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Speaker 1 (00:02):
And we are back to the Craig Way Show. Have
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Wapp okay, I promise we were going to get to
some more. Uh. Coach Sarks sounds let's let's go through it.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Let's let's talk about the pass rush. Uh. It's not
like they've had a sack full of sacks, but a
lot of pressure and a couple of sacks. Anyway, So
Sarks thoughts on the pass rush through the first two games, it's.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Been pretty good.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
You know, we didn't get a ton of opportunities against
Colorado State. You know, it was kind of like they
were gonna run the ball or throw a screen, you know,
and then every once in a while kind of throwing
out route. You know, So there wasn't a lot of
great ops to just go rush the passer. I felt
like last week, although Michigan I think had a game
plan to try to run it and work the clock
(01:06):
and keep our offense off the field, at some point
they had a transition to start throwing it. I thought
the pass rush was effective of moving the quarterback off
the spot, and you know, we got the sack. We
got a couple of hits. I really think, you know,
one of the interceptions was caused by a pass rush
by Ethan Burke. It was kind of a high throw
that Manny tips up and Mkuba gets the pick. But
(01:27):
the one thing we need to improve upon is, yes,
we're we're rushing the passer and we're pinning our ears
back and we're going we can't create these running lanes
for these athletic quarterbacks. And I thought we saw that
last week where we got the quarterback was able to
get outside of the pocket, and now that puts a
lot of stress on your secondary to try to guard
people that long and then ultimately kind of kind of
(01:48):
kind of bid us there at the end. That was
the touchdown that they throw at the end of the game.
Was we had a great pass rush. I think we
all would have wished we would have sacked him. We
had a chance to, we didn't. He gets out of
the pocket and then throws a touchdown pass there when
we're in cover two and you know, guys are now
plastering trying and trying to guard them. So we've got
to continue to rush, but we also got to continue
(02:10):
to contain the quarterback and not give guys, you know, three, four, five,
sometimes seven seconds to throw a ball.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
All right. Question At the offensive line now, already in
the first three weeks, Kevin Banks has been honored, Cameron
Williams has been honored, Jake Majors has been honored as well.
There's been rotation at the right guard DJ Campbell and
Cole Hudson, and Sark was asked about the rotation and
how that's gone so far.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Well, I just think we're honest with them, you know,
don't I don't think anybody surprised, you know. I think
as a staff, we try to really paint a picture
for our players of how we're going to try to
play them in each game, and they earn that playing
time predicated on the way they practice and prepare and
doing things the right way. And we're fortunate to have
to have DJ and Cole. They've both been good players
(02:55):
for us over the years and both playing football for
us right now. And again, you know, I'm hopeful that
we can maybe play a few more alignment, you know,
because the game experience is invaluable for these guys and
so but the fact that we have two guys at
that spot that are rotating that it's a it's a
healthy competition, but they're always pulling for one another. I
(03:16):
think is all just a byproduct of our culture, but
also a byproduct of you know, Coach Flood really laying
out the plan of how we're going to play guys
in each game.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Now, earlier we heard Cam and also Roger Walla was
talking about gunner Helm and Sark was asked about gunner
Helm's improvement and the message it might send to the
younger guys.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
It's something that I brought up on Monday morning in
the team meeting, you know, when we were we were
doing our good, bad and ugly. I was pointing out
a play that Gunner was involved in, and I really
stopped the meeting to praise him because here was a
guy that came in our first year, one of three
tight ends, and you know, he was not the five
star guy that JT. Sanders was. And over those three years,
(03:58):
Gunner has just continued to work and not every day
has been easy. There's been tough days and long days
and injuries and all the stuff that happens to you
throughout your career. But he stayed the course and he
developed the calluses needed, he developed the mental toughness, and
he showed a ton of resiliency. And now that here's
his senior year, you could argue he's playing as good
(04:20):
as football as anybody on our team right now. I
mean through through the first two games, and so been
super impressed, you know, he was. He's been player of
the game for US two games in a row because
of what he's doing in the run game but also
in the passing game. And I think it just serves
to all of our guys. You know, we live in
this world right now of instant gratification of you know,
(04:41):
everybody's getting you know, there's nineteen different recruiting websites that
are going to rank players, and somewhere in there everybody's
a four star. So everybody comes into our program either
four or five stars, and they want they want to
start in day one and that and not everybody can start,
you know, and then there's work to be And just
because you're not a frontline starter in year one or
(05:03):
even in year two, doesn't mean your career is a wash.
You can continue to work at your craft and get
better and get better and get better and then reap
the benefits of it. In the back end. And and
Gunner isn't the only one in that boat. Vernon Broughton
had the best game he's had as a Longhorn Saturday
last Saturday. He had a heck of a football game.
You know, there he is, He's there's a senior who
you know. Three years ago you were talking about Coburt
(05:25):
to Morrow, Sweat and Murphy. Then we were talking about
Alfred and Vernon. Now all of a sudden, it's Alfred
and Vernon's time and they and they're playing that way
for us. And so there's a lot of guys that
are in that boat. And I'm proud of those guys
because they believed in the process of the development that
we were trying to get them to do.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
And finally, one other thing from Sark, they do have
an opponent this week. We talked about it last night
when we were recording a Long Horn Weekly. You'll hear
him talk about it. In fact, we always lift that
segment out the opposing segment, opposing team segment. You'll hear
it tomorrow on the program. You'll hear the program in
its entirety coming up here in just a few minutes
(06:05):
at the top of the hour, and in that we
did talk about Utsa, but he was also asked on
this zoom you know where does Utsa present challenges to
his team?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Well, I think they're really good upfront. Defensively, they've got length,
they've got size there. Two interior guys are big people.
And you know, a couple of years ago we had
a hard time kind of running the ball early and
then Bijon kind of got kind of got himself going there.
But these guys got a good scheme and but it
(06:39):
all starts with the way they play upfront, and you know,
we've got to do we've got to do a better
job this year around trying to block them all.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Right there, it is comments from start from the media availability.
We'll be back to wrap up today's edition of the
program here on sports Radio AM thirteen under the zone
of the iHeartRadio app.
And we are back to the Craig Way Show. Have
a message for Craig, share it by using the talkback
feature on the Ihearts Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Wapp okay, I promise we were going to get to
some more. Uh. Coach Sarks sounds let's let's go through it.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Let's let's talk about the pass rush. Uh. It's not
like they've had a sack full of sacks, but a
lot of pressure and a couple of sacks. Anyway, So
Sarks thoughts on the pass rush through the first two games, it's.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Been pretty good.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
You know, we didn't get a ton of opportunities against
Colorado State. You know, it was kind of like they
were gonna run the ball or throw a screen, you know,
and then every once in a while kind of throwing
out route. You know, So there wasn't a lot of
great ops to just go rush the passer. I felt
like last week, although Michigan I think had a game
plan to try to run it and work the clock
(01:06):
and keep our offense off the field, at some point
they had a transition to start throwing it. I thought
the pass rush was effective of moving the quarterback off
the spot, and you know, we got the sack. We
got a couple of hits. I really think, you know,
one of the interceptions was caused by a pass rush
by Ethan Burke. It was kind of a high throw
that Manny tips up and Mkuba gets the pick. But
(01:27):
the one thing we need to improve upon is, yes,
we're we're rushing the passer and we're pinning our ears
back and we're going we can't create these running lanes
for these athletic quarterbacks. And I thought we saw that
last week where we got the quarterback was able to
get outside of the pocket, and now that puts a
lot of stress on your secondary to try to guard
people that long and then ultimately kind of kind of
(01:48):
kind of bid us there at the end. That was
the touchdown that they throw at the end of the game.
Was we had a great pass rush. I think we
all would have wished we would have sacked him. We
had a chance to, we didn't. He gets out of
the pocket and then throws a touchdown pass there when
we're in cover two and you know, guys are now
plastering trying and trying to guard them. So we've got
to continue to rush, but we also got to continue
(02:10):
to contain the quarterback and not give guys, you know, three, four, five,
sometimes seven seconds to throw a ball.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
All right. Question At the offensive line now, already in
the first three weeks, Kevin Banks has been honored, Cameron
Williams has been honored, Jake Majors has been honored as well.
There's been rotation at the right guard DJ Campbell and
Cole Hudson, and Sark was asked about the rotation and
how that's gone so far.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Well, I just think we're honest with them, you know,
don't I don't think anybody surprised, you know. I think
as a staff, we try to really paint a picture
for our players of how we're going to try to
play them in each game, and they earn that playing
time predicated on the way they practice and prepare and
doing things the right way. And we're fortunate to have
to have DJ and Cole. They've both been good players
(02:55):
for us over the years and both playing football for
us right now. And again, you know, I'm hopeful that
we can maybe play a few more alignment, you know,
because the game experience is invaluable for these guys and
so but the fact that we have two guys at
that spot that are rotating that it's a it's a
healthy competition, but they're always pulling for one another. I
(03:16):
think is all just a byproduct of our culture, but
also a byproduct of you know, Coach Flood really laying
out the plan of how we're going to play guys
in each game.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Now, earlier we heard Cam and also Roger Walla was
talking about gunner Helm and Sark was asked about gunner
Helm's improvement and the message it might send to the
younger guys.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
It's something that I brought up on Monday morning in
the team meeting, you know, when we were we were
doing our good, bad and ugly. I was pointing out
a play that Gunner was involved in, and I really
stopped the meeting to praise him because here was a
guy that came in our first year, one of three
tight ends, and you know, he was not the five
star guy that JT. Sanders was. And over those three years,
(03:58):
Gunner has just continued to work and not every day
has been easy. There's been tough days and long days
and injuries and all the stuff that happens to you
throughout your career. But he stayed the course and he
developed the calluses needed, he developed the mental toughness, and
he showed a ton of resiliency. And now that here's
his senior year, you could argue he's playing as good
(04:20):
as football as anybody on our team right now. I
mean through through the first two games, and so been
super impressed, you know, he was. He's been player of
the game for US two games in a row because
of what he's doing in the run game but also
in the passing game. And I think it just serves
to all of our guys. You know, we live in
this world right now of instant gratification of you know,
(04:41):
everybody's getting you know, there's nineteen different recruiting websites that
are going to rank players, and somewhere in there everybody's
a four star. So everybody comes into our program either
four or five stars, and they want they want to
start in day one and that and not everybody can start,
you know, and then there's work to be And just
because you're not a frontline starter in year one or
(05:03):
even in year two, doesn't mean your career is a wash.
You can continue to work at your craft and get
better and get better and get better and then reap
the benefits of it. In the back end. And and
Gunner isn't the only one in that boat. Vernon Broughton
had the best game he's had as a Longhorn Saturday
last Saturday. He had a heck of a football game.
You know, there he is, He's there's a senior who
you know. Three years ago you were talking about Coburt
(05:25):
to Morrow, Sweat and Murphy. Then we were talking about
Alfred and Vernon. Now all of a sudden, it's Alfred
and Vernon's time and they and they're playing that way
for us. And so there's a lot of guys that
are in that boat. And I'm proud of those guys
because they believed in the process of the development that
we were trying to get them to do.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
And finally, one other thing from Sark, they do have
an opponent this week. We talked about it last night
when we were recording a Long Horn Weekly. You'll hear
him talk about it. In fact, we always lift that
segment out the opposing segment, opposing team segment. You'll hear
it tomorrow on the program. You'll hear the program in
its entirety coming up here in just a few minutes
(06:05):
at the top of the hour, and in that we
did talk about Utsa, but he was also asked on
this zoom you know where does Utsa present challenges to
his team?
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Well, I think they're really good upfront. Defensively, they've got length,
they've got size there. Two interior guys are big people.
And you know, a couple of years ago we had
a hard time kind of running the ball early and
then Bijon kind of got kind of got himself going there.
But these guys got a good scheme and but it
(06:39):
all starts with the way they play upfront, and you know,
we've got to do we've got to do a better
job this year around trying to block them all.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Right there, it is comments from start from the media availability.
We'll be back to wrap up today's edition of the
program here on sports Radio AM thirteen under the zone
of the iHeartRadio app.
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