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Texas v. OSU - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly


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The Good

  • Defense - holding them to 14 when we aren't doing anything on offense was commendable
  • Run defense - held them to under 2.5 yards/rush is good
  • Pass defense - minimized explosive plays to 1 and took Smith out of the game again
  • Punting - Boom-meister lived up to his name and buried one inside the 5.
  • O line - about 200 yards rush, and they got a pretty good push.  Pass blocking wasn't perfect but was good enough.  Baxter had a really good blitz pickup at one point.
  • Baxter - coming back from the injury, great to see it.

The Bad

  • Sark's offensive gameplan and script - looked to play to Arch's weaknesses instead of strengths.  Not many screens or bootlegs.  Didn't put Arch on the move where he had an option to pull it down and use his legs.  Minimal motion compared to other big games, which helps decode the defense for the QB.  No pony package to help force the defensive alignments.
  • Penalties - too many false starts and holding.

The Ugly

  • Arch's accuracy - far too many passes were either airmailed, or in the dirt.  Threw behind receivers (like Wingo on the 2nd to last pass), under threw (interception), or missed open receivers.  Some of that is 1st real game timing issues, but for the first half it was really ugly.  37% of passes were off target per ESPN, highest by a Texas QB in the past 10 years.  Woof.
  • Arch's footwork and mechanics - related to the accuracy issue above but he threw many off his back foot and tried to sidearm several throws which was unnecessary.  The Mahomes-effect?
  • WR separation - namely the lack thereof.  Wingo didn't break free much, and Moore was MIA.  Credit to Jaggerson for getting just enough open on the TD catch.
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I had to laugh at Jaggerson's TD catch.  I imagined a few surly heads exploding.

Arch seems the anti-Quinn.  Clear pocket awareness and great athleticism, but holy shit dude maybe take a little mustard off some of those throws.  Then, the interception looked like he had roughly my arm strength.  He just seemed out of sorts.

Some of those passes need to be caught.  Good job by the interior line on several running plays, but wtf was that 4th and goal "sneak"?  Come on, coach.

I dunno, I can't recall being this ambivalent about an early loss.  Great opponent, hostile crowd, fucked up officiating, and we were sorta in it.  Not sure what to think.  Arch definitely needs to get his shit together and Sark needs to play more to his strengths, which he most certainly didn't do.

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