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Hudson Card has good speed and a good arm but what remains to be seen is just how well does he read the defense

I just hope we dont embarrass ourselves

I'm surprised at that line, I suspect we're seeing Helmititis at work here.

The line for the Texas game?  Surprises me too.  I'm certainly worried about that game.  The Horns have plenty of talent, but a new coach and breaking in a new QB for the first time in 4 years, lots of other questions.

OU will roll against their pastry.

WVU should beat Maryland pretty handily, but then again, Texas should also have done so.  Twice.

KSU-Stanford... hmmm, not sure on that one.

Right now, and Horn fan with any sense is nervous.

If I had to draw up a coaching staff for Texas, this would be the one I'd draw up, and I didn't even know who most of these people were before Sark convinced them to work with him. They're the best in the business.

I'm not wanting to insult Sam, but the last half of the Alamo Bowl really showed how much of our offense he left on the table. Passing windows are really tight. He didn't want to try those throws (and I'm glad he didn't). Casey Thompson didn't mind trying them, and dropped 4 TDs in one half of football.

Steve Sarkisian, the guy who made Mac Jones the #14 pick in the NFL draft, thinks Hudson Card is better than that.

Rather than try to calculate how many points it'll take to win, Sark believes that any time your offense can touch the ball, the next play should be worth 7 points if possible. Kwiatkowski believes giving up 24 points is too many.

First games are squirrely. I'm not sure where everyone's head will be at. We won't see anything close to the finished product, but I believe in this staff and squad.

Sooners will be hosting Tulane since the hurricane made the game move.  Sooners were a 27.5 favorite before the location change, I don't know what it is now.  Tulane was 6-6 last year.  They have some athletes at the skill position but this should not be difficult for the Sooners.  Last time they met, Tulane jumped out to 14-7 lead before the Sooners scored 42 straight.

Why were the Sooners ever going to Tulane in the first place?  That shouldn't happen, other than if the team is just really hard up for some good food.  

Not playing that game in Norman is a huge loss of gate revenue, though.  Not many ADs are willing to bite that.  

I like the positivity, droog.  You need to hook me up with your Koolaid dispensary.

The flip-side of this being the dream team coaching staff is that I'm sort of out of excuses.

I can look back to Mack's "retirement". A successful MNC winning coach rebuilt the Texas program, but lost his drive. It happens. We replaced not only the coach but the athletic director at the University of Texas - the most powerful position in college sports. We replaced him with an absolute moron who thought cutting costs was a good idea. My thoughts on Strong are already published, but he built his staff out of spare parts from the bargain bin. Herman was Sark at USC - drunk on his own press clippings. While I believe Strong was learning to fix his mistakes, Herman's arrogance would prevent him from ever changing.

That brings us to today. The best AD in sports hired the most sought after OC to also be HC. Sark has that hero trajectory. A prodigy that flamed out spectacularly, went on a redemption arc, learned at the master, and now emerges into his own wiser self. He takes his OL and DL coaches with him. He grabs the most entrenched DC out there and changes his address.

Straight up out of excuses. The coaching staff, facilities, and overall football environment for the University of Texas Longhorns have never been better. Only thing left is for the players to perform and post W's.

Not playing that game in Norman is a huge loss of gate revenue, though.  Not many ADs are willing to bite that. 

2 fer one deal?