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4 minutes ago, fellside said:

I think some of the 9.95 and fan talk about Sark calling the wrong gameplan or calling for the team he wants rather than the team he has missed the possibility that maybe the offense is actually just this bad.

Against power 4 opponents, our offense ranks 63 out of 68 teams. We are objectively terrible at Left Guard and Center. We are getting below average play at Right Tackle. There's no need to comment on QB play.

Maybe there isn't a magic button to run the ball as well as we did against Oklahoma every week because our line is horrible. Maybe it's even worse with Robertson in. Maybe our QB is going to miss wide open guys if he's blitzed or comfortable in the pocket. 

It's still Sark's fault. But I don't think he can simply call run plays and quick passes and make this offense good. The sample size is no longer small. It's a terrible offense. The changes needed wont come from week to week adjustments. They will come with a total overhaul in the off-season.

We went from deep passes and failure at Florida to shorter passes and success against OU back to deep passes and failure against Kentucky.

There is no excuse for it.  Sarkisian is watching the same games we are. He’s just getting paid millions to do so and we are not. 

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I'll be interested to see if MSU employs the same strategy as they did last year (playing to shorten the game, consistently snapping the ball with under 5 secs left and conservative play calling mixing runs and short passes just trying to keep the chains moving).  They had the true FR QB and overall were pretty terrible on both sides of the ball last year so it made sense, and if you all recall, it was an extremely frustrating first 2/3 of the game before we finally broke it open.  I have barely watched MSU this year but I feel all things equal Lebby would prefer to play (or at least mix in) Tempo if he thinks he has the personnel like at Ole Miss and OU.  With this being 4th straight 'road' game with defense playing 80+ snaps last week, I think if I were them I would mirror game plan from last year and keep our D on the field.

I’m just glad Lebby doesn’t have a dual-threat QB.
Posted
5 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:


Sark has always been arrogant. Even in 2021.

They almost all are.  HC's are like CEO's and think they know best - hence their paycheck and station at top schools.  

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36 minutes ago, fellside said:

I think some of the 9.95 and fan talk about Sark calling the wrong gameplan or calling for the team he wants rather than the team he has missed the possibility that maybe the offense is actually just this bad.

Against power 4 opponents, our offense ranks 63 out of 68 teams. We are objectively terrible at Left Guard and Center. We are getting below average play at Right Tackle. There's no need to comment on QB play.

Maybe there isn't a magic button to run the ball as well as we did against Oklahoma every week because our line is horrible. Maybe it's even worse with Robertson in. Maybe our QB is going to miss wide open guys if he's blitzed or comfortable in the pocket. 

It's still Sark's fault. But I don't think he can simply call run plays and quick passes and make this offense good. The sample size is no longer small. It's a terrible offense. The changes needed wont come from week to week adjustments. They will come with a total overhaul in the off-season.

Because scheme has a fuckload to do with things. If this was a team that was just trying to run the ball 45 times a game and pass 15-20 its a totally different protection and personnel setup. Basic football knowledge. Arch needs to jj McCarthy. 

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6 minutes ago, immamac said:

Because scheme has a fuckload to do with things. If this was a team that was just trying to run the ball 45 times a game and pass 15-20 its a totally different protection and personnel setup. Basic football knowledge. Arch needs to jj McCarthy. 

Michigan had 8 players drafted off that offense.  It made their 'scheme' a lot easier.   I'm not saying a more simplified scheme won't help but it's beyond clear at this point we don't have the personnel to be anything resembling 'good' on offense.   Hell, we don't have a RB room that could run 45X per game even if we wanted to.  Entire room would be hurt within 3 weeks.

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7 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Michigan had 8 players drafted off that offense.  It made their 'scheme' a lot easier.   I'm not saying a more simplified scheme won't help but it's beyond clear at this point we don't have the personnel to be anything resembling 'good' on offense.   Hell, we don't have a RB room that could run 45X per game even if we wanted to.  Entire room would be hurt within 3 weeks.

8 players will be drafted from this offense. They are young. 

2 undrafted lineman 2 very late rounders and one mid rounder on the OL 

Blake Corum (3rd rnder) and Donovan Edwards (undrafted) tandem with who gives a shit WR and Colston Loveland as a 2025 draft pick. 

If you don't think this is a comparable roster idk what the fuck to tell you. 

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30 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Michigan had 8 players drafted off that offense.  It made their 'scheme' a lot easier.   I'm not saying a more simplified scheme won't help but it's beyond clear at this point we don't have the personnel to be anything resembling 'good' on offense.   Hell, we don't have a RB room that could run 45X per game even if we wanted to.  Entire room would be hurt within 3 weeks.

This is so incredibly unacceptable.  NIL era at the University of Texas with one of the most expensive rosters to have an offensive roster not even close to resembling anything competent.  Talent evaluators at the offensive side needs to have their heads roll at the least. 

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26 minutes ago, immamac said:

8 players will be drafted from this offense. They are young. 

2 undrafted lineman 2 very late rounders and one mid rounder on the OL 

Blake Corum (3rd rnder) and Donovan Edwards (undrafted) tandem with who gives a shit WR and Colston Loveland as a 2025 draft pick. 

If you don't think this is a comparable roster idk what the fuck to tell you. 

It was 8 NFL draft picks THE NEXT DRAFT.  I'm not even counting Loveland (who was drafted the next year and clearly WAY better than anyone on our current offensive roster the season before). This is your comparison dude so you can't claim hypothetical improvements 2 years from now.  If you think the Michigan championship team offensive roster and our offensive roster are on the same fucking planet from a personnel perspective, I don't know what to tell you LOL.  That's right up there with your infamous Malik is just as good as Quinn hot take.

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2 minutes ago, Skipper said:

It was 8 NFL draft picks THE NEXT DRAFT.  I'm not even counting Loveland (who was drafted the next year and clearly WAY better than anyone on our current offensive roster the season before). This is your comparison dude so you can't claim hypothetical improvements 2 years from now.  If you think the Michigan championship team offensive roster and our offensive roster are on the same fucking planet from a personnel perspective, I don't know what to tell you LOL.  That's right up there with your infamous Malik is just as good as Quinn hot take.

They didn't have 8. I just looked and told you what they had. Their WR went undrafted. Their RB went  after JB without a knee their QB went #1 idk what the fuck you are talking about. 

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32 minutes ago, westexhorn said:

This is so incredibly unacceptable.  NIL era at the University of Texas with one of the most expensive rosters to have an offensive roster not even close to resembling anything competent.  Talent evaluators at the offensive side needs to have their heads roll at the least. 

The thing is just average OL play a Center LG and "consistently average" QB play and we probably look fine.   Our skill players aren't future 1st or 2nd rounders but they are decent.    But if we paying any of them like true #1's, they probably need pay cuts next season.

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1 minute ago, immamac said:

They didn't have 8. I just looked and told you what they had. Their WR went undrafted. Their RB went  after JB without a knee their QB went #1 idk what the fuck you are talking about. 

Is this list wrong?

  • 1st round, Pick 10: Quarterback J.J. McCarthy, Minnesota Vikings
  • 3rd Round, Pick 84: Running back Blake Corum, Los Angeles Rams
  • 3rd Round, Pick 85: Wide receiver Roman Wilson, Pittsburgh Steelers
  • 3rd Round, Pick 86: Offensive lineman Zak Zinter, Cleveland Browns
  • 4th Round, Pick 121: Tight end AJ Barner, Seattle Seahawks
  • 5th Round, Pick 173: Offensive lineman Trevor Keegan, Philadelphia Eagles
  • 7th Round, Pick 250: Offensive lineman LaDarius Henderson, Houston Texans
  • 7th Round, Pick 253: Wide receiver Cornelius Johnson, Los Angeles Chargers
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Ok now do us. 

Manning - drafted regardless of what he does 

Wisner/Baxter - drafted if they stay healthy and make a run or offense prioritizes run

Endries - drafted late

Campbell - drafted

Goosby - borderline

Everyone else is not draft eligible 

Model the season after Oklahoma offensive gameplan and look at what we are looking at. I'm not saying crazy shit I'm saying fucking Michigan didn't air it out all over the place, they ground people down and took what people gave them and had a QB with wheels and a nasty defense. 

 

 

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7 hours ago, UTEE97 said:

We gave Mack continuity and he turned this program into a dumpster fire, so continuity is probably not the answer. Sark tried to use the continuity argument to retain his underperfming staff and they are already turning some parts of the program into a shitshow. I am not sure what it is that makes it so difficult to maintain success at Texas like tOSU, Bama or UGA.

Well, Mack quit recruiting.  It's not JUST continuity, it's also recruiting and staying on top of the game.

Sark's staff wasn't clearly underperforming until NOW.  There have been signs of what ails us before now, but you can hardly call our last two seasons underperforming.

 

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Didn’t sark have marital issues last year and this year they got back together?  Maybe that good pussy is clouding his mind we all know woman can fuck somE shit up 

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Posted (edited)
53 minutes ago, immamac said:

Ok now do us. 

Manning - drafted regardless of what he does 

Wisner/Baxter - drafted if they stay healthy and make a run or offense prioritizes run

Endries - drafted late

Campbell - drafted

Goosby - borderline

Everyone else is not draft eligible 

Model the season after Oklahoma offensive gameplan and look at what we are looking at. I'm not saying crazy shit I'm saying fucking Michigan didn't air it out all over the place, they ground people down and took what people gave them and had a QB with wheels and a nasty defense. 

I'm not sure I agree with above but regardless none are getting drafted in first 3 rounds and they had 4.   I'm just saying people can bitch about our current "scheme" and I certainly agree with a lot of it.  But we will probably look more like Iowa than Michigan because we aren't good enough up front or at RB.  That UM team was loaded with both talent and experience.  Give our staff that offensive roster + our defense and nobody stays within 2 TD's .   I'm much more concerned about the failures that led us to have such glaring weaknesses from a personnel perspective.  How did we get to a point we are playing a true FR project tackle recruit at guard?  Just fixing that position makes us significantly better.  Why didn't we bring in competition at center and RB? How many WR's are we currently paying more than the 2 portal guys at A&M that are outplaying our entire room?  I get that none of what I'm complaining about can be fixed this year and what you are suggesting could actually help us win games.  So from that perspective, I do hope we see something like that scheme wise against MSU.

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34 minutes ago, Skipper said:

I'm not sure I agree with above but regardless none are getting drafted in first 3 rounds and they had 4.   I'm just saying people can bitch about our current "scheme" and I certainly agree with a lot of it.  But we will probably look more like Iowa than Michigan because we aren't good enough up front or at RB.  That UM team was loaded with both talent and experience.  Give our staff that offensive roster + our defense and nobody stays within 2 TD's .   I'm much more concerned about the failures that led us to have such glaring weaknesses from a personnel perspective.  How did we get to a point we are playing a true FR project tackle recruit at guard?  Just fixing that position makes us significantly better.  Why didn't we bring in competition at center and RB? How many WR's are we currently paying more than the 2 portal guys at A&M that are outplaying our entire room?  I get that none of what I'm complaining about can be fixed this year and what you are suggesting could actually help us win games.  So from that perspective, I do hope we see something like that scheme wise against MSU.

Cut their PPG in half. Still good enough to win at this point with this defense and no one would complain the offense was a boring meatgrinder that dominated TOP and scored on 75%+ of drives. 

Posted
2 hours ago, Park Gothic said:

Like seeing Baxter is “probable” rather questionable, which is what I was expecting. 

He has been practicing this week…..somebody is gonna need to block for him.

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57 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

 

Biggest takeaway from that? Somebody actually named their kid “Fluffy”, and they play football. 

Fluff Bothwell:

 

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1 hour ago, William Bludworth said:

If we score more than 21, I'll film CTJ sucking off the statue of Julius Whittier. 

I'll bet you $1,000 we score more than 21 points.

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Wouldn’t surprise me if the offense has a great game along with an incomprehensible and rare bad performance by the defensive leading to a 55-50 (double overtime)final score.  That’s how unpredictable and crazy this season has been.  It will be just as maddening.  Old Big 12 type of game.  

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9 minutes ago, stork642 said:

Wouldn’t surprise me if the offense has a great game along with an incomprehensible and rare bad performance by the defensive leading to a 55-50 (double overtime)final score.  That’s how unpredictable and crazy season this has been.  It will be just as maddening.  Old Big 12 type of game.  

Have we changed the way the clocks operate? 

0.0% chance either team sniffs 50, even if there’s OT

how high are you? 

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3 minutes ago, B00M said:

Have we changed the way the clocks operate? 

0.0% chance either team sniffs 50, even if there’s OT

how high are you? 

Not saying it will happen but if Sark pulls his head out of his ass anything is possible.  Nothing would surprise me with how dysfunctional this season has gone is my point.  

Posted
6 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said:

Didn’t sark have marital issues last year and this year they got back together?  Maybe that good pussy is clouding his mind we all know woman can fuck somE shit up 

She’s a distraction. If they had truly split up last year, we would’ve won the national championship.

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9 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

Like Steve Sarkisian, Mack started to sniff his own farts. 

Unlike Mack, 2 years of solid success with Herman’s players (and very little hardware to show for it) isn’t buying him near the rope that FUPM got from 2010-13. 
 

Sark is done here after ‘27, maybe after next year if a total disaster (4-8). He’s quickly exhausting any goodwill remaining that he built up ‘23-‘24. It’s not going to work out long-term, that much is painfully obvious.
 

Tech and aggy being good will only accelerate his exit. 

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5 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

He has been practicing this week…..somebody is gonna need to block for him.

I'd be happy if he could block for Wisner, and occasionally leak out for a wheel route.  

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35 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Unlike Mack, 2 years of solid success with Herman’s players (and very little hardware to show for it) isn’t buying him near the rope that FUPM got from 2010-13. 
 

Sark is done here after ‘27, maybe after next year if a total disaster (4-8). He’s quickly exhausting any goodwill remaining that he built up ‘23-‘24. It’s not going to work out long-term, that much is painfully obvious.
 

Tech and aggy being good will only accelerate his exit. 

Chicken Little Hot Take...

Posted
41 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

He’s quickly exhausting any goodwill remaining that he built up ‘23-‘24.

I don’t think he would be done that fast, but he’s going to be dealing with more intense NIL donor fatigue this offseason and CDC is going to be unable to shield him from making semi-public* his plan for fixing it.  

*in other words, it’ll leak out a little here but it’ll mostly be shared with the luxury box types.  
 

I know everyone is repeating that Sark the OC has to go-which is weird, that’s his strength.  Sark the GM is what needs to go.  

Posted
3 hours ago, LCHorn said:

I don’t think he would be done that fast, but he’s going to be dealing with more intense NIL donor fatigue this offseason and CDC is going to be unable to shield him from making semi-public* his plan for fixing it.  

*in other words, it’ll leak out a little here but it’ll mostly be shared with the luxury box types.  
 

I know everyone is repeating that Sark the OC has to go-which is weird, that’s his strength.  Sark the GM is what needs to go.  

Neither needs to go, per se. Sark the person has to show us he's capable of doing an honest examination of himself and making changes to things that clearly aren't working. 

Although I wouldn't mid us hiring a proper GM instead of Brandon Harris. 

Posted
5 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Unlike Mack, 2 years of solid success with Herman’s players (and very little hardware to show for it) isn’t buying him near the rope that FUPM got from 2010-13. 
 

Sark is done here after ‘27, maybe after next year if a total disaster (4-8). He’s quickly exhausting any goodwill remaining that he built up ‘23-‘24. It’s not going to work out long-term, that much is painfully obvious.
 

Tech and aggy being good will only accelerate his exit. 

This is laughable. Name the amount and I’ll bet you he’s not fired or forced to resign before the ‘28 season. 

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5 hours ago, LCHorn said:

I don’t think he would be done that fast, but he’s going to be dealing with more intense NIL donor fatigue this offseason and CDC is going to be unable to shield him from making semi-public* his plan for fixing it.  

*in other words, it’ll leak out a little here but it’ll mostly be shared with the luxury box types.  
 

I know everyone is repeating that Sark the OC has to go-which is weird, that’s his strength.  Sark the GM is what needs to go.  

Sarkisian as a CEO has been close to elite. That cannot be said for his performance, ever, as an OC while also the HC. Sorry. You cannot find data and cite it to support a counter to the notion that the OC role is not a strength for Sarkisian while also head coaching. 

As to the rest, a lot of you guys are chiming in about how this will be handled before the season outcome is even known. If Texas somehow goes 9-3, no one here has a fucking clue what will or won’t be done in public or private. 5-7 to 7-5, sure. Above that, we have no idea. 

41 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

This is laughable. Name the amount and I’ll bet you he’s not fired or forced to resign before the ‘28 season. 

I want Sarkisian to work out and win titles at Texas and I think he can, which isn’t how I saw the hire on 1/2/21. That said, I feel like him failing ahead of 2028 is a reasonable hedge to my outlook, based on what I’ve seen this year. If you’re taking bets from anyone, I’ll take the counter to your position for $500. 

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Yes, Sarkisian is starting to sound an awful lot like Jimbo.  "We just need to execute better."

Coach, if we can't execute then you need to simplify things and find out what we can execute well.  Shitting in your hand and hoping for the best is not a viable strategy.  Sark will be gone in 3 years because he will refuse to take any accountability as an OC.

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