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  1. I continue to argue against people that just look at box scores and say the run game was enough. It was hollow yards vs light boxes. OSU said go ahead beat us running the ball. Texas couldn’t. If you don’t hit explosives in the run game (Texas is 130th in rush exclusivity) and you don’t convert in short situations it isn’t meaningful. There is a reason OSU didn’t change the look. I was told the OL was good and the run game was good when I said this after the game. Look where we are now
  2. I think you are going Todd Orlando on this. Only thing you have to do is control explosives. That has been the case most of Sark’s tenure. This is one of the weaker OLs and there is no Bijan to make them right. Just don’t let people get behind you, mix some coverages, and you are good. This Arch isn’t the same one as last year, but the best pass of the year was Arch beating the 0 blitz vs MSU. I know he was 4-8 through 2 games on passes over 20 yards. It obviously worse after UTEP. I would rather force the offense to be consistent and efficient, than start blitzing and dare Arch to beat me deep
  3. Funny how the 3 high is making a comeback vs Sark. He struggled mightly vs it in the Big 12. He used the 6 OL package to solve it. OSU used it again to stop Sark twice. People are going back to it
  4. I think stacking the box would be a major mistake. OSU went mostly light boxes and dared Texas to bet them running the football. If UTEP didnt feel the need to stack the box, why would anyone else? The only thing Arch has done at a reasonable level is run the ball and throw deep. No need to open yourself up to explosive plays. I would say the same for blitzing. Why give Arch easy reads or open yourself up for him to scramble, while your DBs have their backs turned in man coverage. PK would destroy this offense. Just take away explosives and force them to execute 8-10 play scoring drives. You can always adjust if out of the blue the offense finds a running game or a consistent short passing game.
  5. he is only above expected in the 20- 40 yard mark, deep ball is the only good aspect. Though looks like he is hitting 105% of passes -6 yards, so that is pretty amazing.
  6. I like him, but he can go a little crazy when he gets into the S&C aspect of things. I prefer him to just stick to game breakdowns.
  7. Here is the thing. If you have a player struggling with being too high, you can put him in the shoots and drill it. Eventually he will get tired of hitting his head and come off the ball lower. Players has issues with his hands, put him on the jugs machine and catch 50 ball a day. I do not know the drill for the yips. For all we know Manning is fine in practice and falls apart in the game. It is a mental thing. There are no drills to fix that. Only thing a coach can do is try to take some pressure off of him, but based on the rest of the offense, Sark cannot do that. His answer was to pass less and run Arch more. Perhaps the other issues are not fixable either. I am more concerned about fixing something the coaches can control
  8. Well, the screen game is probably better if you replace Niblett blocking with Mosley blocking.
  9. It was because they had like 2 WRs and none of them scared anyone. The RBs were mediocre. The OL was a sieve. Good QB elevates an offense, but the surrounding part scan elevate a QB.
  10. He is my view on this. Arch is going to unfuck his head or he is not. He is pretty much the only one that can fix that. Not sure there is anything else to say about that. If he does not, it is going to be a rough season. Arch is playing poorly. Here is the scary thing, Arch is responsible for 100% of the TDs. Either Arch runs it in the endzone or throws a TD. That makes this really tough. Arch is the offense right now at a time that you would love to rely on something else to try to minimize the pressure on him. Texas cannot minimize the pressure on him, because the run game is struggling and the blocking on screens has been brutal. The only answer to help him is to make him run more
  11. There is now doubt Arch needs to get out of his mental funk but pretending that average QB play would make this offense decent is whistling past the graveyard. Right now this offense is OU 2024 bad. I assume there will be some improvement, but it needs a shit ton of progress
  12. The issues are greater than Arch. The OL is terrible. Texas tried to run more zone vs UTEP and OL was completely confused. Simon came in vs UTEP and he looked like the best RB with the ball in hands. Blocking on the perimeter is vomit inducing. The TEs really struggle to block. Please do not say something like Arch hitting balls would open up the run game. UTEP ran 3 high vs Texas and Texas struggled to run the football. Nobody has loaded a box vs this team. It is crazy Texas is struggling to run vs honest boxes vs UTEP and SJSU. Texas scores 40-50 with a decent run game vs either. Texas is 130th in rushing explosivity in the country. Most teams are going to sit back and take away the deep ball and dare Texas to run the ball and complete short throws. We are 3 games into the season and I cannot come up with something the offense does well.
  13. That is the craziest thing. There is no way in hell the offense did anything vs this defense in practice, but somehow all the issues seem to be a major surprise to the staff. I get the Arch meltdown being a surprise, but the rest of the issues had to be staring the staff in the face all of August. Sark still calling games like the offense is capable of winning the day, which hasnt been the case for 2 seasons now. Time to embrace field position and punting
  14. @closetojumping has said the coaches don’t trust him to play under control. He said Neto appeared to be the best guard, but penalties (including late hits and fights) are the concern.
  15. I am not sure we will see that all year. PK is usually bend and not break guy, I could see him upping the game as the offenses improve. Ohio State makes a ton sense to do that. Not a WR crew you feel real comfortable playing bump and run. We have played tomato cans since then, not much reason to show anything
  16. I think the people are on Milwee, because he is the common denominator between Quinn and Arch. Quinn always had bad mechanics and they never got better. Arch had good mechanics and now they are a disaster. IF you watch 4 years of QBs displaying bad mechanics under the same staff it is not crazy to question their ability to teach mechanics.
  17. Arch needs a new routine. Maybe he needs to get black out drunk and sleep with a big girl the night before the game. Wake up so hungover that he is unable to think vs SJSU and just plays football.
  18. well that was tipped at the LOS.
  19. I think people want to think it is just Arch, but the offense has some serious issues. UTEP ran 3 high vs Texas and Texas could not lean on the run. Perimeter blocking is just as gross as the interior blocking. Hell, even Goosby took a play off and flopped on a cut block that almost got Arch killed. Arch is a major problem, but this offense is not getting fixed (I mean enough to come close to a playoff team) with just improvement at the QB position.
  20. Plays and schemes only work when they are executed. Right now, the offense and defense look like they are coached by different staffs. The offense has major issues. Sark needs cull the playbook and find a couple things the offense can execute. The OL and QB are struggling, so it is not an easy job. Even vs a UTEP defense running predominantly 3 high safety looks the OL struggled to open holes. SHSU is completely outmanned. Sark needs to find a way to instill some confidence in the offense. If that means running a handful of passing plays and run plays, so be it. Right now the offense needs to learn how to add and subtract, Sark can work towards calculus later.
  21. Right now Qb and OL are major issues. If Arch did not meltdown, the OL would be the story. The only bright spot was Simon
  22. I said it was not S&C. I guess you missed that
  23. It is not S&C. I did think Quinn regressed is 3rd year at Texas. His mechanics never improved. Quinn's biggest issues mechanics, pocket presence, turn downs, and turnovers. The mechanics thing is killing me. Not sure how that does not improve and in Arch's case gets noticeably worse. The turn downs are an issue that seem to be happening with Arch now also. He is waiting for the perfect look, which he did not do last year. None of us know shit and how we got here, but I do wonder if Sark over coaches at times. That is just a batshit crazy theory I am thinking about as I try to cope with what I see on the field.
  24. Arch looks broken. He has 0 confidence in what he is doing. It is like the QB version of Chuck Knoblach. Nothing on the offense looks right. I have no idea what the offensive staff did this fall camp. The offense does not do anything well.
  25. I am a bit conflicted on 3rd downs. Its been bad. To be honest Texas has not been great on 3rd downs recently (42nd nationally in 2024, 70th in 2023, and 73rd 2022). The average 3rd down this year is 3rd and 7.43 yards. 1/2 have been 8 or longer. 35% have been 10 yards or more. Best way to convert 3rd downs is to have successful 1st and 2nd down. 3rd and 5 or less, Texas is converting at 50% (not great but not panic worthy). 1 for 13 on 3rd and 8 or longer, which is obviously not good but with new OL and QB not shocking. #1 thing the offense needs to do is find ways to stay on schedule. Too many negative plays going on to be an efficient offense (penalties or tackles for losses).
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