What Happened on THAT Screen? | Shutting Down Jeremiah Smith | Second Watch with Rod Babers | Texas

[@ryannelson2653]

The defense has improved every year. The offense is stagnant need some fresh eyes on that side of the ball to take the next step.

[@BurntOrangeHorn78]

Tough to overcome injured star players on offense. Williams was largely in effective against anOSU's superior Edge rushers.

[@colbyhofferek7668]

2022 we had Worthy and Bijan. 2023 we had Worthy and Brooks. This year we had no star WR or RB. Next year we will have a more complete QB and most likely better WR and RB rooms. If the offense has problems next year, then yes we need fresh eyes. This year was just a result of personnel limitations

[@christianread27]

@@colbyhofferek7668Exactly. I swear people won't be complaining like this in exactly a year from now if arch and our rbs remain relatively healthy next season

[@Texaschik01]

Tough game to.swallow but what a GREAT FREAKIN' SEASON. Hook'em 🤘

[@toutlaw983]

I want Sark to hire an assistant to help him break offensive tendencies and bring a different offensive look.

[@BryantFlori]

Great idea but I don’t think that’s happening sark wants to be in control of play calling and if that was even an idea it would’ve already happened

[@coa_paul3977]

Same but he won’t

[@coltonmartinez4434]

Same. Ryan Day did that and it seems to have paid off

[@BurntOrangeHorn78]

The big unanswered question is who is better than the Flood and Sarkisian combination? No one ever has an answer.

[@bobwalk4564]

Same and it’s sad cause he won’t

[@bobwalk4564]

Sark plays for the explosive plays only. When we ran straight at them no counter we got 3-4 yards each time. Even when it works he goes away from it. We all know he won’t give up play calling but if he does this offense will take off for sure.

[@Bones12x2]

Exactly, my brother and I complain about the same thing. He does it over and over. The run game wasn't actually bad. It was setting up manageable 2nd and 3rd downs

[@Chimonya]

Y'all are wrong. We ran the ball 29 times and got 58 yards. That's not working. And contrary to what y'all are saying, the counters worked, the wide zone did not, running straight at them did not. The only truly bad call Sark made was the toss at the goal line. He's still one of the best in the business at play calling. Who you going to get to replace him? Chip Kelly ain't leaving OSU.

[@Mr.wilson949]

When i was a child,my dad had a saying. "They or someone fumbled on the ten yard line". I knew it was bad. I didn't know how badly fumbling on the ten yard could be until this game.

[@toutlaw983]

If Michael Taafe decides to come back, I hope the safeties fight for a starting role at corner and don't transfer out. We need the best players on the field and competition for playing time is a good thing.

[@Chimonya]

He's coming back. DJ Campbell too.

[@TxLonghornsFan]

I don’t know how we replace Barron and Makuba. Makuba was a freshman All-American at Clemson and obviously Barron was an AP All-American this year. Hard to replace All-American level talent.

[@512.Outdoors]

The recruiting classes are starting to stack in a way that makes it possible tho

[@BurntOrangeHorn78]

So many forget that each of the last two years there were 132 other teams watching the game. Only Texas was playing in both semifinals. The other semifinal opponents did not make the CFP in the other year. Beats the Blubonnet Bowl big time!

[@joseywales1494]

Tired of the "feel good" narrative. We got gifted a Semifinal spot last year because undefeated Florida State lost their QB. We don't play for moral victories. We play for championships.

[@Ric1stoffdoesntcare]

Alabama got the gift​@@joseywales1494

[@christianread27]

@@joseywales1494Are you dumb? We still would've gotten in if Florida St QB wasn't injured. Alabama would've been the team that got left out. Must be hard living a life where you warp everything so negatively like that

[@romanrodriguez3683]

Would have been awesome to pull something like he did with the defense line last yr in the red zone

[@jamesthompson2839]

I was just thinking the same thing about an assistant. Some more eyes in the booth above the field. That goes for offense and defense 😮

[@reinaorellana483]

To have more eyes could be better they can do the same like soccer they alway have more eyes an assistant but any way Texas long horn is the best they do more than the other team so not all day are the same every day is different every day some happen good or bad but happen this the case of my Long Horn but lost or win we stay with then 🤘🤘🤘🤘♥️

[@ciscodiaz593]

I’ve said that about Sark he gets conservative at times, especially during the 3rd quarter. He becomes very predictable.

[@BurntOrangeHorn78]

Yet Texas outscored anOSU 7-0 in the 3rd quarter.

[@ciscodiaz593]

@ it took him how long to do that exactly? One time isn’t enough.

[@EvanPriston]

Hook em Bobby!!!!!!!

[@PhanBoyMusic]

The weird thing about that toss play was that, besides the fact that it should have never been called, is that OSU saw it coming and super obviously loaded up that side of the field. Even for me in my couch, that was an easy audible. So really, Quinn and Sarked pooped the bed on that one. 🤦🏻

[@Kirbysbbqtx]

Good season, I had fun all yr

[@DD-qv4gj]

I agree 100% with your bullish call Rod for Sark. We really didn't see all gas no breaks this season. I think just his philosophy. Maybe he thinks too much for players to learn?

[@killamindedmusic4220]

He doesn’t trust the receivers, they’ve run wrong routes all season

[@tmfrotalexander8095]

This is going to be hard

[@BurntOrangeHorn78]

Morning constitutional? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DD-qv4gj]

Needs a Priest Holmes hurdler.

[@wutsnew2]

more Run Gap Scheme, our OL avg like 350 lbs . We should be able to lean on ANY DL. Think we had the year we were suppose to. We lost to a team who’s defense averaged 28 years of age, j/k i’m hating. Can’t wait to see them 1st game of the year

[@marcomendez5010]

How has the D Line stopped so many teams on 4th and short, but the O line also struggled on 4th and short? I hope Sark does a deep dive into this. Is it his play calling? His RBs? Is it Kyle Flood? Or is it even Torre Becton? You can be good enough to make the playoffs with that type of production, but you can't win the whole thing if you can't out physical defenses more times than not in the RedZone.

[@twofades]

When has the O Line been bad on 4th and short? The play calling is bad on 4th and short. The defense gave up a short yardage TD against OSU.

[@bobwalk4564]

We have to stop calling Sark the Offensive guru. New name explosive play guru and that is all he is. Please tell me I’m wrong

[@Bones12x2]

Yes, pregame script guru, yes. Complex misdirection guru, yes. Overall offensive guru, no. He gets out coached quite often.

[@Bobbybrown512]

His offense doesn't improve throughout the season.

[@gilbertgalan9068]

What about is the training people looking at why they’ve had so many of the same type injuries and what they can do to counteract that as far as the injuries to the running backs over the past few years

[@512.Outdoors]

Sark needs to be done calling plays.

[@512.Outdoors]

Am I the only one that thinks this loss is on sarkisian alone

[@Fulltimer]

PK had a great day other than a screen pass. Sark will have to explain the lack of imagination in the offense. The pitch out on the one yard line was a super bad call!

[@twofades]

The screen pass totally negates a great day

[@Chimonya]

That screen play is equivalent to Sark's toss. That's how fairness works. Both coaches are elite.

[@twofades]

Wisner could’ve ran between the tackles at the goal line. When has Wisner shown he can’t run between the tackles?

[@Ric1stoffdoesntcare]

What happened was illegal man down field...

[@tmfrotalexander8095]

On my re watch the online played the worst game of the year when it mattered the most

[@erich8997]

They more worried about stopping Smith then winning

[@512.Outdoors]

Sark is too cute sometimes man. He needs to learn how to out physical teams

[@tlive2019]

Judkins is not 220/230lbs. The simple answer to the red zone is the graduation of Jake Majors and Hayden Conners. Great pass blockers smart players but NEVER got a push in the run game. So much so Sark would rather pull them than have them try to get a push

[@2liveproductions132]

He’s absolutely 220😂

[@gilbertgalan9068]

Henry Milton

[@TxLonghornsFan]

Sark should continue designing great plays. But I would rather see someone else calling plays in-game. He overthinks it too much once he goes off script during the game but is much better when scripting because he is not over analyzing then. Instead, he’s just putting plays together to create a constant flow and just going down the list. If something is working in-game keep going to it over and over and over until they stop it but he refuses to do that because he seems to believe he needs to keep varying the plays.

[@BryantFlori]

Second time in the semi finals and cannot get over that hump

[@Bones12x2]

I predicted that a year ago. Sark refuses to fix his biggest flaws and Quinn was never going to be a championship QB. He isn't capable of elevating the weaknesses of the playcalling.

[@Poaf-1]

Special teams coach should be fired . He cost Texas the game

[@coa_paul3977]

1. Sark had bad play calls and didn’t commit to the run game 2. Quinn was inaccurate and ran into sacks. It’s a wrap boys. Looking forward to arch

[@drm2364]

Wow. Is there no blame for the o line?

[@coa_paul3977]

@@drm2364you can blame anyone you want, I’m sure the list is long, but it starts with those two issues before anything else

[@BurntOrangeHorn78]

And more knowledgeable fans also!!

[@killamindedmusic4220]

Terrible take lol we didn’t execute when it mattered on any level. Defense gave up screen offense couldn’t punch it in bolden got tackled by the long snapper Sark called a sweeep

[@Bones12x2]

​@drm2364 the only sack that was on the oline was the last one and a more dynamic QB might be able to avoid that.

[@johncoalter7073]

Red Zone problems have been caused by poor OL play. If you can’t run it in from the 1 yard line, it’s on the OL. Against Washington, poor pass protection affected Quinn’s pass to Mitchell. Rod trying to put this on Sark is a poor evaluation.

[@twofades]

We didn’t even try to run it from the 1 with our starting RB. Why bring Gibson in and he hasn’t played all game? Wisner has shown he can get short yardage all year.

[@curtisoeser5133]

Two plays........