I have an eight-month-old puppy who is both a very sweet dog and a handful. When you talking about growing pains, she’s going through it.
Maddie is full of puppy energy and sometimes it is just too much for her, she ends up channeling that energy in areas that are not exactly ideal … we’ve had to replace the rug at the base of our stairs three times now.
But the last time we had to replace that rug was three months ago. She seems to have learned that it is not ok to chew on that rug – especially if she doesn’t want to upset her mommy.
This is actually our second dog, our oldest dog is now four-years-old and we had kind of forgotten what it is like dealing with a puppy. They are learning and growing so much that they need constant care and attention.
In truth, Texas fans got so used to watching the teams from the last two years that many have forgotten what it’s like to watch a young team play.
“We’ve got some, I hate saying young players, but we have some new faces and there’s going to be some growing pains, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday. “I wasn’t naive to that, to think we were just going to be a well oiled machine the first month of the season, but I want to see incremental growth.”
It’s true. The Longhorns have not looked like a well oiled machine through the first two weeks of the season. There have been flashes of what this team could look like if things start to click as well as some flashes of what it could look like if they don’t.
The penalties, in particular, have stymied the team.
Six penalties for 50 yards against Ohio State.
Twelve penalties for 115 yards against San Jose State.
The Horns rank 123rd in the country in the number of penalties per game and they are 128th in penalty yards per game.
“All that starts with me, I don’t point the finger at anybody else but myself,” Sarkisian said.
That’s the bad news.
The good news is Sark says he has a plan to tackle the issue.
