re: Texas game...

Why cant every offensive drive be like the first?

It was a running clock, not a stopped clock plus a 10 sec runoff.
What's the rule on taking the runoff, let the clock run then calling a TO with one second on the play clock so you can reinsert the OT player?

If it's a running clock (which iirc it was), there would be a 10 sec runoff. The clock starts when the ref signals ready for play, not the snap, which means the clock continues to run.

Seems to me time is the biggest priority not the OT that had to leave for a snap. Texas should have had at most 30 seconds left when they got the ball. They were gifted an extra 3-4 plays because of clock management.

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It was a running clock,

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Im pretty sure the Clock stopped when the helmet came off, it has to so the refs can inform the player to get off the field and rotate with the backup for one play.

Well, here we go.
Helmet Comes Off—?Timeout

ARTICLE 9.

If a player’s helmet comes completely off through play, other than as the direct result of a foul by an opponent, the player must leave the game for the next down. The game clock will stop at the end of the down. The player may remain in the game if his team is granted a charged timeout.

When the helmet coming off is the only reason for stopping the clock, other than due to an injury to the player or his teammate (Rule 3-3-5), the following conditions apply (A.R. 3-3-9-I-III):

The play clock will be set at 25 seconds if the player is on offense and at 40 seconds if the player is on defense. With one minute or more remaining in either half, the game clock will start on the referee’s signal.

If there is less than one minute in the half the opponent has the option of a 10-second runoff, unless the helmet comes off as the direct result of a foul by the opponent.

If there is a 10-second runoff the game clock will start on the referee’s signal. If there is no 10-second runoff the game clock will start on the snap.

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I just thought Sark was good at stopping clocks.

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Well, Sark had six timeouts in the second half because you know Napier won't take his home with him. Sure enough, he used 2 in the final 3 minutes and I expected him to take one if Texas had scored and went for two.

I'm pretty sure a Texas defender lost his helmet too on that play. So if both teams lose a helmet who decides whether there is a runoff?

Texas didn't have any timeouts so does it defer to the team that does?

I went and enjoyed my time there. Would have had more fun if I still had optimism for this staff/season as a whole, but it was a good time and the crowd brought it.

I did miss the first quarter while charging my phone and watching the end of some of the noon games on my phone near the entrance, but once I got to my seats and got into it, I had a good time.

Gives me some home that if we can hire a competent coach some day that the magic of this program is still there.