Jeff Howe

It's been a while, I'll admit that.

It's probably all of it. With the CFP hopes all but officially done, all he and the organization can do is try to finish strong and start building toward 2026.

If the Longhorns need to take out some frustration by relentlessly putting the boots to Arkansas, so be it.

For whatever it's worth (and I'm sure the audio will be out at some point), Sark sounded pissed— not annoyed. Just pissed off.

Honestly, I'd have to go back and listen. He was asked something about the CFP and Bobby Petrino's offense, but I was trying to get the transcription of his statement posted, so I wasn't paying attention.

I published his statement here:

Before he addressed his football team’s upcoming home game against Arkansas, Steve Sarkisian addressed his coaching future at the University of Texas. Less than a month after Diana Russini of "The Athletic" reported that Sarkisian’s camp had expressed interest on his behalf in potential NFL head coaching openings, ESPN college football analyst Desmond Howard said in a video posted on social media that Sarkisian and the Longhorns could be headed toward a mutual parting of ways. The following is Sarkisian’s statement on the rumors surrounding his job, in its entirety: “I’d like to comment on something before I get into our team, something that has been bothering me now over the past few weeks, and that is people reporting that — or insinuating that — there’s a possibility I could leave the University of Texas. And that is absolutely false and untrue. I’m not going anywhere. Never do I do this because I never want to be a distraction, so I never address these things. But, at the point now, I feel like that it’s important that I do do this because it’s important for our team, it’s important for our university. I’ve had no discussions — not with my agent, not with the university, not with any other school, not with any NFL team — about ever going anywhere else. I came here to win championships. I’ve got two kids enrolled at the University of Texas, one in law school and one on our team. I’ve got a third that, hopefully, decides to enroll at the University of Texas next fall, and my wife and I just had our son here in Austin. This is our home. We came here to win championships. We’ve built a damn-good football program over the five years we’ve been here. We’ve been to two College Football Playoffs, we won a Big 12 championship, we went to the SEC Championship Game in Year 1, we’ve had 23 players drafted the last two years, which is more than any other school in the country and our team GPA is at an all-time high. So, can we please stop putting things out there that you have absolutely zero evidence on? And then, can we please stop retweeting, putting it back out there as if it’s true, as if it’s the gospel? It is not true. If you have a question about my future, call me or call Chris Del Conte — our athletic director — and we can set the record straight for you ... [inaudible comment] so, moving forward, when some Joe Blow decides to put something on social media out there, we all don’t run with it like it’s the gospel. Can we all agree on that on this call? And, if you have a question about my future with the University of Texas, ask me on one of these calls, ask Chris Del Conte — he’ll be more than happy to take your call — so that we can set the record straight, so that we can focus on our football team, which is really what we should be doing. Everybody good with that?” Texas (7-3, 4-2 SEC), which came in at No. 17 by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee in Tuesday’s rankings reveal, will look to rebound from a 35-10 road loss to Georgia when the Razorbacks visit Austin for the first time since 2008. The Longhorns and Arkansas (2-8, 0-6) will kick off at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at 2:30 p.m. on ABC. View full news story

Saving a year. He was a true senior.

FWIW, he played 37 snaps at RG as a true freshman at ULM against Texas in 2022. He was an opening-game starter as a true freshman.

He's played in four games and has been away from the Texas State team for a couple of weeks.

Correct. Trace Armstrong (who represented Tom Herman) is Freeman's agent.

Above all else, we can't lose sight of this point. The program, as it currently stands, needs a tune-up, but it's not in shambles.

The Cowboys and Raiders getting together reminds me of those joint practices at St. Ed's they used to run back in the day.

I don't always agree with what former players say, but I'll always respect their opinions because they've got a frame of reference I don't have and never will. With that said, you can't absolve one party regarding the discipline issues. From a coaching standpoint, if a firm believer that you're either coaching it or you're allowing it to happen. If you're worried about guys heading to the portal when they need to be corrected for making mistakes that hurt the team, then either they're the wrong type of guy for your program or your culture isn't that good. This team doesn't pay attention to details. That starts at the top, but it's also on the players to hold each other accountable. Texas isn't as talented or experienced as the last two seasons, where it can overcome those mistakes, especially against an opponent like Georgia. Personally, I don't buy that the portal and NIL mean you can't coach a disciplined team. Furthermore, 8.2 penalties per game is the worst in the Power Four — that's flat out unacceptable. Curt Cignetti, for example, has built a roster with a heavy reliance on the portal. Indiana is in the top six in the country in fewest penalties per game and fewest penalty yards per game. This is an ongoing issue for Sark that must be resolved. They can be if he's willing to put the screws to guys and change the program's mindset regarding self-inflicted wounds.

I agree with just about everything you said. Sark’s script was fine, but sloppy, undisciplined teams that don’t pay attention to details make the kind of mistakes Texas made from start to finish last night.

I don’t think it’s a case of going through the motions. To me, it’s bad body language whenever things go wrong and you’re searching for answers. That’s probably too simple of an explanation, but I agree that something is amiss.

Your colon thanks you.

No need to be jerks to each other. Take it somewhere else if that's what you want to do.