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Speaker 1 (00:00):
A reminder, Longhorn Weekly with Coach Sark. We record the
program today and you'll hear it tomorrow night at seven
o'clocke here on Sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone.
But if you want to come out for the show,
we have question cards that you can fill out if
you have a question for Sark, and we'll get to those.
(00:21):
We'll talk some State Fair deep fried food with him,
and we'll do a little more of that coming up
next segment, and also, obviously we'll talk about this matchup
between the Long Words and the Sooner speaking of which
this is from the SEC teleconference, And if you were
at the press conference on Monday, which we brought to
(00:43):
you live here on the Zone, you heard Sart talk
about his respect and admiration for this game, the Red
River rivalry matchup. They've played it one hundred nineteen times.
This will be number one twenty. They played it continuously
on the fair grounds of the State Fair of Texas
(01:04):
since nineteen twenty nine, and they used to play in
the old Fairground Stadium. It was a wooden structure that
burned to the ground, and then when the Cotton Bowl
Stadium itself was built, they started playing it continuously there
in nineteen thirty seven, and it's undergone some renovation a
(01:24):
couple of times, and there'll be some more coming, I
think in the future. But it's the home every year
for this game, and we know all about the special
nature of it with the Sooner fans occupying the south
end of the field from the fifty yard line end
to the tunnel and the long worn fans occupying the
north end from the fifty yard line out to the
(01:46):
north end of the stadium. So it's half burn orange
white and half Crimson cream and it makes for quite
a quite an interesting television shot as well, in a
spectacle when you walk into the state. That makes it
different than Florida Georgia, and it makes it different from
(02:06):
other rivalry games that are played at neutral sites as well.
So it's it's really cool to see. And Sark expressed
a lot of respect and admiration for that game. So
he was asked on the teleconference if this Texas OU game,
now that he's had three of those games under his belt,
(02:27):
does this game rank as the best rivalry he's been
a part of. Remember he was, you know, assistant coach,
offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach played color at Alabama, which means
Iron Bowl with Auburn, which is a home and home.
But does this Texas OU game rank as the best
(02:47):
rivalry he's been a part of? And more's the point,
because so much emotion and energy is spilled out onto
the Cotton Bowl turf, does he worry about his team
peaking too early in the week emotionally leading up to it?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I would argue this is this is the premiere one
to be part of. And like you hit the nail
on the head there. I've been part of some great games,
some great rivalries. This one is just so unique. Obviously,
being a neutral site is one that it's never here
in it. It's not the home at home, the setting
of the game, the time of year, a lot of
(03:24):
rivalry games or later in the season, but this this
happened at this time of the year. The way the
stadium is set up, the way the locker rooms are
set up, There's so much that goes into it. And
then you just think about the history and tradition, the coaches,
the players, the teams that have been involved in this game,
the proximity for both schools to Dallas. Uh, There's so
(03:45):
many things that go into it. It just creates such
an amazing environment that you know, we really try to
cherish as a team and take in. We try not
to lose sight of that, of what we get to.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Be part of.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
And and to your point about getting too emotional or
getting emotionally charged too soon, I would agree. You know,
I think you have to you have to kind of
tempo it as we'd like to say. It's kind of
a crescendo to the game, and so you want to
build it accordingly, because the best thing we can do
is play well. And the best way to play well
(04:18):
is to prepare really well, to be focused in practice, right,
having the right mental intensity in practice, being really attentive
in meetings, understanding the whise, and then that that should
build just enough confidence to go out and play well.
You know, I think when you get too emotionally charged up,
you're worried about things that are kind of irrelevant to
(04:40):
the outcome of the game, but they can prove to
be relevant when selfish decisions get made, or coverages get blown,
or blocking assignments get missed because you weren't quite engaged
enough on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to go out
and perform well on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Question about going up against that Brent Venables coached Oklahoma defense,
which right now, in case you're wondering what the numbers show,
they are twenty seventh in the nation against the run.
Now they are seventy fifth against the past total defense,
forty first, scoring defense nineteenth. And he was asked about this,
(05:24):
about facing this Brent Venables coach defense and the challenges
it presents.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Really challenging. I said, he's one of the best in
the country of doing it. He's like said, his teams
play hard, they played with great effort. They're physical, they're tough,
very ball aware, opportunistic creating turnovers and so and then
he's got a multitude of defenses. So it's definitely a
heck of a challenge.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Another challenge Sark will tell you is defending Oklahoma's freshman
quarterback from Frisco Emerson Michael Hawkins Junior got inserted into
the ball game against Tennessee when they were down and,
as Toby Rowland told us in the first hour of
the program, really floundering, kind of rallied them a little bit,
led him to the road win at Auburn. So what
about the challenge of this very versatal, mobile quarterback and
(06:14):
really good athlete, Michael Hawkins.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, I think the one thing about Hawkins is, you know,
he's got a skill set to where he's more than
capable of a passer and they use some obviously on
some designed runs and things, and that that's hurt people too.
But you know, really the Auburn game, the first touchdown
run that he had was a pass and now you're
starting to defend receivers and then you know, Auburn got
(06:40):
out of their rush lanes and he was able to
split them right down the middle of the field for
about a fifty yard touchdown run, you know, and he
showed the elite speed and elusiveness and so that that's
probably the challenge, is that he's the versatility that he has,
his ability to throw it, his ability to run it
on design runs, and then his ability to tuck it
in run on pass plays, and so that stresses you
(07:01):
from a defensive perspective.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
He will make Oklahoma's offense better. That the numbers offensively
were so poor for Oklahom at the start before he
got in there, that it's been a slow climb. There's
still one hundredth in the nation rushing offense, one to
eighteen in passing offense, twenty one in total offense. But
they've been able to score some more through sixty ninth
in scoring offense as well. And then one other question
(07:28):
with regard to Isaiah Bond. We saw Bond score on
the speed sweep against Mississippi State on that end a
round and he really seems to have got his footing.
You know, it's interesting during the fall camp workouts, Start
didn't talk effusively, didn't say an awful lot about Isaiah Bond,
and it was the other guys. It was like Silas Bolden,
(07:50):
and then clearly the regulars like a DeAndre Moore and
John te Cook who had stepped up, Brian Wingo as
a as a true fresh been playing well. And then
even in the transfer area, Matthew Golden and Silas Bolden
we're mentioned more often than Bond. But now Bond of
late has really begunnen to emerge. He's caught twenty passes
(08:15):
and that's more than any other loghorn right now for
three hundred and sixty four yards. He's averaging over eighteen
yards per catch. He has the three touchdowns, he has
the two carries, including that twenty six yard speech sweep
for a touchdown. So Sark was asked about bond, going
back to the if you will bond that the two developed,
(08:37):
you know, when he was recruiting him, when he was
in Georgia, before he even got to Alabama.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Yeah, Isaiah has been a great addition to the team.
You know, the transfer guys, it's always difficult because you know,
they get ingrained into the culture that they're coming from
and the style of play and the practice habits and
all those things, and then we have a firm belief
and how we'd like to operate. But I give Isaiah
(09:01):
a lot of credit because he's continued to work it,
work at it and buy into what we're doing. You know,
I think, you know, his his ability to pick up
pick up our offense systematically and have an impact kind
of instantaneously for us has been big. And he and
he's improved a ton from where he was in spring
ball to where he is now. You know, he's a
(09:21):
he's a big play waiting to happen. But yet I
think we're starting to see him do even more and
more of the little things, you know, the way we'd
like it to be done. And I think that, you know,
he's creating value for himself, not only within our organization,
but I think, you know, for for a future playing
this game in the NFL. I think people are starting
to see the value that he possesses. But yeah, he's
been a great addition for us.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Wondering about the the in case you were wondering about
the UH numbers, the Texas numbers as are related nationally
and in the SEC. The rushing offense is thirty seventh
in the country, sixth in the SEC, passing offense tenth
in the nation, third in the SEC, total offense seventh
(10:04):
in the nation, third in the SEC, scoring offense seventh
in the nation, second in the SEC. So some impressive
numbers there, but they're going to clearly get their sternest
test to date from an opposing defense in the one
they'll see from Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon in the Cotton Bowl.
I don't think there's any doubt about that. All Right,
(10:26):
coming up, we'll have some more on these State Fair
foods and we'll get you updated. Also on the baseball playoffs.
Are two games in progress going on right now, so
stay let's we continue on this Wednesday afternoon here on
sports Radio Am thirteen under the zone of the iHeartRadio app.
A reminder, Longhorn Weekly with Coach Sark. We record the
program today and you'll hear it tomorrow night at seven
o'clocke here on Sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone.
But if you want to come out for the show,
we have question cards that you can fill out if
you have a question for Sark, and we'll get to those.
(00:21):
We'll talk some State Fair deep fried food with him,
and we'll do a little more of that coming up
next segment, and also, obviously we'll talk about this matchup
between the Long Words and the Sooner speaking of which
this is from the SEC teleconference, And if you were
at the press conference on Monday, which we brought to
(00:43):
you live here on the Zone, you heard Sart talk
about his respect and admiration for this game, the Red
River rivalry matchup. They've played it one hundred nineteen times.
This will be number one twenty. They played it continuously
on the fair grounds of the State Fair of Texas
(01:04):
since nineteen twenty nine, and they used to play in
the old Fairground Stadium. It was a wooden structure that
burned to the ground, and then when the Cotton Bowl
Stadium itself was built, they started playing it continuously there
in nineteen thirty seven, and it's undergone some renovation a
(01:24):
couple of times, and there'll be some more coming, I
think in the future. But it's the home every year
for this game, and we know all about the special
nature of it with the Sooner fans occupying the south
end of the field from the fifty yard line end
to the tunnel and the long worn fans occupying the
north end from the fifty yard line out to the
(01:46):
north end of the stadium. So it's half burn orange
white and half Crimson cream and it makes for quite
a quite an interesting television shot as well, in a
spectacle when you walk into the state. That makes it
different than Florida Georgia, and it makes it different from
(02:06):
other rivalry games that are played at neutral sites as well.
So it's it's really cool to see. And Sark expressed
a lot of respect and admiration for that game. So
he was asked on the teleconference if this Texas OU game,
now that he's had three of those games under his belt,
(02:27):
does this game rank as the best rivalry he's been
a part of. Remember he was, you know, assistant coach,
offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach played color at Alabama, which means
Iron Bowl with Auburn, which is a home and home.
But does this Texas OU game rank as the best
(02:47):
rivalry he's been a part of? And more's the point,
because so much emotion and energy is spilled out onto
the Cotton Bowl turf, does he worry about his team
peaking too early in the week emotionally leading up to it?
Speaker 2 (03:02):
I would argue this is this is the premiere one
to be part of. And like you hit the nail
on the head there. I've been part of some great games,
some great rivalries. This one is just so unique. Obviously,
being a neutral site is one that it's never here
in it. It's not the home at home, the setting
of the game, the time of year, a lot of
(03:24):
rivalry games or later in the season, but this this
happened at this time of the year. The way the
stadium is set up, the way the locker rooms are
set up, There's so much that goes into it. And
then you just think about the history and tradition, the coaches,
the players, the teams that have been involved in this game,
the proximity for both schools to Dallas. Uh, There's so
(03:45):
many things that go into it. It just creates such
an amazing environment that you know, we really try to
cherish as a team and take in. We try not
to lose sight of that, of what we get to.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Be part of.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
And and to your point about getting too emotional or
getting emotionally charged too soon, I would agree. You know,
I think you have to you have to kind of
tempo it as we'd like to say. It's kind of
a crescendo to the game, and so you want to
build it accordingly, because the best thing we can do
is play well. And the best way to play well
(04:18):
is to prepare really well, to be focused in practice, right,
having the right mental intensity in practice, being really attentive
in meetings, understanding the whise, and then that that should
build just enough confidence to go out and play well.
You know, I think when you get too emotionally charged up,
you're worried about things that are kind of irrelevant to
(04:40):
the outcome of the game, but they can prove to
be relevant when selfish decisions get made, or coverages get blown,
or blocking assignments get missed because you weren't quite engaged
enough on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to go out
and perform well on Saturday.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Question about going up against that Brent Venables coached Oklahoma defense,
which right now, in case you're wondering what the numbers show,
they are twenty seventh in the nation against the run.
Now they are seventy fifth against the past total defense,
forty first, scoring defense nineteenth. And he was asked about this,
(05:24):
about facing this Brent Venables coach defense and the challenges
it presents.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Really challenging. I said, he's one of the best in
the country of doing it. He's like said, his teams
play hard, they played with great effort. They're physical, they're tough,
very ball aware, opportunistic creating turnovers and so and then
he's got a multitude of defenses. So it's definitely a
heck of a challenge.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Another challenge Sark will tell you is defending Oklahoma's freshman
quarterback from Frisco Emerson Michael Hawkins Junior got inserted into
the ball game against Tennessee when they were down and,
as Toby Rowland told us in the first hour of
the program, really floundering, kind of rallied them a little bit,
led him to the road win at Auburn. So what
about the challenge of this very versatal, mobile quarterback and
(06:14):
really good athlete, Michael Hawkins.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, I think the one thing about Hawkins is, you know,
he's got a skill set to where he's more than
capable of a passer and they use some obviously on
some designed runs and things, and that that's hurt people too.
But you know, really the Auburn game, the first touchdown
run that he had was a pass and now you're
starting to defend receivers and then you know, Auburn got
(06:40):
out of their rush lanes and he was able to
split them right down the middle of the field for
about a fifty yard touchdown run, you know, and he
showed the elite speed and elusiveness and so that that's
probably the challenge, is that he's the versatility that he has,
his ability to throw it, his ability to run it
on design runs, and then his ability to tuck it
in run on pass plays, and so that stresses you
(07:01):
from a defensive perspective.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
He will make Oklahoma's offense better. That the numbers offensively
were so poor for Oklahom at the start before he
got in there, that it's been a slow climb. There's
still one hundredth in the nation rushing offense, one to
eighteen in passing offense, twenty one in total offense. But
they've been able to score some more through sixty ninth
in scoring offense as well. And then one other question
(07:28):
with regard to Isaiah Bond. We saw Bond score on
the speed sweep against Mississippi State on that end a
round and he really seems to have got his footing.
You know, it's interesting during the fall camp workouts, Start
didn't talk effusively, didn't say an awful lot about Isaiah Bond,
and it was the other guys. It was like Silas Bolden,
(07:50):
and then clearly the regulars like a DeAndre Moore and
John te Cook who had stepped up, Brian Wingo as
a as a true fresh been playing well. And then
even in the transfer area, Matthew Golden and Silas Bolden
we're mentioned more often than Bond. But now Bond of
late has really begunnen to emerge. He's caught twenty passes
(08:15):
and that's more than any other loghorn right now for
three hundred and sixty four yards. He's averaging over eighteen
yards per catch. He has the three touchdowns, he has
the two carries, including that twenty six yard speech sweep
for a touchdown. So Sark was asked about bond, going
back to the if you will bond that the two developed,
(08:37):
you know, when he was recruiting him, when he was
in Georgia, before he even got to Alabama.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
Yeah, Isaiah has been a great addition to the team.
You know, the transfer guys, it's always difficult because you know,
they get ingrained into the culture that they're coming from
and the style of play and the practice habits and
all those things, and then we have a firm belief
and how we'd like to operate. But I give Isaiah
(09:01):
a lot of credit because he's continued to work it,
work at it and buy into what we're doing. You know,
I think, you know, his his ability to pick up
pick up our offense systematically and have an impact kind
of instantaneously for us has been big. And he and
he's improved a ton from where he was in spring
ball to where he is now. You know, he's a
(09:21):
he's a big play waiting to happen. But yet I
think we're starting to see him do even more and
more of the little things, you know, the way we'd
like it to be done. And I think that, you know,
he's creating value for himself, not only within our organization,
but I think, you know, for for a future playing
this game in the NFL. I think people are starting
to see the value that he possesses. But yeah, he's
been a great addition for us.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Wondering about the the in case you were wondering about
the UH numbers, the Texas numbers as are related nationally
and in the SEC. The rushing offense is thirty seventh
in the country, sixth in the SEC, passing offense tenth
in the nation, third in the SEC, total offense seventh
(10:04):
in the nation, third in the SEC, scoring offense seventh
in the nation, second in the SEC. So some impressive
numbers there, but they're going to clearly get their sternest
test to date from an opposing defense in the one
they'll see from Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon in the Cotton Bowl.
I don't think there's any doubt about that. All Right,
(10:26):
coming up, we'll have some more on these State Fair
foods and we'll get you updated. Also on the baseball playoffs.
Are two games in progress going on right now, so
stay let's we continue on this Wednesday afternoon here on
sports Radio Am thirteen under the zone of the iHeartRadio app.
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