Analysis of Texas Longhorns offensive struggles, calls for a new offensive coordinator, and concerns about Arch Manning's performance and decision-making.
Pressure mounts in Austin as Steve Sarkisian faces growing calls to relinquish his role as offensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns, with the team floundering at 4-2 despite championship aspirations. Questionable play-calling, a sputtering run game, and repeated three-and-outs have fueled frustration, especially after an uninspiring performance against the 131st-ranked pass defense.
Arch Manning’s recent regression raises more concerns. Once promising, Manning now struggles with missed reads and poor decision-making, leaving fans wondering if freshman KJ Lacey or even Diabel should get first-team reps. With Texas’ offensive identity on the line, is a shake-up at quarterback or play-caller the only way to revive the Longhorns’ pursuit of glory?
It's time for Coach Sark to give up the reins as offensive coordinator. If not, there's going to be another real conversation that needs to be had. What's going on everybody? It's your main man Madison Davis. This is Longhorns Hit, your twice a day 5-minute quick hit on your favorite team, the Texas Longhorns. This hit is sponsored by Kalshi. Download the Kalshi app, use promo code HIT, H-I-T, to get $25 when you trade $25. Again, that's Kalshi, K-A-L-S-H-I, Kalshi. Trade on anything. Coming up Maybe we need to have an arch conversation as well. Mm-hmm. Uh-huh. Yeah, let's go ahead and get in talking about, uh, Sark, right? Let's go ahead and get in talking about Coach Sark giving up the reins as offensive coordinator. Sir, if, if I, I, I do not know what else needs to be done to show you you, you need to give up the reins as OC. I've seen one too many instances as to where it's like, Sark, what are you doing? I want to say Arch so bad, and it's Sark. I don't know, it's like, what are we doing? And yes, I— Arch does— he's supposed to get his blame, but Sark is supposed to get a lot of this blame too. He needs to get that heat too. What do we do for— I, I go back to this 4th and 1 play. It's 4th and 1. You decide to go into gun and lose some yards. You like, what are we doing? You have, you have a quarterback who get, who can get those yards. You already know your, your offensive line is kind of struggling as is. What are we doing? What are we doing? 3 and out, 3 and out, 3 and out, 3 and out. We keep putting ourselves in this bind and this offense Coach Sark, it looks bad. It looks bad. We're 4-2. 4-2. It's unacceptable with championship aspirations being 4-2 at this point in time. And it's, it is, it's on the offense. It's on the offense. I, I don't, I don't know what else to say. I really don't. I don't. We want to see more Jermaine Bishop Jr. We see him for spurts and then he's gone. And then it's, it's almost as if Arch is being told Hey, he said he said the point of emphasis is what Arch said. He said the point of emphasis was to get the ball out quick. He did. But at some point, you're going against the 131st ranked pass defense in college football, and we still can't do anything. I guys, I I don't I don't get it. I'm telling you, I I don't get it. We had 99 yards on the ground after Relic. Relic had a 30-plus-yard touchdown, and I thought, oh, this, this is it, this is it. Their run game, their, their running defense is not— it's, it's not that. This was supposed to be a get-right game, and in fact, you got the opponent right. The opponent, the opponent was like, oh well, we back, we back. Offensively, we're broken. They're— Shark, I It's you need to start looking for an offensive coordinator. You do. You really, really, really do. Coming up, we're going to be talking about how Arch Manning—we need to have a conversation about Arch Manning. We do. We need to have a serious conversation about Arch Manning. But first things first, this hit is sponsored by Calci. Download the Calci app. Use promo code HIT to get $25 when you trade $25. Just a reminder. Over there on Kalshi, they're going to take good care of you. But there's so many markets to participate in. You don't necessarily just have to stay with Texas. You can, you can what predict who's going to win the Balitnikov, the Bednarik Award, the Heisman Trophy Award, any anything over there. So let them take good care of you again. That's Kalshi K A L S H I Kalshi trade on anything and remember to use promo code HIT to get $25 when you trade $25. Now Arch. You're a good guy. You're a good kid. I promise you, you really are. But our decision-making has to be a lot better than what it is. And if you can't do it, I think it's about that time we start looking at KJ, or maybe even Diabel. I— it's, it's, it's about that time, man. I'm saying the same thing, and it, it looks like— correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems as though Arch has regressed. It looks like he's regressed. It has. It's looking like it right now. It's looking like he's—he was looking. He was look. It was looking promising at the end of the season last season, and now he looks nothing like that. He looks worse. These missing wide open guys. When guys aren't open, he's still throwing them the ball. For what? What are we doing? I don't. I don't. Ladies and gents. I, I don't get it. I don't, I don't. Is, is, is this more of an Arch can't get with Sark's, uh, with Sark's scheme, or, or what? What is it? What is it? We need to figure this out. And if he can't make the adjustment now, make— just bring KJ. I'm sure KJ Lacey's gonna get some first-team reps in practice on Monday and for the rest of the week. I'm sure. I'm very sure. We gotta get this fixed if we want to go to the championship. If we want to do what we said we want to do, we got to get it fixed right here, right now. And and if we don't, you saw what happened Saturday. But it's your main man Madison Davis. This is Longhorns Hit, your twice a day, five minute quick hit on your favorite team, the Texas Longhorns. I will catch you all in the next hit. Hook 'em.