CJ Vogel

Also on the OU schedule: #1 Texas #4 Alabama #5 Ole Miss #6 Tennessee – this weekend #7 Missouri #16 LSU @ Auburn vs. South Carolina

Tennessee gets both Alabama and Georgia this year. However, their only other ranked game is Oklahoma. They could make some noise in the SEC Standings.

No surprise there.

Good note right there.

And Oklahoma has to play every team in the upper right quadrant lol

One of my favorite metrics for determining whether or not a defense or offense is efficient or living up to its ranking is points per drive. Of course drives can vary with short fields or needing to go 90+ yards. But for the most part, this statistic evens out over the course of a season. Three games into the season, there is finally enough data here to get an idea of good offenses and defenses in the SEC. For those wanting to see more of the Points Per Drive data, I suggest you visit https://www.bcftoys.com/2024-ppd/, it is one of my favorite sites for all CFB statistics. But here is a visual of the SEC teams through three weeks in 2024. A few takeaways: It truly is so bad in Gainesville right now. That Florida defense is abysmal. Also, Texas will be able to score and score plenty on Mississippi State even without Quinn Ewers at quarterback for that game to begin SEC play. Interestingly, Oklahoma and Georgia are showing similar statistics, great defense, mediocre offense. The difference is Georgia has played a road SEC game while Oklahoma has not left home and has played teams with a combined 2–7 record. Tennessee, Ole Miss and Texas are in a league of their own with both the defense and offense sitting inside the top ten nationally of points per drive so far this season. Alabama remains very good as well.

Sorry, I missed this post. The numbers were posted in the By The Numbers post game thread.

These are great!

Hoping Arch doesn't play too much for those 2025 Heisman Odds to remain high!

That team will have no fight by the time they head to Austin. But I bet they go full in by starting DJ Lagway by then.

That does it for today!

Steve Sarkisian says he took his headset off and was able to sit back and enjoy seeing his son, Brady, on the filed against UTSA. Says he almost called down to the defensive staff to "Blitz 32!" like any other dad in the stands.

Sarkisian says the staff will alter how much work Arch Manning will get with the first unit in preparation for potentially starting next Saturday against ULM.

When asked about Arch's athleticism and where he sees similarities with previous QB's he has coached in the past, Sark says Jake Locker. Locker went 8th overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

"I thought Arch really made good decisions on Saturday." Sarkisian says he calls it an efficient day. The first throw for Arch after replacing Ewers was a third read where he hit DeAndre Moore for a 19-yard TD.

Sarkisian says Ewers was dinged up on the corner route to Gunnar Helm that went for 30 yards. Says no one really noticed it due to the catch and run by Helm. Ewers tried to stick through it, but was too much to fight through and hence he went down after the handoff on the very next play.

The WR room has been tested in the meeting room by Sark to finish blocks better on the perimeter.

Sarkisian calls Jerrick Gibson "Baby rhino"

Texas RB Jaydon Blue "is making good progress." Sarkisian says he is hoping Blue returns this weekend vs. ULM.

Sarkisian says the No. 1 ranking was where he was anticipating being when he took the job. The message has been consistent and there won't be a change to the formula now that Texas is receiving national acclaim from the rankings..

Sark says the defense was frustrated that the season point total has risen to 19. Says they believe it should still be at 12 due to a bust in coverage and a misfit on the big run play.

On Ryan Wingo: He has such a unique skillset – size, speed, skillset. Sarkisian says he has a tremendous amount of humility and has been working hard each and every practice.

Sarkisian says the addition of Johnny Nansen has been helpful with bouncing ideas off of PK. The defense is attacking the football very well right now. "I don't remember our guys celebrating the way they are celebrating each other right now."

Ewers remains locked in even when on the sideline says Sarkisian. Says he will be diligent with his recovery and get back on the field as soon as he is healthy.