Austalgia

Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness is breathtaking on the way up to the Highlands. My wife got out and had to take some pictures with some highland coos and I got to have and interesting conversation with a Scottish farmer informing me of the history between the Catholics and Protestants in Scotland. Don’t forsake the highlands, Glen Coe, and just seeing the countryside, he rivers and mountains on the way up are breathtaking.

Can you imagine if they would have had a drone show for that first game? The people there would have thought we were being invaded by aliens .

Maybe he needs to go back to his roots and train with Apollo Creed. He’s lost “the eye of the tiger. “

I think you change the offense a little to include the QB run or more RPOs, but run the offense you got and wait for him to get better. As I said in another post, I think as a fan base (and surprisingly even some mods) we are forgetting how rough it was for Colt, Vince, and even Peyton in their first seasons as starters. Give Arch a chance, he has been patient with Texas and shown he works hard. This isn’t a slacker or someone who has low character, he deserves some time to grow. He has also shown he can play football, if he just makes the throws we’ve seen him make in the past and some easy throws to played in space, we get exponentially better with what we have on defense and special teams. Mix in the deep shots, wheel routes, and throws down the seam with the run. Arch almost plays better it seems when he can just “play ball” as he says it, and is not so scripted.

All I can keep thinking is if “Champ Monds” is an alternate universe “Chance Mock”.

Nice win

And A Shawn Robinson had an elephant deliver an Alabama hat and spurn Texas. You have to focus on what you get, not what you don’t. Dakorian Moore’s recruitment and subsequent commitment was a joke and spit in the face of Sark who rolled out the red carpet for him and his family. The attention to him probably cost us other recruits in the process. Let him be up there in the Oregon, hope he enjoys the winter.

“The Longhorn don’t care!!”

Ok, fair . He has a podcast with VY though. So he is a little involved in pumping up the brand.

I guess you weren’t around or don’t know your history. Joe Jamail’s contributions were because of Mack. I can come up with some more given time that are directly linked to Mack’s ability to raise money and generate excitement . You can maybe argue on the coaching or other pieces of the legacy (not beating OU enough), but Mack being a politician that brought in the donations and funding for us being on top is objective, not subjective .

Did any of those coaches have a decade of success and raise money to a level to make their university the highest revenue university in the nation? And he might have been soft and might could have won more, but let it go. Time has passed . He deserves to come back in and help.

9+ wins for 10 years , most years 10 and a national championship was left out. Could have played for 3 more national championships, it’s an oblong ball. Best testimony is from players that are legends, not you guys . Second best coach in UT history. He had his negatives. I think down talking the program on the way out is rumor. He did say he was working his tail off in Florida . Yeah, it was weird, but not worth all the hate . Get over it . And be appreciative. The hate is getting old

And he’s also the reason for a decade of winning. And the subsequent hires were the reason we went into mediocrity. The guys a Texas legend, other Texas legends acknowledge it, get over it. It’s old. His relationships also made us the most supported and richest university in the nation. That’s a fact

And let me just say, when I say Arch was too scripted, it was in the context of a Matt Patricia defense that thoroughly confused him in the first half. In a script you want to see what you are told you will see, IMO he was confused and petrified a little (maybe a lot) when he didn’t see what he expected. All credit to Patricia. This is just a hunch of course, but seems plausible. His mechanics and football play haven’t ever been this bad. There is no pattern or trend for what happened in that first half.

I don’t think we will know anything with success until Florida. He will probably play great and rah, rah, but will we really know how he will handle the swamp against a competent Florida defense? No. (Sorry to the teams we play next, no disrespect). I guess if he plays bad against inferior competition that will be a red flag though. I hope not, Arch is great. Hope he succeeds for sure.

I think the first half was too scripted and Arch had to think too much. He needed to play looser and free like in the 4th quarter. We’ve had 2 other QBs like this, VY and Ehlinger. That had to be felt out. His talents were a little mismanaged. That’s ok, Safk has to feel this new QB out as well. And we are talking about a 1st start on the road in the biggest college football opener in modern history. We expect Manning’s to be perfect . They don’t have to be, they just have to get better. Peyton did. He has the pedigree and work ethic to do just that. We will see.

Tremendous ! Hope he keeps it up and makes some money doing what he enjoys.

Yeah, but a Qb with not much experience, and no experience in a big away game to have some jitters and over throws, or rocket some touch passes might should have been expected. I think because of Arch’s pregame confidence we all thought he would go out and murder them. And granted, he not only didn’t do that, but missed the easy passes that need to be completed. I think some are just saying lighten up on Arch in regards to the insane “he’s a bust”, or “reminds me of Garrett Gibert” comments . Those posts are just assinine considering the small sample size. And for a QB in this day and age with his clout to sit out for 2 years and wait, we can probably be a little patient as a fan base as well. I can give you a list of great QBs that started off some games rocky in their first year. And he showed some signs of progression near the end of the game . That’s all we need is for him to get better . He has the pedigree, work ethic, and character to do so. If he’s better next time we meet an elite team, he’s the difference. Special teams and defenses were as my kids would say “fire”.

Watch the play. He had good coverage, knocked the ball out. The future NFL receiver made a rematch and a good play. They weren’t playing an FCS schiil. Guilbeau had inside leverage. All the defense played well, including Guilbeau. You’re wrong. The result doesn’t always equal what happened.

All of you people hating on Arch are showing your ignorance of how a QB can develop . For him to go out and ball out would have been an anomoly. What we have is a leader with good character, and a hard worker that will get it fixed. Look at Peyton, Vince, Colt, none of them started well. And given time I could give you probably 5 more examples. He played bad, fine, he has to play better, but quit hating. It’s a small sample size and you are showing your ignorance of how this stuff works . You are game day posters. We are lucky to have a Manning. Stuck with the program for 2 years and raised right. We can stick by him for at least more than one game. Sheesh.

There was no weak link in the secondary. Review the stats.

Gracen Littleton was not just good. He was good against the best player in college football. What does that make him. Little early, but Jadae 2.0 ??

You guys have a great team with generational receivers. We kind of shut down the passing game as well considering. I doubt many teams hold your 2 top receivers to under 50 yds each. Moral victory I know, but we have to have something to build on . We need to clean up penalties and Arch needs to grow. I was happy with defense and kicking game . They played winning football. Hope we see you again

You’re good, thank you for joining and good game. We will maybe see you again with and improved QB and game plan.

More specific pluses : Gracen Littleton and punter (not going to try and spell his name)