9-3 is the safest prediction I think. The record itself shows progress. It allows for some error / lack of motivation / second half collapses like last year.
In my mind, Bama, OU and other road games should be our only loss “potentials” (I know we can lose a home game but speaking in terms of probability/expected lines).
That said, put me in the camp that is a big believer in Sark. I think for me his two biggest knocks so far have been:
(1) Second half performances…including some clock mgmt late in games…but really more the opposite of “all has no brakes” feeling…
(2) DL recruiting.
As someone else said if he fixes those areas, our ceiling is as high as any team, including Bama, going forward.
When I hear Sark speak, I appreciate his transparency, his thought process and his genuinesss. I know he’s smart. I do think he’s going to prove to be as good as Lincoln Riley in terms of being a QB whisperer…and that quality (combined with a some stronger DL talent, a must for the SEC) and he could honestly be tracking for unprecedented territory for Texas.
My biggest hope for this year is we win both halves of games all year. Not win the first half and tie the second. Win both. All gas, no brakes. THAT should be our team’s goal all year: “win ‘‘em both!”
If our D can continue to improve tackling and Ewers plays like we all hope he can, winning both halves can happen…and should happen.
I really like Sark and I truly hope he sheds the second half rep he established last year.
We need to leave the Big 12 in style on smoke some teams.
