November 13, 2024 • 12 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
On Wednesday. That means it's SEC teleconference time. So let's
hear this is the reporters with long Worn's head coach
Steve Sarkeesian. This has a more regional air than the
Thursday media zoom or even the Monday press conference where
it's pretty much all local media. But this is sark
from the SEC teleconference earlier today.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yeah, great opportunity to go on the road to restore
you know, historic rivalry here at the University of Texas,
one that Texas and Arkansas have battled for a long
long time, some great teams, some great games, and you know,
for this, for this rivalry to be restored, I know
so much is made in college football right now about realignment,
(00:43):
conference realignment and teams losing rivalries.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
We we've picked up two great ones.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Of this being the first year with Arkansas, so looking
forward to the opportunity Saturday.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
First off, we had a Tom Rphy the Arkansas Democrat.
Speaker 6 (00:58):
Is that.
Speaker 7 (01:00):
Andy Steve, I'm wondering what your take is on the
quarterback Taylor Green, what what dimensions he give to them?
And also his backup monte Kai Singleton's gotten enough action
that you probably could have a comment on him as well.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Yeah, I think I think Taylor is a you know,
fantastic talent. You know, he's got obviously, has the size,
the arm strength, the ability to run the football and
quarterback driven runs, the ability to buy time, make all
the throws down the field.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
He covers a lot of ground.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
You know, a lot of times you watch the tape
and you like, how did he cover so much ground?
It doesn't look like he's moving that fast, but yet
he is, you know, a sixty six.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
And thirty pounds, so really really good talent, you know. Obviously,
you know, the.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Backup is a little bit different build, more of.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Kind of that stocky running back style, but yet still
has the.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Ability to do what they do. I think coach Petrino
has done a great job.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
With both of them and coach Pittman. I mean, anytime
you're you're avaging nearly three hundred yards passing in two
hundred yards rushing, that's that's a pretty good offensive football team.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
And in their system, it definitely starts with the quarterback.
And last week or last.
Speaker 7 (02:07):
Game, Arkansas gave up a bunch of passing yards and
the deep bow. I'm wondering just what your thoughts are
on taking on this defense.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Well, I think they're there are talented defense.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
They've had two weeks to uh to kind of get
some things, you know, shirt up and cleaned up. I
know we're gonna get a great version of them defensively.
So you know, they got really good coaches over there,
So I don't think we can just assume that we're
gonna have that same luxury. You know, we're gonna have
to play really good football offensively. We're need to be balanced,
you know, and that's that's a challenge because a very
(02:39):
good upfront.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Neanxsas steep multa disas.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
Hey, coach, hope you're doing well today, sir. I heard
you earlier in the on Monday, I mentioned about that
maybe not pivoting towards former players is talking because of
the emotions that they have. How do you walk that
line of who you want to talk to your team
during the season, coach, Uh.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
I like to lean towards me.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
That's not to take anything away from from anybody else.
You know, we've got some great people, some great speakers
that we bring in throughout the summer, throughout training camp
to speak to our team and do a fantastic job.
But when the season rolls around. I think the consistent
messaging throughout throughout the fall is important and that our
(03:35):
that our players understand why we're talking about specific things
on certain weeks. Uh So, generally I'm the one that
talks to our team from a motivational standpoint. Now that
the players talk as well, so I give them that credit.
But I but I do think that that the messaging
is important. But but again, we rely on a lot
of those outside speakers throughout the summer and throughout training
(03:55):
camp to get ourselves ready for the season.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
And something Sam mentioned earlier in the teleconference, Coach, was
the energy in the building there in twenty one. Now,
I know you were on the short end of the stick,
but I just in terms of that rivalry in the building,
did you feel that intensity as well back in twenty
one in failible Coach?
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Yeah, I'm not sure if there was even a stick
for us to get a short end of that night.
We got our ass whips, so hopefully we play better Saturday.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Thank you, Coach Texas. Bob Hok. The Arkstil Democrat is.
Speaker 8 (04:32):
A Hey, Steve, I don't know if I ever heard
that saying before that that's that's a good one. Hey, Lucas,
you know Arkansas's tight end. I think Texas offered him.
I don't know if you remember recruiting, and I know
you guys recruit a lot of big time players, but
number nine for our saw tight end.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Just wonder what your take is on him.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Yeah, you know, he's a guy that definitely, you know,
he gets a lot of targets. You know that they
you know, I think again coach Petrino does a great
job of scheming and working to get people isolated one
on one and opening zones and and he's a huge
you know product of that. You know, it leads him
in touchdown receptions and he's a guy that has a
(05:12):
tight end. They move around and they create, you know,
he's really the primary on a lot of things that
they do.
Speaker 8 (05:19):
And then now I know you're not all the way
through the SEC schedule, yeah, but you're you're a good
way through, and just wondering what what the grind has
been like compared to what's the reality that's been like,
compared to me, what the expectation was, how that's been
for y'all.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Well, you know, I think that that we had a
pretty good understanding coming in that there was going to
be a physical component to this right and and how
physical uh the game is and the SEC at the
line of scrimmage, and then this week's no different.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
You know, Arkansas is very good at the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
They have big people, they're they're built like a lot
of the rest of the SEC is built. I think
one of the one of the bigger challenges in this
conference is is the metal intensity that you have to
have week to week. There are no layups in this league.
You know, you have to come ready to play week
in and week out. Uh, and the moment, the moment
you don't, you get beat. And there's been some really
(06:10):
good teams in our league that have probably lost games
that they're looking back and they're kicking themselves that maybe
they weren't quite as ready to play. And so I
think that's probably the bigger challenge is getting that getting
our players every Monday in the right frame of mind
to prepare the right way, uh for the for the
task at hand, which part of which is again that
physical nature at the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Thanks Yep, Nexus, Kurt Bowles.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
At least the Chronicle, Steve, because Taylor and Green's so big.
Are you're bringing in Vince Young to run the scout team?
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I'd love to.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
I don't know, you why is kind of busy right now,
but yeah, very similar the you.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Know, because he's such a threat to run. I have
a lot of Arkansas opponents, you know, run zone cover
to you know, keep their eyes in the backfield so
they're you know, not in man demand running down the
field away from him.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
Well, I think, you know, I think everybody's you know,
tried different things, some successful, some not so successful. Right,
they don't average, you know, five hundred yards a game offensively,
you know, if people are shutting him down. And so
I think, like anything, when to play good defense is
one you try to develop a plan that you know,
(07:27):
you has a solid foundation and that you have the
auxiliary calls off of that off of that plan so
that you're not just a sit and duck, you know,
sit and target, you know, because you know, again they've
got great experience on that on their on their coaching
staff with coach Pittman and coach Petrino, and so you know,
I think I think varying looks is going to be key.
(07:48):
I think putting ourselves in position to guard them because
they have plenty of weapons to throw the ball to.
But yet you know, making sure that that we try
to try to contain him against not only the designed runs,
but again the off schedule runs, and so, like I said,
it's a heck of challenge.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Thank you, thanksus and more.
Speaker 9 (08:09):
Richardson of Orange Bloods, good afternoon, coach.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I was Kocha.
Speaker 10 (08:16):
Quinn has played in a lot of obviously big games
on the road with you guys throughout his career. Talk
about from your perspective what you've seen from him when
he goes in on the road. It seems like he's
pretty unflappable. And is there a road game that kind
of sticks out to you the most that you're really
(08:37):
impressed with, whether it's for preparation or how he played well?
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Yeah, I think again, I think his general demeanor is
helpful when you go on the road. You know, Quinn
is a very calm, cool customer. You know, he doesn't
he doesn't get too emotional, too high, too low. It's
pretty even keel, and I think that's important when you're
on the road. I think that's important for us as
a team. I think poise and composure is always critical
(09:05):
when you're on the road, and he exemplifies that, and
so that's helpful. I think probably the best one that
I can recall is going into Tuscaloosa a year ago.
I felt like he was really dialed in and he
was he was really just in a great frame of mind,
and I think that that permeated throughout the entire offense
that day. That night, you know, we had no pre
(09:27):
snat penalties in a very tough environment, which tells me
we were poised, we were composed, but we were focused,
you know, the right type of mental intensity needed in
that environment.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
And that's what it's going to take here Saturday as well. Texas.
Chip Brown of course, twenty four to seven. Hey, Steve,
I know you mentioned you, you.
Speaker 9 (09:53):
Know, wanted to get the outside zone going, and uh,
what what do you think it is?
Speaker 3 (09:58):
It's sort of held it back. We're just we're just
not in sync, you know.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
And and like any style of running game that you have,
timing and being in sync is is really important, and
confidence is really important.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
And so whether it's angles on blocks, whether it's.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
Run timing with the running back and the offensive line,
whether it's vision by the runners, whether it's you know,
our combination of blocks on the front side, our combination
of blocks on the backside, it just it just hasn't
quite been in sync. And so you know, it's, like anything,
we've got to emphasize it more. We've got to put
in the time and the effort, which I think that
we're doing, and then we got to start to find
(10:38):
our rhythm there again.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
And you know, I talked a lot about.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
Going into last week's game about finding our mojo as
an office, which I think that we did. And this
week it's been about, Okay, how do we how do
we get back to our timing and execution of our outside.
Speaker 9 (10:52):
Zone because at some point, obviously you're going to need
to run it against seven and eight man boxes and
you've had the rotation at running back, and it's it's
it's been a lot, a little little different this.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Year than in years past. I'm not sure what you're
asking me.
Speaker 9 (11:08):
Well, just I mean, that's how difficult has it been
to have the rotation and running back and trying to
sync everything up and knowing that you know, to kill
the clock late in the game, you're gonna have to
run it against seven and eight man boxes.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Or we can throw it. I still don't know what
you're asking me. But next question, just all your time.
So thank you today, thank you.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Okay, that's what we call in the business. And and
Ender ended his time. It was the last one anyway,
there So all right, as Logboard's head coach Steve Sarksian
from the SEC teleconference and up next, and by the way,
we'll talk some more Texas Arkansas in the three o'clock
(11:52):
hour with Chuck Barrett, Razor Backs and play by play voice.
Up next, we bring you today's edition of Inconceivable here
on sports Radio i AM thirteen under the Zone in
the IHR Radio app.
On Wednesday. That means it's SEC teleconference time. So let's
hear this is the reporters with long Worn's head coach
Steve Sarkeesian. This has a more regional air than the
Thursday media zoom or even the Monday press conference where
it's pretty much all local media. But this is sark
from the SEC teleconference earlier today.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yeah, great opportunity to go on the road to restore
you know, historic rivalry here at the University of Texas,
one that Texas and Arkansas have battled for a long
long time, some great teams, some great games, and you know,
for this, for this rivalry to be restored, I know
so much is made in college football right now about realignment,
(00:43):
conference realignment and teams losing rivalries.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
We we've picked up two great ones.
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Of this being the first year with Arkansas, so looking
forward to the opportunity Saturday.
Speaker 5 (00:56):
First off, we had a Tom Rphy the Arkansas Democrat.
Speaker 6 (00:58):
Is that.
Speaker 7 (01:00):
Andy Steve, I'm wondering what your take is on the
quarterback Taylor Green, what what dimensions he give to them?
And also his backup monte Kai Singleton's gotten enough action
that you probably could have a comment on him as well.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Yeah, I think I think Taylor is a you know,
fantastic talent. You know, he's got obviously, has the size,
the arm strength, the ability to run the football and
quarterback driven runs, the ability to buy time, make all
the throws down the field.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
He covers a lot of ground.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
You know, a lot of times you watch the tape
and you like, how did he cover so much ground?
It doesn't look like he's moving that fast, but yet
he is, you know, a sixty six.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
And thirty pounds, so really really good talent, you know. Obviously,
you know, the.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Backup is a little bit different build, more of.
Speaker 4 (01:46):
Kind of that stocky running back style, but yet still
has the.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Ability to do what they do. I think coach Petrino
has done a great job.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
With both of them and coach Pittman. I mean, anytime
you're you're avaging nearly three hundred yards passing in two
hundred yards rushing, that's that's a pretty good offensive football team.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
And in their system, it definitely starts with the quarterback.
And last week or last.
Speaker 7 (02:07):
Game, Arkansas gave up a bunch of passing yards and
the deep bow. I'm wondering just what your thoughts are
on taking on this defense.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Well, I think they're there are talented defense.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
They've had two weeks to uh to kind of get
some things, you know, shirt up and cleaned up. I
know we're gonna get a great version of them defensively.
So you know, they got really good coaches over there,
So I don't think we can just assume that we're
gonna have that same luxury. You know, we're gonna have
to play really good football offensively. We're need to be balanced,
you know, and that's that's a challenge because a very
(02:39):
good upfront.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Neanxsas steep multa disas.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
Hey, coach, hope you're doing well today, sir. I heard
you earlier in the on Monday, I mentioned about that
maybe not pivoting towards former players is talking because of
the emotions that they have. How do you walk that
line of who you want to talk to your team
during the season, coach, Uh.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
I like to lean towards me.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
That's not to take anything away from from anybody else.
You know, we've got some great people, some great speakers
that we bring in throughout the summer, throughout training camp
to speak to our team and do a fantastic job.
But when the season rolls around. I think the consistent
messaging throughout throughout the fall is important and that our
(03:35):
that our players understand why we're talking about specific things
on certain weeks. Uh So, generally I'm the one that
talks to our team from a motivational standpoint. Now that
the players talk as well, so I give them that credit.
But I but I do think that that the messaging
is important. But but again, we rely on a lot
of those outside speakers throughout the summer and throughout training
(03:55):
camp to get ourselves ready for the season.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
And something Sam mentioned earlier in the teleconference, Coach, was
the energy in the building there in twenty one. Now,
I know you were on the short end of the stick,
but I just in terms of that rivalry in the building,
did you feel that intensity as well back in twenty
one in failible Coach?
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Yeah, I'm not sure if there was even a stick
for us to get a short end of that night.
We got our ass whips, so hopefully we play better Saturday.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
Thank you, Coach Texas. Bob Hok. The Arkstil Democrat is.
Speaker 8 (04:32):
A Hey, Steve, I don't know if I ever heard
that saying before that that's that's a good one. Hey, Lucas,
you know Arkansas's tight end. I think Texas offered him.
I don't know if you remember recruiting, and I know
you guys recruit a lot of big time players, but
number nine for our saw tight end.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Just wonder what your take is on him.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Yeah, you know, he's a guy that definitely, you know,
he gets a lot of targets. You know that they
you know, I think again coach Petrino does a great
job of scheming and working to get people isolated one
on one and opening zones and and he's a huge
you know product of that. You know, it leads him
in touchdown receptions and he's a guy that has a
(05:12):
tight end. They move around and they create, you know,
he's really the primary on a lot of things that
they do.
Speaker 8 (05:19):
And then now I know you're not all the way
through the SEC schedule, yeah, but you're you're a good
way through, and just wondering what what the grind has
been like compared to what's the reality that's been like,
compared to me, what the expectation was, how that's been
for y'all.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Well, you know, I think that that we had a
pretty good understanding coming in that there was going to
be a physical component to this right and and how
physical uh the game is and the SEC at the
line of scrimmage, and then this week's no different.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
You know, Arkansas is very good at the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
They have big people, they're they're built like a lot
of the rest of the SEC is built. I think
one of the one of the bigger challenges in this
conference is is the metal intensity that you have to
have week to week. There are no layups in this league.
You know, you have to come ready to play week
in and week out. Uh, and the moment, the moment
you don't, you get beat. And there's been some really
(06:10):
good teams in our league that have probably lost games
that they're looking back and they're kicking themselves that maybe
they weren't quite as ready to play. And so I
think that's probably the bigger challenge is getting that getting
our players every Monday in the right frame of mind
to prepare the right way, uh for the for the
task at hand, which part of which is again that
physical nature at the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Thanks Yep, Nexus, Kurt Bowles.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
At least the Chronicle, Steve, because Taylor and Green's so big.
Are you're bringing in Vince Young to run the scout team?
Speaker 3 (06:47):
I'd love to.
Speaker 4 (06:48):
I don't know, you why is kind of busy right now,
but yeah, very similar the you.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
Know, because he's such a threat to run. I have
a lot of Arkansas opponents, you know, run zone cover
to you know, keep their eyes in the backfield so
they're you know, not in man demand running down the
field away from him.
Speaker 4 (07:07):
Well, I think, you know, I think everybody's you know,
tried different things, some successful, some not so successful. Right,
they don't average, you know, five hundred yards a game offensively,
you know, if people are shutting him down. And so
I think, like anything, when to play good defense is
one you try to develop a plan that you know,
(07:27):
you has a solid foundation and that you have the
auxiliary calls off of that off of that plan so
that you're not just a sit and duck, you know,
sit and target, you know, because you know, again they've
got great experience on that on their on their coaching
staff with coach Pittman and coach Petrino, and so you know,
I think I think varying looks is going to be key.
(07:48):
I think putting ourselves in position to guard them because
they have plenty of weapons to throw the ball to.
But yet you know, making sure that that we try
to try to contain him against not only the designed runs,
but again the off schedule runs, and so, like I said,
it's a heck of challenge.
Speaker 3 (08:06):
Thank you, thanksus and more.
Speaker 9 (08:09):
Richardson of Orange Bloods, good afternoon, coach.
Speaker 3 (08:15):
I was Kocha.
Speaker 10 (08:16):
Quinn has played in a lot of obviously big games
on the road with you guys throughout his career. Talk
about from your perspective what you've seen from him when
he goes in on the road. It seems like he's
pretty unflappable. And is there a road game that kind
of sticks out to you the most that you're really
(08:37):
impressed with, whether it's for preparation or how he played well?
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Yeah, I think again, I think his general demeanor is
helpful when you go on the road. You know, Quinn
is a very calm, cool customer. You know, he doesn't
he doesn't get too emotional, too high, too low. It's
pretty even keel, and I think that's important when you're
on the road. I think that's important for us as
a team. I think poise and composure is always critical
(09:05):
when you're on the road, and he exemplifies that, and
so that's helpful. I think probably the best one that
I can recall is going into Tuscaloosa a year ago.
I felt like he was really dialed in and he
was he was really just in a great frame of mind,
and I think that that permeated throughout the entire offense
that day. That night, you know, we had no pre
(09:27):
snat penalties in a very tough environment, which tells me
we were poised, we were composed, but we were focused,
you know, the right type of mental intensity needed in
that environment.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
And that's what it's going to take here Saturday as well. Texas.
Chip Brown of course, twenty four to seven. Hey, Steve,
I know you mentioned you, you.
Speaker 9 (09:53):
Know, wanted to get the outside zone going, and uh,
what what do you think it is?
Speaker 3 (09:58):
It's sort of held it back. We're just we're just
not in sync, you know.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
And and like any style of running game that you have,
timing and being in sync is is really important, and
confidence is really important.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
And so whether it's angles on blocks, whether it's.
Speaker 4 (10:17):
Run timing with the running back and the offensive line,
whether it's vision by the runners, whether it's you know,
our combination of blocks on the front side, our combination
of blocks on the backside, it just it just hasn't
quite been in sync. And so you know, it's, like anything,
we've got to emphasize it more. We've got to put
in the time and the effort, which I think that
we're doing, and then we got to start to find
(10:38):
our rhythm there again.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
And you know, I talked a lot about.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
Going into last week's game about finding our mojo as
an office, which I think that we did. And this
week it's been about, Okay, how do we how do
we get back to our timing and execution of our outside.
Speaker 9 (10:52):
Zone because at some point, obviously you're going to need
to run it against seven and eight man boxes and
you've had the rotation at running back, and it's it's
it's been a lot, a little little different this.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Year than in years past. I'm not sure what you're
asking me.
Speaker 9 (11:08):
Well, just I mean, that's how difficult has it been
to have the rotation and running back and trying to
sync everything up and knowing that you know, to kill
the clock late in the game, you're gonna have to
run it against seven and eight man boxes.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
Or we can throw it. I still don't know what
you're asking me. But next question, just all your time.
So thank you today, thank you.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Okay, that's what we call in the business. And and
Ender ended his time. It was the last one anyway,
there So all right, as Logboard's head coach Steve Sarksian
from the SEC teleconference and up next, and by the way,
we'll talk some more Texas Arkansas in the three o'clock
(11:52):
hour with Chuck Barrett, Razor Backs and play by play voice.
Up next, we bring you today's edition of Inconceivable here
on sports Radio i AM thirteen under the Zone in
the IHR Radio app.
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