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Dbeasy

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  1. This is my fear. Sark is a great guy who’s very well liked and has some really good capabilities, but he just may not be smart enough or ruthless enough to get to the promised land. I hope he can.
  2. I only have two concerns, but they are both big. 1) Can Sark create and execute an effective offensive game plan against a top ~5-8 team with a good coach? 2) Can Arch Manning quit looking like ass in three weeks? The first is an issue we’ve all been aware of now for going on three seasons. The Arch concern today was a massive new shock.
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  4. There is something to what you are saying. He gets so stubborn about just running it into a stacked line on 4th and 1. Over and over and over. It’s like he’s trying to will his team into being so damn tough they can move the line on anyone. But guess what. You can’t when you are playing OSU, Georgia, Bama, etc.
  5. It’s not the loss. Or the score. It’s the complete futility on offense, just like Georgia twice, OSU twice….There’s really no excuse for that much futility.
  6. Focus on this point for a minute. How many times have we seen mediocre teams play Texas over the last several years where they methodically throw short passes and work their way down the field against our defense: short curls, slants, screens, outs, etc. Those teams don’t have 4-5 star receivers. They have a scheme to sit in the open areas of zone coverage, or run specific routes that are geared towards beating man, like the slant. The lack of effective scheme and game planning is why the offense was bad, and then with Arch throwing poorly and receivers not getting separation on the wrong routes, the offense was putrid.
  7. The people placing most of the blame for this game on just Arch and mistakes/penalties don’t really know what they are talking about. Arch was bad. But every game is going to have mistakes and this one was no different. What was deeply concerning can be summed up by the constant fourth down and red zone failures by Sark’s offense, along with play calling and scheming at times that was really really poor. He doesn’t know how to scheme against strong defenses. He just doesn’t. Look at Georgia, OSU, etc. Every time he plays a strong defense we see the same sort of dysfunction. I don’t think I can watch any more failed 4th down runs into a stacked defensive line. It’s ridiculous. CHANGE THINGS UP SOMETIMES. What’s really weird is that he’s usually good for a few gadget plays a game where you are in awe. But what I’m talking about is fundamentally different running game tactics and receiver routes.
  8. Arch didn’t look good. But Sark really had a poor game plan and scheme and in game play calling. He even was requiring Arch to make some tough throws. Compare that to Quinn last year where Quinn had a bunch of easy throws. This loss is 80% on Sark the OC and 20% on Arch and the team.
  9. Thank the lord for Livingstone, our only clutch player.
  10. While Arch hasn’t played well, Sark has put together a disaster scheme and game plan for this game. Just look at how plain vanilla this passing game is. It’s terrible. Worst I’ve seen from him.
  11. See you boys next year.
  12. Glad they solved their red zone problems with innovative play calling.
  13. I guess the second half could be just as futile as the first offensively, but something doesn’t seem right. The offensive scheme, the play calling, the QB play, looks remarkably weak. Is it really that bad, or for the first time is Sark trying to save some things for the second half? I doubt it, but I guess we’ll find out shortly.
  14. I completely believe this. For years I had to figure out my own complex Excel formulas to do various things. It required a lot of focus and brainpower. Now I just ask ChatGPT and spend a few minutes debugging its wrong answers. Way faster and easier.
  15. Holy shit they just showed Arch throwing in pre-game and I’ve never seen a quicker release in my life.
  16. During the internet bubble I turned down a job in the Northeast for an executive job with tech startup that included 2% stock options where the current company value was hardly anything. The options vested immediately on change of control. They were bought in 3 months for $4.5B. My payout would have been just under $100M.
  17. I can’t reconcile his reputation as a good defensive coordinator, with that dumb look and sound. How can someone who sounds and looks like a complete doofus be a good defensive coach? I’m terribly vexed.
  18. I have Roku and Firestick. I can’t get Fanduel regional sports in Austin for the Astros. They are considered the in-market team here.
  19. Is it as easy to setup and use as it sounds? What app? Just an Apple TV the latest?
  20. So, I've spent the last few days researching and trying out all of the different streaming options to replace my current U-Verse service (headed to $225/month). It's a great service, but it's anywhere from $80-120 more per month tham other streaming options. Functionality-wise, the U-Verse offering provides the most content, especially key state of Texas sports content (Spurs, Mavs, Rangers, Astros), but it's just gotten too expensive. It also has movie channels and some other desirable stuff. I reviewed Hulu + Live, Fubo, DirecTv, Spectrum (a bit), Sling, and cobbling together OTA with ESPN Unlimited, Fox One and HBOMax. The results were disappointing. 1. Fubo - the Elite sports service wasn't bad. The UI is decent, but they flat out lied during the sign-up process of the cost. It's actually $128/month, not $113/month, after the free trial and first month $30 discount. They don't have a lot of non-sports content, but the sports content was excellent. I was just so pissed off about the blatant lying about the price, I cancelled during the trial phase. 2. DirecTv - jesus these people are idiots. There are two different streaming options, the website is a mess, you can't figure out which streaming offer is which, you can't get the final price of what it actually costs. I roughly estimated it at $135, but who knows. For one of the streaming options, there are contracts and they treat you like shit, just like a traditional cable company. Screw that. 3. YouTube TV - pretty nice experience. The UI has a few limitations, but is manageable. However, I have to say goodbye to Astros coverage. This is probably where we are headed. $82/month. For Spurs and Rangers I'd have to add other streaming services (Fanduel, Victory+). 4. Spectrum - people in my neighborhood are constantly complaining about outages. I didn't look at them closely. I want to keep AT&T internet because I have free HBO right now. 5. Sling - too limited. Can't get much of anything we want. 6. OTA, ESPN Unlimited, Fox One, HBO Max - this has some potential, but I'm not ready for the UI hell this would cause, the wiring issues for OTA, and the lack of certain commercial channels. So, to summarize, the option is to either pay $225 and get Astros, Rangers, Mavs, Spurs, and Movies, or switch to YTTV and lose all that but only pay $82+tax. If I didn't go with YTTV, I might go back to Fubo.
  21. Fellas. You know better. The Pickens trade didn’t cost much and it wasn’t about winning. It’s about what Jerry wants, which is glitz and glam, as he told us all in the documentary. As for Dak and Cee Dee, that’s just a whole bunch more of glitz and glam, which costs a bunch more money. Jerry Jones’ sole criteria for success is billions in his pockets, not fielding a competitive football team.
  22. Look, what he got for Micah was insufficient. Another Dallas GM got fleeced. But…I have always had questions about Micah. He fades during the season often. He’s weird. He’s a tweener. And yes at times Micah made an incredible impact. For that type of money, I want someone who’s more consistent. And, the Cowboys are a mess overall. It’s not like they are headed to the playoffs. This is a very average team. This franchise is going nowhere.
  23. What the hell does “rotate it” mean? I’m so out of the loop.
  24. In my earlier post I didn’t mean to imply OSU wasn’t an elite program prior to Meyer. I was responding to a specific post about OSU the last several years. I’m well aware of OSU’s long term success. As I’ve mentioned on other threads, I was born in Columbus in OSU University hospital, my dad was on the OSU faculty, and his handball playing partner for several years was Woody Hayes. At an early age I was a massive OSU fan. Fortunately, I made it to Texas at a young age and successfully was re-programmed to root for the greatest college athletic programs in the country. An unfortunate byproduct of this was the development of a deep dislike for my former favorite team. I kept waiting for the OSU program to finally drop down to a lower level of success. I really thought post Meyer would be it.
  25. OSU has remained good for a long time due to a lot of fortunate events. They got Meyer who is not only an excellent coach, he’s a top tier cheater. That laid the foundation. Day has been riding that for a long time, combined with the weak schedules over the years that are top heavy. Michigan was down for a long time. Penn St was down and coached now by a guy who can’t beat a good coach. They’ve recruited well under NIL because they have strong financial support. The biggest surprise for me is that I thought Day was an above average coach, and yet he’s been able to pull out some big wins. Not sure how. Something just doesn’t add up.
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