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Regarding Arch, Sark said it’s a long season and there’s not a lot of in-between when it comes to external expectations for Arch and the team. That’s why Sark likes that Arch isn’t concerned with what’s written or said about him, only what his teammates and those in the building think about him.

The only turnover from Saturday was a tipped by in the red area. Sark says it was a great play by the defense. It was not thrown by Manning.

Sark said Arch Manning had no turnovers in the scrimmage on Saturday.

Sark says there were probably 5-6 passes he is pretty confident Arch makes during the season that maybe he didn’t in the scrimmage.

The way the offense had to bounce back after a tough start in the scrimmage and the way Mason Shipley kicked the ball today, Sark said, shows the competitive spirit of this team.

Taking care of your body and being prepared every day mentally and emotionally shows Sark how much the current team enjoys the process of becoming a championship team.

What the current Longhorns know is competition because the staff preaches it, Sark said. ”We’re a very competitive operation that way,” he said. “But we’re also competitive within our position groups.”

Sarkisian says the coaching staff being on the same page and collectively pushing to get better has been a key point of emphasis this offseason. Especially with the new faces. Says they have been present and taking it a day at a time.

Speaking of Metallica, I always thought this is a pretty badass song for road teams: https://youtu.be/cwPg8gJq_Kw?si=nGhZvoO-6rCJ-xk2

STAR is one of the most difficult positions to play on defense, Sark said. It takes high levels of football IQ and athleticism to succeed there.

Graceson Littleton received a lot of praise from Sark just now.

“We had a fantastic practice.” Sark said it was great today after the first scrimmage to build in camp.

Sark said they’re training a lot of guys at the STAR because they want variety based on certain in-game situations.

The Texas defense missed 15 tackles, but Sark said there were no egregious misses.

Sark said the scrimmage was balanced in terms of production on both sides of the ball. He also liked the physicality.

Love this!

Sark said the team had a “fantastic” practice a few hours after the AP Poll came out. ”That told me they weren’t concerned with what hit their Twitter feed around noon today,” he said.

Sark on the preseason #1 ranking: “it just doesn’t matter” Says the team cares about the number at the end of the year.

Sark is here. All smiles too.

JT made 80k+ aggies cry all at once. Forever a legend! The Kick

It is, that's what drew me to the idea, Old Metallica is better than their new stuff also.

That is Metallica's walk out song!

Um, what? Any time you are forced to cite a known and proven imbecile like Peter Burns to reinforce your position, it should alarm you that you are in the wrong position. An 8 game conference schedule in a 16 team league is a joke. It's basically indefensible without having to advocate for wanting a soft schedule. The FCS opponent stuffing in the SEC is also an embarrassment. Drop those games and UTEP for Texas and add 8 more conference slates and the sport is overall better off and the SEC will still get 4+ into a 16 game conference every year. Also, a number of these SEC teams have no business being ranked. -SCar has a great player on each side of the ball but lost a ton of talented experience. All of the sudden Shane Beamer's program just reloads? That's laughable. They return one starter from their defensive front 7, which was the team strength. He's great, but he's one guy. They also replace a high draft pick in the secondary and at LB. -ATM hasn't finished a season ranked in 5 years. They've only finished ranked twice in the last 11 seasons, and they've opened ranked in 9 of those years. They define overrated and their roster for this year says that continues. -Oklahoma is in the same boat as ATM. "But they had a lot of roster change! They brought in a hot shot QB!" They had the worst OL statistically in FBS last year "but all those guys return!" Right. -Tennessee has no business being ranked with their losses. They don't have an answer for the loss of Sampson, the conference's leading rusher and a key to their 2024 success in an offense predicated on rushing success. They also will be starting the former QB from ... App State. -Florida will finish the season unranked. Lagway is made of glass and they're living off closing last year with 4 wins including against 2-10 FSU and unranked Tulane who had lost their QB and TB to the portal before the bowl game. -Ole Miss has that one QB who had that one drive against Georgia last year. They lost a ton. See FSU if you think a constant portal rotation of 20+ entries and exits can't kill you. That's what's churned in and out again at Ole Miss, LSU, and OU. That's not tenable and at least one of those teams is going to be punished for missing on evaluations and having a mercenary culture, maybe several. The formidable opponents in this conference this year are Texas, Georgia, and Bama. Everybody else you can drop in a bag, shake it up, and pull out a name and it will look the same or worse than the other 13 teams. Same as the Big 10.