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4 minutes ago, Farmer Vincent said:

  Arch did ok in two starts last year and by all accounts was progressing well this year. He just completely fell apart under the spotlight the media had on him. Sark may not be a great game day coach, but he is tuned into these kids and he obviously knew Arch was cracking under the pressure. The offense he ran in the first half was conservative to the point of being weird. Because of the media, things take place at Texas that don't happen anywhere else, like the spectacle of this young man being publicly humiliated yesterday. I think it's one of the reasons this program struggled for so many years. I'm not sure what can be done about it, but if I were Sark I would take a more confrontational tone with all the analysts and reporters and call out the hyperbolic expectations and clownish way this program gets covered.

I had this thought too. To me it felt like Sark knew what he had, or rather didn’t have with Arch yesterday, and that impacted the game plan. That said, he’s still not afraid to make his own boneheaded decisions at any time. 

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All summer people were saying Arch had unreal pressure on him. And that's exactly what it looked like on the field yesterday. 

I expected him to be much calmer and looser, as I'm sure most of y'all did too. Then he threw a rushed fastball in the dirt on first play of game to a wide open player. He played tight and struggled with timing and mechanics.  Without being able to see sideline conversations on TV, it seems like Sark and the staff did a poor job of getting him settled in. 

IMO it was all mental with Arch. He clearly needs more game reps to get comfortable. We'll be fine. 

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Some of you tards need to read the initial post again.

You think we are going to  be dogs to anyone other than potentially Georgia?  

Nope.  you think we are losing to any bottom tier SEC teams?  Nope.  I suppose it's possible that we lose at Gainesville and Athens and go 9-3, but I doubt it and I have $1,000 riding on it with Doc Sooner and I'm not sweating that. 

I didn't say that the small games were a concern, but we're never gonna get out of the 1st round of the playoffs with consecutive years of coaching mistakes in big games. Georgia punked us twice last year, and I am eager to see evidence of better coaching decisions with goal to go.

 

I agree Arch is gonna play better, but that doesn't matter much if we do 4x runs up the gut for a goal line series

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I get it @Wulaw Horn we’ve all seen Arch play better. But That 3rd-down crosser to Wingo had me thinking, “Okay, something’s not clicking,” because a decent D-II QB hits that 10 out of 10 times. None of it made sense because we’ve seen him make those plays before. And the strangest part? Last year Arch would’ve taken off running. Today he just ate sacks. He looked like he was processing slow, reacting slow, and his throws were late, like he didn’t trust what he saw. Honestly, feel like he played tight and not like hisself. Remind me of games where Mack Brown made Vince Young a passer an I think Sark is trying to do that with Arch instead of just letting him play. 

And yes Ohio States defense is legit but we beat them 7/10 times imo. 

 

Now here’s my real concern: Sark. His play-calling is starting to feel like the ceiling on this team. When he’s “on,” you get those flashes of brilliance. But when he’s not? He’s barely above average, and his goal-line calls are flat-out bad. 

Wingo breaks a screen for eight yards we never see it again. We’re gashing Ohio State on the ground, then hit the goal line and… run a tush push. Meanwhile, Wisner is averaging 5 yards a pop, Baxter 4+ a pop, but instead we go with that? Sark is his own worst enemy. I’ve seen him take what defenses give him against Bama and Michigan, but today he looked scared, timid, and late to adjust. Like… Sark, what are we doing? When he’s off, it’s deer-in-headlights stuff. And unlike Arch, Sark has a history of this. He’s good, but maybe not quite as elite as we’ve built him up to be.

 

Last thing, the corner opposite Manny Muhammad. Between Gilbeaux and Black, that’s the softest spot on the defense. Somebody has to step up, because right now that’s the weak link every opponent is going to pick on.

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3 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

 I am not sure you can take much from this game other than that. He let the pressure get to him 

This is exactly the point for debate. In my mind that’s exactly what we were looking for. No one in their right mind expected him to look like senior year Colt McCoy out there. But with the whole world watching (which tends to happen in big college football games) he couldn’t even execute a basic throw. And I think that’s absolutely a takeaway. I hope it changes. But we all saw what we saw.

 

The other guy seemed to be able to at least do that. 

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37 minutes ago, troph said:

Here’s my concern - we all knew arch needed to be a game manager - and the OL actually played pretty well - no sacks (maybe 1 for no loss), limited pressures and a decent running outcome. Arch was playing like dog shit. tOSU was dropping in coverage making it really hard for Arch. 

putting aside the 1-4 scoring in the red zone, we had some offense working. Hell we racked up over 300 yards. 

so what is my concern? 

tOSU *gave* us 4.5 yards per carry or we made that happen - doesn’t matter - keep taking it until the safeties have to come up. Be boring, run the ball.

the reality is the championship teams win with defense. EVERY offense struggles against elite defenses. And if you can eek out a decent clip running the ball and get to the red zone four times and take the points you can win even when you struggle.

so putting aside the red zone shit brigade, and sark’s addiction to going for it and aversion to the FG, my biggest concern is he won’t lean heavily on the run game when it’s working regardless of why it’s working. 

And took 2 points off the board. 

The running game was fine on paper but the third and fourth down conversion failures ended those drives. They were empty yards that didn’t threaten Ohio State. No explosive plays, and then couldn't convert with the run on 3rd or 4th and short. 

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13 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

I still expect this team to at worst lose 3 games and at best lose 2 games.  I won't believe they can beat a top 5 team with Sark until I see it so that means Georgia is the only team left on our schedule we should lose to.  I think that loss was more on Sark than Arch.  Yeah, Arch missed way too many easy throws (the ones on the last drive were brutally bad) but he only had one interception and no fumbles.  The pick he threw was on their 30-yard line or something so it's not like he turned it over and gave them amazing field position.  We watched Ewers literally give the other team double digit points a game when he played bad.  The entire game plan in the first half looked like a Greg Davis afraid to call explosive plays and settle for the punt strategy.   Seemed like most of our runs were up the middle, no screens, no trickery, no motion, no gadget plays.  It looked like a game plan for when you play Sam Houston State the week before you play OU or something like that. 

My biggest pet peeve with Sark is that no matter what he calls on first down (run or pass), if the play doesn't work and it is second and long, he will call a run play up the middle like 99% of the time.  Even if that play gets 3 yards you are left with 3rd and long and that is why drives consistently stall.  You can't expect to convert third downs all day long.  Eventually you have to try and throw beyond the sticks or get some run plays that get you a first down on first or second down and that seems to be a struggle for the way Sark calls a game.    

Directionally I think you are right about most of the stuff you just posted, but what are you going to call when he’s skipping 20 yard seam routes 8 yards short or making his WR dive for balls 3 yards short of the LOS?  

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1 minute ago, ChickenSandwich said:

The running game was fine on paper but the third and fourth down conversion failures ended those drives. They were empty yards that didn’t threaten them. No explosive plays, and then couldn't convert with the run on 3rd or 4th and short. 

I think the run game was part OSU scheme. Just from the initial viewing OSU played mostly coverage. They dared Texas to execute 8-10 play drives. Outside of Arch’s day, the biggest question going for me is where are the playmakers on offense? 

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16 hours ago, Red Five said:

I think we'll probably eventually look back at this and say "how the fuck did that happen?" but I absolutely have concerns. 

This. Any loss sucks, but I did see some good things.  I don't think we will see this version of the team again this year. We've got our loss out of the way early and I think it will inspire the good guys to not let it happen again. 

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7 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I didn't say that the small games were a concern, but we're never gonna get out of the 1st round of the playoffs with consecutive years of coaching mistakes in big games. Georgia punked us twice last year, and I am eager to see evidence of better coaching decisions with goal to go.

 

I agree Arch is gonna play better, but that doesn't matter much if we do 4x runs up the gut for a goal line series

We got 3 rounds deep in last years playoffs. The first time we had the opportunity to do that. 
After yesterdays game I wouldn’t bet on UT to win the national title unless I got +450 odds or something like that, but to think that it’s an indictment on us being unable to get to the final 8 or 4 is silly. 

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2 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

I think the run game was part OSU scheme. Just from the initial viewing OSU played mostly coverage. They dared Texas to execute 8-10 play drives. Outside of Arch’s day, the biggest question going for me is where are the playmakers on offense? 

Against good defense?  We probably don’t have them a ton. Wingo is fine. Moore is fine. Endries is fine. Running backs are fine. We don’t have top tier explosive weapons. 
we do have enough to be fine against this schedule. 

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30 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

where's ctj and js1 this morning?  they promised a mud hole

Enjoying my long weekend bc I don’t let what 18-21 year olds do destroy my mental or physical health in any way anymore.  Missed out watching half the game while on a hike, but listened to parts of it when I had service. 

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Have concerns with ability to run 1 yard when we have to.  Concerns with lack of effective pass rush. Other than that, if Sark opens up the middle of field and okays more TE . We should be good. Special teams (returns, blocks, pressure) need work. 

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9 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Against good defense?  We probably don’t have them a ton. Wingo is fine. Moore is fine. Endries is fine. Running backs are fine. We don’t have top tier explosive weapons. 
we do have enough to be fine against this schedule. 

We have like 9 freshman wide receivers. Surely one of them can run

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1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Enjoying my long weekend bc I don’t let what 18-21 year olds do destroy my mental or physical health in any way anymore.  Missed out watching half the game while on a hike, but listened to parts of it when I had service. 

Where were you hiking? 
 

I have a lot of concerns about this team, QB, WRs, and offensive playcalling.

 

OTOH, we have had 2 seasons of success after well more than a decade of floundering in the desert… I’m not gonna start acting like firing Sark is the answer at this point.

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16 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

I had this thought too. To me it felt like Sark knew what he had, or rather didn’t have with Arch yesterday, and that impacted the game plan. That said, he’s still not afraid to make his own boneheaded decisions at any time. 

Through 3 quarters that was an offensive game plan you use against Rice the week before the OU game.  It couldn't have been more vanilla.  The only thing daring (stupid?) was going for it every 4th down.  After we went down two touchdowns, Sark started opening it up, we moved the ball and Arch looked better if not exactly good.

I am not excusing Arch, he was objectively shitty, but we might win that game if Sark had made those changes at halftime, or actually went into the game trying to be aggressive on offense.  I mean, for as ugly as it looked on offense, we lost by 1 score.

I still think this outcome might be the best case scenario for this team.  They were picked to win it all, Arch was going to win the Heisman and be drafted #1.  There was no where to go but down with those expectations.  Hell, there weren't those expectations for Texas the year VY won it all.  USC had those expectations on them with all the senior talent and multi-year starters at key positions like QB -- and they didn't live up to them, either.  There was no way this Texas team was going to run the table with Arch playing at a Heisman level every game as basically a sophomore with 2 starts against mediocre teams.

Now no one is going to put microphones in the player's faces asking them how they feel about being #1, or the Heisman favorite, yada yada.  All that shit detracts from the development this young team needs to go through to be something close to its potential.  I think we've seen Arch's worst game, and I think we'll wind up being very, very good by the end of the year.

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26 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Against good defense?  We probably don’t have them a ton. Wingo is fine. Moore is fine. Endries is fine. Running backs are fine. We don’t have top tier explosive weapons. 
we do have enough to be fine against this schedule. 

I get where you’re coming from here and I don’t think anyone is expecting the bottom to fall out based on a one score loss in the Shoe where we were driving to tie it late in the 4th. However, I don’t know how you can say you have zero concerns when the same RZ issues exist. Goal line failures in particular have defined our seasons the past two years and that is once again the reason we lost a big game against an equally talented opponent. 
 

If Arch is somewhere between what we saw against MSU and what we saw yesterday, our floor is 9-3 and our ceiling is 11-1. That’s great, but the time has come for Sark’s supposed elite QB development and play calling ability to show up. I’m fairly concerned because my expectation at this point is to contend for national championships. 

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I always think a little differently the day after a loss. The day of a loss I’m too emotionally attached to it. 

So with a day to process what we saw yesterday, I honestly believe none of us understand the situation we face. It could be that Manning is way over-rated. Or not. It could be Sark’s ceiling. Or not. It could just be a bad game. Or not. It could be a team of over-rated players. Or not.  It’s impossible to tell what’s really going on right now because it’s so baffling. Just like the Ewers era was baffling. 

What I do know is that for the first time in the Sark era there is a question about whether he’s capable of long-term success. Nine months ago that would have been a crazy proposition. But when you have two number 1 generational talent QB’s look as bad as they have, it raises questions. 

Sark better get this shit under control at the QB position or the reputation and goodwill he’s built up over many years as a QB whisperer will flush down the drain. That would be bad. 

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1 hour ago, Farmer Vincent said:

  Arch did ok in two starts last year and by all accounts was progressing well this year. He just completely fell apart under the spotlight the media had on him. Sark may not be a great game day coach, but he is tuned into these kids and he obviously knew Arch was cracking under the pressure. The offense he ran in the first half was conservative to the point of being weird. Because of the media, things take place at Texas that don't happen anywhere else, like the spectacle of this young man being publicly humiliated yesterday. I think it's one of the reasons this program struggled for so many years. I'm not sure what can be done about it, but if I were Sark I would take a more confrontational tone with all the analysts and reporters and call out the hyperbolic expectations and clownish way this program gets covered.

That would only make things worse. They'll run with the "soft" narrative. Remember Mack taking over questions for Simms? 

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There's a very real possibility that we faced the nation's number one defense yesterday. I'm not hitting the panic button yet BUT I promise to be extremely toxic if the red river shootout doesn't go our way.

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3 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

There's a very real possibility that we faced the nation's number one defense yesterday

I don't think that extends to mind powers that make Arch completely miss wide open WRs. If he could hit the broad side of a barn yesterday we probably finish with about 450 yards of offense. 

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1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

He was terrible. Did you see him last year?  My bet is he’s not terrible going forward. We will see. 
the point is this- the defense and kicking game we saw yesterday was so good that there is nobody on our schedule other than @UGA that we should have any real fear of losing to, even with a d+ game from Arch. 

I don't see why his performance against shitty teams holds so much weight for you. Casey Thompson looked great against fucking Rice. The expectations coming into this year were a championship run. IDK what you saw from Arch that indicates he will get it done against serious competition. 

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11 minutes ago, Jimmy Two Times said:

I get where you’re coming from here and I don’t think anyone is expecting the bottom to fall out based on a one score loss in the Shoe where we were driving to tie it late in the 4th. However, I don’t know how you can say you have zero concerns when the same RZ issues exist. Goal line failures in particular have defined our seasons the past two years and that is once again the reason we lost a big game against an equally talented opponent. 
 

If Arch is somewhere between what we saw against MSU and what we saw yesterday, our floor is 9-3 and our ceiling is 11-1. That’s great, but the time has come for Sark’s supposed elite QB development and play calling ability to show up. I’m fairly concerned because my expectation at this point is to contend for national championships. 

Floor is 7-5 if our offense can't figure it out. Florida, OU, A&M, UGA, and Vandy are all games we will lose if we roll out the same trash as yest.

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8 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I always think a little differently the day after a loss. The day of a loss I’m too emotionally attached to it. 

So with a day to process what we saw yesterday, I honestly believe none of us understand the situation we face. It could be that Manning is way over-rated. Or not. It could be Sark’s ceiling. Or not. It could just be a bad game. Or not. It could be a team of over-rated players. Or not.  It’s impossible to tell what’s really going on right now because it’s so baffling. Just like the Ewers era was baffling. 

What I do know is that for the first time in the Sark era there is a question about whether he’s capable of long-term success. Nine months ago that would have been a crazy proposition. But when you have two number 1 generational talent QB’s look as bad as they have, it raises questions. 

Sark better get this shit under control at the QB position or the reputation and goodwill he’s built up over many years as a QB whisperer will flush down the drain. That would be bad. 

The issue I'll take with your post is that at least with Sark there is a trend. There is a pattern. He is the one constant. The red zone issues are still there.You're completely right about the rest. Yeah that's about the toughest game we could've played in our first game of the year under a new starting QB. But man, it was there for us yet again. It was like that stupid OU game from 2 years ago where we couldn't punch it in from the 1 with 4 tries. It's just baffling that the issues are still there because it's one of many things holding us back but one that should be less challenging to solve. I just want to convert more of these stupid games because I think winning them sets you on the right path and sets the table for your season. 2005 showed that. 

I think Arch will be fine. That kid has maybe the most pressure placed on him since Chris Simms and that was way before the massive hype machine of social media. We have idiots thinking he'll be the Cowboys or Browns draft pick before the game was played. I think he'll get it together but like I said yesterday, we won't know a thing on him until Florida because that will be the next true test. A road SEC game against a rising opponent and a dynamic QB is similar to what we saw yesterday. The Swamp will be a hell of place to try to get a win.

I'm not out on Sark but I'm just disappointed like I said yesterday that this might just be his ceiling like James Franklin has a similar one. I'm hoping Arch is that VY type that can unlock Sark's brilliance again. I think I was more disappointed that it all looked so vanilla when I thought Arch would have all these additional options to his game that Ewers never had. Instead it looked very similar. Again, lots of season left and I'm not angry about yesterday, just yet again disappointed that we failed in a big matchup. 

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As someone who would normally be having concerns, we looked terrible and still only lost by 7 and probably should have tied it. In a game where ALL of our all Americans did basically nothing-Hill, Simmons, Taffe. Arch had the world of pressure on his shoulders and didn’t look good. We somehow look to have a running game question mark maybe? Littleton is a stud. Brutal loss but we don’t look like Florida State last year. Yes, get a damn play caller 

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We will see, but looking back I still dont think Arch handled the pressure well at all. He let OSU players talk shit and it got to him. 

We've seen better from him, he's got it. People this morning harping on his "fundamentals", I think those throws were him being nervous and also trying to do what Mahomes does so easily.  A lot of these young men do this side arm bullshit, put their own spin on it. 

I dont feel that camp is ever long enough,  teams playing big match ups,  especially before the playoffs was a bit crazy. At least one warm up game. But that said, our offense looked like ass for most of the game. Sark was vanilla AF, and probably for good reason... and that is why you should be worried. QB and receivers. That and red zone, almost forgot. 

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1 minute ago, Dewey said:

At least one warm up game.

I agree, I hope we structure our 2026/2027 non-conference with Ohio State and Michigan to be game 2, not game 1 

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One day later it’s definitely not all gloom and doom. The defense is elite, and will keep us in every game we play. Combined with a punter that can flip field position,  there aren’t any offenses on our schedule that I see scoring more than about 27 on us, and most will be held under 20. 
 

The take away I have after that game was that we are every bit on Ohio State’s level in terms of talent and experience, but they maximized that talent and experience far better than we did. I think they played at about 95% of their capacity yesterday and we played at like 65-70%. Hell, flip the results of two 4th and 1 plays (they got a TD, we got stuffed), and you flip the score of the game. 
 

The x-factor for everything is Arch. I just don’t know what to make of his inability to make the easy throws. I can understand inaccuracy when you have a pass rusher bearing down on you, or it’s a pass 20-25 yards downfield. But there were at least 5-7 throws yesterday that were under 10 yards and should have been easy completions and he flat out missed them. That’s a failure of a basic level of competency that I don’t know how to account for going forward. 

Our margin of error just got real tight. After last year, UGA looms large. The trip to the Swamp, possibly at night, with a Manning at QB gives me 90’s era PTSD. And if anybody is penciling in the RRS as a win, you must be new to that series. Weird things happen in Dallas. 
 

1 hour ago, Ghost of Shag said:

Our identity needs to be established in the run. We need to punish people with the run. Outside of Wingo, we do not have the kinds of athletes to dominate offensively. But with our O-line, with a stable of backs, and the threat of Arch to run, that has to be our identity.

If our identity is four wide with Arch improvising, we’re going nowhere. If our identity is the passing game, we are not going to the playoff. We saw Quinn have games like this, where he could hardly complete a pass. And we lost those games, because Sark was stubborn as shit with it

Run the damn ball. Establish that identity. The passing game will progress week by week.

Agree with this. Take the load off Arch’s shoulders and lean on the run game. Have him play-action off it. 

48 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

We have like 9 freshman wide receivers. Surely one of them can run

We do have a guy who can run, he caught the TD yesterday.  

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5 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I agree, I hope we structure our 2026/2027 non-conference with Ohio State and Michigan to be game 2, not game 1 

Both of those games are the 2nd weekend.

2026

09/05 - Texas State

09/12 - Ohio State

09/19 - UTSA

2027

09/04 - New Mexico State

09/11 - Michigan

09/18 - UTEP

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His inaccuracy is a major concern and really unexpected.  He left a lot of yards on the field that should have been easy money. That said, we won the stats but just didn’t make the winning plays you need to win games like that whether that be in the red zone or anywhere else. 

The offensive line was a big plus for me. I can’t remember the last time we ran it like that against an elite defense. And Arch wasn’t running for his life. Other than Baker blowing that last block, I  was pleasantly surprised with how well they played.

Sucks to lose to Ohio State in almost the exact same way as last time but this team and Arch Manning’s best football are all in front of them. 

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13 minutes ago, Dewey said:

We will see, but looking back I still dont think Arch handled the pressure well at all. He let OSU players talk shit and it got to him. 

We've seen better from him, he's got it. People this morning harping on his "fundamentals", I think those throws were him being nervous and also trying to do what Mahomes does so easily.  A lot of these young men do this side arm bullshit, put their own spin on it. 

I dont feel that camp is ever long enough,  teams playing big match ups,  especially before the playoffs was a bit crazy. At least one warm up game. But that said, our offense looked like ass for most of the game. Sark was vanilla AF, and probably for good reason... and that is why you should be worried. QB and receivers. That and red zone, almost forgot. 

If only ohio state hadn't of had that extra cupcake before they got us...

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1 hour ago, Codaxx said:

 where are the playmakers on offense? 

Young and sitting on the bench. 

I think the first thing that needs to be tried is Clark. It's fine to have one of Baxter or Wisner getting big carries, but not both in the same game. Clark reportedly has a lot of that Bijan style burst and quickness/elusiveness to his game. If so, we need it from that position. But he's behind Baxter and Wisner from a mental/pass pro aspect. If that means taking off a receiver and going 21 personnel at times is the answer then scheme it up. 

Other than that, it's freshmen like Lockett and Townsend that have the more explosive athletic traits. We still don't know what Mosely can do so we'll have to get him back to see. 

That said it was only 1 game and Arch wasn't the only one with big nerves. Last year our defense brought it every single game and kept us in every game. This defense looks like they picked right up from that, but may be even better against the run. That should have us right in position to take over every game we play of we get competent QB play here on out. 

We have 3 puppets to work over and destroy while working on getting tbe fundamentals tight then a bye week. Over a month worth of time to have another crack at the drawing board. That's another full fall camp worth of time with 3 scrimmages to work with to get it right and figure out who our weapons need to be. 

We better walk into Florida a fucking machine. 

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We need to see QB improvement under Sark. Casey Thompson certainly didn't improve, and then fucked off to who cares. Hudson Card didn't, and left for Purdue where he continued being average there. I guess Ewers improved from year one to year two, but then last year was a mess. Arch looked nothing at all like he has looked up to this point, to the extent that people are wondering if there is an undisclosed injury. 

We are 0-4 inside a calendar year against both Georgia and Ohio St. Offensive points scored in regulation in those four games: 15, 16, 14, 7. Not all on the QB in those four games, but... mostly?

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1 minute ago, Red Five said:

We need to see QB improvement under Sark. Casey Thompson certainly didn't improve, and then fucked off to who cares. Hudson Card didn't, and left for Purdue where he continued being average there. I guess Ewers improved from year one to year two, but then last year was a mess. Arch looked nothing at all like he has looked up to this point, to the extent that people are wondering if there is an undisclosed injury. 

We are 0-4 inside a calendar year against both Georgia and Ohio St. Offensive points scored in regulation in those four games: 15, 16, 14, 7. Not all on the QB in those four games, but... mostly?

 Nothing like a public hanging to cleanse the bowels.  Now sark has 3 cupcakes to fix the mess 

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51 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I always think a little differently the day after a loss. The day of a loss I’m too emotionally attached to it. 

So with a day to process what we saw yesterday, I honestly believe none of us understand the situation we face. It could be that Manning is way over-rated. Or not. It could be Sark’s ceiling. Or not. It could just be a bad game. Or not. It could be a team of over-rated players. Or not.  It’s impossible to tell what’s really going on right now because it’s so baffling. Just like the Ewers era was baffling. 

What I do know is that for the first time in the Sark era there is a question about whether he’s capable of long-term success. Nine months ago that would have been a crazy proposition. But when you have two number 1 generational talent QB’s look as bad as they have, it raises questions. 

Sark better get this shit under control at the QB position or the reputation and goodwill he’s built up over many years as a QB whisperer will flush down the drain. That would be bad. 

I think for a good chunk of 2021 and 2022 we had those thoughts of whether he could succeed. Tcu 2022 and second half 2021 for sure

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In down and distance situations where the defense had to respect both run and pass, we ran the ball really well. The OL moved guys and created space. At times, we didn’t take advantage of the space and might have picked up only a couple yards when 5 or 6 were available with the right cut. But generally, we ran the ball well. 

As for pass protection, it was adequate. If the passing game had any sort of rhythm, the protection would have been more than enough. On just about every pass play, everyone in the room where I was watching would scream “throw the fucking ball Arch!”. Receivers got very little separation, so it means you have to throw guys open… which is not a part of Arch’s current game. 

Both lines of scrimmage look solid. We can run the ball. We don’t have to play the OSU secondary every game. But, if that same indecisive, slow, inaccurate passing game shows up, we could lose to some Kentucky/Florida level competition. 

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Thru all the tough games, the one thing that drives me insane more than any other issue is the inability of Sark teams to line up on 4th down and get 1-2 yards. It’s cost us multiple games, but more importantly it hints at a stubbornness, a lack of toughness, and a lack of intelligence to still not be able to fix the problem after several years of this. 

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3 minutes ago, Aly said:

I think for a good chunk of 2021 and 2022 we had those thoughts of whether he could succeed. Tcu 2022 and second half 2021 for sure

I hear what you’re saying but when a coach is only a year or two into their tenure, they always get a bit of a break. There definitely was concern, but people were still thinking he just needed time to get his own players, culture, etc. Now, he has that.

 

 

 

 

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29 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Agree with this. Take the load off Arch’s shoulders and lean on the run game. Have him play-action off it. 

For the next 3 games, we should do the exact opposite of this. Arch needs as many dropback passing reps as possible. Don't lean on the run game at all. We've got to fix the passing attack.

 

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1 minute ago, Dbeasy said:

I hear what you’re saying but when a coach is only a year or two into their tenure, they always get a bit of a break. There definitely was concern, but people were still thinking he just needed time to get his own players, culture, etc. Now, he has that.

 

 

 

 

Fair point. These are all his highly rated guys and trained in his system. For an offensive savant, this output is concerning

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34 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:


 

Agree with this. Take the load off Arch’s shoulders and lean on the run game. Have him play-action off it. 

 

 

I’d argue the next 3 games are the perfect situation to fix his throwing and give him confidence before Florida. I’m not sure I’d “take the load off” during these next few games. You use them to iron out the shit we saw from yesterday.

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51 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Floor is 7-5 if our offense can't figure it out. Florida, OU, A&M, UGA, and Vandy are all games we will lose if we roll out the same trash as yest.

You’re a delusional fucking idiot. 

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