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58 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

You also don’t call a blitz when the other team must drive 75 yards right before half and they won’t do it because they don’t have enough. It’s a well-known strategy to call a draw or screen in that situation. Our defensive call was terrible for those two plays. I’m concerned Sark can’t legitimately think like a HC in games because he’s too focused on offense. Those two plays cost us a chance to win. 

I doubt Sark called that blitz. He might have known about it and didn't overrule his DC, in which case I suppose it's his fault. That's the thing about having a coordinator - there are times the HC has to step in. If Sark knew, then maybe he learned a lesson. 

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1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

So Oregon isn't?  Ohio State isn't?  USC isn't?  Other schools are broke too with no rich alums?  Give me a fucking break.

By the way, Ohio State beat the brakes off an undefeated Oregon team that had previously beaten the Buckeyes, but yeah, we're the only ones who suffer these ignomities and FIRE SARK.

I fucking hate our fanbase.

Where did I say fire Sark? I guess criticism=cancellation to the small minded.

Oregon and Ohio State are doing well. It's been written many times how Texas has benefitted from the switch to the NIL system from the under the table days. Not sure how that's even controversial.

This is Sark without Nick Saban in his headset.  He has a habit of shooting himself in the dick for no reason at the wrong time.

Also, the PK call on the screen is where a head coach, who is paying attention, says no.  there is no reason to run that defensive play with 29 seconds left in the half.  Absolute dereliction of duty by PK there.

Flood needs to get his shit together.

6 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

Where did I say fire Sark? I guess criticism=cancellation to the small minded.

Oregon and Ohio State are doing well. It's been written many times how Texas has benefitted from the switch to the NIL system from the under the table days. Not sure how that's even controversial.

Literally nobody has said that.   Oregon and Ohio st are flush with cash and wouldn’t you know it they’re very good!

 

uSC?   Shitshow 

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We’ll know more about Sark after 2027. He needs to grow from this. Hope Arch works out.

I think we still need a bruiser portal back. Not sure how much Baxter will have recovered.

It was a high risk/reward play. Everything had to be blocked perfectly. IMO, it’s not the right call from the 1 on 2nd down. 

Too bad they are one of the fastest defenses on the outside, lol.
17 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

It's been written many times how Texas has benefitted from the switch to the NIL system from the under the table days. Not sure how that's even controversial.

You literally said "uniquely positioned", which is bullshit.

14 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

uSC?   Shitshow 

They have $$$ though.  It remains to be seen what they do with it.

I won't be surprised to see major guardrails put in place before that happens, though.

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

You literally said "uniquely positioned", which is bullshit.

Proximity to talent.  Passionate fans with money. We do t have many peers.   Even in the sec

21 minutes ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

I doubt Sark called that blitz. He might have known about it and didn't overrule his DC, in which case I suppose it's his fault. That's the thing about having a coordinator - there are times the HC has to step in. If Sark knew, then maybe he learned a lesson. 

Sark said in the presser it wasn’t a blitz, just simulated pressure. He said they only sent 4. That simulated pressure probably still caused guys to be out of position so the point still stands I guess.

7 minutes ago, SuckitKevin said:

Sark said in the presser it wasn’t a blitz, just simulated pressure. He said they only sent 4. That simulated pressure probably still caused guys to be out of position so the point still stands I guess.

Bringing #3 from depth late to be the fourth was not the problem with that call. It wasn't great, and looked Todd Orlando levels of stupid/ineffectual but it's not why this call was criminal malpractice levels of bad. 

The problem was we backed every one in zone up even further and had a safety (maybe two) and Hill both bailing full speed backward at/before the snap. 

Which is not a way these guys are used to playing defense ever in their lives, and definitely not how they play well. 

PK thinks it's a genius call that covers his bases for both a deep shot and/or a screen (as it gets both of best worlds). 

He thinks late unexpected pressure after o-oline committed to 3 down line man opens gap for #3 to come in and force throw off target or get sack. 

While also dropping his best screen defender into the wide side of the field to sniff out and stop a potential screen or draw...

BUT, it's Todd Orlando level thinking as all our guys end up running to and defending green, and not seeing, reading or reacting to what is happening in front of them. 

So, we end up with Hill out of position and one on one with 3 Ohio State linemen leading a back who is now nearing full speed. 

Which in that case you have to realize you are screwed and know that you have to disrupt back to make them slow down, change direction, etc. So instead of playing ole to try to bring down back, you need to sacrifice yourself like a grenade at the legs of all three o-line men and cause big bodies to fall in every direction. 

Problem three is all your DBs are bailing out and end up being in strange punt return like angles, instead of normal pursuit and attack DB angles they would use on a  similar screen look on a third-and-long situation. 

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10 minutes ago, SuckitKevin said:

Sark said in the presser it wasn’t a blitz, just simulated pressure. He said they only sent 4. That simulated pressure probably still caused guys to be out of position so the point still stands I guess.

Guilbeau rushed so he wasn’t simulating jack.  But we only rushed 4 so that’s not out of the ordinary.  Fans will harp on it to make more that than it was.  One defensive player made a wrong choice on the tackle attempt.  Howard bought some time and some space that ultimately helped.  Obviously it was well executed.  Our reading of the play was more impactful than the rushing of Guilbeau.

7 minutes ago, SuckitKevin said:

Watch the block on that play against Guilbeau, is there such a thing as an offensive targeting call? It’s pretty ugly.

My son asked the same thing.  I didn't have an answer.

Man am I glad I didn’t buy the $2500 seat geek tickets and decided to stay home and eat wings instead. I do feel much better about that this morning. 

29 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

You literally said "uniquely positioned", which is bullshit.

Your engineer is showing.

Just now, nbmishoid said:

Your engineer is showing.

Maybe, but the implication was that we have more NIL upside than any school, and I don't think that's true.  But sure, we're top 5 or something like that.  NIL is a boon for sure.

The complement is for your insistence on correct usage of words that have arithmetic implication.

4 minutes ago, nbmishoid said:

The complement is for your insistence on correct usage of words that have arithmetic implication.

*compliment

(lulz)

2 hours ago, Stunns38 said:


Example? I honestly cannot remember

Off the top of my head, when he took the field goal off the board to go for it on 4th instead and didn’t get it. 

2 hours ago, hookem48 said:

the sideline the play was going to, only so much you can see from the fucking sideline that far away.

What are coaching booths and headsets for?

2 hours ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

I doubt Sark called that blitz. He might have known about it and didn't overrule his DC, in which case I suppose it's his fault. That's the thing about having a coordinator - there are times the HC has to step in. If Sark knew, then maybe he learned a lesson. 

He didn't call the blitz, I'm sure. Your other sentences encapsulate my thoughts.

Sark has shown some bone headed playcalling tendencies when there is no Pete Carroll or Nick Saban to override him. In order for Arch to maximize his potential, I feel like Sark needs to let Arch be Arch. It will be a shame if we don't win a title in the next 2-3 years with all the talent we have assembled.

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1 hour ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Man am I glad I didn’t buy the $2500 seat geek tickets and decided to stay home and eat wings instead. I do feel much better about that this morning. 

I spent close to that for sick fucking seats and can barely talk today. We exceeded my expectations. We don’t have a Texas standard RB and we lost golden after a quarter. And we had a great chance at the end of the game. We completely dominated the best player in the country and stifled the best offense in the country. It came down to 2 plays. This was a fucking epic season. 

On the drive down from Dallas today I listened to On Texas Football and Fat Ketch post games and Fat Ketch said something that is worse then what I thought happend. Last night I was talking about how Mackovic practiced roll left until it was perfect in case he needed it. I mentioned that Sark did nothing of the sort only to have Ketch say there is no way the sequence of plays that Sark called were not the best two plays in his bag and he probably had the team practice them repeatedly in case they found themselves on 1st and goal from the one.

6 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

On the drive down from Dallas today I listened to On Texas Football and Fat Ketch post games and Fat Ketch said something that is worse then what I thought happend. Last night I was talking about how Mackovic practiced roll left until it was perfect in case he needed it. I mentioned that Sark did nothing of the sort only to have Ketch say there is no way the sequence of plays that Sark called were not the best two plays in his bag and he probably had the team practice them repeatedly in case they found themselves on 1st and goal from the one.

And? Ketch is a fat fucking retard that doesn’t know shit about fuck. I’m embarrassed for you for admitting to listening to him

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Congrats on saying something so retarded you made yourself famous. 

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8 minutes ago, B00M said:

And? Ketch is a fat fucking retard that doesn’t know shit about fuck. I’m embarrassed for you for admitting to listening to him

So your strategy is not to admit to listening to him since clearly you had to listen to him to come to your conclusion. I agree with you by the way but when rubbing salt in the wounds one goes all out.

2 hours ago, Stunns38 said:

We’ll know more about Sark after 2027. He needs to grow from this. Hope Arch works out.

I think we still need a bruiser portal back. Not sure how much Baxter will have recovered.

Baxter was also going down pretty easy and hardly breaking tackles the first half of the season last year, his YAC was terrible..  If he reverts back to that after injury he won’t be what we imagine in our head.  

6 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

So your strategy is not to admit to listening to him since clearly you had to listen to him to come to your conclusion. I agree with you by the way but when rubbing salt in the wounds one goes all out.

I’ve never listened to him, I trust the surly brain trust on things like this. 

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Guys, 13-3 is a pretty goddamned good season. We were in the top 4 in the country, again, with an offense that was thrown together with duct tape and bubble gum after Ewers' best 2 WR targets, 2 amazing NFL-caliber RBs all entered the draft, and our stud #1 RB had a season-ending injury. Our defense went from a question mark to one of the elite defenses in the country, if not the best.

It's easy to forget when we lose that sometimes the other team has good coaches and players, too. It's not like we lost to two shitty teams or anything.

I still hold Sark & Co to the expectation that they'll win a national title, but damn, do you realize how far we've come in four years? He's not Seven Win Steve anymore, he's Semifinals Steve.

  • Won two playoff games and made it to the semifinals.
  • Defenestrated A&M in Collie Station.
  • Depantsed Arkansas in Fayettenam.
  • Beat the ever loving shit out of OU.

Pretty damned good, and we're about to reload.

 

Yes, considering we had an inconsistent and out of rhythm offense for the vast majority of the season, a top 4 finish is great. 

Now it's time for our offensive minded HC to seriously address and fix the issues on offense. 

 

5 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Yes, considering we had an inconsistent and out of rhythm offense for the vast majority of the season, a top 4 finish is great. 

Now it's time for our offensive minded HC to seriously address and fix the issues on offense. 

 

That’s one thing I’d credit OSU for.  Ryan Day probably kept his job by getting Chip Kelly to help.  

8 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

That’s one thing I’d credit OSU for.  Ryan Day probably kept his job by getting Chip Kelly to help.  

Chip Kelly couldn't get the best receiver in the country open last night.

5 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

Chip Kelly couldn't get the best receiver in the country open last night.

Right but Sark couldn’t focus enough to punch it in from the one, because he’s spread too thin. Possibly.  

17 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

That’s one thing I’d credit OSU for.  Ryan Day probably kept his job by getting Chip Kelly to help.  

After he originally hired Bill O Brien for 2 weeks. 

Very frustrating way to end the season especially since it seems to be a recurring issue with sark, but if you had told me 4 years ago that to end the 2023 season we would be throwing to the end zone to win a spot in the finals and the next year had first and goal to tie at the end of another semifinal I would have called you crazy 

 

We just need to keep adding talent and depth. If sark does some introspection in the offseason that’s gravy 

Sark isn’t winning shit here with his subpar coaching staff of nobodies and overall hardheadedness on offense regarding play calling. 
 

It’s going to suck watching us waste Arch Manning next year. Without him lucking into a championship D this year, this team loses 5-6 games. That’ll be next year.

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1 minute ago, Sawbonz said:

We just need to keep adding talent and depth. If sark does some introspection in the offseason that’s gravy 

 

 

 

Exactly how unprecedented do you expect the depth and talent to get?  We’re pretty much there.  

3 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Sark isn’t winning shit here with his subpar coaching staff of nobodies and overall hardheadedness on offense regarding play calling. 
 

It’s going to suck watching us waste Arch Manning next year. Without him lucking into a championship D this year, this team loses 5-6 games. That’ll be next year.

lulz, i thought i was upset 

 

3 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Sark isn’t winning shit here with his subpar coaching staff of nobodies and overall hardheadedness on offense regarding play calling. 
 

It’s going to suck watching us waste Arch Manning next year. Without him lucking into a championship D this year, this team loses 5-6 games. That’ll be next year.

How did he luck into the defense?

4 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

Sark isn’t winning shit here with his subpar coaching staff of nobodies and overall hardheadedness on offense regarding play calling. 
 

It’s going to suck watching us waste Arch Manning next year. Without him lucking into a championship D this year, this team loses 5-6 games. That’ll be next year.

This is a bit, right?

Did us playing the sec championship game and OSU getting an off week make a difference?

7 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

How did he luck into the defense?

Yeah I find it funny when people say stuff like “PK and the defense saved his ass!”.

Part of the job of being a head coach is hiring good assistants and managing them. When you hire Seth Littrell or Ted Roof as your coordinator, you don’t look as good as a head coach!

I think Sarkisian has done a really good job making hires. Jackson and Baker were outstanding additions. Poaching Nansen after Choate left to become a HC was really good!

 

He needs to fire his play caller and hire one. That is currently the weakest position on this staff. 

5 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

Did us playing the sec championship game and OSU getting an off week make a difference?

I really see conference championships becoming exhibition games if they keep this playoff format. 
 

Bond aggravated his ankle injury and Cam injured his knee for us and Georgia lost Beck and their all America punter for the rest of the year

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Just wanted to say Thank You for getting to live vicariously through yall.  Pokes season inexplicably went to crusty ass and I followed ya’ll more closely than normal…to the point I ate the insane ticket prices and screamed my heart out last night.   Even bought my first new UT gear in ages…an “I’m Horny” longhorns shirt.

Dude, I’m heart broken.  We had shitty upper level seats right above the far corner of the end zone from where QE gave up the sack fumble.  Right up until that moment I was confident they were going to pull it out, and when the tOSU side started going ballistic I had to get out of there…I was fuckin INVESTED.  

Was a great ride, so glad ya’ll are back to national prominence.  You have the highest Good Fan :: Douchebag ratio of any of the blue bloods, finally have a coach, and despite never really having a solid 60 minute game…almost played for a natty.  

No consolation to ya’ll, but in the NFL-lite era, and with OK State never being a part of the Big Boys Club…I’m ecstatic to see you guys standing toe-to-toe with the assholes of the world.  

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