Quick Thoughts and Takeaways: For the third straight game, Texas is unable to hold a second half lead

[Captain Hookem]

Maybe its just me, but I think CT is doing fine, considering he's running for his life most plays. He's doing a lot of things right. His ability to improvise is part of what got him this job. If you will notice, in the 4th one of the few things working for us was Casey running when the routes were covered (RPO). We were getting 10 yards a clip. I wondered aloud why we didn't do it more.

I totally agree, but why doesn’t he run more? He should be a running threat every play, but he’s not. That last 4th down play he should have run for the first down but threw it instead. 
 

When the offense grinds to a halt they should run Casey until defenses stop it. But instead defenses are crowding the line to stop Bijan, bracketing Worthy, and not even bothering to spy Casey.

If we had a better line, that discipline to stay in the pocket would be advantageous.  But right now we need Casey to take off when the pocket collapses, almost every time. For some reason he continues to run laterally and throw balls away.

 

[Johnny Depp]

Casey is just below average in the Big 12. 

We got beat by a higher ranked qb who tried his best to give us the game.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Cpt. Sark likes a pocket passer that might be it.

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

Sark is 50-39 as a head coach. He will need to out perform his historical data to make it here. He has proven to be an elite OC but currently an average head coach at best... Time will tell if he make it here.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

Sark is 50-39 as a head coach. He will need to out perform his historical data to make it here. He has proven to be an elite OC but currently an average head coach at best... Time will tell if he make it here.

Yep, put me squarely on the fence when it comes to Sark. Could go either way.

 

[NEOkHorn]

Yep, put me squarely on the fence when it comes to Sark. Could go either way.

Have to agree there is substantial room for improvement but count me as one who feels more confident in him making them than either of the last two. I know, not the highest of bars to reach.

On another note, first opportunity to watch Rising and he would have been a really nice one to keep.

 

[Hiwood]

CT is a lot like Sam E. , he can hit a receiver on a curl or a comeback route but I dont think hitting a receiver in space or throwing to a spot that receiver will break to is in his skill set yet...some QB's can do it, some never learn, the ones that flourished at Alabama learned to hit the receivers in stride and let them turn it into huge plays

CT makes some great plays and then at times it makes me SMH and think WTH Casey, (case in point the throw he missed to XW when he was wide open on a busted coverage), dont know if he got nervous or rushed it but you have to make that throw to play big boy CFB, CT is a good QB, he can be a gamer, but is he gonna take this team to the promised land ? the jury is still out on that one

 

[Eastexhorn]

Texas has run off er lost a lot of QBS who went else where abd did well.

 

[Johnny Depp]

There is more talent on this roster than every other team except 1 in the big 12. Excuses. We are not Rice.

 

[Mac-7]

The foot cause of UT’s football failure could be cultural.   The school is very liberal and may not attract as many tough hard-nosed prospects as OU or A&M

they get players with talent but maybe not the heart of a winner

 

[Johnny Depp]

The foot cause of UT’s football failure could be cultural.   The school is very liberal and may not attract as many tough hard-nosed prospects as OU or A&M

they get players with talent but maybe not the heart of a winner

Excuses. Intangibles. 

 

[dallaslonghorn]

There has to be something going on gameplan-wise, it can't all be just the players not knowing how to win. It seems like the opposing coaches start making adjustments to take advantage of what they are seeing, and we don't. Some of these has to fall on the coaching

 

[Mac-7]

Excuses. Intangibles. 

I dont consider it an excuse

what worse can you say about a fb player than to call them soft?

 

[Sirhornsalot]

There has to be something going on gameplan-wise, it can't all be just the players not knowing how to win. It seems like the opposing coaches start making adjustments to take advantage of what they are seeing, and we don't. Some of these has to fall on the coaching

It's not game plan. Sark attempts to utilize his weapons. Trouble is, defenses know we aren't that great at WR so they load the box to stop the serious weapon (Bijan) and dare us to beat them in the air.

Then they'll double X and make us throw to one of the rest. Initially in the game we were beating this strategy hence all the passes to Josh Moore early and Washington later in the game.

So they exploit our weakness by making us turn to that weakness.

You can't game plan around that without getting exposed at some point. You simply need more weapons and an OL that can block.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Texas has run off er lost a lot of QBS who went else where abd did well.

Did you watch Cam Rising last night? He was very impressive. Utah rolled UCLA.

 

[Mac-7]

Did you watch Cam Rising last night? He was very impressive. Utah rolled UCLA.

He would not be so impressive playing behind the Longhorns offensive line

Baylor’s run defense and pass rush defeated the Texas offensive game plan

 

[Sirhornsalot]

He would not be so impressive playing behind the Longhorns offensive line

Baylor’s run defense and pass rush defeated the Texas offensive game plan

agree

 

[dillohorn]

There is more talent on this roster than every other team except 1 in the big 12. Excuses. We are not Rice.

I disagree.

 

[dillohorn]

After watching the meltdowns of this team losing leads, I surmise that this team "HAS A LOT OF QUIT IN EM". This isn't on the coaches.

 

[Eastexhorn]

There is higher rated tallent on this team than any Big 12 team except one. fify.