September 25, 2024 • 10 mins
Steve Sarkisian spoke with the media on Wednesday and talked about whether the Longhorns have enough depth to compete in the SEC, Trey Moore's play this season, and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's hear some more from long wrn's head coach Steve
Sarkishan from this is from the SEC teleconference. Of course,
we have multiple opportunities to hear from Sark on Monday,
long Worns. Monday, we bring you his weekly news conference
from the UT campus live at eleven thirty on Monday
mornings here on the Zone, and our coverage actually begins
(00:22):
at eleven o'clock on Monday mornings and the news conference
at eleven thirty, so that's on Mondays, Tuesday or Texas Tuesdays.
We hear from long worn players, as we did yesterday,
heard from Leonge Lafoul, heard from him yesterday and tomorrow
(00:44):
also we'll hear from some long worn players from the
conversations that our colleague and sideline reporter on the long
WRN Radio Network broadcast, Will Matthews was able to accrew.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
We'll hear some of that coming up tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
But on Wednesdays and Thursdays, it's also more of Sark Wednesday,
the SEC teleconference Thursdays, sarks zoom media availability is final
media availability of the week. But here on teleconference day
we've heard some from him last hour or some other
things when you have a teleconference, what you have or
(01:18):
media dialing in from all over the country, across the
country of the passcode whatever, and they dial in and
they're newspaper writers, and there are television reporters, radio reporters,
talk show hosts and things like that. You also have
those who write for fan sites as well. So there's
(01:39):
a lot of people that get together. And so when
each of the SEC coaches gets on this call. In
the industry, we say it's the car wash of all
of the stages, all of the coaches who go through it.
So Sark, who hears quite a bit from the local
(02:00):
media with regard to questions on things, naturally's going to
get some of the same questions coming from another part
of the country, whether it be from say, somewhere in
Tennessee that's SEC country, or Florida or South Carolina or Georgia.
An example that was he was asked for his response
to his team being ranked number one in the polls.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Please don't be offended by my answer. What you think
of us is irrelevant. What we do on the field
is what matters. You know, that is what it is,
and that's the belief that our team has. You know,
in this day and age of the polls, the polls
are kind of irrelevant. You know, there's a twelve team
college football playoff and to finish number one at the end,
you're gonna have to go it.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, And that's why I brought all this up, because
we've heard him respond like that at the press conferences
on Logorn Weekly. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll
bring it back up tonight just as a reference to
this point, just so he'll say it again. The polls
(03:06):
really don't matter. We talked about it at length last week.
They really don't What does matter? And he didn't He
didn't address it there, but he did address it on
last Wednesday when we did Longhorn Weekly. What does matter
are the college football playoff rankings. Those rankings do matter,
(03:28):
but they don't come out for a while, not until
you know, late October is when those things come out.
So that's why he says it doesn't matter the rankings,
the AP rankings doesn't. It really doesn't matter. So that's
why I said, please don't be offended by this. But
and he's repeating the same thing when he's been asked
by the local media.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
It really doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Okay, some people wanted to get into the.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Deep dive on this.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
This this sounds like a question that our good friend
Jeff Howell might ask. Is he's part of the US
going to be one of the guests on Saturday?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
He will be at Long Run's game day. Yes, he
will be come out. So this sounds like a question
that Jeff would ask.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Uh. Someone asked Sark about his offensive scheme and the
way that his receivers line up in their splits. Now,
the easiest answer I can give you is that there's
a variety. We'll see guys close to the boundary, we'll
see guys in the slot, and we'll see guys in
(04:35):
what I refer to a more compressed formation. I heard
that from my good friend Tim Healy does Arizona State,
and I would say more compressed, tight to the formation
in closer, a little tight. Well, this reporter had asked
about the close splits and apparently had kept track of
(04:57):
there were more close splits than splits, and he was
asked why is that? Why does his specific offensive scheme
feature more close splits from the receivers than wide ones,
and how does that help the quarterback?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Well, I mean some of what we do.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
I think both both styles are to try to kind
of help the run game to some degree. You know,
in their style, it's spread everybody out as far as
you can to create running lanes and create maybe some
one on ones in the passing game, where some of
our splits are to help the running game to create angles,
and you know, different route combinations off of things predicated
(05:38):
on how people try to defend.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Those close splits.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
So you know, again, I just think there's there's multiple
ways to skin a cat, and there's there's happens to
be of putting people wide, and ours happens to be
if people keep putting people close, you know, and so
but I think there's advantages to both. But again, it's
hard to do everything, and you try to. You try
to get really good at the things that that are
true your system, and that's just kind of what's true
(06:02):
to us.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Yeah, and I would add this, if you're trying to
pin him down to one specific look on offense, I
think you'll find that that probably is not going to
work out because they're going to show so many different things.
But in a game where they wanted to run the
ball more and significantly, like the one at ULM, but
we're going to have closer splits as it helps with
(06:24):
the blocking schemes and things like that as well. Are
He's asked on the defensive side about Trade Moore and
his thoughts on how Trey has performed this season.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
He's playing great, you know, he really has.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Has probably exceeded expectations and his ability to defend the run,
his versatility dropping and coverage. You know, he's impacted the
quarterback and has had some good rushes.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Again, a lot of times, you know, we tend to
just look at sack numbers and let that dictate how
well a guy's playing or not. But the reality is
he's playing good football for us, and I think as
he continues to get more come with us as we
embark on the not quite the second half of the season,
I think we're going to continue to see his play
improve and improve.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Okay, so of course Trey Moore works on the edge,
and he's not the only one obviously. With the substitution pattern,
you have Baron Surrell on that jack in, Ethan Burke,
Colton Vasik getting into the mix, all on the jack in.
Trey Moore is on that outside linebacker stand up defensive
end spot that also features Colin Simmons, the freshman from
(07:32):
Duncanville in the rotation.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
We saw Justice Finkley in there as well. So Sark
was asked, how are the.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Rest of those edge guys on both sides of that
defensive front doing.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Yeah, no, I think I think our entire edge group
that position room is playing at a high level right now.
You know, Baron Cerrell is playing very good football, Ethan
Burg's playing really well, Colin Simmons is playing well. The
emergence of Colton Vasick, you know, is finally healthy in
the way he's playing. We feel really good about that
room and the production that they're giving us.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Okay, So one more from Sark here, and this is
something that he talked about on Monday. He was asked
quite a bit about building a program that would be
SEC ready not only to survive this first season in
(08:24):
the Southeastern Conference, but to really be able to compete
and now, given the way things have developed, compete for
a conference championship, really contend for a conference championship. And
Sark mentioned the talent level obviously in the commitment and
all that stuff, But the other thing he mentioned as
being a really critical element is depth, and he was
(08:47):
asked how much depth does it take to compete in
the SEC and does he feel he has that depth?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Now? Well, I think it, Mintalm.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
You have to be too deep, right, And so you know,
you just look at every position group and so you're
talking about ten oher linemen and minimum six receivers, and
you probably need four to five running backs legitimately, and
two quarterbacks and like three tight ends. Probably need about
eight defensive linemen with another combination about four defensive ends
(09:14):
and probably a good four linebackers and two stars, and
four safeties and about four corners. And then you know,
you got to have your kickers, and we have two
of those. And so if you can get two deep
and feel comfortable with your two deep and then have
some guys that have some versatility that can maybe play
multiple spots, like a John A Baron for example, that
(09:35):
then gives you that then gives you, you know, even
more depth that way, and so I think I think
we're in a good spot. Like I said, I think
this is the most depth we've had on our roster
in our time together. But it's been tested, right, It's
got tested in training camp with a loss and running
back with a couple of runners. And it's been tested
(09:55):
here with the injury to Quinn. It's been tested here
with a couple of safeties out for a couple of games.
And so we've been tested and I think our depth
has stepped up and responded to it. But again, I
do feel good about our depth.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Are we perfect?
Speaker 3 (10:12):
I don't know, but I feel pretty good about it.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Okay, all right, So there you are, all right, Stevens.
We have more coming up that bizarre college football stories
up next on sports Radio AM thirteen hundred The Zone,
Let's hear some more from long wrn's head coach Steve
Sarkishan from this is from the SEC teleconference. Of course,
we have multiple opportunities to hear from Sark on Monday,
long Worns. Monday, we bring you his weekly news conference
from the UT campus live at eleven thirty on Monday
mornings here on the Zone, and our coverage actually begins
(00:22):
at eleven o'clock on Monday mornings and the news conference
at eleven thirty, so that's on Mondays, Tuesday or Texas Tuesdays.
We hear from long worn players, as we did yesterday,
heard from Leonge Lafoul, heard from him yesterday and tomorrow
(00:44):
also we'll hear from some long worn players from the
conversations that our colleague and sideline reporter on the long
WRN Radio Network broadcast, Will Matthews was able to accrew.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
We'll hear some of that coming up tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
But on Wednesdays and Thursdays, it's also more of Sark Wednesday,
the SEC teleconference Thursdays, sarks zoom media availability is final
media availability of the week. But here on teleconference day
we've heard some from him last hour or some other
things when you have a teleconference, what you have or
(01:18):
media dialing in from all over the country, across the
country of the passcode whatever, and they dial in and
they're newspaper writers, and there are television reporters, radio reporters,
talk show hosts and things like that. You also have
those who write for fan sites as well. So there's
(01:39):
a lot of people that get together. And so when
each of the SEC coaches gets on this call. In
the industry, we say it's the car wash of all
of the stages, all of the coaches who go through it.
So Sark, who hears quite a bit from the local
(02:00):
media with regard to questions on things, naturally's going to
get some of the same questions coming from another part
of the country, whether it be from say, somewhere in
Tennessee that's SEC country, or Florida or South Carolina or Georgia.
An example that was he was asked for his response
to his team being ranked number one in the polls.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Please don't be offended by my answer. What you think
of us is irrelevant. What we do on the field
is what matters. You know, that is what it is,
and that's the belief that our team has. You know,
in this day and age of the polls, the polls
are kind of irrelevant. You know, there's a twelve team
college football playoff and to finish number one at the end,
you're gonna have to go it.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, And that's why I brought all this up, because
we've heard him respond like that at the press conferences
on Logorn Weekly. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll
bring it back up tonight just as a reference to
this point, just so he'll say it again. The polls
(03:06):
really don't matter. We talked about it at length last week.
They really don't What does matter? And he didn't He
didn't address it there, but he did address it on
last Wednesday when we did Longhorn Weekly. What does matter
are the college football playoff rankings. Those rankings do matter,
(03:28):
but they don't come out for a while, not until
you know, late October is when those things come out.
So that's why he says it doesn't matter the rankings,
the AP rankings doesn't. It really doesn't matter. So that's
why I said, please don't be offended by this. But
and he's repeating the same thing when he's been asked
by the local media.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
It really doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Okay, some people wanted to get into the.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Deep dive on this.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
This this sounds like a question that our good friend
Jeff Howell might ask. Is he's part of the US
going to be one of the guests on Saturday?
Speaker 2 (04:04):
He will be at Long Run's game day. Yes, he
will be come out. So this sounds like a question
that Jeff would ask.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Uh. Someone asked Sark about his offensive scheme and the
way that his receivers line up in their splits. Now,
the easiest answer I can give you is that there's
a variety. We'll see guys close to the boundary, we'll
see guys in the slot, and we'll see guys in
(04:35):
what I refer to a more compressed formation. I heard
that from my good friend Tim Healy does Arizona State,
and I would say more compressed, tight to the formation
in closer, a little tight. Well, this reporter had asked
about the close splits and apparently had kept track of
(04:57):
there were more close splits than splits, and he was
asked why is that? Why does his specific offensive scheme
feature more close splits from the receivers than wide ones,
and how does that help the quarterback?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Well, I mean some of what we do.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
I think both both styles are to try to kind
of help the run game to some degree. You know,
in their style, it's spread everybody out as far as
you can to create running lanes and create maybe some
one on ones in the passing game, where some of
our splits are to help the running game to create angles,
and you know, different route combinations off of things predicated
(05:38):
on how people try to defend.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Those close splits.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
So you know, again, I just think there's there's multiple
ways to skin a cat, and there's there's happens to
be of putting people wide, and ours happens to be
if people keep putting people close, you know, and so
but I think there's advantages to both. But again, it's
hard to do everything, and you try to. You try
to get really good at the things that that are
true your system, and that's just kind of what's true
(06:02):
to us.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Yeah, and I would add this, if you're trying to
pin him down to one specific look on offense, I
think you'll find that that probably is not going to
work out because they're going to show so many different things.
But in a game where they wanted to run the
ball more and significantly, like the one at ULM, but
we're going to have closer splits as it helps with
(06:24):
the blocking schemes and things like that as well. Are
He's asked on the defensive side about Trade Moore and
his thoughts on how Trey has performed this season.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
He's playing great, you know, he really has.
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Has probably exceeded expectations and his ability to defend the run,
his versatility dropping and coverage. You know, he's impacted the
quarterback and has had some good rushes.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
You know.
Speaker 3 (06:47):
Again, a lot of times, you know, we tend to
just look at sack numbers and let that dictate how
well a guy's playing or not. But the reality is
he's playing good football for us, and I think as
he continues to get more come with us as we
embark on the not quite the second half of the season,
I think we're going to continue to see his play
improve and improve.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Okay, so of course Trey Moore works on the edge,
and he's not the only one obviously. With the substitution pattern,
you have Baron Surrell on that jack in, Ethan Burke,
Colton Vasik getting into the mix, all on the jack in.
Trey Moore is on that outside linebacker stand up defensive
end spot that also features Colin Simmons, the freshman from
(07:32):
Duncanville in the rotation.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
We saw Justice Finkley in there as well. So Sark
was asked, how are the.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Rest of those edge guys on both sides of that
defensive front doing.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Yeah, no, I think I think our entire edge group
that position room is playing at a high level right now.
You know, Baron Cerrell is playing very good football, Ethan
Burg's playing really well, Colin Simmons is playing well. The
emergence of Colton Vasick, you know, is finally healthy in
the way he's playing. We feel really good about that
room and the production that they're giving us.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Okay, So one more from Sark here, and this is
something that he talked about on Monday. He was asked
quite a bit about building a program that would be
SEC ready not only to survive this first season in
(08:24):
the Southeastern Conference, but to really be able to compete
and now, given the way things have developed, compete for
a conference championship, really contend for a conference championship. And
Sark mentioned the talent level obviously in the commitment and
all that stuff, But the other thing he mentioned as
being a really critical element is depth, and he was
(08:47):
asked how much depth does it take to compete in
the SEC and does he feel he has that depth?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Now? Well, I think it, Mintalm.
Speaker 3 (08:53):
You have to be too deep, right, And so you know,
you just look at every position group and so you're
talking about ten oher linemen and minimum six receivers, and
you probably need four to five running backs legitimately, and
two quarterbacks and like three tight ends. Probably need about
eight defensive linemen with another combination about four defensive ends
(09:14):
and probably a good four linebackers and two stars, and
four safeties and about four corners. And then you know,
you got to have your kickers, and we have two
of those. And so if you can get two deep
and feel comfortable with your two deep and then have
some guys that have some versatility that can maybe play
multiple spots, like a John A Baron for example, that
(09:35):
then gives you that then gives you, you know, even
more depth that way, and so I think I think
we're in a good spot. Like I said, I think
this is the most depth we've had on our roster
in our time together. But it's been tested, right, It's
got tested in training camp with a loss and running
back with a couple of runners. And it's been tested
(09:55):
here with the injury to Quinn. It's been tested here
with a couple of safeties out for a couple of games.
And so we've been tested and I think our depth
has stepped up and responded to it. But again, I
do feel good about our depth.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Are we perfect?
Speaker 3 (10:12):
I don't know, but I feel pretty good about it.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Okay, all right, So there you are, all right, Stevens.
We have more coming up that bizarre college football stories
up next on sports Radio AM thirteen hundred The Zone,
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