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Horn of Gabriel

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  1. Ford was not good, no argument. He's played much, much better. Even the best, most athletic defender looks slow when they're indecisive, and OU put Ford in conflict enough between the run fits and pass coverage to make him indecisive. PK didn't help him much either. Ant Hill played better both because he's a better athlete but he also was more decisive even when he was wrong (which he was a few times). Seems like we really wanted to flood the 7-15 yard between the hashes area to discourage the drag routes and mid-breaking plays that are DG's favorite area and force him to use his arm to the outside. That created a big linebacker issue because 1) DG was able to make the outside throws enough, 2) he scrambled and had enough designed runs that our linebackers were flatfooted and worried about giving up that middle third. Also contributing here: poor gap control on the D-line and also credit to OU's scheme to get the ball out quick which negates a lot of the pass rush. If we get the rematch I'd love to see a defensive scheme the next time that prioritizes: Interior D-line gap control especially up the middle - no up the middle scrambles D-line edge doesn't over pursue - never, ever should the edges get north of the QB, force all scrambles to the sides and cut the field in half for the QB and defense 3/4 alignment - more speed on the field, more disguised pressures More blitzes from more places, especially in the middle Potentially spy DG - Ant Hill would be good here as he was on Milroe in the Alabama game More man free - if we're blitzing it's going to be risk/reward and the DBs need to hang on for a few seconds until we get to him. We know that DG can pick the zone apart. But if we don't have pocket integrity we're dead b/c those DBs are running with their backs turned and if DG slips the blitz he's running for 30+ yards I just think zone is probably not gonna work out awesome with a QB that accurate who gets it out that fast.
  2. Bold move, accusing others of ad hominem right before you make a straw man. Let's see how that works out. You can be a "Sark supporter" and still acknowledge failings and areas to improve. We lost a rivalry game with :15 seconds left. A game where we played to our floor with three turnovers, and where if you flip any one of our mental errors (players or coaches) the result also flips. This isn't Texas getting boat raced by 50, it was a back and forth game against a legit opponent who isn't gonna just roll over. The onus is on you: if you're going to post that Sark isn't the guy, what's the alternative? Also explain how we will get that person, how that will put us in a better place going into the SEC, and how we'll retain our excellent recruits who signed up to play for this staff.
  3. Good that we don't have one. There is nothing, not a damn thing that Sark or any coach can say in a post-loss presser that will make anyone happy. All he can say is "We didn't play well enough to win and that's on me, I take full accountability for the loss, congrats to OU." But that's boring and a dozen reporters have stories to write and need content so they ask the same tired questions over and over. Then the coach resorts to coach-speak to avoid 1) throwing his own players under the bus, or 2) making excuses/sounding whiny. And the second the coach slips up and admits a player screwed up or an official missed a key call or whatever there will be multiple posts here about "there goes Sark blaming the players" "there goes Sark making excuses, not our standard!" ...we complain about coach speak but the problem is us. We don't accept the truth.
  4. I have a 2020 GMC Sierra. Inside is nice but the screen is tiny compared to the current Ram and Ford. 4x4 is good, I've towed a few times but it's not my main use case. I like the pro tailgate or whatever they call it for carrying oversize stuff in the bed. The interior materials are good but not awesome, I'd put Ram, Ford, and Toyota ahead. Haven't had any reliability issues with it yet. It's a shade too big but all the full sized trucks are like that now.
  5. So tie game you go 3-and-out after burning a minute and they get the ball back same place they got it anyway with the same or more time left on the clock. Your comment reads "if in hindsight we would have done this other thing and it would have worked perfectly and we won that would have been great." yeah no shit
  6. You forgot the part where the FATE faction overlooks any/all improvements year-over-year in recruiting, game planning, or results (such as Alabama) because the only acceptable result is to be 12-0 and win the national championship each year. And lays 100% of everything at Sark's feet because he's he coach! Ewers made a bad decision throw into the DB for an INT? Shoulda coached him up better than that Sark! "Call the touchdown play Sark!!!" These are the same type of people who use the term "money whip" with regard to coaches and players as if we're fated to get positive results because Texas is rich. Spoiler: we're not. We have improved every year that Sark has been on campus and the trend line is still pointing up overall. This isn't Herman who was immature and a shit recruiter or Strong who was shit overall and just looked lost. Fate people need to stop being a prisoner of the past. And BTW most people were roundly criticized on that thread comparing this year to 2005, there is no comparison. As Alan Greenspan would say "irrational exuberance." Yeah I'm hope. But I temper hope with logic. You can be hopeful and acknowledge our shortcomings and areas we need to improve. Anyone ready to cut bait on Sark due to FATE as defined above needs to be ready to get another Herman or Strong, because that's a real possibility.
  7. This narrative needs to die, it's wrong. Ewers and the offense was in rhythm with the hurry up and it was keeping OU on their back foot. It was also negating a Venebles strength of matching the defensive call to our alignment and tendencies, plus subbing. You give much of that up when you slow it down. The assumption baked into your comment above is that we would still have moved the ball down the field by going slow, which is NOT a given. The thing to get annoyed with is the flip from aggressive (staying with the hurry up) to conservative (kicking a FG and not going for it when they're in FG block alignment on 4th and 5 and we come out in the offense). Still, we took the lead. This loss is a team loss but the defense is more on the hook. Playing prevent is playing for OT with 1:17 left. Gabriel really only had to drive 35 yards for a FG which is not a problem in soft zone.
  8. Lulz about people talking about "I could be the biggest donor EVAAAAR" ....are you one of the 756 Billionaires in the US? If so I applaud you and wonder what you're doing on Surly. Otherwise, I'm reminded of what someone here once said: "...and I have the biggest most satisfying dick on the Internet"
  9. You don't hire a Sark-type coach and then turn him away from his greatest strength. He's not the mackbrown-texasfootball style CEO. If we want the CEO-style coach, it's better to fire Sark and find one than try to get Sark to become that.
  10. Gabriel burned our blitzes and we rarely got pressure. We did much better in a soft zone and umbrella coverage. When we went to blitz he'd run for 15 or dink/dunk us.
  11. People gonna hate on Sark and it wasn't the best call although we DID score and take the lead. Can't say for certain what woulda/coulda/shoulda happened otherwise. Other choke moments in the game: * JT Sanders having the ball in his hands and not being able to come down with the TD in the first half * Dropped INT in the endzone * Ewers 1st INT which was braindead * Ewers fumble/not sliding * Entire D-line not being able to get pressure after all we heard was how we outclassed them at the line of scrimmage on D-line * 1st and goal from the 1 yard line turning it over on downs after we heard how we outclassed them at the line of scrimmage on O-line * Multiple lack of focus pre-snap (e.g. not biased/opinion-based/Rig XII) penalties * Lack of PK adjustments to DGs scramble. We played timid and scared. We looked shocked at the physicality of OU. Our vaunted line of scrimmage play was ass. JT's injury hurt, and i'm sure Major's did as well. Credit to the OU fuckfaces for executing, we didn't. If we don't shoot ourselves in the foot with the stuff above we could have won by 10-14. But we did, they didn't and we lost. Now we need to win out and hope to see OU again in Dallas for the BigXII championship and just play better.
  12. I sat on the OU side in the early 2000's during one of mackbrown-texasfootball's patented 60-point beatdowns. It was...unpleasant. #CSB
  13. 11am games draw the best TV numbers. It’s the reason FOX has “big noon” instead of “big Saturday night”
  14. Our regular rotation of OOC games should include: Cupcakes who will cash a check to take a beating at DKR-TMS: UTSA UNT UTEP Rice Texas State (now in the Sunbelt!) and if we need more we can choose from plenty of relatively close schools like La Tech, La Monroe, Tulsa, New Mexico, NM State, etc. Low-end but still brand names, if they're willing to accept 2 for 1's. Wyoming Nevada Fresno St. Purdue Minnesota Oregon St. (they will regress to their mean) Washington St. Boise St. Memphis Tulane (for the away trip mostly) Virginia Indiana Army, Navy, AF Northwestern Rutgers Hawaii High-end brands, home & home: Michigan Ohio St. USC Washington Oregon Penn St. UCLA North Carolina Clemson Florida St. Miami Michigan St. Wisconsin
  15. Wait in instances like this can players transfer in-season? Or can they just enter the portal in anticipation of moving post-season?
  16. Ferentz must have a Mack Brown-Texas Football level hold on that administration. Iowa is a decent brand, maybe they feel like high-floor low-ceiling is their best case and are willing to give the keys over to Kirk to retire on the job while getting his kids paid?
  17. "...and in the back of the end zone there's Xavier Worthy, diving for the ball...he caught it! Oh but Bob it looks like he landed in the prickly pear patch (sponsored by Deep Eddy) again...yeah he's probably done for the day. Another receiver falls victim to the cacti." We'd make so many great memories
  18. Going negative $25MM YoY means the athletics departments are cutting entire sports at that point. Most of these schools are already subsidizing the AD either with direct transfers or high student fees. It also makes any type of long term planning very difficult or impossible - how do you spent on facilities or fund raise at that point, it's super tough. Same reason the PAC schools turned down Apple's earn-it offering; it's lack of guarantees. On top of all that, the low/no/negative rev sports are typically women's sports so now there's a Title IX issue on top of all of that...
  19. Wonder if he's going to medical RS...year 7 here we go!
  20. Does losing to Army mean that surly is done meatriding Traylor now? There were many posts last season and summer about "I hope we bring in Traylor when Sark inevitably fails" "doing more with less" "just biding his time for Texas to call him up" etc (all paraphrased). Well he just lost to a service academy by 8, at home. That sure as hell ain't our standard.
  21. I'm going to enjoy seeing USC and that fuck Caleb score 10,000 points on these guys.
  22. Is that the squints ref who fucked us on the reg?
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