Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (An open letter to Sark)
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After last Saturday's wake-up call, I'm feeling very good about this game with Baylor. One thing is certain, though...the Big XII officials will find some way to screw us. So the solution is simple: rout the Bears so thoroughly that a bad officiating call or two won't impact the game in any way.
CONGRATS! You are the proud father... I mean President of a bouncing baby punter! 👼
A 47 year old, going on 48 years old, grown-@ssed man sending a football coach an open letter isn't wierd.
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@Ketchum Is Sark’s philosophy of not rotating receivers going to be used against us in recruiting? Have you formed an opinion on Chris Jackson the recruiter yet?
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a. Maybe at some point. But, probably not while guys are scheduled to leave for the league.
b. Too early to tell, but Wingo is a big win.
I'm starting to get the impression that we have a puncher's chance with Wingo.
Would be awesome for Sark to write an open letter to Ketchum about owning a fan website.
It’s kind of a trap question though? 3 high safeties, match concepts, 3 down front, the answer is running the ball. If you can’t run it you have to throw it right in to the teeth of the defense. And that’s more complicated than a play call or QB making the right read. Line has to hold up longer, WR’s and TE’s have to settle in to zones and TBH it’s schematically suited to defend against a Sark type offense who seems to love layers and and long drag/over routes. Add accuracy issues and the passing game gets messy.
Running the ball isn’t as easy as it sounds. Trap corners and pressures coming from distance make identification difficult for an O-line where 1-2 are going to be required to block a much smaller but faster defender. Once our O-line settled in to what they were seeing we ran the ball well.
As much as we don’t like to see a struggle, those reps are significant with ISU on the schedule and others capable of deploying that scheme.
I’m just surprised Ketch won’t admit that it has given Sark nonstop problems passing the ball. I agree with you, if we can’t run we are sunk. We haven’t had the most success running against that defense either
Good defenses give offenses problems when those offenses aren't very good and don't have plus-quarterback play.
Need our backups with some experience….as my gut tells me we will need them sooner than later.
Mac Jones passer rating was the lowest against Arkansas in 2020. Explain
I’d be willing to bet you see a similar trend at Texas under Sark vs teams running 3 high (ISU, OSU, TCU, etc)
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Correct, he averaged a whopping 7.1 yards per attempt and had zero touchdowns. It was a season low on yards and touchdowns for a guy who had a 203 season rating. Could it be that the 3 high defense was a problem for him passing the ball?
I mean... it was 38-3 at halftime.
How big of a problem do we think it was?
Saban likely had the parking break on because he could.
I'm not saying the defense isn't problematic. I'm saying it's not the boogie man.
For having the parking break on he sure threw it an awful lot. Nonetheless this defense has been a problem for Sark and it will be a talking point until it stops being his kryptonite
I'm just saying it's been his kryptonite while he's had shitty quarterbacking.
If Alabama-game Ewers shows up, it won't be an issue.
Wyoming was a well coached team. I watched them beat Tech. Our team was very flat the first half. I thought they were still tired and probably stiff ,from the effort of beating Alabama. Alabama also looked flat in their game. I hope that our team doesn't look ahead. Just focus on the next game. We have the talent to win them all. If we think that Baylor will be an easy game because of a past game, we will loose. Simple as that!
Agreed but I still think the Mac Jones datapoint suggests this defense really throws Sark a curve ball in the passing game
I didn't think Texas was flat. I just didn't think it executed, but they were emotionally into the game IMO.
You might be right. I'm giving him unearned credit, I suppose.
I just keep thinking, "This guy has been a coordinator in the NFL. Surely, this isn't a thing he struggles with."
I don't understand why nobody has asked him about it specifically in a press conference. He'd probably give some coach-speak answer about execution and preparation, but I don't think anybody has brought it up?
Playing offense in a phone booth by choice is an insane idea.
Quinn’s comments on it made me feel like it’s more than just another day at the office.
Someone hinted at it in the PC, but didn't come right out and ask about it directly.
I thought he’d give a much more generic answer than he did. He didn’t get into details but what he said was a bit telling because he could have just said “execution, blah blah blah we all have to do our jobs.”
It’s kind of like saying it’s hard to run the ball against a Bear front. The answer is kind of already there.
It’s not just that Sark struggles with it, or that his offensive scheme is inept, it’s that in general, passing games struggle with it. Literally the whole reason the defense is constricted the way it is was to stop spread offenses and RPO’s.
I don’t think it’s as big a deal TBH. O-line maturity, route running, accuracy. Execute those 3 and you have a great day.
BYU will come to Austin as a 4-3 team at best. I don't think they finish any better than 3-6 in Big 12 play
