice and screwed the pooch on the other one. 

[ThatHornsGuy87]

1 hour ago, AusMOJO said:

I still can't believe Tom "Mensa" Herman beat Georgia in a meaningless bowl game and Sark has 3 cracks at it, been blown out twice and screwed the pooch on the other one.