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

[DanielOnorato]

1 minute ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

No because, I think the staff spends most of their NIL money on defense.  That’s why most of the difference makers on this team are on that side of the ball.  They don’t spend as much on offense imo

Just odd that the freshman wr malachi toney for Miami came out like gang busters vs Notre dame with 6 for 82 and a touchdown and sark is saying lockett, ffrench, butler, Terry are behind niblett who didn't get an offensive snap even with Mosley out. 

I'd expect these guys to sound more promising in their development. Hopefully he proves me wrong but his best guys have been transfers with established skillsets.

[CJ Vogel]

Bouwmeester says arch gives him flack for how old he is 

[Hank Kingsley]

Where is all the WR hate coming from? Arch couldn't make simple throws and OSU secondary is excellent. Let them actually have some opportunities to make plays. Good grief. 

 

[CJ Vogel]

Jack Bouwmeester says his nicknames in the locker room include “Kangaroo” and “Unc”

Bouwmeester, an Australian native, is the oldest on the team and he says the locker room definitely lets him know about it. 

[Jeff Howe]

4 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Where is all the WR hate coming from? Arch couldn't make simple throws and OSU secondary is excellent. Let them actually have some opportunities to make plays. Good grief. 

 

It's not hate, just the reality sinking in that the freshmen might not be as far along as some (me included) had hoped they'd be. They need to get Emmett Mosley on the field.

[HDub1995]

2 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

It's not hate, just the reality sinking in that the freshmen might not be as far along as some (me included) had hoped they'd be. They need to get Emmett Mosley on the field.

Thamel reported it was a hamstring for EM. Hoping they can get him in one of these games before Florida. 

[Califashorn75]

Sark never throws a player under the bus. We lost because Arch was rattled in the first half. But Sark won't say that. Arch was nervous,  but then got it together in the second half. He will look at this game as a turning point in his career. He will ball out the next game. No one wishes Saturday were here now more than Arch. 

[Cujonation83]

12 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Where is all the WR hate coming from? Arch couldn't make simple throws and OSU secondary is excellent. Let them actually have some opportunities to make plays. Good grief. 

 

My opinion exactly 💯. People are reading too much into this past game. 

[alrightalrightalright]

Bouwmeester was great on Saturday, but it feels like a sad state of affairs when he’s tapped for media availability.

Have we had a punter out there? Maybe Michael Dickson?

[Tuco Ramirez]

50 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

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

This baffles me. Arch looked really bad in the first half. Why is our QB whisperer OC/HC waiting until halftime to talk to his star player? 

[awashbump]

32 minutes ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

Sarks good when he’s got 4 first round receivers on the roster. I’ve just been doing research on sarks career and the numbers and IMO he’s overrated. Look at how the falcons regressed in PPG when he was hired and fired after 3 years. The yards can be there big deal when it doesn’t translate to points what good does the yards do? His PPG since being at Texas has either dropped or remained nearly the same. I’m not calling for his job or anything. 2 back to back playoffs blah blah blah when your losing every game to teams or staffs that have equal talent 

Overrated at what?

[Hank Kingsley]

2 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

It's not hate, just the reality sinking in that the freshmen might not be as far along as some (me included) had hoped they'd be. They need to get Emmett Mosley on the field.

With the way the schedule plays out this year, it's completely understandable to shrink your WR rotation when you open up at Ohio State. Everyone should have had zero expectations for the freshmen in a game of that magnitude.

The freshman should definitely get plenty of reps the next 3 weeks. Unless you've heard rumblings from the inside, I see no reason to be concerned. 

 

[LonghornFan4Ever]

15 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Where is all the WR hate coming from? Arch couldn't make simple throws and OSU secondary is excellent. Let them actually have some opportunities to make plays. Good grief. 

 

Yeah let’s see how much Manning’s accuracy improves over the course of this season before directing that much criticism to the WR room.  I will say the WR could’ve prevented Manning’s only interception of the game by acting like a defensive back.

[diegozanna20]

2 minutes ago, Califashorn75 said:

Sark never throws a player under the bus. We lost because Arch was rattled in the first half. But Sark won't say that. Arch was nervous,  but then got it together in the second half. He will look at this game as a turning point in his career. He will ball out the next game. No one wishes Saturday were here now more than Arch. 

He did say it. He said he wasn't in the game, he wasn't processing the coverages well, he said he wasn sound mechanically on crossing routes.
Sark very rarely (maybe apart from playcalling/redzone) dances around a subject.
He's also, rightly, not gonna put all the blame on his inexperienced qb making his first road start, however bad that looked.

[CJ Vogel]

Livingstone says the one thing he is working on is blocking on the perimeter. 

[CJ Vogel]

 

[CJ Vogel]

Ethan Burke says he definitely came to practice more motivated today and he believes the rest of the defense will be in that same mindset this week of practice  too

[CJ Vogel]

CJ Baxter : “We were hungry before, but now we’re more hungry.”

[Gerry Hamilton]

3 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

CJ Baxter : “We were hungry before, but now we’re more hungry.”

Chick Fil A is open on Labor Day CB4 … I already made my trip! 

[TexasLonghorns]

3 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

CJ Baxter : “We were hungry before, but now we’re more hungry.”

Having their season ended by that team last year just wasn't enough. 

[Assistant Regional Manager]

Good to see we've reached the point in the season where people get angry at canned press conference responses and that all our problems weren't fixed by talking into a microphone. 

You are lying to yourself if you believe Steve Sarkisian could say anything into a microphone to make you feel better about the red zone.

[diegozanna20]

4 minutes ago, TexasLonghorns said:

Having their season ended by that team last year just wasn't enough. 

I hate this kind of comments from fans.
Yeah the loss ruined your saturday, guess what: no one in that building worked their ass off in the off-season to lose this game and they are sure as hell more frustrated about it than the fanbase.
What is the kid supposed to say? "Oh no it didn't really affect us this loss, just another day at work type of deal"

Edited 1 hour ago by diegozanna20

[Jordan91]

How does this coach get out of a room without anyone asking about red zone? Did he threaten to shut down inside information from anyone that asks that question? That can’t be true because he doesn’t give every media outlet inside information. 

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

1 hour ago, alrightalrightalright said:

Hard pill to swallow seeing highlights of Zachariah Branch this wknd knowing he could have been in Austin. I get his brother had to be part of the package, but we needed more in the WR room.

Speaking of which

 

https://x.com/pff_college/status/1962502196144345482?s=46

[Bunk Moreland]

1 hour ago, HDub1995 said:

Agree. Very bad sign. They needed to get more experience in the portal and made a mistake relying on a bunch of unprovens. I’m pretty convinced of that. 

They had a chance to get Branch, Singleton, Concepcion—any number of dangerous, proven weapons who had serious interest in Texas. It’s remarkable to me how little urgency they felt about that position, losing as much proven playmaking as they did.