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There was an overwhelming power/strength advantage on the UF side across the board. Not a size advantage, they were just stronger and more physical than our guys. A little bit faster overall too but it wasn’t as glaring. That’s a huge and maybe our biggest problem. Play calling wasn’t it, we routinely had receivers running wide open. But that’s  irrelevant when your o-line is getting their faces shoved in the couch.

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3 hours ago, satyanash said:

This is the exact same excuse A&M fans used after the 2022 season. "It was a super young team!!1!"

Jimbo lasted just ten more games.

Thinking we are now in a transition year isn't an excuse. I think it's become the reality. 

Before the year started, I thought we were championship contenders, but even then I thought 2026 squad would be a better team. You lose Ant Hill, Taaffe, probably Muhammad, but tons of talent returns. Offensively Arch would be in his second year as a starter with very few important pieces on that side heading to the NFL draft. 

Our OL is a disaster, Arch needs more time to blossom than we thought, RB room is deep but so far lacking anyone with real juice that can overcome poor or questionable OL play. 

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1 hour ago, DreadHead said:

This is clearly Mack Brown's doing... his return to Austin and inject himself in what was our winning trajectory, absolutely cursed us and derailed the program. His meddling will be our downfall, again.... 😖

https://www.si.com/college/texas/football/former-texas-longhorns-coach-mack-brown-worries-about-impact-current-nil-model

"Although the former Texas Longhorns head coach believes programs "should've paid players forever," he has expressed concerns about the way in which players are currently paid."

That's one aspect of NIL/paying players that I kinda didn't like. What happens if you give some 18 year old a million dollars and they just flat out can't play? At least in the NFL you've seen enough to know who can play, and what the value is.

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1 hour ago, Josef Pwag said:

Concern #2 is is not doing the deep dive on the psychological collapse of Arch. It is why aren't we starting the best possible QB against OU? 

I don't know how anyone could watch that game and think Arch was the big problem.   The color commentator must have been negative to skew everyone's thoughts because I was getting texts all game as well, but from the stands 20 rows up I watched our line get their asses kicked all game long, zero running game, and Arch get hit constantly. Anyone that thinks fucking Caldwell would have came in and dominated because he threw one good ball is insane. There isn't a QB in this country that could have had a good day throwing the football when we can't run the ball and can't fucking block 4 in max protect.  Arch was forced to play hero ball basically from possession #1.

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12 minutes ago, Skipper said:

I don't know how anyone could watch that game and think Arch was the big problem.   The color commentator must have been negative to skew everyone's thoughts because I was getting texts all game as well, but from the stands 20 rows up I watched our line get their asses kicked all game long, zero running game, and Arch get hit constantly. Anyone that thinks fucking Caldwell would have came in and dominated because he threw one good ball is insane. There isn't a QB in this country that could have had a good day throwing the football when we can't run the ball and can't fucking block 4 in max protect.  Arch was forced to play hero ball basically from possession #1.

It's the same people that wanted to bench Quinn for Arch last year. And who always want the backup QB

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2 hours ago, someguy said:

I think it is now clear that the NFL style program that Sark has sought to implement is a massive failure.  NFL players are grown men who have made it through the college ranks as elite players, and with small roster sizes most players have to scratch and claw to obtain and maintain their roster spot.  They have the maturity and professionalism to handle a professional mindset.

Sark has said to anyone who will listen that Texas was going to pace themselves to prepare for a 16 game season.  Implicit in that is that Texas will, naturally of course - by virtue of how highly ranked and outlandishly talented the players are - make the playoff.  The regular season is for preparing to peak in the post season.  They ditched the spring game.  They eased up on fall camp.  They've been less physical in practice.  Sark openly talks about wanting to avoid running the team down, wanting to avoid injuries.  There is some wisdom in that, but wherever the ideal balance is, Texas is far away from that.

That works in the NFL with professionals.  We're learning that doesn't work with college players.  It creates a soft culture.  Players who aren't finished products but act like they are.  

There were a handful of players who left it all on the field Saturday.  The majority were largely indifferent.  Attitude reflects leadership.  This is a self inflicted lost year.  I hope adjustments are made and the program gets back to acting like wins are earned and not assumed.

Thanks for posting this as I know you seem to have some inside insight. I posed a question about this somewhere on here yesterday. 

It's shocking how much the trenches have regressed compared to other Sark years. And it's not just the new players: Goosby has regressed after playing impeccably last year against good opponents. We are 99th in TFLs right now with a returning cast of DEs/LBs who lived in the backfield last year. Tackling was terrible this weekend.

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Just now, Tex-19 said:

It's the same people that wanted to bench Quinn for Arch last year. And who always want the backup QB

Arch had one really bad series I recall specifically (the 3 and out right before the blocked punt where he missed 2 throws although would need to see on rewatch if he might have been hit on one of those).  But that's to be expected at times.  I thought he played pretty well for chunks of the game.  Do you know what this team can't have?  A defense that gives up a long TD drive right after you cut it to 10-7 and might have momentum + a punt team that completely misses an assignment and lets someone go free to give up a safety.   You can live with a bad series from time to time from your QB if other units aren't shitting the bed simultaneously.

But I have no doubt Arch is going to get blamed again for stalled drives this week when he's going to be put in an impossible position.  If you can stop the run with a light box and get pressure with 4, they can just alternate dropping DB's everywhere and selective pressure.   We are so easy to gameplan against right now if you have just a "plus" defense that it's embarrassing and OU is fantastic up front.  I think we are absolutely going to have to play Arch hero ball to have a chance because we flat out don't have the personnel to run the offense Sark wants to run.

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One thing that hasn't been talked about much here is tackling. Their RBs probably averaged 3 yards after the first tackler arrived which makes a HUGE difference in converting 1st downs. 3rd and 7 vs 3rd and 4. And that's before even talking about the secondary like the long Wilson TD. 

Meanwhile our RBs once again went down on first contact every time.

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