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Hookem2147

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  1. Well, the 2024 OU offense was bad because their QB play was atrocious. So I think we are violently agreeing here. Very rarely are you getting a bad offense that has a good QB. They are usually the tide that lifts all boats.
  2. As Bobby and Gerry said all week, if Arch was this bad in August or last spring, he wouldn't be the starter. I'm going to guess he was able to throw swing passes to the RB's during fall camp with little issue. If we had an average QB through 3 games, all of our counting stats and offensive rankings would be respectable. Probably not elite, but respectable. Arch Manning himself probably left 21 points on the field against UTEP before we even get into the issues around him.
  3. He also seems to be back on the S&C tangent he was on in 2021, based on what he said on his podcast yesterday. Something about how the way we lift weights isn't translating to football strength and the top weight room performers are transfers.
  4. Bobby said this morning they expect to see Tre Wisner back on the field this weekend
  5. Looking forward to the junk defense Sam Houston put in during the bye week that will limit us to 14 first half points
  6. His inability to layer the ball or know how much to put behind his passes is the biggest issue I see right now. The pocket is rarely going to be perfect and you have to play football on the move sometimes, so the footwork/arm angle stuff is never going to be pristine, but he seems unable to determine when to put air under the ball and when to throw a fastball. He throws a 1000 MPH fastball to Clark on a sideline on the short side of the field. Then, on the wheel to Wingo and post to Livingstone, he has no feel for how much air to put under the ball.
  7. David Morris also trains KJ Lacey
  8. I ain't worried about Simmons in the least. Nothing these first 3 teams have done in the passing game has been conducive to edge players getting a bunch of sacks. He'll be fine.
  9. I'm assuming that is another PFF number, so I'll take it with a grain of salt. The OL ain't great, but it has been adequate in pass protection, and I rarely see Arch running for his life. If anything, he has created some self-pressure by bailing too early on reads.
  10. I think the idea is that Milwee and Flood are supposed to help formulate the gameplan and be the lead voices in the room when Sark has to go to a defensive meeting or whatever. I've heard the analyst they promoted to assistant QB coach (Bimonte) is pretty involved too and is who sits in the box as the eyes in the sky for the offense. Maybe it has changed, but several years ago, I heard a second-hand story about a game where Sark was on the headset asking the offensive assistants for recommendations/suggestions and was basically met with crickets.
  11. We had Casey Thompson playing behind a bad OL with 4 fingers and Marcus Washington as his WR2 and we had a better offense than this. There are JV QB’s at Austin Westlake who could make some of the throws Arch is missing. I don’t care how bad Caldwell was at Troy, you can’t convince me he couldn’t throw a 8 yard curl route to a receiver standing stil.
  12. CJ Vogel just posted the full snap counts Defense Out of 61 total snaps. 45 – Jaylon Guilbeau 42 – Michael Taaffe 40 – Jelani McDonald, Anthony Hill Jr., Hero Kanu 36 – Liona Lefau 35 – Malik Muhammad 34 – Graceson Littleton 31 – Maraad Watson, Trey Moore 30 – Colin Simmons 29 – Ethan Burke, TyAnthony Smith 24 – Zina Umeozulu 23 – Cole Brevard 20 – Jordan Johnson-Rubell, Derek Williams Jr. 19 – Wardell Mack 18 – Warren Roberson 17 – Kade Phillips 15 – Lance Jackson 13 – Brad Spence, Travis Shaw 11 – Colton Vasek 8 – Melvin Hills 5 – Kobe Black 3 – Josiah Sharma *** Offense Out of 85 total snaps. 85 – Brandon Baker, Trevor Goosby, DJ Campbell, Connor Stroh 81 – Arch Manning 78 – Parker Livingstone 75 – Ryan Wingo 66 – Cole Hutson 62 – Jack Endries 31 – Spencer Shannon, Jerrick Gibson 28 – Christian Clark 26 – James Simon 24 – Ryan Niblett 23 – Daylan McCutcheon 19 – Connor Robertson 16 – Jordan Washington 13 – Nick Townsend 8 – Aaron Butler 5 – Emaree Winston 4 – Kaliq Lockett, Matthew Caldwell 1 – CJ Baxter
  13. Gerry said this morning that this is catching everyone in the building by surprise, and it is not what they saw in practice throughout the spring and fall.
  14. I saw him on the field early. He had a pressure on Nelson on 3rd down when UTEP was backed up in their own end zone. Didn't see him much in the second half.
  15. Did OU’s offensive ineptitude hurt their ability to fix things? It’s an NIL world and about 90% of conversations and decisions these days center around money.
  16. There isn’t a playcaller in the world who could work with what Arch is offering right now and make it look good. -Simple swing passes to RBs? Overthrown. -Quick hitches to the perimeter? 2 feet out of bounds. -1 v 1 with a receiver having 3 steps on a safety? Overthrown. We had to take the ball out of our own QB’s hands in the second half and spam 4 yard runs against UTEP over and over. That was the most depressing moment for a Texas offense since we started a right tackle in the Strong era who had a nickname from the coaches about being afraid of contact.
  17. Anyone who wants the glass half full can rightfully point to the fact we had 470 yards and should have still covered the spread despite all the times we stepped on our own dick. I don’t see any position or aspect of the offense as being completely inept like OU last year or anything like that. It’s just a lot of little things adding up right now and we only need to clean up like half of it to properly complement this defense.
  18. Massive line swing. Spread is down from -41.5 to -40.5 today.
  19. Read the quote right below that.
  20. A few team notes from OB * After several conversations with people behind the scenes, I sensed a lot of positivity and optimism that Texas would play about as close to a complete game as possible on Saturday. I was told that Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian challenged his players to improve in every area this week, and his team responded accordingly. * I was also told that Sarkisian “chewed their asses out” this week. From what I could gather, it sounded like Sarkisian channeled his inner Nick Saban and went “old school” during practices. * This has been a week of accountability during practice. One person told me that too many units have underperformed and were seemingly waiting for Arch Manning to bail them out. I was told that every unit needs to step up on Saturday. * Alex Dunlap recently questioned if Derek Williams has officially handed the torch over to Xavier Filsaime. I was told that Filsaime has seemingly beaten out Williams for that spot. * I asked about receiver Ryan Wingo, and those close to the situation believe he is putting too much pressure on himself. They believe that if Wingo can mentally relax and stop pressing, he will reach his full potential. * The same applies to Colin Simmons. One person said Simmons is “too excited and amped up.” He is another player on this roster with a high ceiling, and the staff wants him to mentally relax and not press. * Based on my conversations this week, I would be surprised if we saw Texas freshman safety Jonah Williams anytime soon. He is still recovering, and Sarkisian is not going to rush him back until he is ready to fully participate. * I was told that the staff is excited about Justus Terry’s future at Texas. For now, Terry is not big enough to play on the inside. According to Alex Dunlap, Terry had seven snaps against San Jose State. It appears Terry will benefit from another offseason with Texas strength and conditioning coach Torre Becton to prepare for a permanent move inside. * One person told me that Daylan McCutcheon is one of the smartest and most instinctive freshman receivers some members of this staff have seen. That is one of the reasons why McCutcheon is ahead of the other freshman receivers from the 2025 class.
  21. UTEP sucks, but covering a 41.5 point spread while missing 5-6 starters would be solid. The offense taking a step forward without Moore, Wisner, Mosley, and a potentially limited Endries would be encouraging regardless of the opponent.
  22. I think that had mainly to do with the fact that he had spent 2 years in an air raid offense, which is like a different planet compared to a normal pro-style/NFL-type system.
  23. Alex Dunlap's OL grades for SJSU (long post, great info)
  24. I'll post his grading scale when he releases it. It is different than PFF. Anything below 74.5 is considered horrible.
  25. Chris Jackson can't coach just like PK couldn't coach in 2021, Choate couldn't coach in 2022, Gideon couldn't coach in 2023 and Kenny Baker couldn't coach last offseason. I'm pretty sure Gerry has mentioned Jackson turned down NFL jobs last offseason.
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