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Steve Sarkisian: "I thought Quinn (Ewers) had a tremendous game." Adding, to bounce back after the INT to throw for 17 straight completions, 200+ yards and 3 TD was an awesome sign for the offense.

Sarkisian says he thinks the Texas offense is "Back to normal" on third downs after Saturday.

"it was an awesome job by that unit to get that done." Sarkisian says about the Longhorns defense creating four turnovers on Saturday.

Sarkisian says Texas has 18 penalties in the last two games: "We have to clean that up."

Sarkisian says 7 of the 10 penalties committed on Saturday were "Really impactful." Four penalties on offense negated four explosive runs. Two defensive penalties resulted in 14 points thanks to extending drives.

Texas HC Steve Sarkisian says this past week speaks about where Texas has come as a program, highlighting the 9th straight road victory for Texas dating back to 2022.

No practice for Texas this morning.

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian will discuss with the media what is coming up during the bye week, as well as a reflection on the team's 27–24 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday. Notes and quotes in the comments below.

It's the same conversation as WR last year – If you have all conference guys at a position, why would you take them out of a game?

Lefau might have the highest hit rate on explosive plays on the defensive side of the ball. Safety, two sacks, INT, etc.

The latter.

Johntay Cook has seen just 11 snaps since week four against ULM when he played 39.

Texas heads into a bye where they look to get Andrew Mukuba back for the Florida game when the calendar flips to November. With that said, a look at the snap counts for the Longhorns from their 27–24 victory over Vanderbilt. *** Defense Out of 66 possible snaps. 66 – Jelani McDonald, Malik Muhammad, Anthony Hill Jr., Michael Taaffe 63 – Jahdae Barron 47 – Trey Moore 44 – Jaylon Guilbeau, Barryn Sorrell, Alfred Collins 43 – Liona Lefau 41 – Vernon Broughton 39 – Jermayne Lole 25 – Colin Simmons, Ethan Burke 14 – David Gbenda 9 – Kobe Black, Bill Norton 8 – Mo Blackwell Jr. 2 – Alex January, Warren Roberson 1 – Colton Vasek, Gavin Holmes – Surprisingly no Jordon Johnson-Rubell in this game. – The snap share for Lefau and Gbenda are pretty telling. The change has been made, it is Lefau's spot fully. – Nine snaps for Kobe Black. He played really well in those snaps – he was targeted three times. – Going to be interesting to see how the snaps from Vernon Broughton are split up in the 1H during his suspension. My guess is mostly to Lole, then Norton and maybe some January. *** Offense Out of 73 possible snaps. 73 – Cam Williams, Kelvin Banks, Gunnar Helm, Hayden Conner, Jake Majors, Quinn Ewers 71 – Matthew Golden 65 – DJ Campbell 56 – Ryan Wingo 43 – Tre Wisner 40 – DeAndre Moore 30 – Jaydon Blue 21 – Juan Davis 19 – Silas Bolden 10 – Amari Niblack 8 – Cole Hutson 1 – Jerrick Gibson, Ryan Niblett – The first snaps for Amari Niblack since the UTSA game on week three. He had two receptions in ten snaps. – No Gibson, no Niblett this weekend basically. – This is the second straight game where Gunnar Helm has been on the field for every snap.

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Really unfortunate for Jonah. He was having a whale of a season.

Quinn played well Saturday.

Kobe was really good on Saturday.

That's all for tonight.

Sarkisian says the offense was off schedule in the 2nd half due to penalties. Says the offense when on schedule was really good this afternoon.

"If he plays like that the rest of the year, we are going to be okay." Sarkisian on Quinn Ewers.

Sarkisian says he is proud of the defense. Even despite some short fields allowed. "Defense is defending the run really well." Added it might have been a concern coming into the season but its a strength now.

Sarkisian was asked if he thinks this is where his team should be at this point in the season. Sarkisian says the team has had to overcome some really unique injuries this year and he is proud to get to where the team is at at 7-1 on the season. "The next four games are all very challenging."

Sarkisian says two weeks in a row the RB has blundered on a pass protection and allowed for a sack on 3rd down.