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I thought 12 was more than good enough.

Yeah miss me with this. If it gets passed, it will kill my enjoyment of College Football. I'll still watch Texas football but I won't really care about CFB much anymore. Leave 24 team playoffs in the FCS. It's just pure greed.

Out here looking like Emperor Palpatine "I love democracy!"

The OL is holding up in pass protection and does a decent job in the run blocking. They aren't the biggest issue.

Which I'm confused about. Wasn't Sark and Floods whole philosophy to go after "big humans" but we for some reason can't just lean on teams with our "big humans" and pick up yards. I'm not sure you always want to be addressing your OL in the portal because you can't always be sure who you're getting. It's why I much prefer the recruit/develop strategy for that position. Sark likes to talk about physicality but that's really all it is, talk. It rarely ever shows up in games.

I agree, unless you can figure out how to run the ball out of it than it only needs to be utilized a bit more. If you're going to stick with 11/12 personnel, than Bishop needs to see more rotation. The dude's dynamic and has the speed to cause defenses panic.

We haven't been good on special team in a while. When was the last time we blocked a punt? We don't do that very often. our return game has been mediocre outside of some plays by Niblett last year. This year he's been a non-factor. Punting was better last year and this year it's hit or miss. The K is pretty decent, he had the leg for the 53 yard FG attempt just veered right. But that's such a bad answer, imo.

One of the best QB's at Texas that everyone praises (Colt McCoy) came from small school football. I believe Jim Ned was 2A at the time? Correct me if I'm wrong on that but there's tons of small school kids that do really well at the college level. To your point, one does not need to be at the top level of a state (6A in Texas) to be a great QB.

You say Arch is the issue. Arch is a reflection of his coaching and what he's being taught to do. Ewers had similar issues. It can't always be the players when things have remained the same. Sark and Milwee are at fault. Arch has to take part of the blame for his own actions but he isn't the main problem. Brooks is great at what he does but I saw the same routes and most of the time there isn't anyone to dump it to and if there is he misses it at times trying to make a play down field (something Sark wants btw).

I actually disagree about the OL being bad or the problem. I watched the all 22 (just Arch's plays) and he had time to throw and make reads on most of his drop backs. There are issues with communication and slide protections but overall they actually did a good job at the point of attack. Now the run game I'll have to see more of because I didn't see the all 22 of that. But when he has time to throw, he has nowhere to go, guys are still running their routes. When his protection breaks down, guys still have their backs to him or are covered. There's very rarely something for him to dump it to and when there is he doesn't see it for whatever reason. People want to blame Arch and the OL. But the problem is Sark, that's where it starts. He's the guy running the program, running the offense and coaching up these guys. He's the one in charge of Milwee, Flood, etc. It's easy to just blame Arch but when you don't plat to what your QB does well and instead having everyone running 20 yards downfield for a route, when you know teams are bringing pressure is weird. Now If I'm going to pick on an OL player, it's Robertson specifically. The C is the most important position on the OL. All the blitz pick ups, communication, etc. They start from there. Several times I see Arch walking up to the LOS to point things out and I didn't see Robertson do any of that. Sikorski tries to help him out a lot but he's also trying to make sure no one's in his lane. Not sure if there will be changes there or who you even put there. Do you move Sikorski to C or Christian to C? Because just from watching the play from that all 22 he seems like the biggest issue there. Especially for a 5th year guy, that is a bit concerning. Anyway, just my two cents for whatever it's worth. We'll see what he does this week against Florida but I'm not really excepting anything different.

Watching the all 22 (only Arch's plays) it seems the issue is with the route choices. A lot of it is going way down field or sitting on the side line. Nothing is really open and there doesn't seem to be someone to check down to on most plays. The OL actually held up fairly well in pass protection and gave Arch time to throw. But what you notice is not many people open or they still have their backs to him as the plays are breaking down. Even on the ones where he's under duress most of the time the guys all have their backs turned and there's no where to go with it. Hence him hesitating a lot. Doesn't excuse his poor awareness at times or sailing passes but I think Sark needs to look at that and reevaluate.

I'm bookmarking it.

On his last pick, he had a safety coming at him unblocked that hurried his timing up. I just watched the all 22 of all his plays and that's what caused the pick.

"Well I just feel like we had a really good week of practice. Arch looked good, he just needs to transition it to game day" - Something a long those lines.

It's one thing to talk about it but to see proof of it just makes it hit even harder. It's very disappointing.

Look how much better they block in the 10 personnel, too. Gives your OL an easier time, lets your WR's work their secondary and makes it easier for Arch to read and hell even run out of.

Like most coaches, he's stubborn and wants to do things his way. He still believes that it will work. I'm not sure he'll ever truly change it.

The last good TE we had was Helm who was probably the most complete TE we've had and everyone after him was either underutilized or isn't up to scruff, imo. Yet you've got Coleman, Wingo, Mosley and Bishop who could all be out there causing teams havoc. As you said he loves explosive plays but is obsessed with 12 personnel. Even worse is he'll then motion one of those TE's out wide.

The pick 6 was definitely on Arch, he had Coleman wide open and instead gifted OU 7 points. But I do think more 10/11 personnel and even some 20/21 would be more efficient to utilize and let Arch actually run some RPO's and let your supposed elite WR's work the opposing defense. Also Cooper is the best RB on the team. He needs to get way more than 8 carries. That one drive before half he was in, he showed exactly why he should be in more. 2 carries in the second half is criminal. Not sure if Terry is ready but Brown just isn't cutting it, especially for the things they're asking him to do. Like block a 240/250 LB blitzing through the gaps lol. He should be used sparingly. Cooper, Smothers, Terry..in that order.

The problem is, people have been saying this for years. But any time you bring it up people don't want to hear it. Sark has done great things for Texas, no one can dispute that. What he hasn't done is field competent and top Offenses. Hell, he fired a guy who had several top defenses at Texas. Which helped carry them to two semi-final appearances and conference title games. Sark can't figure out that he is the problem. He also thinks he can do both because his mentor did it before or something. He also states that it was the reason he was brought to Texas and my dumbass thought he was brought here to be the HC...silly me.

Tom Herman burner account? "Winning is hard " lol.

This is a good find, CJ. Also shout out to you for having the gall to question Sark in the media. As to your post, I don't know that it really means much. They had a ton of yards against OU but what does any of that matter when 9 of your possessions end in 3 & outs and 2 turnovers? One of which gifted them 7 points and another that helped them seal the game. To me either Sark will figure it out or he won't. I love the discussions around this and it feels like we've been having them for years. That's the reality of it.

Well said Gerry. Arch and Sark need to figure it out, because they've struggled all year. I don't care about the almost 400 yards when you had 9 possessions go for 3 & out or turnovers. 13 3 & outs in two games is inexcusable. No one expects the O to score every drive but playing complimentary football means giving your D a rest. I'm not really sure why Sark is so stubborn to keep running his "NFL scheme". This isn't the NFL and your scheme didn't work in the NFL either, it's why you got fired from the Falcons. You don't need to over complicate it in the college game. Take what is there, use your better players to your advantage. Get your QB in rhythm. We all love the deep ball and no one said you can't take your shots but look what happens when you simplify it and let Arch play his game. He moved the ball down field with ease and scored. Also Cooper is the best RB on the team. Him and Smothers need to get the majority of the carries. Brown is just not it and should be used sparingly. Bishop needs to be out there more, in place of Mosley most likely or if not put more 10 personnel out there. Use your athletes to spread out defenses and cause them nightmares.

Turns out we just traded one great DC for another great DC and the offense actually looks worse. I'm honestly baffled even to what the issue is. They've played maybe a couple of quarters of good offensive football through 4 games now. Excluding the Texas State game because they seemed to click there but it's Texas State. I'm just lost for word son how we spent all this money on O to "improve" it and somehow it looks objectively worse than last year.

Elko really wants to go after his most rabid fans? Be careful what you wish for. In a weird way, I kind of agree with Billy (I can't believe I just said that).