UTexas2017

Arch's default skill as a passer appears to be vertical throws aiming to a target while his feet are firm in the pocket. Sark needs to be the catcher that tees up fastballs and change ups around the strike zone. The curveball isn't even making it to the plate. Vertical throws on the seam like go routes and curls, wheel routes, or straight horizontal throws like out routes to the sideline seem to be relatively successful. Arch struggles beyond one-dimensional throws...throwing crossing routes leading the WR, throwing on the run or, heaven forbid, crossing routes on the run. These are his kryptonite. He's a stinking bag of hot garbage on these throws. It's like asking Verlander to make a cross-body throw on the run a la prime Jeter...everyone looks dumb while the ball ends up in the dugout. These are throws that Ewers excelled at, he was the SS that could throw with touch and timing.

An offensive idea is to have wishbone, pony, cowboy back (hybrid FB/TE, a la Townsend - OU tore us up for a few years with Nic Anderson in this hybrid role), packages that give Arch some triple option plays to use his legs and try and keep defenses honest. Throw in some short dump passes if the defense starts to cheat up. Scheme up some straight drop backs to hit the seams on curls or go routes that only require one or two reads before you try and dump it off in the flats or throw it away. Between Wisner, Baxter, Simon, and WR jet screens, Sark can cook up some motions and wrinkles to keep teams guessing week to week. Use Matty Caldwell in the red zone. He's expendable in the run game and can probably hit some short yardage timing routes on crosses or out routes. Arch's only job is between the 20's to get Matty in the red zone. This takes some pressure off Arch to be the do-it-all QB. Use the Sam Houston game and the bye-week to install. I recall the 18-Wheeler package with Swoopes and the Belldozer package with OU during the Trevor Knight era as examples of successful 2-QB strategy.

I'll be in Monterrey, MX on Friday. Any good places to watch the game?