December 6Dec 6 Popular Post We are tired of cherry-picked All 22 videos where there is some agenda being pushed. So I thought, let's do our own Surly style, where we can say "what is motherfuckin Sark doing" without having to walk about some critiques the very next week or lose program access. No, we are going to look at every play vs Georgia. As such, we cannot do it all at one time. You don't have time to watch it and I don't have time to do it. Instead, we are going to do it one or two series at a time. So make sure to revisit this thread when it gets bumped. If there is decent interest we will keep it rolling with other games to keep us properly hydrated through the offseason. Sark has a Georgia problem. Yeah I know, captain obvious. For those that were around for the Mack Brown years, this is going to feel oddly familiar. So give your therapist notice that you will need the couch this week because the early 2000's OU memories are about to come back to you. The first thing you will notice is us not understanding Georgia's aggressive nature both in playcalling and physicality. I'm not sure what's behind it because Georgia isn't like that every week, especially if there is a cursive A on the side of their opponent's helmet. It's like Sark got drunk and had sex with Kirby's wife wearing one of his visors and doesn't remember it. Anyway, whatever the reason, like Mack, Sark doesn't seem to understand that Kirby wants to take his head off. You don't make comments like that after the game about someone you like. Kirby is really pissed about that 41 Sark put on him at Alabama. You wanna know how dedicated Kirby is about beating you Sark? He brought Florida's coach in the week before he played you. Let's get into it! 1) 1st and 10. We are going to call this play "Fucking Wingo". Wingo seems to come up small when we play our best opponents. We run the same wr screen we did the two weeks prior. 11 personnel. Sark motions Endries across the formation to the field side. Georgia, always aggressive, brings a 5 man rush. Somehow, in an effort to turn the play back inside, two Georgia players allow Endries to block both of them. If Wingo hits this crease I am not sure how the lone safety will catch him. Wingo trips over the turf and falls. 1.mp4 2) 2nd and 9. After Wingo stumbled for a 1 yard gain we are in 22 personnel with a bunch formation to the field. Endries is on the right side of the line. We motion Moore to the backfield, a wrinkle Sark has used a couple times this season. Georgia brings six and we fire Endries up the seam and two Georgia DBs go with him leaving nobody to cover Moore releasing out of the backfield on a rail route. 2.mp4 3) 1st and 10. 11 personnel in a 2x2 set. Georgia responds with a legit 3-3-5. If I were Sark I would definitely commit this to memory. Will Georgia's response to 2x2 4 wide receivers be a 3 man front? If so call it again so we can crease them. We run split zone, which is basically just inside zone with a Hback coming across the formation to kick out the backside DE for a cutback lane. Endries comes across the formation to kick out the DE but since it's a 3 man front no one is there and he has to look for work. A thing of note before we get to the beautiful thing that is Tre Wisner's feet. Pay attention to 54 here. His job is to fire off the ball and help the center before moving to the second level to get hands on a LB. At the snap the 0 tech DT moves away from him, but 54 mindlessly hits him anyway. What are you doing? Use your head. Use that time to get to the second level. Don't just run a rep for the sake of running a rep. Be flexible. If you see your help isn't needed those milliseconds are the difference between a good block and someone slipping you and getting to the dude you are trying to protect. All 22 really gives you and appreciation for number 5. He knows where he wants to go, but he presses the C gap to sell it to the defense. When people use the phrase "he set up his blocking" there should be a gif of this play next to it. 3 blockers that were losing battles now are able to form a wall once he cuts it back. His feet in the hole are amazing too, shaking the shit out of number 6, in the hole. It's embarrassing to get shook like that much less in a phone booth. For you Millennials and Gen-Zers, a phone both is a 3x3 box with a sliding door that you used to find on the street to get you out of the elements while you talked on what was called a land line. Anywho, Tre Wisner is elite in this area and seeing this it makes total sense why he murders talented but undisciplined fronts like OU and Aggy. Watch from the tight. 3.mp4 4) 4th plat of the drive. 1st and 10. We are in 11 personnel, 2x2 stacks. I don't like us in bunch because the routes take longer to develop. Most of the routes have to be deep or out breaking. It's hard to tell what Georgia is in. Looks like zone except for man on Moore. He had Wingo on the crosser had he gone through his progressions, but I don't fault him here it's Georgia. You aren't think you have that kind of time in the pocket. At any rate, we pick up a nice 4 yards on an Endries hitch to the Boundary. 4.mp4 5) 2nd and 6. 11 personnel. We line Endries up at H back and run H-back Power. Georgia plays a multitude of fronts. Seems like whenever their DTs are playing 2-tech(straight up over the guards), they are playing 2 gap, read and react. A lot less aggressive. Seems like that's something we can take advantage of when we see it. Anyway, Endries fires up the B-gap and picks and a LB. Wisner sees the DT peeking plus the other LB falling into the B-gap and hops over into the A gap for a quick 3 yard pickup. 5.mp4 6) 3rd and 3. We come right back to the same play except this time Georgia is in this front, which means pure single gap disruption. From the tight you can see at the snap of the ball the 1-tech NT jumps from the boundary side A-gap two gaps over to the field side B-gap. Now I don't know what they are taught but 54 just lets him cross his face and works to the second level. Now he is Endries responsibility and he is not up to the task. 2 yard gain. 6.mp4 7) 4th and 1 and we are going for it. We are in 21 personnel with both Baxter and Wisner in the backfield. Sark brings Wingo on a jet sweep motion and that holds the edge defender just enough that they hesitate to crash down inside on the Baxter run. Gooseby helps Hutson before climbing to the second level. Baxter is working off whichever way Endries is blocking his man. Good short yardage play by Sark. 7.mp4 8 ) 1st and 10 and we are in 12 personnel. This is the kind of play that pisses you off from an execution standpoint. This was the same shit as last year. Getting beat to spots. Inability to adapt to changing conditions. This is going to hurt your eyes so be prepared. At the snap Georgia's D-line jumps over a gap to their left. Our center basically falls on his face. DJ goes to the second level and blocks no one. Baker blocks no one and then while turning around to see what happened, falls over our center. Endries job is to come across the formation and kick out the DE because it's split zone. However, don't run past the completely free DT to get to your man that, by the time you get there, is already cutting back inside tracking the ball. Gotta be able to adapt. We haven't had an answer for this for two years. Luckily we have Wisner, who jukes the shit out of the dude two feet from him as he touches the ball and squirts through for 5 tough yards. 8.mp4 9) 2nd and six. 12 personnel. Good playcall by Sark. Sark sends the TE in motion and we show screen. This pulls 4 Georgia secondary members out of pursuit of the actual play which is Outsize Zone. From the tight you can see Georgia lines their DTs up at 2-tech again, and just like before they are in two gap read and react mode. Sark, what formation or down is causing them to line up like this? Because if we can trigger it we can run on them. Georgia is far more difficult when they are attacking. 9.mp4 10) 1st and 10 and of course we false start. 10.mp4 11) 1st and 15. This is a testament to Arch's growth. We have the same ole fake screen and go called to the field which Georgia doesn't bite on but Arch calmly turns and hits his checkdown for a quick 7. Old Arch would hold this ball to see if some of the longer routes were going to develop. Take what you can get. 11.mp4 12) 2nd and 7. 11 personnel and a bunch formation. This is a shit ass play that shows Sark doesn't understand Georgia. You are going to try and run a slow developing QB power on Georgia close to the GL? It goes how you would expect. By the time Arch pulls it there are 3 defenders in the backfield. Just a dumbass play call under the circumstances. 12.mp4 13) 3rd and 8. 11 personnel and bunch formation to the field. We motion Tre to check for man or zone. We run mesh with the TE and Wingo springing him for what would be a 1st down catch but Wingo drops it. 13.mp4 So first series recap- 13 plays. QB taking what was available. We target Wingo twice and he falters both times. We false start. Overall confusion and lack of execution on the offensive line. On to the next series.
December 7Dec 7 So you get on your soapbox to call others out for pushing agendas just for you to turn around and do the same thing. We get it, everything is Sark’s fault, including a WR inexplicably tripping over his own feet on a play he has previously executed numerous times and in another instance dropping a routine catch. Edited December 7Dec 7 by SarkAfterDark
December 7Dec 7 You really took it personal believing IT Film study has an agenda not to criticize Arch huh?
December 7Dec 7 Good play analysis. You intro it, though, with criticism of Sark. Yet, for most of the plays, you praise Sark or blame player execution for the failure. This is, I believe, the only specific Sark problem you mention: Sark, what formation or down is causing them to line up like this? Because if we can trigger it we can run on them. Georgia is far more difficult when they are attacking. Of course, to one degree or another, player execution or lack thereof, is Sark's fault, as are the more systemic problems like OL and blocking scheme. I'm sure there's more.
December 7Dec 7 Sark’s opening script has been solid in the past. This was our best drive of the game, by far.
December 7Dec 7 Author 3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said: Good play analysis. You intro it, though, with criticism of Sark. Yet, for most of the plays, you praise Sark or blame player execution for the failure. This is, I believe, the only specific Sark problem you mention: Sark, what formation or down is causing them to line up like this? Because if we can trigger it we can run on them. Georgia is far more difficult when they are attacking. Of course, to one degree or another, player execution or lack thereof, is Sark's fault, as are the more systemic problems like OL and blocking scheme. I'm sure there's more. Twice, its the first drive bro! Plenty of plays to go.
December 7Dec 7 Nicely done. Thank you. I love being able to use arrow keys to step back and forth through the developing play.
December 7Dec 7 Author Popular Post 6 hours ago, GTJ1982 said: You really took it personal believing IT Film study has an agenda not to criticize Arch huh? At the time when Arch was struggling I sure did. Look, everyone knows the O-line was a problem, but it wasn't the only problem. Any team can get to you with blitzes, but they leave themselves exposed in doing so. At some point you have to start punishing them for sending so many men, or vacating certain areas. We weren't doing that. I am doing this game because people contacted me and said this is the one they wanted to see. You see, the cool thing about posting every play is that there really can be no argument. Anyone can pick 5 plays to say what they want them to say. You post all 65 and the story tells itself. The Georgia game isn't a bad Arch game. This is well after Sark changed the offense to better fit Arch. This game is mostly about play-calling and poorly coached players failing to execute.
December 7Dec 7 Just wanted to drop in and say I appreciate the format and effort you're putting in @Thatguy I know what a grind it is to create posts like this are and the time you're investing for free and probably a lot of flack. It is noted. So thanks! I suspect I won't agree with all of your takes, but based on our historical engagement I'll probably agree with most. To quote on of my favorite college football podcasters, Roll the Tape! Edited December 7Dec 7 by BurntEyes
December 7Dec 7 Author 6 hours ago, SarkAfterDark said: So you get on your soapbox to call others out for pushing agendas just for you to turn around and do the same thing. We get it, everything is Sark’s fault, including a WR inexplicably tripping over his own feet on a play he has previously executed numerous times and in another instance dropping a routine catch. When a player keeps dropping the ball and you keep putting him in crucial situations where you need a play, who's fault is that? Wingo has suspect hands and you keep going to him on 3rd and gotta have it. I am not one of those that wants Sark fired, but I am going to be critical of him. Plenty more to go in this game so sit tight.
December 7Dec 7 6 hours ago, SarkAfterDark said: So you get on your soapbox to call others out for pushing agendas just for you to turn around and do the same thing. We get it, everything is Sark’s fault, including a WR inexplicably tripping over his own feet on a play he has previously executed numerous times and in another instance dropping a routine catch. If you don't like what he's saying put together an opposing, and equally in depth counter of film study with break down of plays. Go into equal detail and support your points that counter his. You're using vague general statements with no data points on drops vs catches. Negative vs positive. Figure out how many yards and how much momentum the drops cost us, do a CBA on the positives and the yards and momentum his catches brought us. You know a full CBA on positive vs negative and convince us why the good out weighs the bad. If the CBA doesn't show that the good out weighs the bad, help us understand why that is not a failure on behalf of the coaching staff to have such a player be the teams #1 WR. Help us understand how these issues were 100% unavoidable. Help us understand why all accountability of choices by coaches or errors in evaluation and talent gaps falls onto the player(s).
December 7Dec 7 31 minutes ago, Thatguy said: When a player keeps dropping the ball and you keep putting him in crucial situations where you need a play, who's fault is that? Wingo has suspect hands and you keep going to him on 3rd and gotta have it. I am not one of those that wants Sark fired, but I am going to be critical of him. Plenty more to go in this game so sit tight. This response is still disingenuous. Wingo is boom or bust I can admit that. I can also admit taking him off the field likely makes us even worse on offense. Also Sark calls a play and the team has to execute it. Arch has numerous passing options on said play. He threw the ball to the guy that managed to get open. I doubt very seriously Sark is directly telling Arch to throw the ball to Wingo on crucial downs in the headset. Edited December 7Dec 7 by SarkAfterDark
December 7Dec 7 Author 1 minute ago, SarkAfterDark said: This response is still disingenuous. Wingo is boom or bust I can admit that. I can also admit taking him off the field likely makes us even worse on offense. Also Sark calls a play and the team has to execute it. Arch has numerous passing options on said play. He threw the ball to the guy that got open. I doubt very seriously Sark is telling Arch to throw the ball to Wingo in the headset. It's a mesh concept specifically intended for Wingo, the number 1 receiver, to get open vs man. I don't disagree that Wingo has to be on the field. I do disagree to the amount of targets or us choosing him as the guy to go to in these gotta have it moments. In my opinion, this has to go to your hands guy. You are fully entitled to your own opinion though. I respect that.
December 7Dec 7 Author Popular Post Folks, this is Surly. We call each other out, disagree, and even call people pieces of shit here. Have at it. This is just my personal way I see things. You are more than welcome to pull the plays right from here and say how you see it. Even in this thread. I am all for it. We all can learn something. For example, I never played O-line. I can tell you what the play is calling for but I cannot go into detail about technique. What they are supposed to do with their feet and so on. The main thing I wanted to do here is show every play. 2nd Series- Sark trots out the 12 personnel. In a perfect world you would want to execute your entire playbook from the same personnel grouping. No defense would know what was coming. You could do everything from heavy run packages to 5 wide looks. I think Sark sits up at night jerking off to NFL clips of teams that can do that. That said your TEs need to be able to do three things. Block. Catch. Run. Last year we would run 12 with Juan Davis as the second TE. Just a body out there taking up space and pulls a would be receiver off the field. Until we have TWO tight ends that can both run, block, and catch I am not a fan of 12 personnel. But that's just me. 1) 1st and 10. We come out in 12 personnel with two receives to the boundary and both tight ends motion tight to the formation field side. Georgia counters with zone and 8 men in the box. We fake a zone run with Baxter and instead hand it to Wingo on a Jet sweep. In my OPINION, this is a terrible play for this set. Georgia is not a team to run sideways on in general, especially with an 8 man box. They are fast sideline to sideline and the more men you invite around the LOS the lower percentage chance of success. By the time Wingo clears the tackle box there are 4 Georgia defenders there vs just two blockers. Wingo runs right into the waiting arms of the force player and gets Jelani McDonald'ed, except with no flag because Georgia. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia.mp4 2) 2nd and 8. We fake the toss to Baxter with Washington as a lead blocker and try to get Wingo on a 9 route up the sideline. Georgia doesn't bit at all so Arch comes back to Baxter who is in the flat still with Washington out front. Washington gets a little piece of the DB coming downhill, which springs Baxter for a solid 7 yard gain. Good play design and use of everyone's skillsets. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_1.mp4 3) 3rd and 2. This is a play where I criticize Sark. Some will say player execution, but you have to know who you are playing against and their tendencies. We are in 12 personnel, still, and going to attempt to run either play action or RPO. It's hard to tell because it's blown up so fast. Georgia has shown you in these situations that their edge guy is not going to pick or choose. He is simply going to fire straight at the mesh point and force you to do something quick. Then they will clean it up on the back end. We run the play like it's San Jose State, and the DE is going to freeze, which gives Campbell time to get there on the kickout block. A slow developing play on short yardage, blown up because we forgot who we were playing against. Punt. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_2.mp4 On to the 3rd series.
December 7Dec 7 27 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said: Everybody but 3 teams in the last 4 full seasons has a Georgia problem. so?
December 8Dec 8 One of Wisner's moves that he excels at is hitting thin creases, and dodging solid hits, which makes him difficult to bring down when he's a solid target and there's no where to hide. When people talk about wiggle or being shifty, Tre has it. He's not fast, but can operate in a phone booth. I don't know that he's particularly explosive, but he is able to one cut and turn upfield. This is something Baxter lost, he doesn't have that extra gear or spring right before contact, or ability to cut and go. It's not just being able to run, it's fast twitch that just seems to be missing. Tre is an excellent change of pace back, that gains as the game goes on and players wear down. This at times was also an indictment, because Sark would go away from plays there were working. Also, running takes time for backs to build a rhythm and settle into the game, which is difficult to do sporadically.
December 8Dec 8 Author 2 hours ago, Mdhorn said: One of Wisner's moves that he excels at is hitting thin creases, and dodging solid hits, which makes him difficult to bring down when he's a solid target and there's no where to hide. When people talk about wiggle or being shifty, Tre has it. He's not fast, but can operate in a phone booth. I don't know that he's particularly explosive, but he is able to one cut and turn upfield. This is something Baxter lost, he doesn't have that extra gear or spring right before contact, or ability to cut and go. It's not just being able to run, it's fast twitch that just seems to be missing. Tre is an excellent change of pace back, that gains as the game goes on and players wear down. This at times was also an indictment, because Sark would go away from plays there were working. Also, running takes time for backs to build a rhythm and settle into the game, which is difficult to do sporadically. All 22 really shows that we are shit at blocking, and Tre is still finding a way to make chicken salad anyway. Amazing to watch the kid work. The way he sets up blocks and squirts through gaps that you didn't even see until he did it.
December 8Dec 8 6 hours ago, Surly Bevo said: Everybody but 3 teams in the last 4 full seasons has a Georgia problem. But.
December 8Dec 8 1 hour ago, Thatguy said: All 22 really shows that we are shit at blocking, and Tre is still finding a way to make chicken salad anyway. Amazing to watch the kid work. The way he sets up blocks and squirts through gaps that you didn't even see until he did it. I wonder what Wisner's true thoughts were with this kind of erratic blocking? Did he trust any particular lineman to follow when his play was called, or just thinking survive or get crushed in the wash. Edited December 8Dec 8 by Mdhorn
December 8Dec 8 10 hours ago, Thatguy said: All 22 really shows that we are shit at blocking, and Tre is still finding a way to make chicken salad anyway. Amazing to watch the kid work. The way he sets up blocks and squirts through gaps that you didn't even see until he did it. This has been story of the sark era. Brooks, Bijan Wisner etc had to do so
December 8Dec 8 19 hours ago, Thatguy said: Folks, this is Surly. We call each other out, disagree, and even call people pieces of shit here. Have at it. This is just my personal way I see things. You are more than welcome to pull the plays right from here and say how you see it. Even in this thread. I am all for it. We all can learn something. For example, I never played O-line. I can tell you what the play is calling for but I cannot go into detail about technique. What they are supposed to do with their feet and so on. The main thing I wanted to do here is show every play. 2nd Series- Sark trots out the 12 personnel. In a perfect world you would want to execute your entire playbook from the same personnel grouping. No defense would know what was coming. You could do everything from heavy run packages to 5 wide looks. I think Sark sits up at night jerking off to NFL clips of teams that can do that. That said your TEs need to be able to do three things. Block. Catch. Run. Last year we would run 12 with Juan Davis as the second TE. Just a body out there taking up space and pulls a would be receiver off the field. Until we have TWO tight ends that can both run, block, and catch I am not a fan of 12 personnel. But that's just me. 1) 1st and 10. We come out in 12 personnel with two receives to the boundary and both tight ends motion tight to the formation field side. Georgia counters with zone and 8 men in the box. We fake a zone run with Baxter and instead hand it to Wingo on a Jet sweep. In my OPINION, this is a terrible play for this set. Georgia is not a team to run sideways on in general, especially with an 8 man box. They are fast sideline to sideline and the more men you invite around the LOS the lower percentage chance of success. By the time Wingo clears the tackle box there are 4 Georgia defenders there vs just two blockers. Wingo runs right into the waiting arms of the force player and gets Jelani McDonald'ed, except with no flag because Georgia. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia.mp4 21.31 MB · 0 downloads 2) 2nd and 8. We fake the toss to Baxter with Washington as a lead blocker and try to get Wingo on a 9 route up the sideline. Georgia doesn't bit at all so Arch comes back to Baxter who is in the flat still with Washington out front. Washington gets a little piece of the DB coming downhill, which springs Baxter for a solid 7 yard gain. Good play design and use of everyone's skillsets. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_1.mp4 19.12 MB · 0 downloads 3) 3rd and 2. This is a play where I criticize Sark. Some will say player execution, but you have to know who you are playing against and their tendencies. We are in 12 personnel, still, and going to attempt to run either play action or RPO. It's hard to tell because it's blown up so fast. Georgia has shown you in these situations that their edge guy is not going to pick or choose. He is simply going to fire straight at the mesh point and force you to do something quick. Then they will clean it up on the back end. We run the play like it's San Jose State, and the DE is going to freeze, which gives Campbell time to get there on the kickout block. A slow developing play on short yardage, blown up because we forgot who we were playing against. Punt. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_2.mp4 18.12 MB · 0 downloads On to the 3rd series. I'm curious to see how this develops through the rest of the game and how we did nothing with our run game outside of the first series
December 8Dec 8 On 12/7/2025 at 4:52 AM, SarkAfterDark said: So you get on your soapbox to call others out for pushing agendas just for you to turn around and do the same thing. We get it, everything is Sark’s fault, including a WR inexplicably tripping over his own feet on a play he has previously executed numerous times and in another instance dropping a routine catch. On 12/7/2025 at 4:53 AM, GTJ1982 said: You really took it personal believing IT Film study has an agenda not to criticize Arch huh? I mean, you can choose to read it like this if you want but
December 8Dec 8 Author 10 hours ago, Mdhorn said: I wonder what Wisner's true thoughts were with this kind of erratic blocking? Did he trust any particular lineman to follow when his play was called, or just thinking survive or get crushed in the wash.
December 8Dec 8 Author 54 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said: I'm curious to see how this develops through the rest of the game and how we did nothing with our run game outside of the first series Exactly! The people upthread with something to say forgot how the rest of this game goes. We already called 75% of the runs in the game.
December 8Dec 8 Players not performing or executing is a Sark problem. Hes the coach. Hes responsible for their development etc. IU has no issue with their island of misfit toys executing whatever is ran. Most of our losses have been winnable but a lot of guys just don’t perform up to standard which comes from whatever happens during the week or weeks prior.
December 8Dec 8 7 minutes ago, Thatguy said: Exactly! The people upthread with something to say forgot how the rest of this game goes. We already called 75% of the runs in the game. Its like Sark realizes/ thinks against good comp that Wisner will stop making his first man miss, which our entire RB run game is based off from the shit poor blocking, and he thinks the passing game is a better chance at yards
December 8Dec 8 15 hours ago, Mdhorn said: One of Wisner's moves that he excels at is hitting thin creases, and dodging solid hits, which makes him difficult to bring down when he's a solid target and there's no where to hide. When people talk about wiggle or being shifty, Tre has it. He's not fast, but can operate in a phone booth. I don't know that he's particularly explosive, but he is able to one cut and turn upfield. This is something Baxter lost, he doesn't have that extra gear or spring right before contact, or ability to cut and go. It's not just being able to run, it's fast twitch that just seems to be missing. Tre is an excellent change of pace back, that gains as the game goes on and players wear down. This at times was also an indictment, because Sark would go away from plays there were working. Also, running takes time for backs to build a rhythm and settle into the game, which is difficult to do sporadically. The play in the 2nd series where Arch checks down to Baxter and he turns upfield..... fuck he looks slow. I know the knock on Wisner is that he's not "explosive" or whatever, but I know if he caught that he's getting to (his) top gear quickly and getting down the sideline quick to reach the first-down marker. Baxter took so long to get going it looks like he's naturally stuck in 2nd gear.
December 8Dec 8 16 hours ago, Mdhorn said: One of Wisner's moves that he excels at is hitting thin creases, and dodging solid hits, which makes him difficult to bring down when he's a solid target and there's no where to hide. When people talk about wiggle or being shifty, Tre has it. He's not fast, but can operate in a phone booth. I don't know that he's particularly explosive, but he is able to one cut and turn upfield. This is something Baxter lost, he doesn't have that extra gear or spring right before contact, or ability to cut and go. It's not just being able to run, it's fast twitch that just seems to be missing. Tre is an excellent change of pace back, that gains as the game goes on and players wear down. This at times was also an indictment, because Sark would go away from plays there were working. Also, running takes time for backs to build a rhythm and settle into the game, which is difficult to do sporadically. He has very good vision that is his elite skill.
December 8Dec 8 Wisner has flashes of Bijan, or Jamaal, where they could hit those small creases, make a hopstep/sidestep and then accelerate. All 3 backs had/have this knack for making something out of nothing. He has that shiftiness to dodge a big hit, bounce off, and find a new angle. It makes bad blocking look decent, and hides how poor our blocking scheme is. That checkdown play to Baxter confounds me. Like, what in that play were even the primary/secondary reads? Is Sark hoping for a 1 on 1 outside on DJ? The TE and slot receivers hit traffic or look like they're only set up to block. Doesn't seem like there were many options.
December 8Dec 8 On 12/7/2025 at 4:52 AM, SarkAfterDark said: So you get on your soapbox to call others out for pushing agendas just for you to turn around and do the same thing. We get it, everything is Sark’s fault, including a WR inexplicably tripping over his own feet on a play he has previously executed numerous times and in another instance dropping a routine catch. yep pretty silly to bash Sark for a WR stinking early in the game Either Wingo stinks or Moore stinks every game, we just can't seem to have both of them firing at the same time. The QB power was not a great play call but damn every other play call in that break down we had the advantage.
December 8Dec 8 55 minutes ago, unclebean said: Wisner has flashes of Bijan, or Jamaal, where they could hit those small creases, make a hopstep/sidestep and then accelerate. All 3 backs had/have this knack for making something out of nothing. He has that shiftiness to dodge a big hit, bounce off, and find a new angle. It makes bad blocking look decent, and hides how poor our blocking scheme is. That checkdown play to Baxter confounds me. Like, what in that play were even the primary/secondary reads? Is Sark hoping for a 1 on 1 outside on DJ? The TE and slot receivers hit traffic or look like they're only set up to block. Doesn't seem like there were many options. A major criticism I have of Sark is how much he leans on "shot" plays. There are a lot of 1 read plays he throws out there leaving Arch without much of an option if the defense doesn't fall for whatever he's attempting to exploit.
December 8Dec 8 6 minutes ago, Catdaddyhorn said: A major criticism I have of Sark is how much he leans on "shot" plays. There are a lot of 1 read plays he throws out there leaving Arch without much of an option if the defense doesn't fall for whatever he's attempting to exploit. There seems to always be a couple 3rd and longs (7-10 yards) a game, where he runs 4 deep routes that nobody turns their head until 12-13 yards. The OL typically gives up pressure and Arch is pretty much a dead man walking. Give me a short crosser or something that gives a receiver a chance to run for it. Edited December 8Dec 8 by Codaxx
December 8Dec 8 Author 4 hours ago, Zeus said: yep pretty silly to bash Sark for a WR stinking early in the game Either Wingo stinks or Moore stinks every game, we just can't seem to have both of them firing at the same time. The QB power was not a great play call but damn every other play call in that break down we had the advantage. Wingo is a multiple drop a game receiver. Moore is not. At some point you gotta understand that as a playcaller and stop putting him in those positions. I get you are trying to make sure he doesn't hit the portal for too little targets, but we are losing games betting on that dude. I'm about to put the next series up. Stay tuned.
December 9Dec 9 4 hours ago, Codaxx said: There seems to always be a couple 3rd and longs (7-10 yards) a game, where he runs 4 deep routes that nobody turns their head until 12-13 yards. The OL typically gives up pressure and Arch is pretty much a dead man walking. Give me a short crosser or something that gives a receiver a chance to run for it. It seems Arch has learned that the only good way to conclude one of those is a throw out of bounds. At least he's learning from the problems he's dealing with.
December 9Dec 9 Author Series 3- So now we are down 14 points. First drive was solid, but we got away from ourselves the second. We need to get things settled down and put a drive together to give our defense a chance to get it figured out. 1) 1st and 10. Sark comes back to 11 personnel in a 2x2 set, and then motions Endries to get a block on a second level defender. We pull 54 to block the DE. Tre bounces it outside and 54 tugs the jersey a little too long. Holding. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia.mp4 2) 1st and 15. We come out with the exact same set and motion as the last play, including motioning Endries. Field side Moore and Wingo run a switch release. Endries releases up the seam carrying the corner. Then we send Wisner in the flat. The beauty of this play is it isolates Mosely, a receiver, on Georgia's linebacker. Mosely fakes a hitch, and the runs a quick shallow drag and Arch hits him. Beautiful play design and execution. Why we haven't seen more of this I am not sure. Huge gain. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_1.mp4 3) 1st and 10. We come out in 11 personnel with three receivers to the boundary. Sark is nothing if not predictable in these situations. Sark and Arch are like two addicts in a relationship. Sark is itching to call the deep shot and Arch is itching to throw it. This ball should not have been thrown. The corner was on top of the route the entire time. Regardless, we give our guy a chance anyway. Ball is underthrown and inside. Wingo runs under it but it goes right through his hands. Sark has to save us from ourselves here. These are drive killers. Sure there are two checkdowns where we could've picked up a quick 5, but Arch is a big game hunter. If you call it he WILL throw it. Stop. Also, for those counting, that is two drops by Wingo thus far. We have to stop putting him in these positions. We've thrown enough of these to where we know the percentage of completing them to him is slim to none. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_2.mp4 4) 2nd and 10. We come out in 12 personnel with both tight ends to the field in a TE and HB look. Boundary side receiver runs a comeback, field side a speed out, and both TE's run hitches. Washington is open. We hit him. He drops it. Just like he has many times before. Why are we making football hard? Just two plays ago you ran a play that got your receiver matched up against a LB. Run it back and see if you get the same look. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_3.mp4 5) 3rd and 10 and we all know what's coming. We line up in 11 personnel, in a tight 2x2 set. Georgia spins down to a 5 man front. They are about to bring 6. Moore runs an out and Arch hits him a little out front but a totally catchable ball that Moore drops. If I were to be nitpicky, I'd like to see Arch take a little something off these throws. Punt 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_4.mp4 For those paying attention we have pretty much totally abandoned the running game. Also, I keep reading you can't blame Sark for lack of execution. You can when it's the same players over and over. Everyone is going to make mistakes, but at this point WE KNOW Wingo isn't going to come down with deep throws in traffic. We also know Washington has suspect hands.
December 9Dec 9 2 hours ago, Thatguy said: Series 3- So now we are down 14 points. First drive was solid, but we got away from ourselves the second. We need to get things settled down and put a drive together to give our defense a chance to get it figured out. 1) 1st and 10. Sark comes back to 11 personnel in a 2x2 set, and then motions Endries to get a block on a second level defender. We pull 54 to block the DE. Tre bounces it outside and 54 tugs the jersey a little too long. Holding. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia.mp4 19.63 MB · 0 downloads 2) 1st and 15. We come out with the exact same set and motion as the last play, including motioning Endries. Field side Moore and Wingo run a switch release. Endries releases up the seam carrying the corner. Then we send Wisner in the flat. The beauty of this play is it isolates Mosely, a receiver, on Georgia's linebacker. Mosely fakes a hitch, and the runs a quick shallow drag and Arch hits him. Beautiful play design and execution. Why we haven't seen more of this I am not sure. Huge gain. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_1.mp4 20.57 MB · 0 downloads 3) 1st and 10. We come out in 11 personnel with three receivers to the boundary. Sark is nothing if not predictable in these situations. Sark and Arch are like two addicts in a relationship. Sark is itching to call the deep shot and Arch is itching to throw it. This ball should not have been thrown. The corner was on top of the route the entire time. Regardless, we give our guy a chance anyway. Ball is underthrown and inside. Wingo runs under it but it goes right through his hands. Sark has to save us from ourselves here. These are drive killers. Sure there are two checkdowns where we could've picked up a quick 5, but Arch is a big game hunter. If you call it he WILL throw it. Stop. Also, for those counting, that is two drops by Wingo thus far. We have to stop putting him in these positions. We've thrown enough of these to where we know the percentage of completing them to him is slim to none. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_2.mp4 21.87 MB · 0 downloads 4) 2nd and 10. We come out in 12 personnel with both tight ends to the field in a TE and HB look. Boundary side receiver runs a comeback, field side a speed out, and both TE's run hitches. Washington is open. We hit him. He drops it. Just like he has many times before. Why are we making football hard? Just two plays ago you ran a play that got your receiver matched up against a LB. Run it back and see if you get the same look. 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_3.mp4 17.04 MB · 0 downloads 5) 3rd and 10 and we all know what's coming. We line up in 11 personnel, in a tight 2x2 set. Georgia spins down to a 5 man front. They are about to bring 6. Moore runs an out and Arch hits him a little out front but a totally catchable ball that Moore drops. If I were to be nitpicky, I'd like to see Arch take a little something off these throws. Punt 2025 Texas O vs Georgia_4.mp4 20.81 MB · 0 downloads For those paying attention we have pretty much totally abandoned the running game. Also, I keep reading you can't blame Sark for lack of execution. You can when it's the same players over and over. Everyone is going to make mistakes, but at this point WE KNOW Wingo isn't going to come down with deep throws in traffic. We also know Washington has suspect hands. No issue with the Wingo throw. That is designed to go there and be a 1 vs 1. Nowhere else to really go. This is more Sark asking Wingo to be a #1 Wr, which he is not currently. Moore has to catch that ball. Throwing a 10 yard out to the field side. That ball needs pace, it’s not a short throw
December 9Dec 9 Arch actually got better at not using the howitzer for every throw as the season progressed, but I agree with Codaxx. A throw that far to to the field side needs to have some zip on it to reduce the risk of a pick 6.
December 9Dec 9 12 hours ago, Codaxx said: No issue with the Wingo throw. That is designed to go there and be a 1 vs 1. Nowhere else to really go. This is more Sark asking Wingo to be a #1 Wr, which he is not currently. I seem to recall a throw to Golden last year in which a poster labeled it a “drop” in the end zone versus the Dawgs. It had some modest similarities to this one. Wingo is an interesting WR. He has some skills but seems to lack the innate ability to just go get the ball. It would be curious if that shows differently in practice. I can only recall 1, maybe 2, passes in which he adjusted to catch the ball.
December 9Dec 9 14 minutes ago, Had Enough said: I seem to recall a throw to Golden last year in which a poster labeled it a “drop” in the end zone versus the Dawgs. It had some modest similarities to this one. Wingo is an interesting WR. He has some skills but seems to lack the innate ability to just go get the ball. It would be curious if that shows differently in practice. I can only recall 1, maybe 2, passes in which he adjusted to catch the ball. I get more annoyed on his deep routes. He has not learned to stack the DB and that greatly increases the difficulty of throw. I am not sure this throw is off target to the inside by much. Wingo tends to take the path of least resistance. This is just me guessing, but I believe Sark wants that route to be just inside the numbers to give the throw some room. Wingo cuts it up the sideline and then has to work back to the numbers. Wr getting pinned on the sideline on a vert route is a really difficult throw. Edited December 9Dec 9 by Codaxx
December 9Dec 9 On 12/7/2025 at 3:52 AM, SarkAfterDark said: So you get on your soapbox to call others out for pushing agendas just for you to turn around and do the same thing. We get it, everything is Sark’s fault, including a WR inexplicably tripping over his own feet on a play he has previously executed numerous times and in another instance dropping a routine catch. I said the same thing in that thread, but to clarify my stance. The broader media generally have one topic of discussion each week, and they find clips for it and make a narrative out if it. Sometimes that narrative is true and real, but it's still tends to be a misleading way to break down a game. "One easy fix to solve all the team's issues." It's never that simple.
December 9Dec 9 I’ve watched through series three. I’m not prepared to watch anymore. I’m in cardiac recovery for the rest of the winter preparing for the stress test of baseball season.
December 9Dec 9 2 minutes ago, scramblyn said: I’ve watched through series three. I’m not prepared to watch anymore. I’m in cardiac recovery for the rest of the winter preparing for the stress test of baseball season. IF you want a positive there is a lot of sloppiness in these. Clean up that up and the offense looks a lot better.
December 9Dec 9 Great job with the video work and discussion. I would be interested in seeing a Defensive analysis like this.
December 9Dec 9 2 hours ago, Codaxx said: I get more annoyed on his deep routes. He has not learned to stack the DB and that greatly increases the difficulty of throw. I am not sure this throw is off target to the inside by much. Wingo tends to take the path of least resistance. This is just me guessing, but I believe Sark wants that route to be just inside the numbers to give the throw some room. Wingo cuts it up the sideline and then has to work back to the numbers. Wr getting pinned on the sideline on a vert route is a really difficult throw. You could be right. This is not a dropped pass, but the more I see it the more I think it should be a catch. You can’t make your QB guess where he thinks you’ll be, he needs to anticipate where he expects you to be. With Wingo, it’s difficult to tell which one you get.
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