Here for the Wins

People forget or never knew? The key for such a player, really any player, is to be in the right spot for their profile and skill.

Lots of dudes on the short bus here. The sky may not be falling but that roof over their head ain’t that high.

Good job kid bringing some positivity. Homecoming, at night probably gave some extra juice too. UF and UK both came off bye weeks. Both a degree of desparation. The MSU game will be more indicative of where we stand.

I’m not involved in those conversations so I don’t know. Sark himself cannot focus entirely on the offense. i think you’re a little overconfident in yourself. One who apparently can’t answer questions for discussion purposes.

Just as thought. Yes or No. If you as an offense/play caller/QB face a different defense than what you prepared for, does that impact any of that?

Is LaNorris Sellers an average QB? Cade Klubnik? Were you salivating over Mendoza last year? Where did that Rourke fellow from Ohio ultimately end up? Who are the above average college QBs? And do you watch every game of those guys?

What qualifies you to state he has no idea how to read a defense post snap? This is absolutely a point in order to make that statement that you need to know the defense they prepared for, what defense they actually saw, and what the actual reads are. Do you know any of the specifics? Did you know that prior to this week when kept clean that he got rid of it quicker than Ty Simpson by 0.2 seconds? And that their overall time to throw was virtually the same? That it was very similar to Caleb Williams overall time to throw. You know the guy that won the Heisman. Arch got pressured far more often but got sacked less frequently per pressure if I remember correctly.

The pass to Moore that he ran out of bounds. More of it Sark. It was open against OU. It was open here. UK showed us a number of simple plays in the pass game. Jet sweeps/ends around to it other than Wingo.

Yeah, the dramatics of this are something. I’m glad he decided to make Wisner evade some tackles.

Speculation on my part, but Sark was playing for a lengthy season. So he thought that we could actually develop the run game versus UTEP that would make us stronger thru seasons end. And that was rational. I thought it was reported that perhaps some of the injured players could have played sooner, but Sark wanted them fresher for the long haul. And for that game, Baxter getting hurt play 1 was big. Think about those missed throws in the UTEP game. I don’t ever remember the miss to Wingo run another time. The Livingstone miss. Haven’t noticed it otherwise. So I do have questions about repetitions in practice to lock down some of those plays. If you question your QBs consistency as many fans are, although I’m not certain on Sarks feelings, but believe he’s a playmaker then you should go heavier on the pass. Then you just need 1 out of every 3 downs to hit to get that next first down.

7 am seems ambitious. Where does one go at that hour? Leave Saturday am. Get some kolaches. Arrive around 9-9:30. Start thinking about kicking some butt. Check out cars, maybe an early am corndog, watch Larry demonstrate his potato peeler……. Win. Celebrate in stadium. Drive home.

@Inspired73 if I am following your lead correctly, confusion and waning confidence, brought on by poor technique and assignment sharpness, can overtake passion and toughness rather quickly.

Did you think that when Caleb Williams was similar on his way to the Heisman? In my opinion, they should drill down further. Those types will hold the ball longer because they won’t give up on plays. Tom Brady versus Mahomes. Who would you think is higher? Interestingly enough, there was someone who posts on here that in 2021 pointed the finger on pass protection being the culprit for Casey Thompson having the quickest time to throw in the Big 12. Think it was around 2.71 seconds. There are tons of variables on that component. Percent of screens, depth of target, ability to evade the rush then throw as compared to get sacked, etc. And certainly how decisive the QB is but thst gets obscured due to the other stuff. I am not arguing your point because I think we need to creative throwing the ball particularly if we cannot run it.

I said Murray’s very knowledgeable. Jesse Palmer played too. Sark as well. Are you saying they are above critique? I am a nobody. I am a dude that was converted to QB in an era in Texas when few, if any, QBs progressed to the NFL. There were guys in this state fully capable of that but schemes and coaching didn’t dictate. Guys like Brees had to run to Purdue. I’m not saying I was one of those guys, but I could throw it 60 yards and at one time was pretty damn fast. We never worked on footwork, throwing motion. In retrospect it was a poor move to convert me for numerous reasons. I was good enough to get some recruiting looks at a different position in spite of rarely, if ever, playing the position or system that played to my strengths. That’s a retrospective look at it. A brief one at that. Since that time I’ve watched the hell out of some football, observed elements of it beyond the norm, evaluate some stats with some attempt to delve into them further, coached some youth and observed a generation grow up in today’s game. Personally, I’ve had an a ha moment relatively recently about this. Largely due to this observation about a generation growing up. Here is what I said and will say about UTEP. The run-pass ratio was 71% run in the 1st quarter. Only 4 games since the start of 2024 has it been 50% or greater. If I remember correctly, two of those were 50%. So which is the outlier? This was the first game that Neto didn’t rotate. The Oline played the entire game. On like our first 11 first down plays, all runs but 2 passes. On first and 2nd down to start that 1st quarter, Arch had 5 opportunities. All were positive. Then he missed Wingo then didn’t throw to Livingstone then missed Livingstone. Absolutely needs to make those plays. Beyond that it was chaos with dudes playing that I’m not sure how much they even practiced together. Niblett got a passed defensed for heaven sakes. The way that game played out was like no other I can recall from a play calling standpoint and a personnel standpoint. It would also lead me to believe we prepared heavily to run the ball. We were never at risk of losing. I don’t recall seeing Niblett playing the slot since. Have you? I don’t recall Clark being 5-wide and running a hitch since. Do you? From the QB standpoint, it’s really who cares in my book. But you always try to learn and improve. I said going into Florida that you wouldn’t see that gameplan. You didn’t. Whatever issues you felt at UTEP, they weren’t the same at UF. Based on an educated guess on practice then how it was presented versus UTEP, that was a wasted week from a team and QB standpoint. That was a coach choice not a QB one. But you do have to consider Moore and Baxter injuries but still poor. Lastly about Murray the reference to his completion percentage opens the door to plays that didn’t work exactly right. It happens to all QBs. It is being presented that Arch is somehow infinitely worse at those things. The discussion on those fronts is not balanced. And again, I’d ask if a critique is saying I’m not sure what he’s looking at, shouldn’t that critique have some discussion regarding what defense he prepared for then also what defense they’re playing? You know since that might dictate what the QB is evaluating. Yes, Murray says if the safety stays down, he’s looking Wingo. What I’m saying, and sure tell me I’m completely wrong if you think so, but I’m not completely wrong anyway. That safety bails to the middle of the field, turns his back on Wingo so to get back in the play he has to turns his hips, get back outside and outrun a guy who is likely faster. The back end looks like cover 3, but who knows cause someone dropped off that area where Endries ran. I’m guessing but do not know that Arch got a different look post snap than presnap then due to pressure timing was made more difficult. Murray didn’t answer those questions but merely threw out a question himself. But he’s the professional so I get his opinion is more respected and in turn, valuable. I may put myself on ignore for the length of this post.

There’s no doubt opportunities to make additional plays. The Wisner TD is clearly “what are you waiting on” but it should be difficult to complain when the success is the same. Just last week Bo Nix had back to back red zone plays similar to that in which held it too long. The Wisner one was more extreme, but it’s not uncommon.