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  1. 2 minutes ago, BlackCat said:

    Yep. Arch will be gone. If Sark wastes another season I'd bet money we move on. 

    Yep Arch would be the 2nd NFL QB Sark had squandered. No one is reasonably letting a head coach go through 2 NFL QBs without a NC at Texas. Mack had 2 and at least got one before he "hung up his cleats" for a slackers pay check. 

  2. 7 minutes ago, BlackCat said:

    I wonder if his parents want him to get a UT degree first if the staff will keep him around. 

    Yeah, I think it unlikely, but possible that perhaps some reason set in that focusing on a degree given facts about one's career future. That or the self confidence (misplaced or not) that he can battle back are logical possibilities. 

  3. 5 minutes ago, horn4life said:

    You know this thread got me thinking.  I may have the perfect idea.  But I guess I would have to grind the cheese-its into dust and sprinkle from on high as a finishing touch.  Wonder if by come miracle I could actually make this burnt orange?  It's both cool and sharable! Come to think of it, since I like to eat the opponents mascot where possible, pigs in a blanket would work for next Arkansas game.  I give you (not yet cheese tinted) Longhorn Pigs in a Blanket!  

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    Please don't let me discourage your Cheez-It aspirations and dreams.... BUT there is a simpler answer.

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  4. 5 minutes ago, SimkinsMan said:

    He wasn't all-world, but he also just turned 18 in August. Pretty fucking good, especially with the dual threat. Not really sure we want him winding up in Lane's lap.

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    I watched him a good deal and think when given space/time he was top notch. I think similar to Texas' QB more of his issues were team and youth related than ability limitations. 

    1 minute ago, Park Gothic said:

    I don't like this new thing where you say reasonable and factually accurate stuff. 

    It's extremely off putting particularly the logical tone. 

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  5. 10 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

    I mean fair. But I came to terms with the fact that we almost certainly weren't going to make the playoffs during the 4th quarter of the Georgia game. So I knew we were going to some Bowl Game.

    I am going to make the best of it. I am well aware this is a glorified scrimmage. I am at least glad it is something goofy like the Cheezit Bowl. That just good fun.

    I still really hope we win. Because I can't help it. I am just a fan who wants to see Texas win.

    Why not both tacos. Being excited about the bowl doesn't exempt me from wanting changes so we aren't in the same boat next year.

  6. 10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    I’m well aware of Texas fans’ expectations. And many of us had our hopes up we’d sneak in and make the playoffs but we didn’t 

    There should be some nuance here - everything kept going wrong for us - Arch needed 4-5 weeks to get comfortable, our OL/run game wasn’t good, we had injuries at bad times. We still finish 9-3, beat all our rivals and are going to the highest tier non-CFP bowl

    BUT - We can still have fun and enjoy the bowl ride. And then hop into the expectations coaster again in August. 

    I'm excited about playing Michigan and many others are too. I'll be even more excited when changes to address the issues of last year regarding coaching staff are addressed. 

    BUT - 2 of our 3 rivals are in the CFP and I reserve the right to be twitchy about that reality.

  7. 27 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Football used to be fun and now it’s playoffs or this year was a miserable failure, fire everyone, any player who didn’t play perfect should fuck off and die. 

    Texas fans expectations have always been make conference championship game and hopefully win. They have also expected Texas somewhere in or very close to top 10.

    Failing that has always created consternation among Texas fans and they aren't alone. Michigan, Bama, OSU, ND, OU etc etc etc all expected that prior to the CFP. When they didn't yes, there was lots of frustration and anger.

    Meeting those expectations would get a Texas or any of the other teams in the CFP, just ask Bama. However, now, rather than 1 or 2 bowl games that determine "the best team" with 90% subjective criteria of mediots the teams actually get to play it out.

    People love to bemoan the CFP, the committee and yearn for yesteryear. Well, the world hasn't changed THAT much, just the voters have much less on final say on the national champion than the actual teams.

    That's a good thing.

  8. 1 hour ago, FCB said:

    Ok. First question ya need to ask when looking to fill coaching vacancies:  does he have a monkey? Ya gotta have a monkey in this league. 

    You clearly know jack shit about Texas' search criteria for position coaches. Let me help.

    1) Do they have a stripper girlfriend 

    2) If yes, does that girlfriend own a monkey

    3) If yes, is that monkey violent and prone to biting

    -if yes then - Hire and never fire that fine coaching staff asset.

    If no to all-

    1) Have they coached at Texas before?

    2) If yes, are in AARP?

    3) If yes, do they have ties to FUPM?

    4) If yes, has the game passed them by and are they inferior to the person they are replacing?

    If yes to all - hire them immediately 

    If no to all-

    1) Do they have zero history in that position historically?

    2) If yes, are they yes men that have no skills and clearly are willing to flounder around indefinitely?

    - If yes to all hire them immediately and keep them no matter what.

     

     

  9. 1 minute ago, BigHornedLurker said:

    I'm personally more annoyed by Bama than ND but way to avoid a direct question 

    But you're solid with JMU, Tulane, Ole Miss and Miami? 

    I keed but there are so many different reasons to mock this CFP result picking the dumbest thing about the committee and its "process" is impossible. Just so much stupid. 

  10. 31 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

    If Sark doesn't fire Flood after rolling that OL out in year 5, he ain't interested it getting better.  huge red flag.

    I would say the exact same thing for Akina, Brandon Harris and Chris Jackson. 

    If substantial changes aren't made in those area.. I don't think any real changes are coming.

  11. 5 minutes ago, Mr. Drummond said:

    Can we leave the "sark sucks" stuff to the appropriate thread, for fucks sake.       Whether he sucks or not, it doesn't matter because he isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so just confine the bitching and the sometimes absolutely valid complaints to one or two threads, it doesn't have to infect every thread with the same people saying the same things.   Jesus.

    Well, you could just try posting content discussion about the game rather than bitching about content you don't like in the thread. 

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  12. 8 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

    It's amazing to see the amount of time some of you must have on your hands.

    Reality:  there is literally no solution in which somebody doesn't get screwed. And because teams play other teams that you have played and there are point differentials to be considered and because a team looks different from week to week during a season and because it's all just opinion based on frail and misguided human perception anyway, you might as well be arguing over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. 

    You mock others for wasting their time arguing fruitless points. Yet, here you are, on a college football forum, writing a long post explaining why people shouldn't bother discussing one of the most central points of online college football talk since the internet was invented by Al Gore. You should find some Anime forums and tell them why focusing their attention on cartoons and debating which is best is a massive waste of time.

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  13. 41 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Maybe we should test this proposition.  The only school that comes to mind that hasn't hired a pretty abject failure over the last 25-30 years is Ohio State.  Oregon seems to have had a pretty decent run since coming to prominence.

    Everyone else has their fair share of Strongs and Hermans.

    Yeah but our "great" coach prior was Butter Teeth and Coach Swip Swap Swill post. 

    Maybe hire someone who has a winning track record at the P4 level consistently. Not sure why Texas decision makers always need the the redemption arch or hottest new unproven.

  14. 52 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Your contention is that Cignetti's resume wouldn't stack up against Tom Herman's AAC record at Houston, by *checks notes* including his P4 tenure at IU, after the fact? 

    His non-IU winning percentage was 100-26 (.793), which is below Herman's 84.6%, when Herman was hired at Texas

    I don't understand what Cignetti has to do with the Citrus Bowl - is he subbing in for Moore at Michigan? 

    Fans don't make coaching hires, but we sure do argue about them and act like we were all on board the "current hottest P4 name who wasn't even on our radar at the time" 

     

    My entire point is we have fuck all to do with the shitty choices Texas decision makers have regarding head coaches. Further, that Cignetti's resume prior was better, longer and more complete than any of the last 3 Texas hires and suprise, suprise his next step was better too. Would I have seen it as a better hire, yes. Would he have been my top choice, no. Would it have been preferable to any of the last 3, yes. 

    I didn't bring up the topic in this thread, feel free to go back and find who did and complain to them. 

    @BurntOrange&White nailed it.

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  15. 18 hours ago, UncleSonny said:

    Yeah this. Also, I'm sure this board full of coaching experts would have been totally cool with hiring a 62-year-old coach from JMU two years ago. 

    As opposed to say, a guy who averaged 7-6 for 5 years at Washington and went 9-4 in his single full season at USC before being let go the next year mid season.

    You're right, no way Cignetti's resume would stack up to that level of domination.

    53-17 at IUP (.757 winning %)

    47-9 at JMU (.840 winning %)

    Surely he'd fail at the P4 level:

    23-2 at IU for a .920 winning % bringing him to a lifetime of .785

    No way!!!

    But coach Cougar High in the AAC to 22-4 (84.6%), that's a sure fire coaching hire.

    OR going 37-15 (71.2 wp) at Louisville in the power house ACC for your complete HC resume is plenty.

    Your post is stupid and you should feel bad for posting it.

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  16. 17 hours ago, TreatyOak said:

    Serious question. Has anyone else started to lose confidence that Sark can develop and get the same effort from our 5-star players and top-portal transfers that Cignetti seems to get from his 0-star players?  

    You might want to check the Sark thread and late in the Arch thread.

    There is now a divide of back to back CFPs put it on the wall, better than Herman or Strong, and we can't do any better vs the math and behaviors compared against any equal level spenders doesn't work out, the plans are shitty, the position coaches suck and we need better results group. So, pretty much like every time Texas makes a bad football HC hire there is the fear of change head in the sand, rah rah support your coach and the our coach is not good divisions. It takes absolute failure for the yay team guys to see the light, every time. No amount of data will sway them.

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  17. 7 hours ago, The Ace of Aces said:

    PE exists for the exit: what’s the exit here?

    Honestly, it's rape the brand for any and all value. Drive football and any other sports brand equity as high as possible, lots and lots of "remote" learning, get rid of any and all expensive employees that don't deliver additional revenue directly or aren't marketable, then when it's dry, sell it back to the state or let it fold. Expect to see University of Utah remote learning adds during games, lots of roster turn over, and coaching changes as deemed necessary.

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