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Are we sure they're going to go in the portal for OL?

Yeah I don't really understand that, but I thought the front 7 was good today but the secondary did not match that. PK needs to go have a chat with Akina.

Well my 25-13 prediction was way off lol

I've never seen a guy that tall, move that well and be that athletic. People make fun of big acting like guards but he still plays like a big, if that makes sense. He's insane.

I'm not sure about a prediction, but Texas hasn't scored more than 21 against P4 opponents this year. 7 against Ohio State, 21 against Florida, 16 against OU and 13 against Kentucky (excluding the OT FG). Miss State lost 23-21 last week to Florida and Shapen missed a few passes that would've gotten them into FG range or gone for TD's. Now, In saying all that I'm going with 25-13 Texas. They might not score a bunch of TD's but I think special teams and D can help them out with field position.

A tiddy you say? Lucky him.

Can't expect him to be 100% but he'll at least be good enough to go. Hope he can stay healthy.

It won't affect anything in the '26 class. But beyond that, it probably would.

If he doesn't, you still think Drink is their 3rd guy?

I love t hese write ups, always a good read. Though I Think Arch was sacked 3 times not 5, Texas D sacked Boley 5 times. Not sure why we didn't see more Clark, could be because he's not reading the plays properly. Saw on IT's 22 look, that he's not seeing the lanes he's supposed to hit but who knows. Maybe Simon could get some run? Though if Baxter is back, probably not. I'm just not sure what Sark is thinking sometimes. The O is struggling, adjust to what they do well and let them do something. If we have a repeat performance this week, Miss State will punish us for it and then to have to force out D to play 80+ snaps, almost 40 minutes two weeks in a row and then back that up with a game against Vandy? Yikes. Anyway, we'll see how it pans out. Hopefully Sark has learned his lesson and will game plan accordingly.

Looks like Ohio State is the favourite according to different websites but I suppose you gotta shoot your shot, right?

I know that's why I said next guy up would be a defensive guy, aka Freeman. Hypothetically.

Seems like they took Gerry's advice, that he would be a better long term option and wrote him a blank check offer.

Ohio State yes, Texas probably not. Is there a connection to Texas I'm not aware of or you think it's a big enough job that he would consider it? Plus considering you always said you hire the opposite of what you had, so next up for Texas HC would be a "defensive" guy.

I think Miami's OL makes our OL look elite...holy Jesus, lol.

Haven't guys in the G-League been in college already or am I mistaken on that? Either way, it sounds like they might need to sit down and discuss what to do moving forward. Although knowing the NCAA....lol.

I think he will be up for discussion. Not for any top jobs though, imo. Plus I think he can afford to be pretty selective, as I don't think Lanning is going to move him on.

People act like just because he's been to back to back semi finals, that he is not allowed to be criticized or that he isn't fireable. Now, do I want him fired? No. But it is clear that things have to change (not the HC). Look what happened to Franklin, who was arguably better at Penn State for longer and was in the semi finals last year and possibly the natty if not for Allar. Yet he was let go. If Sark is too stubborn or arrogant to realize that things need to change, he will find himself facing the same. That is just how it is. It should be inexcusable for a team to look this bad. I understand it's a road game and all that but that was just absolute dog water. If Kentucky and Stoops weren't so brain dead, they would've put 40 on us. Excusing that we lost a lot of talent to the NFL, like we're the only team that lost guys last year lol. Come on guys. I think calling for him to be fired right now is stupid. But with how things are fairing in College football, you're not going to be given a lot of leeway for long if you continue to put up efforts like that because you've been to "back to back semi finals" Just my useless two cents anyway.

Starts at the top.

They would succeed with all 3 of those, imo. With the money behind them and the recruiting ground in Florida and around them. Now it just depends if any of them want the job.

It's kinda funny that Napier beat Miss State, got booed and later fired. That's a wild series of events. Be interested to see who the names are being floated around.

I just wanted to say thanks for all the work you do Jeff and everyone else at OTF. Also thanks for putting up with us degenerate posters lol. We do appreciate it, even if we don't always show it.

Scraping past the worst team in the SEC by 3 points in OT, is not great and not a good indicator of future games agaisnt tough opponents. Miss State next week on the road, Georgia on the road, Vandy at home and even A&M. Hell, at this point Arky looks much better under Petrino, too. If we keep playing like this, the scoreboard won't be in our favour. It's not hard to understand why people are pissed off with the performance against Kentucky.

I guess this doesn't account for how bad they've looked on the road in all 3 road games, so there is that.

Also, if we follow the up/down play of this team. This week was down. Which means our remaining games should look like this: UP - Miss State, Georgia and A&M DOWN - Vandy and Arky Now who knows how it plays out, but you can only rely on your D so much. The O needs to put drives together and score points. 16 points and OT against Kentucky is unacceptable. I don't care if they played Georgia close last year or whatever.