Longhorns vs piggies

I don't know what the attitude of the team was prior to the game. May have been overconfident, maybe thinking they can't lose to an unranked Arkansas team that won only a few games last year. Then the reality set in that the pigs are much better and more fired up to whip our butts than our guys were. Sark will most likely be watching film when he gets back and will have a discussion with the position coaches and coordinators about preparation and execution. I would not want to be a player that was part of that performance today. I believe that the good times are over for the players this season, might even see some starters benched, but that is pure speculation. Whatever he does, I hope that we never see a lackluster performance again, at least within my lifetime. It's one thing to lose a close game against a top team when everyone gave the maximum effort and left all they had on the field, but it's another to see lack of discipline and a consistent subpar performance by practically every man on the team. That's his one embarrassing loss. I hope there are no more like that.
 
BevoJoe said:
Sark will most likely be watching film when he gets back and will have a discussion with the position coaches and coordinators about preparation and execution.
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As the man 100% in charge of the offense he better look in the mirror and have a conversation with himself before talking to any other coach. He's about to find out very quickly how little patience we have with **** like this. Let's hope he has a good AA chapter leader because the pressure cooker just turned on.
 
Pomspoms said:
I didn't say he couldn't play ball. I said he's soft. When i played ball i didnt have that spit and vinegar either. I understand his conflict.
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I’m a Christian and I disagree. There could be a large percentage of players that are Christian and play with fire. It was his first college start on the road, in Fayetnam of all places. There are Christian football players that will take your head off in a game. The statement doesn’t make sense.
 
old65horn said:
we need to see how bad we get our butts kicked in conference play. This may not be the low water mark.

We might need to go to the American conference
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Good point 65. If this level of play and level of "give a damn" attitude persists, this group might be lucky to post a 7-5 or 6-6 season. I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and speculate that a greater effort will be forthcoming in the rest of our games. That doesn't mean I think they run the table, only that they will play much better and not be embarrassing to the fans and the University.
 
I think the evening could be summed up by reading Sark's lips when he appeared to have said, "what the **** is he doing".

Problem 1 - are we really reverting to the softness only seen in Austin under Puppy Dog Madden?

Problem 2 - You are receiving a free education at The University of Texas, why do you need motivation?

Problem 3 - Anyone on that roster that isn't concerned about this performance or lack thereof, I'll drive to Austin Monday to help fill out their portal papers.
 
Vol Horn 4 Life said:
As the man 100% in charge of the offense he better look in the mirror and have a conversation with himself before talking to any other coach. He's about to find out very quickly how little patience we have with **** like this. Let's hope he has a good AA chapter leader because the pressure cooker just turned on.
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Yeah, I feel fairly confident that if he is a good HC he will evaluate himself on the plane ride home and identify his shortcomings in his plan and accept responsibility for this disaster.
 
Most of the time, it only looked like Arkansas was rushing two. It was basically the same play calling each series. The OL is definitely the issue but I’ll blame a lot of this **** show on coaching. This was Charliesque.
 
SabreHorn said:
I think the evening could be summed up by reading Sark's lips when he appeared to have said, "what the **** is he doing".
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You saw that too? I thought I imagined it. Thanks for the confirmation. He probably said it multiple times that wasn't caught on camera.
 
As I have said, this is on Sark. Remember, the general consensus is that he is an offensive genius. He seemed more like a deer in the headlights tonight.

Think about it. With five or six players in the box against arguably the best running back in the country, we couldn’t do crapola. Were are their athletes that superior? Was our offensive line that inept?

I get that their players were highly motivated and perhaps ours weren’t. But this wasn’t about talent. It was about their defensive coordinator schooling our offensive genius.

Before the game, I wouldn’t have believed this could happen. But we all saw it with our own eyes.

The fact that Sark didn’t make a quarterback change much earlier than he did causes me great concern. The way to handle a dominating defense is the change things up. He had that player on the bench in Casey Thompson and didn’t utilize him until late in the third quarter. Way too late.

That lack of insight and perhaps stubbornness troubles me greatly.
 
Luthor Billis said:
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Yep! It sure does. . . At least until tomorrow morning.
 
dukesteer said:
He had that player on the bench in Casey Thompson and didn’t utilize him until late in the third quarter. Way too late.
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I was surprised when Card trotted out there in the 3rd quarter. I expected to see Thompson get the nod for the second half. As the HC a lot of this is on him for not pulling out guys who were struggling to get the job done.
 
OrangeShogun said:
Yes. Watch the game replay. Count how many times you see our RB on the ground with 4,5,6 defenders and all of our O-linemen standing around.
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Scheming for a duel threat QB is very different than defending Card. If it’s isn’t working, try Plan B. Sark didn’t. That’s troubling.
 
This game reminds me of the UCLA game in 98, Mack's first season.

Things will get better from the better coaching staff, but it will take some time, and some games. The game after that was a blowout loss to KSU, then the team started playing well and the rest of the season was excellent, save a crummy loss to T Tech.

But, the most overused phrase on this board is "we have the talent!!!". Uhh, no, most of the time when Texas is bad, they don't have the talent. And after a coaching change, it takes awhile for the fans to realize that the cupboard wasn't full of great players that just needed a new coach. The whole team had to be rebuilt, including the players.
 
Better be some serious "*** chewing" in the coaches' meeting starting with Torre Becton, and what the hell he's been doing since January to receive that fat paycheck, because it's obvious he ain't earned a damn penny of it. He's just another shining example of why I want NO ONE on the school payroll that has ever worked at Berzerkley.
 
Nothing pisses me off more than not even showing up. One of the worst performances I have ever seen by the Horns. And I saw every home game between 1986-1990.
 
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BevoJoe said:
Yeah, I feel fairly confident that if he is a good HC he will evaluate himself on the plane ride home and identify his shortcomings in his plan and accept responsibility for this disaster.
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I'll judge how well he can assess himself by who trots out to take the first snap at QB next week vs Rice.
 
LHABSOB said:
I'll judge how well he can assess himself by who trots out to take the first snap at QB next week vs Rice.
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It will be Thompson. He played with some fire tonight. I gave Thompson a hard appraisal last week before the game. It’s Card’s turn to see if he can be mature enough to be in the backup role after that stinker.
 
SabreHorn said:
I think the evening could be summed up by reading Sark's lips when he appeared to have said, "what the **** is he doing".

Problem 1 - are we really reverting to the softness only seen in Austin under Puppy Dog Madden?

Problem 2 - You are receiving a free education at The University of Texas, why do you need motivation?

Problem 3 - Anyone on that roster that isn't concerned about this performance or lack thereof, I'll drive to Austin Monday to help fill out their portal papers.
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Gotta hand it to you Sabre. After last week's game you said you were very concerned and saw a lot to be worried about. I agreed with you and felt the OL play was an issue but many on here were jumping for joy because we beat U LaLa. Christ Sakes folk it was stinking U LaLa. The welcome mat has been picked up and put away, time for Sark and this staff to get to work.
 
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BevoJoe said:
I may be wrong, but I think Thompson will be the starter vs Rice. Card froze too much under pressure.
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Man do I hope you’re right, but I sense a stubbornness in Sark.

Thompson has done nothing not to earn the start next week. And going forward, unless or until he fails, the job should be his.

If he does start, I predict that he’ll hit at least two 50 + yard passes. That is a major flaw in Card’s game.
 
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