Episode Transcript
It's the Craig Way Show with the voice of the
Texas Longhorns and Hall of Fame broadcaster Craig Way. We
have nice people who work in this building. I walked
in early this afternoon and there was a There was
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an envelope for me, and it was just regular size
like card envelope.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Sure enough, there was a card in there, and it
was a sign.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
It was signed by a variety of folks here and
it said, dear Craig, you are a superstar. Happy work anniversary.
We couldn't do something. I have a hard time reading
some of it, but anyway, it said, so lucky to
have you on the team, your iHeart team. Okay, I'd
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totally forgotten. Yesterday it was like the one year work
anniversary of coming back to the iHeart family. And they
are family, and it's cool to be back one year
into it. I was here for nineteen years the first
go around, and after being across town for six and
a half years, back here and it's great. It's great
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to be back and I have great people. I've never
gotten a work anniversary greeting or anything like that before,
but there it is.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
So it's good to be.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Back on that Okay, it's good to have football back,
and there will be high school football tonight.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Also, Cameron, we were talking about our guests.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I think we're going to be checking over Roger Wallas
in the four o'clock hour to talk about his game tonight.
He has the Taco Shack Bowl as part of their
high school football televised cover out.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
I think it's like twelve straight years of doing it.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And so it's Anderson and McCallum tonight, and that's actually
on their CW fifty four because on KBBO they have
the west Lake game, Westlake's season opener against Prosper of
the Prosper Eagles.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
So it's off and running.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
And in the college football season, off and running, there's
several games going on. But Deon Sanderson, Colorado taking on
North Dakota State tonight. I think North Carolina State has
Western Carolina. I think Wake Forest has North Carolina A
and T. There's anyway North Carolina Minnesota. Big Man Mac
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Brown and the Tarigeles up in Minneapolis to take on Minnesota.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
So anyway, you missed one big one. Which one did
they miss?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Kansas first linden Wood.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
It's Kansas linden Wood night how can I forget that
Lindon Wood, that transitional LEFTCS program taking on the Jayhawks
rockshalk Right, Okay, So anyway, there's it's it's a full
slate of college football. We'll get to that Logorns, of
course play on Saturday afternoon against Colorado State. Earlier today,
head coach Steve Sarkijian had his Thursday media availability. That's
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where he gives any updates if there are any updates
on things that were not yet finalized or injury status
or anything like that between Monday and the weekly news
comments there and today Thursday. So here's sark is opening comments.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
I was just commenting, we've we've had three really good
practices in a row. I commended the team. I think
the intent, the intention to detail, the speed in which
we practiced with, and most notably on Tuesday and Wednesday,
the physicality that we practiced in was really encouraging going
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into a first game. You know, sometimes you're still going
through some of the growing pains of how we prepare
and things of that nature. But like I said, I
think all that goes back to the veteran leadership that
we have and then a commitment from a lot of
our new people to just jump right into this is
how we go about our business to prepare for a game,
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and it definitely showed. I'm thoroughly impressed with the way
these guys worked here this week. And naturally we know
we've got a really good clean up date tomorrow, but
proud of the way they they've prepared and put ourselves,
I think in a really good position to go out
and perform Saturday.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
All right, And so then to the questions, Colorado State,
of course has an explosive offense, one of those air
rate attacks, and you know, one of the things that
they do is try to get the ball in the
hands of Tory Horton. They're grad transfer receiver. Well he's
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not grad transfer now, he's a grad student now, but
he had transferred in originally coming in with coach Morvel
from Nevada, and he's coming off the big season. Caught
ninety six passes eleven hundred and thirty six yards. HARMANI
Winfield as a kid from Lewisville. He's one of nineteen
Native Texans on the roster and he actually began his
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college degre Baylor. There's there's a lot of good targets
for Bradon Fowler Nickelosi the quarterback from Alito with Dchard sophomore.
So Sark was asked about that Colorado State Rams offense
and what really has his attention about Colorado State.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Well, I think one, they have an elite receiver and
knowing where he is is critical first of all, because
you know a lot of their offense kind of starts
with him, and if the quarterbacks got a favorable matchup,
you can almost guarantee that's where the ball is going
to go.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
But I think they've added some pieces around him as well.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
You know, we know Armani Winfield, well, we recruited him,
he was committed to US here a couple of years ago.
So the addition of Armani I think is helpful. You know,
they have a runner who you know, only played in
three games last year rushed for three hundred yards. So
we think the running game could could cause some issues
there as well to try to create some one on
one matchups on the perimeter.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
And they know their system really well.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
And then because when you know your system well, they
know the answers to the test when you try to
give them a different look. And so I think it's
important for us to you know, be tight in coverage,
try to effect the quarterback, and then having the ability
to mix things up to try to create a little
bit of hesitation.
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Next up, you got a question about Kelvin Banks, and
this was kind of as a follow up how sartfelt
there were a lot of guys ready and poised to
have really big seasons and be ready to take the
next step to move on to the National Football League.
And one of those guys who most folks figure will
wind up in the NFL is Calvin Banks.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
And he was asked about Banks.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
And is what would the ceiling be for the big
left tackle.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Well, you know, I think the world of Calvin Banks,
and I'm going to talk about the human being before
I talk about the player.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
And I think you guys know me well enough.
Speaker 4 (07:02):
I value the people in an organization and that goes
back to my very first year talking about Bijon and
Roseean and those guys. Kelvin Banks embodies what I would
want every Longhorn to embody. The humility in which he
shows up in the building with every day, the work ethic,
the drive, the commitment not only on the football field,
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in the weight room, in the classroom.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
In the community.
Speaker 4 (07:26):
You know, he's got a you know, wonderful relationship with
his parents, his family. I just think he represents us
at the highest level. To go along with he's a
great football player, and he's he's very calm on the field.
Some might say he's reserved, but I see it firsthand,
he's not. You know, he plays, he plays physical, he
plays violent. He's really good in the past game. He's
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really good in the run game. He can redirect, he's smart.
And so what the ceiling is, you know, I don't
I don't know, you know. I mean, hey, I want
him to win every award he can win, and be
an All American and be a for pick I mean,
I don't know what else, you know, left tackles can
do on that front. But again, this is a long
season and there's a lot of football to be played,
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and he's got some great challenges he's gonna have to
go against along the way.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
But we're definitely lucky to have him.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Uh, there's a lot of playmakers on this Longhorn offense.
One of the guys who hasn't drawn much talk until
the injuries in the backfield happened. As Ryan Nibblett the
Rechard freshman wide receiver, but they've worked him some in
the backfield, and Sark was asked about that, asked if
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this was a thing where they could perhaps see Nibblet
see some action and how about the expansion of his
role as it relates to this offense and getting ready
with some transition going into the backfield.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
Yeah, I think Ryan has been a really versatile player
for us. I've been very proud of Ryan. You know,
a lot of times I say this a lot, and
I'm gonna mention it here with Johntay here in a
say too so many times. You know, when you're a
really good program, like I think that we've evolved ourselves
into when you're a four or five star kid and
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you come into the program, there's not this like automatic
annointment that you're just gonna be the guy. You know,
we have pretty good players on a roster. It's it's
competitive and it's tough, and you know, but we do
pride ourselves on developing the players in our program. And
I think Ryan year last year was a great year
of development for him.
Speaker 3 (09:27):
I think he's really changed his body.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
He's playing really fast right now, and not only is
he being effective for us offensively. He's really found a
role on special teams and he's an impactful players player
for us on special teams as well.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
So, you know, I've been proud of him. It's been
a journey.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
Nobody ever likes coming to a to a school as
a freshman and not playing as much as you would really,
you know, want and hope to play. But he kept
his head down, he kept working, and we've carved out
a pretty good role for him that I think is
one where he's going to be an impactful player for
us this fall.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Reason why you heard Sark say I'm gonna get to
John tayaman because he's also asked about John t Cook
and his fall camp and how that has gone for
him as he gets ready for his sophomore campaign.
Speaker 2 (10:15):
So Sark was asked about John Tay.
Speaker 3 (10:16):
John Tay has had a good camp.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
I would say, you know, definitely light years ahead of
where he was a year ago. He's in much better shape.
He's understanding the offense. You know, I can really John
Tay can play any position on the field, and I
think that that's where he creates a lot of value
for himself. He's a sure handed guy that understands our
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offense and has a really good feel for what we're doing. So,
like I said, I think he's had a very good camp,
and I've applauded him throughout camp for the work that
he's done because I think he's made a lot of
strides as well.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Now, listen to this next comment from Sark. I found
that was pretty interesting this morning. He was asked about
Anthony Hill, you know, having the headset communication on defense,
and uh, you'll hear Sark address this, and he's exactly
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right on somebody, because I have heard no end of
questions about the helmet communication. And it makes sense because
this is the first year for it, so there's gonna
be more questions about how it works. Uh what what
they've experienced so far with it? You know, are there obstacles?
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Does it?
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Does it help them get in a huddle, quicker communication,
all of those things. So those are those are understandable
questions for reporters to ask during the fall camp.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
It's just they've asked a truckload of them about that.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
And that was not lost on Sark when he was
asked about Anthony Hill wearing the helmet communication.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Yeah, yeah, he'll he'll wear it, and there's you know,
when he's not on the field, the other guys are
gonna have to wear it, you know. I think that's
one of the unique things about the way the helmet
works here in college football. I'll be honest with you, guys,
I think you guys are making way too big of
a deal over this thing. I get asked about it
in every press conference. I get asked about it and
everything that I do, it's literally getting the call and
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then telling the D line and the call.
Speaker 3 (12:12):
Everybody else still has to communicate.
Speaker 4 (12:13):
When you go against a no huddle team, we don't
get to huddle like you do in the NFL and
the linebacker call everybody up and call out the defense
and then disperse. When you're going against an air a
team that's spread out and they're going fast and they're
going tempo, like, we still have to be creative with
our signals.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
We still have to do all those things.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
And so I know everybody wants to make a big
deal out of the communication thing, and understandably so, because
it's new. I don't know if you're going to see
a whole lot of a difference in the game, you know,
I know we watched the games last week. I mean,
I don't if nobody told you there was helmet communication
in the Georgia Tech Florida State game.
Speaker 3 (12:52):
I don't know if anybody would have known.
Speaker 4 (12:54):
Like, it's just a little easier way to communicate, And
I don't think it's like going to be some earth
shattering advantage of one side of the ball or the
other from a strategic standpoint.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Interesting thoughts there on it.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
Maybe it's also because they've pretty quickly adjusted to it,
the offense and even the defense for Texas. But sark
thinking it's not going to be quite the revelation that
perhaps some folks think it might be.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
All right.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Coming up next the revelation of Inconceivable here on a
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