Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (Time to stop braking)
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The OL is improving.
The defense has improved from a year ago, although it struggles on the road.
He earned one last year but there was nothing about Saturday that showed sark tried to turtle. In fact, I wish he would have ran it more in the 2nd half.
Agreed…Frustrating that Dykes is having a great season in year 1 at TCU…the luck has to change for TX at some point right???
If Sark isn’t the answer (hoping like hell that he is)…it’s critical that CDC gets the next one right heading into the SEC…
Maybe... Those 30 incompletions and two interceptions still exist though. This game had loss written all over it eventually one way or another.
I'm not sure our "luck" will change as long as we have B12 officials working the games. We will have to make our own luck.
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And one day he will have Ewers and Arch with more than a few games experience. It will make a difference. Sanders has been playing since he was a freshman and still is not that great a QB. You give Arch or Ewers either one 10 games of college experience and they will be twice the QB.
100%!! I was screaming that all Sanders was doing was dink and dunk. We intercepted him 1 time and it could easily have 3 and possibly 4! Why couldn't Sark have Ewers throwing some of these short passes until he got into a rhythm?
The most disappointing aspect of Sark has been the lack of imagination in the 2nd half. I was led to believe that Sark set defenses up with plays that pay off later in the game. I haven't seen any of that. I can't for the life of me figure out why he uses all his best plays in the first half. Save some stuff for the 4th qtr and I think he'd be wise to script series for different situations late in games.
This last loss is so simple in my mind…and I’m a huge fan of Sark but he totally missed the boat this last game.
I think the problem started and persisted almost squarely on Ewers. He was never comfortable. He never set up…constantly threw off his back foot, rushed plays and honesty just played scared…or maybe more gently put, like a freshman making a his first hostile road trip.
So to be clear, I think Ewers had his worst game ever…and hopefully that’s future tense (too). And I still love Ewers but I think it looked like he was hesitant to play with conviction and instead played like he was fearful of getting hit hard.
So despite a lousy first half performance by him we still had a lead…and our D came on in the first couple possessions on fire…
The biggest problem I had was Sark’s playcalling. With all our playmakers Ewers should have been throwing small throws in the flats to them…and just a handful of passes over thr LOS and even those most 5-10yard passes to Sanders…
If we do that, Ewers can stay in the game (get the much needed experience) AND we can move the ball effectively.
Its not rocket science. And I still love Sark but that was on him.
I think the problem started and persisted almost squarely on Ewers. He was never comfortable. He never set up…constantly threw off his back foot, rushed plays and honesty just played scared…or maybe more gently put, like a freshman making a his first hostile road trip.
So to be clear, I think Ewers had his worst game ever…and hopefully that’s future tense (too). And I still love Ewers but I think it looked like he was hesitant to play with conviction and instead played like he was fearful of getting hit hard.
So despite a lousy first half performance by him we still had a lead…and our D came on in the first couple possessions on fire…
The biggest problem I had was Sark’s playcalling. With all our playmakers Ewers should have been throwing small throws in the flats to them…and just a handful of passes over thr LOS and even those most 5-10yard passes to Sanders…
If we do that, Ewers can stay in the game (get the much needed experience) AND we can move the ball effectively.
Its not rocket science. And I still love Sark but that was on him.
And Texas could have used Card’s wheels in this game…and just do short passes and have a more mobile QB.
My pref would have been Ewers getting olaycalling first and then if he still can’t hit those easy throws then Card.
It's kind of mind-blowing that he did so little to make it easier for his young quarterback.
Like I said, he's been a starting pitcher that can't get through a line-up more than twice.
I get the frustration, and why people want a change in the defensive side of the ball. But it’s a team loss. All these games sark have lost have been that way. It’s one thing if Texas plays a good game, but the other team just absolutely balls out. But 2 years in, i think everyone knows where the issue is and it starts/ends at the very top. The most baffling aspect is the staff’s inability to make adjustments mid game. Look at gundys press conference, he mentioned that he didn’t do any speeches at half time, just let the coordinators and coaches work with the players on adjustments. All they did was adjust to how Texas ran the ball, and that was it. Sark did literally nothing different in the second half. It’s like he can’t deviate from what’s in the sheet in front of him. Sark might be the 8th best coach in the big 12, but with the most talented roster in the conference most years. Texas will be in more 4th quarter games, and the determining factor is usually which team has the better coach. And that’s not good for Texas
Here’s the deal. If we all know/agree Bijan is special, including having the best hands, why in the hell is he not receiving (CATCHING) more balls every game…and honestly, “saving” those for the second half….our best weapon using his best weapon. Imagine that.
…among imagining Whit, Xavier, Keilan, Roschon all getting balls in the flats. Break a tackle or two by a DB vs busting through 4-6 280 pounders.
…among imagining Whit, Xavier, Keilan, Roschon all getting balls in the flats. Break a tackle or two by a DB vs busting through 4-6 280 pounders.
