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He was in coverage in the Tennessee game.

I don’t really have a problem with his play calling. It seems like there is something in the preparation. Maybe a confidence issue or thinking to much. I can’t put my finger on it. The offense is either in WOW mode, or WTF was that mode. And when we are in the WTF mode it snowballs and seems to spread throughout the team. It seems like one bad play or penalty is contagious with this team. But then they turn around and a penalty or bad play is no big deal because they are firing on all cylinders. It feels like we are so close to being an absolutely elite O regardless of the D. It is just odd how we can look so inept for several series and then unstoppable on others. It could be that these guys are playing to tight and just don’t trust each other. That could be cause by a multitude of reasons. It could be a new group of guys still developing chemistry and trust or it could be that the offense is complicated and always adding new players keeps them from fully understanding Sark’s offense they way they did at Bama and USC when they had more time in the system and less change up in personnel. It could just be that Sark is putting so much pressure on them that they are playing tight and second guessing themselves. We really can’t say because we aren’t in that locker room. But there is no doubt that this offense has the potential to be special if they can figure it out. Arch was 73% in his completion percentage and the interception wasn’t on him. That is a great completion percentage given how much pressure he was under. Knowles is a really good DC and his D matches up well against Sark’s O. Plus Tenn has a salty D and a helluva front 7. I love Sark and think he is a fantastic fit for the University and vice versa. We are extremely lucky to be watching this program develop. The good thing is with Muschamp at DC it gives Sark the luxury of taking the time to figure it out. Given Sark’s history with alcohol, I am hopeful that those experiences have given him the self evaluation tools that he needs to take that next step to break through because I think he has the mentality, coaching staff and talent to get there. But only time will tell.

Sark needs to do some serious self reflection. His coaching has been very suspect. His offenses are extremely undisciplined and inconsistent. This team is much better than they have played. This isn’t a one game observation, but something that has been consistent throughout his tenure. I don’t want him gone and want him to stay a long time. But surely he has to see that he has a problem. If he has the humility to look deep and find the problem, he has a chance to be legendary. I hope he is able to figure it out and make the changes he needs to make within his organization.

It’s crazy how everyone is picking Tennessee. We should have plenty of bulletin board material going into this game.

The problem with tobacco smoke is all the junk we put into the tobacco. People have actually used pure tobacco for all sorts of medicinal purposes. In fact, it is used for asthmatics to help open their airways.

Actually, there are some interesting studies that say otherwise and show that it may increase lung capacity in some users. I assume that you are unaware of pure tobacco being used to open up the air ways in asthma patients too. I do agree with your second point about brain health though. Alcohol is far worse for the brain and entire body. It is fairly common to give someone in rehab a small IV of alcohol to ween them off, or their body would stop functioning and they would die. I have seen first hand an alcoholic's body shut down and die a few months later in hospice. Alcohol is so much worse for the body than marijuana and it isn't even close. Plus, who would you rather deal with a person that is greening out or a belligerent drunk?

It is a discussion board. We should debate. I was referencing the poster attacks as opposed to a discussion. Differing opinions are great and what make the board interesting. It is the five pages of posters attacking each other and the name calling that gets old. I couldn't care less if someone is positive or negative in their opinions about the team. I love heated debates. I am with you on the UTSA game and was really disappointed in the play of Arch and the offense. But let down games happen. That is why Saban always talked about good press being rat poison. I thought they would have come out stronger. I wasn't giving them credit for issues Texas caused itself. The first two turnovers were flukes. The first fumble was caused by a foot and the second was like watching a Looney Toons cartoon. Given our history, you know there were a lot of guys thinking to themselves "here we go again." It is not easy to overcome that kind of mindset because it usually leads to other bad plays and the next thing you know, things have snowballed out of control. To this teams credit they battled and made just enough plays to keep themselves in it. Then Brown runs out of bounds short and Sark calls a terrible play that gets blown up. This happened just as it seemed we were turning things around. To stay in the game after those kinds of problems is very rare. This team has a lot of talent, but it still has a looooong way to go. I hope these guys get it figured out, because they have a chance to be incredibly good.

We weren’t awful, but we were snake bit. It was frustrating as hell. I don’t think I have ever seen a team endure that much bad luck and then some how make their own momentum and absolutely dominate another elite team. Being able to overcome that much adversity and then hang in there long enough to find a way to flip momentum is one of the hardest things to do in sports. I am not sure if you have played college or high level high school sports, but overcoming that kind of bad luck on top of bad luck on top of bad luck is almost impossible. The heat was a non factor. A lot of OSU players are from the South. It felt really nice on the field, I was in the first row.

It was in the early third quarter. I think it had more to do with a particular play call and frustration with a question penalty on that driver. I didn’t feel like the boos were actually directed at the team and they weren’t very loud. Actually, I remember wondering what the boos were for. It wasn’t much. We were booing the refs for a few plays that serious so who knows

Can we please have one post where we don’t attack posters that might have a different opinion? I left IT because I spent more time reading posters complaining about other posters. I am not getting on to you, but hoping people see this post and keep the board focused on football rather than people bitching about people that complain. I am tired of having to look through my three pages of back and forth for a couple of posts actually talking about football.

I am so impressed with how rabid UT fans have become. My watch was hitting over 100 decibels routinely in both games this year. The fact that no one left when it seemed like all hope was lost and stayed loud when there wasn’t much to cheer about. I was a little disappointed with the boos on that one series, but I think that had more to do with play calling and general frustration. I am even more impressed with the mental toughness of the players and this staff. The one thing that has not been talked about enough is the mental toughness that it takes to stay in the game and turn momentum like that. This is especially so given our history of collapses and bad luck in big games. To be able to over come that kind of mental rut is so incredibly hard. If you haven’t played sports at a high level I am not sure you can truly understand how just how rare it is for the best of teams to pull off what Texas did against OSU. We literally created our own momentum and that is extremely rare. That wasn’t OSU giving ground, that was Texas stepping up and making plays in the clutch. If Texas can continue to display that kind of mental fortitude this could be a truly special team. If this team ever hits on all cylinders for an entire game, they could be truly elite. Here is to hoping this is one of those rare teams that combines elite talent, extreme mental fortitude and excellent team chemistry.

These guys must be desperate to stir up drama if they are taking Cam Coleman’s comment of “Were coming” when asked about what OSU could expect from the Texas offense. They took a non-answer and somehow turned it into a callout of the OSU D? 😂 There are so many good story lines and they run with a non-answer to a question. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I am so ready for this game to get here.

She submitted for it as soon as she could like always. That is why I don't understand what happened.

I am talking about student tickets. She has gotten them every year but this year. I have an extra ticket she can use, but was going to use that for other family and friends. Students need to be taken care of, they are our future boosters. Heck she was born 3 days before VY finally beat OU and won a national championship and passed up a full ride to the University of Miami and k go to Texas. She literally would not let me put her to bed when she was little unless I sang The Eyes at least once!

I sent him a tweet on X. I am going to email him too.

My daughter was telling me that she didn’t get student tickets and she is going in to her junior year. She got them her fr San and sophomore years. I would think juniors would have priority. She can sit with me, but the University needs to fix this problem. What a joke.

It was a pretty damn good catch, but it wasn’t on the same level of catch as Cam’s catch.

Not sure why, but that guy hates Texas and is completely irrational when discussing Texas. It’s funny how his view of the SEC has changed now that he no longer covers the SEC. It is kind of hard to take an announcer seriously when they allow their biases so obviously molds their opinions. That and he has always been a self obsessed blow hard.

I think they just made themselves so toxic that they won’t ever get a seat at the table of a Big Boy conference. Had they not pulled this stunt I could have seen an opportunity in the future. With Cody Campbell involved and Maguire at the helm I don’t ever see it happening. I could see Maguire getting kicked out of the Texas HS Football Hall of Fame though. Maybe he was just drunk for the past three weeks straight.

That is what I was thinking. How many decades does it take for Tech’s reputation to recover from being untouchable. I have always liked Tech and almost played there, so I have always followed them despite their jealousy and pettiness towards Texas. This fiasco absolutely makes me sick. I don’t think I will ever be able to pull for them again. Maybe it is just me, but I think this is going to haunt the Ath Dept and school for decades.

I have seen plenty of drama in Federal Court. It isn't as common as in State Court, but it all depends on the judge. Heck, sometimes the drama in Federal Court can be worse.

Because they are the weak and feckless Bush League 12. From what I have read they are only going to try to keep Tech out of the Conference Championship thereby trying to guarantee that they would have 2 teams in the CFP. What a joke. I am so glad we got out of that joke of a conference. The Big 10 and SEC need to leave the NCAA and do their own thing. They would make ten times the money and each game would draw way more eye balls because there would be so many more good games.

Signed.

I saw this and thought it was as to good not to share.

Just listened. Stephen A said it was a low blow that Sarkisian said that the academics at Ole Miss made it easier to recruit because all you have to do is take basket weaving to graduate where as at Texas you lose half your hours so that portal guys can’t get their degree like they can at Ole Miss. it wasn’t a low blow it was absolutely true. Stephen A is a dumbass that couldn’t get into Texas.