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I suppose I feel "best" about TCU because it is at home. TCU is the better team and I'm very impressed with what Dykes has done as a coach, but from all we've observed the team plays better at home, almost like a different team. I think the most likely outcome is that they come out of these two games with one win, but I have an extremely hard time choosing which spot that predicted win would come in.
I don't think DJ Campbell enters the starting lineup in 2022 unless Conner or Hutson 1) suffer injury; 2) get banged up or 3) completely (and I mean completely) implode. He'll be a Day 1 starter for spring ball I'd assume.
At LB you lose at least Overshown and role players like Bush and Brockermeyer.
In the secondary you lose Jamison and Cook.
You don't just replace all of that in the portal. Granted, there are guys currently on the roster -- Ford, Murphy, Collins, Sorrell, Broughton, Bledsoe, Finkley, Burke, etc. who've played this season and are clearly going to be a huge part of addressing attrition as part of the normal flow of things, but the work done in the portal will only stand to supplement that.
If they can leave the portal with ANY semblance of an ass-kicking edge rusher to play the buck end, I'd consider that alone a win. Texas can't go THREE YEARS without a steady force in the pass rush.
I'd personally ask guys like Nick Saban for advice, not me if I was Sark, but since you asked.
1) stick with what is working in the run game and don't get cute
2) whatever you're doing to lend your brain power to help the defense in-week to figure out its schemes, do more
3) have more aggressive and loose body language on the sidelines during the second halves of games
I would not put Brooks back there, he has played corner all year. BJ Allen hasn't played a snap on defense this season and I'm not sure he's played even on special teams. I would absolutely not put him in and burn a shirt just to see what I have in him over the balance of the season while risking newbie mistakes. If you want guys to play over Taaffe, I'd personally be thinking more about Kitan Crawford, Morice Blackwell, JD Coffey, etc.
But seriously, there isn't an answer to that. It depends on the game and the situation and what is being deployed defensively to counter the offensive game plan up until that point, etc. Football is pretty simple, but it's not that simple.
Are the DBs getting burned more continuously this year? I don't think I can answer that with one chat question in its entirety -- that might take a whole column. But, maybe I can at least help provide some data that may provide context to your thoughts on the matter. Let's see the completion percentages when clearly targeted and the snaps per coverage burn compared to previous seasons:
2022 (at least 100 snaps)
2021 (at least 100 snaps)
2020 (at least 100 snaps)
2019 (at least 100 snaps)
2018 (at least 100 snaps)
2017 (at least 100 snaps)
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I don't think that's possible to answer because are we sure that the versions of Quinn are binary? Really good or really bad and that's it? As fans and observers of the program, we really don't know the guy too well yet. He's only played 272 snaps as a Longhorn. With that said, I anticipate a much better performance versus KSU than we saw against Oklahoma State. His finger was bothering him and he's had time to get that off his plate over the bye. We have reason to believe the OL will continue to play well which certainly helps the cause, too. This game is so vitally important and I think we see Ewers rise to the challenge -- even if the defense doesn't.
I don't feel good about either game.
I suppose I feel "best" about TCU because it is at home. TCU is the better team and I'm very impressed with what Dykes has done as a coach, but from all we've observed the team plays better at home, almost like a different team. I think the most likely outcome is that they come out of these two games with one win, but I have an extremely hard time choosing which spot that predicted win would come in.
I don't think DJ Campbell enters the starting lineup in 2022 unless Conner or Hutson 1) suffer injury; 2) get banged up or 3) completely (and I mean completely) implode. He'll be a Day 1 starter for spring ball I'd assume.
On the DL you lose at least Coburn, Sweat, Ojomo and Oghuofo.
At LB you lose at least Overshown and role players like Bush and Brockermeyer.
In the secondary you lose Jamison and Cook.
You don't just replace all of that in the portal. Granted, there are guys currently on the roster -- Ford, Murphy, Collins, Sorrell, Broughton, Bledsoe, Finkley, Burke, etc. who've played this season and are clearly going to be a huge part of addressing attrition as part of the normal flow of things, but the work done in the portal will only stand to supplement that.
If they can leave the portal with ANY semblance of an ass-kicking edge rusher to play the buck end, I'd consider that alone a win. Texas can't go THREE YEARS without a steady force in the pass rush.
I'd personally ask guys like Nick Saban for advice, not me if I was Sark, but since you asked.
1) stick with what is working in the run game and don't get cute
2) whatever you're doing to lend your brain power to help the defense in-week to figure out its schemes, do more
3) have more aggressive and loose body language on the sidelines during the second halves of games
Michael Taaffe is not a Jett Bush-level zero as far as his impact goes. He's actually a good player although there could be some Chaparral bias naturally built into that take.
I would not put Brooks back there, he has played corner all year. BJ Allen hasn't played a snap on defense this season and I'm not sure he's played even on special teams. I would absolutely not put him in and burn a shirt just to see what I have in him over the balance of the season while risking newbie mistakes. If you want guys to play over Taaffe, I'd personally be thinking more about Kitan Crawford, Morice Blackwell, JD Coffey, etc.
I'd go ask Gary Patterson.
But seriously, there isn't an answer to that. It depends on the game and the situation and what is being deployed defensively to counter the offensive game plan up until that point, etc. Football is pretty simple, but it's not that simple.
Yes, I think the team will at least beat Kansas although I'm worried that Jalon Daniels is already back practicing. Would hate to face that guy in the final game of the season on the road at full strength. He can be a tricky guy to get a beat on.
It was a borderline call, but it was a hold and not "Textbook" at all. One of the first things an offensive lineman is taught way back in middle school is that you can hold, but you have to keep your hands inside when you do. If they get outside his shoulder pads, you will get called. Especially doing it right in front of the back judge.
Did you not see it versus OU?
Sark's leash is probably a little longer than you are giving him credit for if you think he'll be imminently on the precipice of being fired if he finishes this season with either of those two outcomes, but for the sake of your question I'd say he'd get fired if he won only 4-5 games the following season in either scenario.
I'll take any evidence you've got coming into this final stretch.
Usually defenses provide receivers softer cushions to either enforce a barrier at the line-to-gain where secondary tacklers can come downhill to make stops more easily once passes are completed in front of their faces; or they are trying to avoid getting beaten over the top. Why Texas does it? That would be a situation-to-situation question.
I don't think Ojomo has announced that. Would be weird to make an announcement of that sort at this point in the season if he has.
Are the DBs getting burned more continuously this year? I don't think I can answer that with one chat question in its entirety -- that might take a whole column. But, maybe I can at least help provide some data that may provide context to your thoughts on the matter. Let's see the completion percentages when clearly targeted and the snaps per coverage burn compared to previous seasons:
2022 (at least 100 snaps)
| snaps | comp% | snaps/burn | |
| S Jerrin Thompson | 516 | 28.57% | N/A |
| CB Ryan Watts | 434 | 56.52% | 144.67 |
| CB D'Shawn Jamison | 429 | 38.10% | 214.50 |
| S Anthony Cook | 390 | 61.54% | N/A |
| DB Jahdae Barron | 370 | 73.68% | 123.33 |
| DB Jaylon Guilbeau | 205 | 70.00% | 205.00 |
| S Kitan Crawford | 160 | 50.00% | 160.00 |
| CB Jamier Johnson | 149 | 81.82% | 49.67 |
2021 (at least 100 snaps)
| snaps | comp% | s/burn | |
| CB D'Shawn Jamison | 631 | 64.52% | 210.33 |
| S BJ Foster | 618 | 100.00% | 206.00 |
| S Jerrin Thompson | 523 | 71.43% | 523.00 |
| DB Anthony Cook | 482 | 37.50% | 482.00 |
| CB Josh Thompson | 442 | 65.22% | 221.00 |
| S Brenden Schooler | 367 | 77.78% | 91.75 |
| CB Darion Dunn | 302 | 55.56% | 302.00 |
| CB Jahdae Barron | 216 | 30.00% | 216.00 |
2020 (at least 100 snaps)
| snaps | comp% | s/burn | |
| CB D'Shawn Jamison | 504 | 61.11% | 126 |
| DB Chris Adimora | 478 | 56.52% | 478 |
| S Chris Brown | 453 | 33.33% | N/A |
| S Caden Sterns | 448 | 37.50% | N/A |
| CB Josh Thompson | 443 | 60.00% | 110.75 |
| CB Jalen Green | 319 | 62.50% | 63.8 |
| S B.J. Foster | 290 | 33.33% | N/A |
| DB Anthony Cook | 173 | 50.00% | 173 |
2019 (at least 100 snaps)
| snaps | comp% | s/burn | |
| S Brandon Jones | 788 | 60.00% | 262.67 |
| CB D'Shawn Jamison | 538 | 48.65% | 76.86 |
| DB Chris Brown | 530 | 50.00% | 530.00 |
| S B.J. Foster | 458 | 50.00% | 458.00 |
| CB Anthony Cook | 411 | 62.96% | 137.00 |
| S Caden Sterns | 410 | 71.43% | 410.00 |
| CB Jalen Green | 349 | 52.94% | 87.25 |
| S Montrell Estelle | 288 | 88.89% | 288.00 |
| CB Kobe Boyce | 271 | 56.25% | 54.20 |
| DB Demarvion Overshown | 231 | 25.00% | N/A |
| DB Josh Thompson | 132 | 100.00% | 132.00 |
2018 (at least 100 snaps)
| snaps | comp% | s/burn | |
| CB Kris Boyd | 782 | 44.29% | 97.75 |
| DB P.J. Locke | 775 | 68.97% | 193.75 |
| S Caden Sterns | 770 | 57.14% | 256.67 |
| CB Davante Davis | 560 | 48.65% | 80.00 |
| S Brandon Jones | 494 | 62.50% | 247.00 |
| S B.J. Foster | 471 | 50.00% | 235.50 |
| DB Josh Thompson | 166 | 63.64% | 166.00 |
| CB Anthony Cook | 139 | 60.00% | 139.00 |
| DB Chris Brown | 136 | 0.00% | N/A |
| CB Kobe Boyce | 130 | 75.00% | 43.33 |
2017 (at least 100 snaps)
| snap | comp% | snaps per burn | |
| S D Elliott | 796 | 44.44% | 398.00 |
| CB K Boyd | 730 | 42.55% | 146.00 |
| S B Jones | 715 | 55.56% | 178.75 |
| CB H Hill | 583 | 38.10% | N/A |
| DB P Locke | 443 | 37.50% | 110.75 |
| DB A Davis | 316 | 53.33% | 158.00 |
| DB J Bonney | 297 | 35.71% | 297.00 |
| S J Hall | 230 | 50.00% | 230.00 |
| CB D Davis | 208 | 48.39% | 34.67 |
Clearly it has something to do with coaching/teaching and also having players like Jalin Hyatt come on like absolute gangbusters doesn't hurt.
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