September 25, 2024 • 10 mins
Steve Sarkisian visited with the media on Wednesday for his weekly SEC conference call and answered questions regarding Arch Manning's play against ULM, how he as a coach has grown as quarterback developer, NIL, and more.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm not gonna let buy the meat tonight either. We
(00:01):
bring you long worn weekly with Coach Sark and for
those who want to come out for the recording of
the program will be at Pluckers at the West Campus location.
It's at twenty two to twenty two Reo Grand and
we record the program from six o'clock until seven o'clock.
So I want to come out with some great wings
and a good conversation with the head coach that is
(00:23):
tonight at six. The show will air tomorrow night at
seven here on the Zone, but we record it on
Wednesdays at six o'clock. I was just mentioning baseball and
how the Asters have wrapped up the American League West,
so obviously they're pulling back the rains.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Today.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
The Mariners, who still have a shot at a wildcard,
are not pulling back the rains. And Seattle leeds Houston
five to one in the top of the eighth inning
in that one. They need that win to stay alive
and to stay in the hunt, all right. The hunt
for Southeastern Conference football Championship begins this weekend for the
Texas Longhorns. Conference Game number one, the first ever SEC
(01:05):
contest for Texas taking on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Today
was SEC teleconference Day, and we have the comments from
long Worns head coach Steve Sarcasians. Starting off with Sark's
opening remarks.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, we're obviously really excited SEC opener here at dk R.
Should be a great environment, you know, first opportunity for
us to chase a SEC championship.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
I think our guys are practicing hard and we're looking forward.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
To it, all right, And this is also right around
the time.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Of the season about fifth game end.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Certainly by the time you get to the halfway point,
the sixth week, but even now going into game number five,
where the coaching staff begins to make decisions on guys
that they might or might not red shirt. So Sark
was asked, does he know where he stands right now
with some of those guys with regard to the possibility
(02:03):
of red shirting these guys entering the fifth week of
the season.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
I'm not worried about it at all.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
We're going to try to play in the best players
we can and give us the best chance to win.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Yeah, pretty plain spoken there about it. But you know
there are those who are out there that keep track of.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Such things, and they've marked down how many games that
one player has played in who has not had a
red shirt season yet, so those questions do get answered.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
He was also asked a rather interesting question with regard to.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Development of quarterbacks, because as the quarterback room has gotten
stronger over the four years that Sarka has been the
head coach, as the performances of his quarterbacks has improved
and then even at times got into elite levels, it
(03:08):
has then looked at as sark being in that quarterback
whisper mode and what he's doing with these guys in
the quarterback room, and is it different than when he
was at Alabama or when he was at USC, or
even when he was with Washington or when he was
on NFL staffs in Atlanta and Oakland. He was asked
(03:30):
how has he grown through the years as a developer
of quarterbacks.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Well, I think naturally there's physical development, and some of
that physical development has evolved over time predicated on how
offensive his offenses had changed. You know, we we were
an under center team until about twenty ten, and then
we were kind of under center and shotgun and now
we're right over ninety percent shotguns.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
So that the fundamentals of that had evolved.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
The style of offenses, the RPOs that have come into
play have evolved some of that, But I think so
that part has changed. But I think the mental development
of the position is something that has remained pretty consistent.
You know, of just instilling confidence and belief, the mental
toughness you have to have to play the position, the
(04:17):
leadership qualities, things of that nature have remained very consistent.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Part of the development of quarterbacks is the response to adversity,
whether they're being sacked, whether the offense is it moving,
or in some of the most unfortunate circumstances, interceptions. Arch
Manning through two interceptions. He had one on that first
series after they picked up a couple of first downs.
(04:45):
He had one later and we saw how he responded
in terms of productivity and what he did in guiding
and leading the offense after that. But Sark was asked
on this SEC telecast teleconference, how did he see art
responding mentally, emotionally, all of that kind of stuff after
(05:07):
those two interceptions, Well, I thought, he responded, well, you know,
look at a couple of things, and you know, the
one thing you find out is when you're laid on throws,
especially over the middle.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
You know, bad things can happen, and so but I
do think the way he responded to those, his ability
to bounce back and play good football was really encouraging.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
And one more from Sark this hour. We'll hear some
more from him coming up next hour. This is going
to be a story that we're going to get into
in the four o'clock hour.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
And it has to do with nil.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
And it has to do with that old tired phrase
Promises were made, gifts were exchanged, that kind of stuff.
But in this case, maybe the gifts that the student
athlete was quote unquote promised were not delivered. So it
the hot button topic centers around the UNLV program and
(06:12):
it's quarterback, and we'll get into that more coming up
at the four o'clock hour. But in terms of the
purposes for his own program for the University of Texas
and what all this means, Sark was asked.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Are there safeguards?
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Can you put whatever guard rails in place on that?
That's been the popular phrase also that folks have used
with regard to I L. And he's got to put
guardrails on it. It's got to be guardrails on it
that's come up quite a bit, or safeguards of some
sort that's just using a figure of speech. But Sark
was asked, are there types of guard rails that could
(06:50):
be put into place that could help student athletes but
also help the program and help protect the program from
players just leaving during the NIL era if they don't
get exactly what either they want or what they felt
they were offered and then not delivered.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
You know, I don't know about the future.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
I've got a pretty big meal on my plate right
now this season, so I don't know what it's going
to look like next year. I'll be honest with you,
I don't even know how much money we're supposed to
share with them or vice versa.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
I really have no clue.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
What I do know is, you know, we've got a
really good culture here at the University of Texas.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
We pour into that culture.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
We've got a team that tries to serve one another,
and I think that that's something that we try to
hold on to. We think it's relatively unique to us
that maybe we don't have to deal with as many
of those issues that maybe some other schools have to.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Yeah, that's and let's be honest. What the story that
we're going to talk about in the four o'clock hour
is more about the G five level because and I'm
not going to say this holds true.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
For every.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Power for Conference member school, because I've heard lots of
stories about struggles, especially if it wasn't with the football
program programs, especially at the private school level. I've heard
this with Baylor having some challenges with its baseball program,
(08:31):
Northwestern having some challenges with it Rice. Of course, Rice
is a G five, but Vanderbilt would be another in
a Power four league where they might be feeling more
of a crunch and a difficult situation than some higher
(08:53):
rated state schools in Power for conferences like a Texas
or Ohio State or Again or Oklahoma or you know whatever,
those types of programs that are used to being able
to attract large amounts of money from its donors to
(09:14):
begin with, let alone what they might be able to
additionally accrue into nil. But it could be a problem.
I mean even the smaller schools, the state schools in.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
The G five leagues.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
When I was at that Texas State game a couple
of weeks ago, folks were talking about the challenge that
the Bobcats were trying to deal with to accrue more
NIL money to attract transfers or freshmen into the program.
It'd be tough. So anyway, that's just something to keep
in mind.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
The big reason why Nick Saban is now in college
game day and not on the sideline. YEP, didn't want
to deal with it.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
All right, We've got some other We've got some NFL
topics to get to up next when we continue on
Sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone and the iHeartRadio app.
I'm not gonna let buy the meat tonight either. We
(00:01):
bring you long worn weekly with Coach Sark and for
those who want to come out for the recording of
the program will be at Pluckers at the West Campus location.
It's at twenty two to twenty two Reo Grand and
we record the program from six o'clock until seven o'clock.
So I want to come out with some great wings
and a good conversation with the head coach that is
(00:23):
tonight at six. The show will air tomorrow night at
seven here on the Zone, but we record it on
Wednesdays at six o'clock. I was just mentioning baseball and
how the Asters have wrapped up the American League West,
so obviously they're pulling back the rains.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Today.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
The Mariners, who still have a shot at a wildcard,
are not pulling back the rains. And Seattle leeds Houston
five to one in the top of the eighth inning
in that one. They need that win to stay alive
and to stay in the hunt, all right. The hunt
for Southeastern Conference football Championship begins this weekend for the
Texas Longhorns. Conference Game number one, the first ever SEC
(01:05):
contest for Texas taking on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Today
was SEC teleconference Day, and we have the comments from
long Worns head coach Steve Sarcasians. Starting off with Sark's
opening remarks.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, we're obviously really excited SEC opener here at dk R.
Should be a great environment, you know, first opportunity for
us to chase a SEC championship.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
I think our guys are practicing hard and we're looking forward.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
To it, all right, And this is also right around
the time.
Speaker 4 (01:39):
Of the season about fifth game end.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Certainly by the time you get to the halfway point,
the sixth week, but even now going into game number five,
where the coaching staff begins to make decisions on guys
that they might or might not red shirt. So Sark
was asked, does he know where he stands right now
with some of those guys with regard to the possibility
(02:03):
of red shirting these guys entering the fifth week of
the season.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
I'm not worried about it at all.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
We're going to try to play in the best players
we can and give us the best chance to win.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
Yeah, pretty plain spoken there about it. But you know
there are those who are out there that keep track of.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Such things, and they've marked down how many games that
one player has played in who has not had a
red shirt season yet, so those questions do get answered.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
He was also asked a rather interesting question with regard to.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Development of quarterbacks, because as the quarterback room has gotten
stronger over the four years that Sarka has been the
head coach, as the performances of his quarterbacks has improved
and then even at times got into elite levels, it
(03:08):
has then looked at as sark being in that quarterback
whisper mode and what he's doing with these guys in
the quarterback room, and is it different than when he
was at Alabama or when he was at USC, or
even when he was with Washington or when he was
on NFL staffs in Atlanta and Oakland. He was asked
(03:30):
how has he grown through the years as a developer
of quarterbacks.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Well, I think naturally there's physical development, and some of
that physical development has evolved over time predicated on how
offensive his offenses had changed. You know, we we were
an under center team until about twenty ten, and then
we were kind of under center and shotgun and now
we're right over ninety percent shotguns.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
So that the fundamentals of that had evolved.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
The style of offenses, the RPOs that have come into
play have evolved some of that, But I think so
that part has changed. But I think the mental development
of the position is something that has remained pretty consistent.
You know, of just instilling confidence and belief, the mental
toughness you have to have to play the position, the
(04:17):
leadership qualities, things of that nature have remained very consistent.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Part of the development of quarterbacks is the response to adversity,
whether they're being sacked, whether the offense is it moving,
or in some of the most unfortunate circumstances, interceptions. Arch
Manning through two interceptions. He had one on that first
series after they picked up a couple of first downs.
(04:45):
He had one later and we saw how he responded
in terms of productivity and what he did in guiding
and leading the offense after that. But Sark was asked
on this SEC telecast teleconference, how did he see art
responding mentally, emotionally, all of that kind of stuff after
(05:07):
those two interceptions, Well, I thought, he responded, well, you know,
look at a couple of things, and you know, the
one thing you find out is when you're laid on throws,
especially over the middle.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
You know, bad things can happen, and so but I
do think the way he responded to those, his ability
to bounce back and play good football was really encouraging.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
And one more from Sark this hour. We'll hear some
more from him coming up next hour. This is going
to be a story that we're going to get into
in the four o'clock hour.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
And it has to do with nil.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
And it has to do with that old tired phrase
Promises were made, gifts were exchanged, that kind of stuff.
But in this case, maybe the gifts that the student
athlete was quote unquote promised were not delivered. So it
the hot button topic centers around the UNLV program and
(06:12):
it's quarterback, and we'll get into that more coming up
at the four o'clock hour. But in terms of the
purposes for his own program for the University of Texas
and what all this means, Sark was asked.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Are there safeguards?
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Can you put whatever guard rails in place on that?
That's been the popular phrase also that folks have used
with regard to I L. And he's got to put
guardrails on it. It's got to be guardrails on it
that's come up quite a bit, or safeguards of some
sort that's just using a figure of speech. But Sark
was asked, are there types of guard rails that could
(06:50):
be put into place that could help student athletes but
also help the program and help protect the program from
players just leaving during the NIL era if they don't
get exactly what either they want or what they felt
they were offered and then not delivered.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
You know, I don't know about the future.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
I've got a pretty big meal on my plate right
now this season, so I don't know what it's going
to look like next year. I'll be honest with you,
I don't even know how much money we're supposed to
share with them or vice versa.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
I really have no clue.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
What I do know is, you know, we've got a
really good culture here at the University of Texas.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
We pour into that culture.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
We've got a team that tries to serve one another,
and I think that that's something that we try to
hold on to. We think it's relatively unique to us
that maybe we don't have to deal with as many
of those issues that maybe some other schools have to.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Yeah, that's and let's be honest. What the story that
we're going to talk about in the four o'clock hour
is more about the G five level because and I'm
not going to say this holds true.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
For every.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Power for Conference member school, because I've heard lots of
stories about struggles, especially if it wasn't with the football
program programs, especially at the private school level. I've heard
this with Baylor having some challenges with its baseball program,
(08:31):
Northwestern having some challenges with it Rice. Of course, Rice
is a G five, but Vanderbilt would be another in
a Power four league where they might be feeling more
of a crunch and a difficult situation than some higher
(08:53):
rated state schools in Power for conferences like a Texas
or Ohio State or Again or Oklahoma or you know whatever,
those types of programs that are used to being able
to attract large amounts of money from its donors to
(09:14):
begin with, let alone what they might be able to
additionally accrue into nil. But it could be a problem.
I mean even the smaller schools, the state schools in.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
The G five leagues.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
When I was at that Texas State game a couple
of weeks ago, folks were talking about the challenge that
the Bobcats were trying to deal with to accrue more
NIL money to attract transfers or freshmen into the program.
It'd be tough. So anyway, that's just something to keep
in mind.
Speaker 4 (09:45):
The big reason why Nick Saban is now in college
game day and not on the sideline. YEP, didn't want
to deal with it.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
All right, We've got some other We've got some NFL
topics to get to up next when we continue on
Sports Radio AM thirteen under the Zone and the iHeartRadio app.
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