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I would add the dropped TD by Davis on a perfectly thrown ball by Ash with 9 minutes or so left in the 3rd quarter.

I'm a really not sure what people were expecting. TCU plays good defense, has a strong defensive line, rallies to the ball and tackles well. And when they force you to throw they are able to confuse you qb with their 4-2-5 by being able to divide the field and play zone on one side while playing man on the other. There was a reason we had so much presnap motion last night. Harsin was trying to force the Frogs to tip their hand.

Offensively they have good skill position players and an elusive QB who struggles to throw the ball well. We won a Rose bowl with that combo. Give them a better offensive line and they could be a real challenge for most teams. They weren't facing most teams. They were facing our porous run defense.

Everyone should have expected us to struggle offensively. Take away our red zone turnovers and or convince Mike Davis to catch the ball on the slant at the goal line and the game has a different complexion on offense. Defensively, well you could kind of smell that coming too. The same two back look and motion out of the backfield to leave Edmond alone in the middle stumped our defense yet again, and we don't have a player on D who's able to contain Boykin athletically apparently.

Just a real sh*t show all around, and not one that was terribly surprising either. The stadium attendance and fan participation last night are indicative of the rudderless malaise our program is in. People can weather multi year rebuilds. That can actually be fun and satisfying as a team shows growth. We're taking some steps forward on offense, but clearly aren't there yet. Defensively, well, I can't even summon angst anymore. Just resignation.

i think that sums it up. Resignation. Fans were not even mad at the game, at least where I was sitting. There was not a feeling of shock or anger, just acceptance. Resigned to accept the fate of the where the program is at. I can not think of a sadder state of affairs.

He may have been shocked to see a perfectly thrown ball thus rendering him incapable of a catch.

I probably worded that poorly. The intent was not to pick on Bobby. He is right as usual. There will be no joy in seeing Manny go but it does need to happen. I am still not convinced though that Mack has come to that conclusion yet. His comments after the game seemed more focused on our offensive shortcomings, which were abundant.

My point was more that if we really want to fix this we need to aim a little higher than Manny. We all love Mack but the whole team was not ready, not just the defense. A new DC can change our scheme but things will still not be fixed if our guys don't come out prepared and wanting it as bad as the other guys do.

I blame the mods for all picking Texas to win. My cousin was telling me that this Texas team is the second youngest top to bottom in the NCAA right now. Anyone who thinks Mack is going anywhere is fooling themselves. I don't believe that Mack was the only one fooled by Manny.

There's at least some validity in calling Ash a lamb killer statistically.

Poor games against two best defenses he's faced - OU and TCU.

Is that not what we expected of the offense before the season? That they would do well against weaker defenses and struggle against the good ones? Outside of KU that has been the script. One could say that we played relatively well against two of the better, but not truly good, defenses we played in ISU and TTU.

We're an average to slightly above average offense and we perform that way. And that's about the development track I would expect given the change in staff, scheme, and needing to develop nearly every position from scratch. The will be a very strong offense next year if we can address the deficiencies at center and TE, and it'll be elite the year after that. Such is the developmental cycle, and hopefully we'll be able to start reloading at that time.

Mack needs to realize that he is the problem with the program. We supposedly recruit well each year, hired an offensive coordinator from a successful program and a defensive coordinator that at the time was a hot commodity. Both coordinators have not been as productive as they were at schools with inferior athletes. Mac needs to face the fact that if VY and Colt had not arrived on the 40 acres, he would already be a college football analyst on FSSW or ESPN.
I agree that Diaz has been a major disappointment, but it wouldn`t surprise me to see him leave Texas and resurface somewhere and be successful. Many of the same posters that want Muschamp back as the coach of the Horns were calling for his job before he left for Florida.
Harsin will be a success either as a HC or coordinator and if the Boise State coach takes the California job, Harsin will probably be on the short list as his replacement.
So if we fire Diaz and Harsin leaves the program, we have the likes of Mack, Major, Akina, Searles and d-line coach (sorry but can`t recall his name). When I watch the Horns, I see that both the OL line and D line are terrible. This fall on the shoulders of OL and DL coaches. Also, our running backs have not lived up to their hype, (Bergeron is a FB not a TB, why can`t Major see it). I loved Major as a player and a competitor, but as a position coach and coordinator, not so much. Alabama`s offense got better after his departure. Akina has done his worst coaching of his career. Our DB`s can`t cover or tackle.
The solution is clear. If Texas wants to get back to the top of the Big 12 then we must start by getting new HC and let him hire his own staff without the pressure of keeping guys like Major and Akina. If we don`t, fellow Horns, please prepare yourself for another embarrassment at the Cotton Bowl next year and another mediocre season.

It is what was expected. There was some hope that they'd be able to muster more than 6 points thru three quarters though.

Totally agree with this post.

I don't know what he was trying to do. It's a day later and I still don't.