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[Jeff Howe]

Sark is wrapping up.

[Jeff Howe]

That's it for Sark from the podium.

[Jeff Howe]

Just had a good chat with Lifetime Longhorn Chris Nelson. He's on Jeff Traylor's UTSA staff as the defensive line coach.

[THookem]

 

[Jeff Howe]

They’re about to start the FBS head coaches panel discussion. It’s all of the FBS coaches in Texas doing a Q&A with Craig Way.

On Sark’s side of the stage: Jeff Traylor (UTSA), Scotty Walden (UTEP), Mike Elko (Texas A&M), Sonny Dykes (TCU), GJ Kinne (Texas State) and Joey McGuire (Texas Tech).

[Jeff Howe]

Craig Bohl from the AFCA just said there’s never been more of a lack of clarity in football than what coaches are dealing with right now.

”The good news is,” he said, “the cavalry is coming.”

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, Jeff Howe said:

Craig Bohl from the AFCA just said there’s never been more of a lack of clarity in football than what coaches are dealing with right now.

”The good news is,” he said, “the cavalry is coming.”

A lot of talk about agents and players getting exploited with no oversight in the NIL era.

[Jeff Howe]

I’m in favor of regulation regarding agents. As Coach Bohl said, they want to work with the good agents and eliminate the “bad actors.”

[Jeff Howe]

Sonny Dykes said one of the drawbacks to the recruiting calendar as it stands is the head coaches are getting less and less time off campus to spend with prospects.

[Jeff Howe]

Sonny Dykes and Joey McGuire like the December signing window, but they’d both like to see it moved up to before the season starts.

[Jeff Howe]

On the transfer portal, Rhett Lashlee said, point blank, “one window would be great.”

[Jeff Howe]

Mike Elko gets a question about on-field communication devices. He said the current model is fine with one player on offense and defense having communication device. He said it mirrors the NFL model, which is fine.

[CJ Vogel]

 

[Jeff Howe]

Dave Aranda said the coaches are trying to catch up to using in-game technology.

[Jeff Howe]

Former Texas quarterback GJ Kinne opens his portion of the Q&A by congratulating his coach at Gilmer, Jeff Traylor, on going into the THSCA Hall of Honor last night.

[Jeff Howe]

Before answering his question on relationships with the high school coaches in Texas, North Texas’ Eric Morris thanks Craig Bohl and the AFCA, on behalf of “all the Mike Leach guys” on lowering the winning percentage requirement for coaches to be consider for the College Football Hall of Fame.

[Hookem72]

Best way to do it is require players to be represented by a qualified agent and then punish the agents who should be fiduciaries.  

[Jeff Howe]

Sark’s question is about the function of the general manager in college football.

Operating within and managing the cap is the biggest role of the GM, Sark said. You’ve got to divide the cap between recruiting, taking care of the current roster and player retention. Sark said it’s a “thankless job,” but he and Brandon Harris are on the same page and he likes that he’s got someone he trusts in that role so that he can focus on coaching.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark said at some point there will be a program that goes over the cap, and he doesn’t want it to be Texas. That’s why Brandon Harris is so important to how the Texas program operates.

[Jeff Howe]

4 minutes ago, Hookem72 said:

Best way to do it is require players to be represented by a qualified agent and then punish the agents who should be fiduciaries.  

I agree!

[Jeff Howe]

Jeff Traylor: “We can’t let this turn into AAU basketball.”

[Jeff Howe]

Sark during the Q&A

[CJ Vogel]

 

[Jeff Howe]

As Sark said earlier today, UTEP’s Scotty Walden said it’s never been more important for high school football coaches to have the best interest of football prospects in mind and to make sure they’ve got a voice.

[Jeff Howe]

Not sure what Sark and Traylor are discussing, but they’ve had a dialogue with each other throughout this whole deal.