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Sark: "We respect all these opponents that we play. San Jose State is a dangerous team. They're going to throw the ball over 50 times on Saturday."

Sark didn't elaborate, but he said guys who didn't play against Ohio State will be needed on Saturday against San Jose State.

Can he hammer home scoring points in the redzone?

Texas respects every opponent, including San Jose State, but Sark said a lot of the focus this week will be on the team working on itself and getting better.

RB ball security was excellent yesterday between Wisner and Baxter.

Coincidentally that was when his offensive coordinator decided to pull his head out of his ass once he was backed against a wall.

Sark said Texas got "too cute" running the football in big games last season. He wanted to get back to running the football between the tackles and being physical. He felt like, for the most part, that happened, but he showed the team on tape where they left some bigger gains on the table if all 11 guys on offense had done their jobs.

"I was very pleased," Sark said regarding how the running game unfolded.

Part of Arch's growth, Sark said, is learning to trust that the route is developing accordingly, even if the look isn't exactly what it looked like in practice.

The way Texas coaches quarterbacks to read crossing routes and Arch getting off kilter in how he read it led to some of the mechanical issues everybody saw, like throwing the ball with a sidearm delivery. Sark said that that's not Arch's style.

Sarkisian says on a few crossing routes, Arch didnt bring his feet and align his body particularly well.

As he mentioned after the game, Sark said he probably should've gotten into the quarterback run game earlier and more often.

Sark: We will never be a team that majors in running the quarterback, but with the talent at quarterback it is worth expanding more.

"I feel like sometimes when you get hit, you realize, 'Oh man, we're playing," Sark said of how Arch needed to get the first hit out of the way early in the game to settle in.

Big focus on complementary football today in the Monday team meeting.

Sark is really hammering home how important it was for Texas to maximize field position in the Ohio State game. That goes for the offense and defense.

Sark said Arch is a better athlete "than he probably gave himself credit for," and said the trust Arch has in his legs will help him.

Sarkisian says he thinks the game can mount on a young quarterback when drives stack up without points. He says Arch doesn't need to press because of the defense he has behind him. "I think he started to play football in the 2nd half the way that he is capable of playing." Sarkisian also says he thinks Arch gave himself more credit with his athleticism in the second half more than he did in the first half.

Sark on Arch: "All in all, I think he started to play football in the second half."

Steve Sarkisian on QB Arch Manning: "I thought we started to see the glimpses of what he's capable of. A lot to look forward to this season."

Sark has a lot of respect for Ken Niumatalolo and the job he's done at San Jose State. With that said, "this week is really about us," he said.

Sarkisian says it was "definitely encouraging" to see the offensive line perform the well they did with 4 first-time starters in that environment.

Sark: "We've got a ton of potential. Now, we've got to make that come to life."