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MaroonRevival said:

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Idk. Minus a bad play or three, whoever runs that offense is light years more creative than we are…I'd take whoever it is right now.

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cevans_40 said:

I see you are enamored with slip motion

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MaroonRevival said:

I am enamored with misdirection, motion, playing to strengths, hiding weaknesses, doing the unexpected, taking shots…all the things people tell me football offenses are capable of doing.

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They did all of that and only scored twice on the same basic play. RB wheel route.

Their offense is not some complicated, genius-created system. It's a ton of screens and the occasional vertical.

The 2020 Tide offense was one of the best I've seen. Sark did an amazing job with Mac Jones at QB. The Texas offense is legit and will be so long as Sark is running the O.

Bobaloo said:

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The 2020 Tide offense was one of the best I've seen. Sark did an amazing job with Mac Jones at QB. The Texas offense is legit and will be so long as Sark is running the O.

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The 2020 bama offense had like 8 first round picks including Mac Jones


Is the play caller really doing an amazing job when the entire offense is a cheat code?

Todd Monken was one of the best in the business IMO. He was a genius playcaller

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Bobaloo said:

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The 2020 Tide offense was one of the best I've seen. Sark did an amazing job with Mac Jones at QB. The Texas offense is legit and will be so long as Sark is running the O.

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Mr. Fingerbottom said:

The 2020 bama offense had like 8 first round picks including Mac Jones


Is the play caller really doing an amazing job when the entire offense is a cheat code?

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We were far more talented than App St, so it's not just a matter of having superior talent. You still have to have a coach who can channel that talent.

It reminds of Summie trying to finesse every short-yardage goal line play. Just recruit a boolah-boolah back and rely on that highly-paid OL to make the first push while Jumbo moves the entire pile when he hits.

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Bobaloo said:

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The 2020 Tide offense was one of the best I've seen. Sark did an amazing job with Mac Jones at QB. The Texas offense is legit and will be so long as Sark is running the O.

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Mr. Fingerbottom said:

The 2020 bama offense had like 8 first round picks including Mac Jones


Is the play caller really doing an amazing job when the entire offense is a cheat code?

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texag101 said:

We were far more talented than App St, so it's not just a matter of having superior talent. You still have to have a coach who can channel that talent.

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That guy doesn't coach here anymore. HTH

Yeah the sips are just jealous they wish they had our offensive success this year. They would give anything to trade places with us, losers

ObjectiveUTLAW91 said:

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This idea that Sark is a genius play caller is the biggest BS in college football. He is now 0-8 in the red zone, back to back years, to tie a semifinal game, and he comes out empty with some bs play calling. I like what he has done with the program, but he is not a genius play caller.

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He beat our ass

LB12Diamond said:

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So was Texas when Kansas beat them in Sarks first year. So what?

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Maybe, maybe not. Sark has recruited really well and it's obviously showing.

Sark has recruited well, alrighty

Oh yes. It's Sark writing those checks. LOL

What's next. That QB that switched from LSU to Michigan. It's bc the Michigan head coach recruits so well. Sure bud

Staying on the preface of this thread which so happened was started by a Texas law student. Sark was known as a good play caller. Not a recruiter but NIL helps out in that area obviously. Their playoff losses are both squarely on the play calling of Sark. So the one area he's known for is now a very big question mark.

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Better than Klein by a large margin

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Nope. And not close.

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Bobaloo said:

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The 2020 Tide offense was one of the best I've seen. Sark did an amazing job with Mac Jones at QB. The Texas offense is legit and will be so long as Sark is running the O.

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Mr. Fingerbottom said:

The 2020 bama offense had like 8 first round picks including Mac Jones


Is the play caller really doing an amazing job when the entire offense is a cheat code?

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They dominated college football and won the national title in convincing fashion. What more could they have done? I've never seen a great team that was poorly coached. Nick Saban, the best coach ever, had confidence in Sark? The O delivered in major fashion regardless of the talent level.

Just saying, we won the Cotton Bowl our first year in the SEC...

The osu quarterback finally beat tu in four tries. Klein was his OC for two of those years.

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The osu quarterback finally beat tu in four tries. Klein was his OC for two of those years.

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How convenient that you didn't mention that those KState teams he played on had less talent than tu. And the one time he beat tu, he was on a team that has equal or better talent.

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The 2020 Tide offense was one of the best I've seen. Sark did an amazing job with Mac Jones at QB. The Texas offense is legit and will be so long as Sark is running the O.

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I'm betting that when sark was at bama, if he wanted to call something stupid, Saban vetoed it.

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The 2020 Tide offense was one of the best I've seen. Sark did an amazing job with Mac Jones at QB. The Texas offense is legit and will be so long as Sark is running the O.

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newbie11 said:

I'm betting that when sark was at bama, if he wanted to call something stupid, Saban vetoed it.

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95% of the time the HCs do not comment on the play calls at all until after the fact. Another time they may have input is if it is a huge play in the game and/or it's during a timeout. (I had friends in college that did the headsets for both tceh and A&M). There simply isn't enough time to "veto" a play call and get another one in. These days most plays have run/pass options attached to them anyways.

The most Savan could've done would've been to tell Sark, "Run the ball here!" Or something like that right after the previous play.

while the red zone playcalling had some headscratchers and signs of outsmarting himself,

i actually thought they did a great job of creating successful plays despite being heavily pressured.
Better than we did most of the year...

His offense should be better than ours. Sark himself said it was not until the middle of his 3rd year where all aspects were installed, understood and ran smoothly.

Why don't coaches leave it up to the QBs to call the plays whenever the ball is inside the Five Yard Line?

Sark is a great play designer. He's not a great play caller.

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Why don't coaches leave it up to the QBs to call the plays whenever the ball is inside the Five Yard Line?

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Totally agree. It's done in the pros. Not sure how often QBs can change or call plays on their own in college now a days.

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This idea that Sark is a genius play caller is the biggest BS in college football. He is now 0-8 in the red zone, back to back years, to tie a semifinal game, and he comes out empty with some bs play calling. I like what he has done with the program, but he is not a genius play caller.

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Yeah he blew that 1st and goal on the 1

I just want to confirm. You think Klein is better OC than Sark?

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Was Downs even touched?

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Nope. Otherwise, we would've been screaming about the no call on the blatant hold.

When he had 1st and goal at the 1 Texas scores even if they let me call plays. Arch goes in and run in 4 times in various fashions between the tackles. I feel confident they'd have scored but I'm so so glad they didnt lol.

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When he had 1st and goal at the 1 Texas scores even if they let me call plays. Arch goes in and run in 4 times in various fashions between the tackles. I feel confident they'd have scored but I'm so so glad they didnt lol.

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Arch got the snot knocked out of him earlier - he seemed doubtful to be able to hold on to the ball and makes those goal line runs, especially up the middle.

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BMX Bandit said:

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Was Downs even touched?

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Nope. Otherwise, we would've been screaming about the no call on the blatant hold.

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Downs didn't make the tackle. He got stiff armed and fell to the ground. The other guy made the tackle.

Sark is damn good coach.

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Sark is damn good coach.

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Yeah, but he's got some Jimbo tendencies that need to be corrected. He doesn't make in-game adjustments because he can't believe his scheme isn't working. He's convinced he's the smartest guy in the room. And he might be. Doesn't mean he's always right.

Steve Sarkisian went 5-7 (3-6 Big 12) in his first year in 2021, including a 57-56 overtime home loss to 2-10 (1-8) Kansas on 11/13/2021 in which they trailed by 21 twice: 35-14 with 1:00 left in the 2nd quarter and 42-21 with 8:59 left in the 3rd quarter. Then, he went 8-5 (6-3 Big 12) in 2022.

I hate to say it, but Sarkisian has built Texas into an elite team over the last 2 years:

1. Texas went 25-5 over the last two years, including 15-2 (8-1 Big 12 in 2023 and 7-1 SEC in 2024) in regular season conference games.

2. Texas has made back-to-back conference championship game appearances and CFP Semifinal appearances.

3. Texas has won an FBS leading 11 consecutive road games since a 41-34 loss at Oklahoma State on 10/22/2022.

4. Texas had 11 players drafted last year and will likely have 10+ players drafted this year.

5. Texas has the No. 1 recruiting class in the country.

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Their playoff losses are both squarely on the play calling of Sark.

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I had to look up their playoff game against Washington last year since I couldn't remember anything about it. They had 500 yards of offense in that game and 23 first downs. I'm not sure you can blame Sark's offense for that loss.

The 2 wheel routes to Blue were nice calls. The pitchout was horrendous. There's just no reason to take that risk on 2nd down. Last year was a different story. They had 11 seconds when they got down there. 2 fumbles in the 2nd half and lack of a pass rush doomed them. This year you can put that loss squarely on Sark. He'll remember that play call 40 years from now.