August 30, 2024 • 10 mins
Hear from Texas linebacker Anthony Hill and running back Jaydon Blue as Texas opens their season tomorrow against Colorado State.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, you know, it's funny. Somebody asked the other night. Uh,
somebody'd asked the other night on Long Worn Weekly about
that and asked if there was a perfect fire up song,
and and he really didn't have an answer. Remember he said,
(00:20):
I'm not close enough to the game. I'd really have
to think about it, you know, to come to God.
So do you think that's like the most perfect, uh
you know, run out song for a football team? Is
that the deal?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
That's a good question. I you know, I always think
about Penn State and Happy Valley, right, I think, do
they come out to jump around? That's Wisconsin, That's Wisconsin.
Penn State comes out to somebody jump around? Is pretty fun? Uh,
Sandstorm at South Carolina. I was able to experience that
in person. That's pretty fun. I think Hell's Bells is up.
(00:58):
There is a there for sure. It definitely, you know,
it definitely gets you fired up in the right atmosphere.
I think also a lot of other schools use that.
If I'm not mistaken, I believe also at Bryant Danny Stadium, Alabama,
they also use Hell's Bells now during the game third
fourth quarter they played Dixie Land alight by the band Alabama,
(01:20):
and that was banned for quite some time and they
brought it back. But that does not really a hype song.
That's more of just a sing along, get you in
the in the right kind of you know, Saturday type vibe.
But Hell's bells jump around sandstorm. I gotta look up
what Penn State does because it's killing.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Me, okay, you know, And I don't want to sell
it short, I really don't because I see how the
students get fired up, and I, you know, maybe it's
because of you know what. I went to a college
that at the time was not very good in football,
(02:01):
and I ended up being on the broad now. When
I went to the one semester I was that Texas Tech.
They were beyond not very good. They were one nine
and one. So trying to be as student as much
as I could for that one semester was there and
couldn't get that much into I missed most of the
home schedule anyway. I was coming home to work concerts
to put myself through school. When I got to North Texas,
(02:24):
I went to a couple of games early, but there
I got added to the network like three weeks into
the season, and so I was on the broadcast from
there throughout the rest of my collegiate career. So I
didn't really live the college student thing going to the
game that much. But long worn fans do, long worn
students do. I get that, And so why not hear
from a couple of the players, like linebacker Anthony Hill,
(02:48):
who's getting ready to start inside, moving into the middle.
First of all, his thoughts on going up against that
Colorado State Rams offensive attack their.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Area offense is definitely something that's not a joke and
we have to take serious. I've been watching them at fourteen.
I've seen they brought in a transfer. A lot of
the guys on that team. They look like they're ready
to play, and they look real, real letic and ready
to go.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Yeah. Number fourteen is Tory Horton, the guy we've been
telling you about the receiver. What about that role of
moving to middle linebacker now that he's moved inside as hell,
and of course he we'll have the headset communication as well.
He'll be doing that, but he's moved inside and he'll
be starting in the middle. And how about his thoughts
(03:32):
on that transition going from outside to now inside.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
It's a lot different, just everything's coming so much faster,
and it's not seaball Gearba anymore. It's actually, you have
a role to play and you got to do your
job and just for the next person to do their job.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Okay, all right, that's that's true. Now. One thing the
media did during the course of the week was to
ask the players about game day traditions, game day rituals,
game day superstitions, but really most of the importantly, what
is the most enjoyable part of the game day experience?
And Anthony All was asked what's his favorite part of
(04:09):
a college game.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Day Just kind of kind of just being around the team.
I feel like them them moments before games and when
you're running out onto the field and you see one
hundred thousand coming out to smoke, I feel like that's
one of the best moments. I kind of been telling
like Wingo and Kobe Black, some of the freshman's like
that's gonna be one of the best moments. And when
you when you come out that smoke and you see
the crowd cheering, Because I remember my first game and
(04:31):
when I seen them, I was just like, kind of wow,
this is this is a whole different experience than I'm
used to.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Yeah about even talking about telling Ryan Wingo and Kobe
Black about that and and what to expect and how
to be ready for that sort of thing. And and
those are guys that are are getting ready to experience this.
I mean, Kobe Black is a freshman from Connley High
in the Waco area. And then of course Ryan Wingo,
(04:59):
uh and and lot really projected for Ryan Wingo as well.
And so a young man who's a freshman from Saint
louis getting ready to go into his first college football game.
So it's all that kind of amalgam. I guess for
all of the players what they're looking forward to. Jayden
Blue is going to be the starting running back. I
(05:21):
think that that that'll be the case. But Blue says
it's about whatever the total team concept to winning is
all about, not necessarily about one specific role he might.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Play best for the team. You know, is I'm okay
with it whether, as you know, Megan twenty twenty five
carries a game or where there's me being more of
a receiver type. Now, I'm just willing to do whatever's
best for the.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Team, and Jayden will get more carries. Obviously, he was
scheduled to get more carries this season than last year anyway,
but especially now having to be the lead number one
one guy what with the season ending injury. In training
camp to see j Baxter and you know, Sark was
(06:08):
asked about uh Blue, who you know was more of
a mister outside guy with Baxter being more of a
mister inside guy last season. But Sark was pretty adamant, saying,
all these guys can run between the tackles, all of
these guys can take a pop. All of these guys
(06:30):
also can have some extended carries. So the question for
James Bleu is he worked on his endurance knowing he's
going to get more carries now with Baxter out and
Clark out and with the running back room being thinned
a little bit. Oh.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
The main thing is, you know, couch choice insides a lot.
And I took into account that I've had I had
to practice way harder and like it's a game, so
that if I had to carry the ball twenty twenty
five times, that I have the durability to do that.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Okay, all right, And that's that's important to note. And
when you think about the fact that here's a guy
you know going out there He carried it a total
of sixty five times last season for three hundred ninety
eight yards three touchdowns. He caught fourteen passes for one
hundred and thirty five yards. He averaged nearly ten yards
(07:20):
per catch and had a touchdown as well. So he
was indeed a weapon coming out of the backfield. But
he had an opportunity and this is something that Sarkas
mentioned and to to shark choice is mentioned as well,
that he had some good examples to learn from, to
learn from Rosehawn Johnson obviously, to learn from Bjon Robinson,
(07:42):
Jonathan Brooks served as a mentor to him as well.
So the question for Jaye Blue is what's he learned
from these guys? What was he able to pick up
from those mentor style relationships he have with the prior
running backs?
Speaker 4 (07:58):
What the main thing is now, I'm just grateful for
where I'm at now, and I'm grateful for the guy
that was in front of me, Bidjion Rossa and JB. Keeling,
all those guys. You know, they've helped me, you know,
every single year that I've been here, and you know,
just seeing those guys work and seeing how those guys
did things, you know they did things the right way,
(08:18):
so you know, just following their lead, you know, help
me prepare for the moment like this.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Okay, that's that's good to know. It's a healthy attitude
to take going into that knowing that he is definitely
going to be relied upon, that they're going to have
to lean on him, especially given the fact that the
running back room did get thinned out. It doesn't mean
that he has to carry it thirty times a game.
(08:44):
He said, he'll do whatever is necessary and and really
and truly that's not Sark's way of doing it anyway.
You know, Sark likes to spread the wealth around, keep
guys fresh. That's why he has that healthy rotation along
the offensive front and also of the defensive line as well.
There's one thing we've learned about this long warn football
(09:05):
program under Steve Sarkisian is that Sark likes depth and flexibility. Now,
all programs want those sorts of things, and we hear
them talk. We hear them talk all the time about depth,
but not only the depth, but also the flexibility being
(09:27):
able to lineup if you're a receiver, lineup in the slot,
lineup as X, lineup as z an offensive lineman who
could play guard or tackle or center those things as well.
So all of those are important things to keep in
mind as Long Worn as get ready to move into
their first season as a member of the Southeastern Conference
(09:50):
and have the season opening kickoff tomorrow. All right, up next,
we're gonna hear from Rodney Terry long Worn nets basketball coach.
We'll do that, and a reminder obviously, coming up next hour,
we'll hear more from Sark and we'll visit with Geene
Watson to talk some baseball. So staying with us. A
lot more to come right here as we continue on
(10:12):
sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone and the iHeartRadio app.
Well, you know, it's funny. Somebody asked the other night. Uh,
somebody'd asked the other night on Long Worn Weekly about
that and asked if there was a perfect fire up song,
and and he really didn't have an answer. Remember he said,
(00:20):
I'm not close enough to the game. I'd really have
to think about it, you know, to come to God.
So do you think that's like the most perfect, uh
you know, run out song for a football team? Is
that the deal?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
That's a good question. I you know, I always think
about Penn State and Happy Valley, right, I think, do
they come out to jump around? That's Wisconsin, That's Wisconsin.
Penn State comes out to somebody jump around? Is pretty fun? Uh,
Sandstorm at South Carolina. I was able to experience that
in person. That's pretty fun. I think Hell's Bells is up.
(00:58):
There is a there for sure. It definitely, you know,
it definitely gets you fired up in the right atmosphere.
I think also a lot of other schools use that.
If I'm not mistaken, I believe also at Bryant Danny Stadium, Alabama,
they also use Hell's Bells now during the game third
fourth quarter they played Dixie Land alight by the band Alabama,
(01:20):
and that was banned for quite some time and they
brought it back. But that does not really a hype song.
That's more of just a sing along, get you in
the in the right kind of you know, Saturday type vibe.
But Hell's bells jump around sandstorm. I gotta look up
what Penn State does because it's killing.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Me, okay, you know, And I don't want to sell
it short, I really don't because I see how the
students get fired up, and I, you know, maybe it's
because of you know what. I went to a college
that at the time was not very good in football,
(02:01):
and I ended up being on the broad now. When
I went to the one semester I was that Texas Tech.
They were beyond not very good. They were one nine
and one. So trying to be as student as much
as I could for that one semester was there and
couldn't get that much into I missed most of the
home schedule anyway. I was coming home to work concerts
to put myself through school. When I got to North Texas,
(02:24):
I went to a couple of games early, but there
I got added to the network like three weeks into
the season, and so I was on the broadcast from
there throughout the rest of my collegiate career. So I
didn't really live the college student thing going to the
game that much. But long worn fans do, long worn
students do. I get that, And so why not hear
from a couple of the players, like linebacker Anthony Hill,
(02:48):
who's getting ready to start inside, moving into the middle.
First of all, his thoughts on going up against that
Colorado State Rams offensive attack their.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Area offense is definitely something that's not a joke and
we have to take serious. I've been watching them at fourteen.
I've seen they brought in a transfer. A lot of
the guys on that team. They look like they're ready
to play, and they look real, real letic and ready
to go.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Yeah. Number fourteen is Tory Horton, the guy we've been
telling you about the receiver. What about that role of
moving to middle linebacker now that he's moved inside as hell,
and of course he we'll have the headset communication as well.
He'll be doing that, but he's moved inside and he'll
be starting in the middle. And how about his thoughts
(03:32):
on that transition going from outside to now inside.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
It's a lot different, just everything's coming so much faster,
and it's not seaball Gearba anymore. It's actually, you have
a role to play and you got to do your
job and just for the next person to do their job.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
Okay, all right, that's that's true. Now. One thing the
media did during the course of the week was to
ask the players about game day traditions, game day rituals,
game day superstitions, but really most of the importantly, what
is the most enjoyable part of the game day experience?
And Anthony All was asked what's his favorite part of
(04:09):
a college game.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Day Just kind of kind of just being around the team.
I feel like them them moments before games and when
you're running out onto the field and you see one
hundred thousand coming out to smoke, I feel like that's
one of the best moments. I kind of been telling
like Wingo and Kobe Black, some of the freshman's like
that's gonna be one of the best moments. And when
you when you come out that smoke and you see
the crowd cheering, Because I remember my first game and
(04:31):
when I seen them, I was just like, kind of wow,
this is this is a whole different experience than I'm
used to.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
Yeah about even talking about telling Ryan Wingo and Kobe
Black about that and and what to expect and how
to be ready for that sort of thing. And and
those are guys that are are getting ready to experience this.
I mean, Kobe Black is a freshman from Connley High
in the Waco area. And then of course Ryan Wingo,
(04:59):
uh and and lot really projected for Ryan Wingo as well.
And so a young man who's a freshman from Saint
louis getting ready to go into his first college football game.
So it's all that kind of amalgam. I guess for
all of the players what they're looking forward to. Jayden
Blue is going to be the starting running back. I
(05:21):
think that that that'll be the case. But Blue says
it's about whatever the total team concept to winning is
all about, not necessarily about one specific role he might.
Speaker 4 (05:33):
Play best for the team. You know, is I'm okay
with it whether, as you know, Megan twenty twenty five
carries a game or where there's me being more of
a receiver type. Now, I'm just willing to do whatever's
best for the.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Team, and Jayden will get more carries. Obviously, he was
scheduled to get more carries this season than last year anyway,
but especially now having to be the lead number one
one guy what with the season ending injury. In training
camp to see j Baxter and you know, Sark was
(06:08):
asked about uh Blue, who you know was more of
a mister outside guy with Baxter being more of a
mister inside guy last season. But Sark was pretty adamant, saying,
all these guys can run between the tackles, all of
these guys can take a pop. All of these guys
(06:30):
also can have some extended carries. So the question for
James Bleu is he worked on his endurance knowing he's
going to get more carries now with Baxter out and
Clark out and with the running back room being thinned
a little bit. Oh.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
The main thing is, you know, couch choice insides a lot.
And I took into account that I've had I had
to practice way harder and like it's a game, so
that if I had to carry the ball twenty twenty
five times, that I have the durability to do that.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Okay, all right, And that's that's important to note. And
when you think about the fact that here's a guy
you know going out there He carried it a total
of sixty five times last season for three hundred ninety
eight yards three touchdowns. He caught fourteen passes for one
hundred and thirty five yards. He averaged nearly ten yards
(07:20):
per catch and had a touchdown as well. So he
was indeed a weapon coming out of the backfield. But
he had an opportunity and this is something that Sarkas
mentioned and to to shark choice is mentioned as well,
that he had some good examples to learn from, to
learn from Rosehawn Johnson obviously, to learn from Bjon Robinson,
(07:42):
Jonathan Brooks served as a mentor to him as well.
So the question for Jaye Blue is what's he learned
from these guys? What was he able to pick up
from those mentor style relationships he have with the prior
running backs?
Speaker 4 (07:58):
What the main thing is now, I'm just grateful for
where I'm at now, and I'm grateful for the guy
that was in front of me, Bidjion Rossa and JB. Keeling,
all those guys. You know, they've helped me, you know,
every single year that I've been here, and you know,
just seeing those guys work and seeing how those guys
did things, you know they did things the right way,
(08:18):
so you know, just following their lead, you know, help
me prepare for the moment like this.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Okay, that's that's good to know. It's a healthy attitude
to take going into that knowing that he is definitely
going to be relied upon, that they're going to have
to lean on him, especially given the fact that the
running back room did get thinned out. It doesn't mean
that he has to carry it thirty times a game.
(08:44):
He said, he'll do whatever is necessary and and really
and truly that's not Sark's way of doing it anyway.
You know, Sark likes to spread the wealth around, keep
guys fresh. That's why he has that healthy rotation along
the offensive front and also of the defensive line as well.
There's one thing we've learned about this long warn football
(09:05):
program under Steve Sarkisian is that Sark likes depth and flexibility. Now,
all programs want those sorts of things, and we hear
them talk. We hear them talk all the time about depth,
but not only the depth, but also the flexibility being
(09:27):
able to lineup if you're a receiver, lineup in the slot,
lineup as X, lineup as z an offensive lineman who
could play guard or tackle or center those things as well.
So all of those are important things to keep in
mind as Long Worn as get ready to move into
their first season as a member of the Southeastern Conference
(09:50):
and have the season opening kickoff tomorrow. All right, up next,
we're gonna hear from Rodney Terry long Worn nets basketball coach.
We'll do that, and a reminder obviously, coming up next hour,
we'll hear more from Sark and we'll visit with Geene
Watson to talk some baseball. So staying with us. A
lot more to come right here as we continue on
(10:12):
sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone and the iHeartRadio app.
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