Arch’s Setbacks, Texas’ Explosive Play Problem & Simmons Injury Update | IT Q&A

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1:58business, it's basically coincides with how I think Sark is viewing the game. Obviously, this is a huge game. It's tough to call any of these a must-win or how state was a must-win, because now they've got a little bit of playing room. There's a little room in the joints here. They can falter and be perfectly fine. It's not like they're playing for their lives like some of other teams this weekend, and Emma and LSU already if they get a second loss there in trouble. So it's not necessarily a must-win, but obviously you want to start off conference right. You want to play well on the road. You want to bounce back from UTSA. You want to underscore that what you did well in Ohio State is something that you can build on and carry through the rest of the season. I feel confident that Sark is going to have a really good game plan. I do think there are ways to move the ball on Tennessee in ways that Sark is able to diagnose and also get the guys to execute. I think Arch because of all that is going to play better. Yeah, definitely there'll be some questions about Arch coming up. I'm sure this hasn't been addressed elsewhere, but what's the biggest reason for the general lack of truly explosive runs and inconsistent passing attack? How do you think we'll fare against Tennessee on the ground?

3:01And would you expect to see some of those burst plays? Well, if they're asking about explosive plays on the run, I don't really have a great answer for that because they have broken in, they've broken a lot of those front goal runs. Those, you know, eight, nine, ten yard runs that look really good explosive. They're getting gang tackled at that time. You know, I think part of it is that they really haven't hit the deep ball well. I haven't really softened up the coverage. There are too many guys hovering around like I just said that, you know, when you see a guy tackled eight, nine yards on the field, there's three guys around him every time. You'd rather have those guys deeper in coverage and not not around to make a play. So not hitting the deep ball is probably the number one issue. They haven't really built that complimentary offense. Longer question here, but Arch, I've resigned myself to just not know what to expect from Arch on a game-to-game basis. Maybe a half to half basis. It feels like we're going to get games where he puts it all together and we look good in games where he holds us back. And in the end, it's going to mean we're probably going to lose one or two games. I guess what I'm asking is, is this just who Arch is and that's what we should expect, period? That's who Arch is right now. There's no doubt about it. You know,

4:05who it's tough to know what to expect. But again, I do think this ties back to Sark, Sark's motivation game-to-game. To put them in the best situation, to put the defense on its heels and create really easy reads for Arch, obviously that makes playing quarterback a whole lot easier. Sark has been content to let his quarterbacks work through the rough patches on their own. I mean, that 2022 for Quinn-Urisals, rough. Really rough. We were wondering why it wasn't he playing Hudson Cardmore when Hudson played really well against Alabama and his relief duty. He's just going to stick with guys and make them force their growth. And so Sark did enough game plan wise to blow UTSA out. Arch didn't connect on easy throws that would have moved the sticks or picked up huge chunks. Arch is going to have to get better at that. Now, Tennessee is a whole different ballgame. Trying to extrapolate UTSA for the rest of seasons the waste of time. At the same time, trying to extrapolate the fourth quarter of Ohio State is a heavy lift as well. So we are going to live in the Boomer bus, but somehow it's going to be week to week. And if my theory is right on it all riding on Sark,

5:06then you know, you can kind of do your own, you can get your own understanding based on the magnitude of the game. Guess what? Another arch question. I think Arch has enough time until the playoffs to figure it out. We can and should when every remaining game with him playing a mostly game manager role and taking care of the football. Do you agree? I mean, if Sark is average, if Arch is average, then they probably will drop a gamer too. You know, there's just less margin for error when your quarterback is just average. You know, I mean, to everybody else has to play much better again. The defense has to be even more stout. You need to get more individual explosive plays that we have yet to see guy taking eight yard catch to the house. Where's the perimeter stuff? We haven't seen that yet, right? We haven't seen those long runs that will relieve the pressure from an average performance from the quarterback. So they probably will drop one. I'm still, man, I'm still trying to figure out Arch. You know, I spent a lot a lot of August wondering why we weren't hearing about improvement. Something is off. You can see sometimes in you and I've talked about this a lot on here and offline trying to diagnose this. Sometimes he's too fast through his progressions. He's really

6:07in decisive. That's the number one thing, but it's for different reasons, depending on the play. He's getting much better pass protection or does the magnitude better pass protection? It's not even putting words how much better the pass protection is and we haven't seen a growth that correlates to that. That's a concern. We have to figure that out. Sark really has to figure that out so he can build game plans around it. I do think he's going to get better. I mean, he got better throughout last year. It's just, you know, my big question is why was the starting point not higher than it was? And then this has been big on social media. Have you heard any talk inside the program about the potential of Arch getting concussed somewhat on that scramble, whereas how much was knocked off the splits on his throwing before and after in his presence in the pocket suggests he may have been? Yeah, everybody that asks this question wants wants an answer that they already think. Are they thinking or hoping? It's like, like I said on the answer on the board, it's like, well, my wife asked me a question. There's two answers, right? No matter what I pick, it's going to be the wrong one. So don't we worry asking me that question. You pick the restaurant. I'm the one that's not picky when it comes to dinner. So I think a lot of people

7:12want me to say, yeah, that's what it is. And they can blame it on that. And then if he doesn't get hit again, everything will be fine. It's easy out. It's easy out. It's easy out. And I'm not taking that. I'm not biting it. The very first pass of the game was terrible. He's got to, he's got it complete that very first pass of the game. 95% of the time. And it wasn't even close. It wasn't even an 80% chance, 70% chance to completing that pass. It was bad. He had some others that he mistrastically as well. And we've seen it in the past. So no, I'm not, I'm not giving him cover for that. Why my question is, why is he taking that hit? I jumped off the couch as he got into open space. No one, he's about to get smacked. You can see it developing. I was wondering why is he taking that hit? He's got it. He's got to make much better decisions in the pocket out of the pocket. We're just not seeing the maturity that you would have expected to see in year three. I'm not down on the guy. Long term. But I'm calling it like I see it right now. Are you ready to love your kitchen and bathroom again? Lux kitchen and bath will bring that to life. Lux has been offering high-end kitchen and bathroom remodels for three generations throughout the greater Austin area.

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9:15Maybe he was an individual stuff but not in team. That's usually how they get massaged back into the swing of things. I haven't heard though. I'll make some phone calls later today and see what's going on. Tune into inside Texas. And then anywhere on Colin Simmons, Sarkwist Snarky about the injury report yesterday. Yeah, he got a little fired up with that. Well, I mean they have to put like 10 injury reports out, right? I mean, so it does do the point at some point like why am I doing this? Yeah, it does do the talking for more. It should. I understand fans curious about it. It is a big game. Yeah, we're going to update on all the guys. Justice Terry, you know, it's kind of an on update on Justice Terry, Kobe Black, Nick Townsend. We wrote an update on that. Colin's dealing with a couple of things but we my guess is that he'll be listed on questionable throughout or maybe probable. Probably. Yeah, I think we put probable. Anyway, it's likely that'll play. I don't know exactly what we wrote in the update. They have questionable probable or doubtful. I would be surprised if he was doubtful and if he's anything other than doubtful, that means he's going to play. And then I know it was a small sample size but Michael Terry running back looked

10:20hella good running the ball. Why is he now getting more run? I mean, I think he ran just as good as Cooper. Yeah, I like to use the hella. It takes me back to my childhood in the Bay area. I mean, that was like the number one word for you know, I think it still is the number one word up there. Yeah, he looked good. Obviously, but you know, this is what it's easy to see him looking good when he's running downhill fast with a wide lane. He's big, fast physical. He was quick to go through the hole, which is very important as he's running back. But it was easy. It was at the end of the game. The offensive line was creating easy lanes. The question will come down to it and maybe not the question entirely will come down to it. But part of the question is going to be if he's nuanced. If he can bounce outside, take a jab step inside, draw on the defenders and bounce it. You know, all the little nuanced stuff that really creates extra yards is going to define how good he is as a running back. Yes, he looked impressive. I was happy to see it. But also we've seen him play before when it wasn't nearly as easy and he wasn't quite as assertive. So a lot of times it's being patient. You got to be patient to be running back. It wasn't required to see the whole

11:23quiver of a skill set from a running back there. Now, he did look good in that setting. I love what I saw, frankly. But there's a long way to go for me to say, oh, man, this guy needs more carries because he's still got really brown. He's running it really hard. Hollywood, Hollywood danced a little bit more for me in the early part of that game than I would have liked to see, but he still played well. And then he got Cooper who looked really good and is more nuanced than Terry. But I like what I saw from Terry. I think he's getting closer to being able to carve out a role. But people think he should be leapfrog and I'm not seeing that. Everyone head over to inside Texas $1 for a week. That link is in the description down below. We'd love to see you over there. Everyone have a good day and see you later.