January 1, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, JFKFC said: We've won one national title in the last 52 years. I think we are a lot more likely to win our next title as a "one off" (like TCU is trying to do this year) than to think we will become Bama. My goodness, I hope I am wrong, and Sark turns us in to a dynasty. Still, Bama and Ohio State added starters at key line positions this past season via the portal. I think that will only increase from the top programs in the coming years. I really think things have drastically changed and that Sark is adapting slower than other "blue blood" programs. This is such a bullshit take. Texas was in contention for a National Title multiple times over the years. TCU was in the fucking WAC, quit being a bitch. Played for a National title in 1963, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1983, 2005, 2009. 99% of college football would trade all the tea in China just for that. Yes, Texas seems to step on their own dick instead of being a killer. But to act like we're fucking TCU is being a disingenuous gaping pussy.
January 1, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, JFKFC said: We've won one national title in the last 52 years. I think we are a lot more likely to win our next title as a "one off" (like TCU is trying to do this year) than to think we will become Bama. My goodness, I hope I am wrong, and Sark turns us in to a dynasty. Still, Bama and Ohio State added starters at key line positions this past season via the portal. I think that will only increase from the top programs in the coming years. I really think things have drastically changed and that Sark is adapting slower than other "blue blood" programs. You’re not even addressing my point. Get out of here with that cropping 6 words out of a long post. I’m on record saying hope is the least brain damaging strategy here but I’m confident it’s false hope. He’s not the guy. If he can recruit well, have some stability and Texas can replace him after 4-5 years with a solid coach we could be okay, kind of a Texas two step from Herman. Kind of like the two step from McWilliams with Mackovic to Mack.
January 1, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said: Catalon would be that. Was a multi year captain for Arkansas. Great locker room guy with a good head on his shoulders. If, big if, he can stay healthy he’d be a good addition. The only reservations are that injury history in my eyes.
January 1, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, RoyalBevo21 said: This is such a bullshit take. Texas was in contention for a National Title multiple times over the years. TCU was in the fucking WAC, quit being a bitch. Played for a National title in 1963, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1983, 2005, 2009. 99% of college football would trade all the tea in China just for that. Yes, Texas seems to step on their own dick instead of being a killer. But to act like we're fucking TCU is being a disingenuous gaping pussy. Texas was in contention for a title in 1977, 1983(muff punt), and 2008/2009. That’s it.
January 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Doc Daneeka said: And I’m not privy to Sarkisian’s thought process, but if Catalon indeed signs, that’s two potentially solid upgrades in the secondary to go with, hopefully, a better and more consistent punter. Not super splashy or worthy of a podcast, maybe, but maybe a big difference in what the defense can do, especially if there are any worthwhile snaps to be had among the freshmen. The portal has upsides, but churning, say, OL so your young guys never get experience and you never build depth isn’t one of them. Sure, you take your lumps with a young OL with the vision that your program is here for the long term, not just this season. IMO. The fact that you need to find starters or significant playmakers in the portal is kind of my point, the roster is not there yet.
January 1, 20232 yr Had Mack not been a complete bitch when it came to Major Applewhite, and let Vince be Vince a year earlier. Along with finding someone better than Blake Gideon. Texas would've played for Titles in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009. That's pretty fucking outstanding. Edited January 1, 20232 yr by RoyalBevo21
January 1, 20232 yr 13 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: Texas was in contention for a title in 1977, 1983(muff punt), and 2008/2009. That’s it. That’s winning or playing for 7 since the 1960s and that doesn’t count multiple more top 5 and top 10 finishes. Pretty salty for as bad as our program has been this past decade and in the 1980s / 1990s. 13 minutes ago, RoyalBevo21 said: Had Mack not been a complete bitch when it came to Major Applewhite, and let Vince be Vince a year earlier. Along with finding someone better than Blake Gideon Texas would've played for Titles in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009. That's pretty fucking outstanding. Some of those top 5/10 finishes. More in the 60’s, 70’s, and early 80’s. Probably 12-15 to go along with playing for or winning a title 6-7 times. Kind of the definition of a top program. Edited January 1, 20232 yr by troph
January 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Nicole44 said: One thing I get annoyed with: the vast majority of us are complaining about Sark. Not advocating he be fired at this time. I wasn’t jazzed about the hire but thought there was a lot of potential and a lot to like despite the red flags. As a long suffering Horn fan I deserve the right to bitch about the coach. This ain’t Organgebloods sunshine pumping back in the day BS. This isn’t Texags where you can’t bitch about the coach. My crystal ball I’m looking at tells me he’s a 7-6/8-5 guy. with maybe one great Herman type Sugar Bowl winning season. Unless Sark hires a main OC. I think he will not do this. I think he will get 3-4 more years. I don’t think he can get to a CCG or a CFP without a. Main OC. That’s my opinion (unless he hires kickass aforementioned main OC.) this doesn’t mean I think he should be fired or be on the hot seat yet. I just see down the road an inevitable head coaching change before 2026. My opinion. Have earned the right to expect our HC’s to win. Not have a 13-12 record with 0 bowl wins at this stage with what I believe was a talented enough roster for at least a 18 -7 record with a an appearance in the CCG and 1 bowl win this season. And that’s on Sark. TCU is a lucky team. No question. They may or may not be mediocre for the rest of the Dykes tenure. Portal, NIL and choice of coordinators dictate that. How much of a bump they’ll get in recruiting dictates that. The same people criticIzing other posters for criticizing Sark also turn their noses down at all the other colleges having success doing things we wouldn’t. Turn their noses down at Traylor and McGuire and DeBoer types. Scoffed at the idea that Dykes could do something like this. Couldn’t wait for Mack to get fired. Blame the roster. Think our recruits are overrated. There’s just no way TEXAS could make three bad hires in a row. Just no way. The stuff the other colleges did ain’t sustainable I have been told repeatedly. We’ll get there too because OUR coach had a bare cupboard and once he gets all his guys the right way (via recruiting) we’ll be a dynasty and competing for CCG and CFP every year bc we’re TExas. Okeedokee! I’m afraid McGuire might be the next to make us hate Sark. He put together a hell of a recruiting class and Tech is paying every player a base of $70K/year. He also seems to have a feel for managing a game.
January 1, 20232 yr 40 minutes ago, RoyalBevo21 said: We just finished with the 54th ranked defense. Sadly that's the highest ranked defense Texas has had since 2017. Yes, getting off the field on 3rd and 4th down were clearly an issue this year. But if you can't see progress was made on that side of the ball I don't know what to tell you. This is exactly what I’m talking about. There was not one time this season going back now several seasons I had confidence we’d hold the other team to a three and out . Not even against Louisiana Monroe for crying out loud . I know statistically we looked better and we had some fantastic moments on defense vs the past few years under both Sark and Tom Turtle. But we are still lacking the confidence where we can rely on the defense to take over the game if and when the offense sputters. See this years Okie State and Tech games although the Rig officiating helped in that Okie State game. I look forward to the day when the “3rd and PK” never gets mentioned in a game chats thread on here. Or a 3rd and whomever is the DC at the time. So far since Orlando it’s been the same common theme.
January 1, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Horn Dogg said: I’m afraid McGuire might be the next to make us hate Sark. He put together a hell of a recruiting class and Tech is paying every player a base of $70K/year. He also seems to have a feel for managing a game. Is Texas paying a base for all players yet?
January 1, 20232 yr Lol can y’all stop pretending like y’all are gonna be thrilled if Sark wins 9/10 games? Y’all are still gonna bitch and make threads like this. We’ve lost 5 games all by one score and two (arguably 3) were due to shitty officials. One was a fluke fumble and the other was without our two best players on offense and 2nd or 3rd best player on defense. All while relying on a freshman QB and 3 freshman Olineman. Anybody that thinks this was a bad coaching season for Sark is a weirdo
January 1, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said: This is exactly what I’m talking about. There was not one time this season going back now several seasons I had confidence we’d hold the other team to a three and out . Not even against Louisiana Monroe for crying out loud . I know statistically we looked better and we had some fantastic moments on defense vs the past few years under both Sark and Tom Turtle. But we are still lacking the confidence where we can rely on the defense to take over the game if and when the offense sputters. See this years Okie State and Tech games although the Rig officiating helped in that Okie State game. I look forward to the day when the “3rd and PK” never gets mentioned in a game chats thread on here. Or a 3rd and whomever is the DC at the time. So far since Orlando it’s been the same common theme. We're just not there yet. Despite having some "salty" guys, your expectation for the offense to sputter (when in all actuality the offense fell flat on their face) and the defense to completely shut down the other squad is a bit much right now.
January 1, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, A’Dam Psycho said: Lol can y’all stop pretending like y’all are gonna be thrilled if Sark wins 9/10 games? Y’all are still gonna bitch and make threads like this. We’ve lost 5 games all by one score and two (arguably 3) were due to shitty officials. One was a fluke fumble and the other was without our two best players on offense and 2nd or 3rd best player on defense. All while relying on a freshman QB and 3 freshman Olineman. Anybody that thinks this was a bad coaching season for Sark is a weirdo Project much? User name and all that.
January 1, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, RoyalBevo21 said: Had Mack not been a complete bitch when it came to Major Applewhite, and let Vince be Vince a year earlier. Along with finding someone better than Blake Gideon. Texas would've played for Titles in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009. That's pretty fucking outstanding. Major was not better than Simms. If we played Major all year we lose a couple games elsewhere.
January 1, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, BevoAbyss said: Nicole is 100% spot on. Sark ain't winning the SEC or the CFP ... or getting to 10 wins too often (if ever) ... and certainly not 10 years in a row. Lulz. However, Sark will be here another 3-5 years, barring a meltdown season or two. The Big 12 will be sending teams to the 12-team playoff long before Texas ever gets in, buried in the SEC with 3-4 losses per year. No need to argue about Strong v. Herman v. Sark v. Mack. The Texas big cigars have made three bad FB coaching hires in a row. That's all there is to it. Accept that and realize we are likely headed for a 15-20 year desert stroll, outside an outlier like Herman's Sugar Bowl year. We have already tied the 13-year desert between Akers and Mack. We are repeating the McWilliams-Mackovic era, during which I was at UT. All this sucks, but it is what it is. Actually 5-6 bad hires, and they only get a pass on Mack, Gary Barnett was Deloss’ choice and I think at least some boosters. It was DKR that intervened for Mack. but you are otherwise spot on, we can hope but it’s not delusional it’s knowing this shit isn’t getting us to the top. Let’s just hope the foundation is solid and the next guy can ball. Edited January 1, 20232 yr by troph
January 1, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, troph said: Project much? User name and all that. I’ve been on Surely long enough to know we’d still bitch if he won 9/10 games.
January 1, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Thatguy said: Major was not better than Simms. If we played Major all year we lose a couple games elsewhere. Everyone loves the backup and thinks he should starts. There’s literally UT fans on CFB Reddit telling Purdue fans that Card is better than Ewers.
January 1, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, A’Dam Psycho said: I’ve been on Surely long enough to know we’d still bitch if he won 9/10 games. Of course. But we aren’t weirdos for recognizing sark showed us who he was. If you had to bet in Vegas right now, your entire net worth on whether he plateaus at 8-10 wins per year or gets us to 10-13+ consistently / put another way 3-5 losses consistently or 0-2 losses consistently which is it?
January 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, westexhorn said: Let Sark refill the cupboard and if he keeps failing, bring in Jeff Traylor Traylor just lost to Troy or whomever
January 1, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, A’Dam Psycho said: Everyone loves the backup and thinks he should starts. There’s literally UT fans on CFB Reddit telling Purdue fans that Card is better than Ewers. Exactly. We are a pretty embarrassing fan group.
January 1, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, troph said: Is Texas paying a base for all players yet? I’m not sure if we are. I saw that Ohio State is paying a base of $20K/year, so if Tech is beating the big schools by $50K/year I expect them I get better if McGuire keeps coaching competently.
January 1, 20232 yr Popular Post We're a team with holes that Sark is racing to fill effectively. We were a couple of good edge rushers from disrupting their passing game more effectively. We were a very good linebacker short of slowing their running game. We need more good wide receivers to exploit more of the field. These holes make each coaching decision critical, so coaching decisions that fail are easier targets. I think we're on the right track with Sark. I'm not going to hang around to argue about it. I've seen the invection repeated ad nauseum. You're certainly entitled to your opinions and you may be right. Our minds won't change at this juncture in time. We beat OU 49-0 with a glimpse of what Ewers can be. In the bowl, we saw Ewers throw catchable long balls. The team play hard and together. I'm optimistic. Happy New Year, Surly. Edited January 1, 20232 yr by RomaVicta
January 1, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, troph said: Of course. But we aren’t weirdos for recognizing sark showed us who he was. If you had to bet in Vegas right now, your entire net worth on whether he plateaus at 8-10 wins per year or gets us to 10-13+ consistently / put another way 3-5 losses consistently or 0-2 losses consistently which is it? Geezus you guys are always on the ledge. Coaching in cfb is more about recruiting than it is coaching. The teams that are recruiting well are winning all the games consistently year over year. We have sucked large penis for these last 12 years because we were not able to recruit consistently. Prior to that when we were recruiting well it showed in wins and losses. The next guy who can recruit the way we recruited during the early part of Mack's tenure will be The Guy. Edited January 1, 20232 yr by Thatguy
January 1, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, BevoAbyss said: Sad fact is: TCU has had the better overall football program in Texas since 2010. Accept it. In 1970, when I was a boy, my dad took me to see Texas v. TCU at a chilly Amon Carter Stadium. Eddie Phillips ran the wishbone all over TCU to the tune of 58-0. It was one in a streak of 25+ wins in a row over the Frogs, until John Mackovic's first year, when he lost to TCU because .... you guessed it ... he did not have the players for his system. Lulz. It's the exact same excuse we hear for Sark. Lulz again. Yes. Of course. First rate thinking there. Because an excuse or reason given was incorrect once, it will never be correct again. I need to get a chisel and look for a granite slab. Many thanks.
January 1, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, Thatguy said: Geezus you guys are always on the ledge. Coaching in cfb is more about recruiting than it is coaching. The teams that are recruiting well are winning all the games consistently year over year. We have sucked large penis for these last 12 years because we were not able to recruit consistently. Prior to that when we were recruiting well it showed in wins and losses. The next guy who can recruit the way we recruited during the early part of Mack's tenure will be The Guy. Jimbo says hey...and also that you're a dumbass.
January 1, 20232 yr You forgot Todd Orlando. But has PK been an upgrade? I guess we got a few more third down stops this year…. But still. It was dumb hiring the back end staff before PK. That probably was the main issue that fucked us last year. That said, PK is a lot more proven than Orlando.
January 1, 20232 yr 13 minutes ago, Thatguy said: Geezus you guys are always on the ledge. Coaching in cfb is more about recruiting than it is coaching. The teams that are recruiting well are winning all the games consistently year over year. We have sucked large penis for these last 12 years because we were not able to recruit consistently. Prior to that when we were recruiting well it showed in wins and losses. The next guy who can recruit the way we recruited during the early part of Mack's tenure will be The Guy. not really. I kinda don’t care because I don’t have a say. That’s who I think he is, I hope he’s more. I’m not banging pots, mine are for cooking not for message board serious business.
January 1, 20232 yr No need to argue about Strong v. Herman v. Sark v. Mack. The Texas big cigars have made three bad FB coaching hires in a row. I don’t think the cigars wanted Strong, Patterson and Powers did.
January 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, BevoAbyss said: Nicole is 100% spot on. Sark ain't winning the SEC or the CFP ... or getting to 10 wins too often (if ever) ... and certainly not 10 years in a row. Lulz. However, Sark will be here another 3-5 years, barring a meltdown season or two. The Big 12 will be sending teams to the 12-team playoff long before Texas ever gets in, buried in the SEC with 3-4 losses per year. No need to argue about Strong v. Herman v. Sark v. Mack. The Texas big cigars have made three bad FB coaching hires in a row. That's all there is to it. Accept that and realize we are likely headed for a 15-20 year desert stroll, outside an outlier like Herman's Sugar Bowl year. We have already tied the 13-year desert between Akers and Mack. We are repeating the McWilliams-Mackovic era, during which I was at UT. All this sucks, but it is what it is. Getting the right coach is luck. Accept that and hope for the best.
January 1, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, austintiger said: Jimbo says hey...and also that you're a dumbass. One outlier doesn't skew the data. The schools at the top year over year recruit at the top year over year. OSU, Clemson, Bama, and now Georgia.
January 1, 20232 yr Author 2 hours ago, WinningIsHard said: I clearly stated later in this thread that I’m not certain he can win 8 games every year consistently, but the method for which he is building this team supports above average winning for a long time. OL/DL have been completely turned around, we went into Louisiana for their top offensive and defensive recruits, we signed the #1 rb and LB. Sark is doing exactly what Mack did from a talent perspective and I think he’s doing it with a staff better suited to help these kids improve year to year. Will he take the next step to winning consistently at a high level like a harbaugh? I have no fuckin clue man. I hope so though, lol. I don’t want you to think I hate your opinion either, we need level headed, less sunshine pumping opinions just as much as we need mine. It makes this board a fun place to be. Sorry I called you an asshole lol. I’ve been called worse by worse. Apology accepted. Sorry I called you delusional. Sark’s recruiting is the only ray of hope I see. Hope he can keep it rolling and win with the big time recruiting classes like Mack did. I certainly do not expect it.
January 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, troph said: Of course. But we aren’t weirdos for recognizing sark showed us who he was. If you had to bet in Vegas right now, your entire net worth on whether he plateaus at 8-10 wins per year or gets us to 10-13+ consistently / put another way 3-5 losses consistently or 0-2 losses consistently which is it? Leaving aside that a consistent plateau of 10-2 and a roll of the dice in conference championships and playoffs wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world — that’s Mack Brown territory — how many coaches on planet earth would you bet your entire net worth on winning 10-13+ consistently? (Whatever consistently means.) Would you include Riley? Kelly? Day? Heupel? Dykes? I mean, sure, if you think you already can recognize that 2022 is the best Sarkisian can do at Texas, I understand why the outlook might be frustrating. Edited January 1, 20232 yr by Doc Daneeka
January 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, A’Dam Psycho said: I’ve been on Surely long enough to know we’d still bitch if he won 9/10 games. As it is done on every message board for every other program. Think people aren’t bitching about Michigan today? OSU? Think Georgia fans aren’t chirping about having to survive a last second FG attempt and all the crap that went on last night? What about Bama fans watching Georgia play for a title while being in the midst of the greatest run in college football history?
January 1, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said: Leaving aside that a consistent plateau of 10-2 and a roll of the dice in conference championships and playoffs wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world — that’s Mack Brown territory — how many coaches on planet earth would you bet your entire net worth on winning 10-13+ consistently? (Whatever consistently means.) Would you include Riley? Kelly? Day? Heupel? Dykes? I mean, sure, if you think you already can recognize that 2022 is the best Sarkisian can do at Texas, I understand why the outlook might be frustrating. I wouldn’t bet a penny on any sports, the hypothetical is meant to dislodge the nonsense. Mack, Akers at the beginning of his career (remember he coached for it all twice), Royal, all were worthy of the opposite bet. The point is a career with a high water mark of 9 wins once with multiple P5 stops isn’t magically going to produce something better just because he quit drinking and he had a layover at saban coaching U. Yes his recruiting with NIL will move the needle but he still makes boneheaded decisions when managing the game and his side of the ball which is supposedly where he runs circles around the competition. Edited January 1, 20232 yr by troph
January 1, 20232 yr Author 4 hours ago, Doc Daneeka said: Not sure if serious. You want to look at the stats to see the improvement or you want to look at anecdotes about how Alabama and TCU went in deep on KSU and Tennessee and Michigan while both needed officials’ help to move the ball or score against Texas’ defense? Or, hell, how Texas just held Washington two TDs under their average? Either way, your answer is there. Regardless, the Texas defense got much better with maybe one guy who’d be considered a playmaker, or at least a fumble causer. Now, add in some edge pressure, a BAMF at LB, and better guys in the secondary. There’s a lot to bitch about from the 2022 season, but defensive improvement from 2021 isn’t remotely one of them. Agreed. Defense was markedly better.
January 1, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, troph said: I wouldn’t bet a penny on any sports, the hypothetical is meant to dislodge the nonsense. Mack, Akers at the beginning of his career (remember he coached for it all twice), Royal, all were worthy of the opposite bet. The point is a career with a high water mark of 9 wins once with multiple P5 stops isn’t magically going to produce something better just because he quit drinking and a stop at saban coaching U. Yes his recruiting with NIL will move the needle but he still makes boneheaded decisions when managing the game and his side of the ball which is supposedly where he runs circles around the competition. Giving up play calling duties might help. But I don't see that happening.
January 1, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said: I’ve been called worse by worse. Apology accepted. Sorry I called you delusional. Sark’s recruiting is the only ray of hope I see. Hope he can keep it rolling and win with the big time recruiting classes like Mack did. I certainly do not expect it. I don’t expect it either; but I can also see a path toward it becoming possible if he maintains a quality staff (compared to the last 2 coaches, I like Sark’s assistants) and consistently recruits at an elite level. I expect that even if he does this, we’ll still win 8-10 games per year (not 10+). Maybe it’s because I’m old now, but if he’s doing that, I don’t think you replace him - even though he isn’t quite hitting the standard you want - until you are doing so with a known/certain upgrade. And there aren’t many of those. I think the odds of an occasional playoff run would be better with continuity (in this scenario) than rolling the dice on someone new (simply because he’s new/different), because I agree with @David Dennison, coaching hires typically involve a lot of luck/chance.
January 1, 20232 yr 13 minutes ago, troph said: I wouldn’t bet a penny on any sports, the hypothetical is meant to dislodge the nonsense. Mack, Akers at the beginning of his career (remember he coached for it all twice), Royal, all were worthy of the opposite bet. The point is a career with a high water mark of 9 wins once with multiple P5 stops isn’t magically going to produce something better just because he quit drinking and he had a layover at saban coaching U. Yes his recruiting with NIL will move the needle but he still makes boneheaded decisions when managing the game and his side of the ball which is supposedly where he runs circles around the competition. It doesn’t really dissolve the nonsense unless one believes Sarkisian today, at Texas, can’t improve on what he’s done before. If one “recognizes” this “fact,” sure, Texas is hosed until he’s fired. Well, Akers coached for it once and got rolled. Granted, with a third team QB and a banged up defense. The other, he wasn’t playing for until it turned out Nebraska got beat. Even then, it was a boneheaded decision on his side of the ball that cost the game-winning TD against Georgia. Royal, yeah, in retrospect. It’s a damned good thing there was no Surly in 1965-1967, though, because I guarantee to the point I’d bet my net worth on it, y’all would have been calling for his head. Do you disagree?
January 1, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Horn Dogg said: I’m afraid McGuire might be the next to make us hate Sark. He put together a hell of a recruiting class and Tech is paying every player a base of $70K/year. He also seems to have a feel for managing a game. It’s not 70k, it’s 25k. regardless it’s shocking we haven’t got every player paid like Tech and SMU(36k)
January 1, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, westexhorn said: Let Sark refill the cupboard and if he keeps failing, bring in Jeff Traylor How about not put eggs in a basket and pre determine the next coach. Let’s run a real fucking search and let CDC have full control. Boosters presidents bor chairs fuck off
January 1, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, A’Dam Psycho said: Lol can y’all stop pretending like y’all are gonna be thrilled if Sark wins 9/10 games? Y’all are still gonna bitch and make threads like this. We’ve lost 5 games all by one score and two (arguably 3) were due to shitty officials. One was a fluke fumble and the other was without our two best players on offense and 2nd or 3rd best player on defense. All while relying on a freshman QB and 3 freshman Olineman. Anybody that thinks this was a bad coaching season for Sark is a weirdo In year 3 the threshold for my happiness with Sark is minimum 10 REGULAR season wins and a birth to the big 12 title. Anything other than that is failure. 1 was shitty officiating, Bama 2 we’re shitty coaching, Tech/OKSt Edited January 1, 20232 yr by BurntOrange&White
January 1, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: How about not put eggs in a basket and pre determine the next coach. Let’s run a real fucking search and let CDC have full control. Boosters presidents bor chairs fuck off
January 1, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Horn Dogg said: I’m afraid McGuire might be the next to make us hate Sark. He put together a hell of a recruiting class and Tech is paying every player a base of $70K/year. He also seems to have a feel for managing a game. I’m afraid McWilliams Dykes Leach Tuberville Kingsbury Wells McGuire might be the next… It’s possible. It’s more likely that, if Texas even plays him more than one more time, he’s good for the occasional upset.
January 1, 20232 yr 58 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: It’s not 70k, it’s 25k. regardless it’s shocking we haven’t got every player paid like Tech and SMU(36k) You’re surprised that UT is behind the curve in paying players. Seriously? The big money and administration have always turned their nose at paying players despite the fact that is how the game has been played for years, even before NIL. There needs to be a top down culture change to kill the old Texas ways and adopt the Clemson and Alabama model. We are an SEC school now and everyone needs to get on board with how it is done in the best conference in the country.
January 1, 20232 yr I always have to make sure context is added to your posts because you just drop random ass info that suits your narrative and jerk it to the thought of other coaches using the portal. Dykes team is built on the returning guys they had from last year. TCU portal takes last year: CB Josh Newton (ULM)- Starter at CB. Good player OL Ezra Dotson-Oyetade (ASU)- Backup center at 285 pounds. Played in 3 games in mop up duty. DL Caleb Fox (Stephen F Austin)- Backup DE. 2.5 TFL’s and 0 sacks this year. RB Emani Bailey (ULL)- 4th string RB. 47 yards against Tarleton State. DL Tymon Mitchell (Georgia)- Backup NT. OT Robby Rochester (Uconn)- 3rd string OT. Played special teams RB Corey Wren (FSU)- 5th string RB. Had 3 carries against Tarleton State. LB Johnny Hodges (Navy)- Starting LB. Probably their best portal pickup. Had 81 tackles this year after only having 50 for Navy in 2021. DL Lwal Uguak (Uconn)- 3rd string DE. Had 3 tackles against Tarleton! S Mark Perry (Colorado)- Good player. Starter at safety TE Jared Wiley (Texas)- “started” at TE. We know who he is. 22 catches this year in 14 games. C Alan Ali (SMU)- Starter. Followed Dykes from SMU. S Ishmael Burdine (Missouri)- Not even on the depth chart. Had 2 tackles against Tarleton!This is awesome. Thanks for the effort. As for the guys you noted as starters/started, if we had similar guys come in this year, I’m not sure they’d be starters. Hodges would probably get crucified. And, well, Wiley. Also, I was thinking they said on yesterdays broadcast that no one else wanted Hodges when he hit the Portal. I’d assume the Georgia transfer is a backup to the frosh.
January 1, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, Macklemore said: You’re surprised that UT is behind the curve in paying players. Seriously? The big money and administration have always turned their nose at paying players despite the fact that is how the game has been played for years, even before NIL. There needs to be a top down culture change to kill the old Texas ways and adopt the Clemson and Alabama model. We are an SEC school now and everyone needs to get on board with how it is done in the best conference in the country. Fwiw I wouldnt copy the Clemson way. Dabo showing he’s on par with our olds with regards to the new climate Edited January 2, 20232 yr by BurntOrange&White
January 1, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said: In year 3 the threshold for my happiness with Sark is minimum 10 REGULAR season wins and a birth to the big 12 title. Anything other than that is failure. 1 was shitty officiating, Bama 2 we’re shitty coaching, Tech/OKSt We 110% beat OKSt and TCU with decent officiating. Bama was more in the area of a few missed calls that fucked us.
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