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Dbeasy

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  1. That series was so good.
  2. The situation is weird and the family is getting no information. That’s why I was thinking maybe alcohol related. As you can imagine it’s rough on the family.
  3. If someone is in the hospital for over a week and won’t tell relatives why, could it be related to alcoholism and trying to dry out?
  4. While Arch hasn’t been very good and certainly hasn’t lived up to his ranking and name so far, I still have hope he continues to improve this year and we are talking after the A&M game how Texas finished strong and Arch finished strong. Will that happen? After one of these terrible performances it seems like an impossibility, but with a few days to digest it, I’m a bit more optimistic.
  5. I’ve passed by Lupe’s for about 5 years and never went in, primarily because of the hate on Surly. We went today because we had a gift card. It wasn’t bad. Had barbacoa egg tacos for brunch and it was decent. A little expensive but not terrible considering inflation today.
  6. This is the one major disadvantage to watching a game on the tv vs in person. In person you can quickly see every route, who’s open, etc. I would like to hear from knowledgeable posters who have seen multiple games live. Even if the routes are more slow developing, is Arch late to see them? He was doing a lot of that in previous games, so my criticism of Sark may be a little too harsh.
  7. What’s the downside of that offense? Or in other words why is Sark running offense A while Kiffin runs offense B given they both hung out under Saban?
  8. I’m fascinated by the contrast in situations between Kiffin at Ole Miss and his QB, vs Sark and Arch. Every play, Kiffin right before the snap tells the QB where to go with the ball. If the defense doesn’t completely disguise its coverage, presumably the play has a high chance of success. Ole Miss is scoring points. However, to win a title your QB needs to be able to read coverages, because sooner or later you will run into well disguised defenses. I don’t know why Smart did so poorly at it yesterday.
  9. I would really encourage this board to not go down the Sark replacement path because it won’t happen for another 2+ years, unless some sort of “for cause” issue were to happen. The organization is still behind him and will give him the time to fix the issues. They just gave him an extension. Just hope he’s one of those rare individuals that can recognize their own limitations and make the decisions necessary to fix the problems.
  10. I’m not concerned in the least about Arch’s body language in the press conference. But it drives my wife insane when she sees him on the sideline just sitting there with a blank stare on his face, doing nothing, and no one talking to him.
  11. I will sunshine pump one thing. I’ve been begging Texas to run a quick hitter route like a slant, and not a fucking bubble screen, all year long. When shit got tight in the 4th quarter last night Sark called 2!!!! Progress.
  12. I’m curious to know if there are some more serious issues going on in the background with coaches, between coaches, with some key players, with the Manning camp, etc. Every once in awhile some concerning rumors pop up.
  13. Interesting comment. My wife said the same thing. She sensed something was off with Sark. Maybe his personal life is a mess with a new baby, relationship problems, etc. I hope not.
  14. This is a good point. Can it be the worst ever if you spank OU, a higher ranked team? Maybe not.
  15. We were talking about 5-7 type seasons vs seasons of unfulfilled expectations. While 5-7 seasons are obviously terrible, most of the time going into that type of season you knew they weren’t title contending caliber. So while those types of years are obviously disappointing, I think they are less disappointing than years when Texas really should be very good but then fails to deliver. The Miami Cotton Bowl season ended terrible but at least they had a conference championship and they improved from years of mediocrity. The Big 12 Championship fail with Simms was a big one, especially because they learned before game time that someone lost (Tennessee?) and that with a win they would go to the national championship game.
  16. That’s exactly what we said last night. The LB’s have improved too.
  17. Whether last years or this years is better is really not the important point. What’s important is that Texas is wasting an extremely good defense.
  18. As we watched that trash last night, we tried to identify the most disappointing season in Texas history. If this team continues on like it’s going, this could be it: 1. Preseason #1 ranking blown 2. Epic QB recruit complete failure (edit: if he continues to struggle) 3. Wasting one of the best Texas defenses in a very long time. 4. Wasting it in a year with no dominant team. 5. Doing this all while a fat oaf an hour and a half away is undefeated with a team with far less talent. In many of the other disappointing years Texas at least accomplished something before blowing it. What other years were worse?
  19. Arch is bad. But he’s looking worse because of terrible OL protection a lot, and a bad scheme for him (at this point in time in his development) Caldwell wasn’t brought in for Owen’s, was he? It was for Arch.
  20. You don’t produce this type of ineptness and flatulence due to just one issue. This offense is an absolute disaster from start to finish. 1. our OC has the worst possible scheme and play calling possible given the talent 2. the talent at QB, OL, and WR is completely underperforming and it’s a combination of lack of development and lack of execution by the players. 3. the recruiting is off in the OL. 4. There is a cultural issue. This team is always slow out of the gate, slow to perform, and always plays down to its opponents level. None of this is likely to get fixed imo.
  21. Well it was nice to see two slants for the first time this year.
  22. So if it’s all Arch why can’t Texas hardly ever run the ball well either? It’s not all Arch and it’s obvious.
  23. That’s true. You see other teams really drill the slants, the outs, the ins, the button hooks in the 3-7 yard range. Sark must spend every practice throwing bombs, bubble screens, and long developing fly routes. It’s ridiculous. He’s just not smart enough to figure all this out. It’s why he got canned in the pros. He’s been a huge beneficiary of great talent due to NIL but now he’s wasting it all. Receivers, QB, etc.
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