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58 minutes ago, BigHornedLurker said:

i mean i don't disagree, at the same time Texas has been a top 5 recruiting factory for as long as I've been paying attention and we have only been a consistent top 5 program for brief stretches in the past 30 years.

IMO unless the boosters and fans get greedy, or we think we've got someone in the wings, Sarks safe beating our rivals and being a bubble teams in bad years, and going to the playoffs in good years.

Now if the format changes, maybe the expectation changes into a particular level of playoffs.

Texas should get use to losing 3 games in the “bad years”….ooof…with a $20 million roster? You can’t really believe that huh? If they are really committing that kind of money then you gotta make the 12 team playoff every year. Win a title is where it gets hazy because I don’t think he’s capable but missing the playoffs with the resources Texas has is a failure and dumb. One good rb that can carry a team during droughts and Texas beats Ohio state and Florida, it’s just evaluations. Sark sucks at it or his staff sucks at it which mean he sucks at being their boss.

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I understand that like many I have not been satisfied with play calling. But the singular reason we are not in the playoffs is we lost to Florida. And if you are honest, with the talent level we had this year how did that happen? How did we so underperform after such an amazing performance versus Ohio State? While I would love to say that is coaching, I tend to blame the players. I circled Florida as out trap game this season in the Spring. But that was before Florida imploded. They rallied to try and save Napier, as we were fucking sure that our talent would eclipse effort. Big fucking mistake. We were GROSSLY overrated going into the season. Hell what other team do you know of that has a backup QB proclaimed the Heisman front runner. Don't you need to show some shit on the field before such lofty proclamations?

Hell CJ Baxter was going to be the second coming of (insert your Ricky or Earl overestimation) In the end, you can coach the shit out of kids, but if they think they are clearly more talented, sometimes (oftentimes) that expectation leads to a lack of urgency. Which opens the door to potential disaster. Taking field goals, instead of TD's is sort of the canary in the coal mine.

Right now we have to figure out how to get our OL to block well for whoever is in the backfield. The yearly ability to renegotiate NIL money is something that structurally will need to change over time. But right now the end of season is like a hand of Texas Hold'em from a negotiating standpoint. And for Texas that is a good and bad thing. So when folks say something like keep "so and so at any price!" You have to understand, how upping the paycheck of some, tends to drag up the paychecks of those less worthy. And at some point, you have to decide how much money you can allocate to what positions within your budget. Or can we just decide we can pay more than any team out there at ever position and pay our third stringers Ohio State level starter pay?

I like the off season coaching moves, as I think the team needed to see some accountable heads roll after underperforming. I certainly don't like losing any potential pieces of the puzzle from the player side. But it's now part of the money landscape of college football. To be honest this off season/transfer portal is probably the most critical of Sark's time at the wheel.

12 hours ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

I dont think you know how close Sark came to being fired this year.

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9 hours ago, WinningIsHard said:

One good rb that can carry a team during droughts and Texas beats Ohio state

We more than doubled the rushing yards of Ohio State in week 1 (and Arch threw for more yards than Sayin). Nothing matters if your Head Coach/OC goes full retard in the red zone.

15 minutes ago, horn4life said:

the singular reason we are not in the playoffs is we lost to Florida

Nope.

We had to play Florida. We chose to play Ohio State.....while the teams that actually made the playoffs scheduled cupcakes. We fucked ourselves last year and will likely fuck ourselves again in the very near future.

18 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

We more than doubled the rushing yards of Ohio State in week 1 (and Arch threw for more yards than Sayin). Nothing matters if your Head Coach/OC goes full retard in the red zone.

Nope.

We had to play Florida. We chose to play Ohio State.....while the teams that actually made the playoffs scheduled cupcakes. We fucked ourselves last year and will likely fuck ourselves again in the very near future.

The we chose Ohio state is such a terrible talking point. It’s flat out we don’t lose to Florida and we’re in. Florida is a garbage team we had no business losing to point blank. Voters didn’t leave us out because of Ohio State loss, they left us out because of a horrible loss to a bad team which led to be a 3rd loss.

4 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

The we chose Ohio state is such a terrible talking point. It’s flat out we don’t lose to Florida and we’re in. Florida is a garbage team we had no business losing to point blank. Voters didn’t leave us out because of Ohio State loss, they left us out because of a horrible loss to a bad team which led to be a 3rd loss.

It is flat out that if Texas is 10-2, Texas is in the playoffs. That means beating OSU, Florida, or Georgia would have put Texas in. Trying to say it was because of a singular loss to any of those teams is just wrong

30 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

We more than doubled the rushing yards of Ohio State in week 1 (and Arch threw for more yards than Sayin). Nothing matters if your Head Coach/OC goes full retard in the red zone.

Nope.

We had to play Florida. We chose to play Ohio State.....while the teams that actually made the playoffs scheduled cupcakes. We fucked ourselves last year and will likely fuck ourselves again in the very near future.

If we beat Florida, we're in. It's as simple as that.

Just now, immamac said:

Or Ohio State or Georgia.

The Ohio State and Florida games were the most winnable in the deep 4th.

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52 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

We more than doubled the rushing yards of Ohio State in week 1 (and Arch threw for more yards than Sayin). Nothing matters if your Head Coach/OC goes full retard in the red zone.

Nope.

We had to play Florida. We chose to play Ohio State.....while the teams that actually made the playoffs scheduled cupcakes. We fucked ourselves last year and will likely fuck ourselves again in the very near future.

Wisner was the 12th best sec rb this year, imagine if Texas had gotten a good rb instead of relying on him and Baxter. I’m betting a really good rb rushes for 150 yards on his own in that Ohio state game which changes the whole game entirely. Sark is a numb nuts for the failure in the rb and OL rooms.

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18 minutes ago, WinningIsHard said:

Wisner was the 12th best sec rb this year, imagine if Texas had gotten a good rb instead of relying on him and Baxter. I’m betting a really good rb rushes for 150 yards on his own in that Ohio state game which changes the whole game entirely. Sark is a numb nuts for the failure in the rb and OL rooms.

No idea how the OSU game plays out, if you change part of it. They played pretty conservative throughout the game. That said, I think this was my issue with the RB room. When they got good blocking (rare occurrence), the RBs turned it into 8-15 yards. That was difference between Brooks and this group. Both were pretty poor in short yardage, but when Brooks got the blocking or made someone miss it was going to be an explosive. I think that probably fits Sark's offense more than a power Rb. Still amazing me that Texas has started a RB that was pushed out of the starting spot by a sophomore named Tiger Riden in High School.

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9 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

New discussions with fresh perspectives are happening!

Yeah, I have never seen scheduling spilled milk pointed to as often in my life. If you schedule shit teams you can win most of those games. But if you play a shit team that the SEC schedules, and you lose. THAT is NOT the problem...

That's why some guys prefer to not to ask out hot women. They don't want the potential disappointment. And that's just a difference in perspective. Some of us realize that you just might hear a no or two along the way to banging hot chicks. But sure things are perfect for some guys.

But sure things were always boring to me....

10 hours ago, WinningIsHard said:

Texas should get use to losing 3 games in the “bad years”….ooof…with a $20 million roster? You can’t really believe that huh? If they are really committing that kind of money then you gotta make the 12 team playoff every year. Win a title is where it gets hazy because I don’t think he’s capable but missing the playoffs with the resources Texas has is a failure and dumb. One good rb that can carry a team during droughts and Texas beats Ohio state and Florida, it’s just evaluations. Sark sucks at it or his staff sucks at it which mean he sucks at being their boss.

We do t have the expectations that Bama, Tosu and Georgia have. Good enough is enough….good enough for most of our fans and CDC

1 minute ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

We do t have the expectations that Bama, Tosu and Georgia have. Good enough is enough….good enough for most of our fans and CDC

I think the expectations should be getting into the playoffs and competing for SEC championships. By that I mean Texas should be in the discussion for the SEC champ game the last 2 weeks of the season. If a strange world with unbalanced schedules, so weird things can happen. Playoffs are just as odd, the path for wins is probably best at the 5 seed. Texas won 2 playoff games last year and did not beat a single NC contender. That is why it is tough to say Texas should be in the quarter finals of the playoffs. Lot of it comes down to luck of the draw.

19 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

Given sark’s history most likely we win 9-10 and miss the playoffs or exit early, for the same old reasons.

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

New discussions with fresh perspectives are happening!

well, today I learned that seven win Steven is now 9–10 win Steven. I likey

Texas wins a title about every 35 years. 2040 is going to be really awesome.

2 hours ago, Codaxx said:

It is flat out that if Texas is 10-2, Texas is in the playoffs. That means beating OSU, Florida, or Georgia would have put Texas in. Trying to say it was because of a singular loss to any of those teams is just wrong

Then don't lose to a 4-8 team who fired their coach a few weeks later, plain and simple.

1 hour ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

We do t have the expectations that Bama, Tosu and Georgia have. Good enough is enough….good enough for most of our fans and CDC

That is a huge BINGO

Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

Then don't lose to a 4-8 team who fired their coach a few weeks later, plain and simple.

That is a huge BINGO

No, it was the 3. I know ESPN and the committee told you how to think and you sopped that up like gravy with a biscuit, but it requires little critical thinking to realize that beating Georgia or OSU would have done the job. Texas's chances were dealt a massive blow after the Georgia game. The committee dropped them from 10 to 17. You could argue that was the death knell.

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The 2025 Texas Longhorns would lose 10 times if we played the 2025 Georgia Bulldogs 10 times. What are we even talking about here? We weren't winning no goddamn championship.

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12 hours ago, WinningIsHard said:

Texas should get use to losing 3 games in the “bad years”….ooof…with a $20 million roster? You can’t really believe that huh? If they are really committing that kind of money then you gotta make the 12 team playoff every year. Win a title is where it gets hazy because I don’t think he’s capable but missing the playoffs with the resources Texas has is a failure and dumb. One good rb that can carry a team during droughts and Texas beats Ohio state and Florida, it’s just evaluations. Sark sucks at it or his staff sucks at it which mean he sucks at being their boss.

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