Assistant Regional Manager

It’s easy to tell after a game like that which columnists had their stories written at the end of the third quarter and just inserted a paragraph about Texas winning before publishing.

Can always count on you to do the hard hitting detective work related to Steve Sarkisian

How’d I know you’d be one of the first people in this thread. Good stuff

The on-field product, or “the results” or “facts” as you like to call them, have evolved just fine and took us from 5-7 to back to back top 4 finishes, big wins over our rivals, conference titles, etc. Something Herman could only dream about at this point in his career. You keep doing you. I know you will always have a response to everything and nothing will ever change your mind about this program. You constantly bagged on Herman, you constantly bag on Sark and you will drag whoever the next guy is too. Same in basketball. Same in baseball. That’s your DNA. Negativity and being contrarian. You are most active on here after any type of negative outcome, whether it be recruiting or on the field. It’s like clockwork.

I have no idea what any of that means, but it is certainly your opinion that Herman was “limited” here.

The irony of you saying “Results matter more than anecdotes” as you somehow try to spin Tom Herman’s tenure as anything but a failure. Also, why weren’t you around here as much after the Oklahoma game?

Oh my lord. Give me a damn break. The only limitations Herman had is ones he placed on himself by doing stupid stuff like refusing to call his players by name and getting into an elevator with a key stater and not acknowledging his existence. I know you strongly dislike the current coach but this is one of the dumbest comments I’ve ever seen in my life. Your act is so old. So, so old.

This is an hilarious conversation for someone who spent all their time on 247 back in the day ripping on Herman to now all of a sudden trying to apply context to his tenure. When there is a 4 team playoff and you never come close to making it, you never sniffed the playoffs. There is no ifs, ands or buts. For someone who spends all their time on here talking down to people who try to apply context to current situations, it is sure strange to see you hitching your wagon to “Herman didn’t have the same advantages we have now” narrative.

Herman couldn’t beat TCU, Oklahoma State or Iowa State. What type of playing field were we on compared to them?

Huh? No other team had access to NIL or the transfer portal during his time either. He had the same built in recruiting advantages every Texas coach has had the last 30 years. What type of context do you need to know that Tom Herman never lost fewer than 3 games in a season, was hated by his player, went 1-4 vs Oklahoma, embarrassed the university publicly multiple times and left us with 7 scholarship offensive lineman. He never sniffed the playoff. There is no further context needed. He was a boneheaded coach who produced inconsistent results and is currently unemployed after being fired in less than 2 years from his job after Texas.

Firing James Franklin, who couldn’t win the big game, for Matt Rhule, who is 0-18 against ranked opponents at Baylor and Nebraska, would be a tough sell if I was a Penn State fan.

Kinne or Traylor would need a Baylor/TCU/SMU type to shake loose I would think. And Kinne ain’t exactly covering himself in glory after entering the year with some expectations. I know Traylor tried for the UH job but he really needed to get out of UTSA a few years ago. He’s now in the G5 cycle of death in terms of his roster turnover.

Jimmy Sexton is going to have a very nice Christmas

Hard to give a guy a 4th year when he has mismanaged the QB position all 3 years. Pretty much had an open checkbook and freedom to do whatever he needed to fix the position after last season. He chose Jackson Arnold.

Is this somewhere between a 'hi' and an Arch Manning wave?

No, they didn’t.

This very site said it was the most physical fall camp they heard about in his 5 years here.

That was in relation to spring practice since it was less than 3 months after the previous season ended. Fall Camp had the full number of padded practices and normal contact periods.

Looking forward to your next post tomorrow. Wonder what it will say.

Didn’t they acknowledge after the Florida game he was playing through something? Then proceeded to play him 3 quarters against a FCS school the next weekend. Very strange.

It doesn’t. I was just responding to the original premise that Texas Tech is going to win the Kavian Bryant recruit because they negatively recruited Quinn Ewers draft position.

Brother, you can try to convince yourself otherwise but most of these decisions are money driven. Miami is going to try to tell a HS QB to not trust Texas’ development when Miami has had to go to the portal 3 straight years for a QB? Before Sayin, Ohio State had 3 straight cycles where they QB signee transferred. None of these schools have pristine track records. It’s college football. Trying to say Texas had a QB “only” go in the 7th round of the NFL draft is a waste of time.

Kavian Bryant is headed to the notable NFL QB development factory at……..Texas Tech. I’d love to see what that negative recruiting pitch looked like. I bet it involved a lot of brochures in the mail from Cody Campbell.

OU willingly benching Arnold to make Hawkins the starter last year is a little different than the situations they faced in 2022 and this year.

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.