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2 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:

Man, the aggravating thing is Texas could have beat ND last night.

There's a lot of things that could have happened this year. We also could have easily lost to ASU. Its not like we were an unstoppable juggernaut. We lost 3 games to good teams. 

18 hours ago, Tex Long said:

Hahahaha! 

This is where we needed Quinn to channel a Major Applewhite attitude and say "Fuck the Toss Sweep, gonna fake the toss and go nekkid Right. Helm, go with me - if I pump, you block, otherwise you better fuckin' catch it..."

Second thought, that might be more Street than Applewhite.

 

Disagree. It should have gone something like this: "Fuckin Sark... Slot left, 25 dive on one. Slot left, 25 dive on one!" 

Is Brandon Harris actually any good? I always thought he was just a biddable yes-man who was good enough at his job to keep his job but no better. Was I wrong? And if I’m not, why did we give him a huge raise? Because Sark likes the guy?

45 minutes ago, Blotto said:

There's a lot of things that could have happened this year. We also could have easily lost to ASU. Its not like we were an unstoppable juggernaut. We lost 3 games to good teams. 

would of been nice if we had made fgs in sec championship than we'd be 2 seed and probably playing in nc game. oh well 

2 minutes ago, Hookem10 said:

would of been nice if we had made fgs in sec championship than we'd be 2 seed and probably playing in nc game. oh well 

*would have 

And you can’t know that. The top 4 seeds all went 0-1 

43 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Is Brandon Harris actually any good? I always thought he was just a biddable yes-man who was good enough at his job to keep his job but no better. Was I wrong? And if I’m not, why did we give him a huge raise? Because Sark likes the guy?

Have they recruited well?  Have they been able to largely retain the players they wanted to? Does Brandon Harris have involvement in those aspects?   Yes. 

Do we believe that Sark and CDC are idiots who like rewarding underperforming staff with pay increases? Does anything in their tenure suggest that? Probably not. 

I wonder where your notions came from? If Surly, there's your problem. 

53 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Is Brandon Harris actually any good? I always thought he was just a biddable yes-man who was good enough at his job to keep his job but no better. Was I wrong? And if I’m not, why did we give him a huge raise? Because Sark likes the guy?

What is he responsible for that is lacking? 

Also, if there was ever a time not to rock the boat, it is now. With Arch, Colin Simmons & Anthony Hill, we will have the 3 best players on the field in pretty much all of our games next season. Let's ride this out. 

What involvement does he have with the players that would cause them to worry about his replacement?

Last night watching the TDs play calls inside the red zone...got damn Sark is an idiot inside the red. Misdirection, trickery? Nope, he gets really stupid conservative at the wrong time. 

I know everyone has already shouted this but it needs to be said every fucking day until the beginning of the season, he really really really really needs to self scout his play calling inside the red zone. What could have been last season and this season...

1 hour ago, Josef Pwag said:

With Arch, Colin Simmons & Anthony Hill, we will have the 3 best players on the field in pretty much all of our games next season. Let's ride this out. 

Jeremiah Smith would like a word with you.

4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Jeremiah Smith would like a word with you.

2 of 3 isnt too bad.

Caleb Downs is no slouch, either.

Hes a beast. Both him and Smith make a mockery of the NFLs capricious rules against 19-20 years olds
37 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said:


Hes a beast. Both him and Smith make a mockery of the NFLs capricious rules against 19-20 years olds

It's hardly capricious.  The NFL avoids a shit ton of costs having someone else develop teenagers.  

17 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

It's hardly capricious.  The NFL avoids a shit ton of costs having someone else develop filter out teenagers.  

FIFY

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Jeremiah Smith would like a word with you.

JS did win freshman of the year, oh wait....

4 minutes ago, Josef Pwag said:

JS did win freshman of the year, oh wait....

Ellison's new squeeze needs to make him buy Smith for Sherrone. tOSU fans woould demand Day be fired.

On 1/20/2025 at 7:55 AM, Josef Pwag said:

 

Why did we hire the bassist from Led Zeppelin?

His name was John Paul Jones moron.

1 minute ago, nbmishoid said:

Check sarcasm meter

 

going to be a long offseason lol

14 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

His name was John Paul Jones moron.

Also, avatar checks out.  Had to be said.

19 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

His name was John Paul Jones moron.

"It's a Rickenbacker, you fuckin' moron."

-probably Steve Earle

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On 1/20/2025 at 11:57 AM, Tex Long said:

This probably belongs in the Dumb Question Amnesty thread, but do we have Red Zone scripts? 

If we do we should change them.  

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28 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

There’s one common denominator in our offensive struggles in big games.

 

 

Playing against really good defenses?

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1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

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So, 2 common denominators?

13 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

So, 2 common denominators?

No just one. Our great defense didn’t seem to be an issue to score on in the red zone when it mattered for those opposing coaches. 

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He has turned out to be better than I expected. But the old criticisms now carry more weight. Can’t take what a defense gives him. This was one of the main criticisms from his past two HC jobs out west. His opponents knew it. Arch’s play absolutely did not help. It was harmful and disappointing. But at some point if you want to be both OC and HC (and the graveyard is full of HC’s gone from the sport who did both—yes a few have won the big one—but it’s almost 99% not bringing lasting success.) At any rate I like Sark but we have now seen his red zone woes on full display with multiple QB’s and something is getting missed. He doesn’t take what defenses give him. And dumb penalties and shit rob us of the rest. That’s it. 🤘🏼 

Best thing we can hope for is Sark somehow lucks into a generational QB like Mack, Jimbo, and Chizik that can overcome his coaching deficiencies.

14 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Best thing we can hope for is Sark somehow lucks into a generational QB like Mack, Jimbo, and Chizik that can overcome his coaching deficiencies.

He's had two No. 1 overall prospects in their respective recruiting classes at QB so far. Is that not enough? I suspect it would be for Ryan Day and Kirby Smart.

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47 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

No just one. Our great defense didn’t seem to be an issue to score on in the red zone when it mattered for those opposing coaches. 

You can’t be serious…

 

last year Texas had multiple HUGE goal line stands in the playoffs and other games that helped us win.

 

clemson, ASU, Aggy.

1 minute ago, lilMAC25 said:

You can’t be serious…

 

last year Texas had multiple HUGE goal line stands in the playoffs and other games that helped us win.

 

clemson, ASU, Aggy.

When it mattered most. Georgia twice, Ohio st twice. He’s  here to win big games not play in them then say “yea but we did really good against aggy and lesser teams”

34 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Best thing we can hope for is Sark somehow lucks into a generational QB like Mack, Jimbo, and Chizik that can overcome his coaching deficiencies.

I don’t think any of those three were quarterbacks 

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3 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

When it mattered most. Georgia twice, Ohio st twice. He’s  here to win big games not play in them then say “yea but we did really good against aggy and lesser teams”

“PLAYOFF GAMES ARENT BIG GAMES”

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Just now, lilMAC25 said:

“PLAYOFF GAMES ARENT BIG GAMES”

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Aggy wasn’t a playoff game and they weren’t good so pretty stupid to hang your hat on that. Az st and Clemson are teams we should beat and did and aren’t even in the same stratosphere as Georgia and Ohio st. Strange you can’t hold the head coach responsible for clear issues against great teams. 

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19 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

When it mattered most. Georgia twice, Ohio st twice. He’s  here to win big games not play in them then say “yea but we did really good against aggy and lesser teams”

PK has shutdown osu and Georgia twice.  He’s not the issue

1 minute ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

PK has shutdown osu and Georgia twice.  He’s not the issue

I never said PK was the issue I said sark was. 

1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I never said PK was the issue I said sark was. 

Oh in that case we agree.   Best thing going for sark is that he our two coaches before him were dip sticks

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31 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Aggy wasn’t a playoff game and they weren’t good so pretty stupid to hang your hat on that. Az st and Clemson are teams we should beat and did and aren’t even in the same stratosphere as Georgia and Ohio st. Strange you can’t hold the head coach responsible for clear issues against great teams. 

Reading is fucking fundamental. 

 

42 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

You can’t be serious…

 

last year Texas had multiple HUGE goal line stands in the playoffs and other games that helped us win.

 

clemson, ASU, Aggy.

 

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1 hour ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

No just one. Our great defense didn’t seem to be an issue to score on in the red zone when it mattered for those opposing coaches. 

 

24 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

I never said PK was the issue I said sark was. 

You sure about that?

29 minutes ago, lilMAC25 said:

 

You sure about that?

Look dude if you don’t think sark is an issue in big games I don’t know what to tell you. And you also used aggy as an example of what I don’t know. Our offense scored 17 that’s game and also somehow scored 7 for aggy too.

He needs an actual play calling OC, at minimum for the red zone.  It’s obvious he doesn’t have the time to put into play calling that he did at Alabama.  It’s frustrating but then I also remember the many years before him and the number of coaches who have won more games the last two years. This game we had a chance to win with the quarterback not even being close to his target on half his throws.  That makes play calling pretty hard to do. 

We had the better overall offensive performance and plan in both Ohio State matchups (and the second Georgia matchup) and went 0-3. That is the toughest pill to swallow for me. We had them beat in a variety of different ways and made the 2 or 3 mistakes at the worst times we couldn't afford to make.

Ryan Day didn't do anything special in either matchup. He went into his shell, let Jeremiah Smith be a non-factor again and we are the ones who handed him the game. He didn't sit around Columbus all offseason gameplanning for a 200 yard performance on offense.

It would be a different story if we were just getting our doors blasted off and outclassed in these games. They have all been winnable aside from Georgia part 1, and even that one was a one-possession game in the second half.

I think Sark has won 20 straight games against unranked opponents going back to 2022. 10-6 against top 25 teams. It's the top 1% we are coming face to face with and we have to find a way to get over the top. 

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Overall I’m very happy with Sark. He’s hired great coaches, recruited and developed great players, and capitalized on the shifting landscape in college football in a manner that has elevated us to a top 5 program 3 years running.

Coaches tend to wear the “can’t win the big one” badge of honor until they finally break through, at which point all is forgiven. Ryan Day, Kirby Smart, Dabo, etc. I still think Sark will be in that class. There are problems that need to be fixed (primarily the red zone), but outside of Georgia 1 last year, we’ve been a play or two away from winning every big game, and I expect he’ll break through eventually.
 

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