OTF Premium Steve Sarkisian Press Conference + Texas Player Availability (Sept. 1)

[CJ Vogel]

Sarkisian says Texas attacks the ball as well as anyone in the country, but it needs to translates to the field.

Second and third defenders to the pile need to be more aggressive going at the football.

[Texas fan in Georgia]

1 minute ago, Hashtag said:

We saw this exact same thing with Quinn on a lot of passes. @Gerry Hamilton what’s your read on the QB mechanics that seem to be in Arch now that Quinn also developed? Should we be questioning Milwee? I saw a regresssion in Ewers over the years and I saw a regression in Arch from his performance mechanics wise last year to this game. 

There was a whole thread on milwee. Most are questioning him.

[Jeff Howe]

The courage Jack Endries showed catching ball down the field, knowing he'd get popped, is one of the things that stood out to Sark regarding the transfer tight end's debut.

[Gerry Hamilton]

2 minutes ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

Translation:  there will be plenty of opportunities for the defense to create splash plays.

Eget threw two horrific picks against CMU. If he isn’t a lot smarter with the ball in Austin … he could throw 3-4 INT’s

[Jeff Howe]

Sark said the offense's goal is to have an explosive play rate of 20 percent or more. Seven explosives on 67 snaps (a 10.4-percent explosive play rate) didn't get it done.

[CJ Vogel]

Texas had 7 explosive plays on 64 offensive snaps, for about 11% efficiency.

Texas wants to be at 20% in all games.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark on Wingo: "He's going to be a good weapon for us."

[Gerry Hamilton]

3 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

We saw this exact same thing with Quinn on a lot of passes. @Gerry Hamilton what’s your read on the QB mechanics that seem to be in Arch now that Quinn also developed? Should we be questioning Milwee? I saw a regresssion in Ewers over the years and I saw a regression in Arch from his performance mechanics wise last year to this game. 

I do want to see more QB development this season … for sure.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark on Wingo: "We've got plenty enough weapons to where he doesn't have to shoulder the burden."

[CJ Vogel]

Sark says he was pretty frustrated coming out of the first half because he felt like there was a good game plan in place.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark was frustrated at halftime because he felt Texas had a good plan. He met directly with Arch at halftime to calm him down.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark said he's hard on the players, but not so hard that they start tuning him out.

[Jeff Howe]

There's an expectation for how Texas wants to play on offense, Sark said. In the running game, he's mentioned straining to finish to maximize runs.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark on the offense's potential: "We've got to make it come to life."

[Michelle Lynn]

Wish he would have met with Arch on the sidelines BEFORE halftime to calm him down 🥲

[Jeff Howe]

Sark knew Texas would need to make adjustments against Ohio State. He said he and the staff made adjustments in the first half — they just weren't good enough.

[Gerry Hamilton]

Has Bohl’s got his red zone Q in yet?

[HDub1995]

Can someone please ask about red zone? How has nobody asked?

[Jeff Howe]

Sark on wide receiver depth: "We've got to make that room competitive."

[Jeff Howe]

After Daylon McCutcheon, the next wide receiver to go into the game would've been Ryan Niblett. Sark didn't feel like the other guys were ready.

[CJ Vogel]

Sarkisian says after Daylan McCutcheon, the next WR to go in the game would have been Ryan Niblett.

Says for the freshmen WR he says it probably wasn't the right scene for their first snaps of their career in that type of environment.

[Jeff Howe]

Sark is answering a question about player development. I'm too hung up on his comment about the wide receivers to digest it.

[Jeff Howe]

On the halftime talk with Arch, Sark said it was trying to do a better job of identifying Ohio State's coverages and the plan to attack them in the second half.

[CJ Vogel]

1 minute ago, CJ Vogel said:

Sarkisian says after Daylan McCutcheon, the next WR to go in the game would have been Ryan Niblett.

Says for the freshmen WR he says it probably wasn't the right scene for their first snaps of their career in that type of environment.

"I don't think any of those other guys were really ready for that moment against that secondary."

[Jeff Howe]

Just now, Jeff Howe said:

On the halftime talk with Arch, Sark said it was trying to do a better job of identifying Ohio State's coverages and the plan to attack them in the second half.

Sark: "I thought he responded well to that."