CJ Vogel

Sarkisian goes on about football IQ. He shows blunders from players across the country as examples of what is not acceptable. Wants to show live proof of how it affects teams due to individual actions.

Sark says Moore is not very emotional, but he has a very even keeled head on his shoulders that focuses mostly on the task at hand.

Sarkisian says he felt good about his playcalling but more so the offense executed the game plan very well against Michigan.

Sarkisian says on the red zone efficiency in 2024, the offense has minimized the self-inflicted wounds. Sark penalties and execution were the two biggest hindrances from a year ago. This year, the offense is executing better and not shooting themselves in the foot near the goal line. The one drive Texas had vs. Michigan that did not score was the result of a penalty on first down and a missed assignment soon thereafter.

"The Tre Wisner play stood out to me the most."

Sarkisian says one of his favorite plays Saturday was a swing play to Tre Wisner where he could have gone out of bounds after a big game, but instead he stayed in bounds and delivered a hit to the Michigan DB's to help establish the tone of physicality the Longhorns were playing with on Saturday.

Sark says the team has a meeting for 20 minutes every Friday called 'Situational Masters' for when those critical moments arise, they are prepared. Texas shows clips of other games in big situations late in games or in specific time/distance examples.

Sarkisian says one thing for Trey Moore he has been impressed with is his physicality in the run game. "The other stuff is going to come." Says even though the sack numbers aren't there he has been very impactful on the EDGE.

Sarkisian says he calls on his team to go to that killer level. Even if the game is out of hand, he doesn't want teams to score late and he doesn't want to waste offensive possessions. "I want to make it 60 minutes of hell for our opponents."

Sarkisian says an area the team can improve is perimeter blocking. Texas isn't hitting those home runs right now because they aren't finishing their blocks out wide.

Sarkisian says it was huge for Texas to stay ahead of the chains and not turn the ball over. Ewers executed that plan. They did not want to be behind in the chains for Wink Martindale to blitz.

Sark: There wasn't a throw Saturday that was every really in danger aside from maybe one check down.

Sarkisian says one thing about Ewers that gets lost is that we don't see the emotions and competitiveness at times. Sark pointed to the OK State game on the road in Stillwater where Ewers was "pissed" after the loss.

"As good as we think we have played, in my opinion we are going to need to play better to achieve the goals we have."