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  1. IF I am going to complain about Sark it is not for calling plays. It was the offense being sloppy. Where does this offense rank if penalties and turnovers were cleaned up? 87th in penalties/game 87th in turnovers lost per game (1.6 per)
  2. OL was the only unit on the offense that was up for national awards. That was a line that started three 3 stars.
  3. its an NIL world now, so all of this could be BS. Ewers was probably telling the truth that he intends to go to the draft. That does not mean if OSU or Bama call and offer him 6-8 million for a season, he wont change his mind. If he was my kid, I would tell him to wait until the last minute to officially apply to the draft
  4. Our problems in the run game have shit to do with second and 3rd level players OSU safeties had 5 TFLs in this game. I would say they made their presence felt in the run game.
  5. He had 2 fumbles in 65 attempts in 2023. Right about the same carries per fumble
  6. i think it is bigger than mere fumbles and 4 fumbles on 134 carries is bad. Westbrook was really good. Has Blue shown great vision? Does he exhibit contact balance? Do you see great lateral ability between the tackles? I prefer to keep him, but right now I only see a 3rd down RB. Maybe he develops into something more in the NFL.
  7. You not listening. Colilns is considered a LB in PK's defense. He actually drops (see the long the screen TD) and is involved as a SPY. Sorrell drops occasionally also, though much less. We all remember seeing 6'7" Ethan Burke dropping. The numbers only refer to how many DL, LBs, and Secondary players there are. The typical Texas lineup is Simmons/Moore, A Collins, Broughton, and Sorrell. PK characterizes the Buck and Jack as LBs, hence it is a 2-4-5. Though it looks like a 4-2-5. A 3-3-5 looks like a 4-2-5, soon as you put a LB on the edge. You will see a 3-3-5 that looks like a 5-1-5 with 2 LBs on the edge. You see these looks all the time. When you say 3-3-5 or a 2-4-5 cannot hold up against the run, it is not correct. Lot of DC will use what is characterized as a 3-3-5 or 2-4-5 for the flexibility. You can put 5 or 6 on the LOS and drop 1-2. You can put 4 on the LOS and drop none. I believe when you say 3-3-5, you are speaking strictly of a 3-3-5 stack. Even then lot of those guys will blitz a LB to morph it into a 4-2 at the snap. PK's 2-4-5 looks like a 4-2-5. https://www.on3.com/teams/texas-longhorns/news/the-pete-kwiatkowski-defensive-glossary/ https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2015/5/1/8528407/modern-defense-and-the-2-4-5-vs-the-3-3-5\ This why I said dont get caught up how the defense is characterized, unless you want to go down that rabbit hole.
  8. I am guessing it is a bit more complex than that. Quinn was a good college QB with some warts. His pocket presence was bad. He was good for 1-3 self-sacks a game. He was probably among the leaders in turnovers nationally with 17 this year. Not to mention Sark benched him. That kind of woke up the national media and fanbase on the Manning/Ewers debate.
  9. Watch one drive and that will tell me he had 15 foot windows to throw all game. Thanks
  10. Simon may surprise. His dad was in the NFL and prepped him. He may come a little more prepared, than most freshmen
  11. Texas ran it on 1st down on that fatal goal line series. Not up the A gap, but a big fatty was in the backfield lead blocking
  12. 3-3-5, 4-2-5, 2-4-5 can all look the same. PK’s is technically a 2-4-5.. 2DL, 4 Lbs, and 5 DBs as the base.. It basically comes down to how a DC names his players and moves them around. I wouldn’t get caught up in what people call a defense. You will get a better idea by just seeing how they line up
  13. At no point was Colin Simmons 15 feet away from Howard
  14. I think Cole Hutson is odds on favorite. Guessing those 3 will compete. Hutson could move back to guard, if Cruz or Robertson are ready
  15. Center would be interesting. That is a position you would like manned by someone with a lot of experience, considering your QB is starting his first year
  16. This shit is stupid. If Arch gets benched in a game, this site is going to question who should be the starter. Until then, Team Arch
  17. Nobody worth a damn will come with Manning set to start
  18. It’s the internet someone will always call for the back-up QB. I expect there to be some growing pains next year. Likely replacing 4-5 on the OL. Losing Golden, Bond, and Helm. There will be complaining after Manning has a bad game. I doubt you will see calls at the end of the season. You certainly won’t see it in Arch’s 3rd year as a starter. Mostly because he’ll be in the NFL after 2
  19. They literally went Program on Gibson and made him carry a football around campus. They put him in after that week and he promptly fumbled. Coaches coach, but when players grasp the concepts is not always up to the coaches.. Again that fumble was vs Kentucky. Do you give him a chance vs A&M in a game that was 17-7 (he got 1 carry)? Georgia (0)? He got carries vs Clemson (9). Coaches want all their player to succeed and overcome issues. They also know that there are 84 other players on the roster and they cannot risk blowing the season to see if a single player has fixed his issues. Imagine the vitriol if Gibson came in and fumbled vs A&M and it led to Texas losing.
  20. Texas isn’t going to do that with Arch. He is a legit QB with mobility. Sark will give him some read and punish defenses, if they ignore him. Sark isn’t going to make Arch’s legs a major part of the run game. I’ll bet there are more games Arch doesn’t get a called run, than games where Arch gets 5 runs called for him
  21. It’s completely fair. His fumble rate was off the charts. As the season neared its end, you couldn’t give him a bunch of carries to find out if he figured out his fumbling. Sometimes it’s on the players
  22. The movement thing I believe is based on what they had. They are not recruiting to movement to run OZ, so I don’t think it will remain a staple. Recruiting generally tells you where the staff wants to go.
  23. I am Ok with any run. Though I don’t love OZ. You tend to get more holes and it’s a lot tougher to run in short yardage. That said teams like the Rams are very effective running it. When I say identity, I mean what is the run that is your bread and butter. What play does the coach have confidence in when you need a 3rd and 2. Texas didn’t have that. You saw it short yardage this year. Just as likely to see jet sweep/pass as an inside run.
  24. I think then biggest priority for Flood and Sark is find an identity in the run game. Texas has a strange relationship with OZ. Some of that is the interior OL Texas has had. You might attribute that to Sark and Flood prioritizing pass blocking over run blocking. Some of that was based on Blue and Wisner. Texas is recruiting “big humans”, but the primary run requires lateral blocking. I don’t think that will be the case next year. Sark is more comfortable with IZ. I think Texas will become more of downhill blocking team next year, whether that is through gap schemes or inside zone
  25. This is 100% true. People talk about WRs helping the QB out, but there is little conversation about skill guys helping the OL out. They had a QB that was good for 1-2 self-sacks a game and RBs that rarely optimized runs or made the OL look good. That isn’t to say the OL was perfect by any standard. They had their issues also
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