Portal 2023-24

[Keyser Soooie]

Briles' offense at TCU this season was 13th in the NCAA in yds per game. And that includes 5 games with a backup QB.

I'm not saying he's the best in the business, but he's a damn sight better than what we had here this year and we would've made a bowl game had he stayed. 6-6 is slightly better than 4-8.

Bottom line  is that it doesn't really matter who the OC is, we'll still just be mediocre at best with Sam as HC.

[DirkPiggler]

Briles' offense at TCU this season was 13th in the NCAA in yds per game. And that includes 5 games with a backup QB.

I'm not saying he's the best in the business, but he's a damn sight better than what we had here this year and we would've made a bowl game had he stayed. 6-6 is slightly better than 4-8.

Bottom line  is that it doesn't really matter who the OC is, we'll still just be mediocre at best with Sam as HC.

Briles's system and philosophy is good.  It was his situational play calling that was ass. 

In hindsight Sam should have found someone with a similar style to replace him.  There should have been someone available from the Art Briles tree that we could have gotten for what we paid Enos. 

It wasn't the amount of money it would have taken to keep Kendal that caused them to let him walk.  It was the fact that he had just hit them up for and received a raise a couple of weeks earlier when Mississippi State offered him their position.  I completely understand telling the guy to take a fucking walk when he comes back to the well that quickly after accepting an offer. 

[Mazeppa Pompazoidi]

Briles could rack up yardage like a motherfucker between the 20's, but was pure ass in the red zone.  Look at his red zone stats when he was with us and TCU.  Pure ass. 

[BleedinRed]

Seems like the anti Briles crowd is beating the Briles for OC crowd.  

Again, you can hate the Administration for perceived shortcomings but letting Briles walk is not one of those reasons.

[Hogworth Ballington III]

As a neutral observer, every game thread lasted maybe 1.5 pages before it turned into a "wtf is Briles doing" thread. Maybe the naysayers were just more vocal, but it certainly seemed they were in the majority.

[Show-Me Hog]

Briles could rack up yardage like a motherfucker between the 20's, but was pure ass in the red zone.  Look at his red zone stats when he was with us and TCU.  Pure ass. 

This is the accurate take. The more enlightened members didn't want Briles to stay. Of course, we didn't want the disaster that was 2023 either. Sometimes being an Arkansas fan is just picking which shit sandwich you want to eat.

[buff2.0]

Briles could rack up yardage like a motherfucker between the 20's, but was pure ass in the red zone.  Look at his red zone stats when he was with us and TCU.  Pure ass. 

13th in total offensive yards
40th in scoring offense
Not even top 50 in the red zone

Fuck Fingertape

[buff2.0]

Also don't look at who is the top red zone offense

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/703

[woodhog14]

Kind of surprised he didn't get better interest.  Honestly, he seemed to be our best runner this year even with lack of play and that's the best he got? 

He doesn't have good vision to see the holes and not much lateral movement. There's are reason all the schools that recruited him out of high school wanted him as a DB. We were the only one to offer him as a RB.

[BleedinRed]

Also don't look at who is the top red zone offense

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/703

Arkansas is #15.  

A&M wasn't in the top 50. 

I don't know what that means exactly but probably only good things for next year. 

[egregious]

Arkansas is #15. 

A&M wasn't in the top 50.

I don't know what that means exactly but probably only good things for next year.

Partly it means we only got their 37 times vs 55 for Missouri.  That's a TD and a half per game = 10 points.

We fixed the whole "run roughshod between the 20's but suck in the red zone thing"!

[Piggielicious]

Again, you can hate the Administration for perceived shortcomings but letting Briles walk is not one of those reasons.

With a senior qb and the second leading rusher in the sec returning, you can absolutely hate on them for that. It was stupid and ruined the season.

[BleedinRed]

With a senior qb and the second leading rusher in the sec returning, you can absolutely hate on them for that. It was stupid and ruined the season.

No.  Hiring Enos is where the hate should land. 

[Piggielicious]

No.  Hiring Enos is where the hate should land.

Yes, there never should have been an opening. Fine if he wanted to let him walk this year, but last year was not the time.

[Loma]

Nobody has snatched up KJ?

[animal]

Nobody has snatched up KJ?

Bidding war I'm sure.

[AporkalypseNow]

After 41-3, 24-21 and 27-14 losses to K-State, WVU and Iowa St in the first half of the season a LOT of TCU fans thought the Briles hire was the worst ever.

The team actually got better on offense the latter half of the year with Hoover at QB and a lot of TCU fans think that kid is the second coming.

I was at Baylor-TCU and it was the same TE reverse or shotgun delay play on 3rd and short and getting stuffed... frustrating. I also bet there were only 25K in the stands for a game against a local rival.

I'm not saying Enos wasn't worse and was an awful idea, but I wasn't sad to see Briles go and I'm definitely happier with our current OC.

[BASS]

Agree on all points apork

[BleedinRed]

Well that settles it. Doctors and fish all agree.  Briles sucked and all but two on this board wanted him gone.  

[Spiderham]

Bidding war I'm sure.

He has a contract demand of only red skittles. Tough negotiator.