The View from the Cheap Seats-tOSU The Stage was Too Big Same story, different season for Sark and the Horns. When matched against similar talent and coaching staffs, Sark reverted to form and turtled up. The hype and the pressure was clearly too much for Sark, Arch, and the offense. The...

Years ago, Doritos reached out to some non-profits about a commercial to support an organization doing good work. I'm disappointed that this offering from the Adaptive Training Foundation did not win. Marketing execs thought it was too powerful. Watch till the very end, you will not be sorry...

View from the Cheap Seats-Semi-Finals Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory In so many ways, the Horns showed the Nation why they belong on the highest of stages. Sadly, with the opportunity to win and advance, the Horns found a way to lose. No spin, no excuses, the game was there...

View from the Cheap Seats-Zona State Playing with their food. An apropos comment from the color announcer, an ugly pattern re-emerged from the Horns on the 1st day of the year. TEXAS seems to “play with their food” as the Horns establish dominance in a game early, only to let their...

View from the Cheap Seats-Clemson 1st home CFB playoff game One word to describe this game was PHYSICAL. The Horns gave up a long touchdown drive to open the game, not unlike a boxer feeling out an opponent in Round 1, before they said enough of this and took the game over. The defense...

View from the Cheap Seats-Dawgs Part Deux Opportunity lost No way to sugarcoat it, TEXAS lost and it doesn’t feel good. Old demons once again reared their ugly head to eventually doom the Horns’ bid to win the SEC in year 1 in the conference. In any football game, especially one featuring 2...

View from the Cheap Seats-Old “Rivalry” Re-newed Déjà Vu, all over again To quote the late great Yogi Berra, it was déjà vu, all over again. When we last saw TEXAS play Texas A&M, the game ended with Justin Tucker kicking a dagger through the Aggie hearts on his way to a Hall of Fame career...

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View from the Cheap Seats-Kentucky Wildcats skinned In last week’s Cheap Seats, we mentioned this game as a trap game sandwiched between games against two emotional rivals. We noticed that Sark referred to it as a trap game as well. And it played out much like the TEXAS season has gone, at...

FYI, TEXAS should be listed at the bottom of the 4 bye teams so that #1 and #2 can meet in the finals. Will fix that next week. I suspect next week we see some new teams too.

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View from the Cheap Seats-Razorbacks “They hate our guts” – Sark “I don’t know what Darrell Royal did to these guys back in the 60’s but they hate our guts”. Sark in the pre-game interview. Yep, these guys hate us more than they love themselves. Arkansas was sky high for the game and the...

View from the Cheap Seats-Florida Can you say “Explosives”? Sure, you can On a crystal clear Saturday afternoon at DKR, Sark put on an offensive play-calling clinic to take a wounded and completely outmatched Gator team and turned them into Gator Bait. Not to be outdone, Coach Pete K and...

Going to tape Florida Aggie and Arkie to do some scouting. Thank you sir. Yep, hope Sark uses the week off to get back on track.

Penalties, sacks and QB pressures have been the difference between looking great and causing so much consternation among our fans. Degree of difficulty ratings of the next 4 opponents, hardest to weakest. Aggie Pigs Vandy would have fit here as a point of reference Gators Lil Stoops' boys

We won TOP by about 3 minutes.

View from the Cheap Seats-Vandy Winning Ugly far better than Losing Pretty So who had TEXAS/Vandy as a Top 25 match up in the pre-season? Would have been an amazing prop bet in Vegas but we certainly did not see this as such a tilt nor did we see this as a “bounce back” game for the Horns...

Do you think the DL & LB s b rought their A game? Most would agree no is the answer. Certainly, they weren't as bad as the O and OL but against by far the best team on our schedule, they did not play championship football. We have been looking for a Joseph Ossai-style disruptor since he...

Line of scrimmage. but if you want one, their front dominated our offensive line.

View from the Cheap Seats-Georgia Not ready for prime time Yep, you read that right. In the worst 1st half of football we have seen in the Sark era, TEXAS lost both lines of scrimmage and largely failed to execute in key situations. You can’t win if you can’t win the LOS. You seldom win if...