drag worm

1. Arch definitely had the yips first half of the season. Which didn’t help. 2. The OL was atrocious especially for a season where breaking in a new QB starter it should have been built to lean more on the run game. (Many thought the RB room should have been completely rebuilt prior to the 2025 season.) 3. The kinda worrisome situation exists that four of the five starters from last season will once again be starting this season. How much they are able to play more disciplined, play more cohesively and play more athletically in Sark’s wide zone schemes will all fall on Sark and Flood. Show noticeable difference and you can also put some major kudos on those two coaches. We’ll know by week two.

Pressure or not, it would be a biblical waste of roster money to see that position struggle again and hinder the offense this year.

Speaking of Phil Steele are preseason magazines hitting the racks yet?

The fact I wasn’t even sure if this was a joke when I clicked it…

Mine too lol.

Unfonged.

I like him a lot and have watched his analysis the past to seasons. But while his cohosts are clear homers he just disguises it better as he’s tried to expand his audience and it’s pretty easy to see it happening if you watch enough of his shows especially regarding recruiting or post / pre big Georgia games. Don’t blame him for expanding his audience he’s killing it. But you have to take the Georgia stuff with a grain of salt. Also I’ve grown to hate Georgia the past two seasons.

Dude always has an underlying Georgia agenda.

The biggest travesty was that it further exposed the issue that Colt and Shipley had bailed out the lack of a running game all season and that play was the pinnacle of that issue coming to life in the worst possible way. Much like the last two games against Ohio State you shouldn’t have to risk your QBs life to score inside the ten.

1. Greg Davis calls a different play inside the ten against Bama. 2. Gideon makes the interception. 3. VY comes back for his senior year.

Yep and don’t forget we had a hand in Florida winning that title in 96. Without it Stoops’ stock might not be high enough to get the OU job.

Yep. I was at a bar during college and remember a dbag Florida fan arguing with me before that game. “What’s Nebraska gonna do to us, run the wishbone?” I thought of a him a few times that night.

Those 94 / 95 Nebraska teams were NASTY.

If this holds up it's the final death nail in college sports. Way to go Tech! You did it!

What a joke.

My favorite football player of all time. I was in grad school during his run as well. Spent a night summer of 96 sitting at a table with him on 6th, chopping it up. Teared up in the student section when he broke the record. All time great.

“After neglecting the offensive line in the transfer portal ahead of the 2025 season, the Longhorns added a likely future NFL offensive tackle (Melvin Siani), a probable starter at left guard (Laurence Seymore) and two developmental pieces (Jonte Newman and Dylan Sikorski) who showed varying degrees of promise during spring practice.” That was less reassuring to read than you probably intended it to be.

“Physicality” Do we have it yet?

Unless they are big enough recruits to start day one like Banks and you have them for three years building player to player chemistry and better knowledge of the offense overall.

Elite national top 100 type offensive linemen recruited under Sark/Flood. 2022: Banks, Campbell 2023: 2024: Baker 2025: 2026: Turntine Thats the list.

Are we a more physical team? Why? Are we more disciplined on the OL? Why? Is this OL built to execute Sark’s wide zone running scheme better than last year’s line? Why? Can this OL move the pile inside the five the way the last two lines had trouble doing? Why? These are the areas that take us from good to great.

Feels like a weird spring overall with so many key players out. More like a rookie mini camp. There’s not a whole lot of time to have this team gel into a unit that’s firing on all cylinders by the time Ohio State comes to town but that’s the task at hand. OL chemistry. Arch chemistry with the skill players. And just Arch getting back into a game winning rhythm in general. I was there today and came away feeling like I saw a lot of good parts on the field. Now the clock starts on putting them all together.

I like him better as an underdog at a place like Ole Miss. He’s gonna be unlikable again at LSU.

Classic LSU move.

Yep lotta pressure on him in that game. Sark is playing with house money in that series.