Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (The chance was there for the taking)
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The fumble?
About half a second.
Because that's the play I'm referring to with the time clock in his head.
Ketch - imo, TH is what Sark was a decade ago. Younger, more immature and had other challenges he was personally dealing with. Let’s just leave it at that as I see no need to trample over someone’s grave.
That said, Sark matured under Saban and to my knowledge, none of Sark’s prior demons have reared their head so yeah, I think Sark has matured.
Your response leads me to believe you have some deeper concerns about Sark as the context of Herman and why he needed to go didn’t involve Sark.
TH needed to go. He needs to mature and work through his own challenges….and I wish him nothing but the best too (other than when the best for him hinders UT in any way).
Totally agree and TH made multiple poor choices in a difficult time.
I thought Ketch was on the money about his comments regarding QE and how Sark used (or did not use) him against Baylor. If anyone did not understand, that is a flaw you need to recognize and solve (like going back to 3rd grade to pick up the reading comprehension skills you missed.) And BTW assigning a click-bait motive to his comments is silly.
Sark has never accomplished what Herman has accomplished as a head coach.
Until that happens, yeah, I have concerns.
I had moved on to the next play as part of my walk-through of issues.
Is Texas playing for the Big 12 title and in a major bowl game?
Of all the criticisms of you the last few days, I did not have “giving cover for Sark” on my bingo card. Not sure that poster is reading your stuff.You think I'm never critical of Sark?
I get it, they were freshman mistakes that led firectly to points for Baylor in critcal moments. I hope he can learn from these mistakes and I am sure he will. But, some of the things I pointed out indirectly caused us to lose points as well. They would have rounded out talking about the game and was part of the reason the game was close.
I think this is an important point to add about this particular game. It was mentioned specifically by Sark in his post game presser. In response to a question about why he called nothing but running plays midway through the 4th quarter, Sark said that he thought the OL was struggling in its pass protection against Baylor but was doing a good job in run game blocking.
I agree with the general points about Ewers' overall performance this season as being a disappointment. But I think it is incorrect to emohasize this game as proof positive that Ewers has regressed during the season.
I am eagerly awaiting Alex's Deep Dig analysis of the OL to get more understanding of just how bad that OL performance was.
Also, I wish someone would post some stills and video of the Sanders non-catch near the goal line that everyone is blaming on Ewers. When I look at the play, I see Sanders with his feet barely off the ground and his hands just above his helmet, with his elbows still with some bend in them. I think that non-catch is about 80-20 on Sanders.
I’m baffled at your defense of TH. I have first hand info about him that gives me peace of mind our fine University made the decision to part ways with him.
As for Sark, yeah I have concerns. I also have concerns for my wife and my parents and my kids…
…and at this juncture my concerns for our football team and Sark are far less than what they’d be if TH we’re running the show.
Criticize Sark all you want. I have no problem with that…the issue I have is your suggestion TH would be better now for us than Sark is as I couldn’t disagree more strongly with that.
Ewers threw a fastball over his head when anything else would have resulted in a walk-in touchdown.
He barely had time to get his hands up towards the ball because it came in so hot.
That his list of accomplishments as a head coach are superior to Sark's?
Why is that baffling? It's the elephant in the room.
I’ve said this time and time again, CDC is the best hire UT had EVER made, imo.
Does that mean he’s perfect and mistake-free? Nope but his mistakes aren’t firable offenses.
With this comment you just made referencing CDC, are you suggesting CDC should be dismissed?
I don’t really understand how CDC now (first, TH) is entering this equation.
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The pass blocking was a big fat F'n F.
Kelvin Banks Pass Grade - 76.6
Hayden Conner Pass Grade - 73.5
Jake Majors Pass Grade - 73.3
Cole Hutson Pass Grade - 35.7
DJ Campbell Pass Grade - 44.4
Christian Jones Pass Grade - 65.1
Andrej Karic Pass Grade - 31.6
Ja'Tavion Sanders Pass Grade - 67.4
Bijan Robinson Pass Grade - 13.9
Roschon Johnson Pass Grade - 13.5
Average Pass Grade in this group = 47.5
Average Pass Grade in this group without Karic - 49.5
Team Pass Block Grade for the Season (which accounts for RB's)
OU - 90.6
ISU - 77.6
UTSA - 77.2
TCU - 76.2
La Monroe - 76.1
Kansas - 74.1
Alabama - 72.2
Kansas State - 71.1
West Virginia - 68.2
Texas Tech - 66.3
Oklahoma State - 53.3
Baylor - 51.1
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I think it's for Murphy as Card will enter the transfer portal as expected.
Playing for the Big 12, but not college playoff spot cause they lost to Bama, a mid tier and a ranked Big 12 team…but could get to 10 wins with a bowl game
Again, starting at the 5:00 mark in the 3rd, the Horns ran the ball 10 out of 12 plays for 83 yards. The 2 passes were quick flips, behind the line of scrimmage - virtual running plays - not downfield throws. That was a "drastic change of play-calling", was it not? The "drastic change of play-calling" took place before the fumble.
Texas threw the ball downfield a grand total of 2 times in the 2nd half; both within the first 4 minutes of the 3rd. The pass to Whitt that he fumbled away with more than 11:00 left in the 3rd Q was their last downfield pass attempt of the game. Maybe this was the halftime adjustment that folks have been clamoring for this season(?).
Granted, Ewers fumble was a bad play on his part, he should've either thrown the ball away or covered up; I'm not sure he saw the DB coming from the back side(?), but he should have seen him. It was also poor protection by the O-Line and a dumb play call by Sark - he admitted as much in his PC. I think they were trying to hit Worthy on a stop and go route down the sideline; they had been setting that up all day. And yes, thankfully, they ran the ball every play after that. You can say Texas ran the ball the final 22 plays of the game, but you can also say.......Texas ran the ball 33 out of the final 35 plays of the game.
Here's what I disagree with Ketch: you (and RGIII during the broadcast) characterized that point in the game as Sark "took the ball out of Ewers hands". I contend that a more accurate statement is that he decided to put the ball in the hands of #5 & #2. Best RB group in the nation, with an O-Line that was large and in charge. It was more about RUN the ball and not PASS the ball - team sport - rather than oh golly, I'm afraid to let Ewers throw it again today.
That's probably a success by the minimal parameters I have set.
Texas passed it 2 out 4 plays just before the 22-play stretch began, all inside their own 30.
What happened on that fourth play?
This is wrong. Recruiting completely cratering was a big portion of the making a move on Herman.
They were proactive before there were massive holes even bigger in the program.
I rewatched the Ewers errant throw (Sanders incompletion) multiple times. A picture does not tell the story, so if you're basing your opinion based on a picture, you should rewatch the film. The takeways I had were the following:
- it was a short pass
- it was thrown at a velocity FAR above need given the circumstances (close, open)
- it was thrown way above his head requiring full extension of Sanders' arms
When a receiving player (WR, TE or RB for that matter) has TIME to adjust to the ball being thrown, I generally agree with the sentiment that it should be caught, but because of all three things listed being present, the fault of that incompletion is 95% Ewers.
Imagine trying to hit a 100mph fastball from half the distance to the pitcher's mound. I'm not saying that's same difficulty Sanders had in making the catch but reiterating you can't expect Sanders to be fully extended in time to catch a ball thrown way harder than needed, especially given how close he was to the LOS.
I mean... that's the cover for the decision. Actual BOR members have said otherwise in private conversatios.
@Ketchum
Assuming the standard for Sark having a successful coaching career at Texas are as follows:
Make it at through least 8 seasons
Win a conference title at least 2 times
Make the playoff at least 3 times
Win double digit games total - in at least half of years 1-8
Do you believe that Sark will be a successful coach at Texas based on those guidelines?
Assuming the standard for Sark having a successful coaching career at Texas are as follows:
Make it at through least 8 seasons
Win a conference title at least 2 times
Make the playoff at least 3 times
Win double digit games total - in at least half of years 1-8
Do you believe that Sark will be a successful coach at Texas based on those guidelines?
