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  1. This will probably look stupid in hindsight, but I'm starting to develop a gut feeling Texas is going to kick Vandy's teeth in. Something that looks like the aggy game last year. Doesn't get beyond a 10-17 point margin because of clunky offense but doesn't feel that close.

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  2. 19 hours ago, David Dennison said:

    JFC

    Someone didn't get invited to the frat house.

    19 hours ago, Hookem10 said:

    I’m not a trust the coaches guy but how do they teach experience. We have a bunch of young new starters and older new starters that still need experience. We may not be the best at certain positions but we are definitely not the worst. If you want to say our coaches are shit for development and evaluation because we’re only 6-2 and not undefeated that’s cool. A lot of coaching staffs around the country are much worse if that’s the baseline. 

    I was referring to the specific position groups I mentioned.

    16 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    Can someone summarize the past few pages of bullshit please? Reading the past 200 posts is like reading a thread full of my dumbass thoughts

    Sark is drunk right now. Unless he's not. I don't know. Want a beer?

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  3. 1 hour ago, Hookem10 said:

    I must be the only one here that saw a 9-3 or 8-4 record. We are a very young team and I just accepted we were just gonna get better each game and be a really good team at the end. Arch and the oline will be much better next year and we’ll  get better each snap with experience.  Lil did I know it was sark that was sabotaging the season and coaching us to fail cause he hates Texas winning - go figure. 

    I saw an 8-4/9-3 type season as possible, but as more of a floor type outcome. Thinking being that there was a lot to be excited about, but we were replacing a ton of talent, so any step back on the DL, young QB struggles from Manning, and maybe a bad bounce or two could lead a few tough losses the likes of which we'd managed to avoid in 2023-24. 

    I did not expect to be sitting here at the end of October thinking 9-3 is the hard ceiling if absolutely everything goes right. Young and/or inexperienced players having upsand downs is one thing. The OL being the worst in P4 and the QB flirting with that level at times is another thing entirely. Spectacular failure of evaluation and development that can only be laid at the feet of the coaching staff.

  4. 18 hours ago, horn009 said:

    I don't want to know what a loss to Vandy, especially at home, feels like. Please don't let that awful reality come to fruition. 

    My brother in Christ, I don't know if you're a newcomer to Texas football or what, but it was less than four years ago that a 2-10 Kansas team broke its 21 game FBS losing streak in DKR, and they came into the game having not even played a FBS team within one score on the year.

    Vanderbilt is a 7-1 SEC championship game contender. Texas may win this game, Texas may lose this game, but it will not remotely compare to that.

  5. 4 hours ago, ztejas said:

    This is some silly shit to worry about. If this was a concern it would have revealed itself on Saturday. 

    You mean something like going out and playing your way to a 17 point defecit against Mississippi State after the news breaks the morning of the game?

    I'm not really worried, it is what it is. I expect playing at home against a top ten opponent is a motivator regardless of the coaching situation. But emotions can change over the course of a given game, over the course of a week, etc. Saying the team's psyche is a wild card - an unknowable factor that could be material to the outcome - isn't worrying; it's just pointing out a fact.

  6. 7 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

    Mack won because Vince. Ed won because Burrow. Chizik because with Cam.

    There are only a handful of coaches who won because they are fucking amazing coaches. Saban, old Carroll, and anyone who who coaches at tOSU are the only few who fit that category.

    Luck seems to be just as important as coaching acumen. 

    Mack and VY is a great example of my point. Mack & staff recruited VY and ultimately made the decision to stop trying to force things and "let Vince be Vince," as has been repeated so often repeated over the years.

    If Sark had a 20 year old VY on the roster, do you think he'd adapt and let Vince be Vince, or would he keep trying to fit a square peg in a round hole? We all know the answer because we've seen it and continue to see it.

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  7. 1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

    I'll go against the internet mob mentality and say that I don't want Sark to leave. I'm hoping the absolute turmoil of this season (some, probably most, of it his own making) turns him into a better person and coach. I'm hoping he can self reflect and make the changes required of him both personally and professionally. 

     

    Sark has done a wonderful job rebuilding the program and raising the floor. Short of a full on meltdown, he's certainly earned the right to lead the program and try to take that last step for the foreseeable future.

    That said, to me it seems obvious his flaws as a coach will hold us back from going from the top 5-10 level squads he's put together the past couple years to winning a NC, and I think last year may be the closest we ever get to a SEC title under him too (very light 8 game league schedule that will never be replicated). If some NFL team wants to give us a get out of Sark free card and we have a chance to hire someone better suited for the task at hand now, which is different from the task at hand in 2021 when Sark was hired given the state of the program, I'd absolutely take that.

    This happens all the time in sports, by the way. Richt to Smart for a potent CFB example. Some coaches are able to work bad teams into good or even very good ones but sometimes another coach is best suited to elevate a team to championship level.

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  8. 2 hours ago, Soliver465 said:

    Per Jerry this morning, 

    I would say this ...

    1. The story was/is accurate, and not exaggerated. 

    2. These guys have jobs to do. Sark can want to go to the NFL, but doesn't mean he can get a job there either. The fact that it got out will make Sark have to answer the question when asked directly by a parent/kid/circle leading into December early signing period. 

    Jerry Jones really out here working the rumor mill this week.

     

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  9. 23 hours ago, D3zii said:

    We have to get the opposite corner spot solved. . I’m so tired of seeing Gilbeaux giving up a 10yard hitch on 3rd and 7 . . 

    Things like this don't get solved at this point in the season. We're going into game nine. The team is what it is.

    On the one hand, Texas matches up well with Vandy's run heavy offense and the team and crowd will likely be excited for the first home game in a month and the first conference home game of the year -  welcome shot in the arm given the ride they've been on the past month. Team should be feeling some confidence after the rally in Starkville. This should be a lot easier to get up for that a roadie against UK or MSU.

    On the other hand, Vanderbilt is better than both MSU and Kentucky, who Texas coulda/shoulda/woulda lost to if not for their own shittiness on the field and on the headsets. The only reason Texas is not universially considered the worst team in the SEC right now is that they kicked themselves in the nuts just one or two times fewer than Kentucky or MSU did. That's not a super high bar to clear and they still barely managed it. Presumably Lea and the Vandy staff are not as dumb as Stoops and Lebby. The OL is the worst in P4 and will continue to hamstring the offense even if you get P4 replacement level play out of the QB position, which is not at all a given.

    Wild cards: What's the dynamic in the locker room with the Sark rumors having time to bake in? What's Manning's status and, assuming Caldwell starts, what does he give you in a full game context? Is Taaffe playing?

    I think the only outcome that would really surprise me is Vandy just delivering a black saturday, 56-7 type beatdown. Beyond that, I think both teams have viable paths to victory both tight and comfortable. Will be an interesting one.

     

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  10. On 10/25/2025 at 9:47 AM, Im_smarter_then_you said:

    Is the contract structured to where behavioral issues would negate a buyout?

     

    On 10/25/2025 at 10:00 AM, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

    This whole thing sure lends a lot of credibility to all the rumors about Sark’s personal life lately. Hopefully we can fire him for cause.

     

    On 10/25/2025 at 10:54 AM, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

    So who do we think is the father? 

     

    On 10/25/2025 at 11:07 AM, closetojumping said:

    That’s Gold(en), C-Man! Gold(en)!!

    3) Sarkisian is a ticking time bomb. This was all coming to a head sooner or later. He missed 30 days of work after the playoff loss, including the first Junior Day, which was fucking stunning and no commented from the AD/football side. It is probably time to go. A loss today and some people pretty pissed off about how this has all been handled by Sarkisian’s end are going to pull out the long knives with friendly press. 

     

    On 10/25/2025 at 11:15 AM, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

    By good for Sark you mean by cheating on him with one of his players, getting pregnant, and then attempting to cover it up?

     

    On 10/25/2025 at 11:54 AM, UTEE97 said:

    Fwiw, I heard her affairs go even further back than Golden. I heard last year it was was a former WR in the NFL. When I pressed, my source said it was Worthy. I don't know if she is a serial cheater or what.

     

    On 10/25/2025 at 12:22 PM, scramblyn said:

    wut?

    double wut?

    and bobby burton says he had the flu, like the kind of flu you get for a convenient 30 days when you're trying to quit using something? I have no idea what the 30 day disappearing act was for but i highly, HIGHLY doubt the University is complicit in hiding that fuck up unless it benefited the program. I'm not sure how we get there unless Sark asked for a quiet 30 days off to get something straight.

    but what the fuck do I know I'm just a somebody.

     

    On 10/25/2025 at 5:50 PM, TwiceHorn said:

    I propagated some of the rumor shit, but more as an explanation of Sark's obvious disconnect between capability and actual execution.

    I didn't advocate it as an independent reason to criticize him or demand his firing.

    Still don't.  Regret it all.

    Man, I am out of loop on the gossip rag stuff lmao. 

    On 10/25/2025 at 11:32 AM, dcar00 said:

    It is going to be so great when we rip Matt Rhule right out of Pedo State's hands.

     

    On 10/25/2025 at 12:28 PM, Sir Ulrich said:

    People hating the Kiffin idea is wild. Hes on pace for his 7th 10 win season. Sark needs a miracle for his 3rd 10 win season this year. Kiffin has the only two 10 win seasons in FAU history and about 40% of Ole Miss'. He's done way more with less compared to Sark. 

     

    On 10/25/2025 at 8:21 PM, Nicole44 said:

    Well after watching the beatdown of SECOND year HC Elko bring a team to another level Sark and the people around him need to do some deep soul searching. He cannot be both HC and OC. Aggy OC wiped the floor with what was left of BK’s fraud ass. 

    Rhule would indeed be really funny... for OU and aggy. Would be a garbage hire.

    Kiffen has a far better resume as a HC than did Sark when he was hired here. I don't know if he'd get Texas over the top but there's every reason to believe he'd maintain a CFP competitive level.

    Collin Klien should have gotten a Big 12 championship ring from Texas in 2023 because he playeda huge part in Texas beating K State. And he followed it up with a 0 point outing for A&M in 2024. This does not make the point you want it to.

    I'd throw out Jedd Fisch as a Plan C type contingency hire if it gets to that point. He's done good work at Arizona (claening up after Sumlin) and Washington (got them to a bowl game after DeBoer gutted the program and is going to have them at 9-3 this year, and has recruited well). Demond Williams would likely come in tow, which would be huge.

     

    23 hours ago, CastHorn said:

    I’m still super curious how Neto went from a starter at LG all Spring & Fall, to not seeing any snaps. Surly there is more to that story.

    This is the gossip I really want in on.

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  11. 6 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    The only thing that makes sense to me is if he hates dealing with NIL/portal/recruiting/staff turnover & hires. But those are his most successful areas at Texas so far. 

    This is what seems fishy to me. Strip out every difference between the college and pro games, and the differences between college and pro HC jobs, and what are you left with? A really mediocre W-L record against teams with comparable talent and a mediocre stint as a NFL OC on a team with some decent pieces.

    I know NFL front offices can talk themselves into anything but I just do not even see why a NFL team would be interested in Sark as a HC.

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  12. 6 hours ago, Dark Horse said:

    It was the drive at 8 minutes left in the third.  Stroh moved over to LG.  Honestly there isn't much difference between Stroh and Brooks.  They're both struggling. 

    I finde the PFF grades above interesting because to me, Stroh was noticably better in pass pro than Brooks, who was struggling with Missippi State's blitzes - even the simple ones. Stroh at least made attempts to keep his eyes up and stay square to the LOS. That has just been a foreign concept to Brooks and it's a cardinal sin of pass protection. I cut Brooks some slack as a true freshman whose head is no doubt spinning, and the fact that all his prior reps in training were at tackle as far as I know. But he is a sieve when any kind of pressure package is involved, the book is out. 

    I think it helped Stroh that by then both 1.) Game script had pretty much erased the Texas run game, so his past deficiency there wasn't as big a deal; and 2.) Mississippi State started pressuring less with a big lead (dumb). Maybe it was mostly the latter that made him look better and I'm putting too much emphasis on individual performance.

    Agree with you the long term prognosis is not good either way. This is a bad OL, one of the worst in P4, and will continue to hamper game plans. Completely unacceptable what's become of this room.

     

  13. 1 hour ago, DFW Horn said:

    The danger of pulling a kid's scholarship is that you risk pissing off his high school coach and his cronies, especially if said player isn't struggling academically and doesn't get into off-the-field trouble. Maybe that's less of a concern now with the no-penalty transfer portal, IDK. You can encourage Stroh to leave, but Sark shouldn't just cut him. 

    I am still generally not a fan of pulling a kid's scholarship outright if they're making good faith effort to do everything asked of them. Especially if they haven't been there long enough to finish their degree. ou have 85 spots and a few of them are going to be dead weight for one reason or another. So it goes.

    That said, the landscape is way different now. These guys are quasi professionals, they get paid and a former starter at Texas, no matter how bad, would have no shortage of options in the portal.

    Also, we have two OLs from Frisco and both of them are refried ass. The mean streets of Collin County don't strike me as the place to go looking for a dog on the OL. 

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  14. 10 hours ago, JBJ said:

    UGA radio last night was saying Texas and Miss State were their biggest challenges left.  It's weird that everyone recognizes Miss State is good, but they just keep losing games.

    Boy that's a slap in the face to Georgia Tech. Unless they were discussing conference games, in which case, real bold to say two of the three remaining are the biggest challenges.

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  15. 8 hours ago, Js1 said:

    I have yet to see an SEC ref bump into a black head coach and then flag them for it. 

    SEC >>>> Rig 12 refs

    You are talking about the SEC. There would have to be a black HC in the SEC for that to happen.

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  16. 22 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said:

    Is the thought that the offense cost us the semifinal game in 2023 against Washington?  I know they did not score on the last drive, but the rest of the game seems to be more on the defense, no?

    We only got the ball with a chance to win because of a very unfortunate injury timeout on the Washington side. If we had won that game it would have been the back in of all back ins.

    We lost because we brought a bad pass defense to a matchup with the best passing offense since 2019 LSU. That said, the defense competed and forced Washington to make several difficult plays. They made them. What margin for error Texas had evaporated by fumbling away two turnovers. You can look at a couple different ways but it boils down to Washington being the better team. Is what it is.

  17. Echoing some of the sentiments here and in the media, I think the defense could be in a tricky spot here. They are going back on the road after playing an 80+ snap OT game where they had to essentially win the game on their own. Mississippi State is not that good but Lebby has had success with tempo, QB runs, and quick passing concepts against PK both at OU and MSU. If given the kind of possession advantage that Florida and Kentucky had, they will score some points.

    If the offense can't hold up their end of the bargain here, Texas will lose. That's really what it comes down to. The MSU defense isn't anyhting special but it's not the worst in P4 level that Arch and the Texas offense put up numbers on last year. Arch & co. are going to gave to play passable P4 level football to win the game. Not that high of a bar but it's also not a bar they've cleared in the majority of games to date. Who knows what we get Saturday?

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  18. 4 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    You also basically guarantee a loss if you don’t get it, by removing Texas’s need to gain a single yard on offense.  And you don’t even guarantee a win if you get it.  I wouldn’t ever like those odds. Kick it, expect 3 the other way, and see what 2OT deals you as the second team on offense. 

    Eh. We weren't a serious threat to score the TD, especially under the pressure of having to do so. I'd take my chances at winning the game with 1 yard in 2 plays. 

    1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    Agreed. With how inept we'd been on offense.  Also- I was in favor of kicking on 1st down. When Mac 2 had phil dawson that was his plan in OT if the kick was to win.  

    Do agree with this. Or if you're going to snap the ball at all there they need to be a couple simple inside runs. If you gain 1 yard in 2 plays then whatever. Kick on third to giveyour chance to recover a botched snap. Don't get cute.

  19. 7 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    You sure if I had the ability to search I wouldn't see 7-5 ceiling elsehwere in other threads from you on this? I would say that with about 95% certainty I've seen you say that multiple times, but if it wasn't you my appologies. 

    I've said I think we're going 7-5 or 8-4 at this point, which would be 2-3 or 3-2 down the stretch with three games against ranked opponents and one of the two unranked on the road. I don't think that's a flaming hot take with what this team has put out there; but no I haven't said the ceiling absolutely tops out at 7-5. Of course this team could beat MSU and Arkansas, as well as Vandy and/or A&M at home if the passable offensive side shows up, even if I think it's unlikely we get all four.

    The only game I would just wave the white flag on right now is Georgia. This offense isn't going on the road to Athens and playing winning football.

  20. On 8/30/2025 at 3:23 PM, gmr548 said:

    I came into the year thinking that 9-3 and on the CFB bubble was probably the floor for the team but that feels more like the ceiling now.

     

     

    On 8/30/2025 at 3:25 PM, Wulaw Horn said:

    It’s laughably wrong how bad you have floor and ceiling confused. Laughably. 
    this team would ho 9-3 with case McCoy. At worst. Arch isn’t case McCoy. 

     

    1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    I bet on Arch's shitty performance being an anomoly and first game jitters. It wasn't. When he plays well we can pretty much beat anyone in the country b/c the defense and special teams is really good as I said. Apparently it's not going to be a thing where he plays well often.  Who knew?  Your 7-5 take as a ceiling is still as wildly stuipid for this year as it was in 22 and 23 when you were trotting that nonsense out there. Might we go 7-5? or 5-7?  Sure. But that's not the ceiling. 

    Read slower next time.

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