Steve Sarkisian speaks at Houston Touchdown Club: Live Thread

[Jeff Howe]

Sark: "I think we have all the right ingredients. Now we have to go bake the cake."

[Jeff Howe]

Sark said he promised Texas would play a brand of football Longhorn fans would be proud of, but he added, "We've got to go win a national championship."

[Jeff Howe]

Sark is going over the correlation between the team GPA and the on-field success Texas has enjoyed. He's mentioned that a lot this offseason.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark: "It's crazy to think, from a player's standpoint, who you are some of the time is who you are all of the time."

[Jeff Howe]

Sark credits the players for understanding that putting team success above everything else will lead to individual accolades.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark is now taking questions from the audience.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark is asked about Quinn's draft position. He was surprised where Quinn went.

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, Jeff Howe said:

Sark is asked about Quinn's draft position. He was surprised where Quinn went.

"Injuries, I think, are unfortunate in his career," Sark said.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark believes the Dolphins "are a great fit" for Ewers. Now, "it's all about what he's going to do with that opportunity."

[Jeff Howe]

Sark is asked whether he has a feel for how long Arch will be at Texas.

"I hope he's got a really hard decision to make around Jan. 21," he said.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark: "I hope it's a no-brainer to come back to school, if you know what I mean."

[Jeff Howe]

Sark said everyone needs to let Arch have fun and enjoy being the quarterback at Texas.

"I hope he can have an opportunity to enjoy it and enjoy it the right way."

[Jeff Howe]

Sark is talking about the A&M game.

"There's nothing like going on the road and singing 'The Eyes of Texas' after a win," he said.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark corrected someone who asked a question about the offensive line, noting that the Longhorns are inexperienced, not young.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark said the Longhorns are fortunate that Trevor Goosby got some quality snaps last year.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark believes the Texas offensive line is "as talented as anybody else's in the country."

[Jeff Howe]

Sark is asked about the goal-line series against Ohio State. He said he evaluates every play-call of every game by himself and with the staff.

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, Jeff Howe said:

Sark is asked about the goal-line series against Ohio State. He said he evaluates every play-call of every game by himself and with the staff.

"I own it as a play-caller, but then as a head coach, too," he said. "I don't have many people to be mad at outside of myself because that's my job, to get them to execute."

[Jeff Howe]

Sark said the move to the SEC has helped the Texas staff because "it's natural for those kids to want to come to Texas," he said, speaking of the talent along the I-10 corridor going through Louisiana and into the southeast.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark loves that Texas can go into "talent-rich areas" like Florida, Georgia and Louisiana and get players who can help Texas compete for a championship.

[Jeff Howe]

If you think about how Archie Manning played the game, Sark said, that's what Arch brings to the table. They need to find the right balance of when to take advantage of Arch's athleticism, mainly doing it on third down and in the red zone.

[Jeff Howe]

"We train for speed, power and explosiveness," Sark said.

[Jeff Howe]

In the weight room, Sark said they don't max out. They measure how fast the guy can move the weight and how fast the bar moves. That's how you build a fast football team, Sark said.

[Jeff Howe]

Four players who went sub-4.4 at the combine speak to the job Texas does in training for speed.

[Jeff Howe]

That's it for Sark. He's going to take some photos and then it's back to Austin.