LIVE: Arch Manning SHINES on Day 1 — Sark Reveals Texas’ Early Camp Standouts

Summary

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On Texas Football — LIVE: Arch Manning SHINES on Day 1 — Sark Reveals Texas’ Early Camp Standouts

Host: Jeff Howe (filling in for Bobby Burton)
Co-Hosts: Marcus Myers, C.J. Vogel
Date: August 6, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of On Texas Football delivers a comprehensive, in-the-trenches breakdown of Texas’ first fall camp practice ahead of the 2026 season. The team digs into takeaways from the opening day, focusing on standout players (with a spotlight on Arch Manning), real-time insights from practice, in-depth analysis of position battles, and firsthand reactions to new faces — including a surprise appearance from perennial SEC coach Mark Stoops. The crew answers listeners’ burning questions and breaks down the implications of roster updates, body transformations, and what’s to come for key Longhorns.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Initial Takeaways: Practice Day 1 Atmosphere & Player Impressions

• Heat and Intensity:
  The scorching Texas heat did little to sap enthusiasm. Players returned to the field with palpable energy and physicality.

  • C.J.: “There was a lot of pep in their step that I was hoping to see on the first day… They looked ready to go.” [06:25]
  • Marcus: “You could literally hear them yelling in excitement before they took the field, like kids getting to open Christmas presents.” [10:41]

• Lawrence Seymour’s Debut & Fit:
  Seymour, at left guard with the third team, drew much attention due to his unique body type and aggressive demeanor.

  • C.J.: “I liked that first step that I saw today… Explosivity off the line of scrimmage.” [02:12]
  • Jeff: “Texas typically doesn’t recruit short offensive linemen that don’t have very long arms. So he stands out like a sore thumb… But love the effort, love the intensity.” [03:18]
  • Seymour compared to Wilbur the pig: (light-hearted) “He’s certainly a head shorter than what you come to know this offensive line as… A special pig that does a lot of backflips.” [05:13]

• Defensive Line & DBs:
  Marcus watched defensive positions, citing positive movement and readiness.

  • “Jonah Williams out there moving around… just seems excited about being out on the field. Nick Robertson looks the part for a guy that not only is a freshman, but didn’t go through spring camp.” [06:25-07:52]

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2. Sarkisian’s Press Conference: Early Standouts & Player Mentions

• Sark Highlights Early Standouts:

  • “I thought Arch had a good day… Hollywood (Smothers) had some nice runs. Michael Terry showed up running the ball. Defensively, Rasheed Biles was flying around… Good to see Jermaine back on offense, too.” [15:32]
  • Notable Quote: “I’ve seen a lot of rough quarterback days — first day of practice… I thought [Arch] looked good.” — Sark [15:32]

• Special Note on Michael Terry:

  • CJ: “Anytime a freshman gets mentioned by Sark, jot that down. He’s on the radar.” [16:55]
  • The RB room is stacked; Terry's physicality and camp performance will determine if he can climb the depth chart.

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3. The Running Back Room: Depth, Competition & Yards Expectations

• Hollywood Smothers vs. Relik Brown:

  • Jeff: “I don’t think it matters who gets more yards this year. I don’t think either of them hit 1000.” [19:09]
  • Marcus: “It doesn’t have to be carries. They could both be used out of the backfield… I struggle to see Derrick Cooper being on the sideline for too long as well.” [21:27]

• Production Parallels to Sark’s USC Years:

  • Sark's committee approach at USC cited: three backs over 500 yards in a season as possible for Texas. [21:27]
  • CJ: “If all three of those backs are north of 5.5 [yards per carry]... that’s what this offense desperately needs.” [22:42]

• 2025 Running Back YPC Review:

  • “Trey Wisner, 4.6. Christian Clark 4.3. CJ Baxter, 3.6— it was gross.” — Jeff [24:06]

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4. Body Transformations & Strength & Conditioning Buy-In

• Biggest Body Transformations:
  • Sark: “I was impressed with Ian Jaffard… Down almost 25 pounds. Cullen Brown looks phenomenal. Derek Cooper… looks great.” [25:31]
  • CJ: “Nick Townsend… from 238 to 257 [lbs] this summer. He looks phenomenal.” [26:48]
  • Role of new S&C staff and new TE analyst Steve Casula highlighted: “You’re really going to see a step forward in run blocking from that unit this year.” — CJ [29:48]

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5. Addition of Mark Stoops & Notable Staff Changes

• Mark Stoops Joins Texas Staff:

  • Big news: Mark Stoops, the long-time Kentucky head coach, seen in Texas gear at practice. This raised eyebrows for its SEC implications and the cross-over of rival coaching legends.
  • CJ: “Anytime a Stoops family member is mentioned with Texas, you assume it’s on the hate spectrum. To see him supporting the burnt orange hat… took me a minute.” [35:25]
  • Discussion on Stoops’ experience (“never going to out-talent Georgia or Florida at Kentucky”) and what it means for discipline and preparation in the SEC. [38:36-41:28]

• Texas' Growing “Coach Car Wash”:

  • The value of bringing in veteran analysts (Stoops, Casula, Billy Gonzalez, Gary Patterson, etc.) as a way to stay innovative and add SEC experience. [37:48]

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6. Observations on Team Culture, Practice Vibes & Player Health

• Cramping & Hydration:

  • Sark: “This is probably, in terms of day one since I’ve been here, probably the fewest amount of cramping issues… only five or six guys affected.” [11:41]
  • Fitness and hydration seen as a win given the conditions.

• Freshman Integration & Expectations:

  • John Meredith and other true freshmen acknowledged as being “way ahead of schedule” given their recent arrival. [11:57, 13:23]
  • CJ & Marcus urge fans to give young players “a little slack” in early practices.

• Team Excitement After Offseason:

  • “They sound like kids opening Christmas presents.” — Marcus [10:41]

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7. FAQs & Super Chat Takeaways

Wide Receivers:

• Biggest Jumps:
  • “Cohen Brown looks the part.” [60:53]
  • “Glad Emmett Mosley is healthy and moving around… he might be the single most underrated player on this team.” — CJ [62:51-63:31]
  • “Ryan Wingo looks even more chiseled, seems to have taken on a leadership role.” — Marcus [61:25]

Offensive Line Battles:

• Day 1 Depth Chart at Left Guard/OL:
  • 1st team: Trevor Goosby, Jaden Chapman, Connor Robertson, Brandon Baker, Melvin Siani
  • 2nd team: Jordan Coleman, Dylan Sikorski, Jackson Christian, Devin Coleman, Andre Kojo
  • 3rd team: John Turntine, Lawrence Seymour, Brooks Keik Jr., Nicholas Robertson, Johnte Newman
  • “Seymour’s gotta go earn the job. That has to be the way this is approached.” — CJ [66:30]

Linebackers/Freshmen:

• Tyler Atkinson:
  • Core special teamer role likely, with high upside but not expected to be Derrick Johnson out the gate.
  • Marcus: “If you’re doing that [comparing to DJ], go back and watch some Derrick Johnson film. That guy was a different kind of special.” [67:34–71:25]

Defense:

• Secondary Rotation:
  • Healthy competition at DB; Zealous Hicks and Jonah Williams highlighted for their energy.
  • “Jonah Williams ran off the bus faster than any other player… you’ll need a guy like that by practice 12.” — CJ [52:41-53:57]

Notable Rules & Roster Updates:

• Cole Hudson eligibility issue RESOLVED:
  • “He is good to go at this point if everything works out.” — Jeff [55:48]
  • Emphasizes the importance of his experience as OL depth.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Arch had a good day… I thought he looked good.” — Steve Sarkisian [15:32]
• ”I liked that first step that I saw [from Seymour] today.” — C.J. [02:12]
• “I want my wide receiver who almost has a linebacker or a running back build that can actually run. I want that guy.” — Jeff [62:25]
• “I was just happy for the young man [Jonah Williams], right? Because he's been banged up for a while… It’s a sigh of relief.” — Marcus [53:57]
• “This isn't me saying anything about what I think he's going to do on the field. It's just acknowledging… sometimes with guys, you can see if they've battled through injury…” — Marcus [53:57]
• “That guy [Michael Huff]… I’m convinced at this point, Michael Huff answers to nobody.” — Jeff [47:19]

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Important Timestamps

• 01:03–03:18 — Opening reactions, focus on Lawrence Seymour
• 05:13 — Seymour “Wilbur the pig” analogy
• 06:25–08:37 — Defensive line/DBs stand out; Nick Robertson, Jonah Williams
• 15:32–16:05 — Sark names Day 1 standouts (Arch, Hollywood, Michael Terry, etc.)
• 19:09 — RB rotation: Relik Brown vs. Hollywood Smothers discussion
• 21:27 — Discussion of Sark’s historic use of RB committees at USC
• 25:02–25:31 — Sark on body transformations: Jaffard, Brown, Cooper
• 29:48 — Steve Casula’s hands-on impact with TEs
• 35:25–36:13 — Mark Stoops sighting; implications and reactions
• 38:36–41:28 — Stoops’ value for SEC prep; discipline, experience
• 55:48–57:50 — Cole Hudson eligibility update
• 66:30–66:53 — Left guard position battle framework
• 67:34–71:25 — Freshman linebacker Atkinson expectations, Derrick Johnson comparisons
• 73:54–74:25 — Final thoughts: excitement building for the season

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Final Thoughts & Tone

The conversation throughout is detailed, energetic, and welcoming — brimming with both technical insights and camaraderie between lifelong Texas footballer Marcus, analyst CJ, and host Jeff. Speakers emphasize the need for patience (especially with freshmen), enthusiasm for the team’s buy-in and future, and a hopeful but realistic view of upcoming position battles and the challenge of SEC competition.

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If you missed this episode, you got:

• A granular, position-by-position insight into Day 1 of Texas’ 2026 camp — with textured player evaluations, coaching changes (hello, Mark Stoops), and culture snapshots all from guys embedded with the program.
• Direct Sark quotes, running dialogue on RB/OL/WR competition, and lighter moments (from hotel towels to “practice fits” in 100+ degree heat).
• Early signals: Arch Manning’s strong opening, meaningful depth across the board, and a Longhorns staff clearly preparing for SEC-standard physicality and discipline.

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Transcript

[A]

Egg my future fund Punkai.

[B]

All right, everybody. Welcome back to On Texas Football. Welcome to the Wednesday night live stream. Camp has started. Practice number one. It's already in the books and we're here to talk about it here on the live stream. I'm Jeff Howell. Join as always on Wednesdays by lifetime Longhorn 2005 national champion Marcus Myers. And as Rod Babers has dubbed him the young prodigy head on Texas football, said CJ Vogel, producer Matt is behind the scenes. We've got clips for Steve Sarkeesian's press conference. We got an interesting photo we'll share at some point in the show that I still can't believe I was looking at today when I saw it with my own eyes. And we're taking your questions, comments, whatever you got lining up in the chat. Super chats. As always, jump to the front of the line. Love having fun on Wednesdays. Love our Wednesday crew. Just not a lot of time for fluff tonight because we got to get down to business and business is practice. It was hot, it was sweaty. But the Longhorns were on the field. C.J. i want to start with you. Your biggest takeaway, initial impressions. We've been off the practice field for a few hours now. What's still, what's still sitting with you?

[C]

It was finally seeing Lawrence Seymour in person.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And Jeff, I know you spent a lot of time in that, that back field, so I'll let you talk about a little bit more. But just getting to see him move for the first time because we had heard and we've talked a lot about the physique, the size, you know, everything that I guess you need to talk about before seeing him on the field. But I thought he moved. Well, I thought what Trevor Goosby talked about at SEC media day still ring true with that first step, that explosivity off the line of scrimmage. We saw a little bit of that and some of the, the duo run blocking schemes, you know, the double teams. You know, there were some pulling opportunities in there as well. He was working with the third team offensive line today, so keep that in mind. I went Jaden Chapman, Dylan Sikorski, and then Lawrence Seymour at left guard today. But just getting to see him finally move, finally there's a tangible takeaway from what Lawrence Seymour is or could be to this Texas offensive line. Jeff, I'll let you take the floor here, but I'd like that first step that I saw today.

[B]

Yeah, anytime. We're dishing out assignments when the OTF staff. Okay, who's Gonna be where? Who's gonna be watching what on the practice field. You don't have to twist my arm to, to get me up to the top field to watch the offensive lineman the way Dennis is set up. So, Lawrence Seymour, I'll say this, cj, to, to back up some of what you said, a lot of what I saw. And granted, we're not out there for very long, as you can see. Thank you, producer Matt, for, for running some B roll here from practice. It's jersey tops, shorts, helmets. So nothing that's going to give you an indication of whether this offensive line is going to be markedly better or not. But a lot of what I saw from Laura Seymour backed up what we've heard about him this summer came in with the right attitude, the right mindset. Effort's not an issue. Intensity is not an issue with him. He does look a little odd. Cj, you mentioned this. Just like getting to see him because Texas typically doesn't recruit short offensive linemen that don't have very long arms. So it's just like he looks, he stands out like a sore thumb. And I don't mean that as a knock on him. I just mean, hey, after seeing guys that are tall and have long limbs, long levers, it's just, it's interesting to see him. But love the effort, love the intensity. As you mentioned it, you know, these early practices, Kyle Flood, especially those periods where we're there where it's individual. It's a lot of just, hey, making sure the footwork of the hand placement on your base run concepts, right? Inside zone, outside zone, duo, all that kind of stuff. Basically, that's kind of the nuts and bolts of your run game. So I really. That was the one guy, we talked about it as a staff last week on the channel and on the site. That was the one guy I was most anxious, most excited to see. More.

[C]

It's kind of funny and I don't want this to come off as disrespectful, but it might seem that way. He kind of reminds me you've ever seen Charlotte's Web.

[B]

I want to know where you're going with this now. Okay. I'll take this ride with you. Sure. What's.

[C]

Why beginning of a movie. Wilbur is born. Wilbur's the pig, Right. But he's the run of the. He's the smallest and in the movie they call him the weakest. I'm not calling or Seymour that, but he is certainly a head shorter than what we become. To know this offensive line, as with Jordan Coleman, a guy that's 6 foot 6, 360 pounds, right? Dylan Sikorski, a guy with the big barrel chest that looks like he's 340 pounds. That, that's become the norm here, right? Nick Brooks was a guy like that. Cam Williams was a guy like that. It's given me a, A special pig that does a lot of backflips.

[B]

I, I, I, I give. I'm picking up what you're putting down. Lawrence Seymour passed the eye test, but not in the way you would expect it. I kind of got what I was expecting. It looks different, but again, love the attitude, love the effort on day one, Marcus, we've had you sit in silence. All of us kind of watched something a little different. I'll be honest. I don't even know where you were.

[A]

Yeah, man, I kind of snuck away for a little bit. It's funny, I actually see myself in some of these clips right here off over there on the sideline a bit. I, I ran into some of the, the staff that I knew and got a chance to talk to Will Matthews and Huff a little bit. And so it was, it was. I was looking more on the, the other end of the field, more so than offensive. I was looking more towards the DBs and defensive line. And I think maybe, you know, it wasn't necessarily any singular player, but it was just. I did see, you know, a lot of that pep in their step that I was hoping to see on the first day. You know, in particular, DBs, you know, have an assortment of guys and body types that they can, you know, kind of look at as solutions to, you know, some of the things that must Champ is going to be looking to do. And, you know, I was really excited to see Jonah Williams, you know, out there moving around. I know pads aren't on yet, but he seemed unrestricted and, you know, just seem excited about being out there on the field. So for all intents and purposes, he looks, you know, ready to go. Also, at first, didn't really know. Trying to figure out who 72 was and, you know, had to end up looking at the sheet they had given us. Nicholas Robertson, man, he looks. He looks the part for a guy that not only is a freshman, but didn't go through spring camp. And he's somebody that I was trying to kind of keep an eye on. I think I may have shared with y' all before, or maybe it was on coffee and football that I have a younger cousin that is about a year behind him at Klein. And so I've had an opportunity to kind of see him over the last couple of years, and he definitely looks the part and is someone certainly that I think, you know, in a year's time or so, we'll. We'll factor into the equation. And then lastly, you know, I was impressed by, by seeing Nick Townsend. I think you see him there in the, in the middle of this shot, but, you know, certainly look like he's put on some good weight, and it hasn't really hindered any of his movement, you know, in the little bit that we were able to see. I mean, he made some nice snags. Of course, again, this is all on air and, and no pads, but for a first day, you know, I saw pretty much everything that, you know, I was hoping I would have seen. And that, you know, excites me for what, you know, this team can be going forward.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Actually, Marcus, I want to get your thoughts on this. Cj, I'll come back in a second. But, you know, I remember, you know, Sark and Kyle Flood had the big humans philosophy on the offensive line. They have had it for a long time, and maybe they're kind of not just bound to that anymore. But the last time I remember seeing Texas offensive lineman this big like they've got right now, I go back to, like, the, the William Winstons, the Lionel guards, like, guys during your time at Texas, Marcus, that were huge.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

The difference is, like, when I look at a guy like Jordan Coleman, like, I think about, like a Will Winston and Lionel guard, like, those guys, the upper body was huge. It's not like Jordan Coleman has a smaller upper body, but the big humans, they got. Now these dudes have, like, treats like oak trees for legs. Like, the lower half of these guys, I don't know if they're hitting the squats extra hard, Marcus, or what they're doing, but yeah, that's one thing with the offensive linemen. Yeah, they're big, but it's. It's the legs and the thighs and quite frankly, like the south end on these guys that are just like, I. I wonder how, how human beings are built that way.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, it's like you said, like, some of the guys from, from my time, you know, they had power and streng in their lower bodies. You just. It wasn't as present or prevalent, rather, you know, kind of. You mentioned Will Winston. Like, he, he had skinny, skinny legs, but he was one of our strongest squatters. So it was just one of those things in his build. You can definitely tell. And I think that was one of the things that, you know, I was also hoping to see is that, you know, most of these guys took their. Their time in the summer between the end of spring ball and the beginning of, you know, this camp. Seriously. And it looks like, you know, they've been kind of living in the weight room, making sure that whatever it is that their strength and conditioning coaches have been asking them to do, you know, is. Is something that they stayed on top of. So, you know, I think the. The. You know, for any of the. The stuff you've heard about, you know, guys going to tents and that kind of thing, man, look that. That I've seen that happen at every single camp. When it's this hot this early. It didn't look like guys were out of shape, right. It was just the heat got to a couple of guys, and that. That happens from time to time. I know y' all were there, you know, listening to some of Sark's comments and that kind of thing, so maybe he expounded more on that. But, you know, it. None of it was anything that gave me cause for pause. If anything, I was. I was pretty impressed with, you know, the. The bounce that these guys had in their step. And, you know, you know, we were all kind of standing around before they were, you know, getting ready to take the field, and you literally, like, hear them yelling in excitement. You know, they kind of sound like, you know, kids finally getting to open the Christmas present. And that's exactly what you want to see. Guys that are going out there with a purpose, with some intention about their work. And, you know, that's what I saw.

[B]

Yeah. C.J. sark even said after practice, he. He mentioned John Meredith. Like, John Meredith had to fight through some stuff today, but he did. But to Marcus's point, Sark mentioned this is probably in terms of the day one since he's been here, probably the fewest amount of, like, cramping issues and hydration issues they've had. So that's about as good a news as you can hope for a day one.

[C]

Yeah, absolutely. He said only five or six guys that were really affected by the temperature and cramping, and that feels like a big win in my book. It was 99. I know that we were all out there sweating. You know, you walk out to the

[B]

car after practice hotter than that, and

[C]

you sit there and you just go, God, but that was hot. Turn on, crank the AC all the way up, and those guys still had an hour and a half to go. So that, to me, is a win. I mean, Sark mentioned it as well. He felt like, he joked a little bit. He said, Year one we probably had 35 or 38 guys that at some point had to sit for a minute because of how hot it was. So to hear that that's the case for this team, that tells me that they were very invested in the strength and conditioning. They were bought in all the way from the time that the season ended last year. And again, quick note on John Meredith. Yeah, there's the tweet. He had to come off the field for a little bit. Again, a little exhausted, but he's the greenest any Texas player has ever been. For day one football practice. He was on, he moved to campus six days ago, seven days ago. Like that's at least for majority of freshmen. And we're talking about the, the group right now. Nick Robertson, Brinley, Tita, Elijah, Ali, who was on the backfield working today. All of those guys at least had summer, right? They had all of June, most of July and then they rolled into summer fall camp. John Meredith had about four days. So I'm gonna absolutely let that slide. He is a way ahead of schedule still. And again for this team to be where they were today, fitness wise. Check the box for me, C.J.

[A]

i was going to add real quick Jeff too, you know, to your point on Meredith, it wasn't all that different than, you know, when we were watching the basketball team yesterday and you saw Marcus Spears Jr. It's like you see the flashes and you see what he's going to be. But you also are quickly reminded like this guy is the freshman of all freshmen and should still be getting ready for like his first day of high school, right? Not competing against collegiate athletes. And so I think, you know, to me, for folks out there, you know, that kind of look into that stuff maybe more deeply than they should, in my opinion. Cut the kid a slack. Some slack. I mean he, he really is a kid.

[B]

I, I almost, I don't mean to sound like media snob Marcus, but that some of that stuff is like, tell me you've never been to a college football practice without telling me you've never been to a college football practice.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

That's just, that's. This is something to file away. All right, we'll hear from start coming up in just a minute. Including was some banter with the head coach and the OTF staff for you on the other side right now. Need to thank one of our sponsors. As a matter of fact, it's our lead sponsor here on the Wednesday night live stream that's Andy Ludicky and My Perfect Franchise. Are you stuck in the corporate rat race with two weeks of PTO with no control over the money you can make or your schedule in general? If that's you, then call Andy. He'll take you through a process that's going to help you find a business that fits your skill sets and your financial goals. Franchise ownership is something that's not for everyone. But if you have a desire to take control of your destiny, call Andy or email him@andy myperfectfranchise.net Again, that's [e-mail] and a big shout out to Andy Ludicky and my perfect franchise response in the Wednesday night live stream here on Texas Football. All right, producer Matt's got some clips queued up from SART today. Shout out to Matthew for getting that done. We're gonna hear actually some questions from the OTF staff. The first one, first clip you'll hear. It's actually a question that Bobby asked Sark. Pretty simple question, who had a good practice today? So I'm not gonna tease it. Just want everybody to hear the names that the head coach throw out of guys that he felt stood out on day one. A couple of players have good practices. First one out.

[D]

Oh, you guys always hit me with that one. You know, I thought Arch had a good day. I've seen a lot of rough quarterback days. First day of practice. The defenses have seen all these same plays all, you know, feel like all summer long. I thought he looked good. I thought a couple of the runners. Hollywood had some nice runs. I thought Michael Terry showed up running the ball. I thought defensively, you know, Rasheed Biles was flying around, you know, so a lot of positive, positive stuff. It was good to have see Jermaine back on offense too. I thought he did a couple nice things for us there.

[B]

Yeah. Our colleague Jordan Scruggs has some video posted on the Twitter machine of Jermaine Bishop. As a matter of fact, I think producer Matt played some of that in the first segment tonight. Guys, any thoughts on any of the guys Sark mentioned? CJ I know, and there's we got a super. Actually let's go ahead and just get to the Super Chat right now since it was asked about. But Rocky P had the super Chat. So Michael Terry's build makes you wonder what he could be. If he can figure out the running back position, he could be different. Hope he figures it out this year. Thank you, Rocky P for the super chat CJ it's way, way premature to say Michael Terry's got it figured out day one, but it's an interesting camp for him because what is his role going to be? Can he grow into that position? Got some really talented guys in front of him. Reps are going to be hard to come by, but I, I, I would say if Stark's going out of his way to mention Michael Terry, probably off to a pretty good start.

[C]

Anytime a player that didn't see a lot of time freshman year or anytime a freshman is mentioned in general because Derek Cooper was involved in a clip that we'll talk about here in a minute, anytime their name's brought up, jot that down. Now for Michael Terry. He's in a very crowded room. And we've talked about this all the way from day one of the off season. When Texas brought in Hollywood Smothers, when they brought in Raleigh Brown, when Derek Cooper arrived on campus, sat there and said, okay, there's, there's the replacements for CJ Baxter, Trey Wisner or Christian Clark, A Jarrett Gibson. Texas has found elite level talent to come in and play right away. Now, Michael Terry coming out of high school had a ton of talent, ton of potential, but it was all untapped and it was up to him and it was up to the staff to get it out of him. There's a lot of conversations this offseason that, hey, you need to run with more physicality, right? Use your size to your advantage. He'll get that opportunity over the next four weeks. But day one, Jeff, it's a positive sign that, okay, Steve Sarkeesian mentioned him, right? He is on the radar for the head ball coach. And the other thing I'll mention is this. When we watch a lot of what was taking place in terms of the order for the running backs, Hollywood Smothers, then Raleigh Brown today. Ryan Niblet went third, Derek Cooper was fourth. So he had in this instance already supplanted Michael Terry and James Simon. James Simon was behind Michael Terry. Michael Terry was right there behind Derek Cooper. So that was kind of the pecking order at the moment. Now it's up to Michael Terry for whenever the Pads come on, he can showcase what talent he has. So this staff knows what they have. Him.

[B]

Yeah. Marcus and Rocky, thank you for the super chat. Let's go ahead and get the all right, Cube, super chat. Marcus just dovetailed right into that. So who gets more yards this year, Religion Brown or Hollywood Smothers? And do either of them hit a thousand? I can't wait to see these guys. Marcus. I'm gonna give the politically correct answer. Who gets more yards this year, Relik Brown or Hollywood Smothers? I don't think it matters. I don't think either of them hit a thousand, but I, I don't think it really matters. It. It's probably gonna be one of those deals where it may be a. A game to game, week to week, may shoot, maybe even half the half basis this year in terms of which one of those guys has the hot hand.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, you know, some of it's going to come down to just the, the overall touches as well. Right. It doesn't necessarily have to be carries. I think they could, you know, both be used out of the backfield. Certainly. We know, you know, Raleigh is pretty dynamic in that respect, but I don't think, you know, Hollywood is anything to necessarily slouch at there either. And so I'm kind of with you. I'm not, I'm not as worried about, you know, them hitting a thousand. I know, you know, historically Sark has had some guys do that, but I also think that this room is dynamic enough to. Where you don't necessarily need that. I, I don't think I mentioned it earlier, but I will say, like, even from the springtime when, you know, we saw him to now, Derek Cooper, man, like, he, he, he's. He's added maybe even more good weight, you know, and it's, it's like it, he, he's just a different body that's in that room. And so, you know, to the point of the earlier question, even on Michael Terry, it's, It's kind of tough, you know, I don't know if it's. I struggle with the conversation around him figuring it out and, or him being wasted. It's like at this point, for a season, you know, that most are billing as kind of a make or break, or if you can't, you know, win it all, make a serious run type, you know, season, then. Then when can you. Who are you taking off the field right now to put him on and where are you going to do that? Right. And I think one of the things we also talked about a bit in the spring or as we were coming out of the spring, is really the spring is kind of where you want to establish yourself in somewhat of a pecking order, because by the time you get to, you know, fall camp, training camp, whatever you want to call it in August, there's really not a whole lot of days for much to be determined in some of these spots and before you know it, they're going to be game planning, right? I mean, we're sitting here on August 5th and within two weeks, you know, they're going to be getting ready for Texas State. So I just think that I'm really happy with what the overall look of the room is currently. And it's a long season, you know, especially if, you know, you're trying to make a deep run. So there certainly could be, you know, opportunities for Michael Terry down the road. But you know, I think, make no mistake about it, it'll be a heavy dose of, you know, the two that we're discussing here in the super chat. And I, I struggle to see, you know, Derek Cooper being on the sideline for too, too long as well.

[B]

I don't think we've talked about enough. Can I interest you gentlemen in some numbers from Sark's past that I think could resemble this run game? I want to present to you back to back seasons when Sark called plays. We got to go all the way back to 2007 and 2008 when Sark actually was the play caller at USC. 2007 USC offense, their leading rusher was Chauncey Washington ran for 969 on 5 yards per attempt. Stefan Johnson, who was their bigger back, 673 6.9 per carry. Their third leading rusher was Joe McKnight, 545.7. Joe McKnight also caught 23 balls the following year. So that's three guys went over 500 yards the following year. This was Sarge last year calling plays at USC. Stefan Johnson led the way with 705 5.1 per carry. Joe McKnight, 659 7.4 per carry. And then C.J. gable, 617 5.8 per carry. So back to back years at SC, Sark had at least three guys rush for at least 500 yards. I, I think C.J. you could maybe see this backfield. There's a chance you could see this backfield replicate that production, especially when you spread it out maybe over a 16, 17 game season.

[C]

Look, I, I think that would be fantastic because it's a lot of mouths to feed. That's a lot of people. You got to keep happy at the wide receiver position. Very much the same when it comes to keeping a Jermaine Bishop happy, a Cully Clockett happy. Right. Dale McCutcheon was guy that freshman year. Saw a lot of time on the field. How do you keep all of these guys involved? I'LL even argue this, Jeff, because I'm glad that you included the yards per carry. If all three of those backs are north of 5.5, I mean, I don't care what they run for, but I know that every time that they touch the football, you're gaining trunk yardage. And so that's something that I look at. I don't have the numbers off the top of my head right now for a Wisner or Baxter or Clark or Gibson a year ago, but I know that when you look at the yards per carry tallies, that boy, were they ugly, right? They were not pretty. It was the lowest of the Sark tenure. I'm ready for those rushing averages per attempt to go back to what Bijon averaged, right? A 5.5 plus Jaden Blue, Jonathan Brooks, all north of, I think Jonathan brooks was around 7 actually, the year before he took over as the lead back. Is that likely this year? It's probably not. Probably not in the SEC, but anything north of 5, I would be happy with any north of Anything north of 5.5, I think, is what you're really looking at saying. This run game clicks and that's what this offense desperately needs to be able to say.

[B]

C.J. because you brought it up, I, I won't spend too much time harping on it, but the yards per carry last year at the running back position, it was gross. Trey Wisner, 4.6, Christian Clark 4.3, C.J. baxter, 3.6, jib4, jibson 4.1, James Simon, 4.2. So Trey Wisner, basically Arch Manning and Christian Clark were both at 4.3. The only guy that had a higher yards per carry was Trey Wiser, 4.6. So, yeah, it was pretty gross. Not, not good. C.J. you had a question for Sark today about we've been talking about guys being in shape, what the bodies look like. Sark had a really good answer to a question, your question about body transformations. And at the start of this clip, I think you'll also hear Sark with some little back and forth, a little banter with one particular member of the OTF staff.

[D]

And I think the older the vets get it. And now it's trying to teach some of the younger guys to not read your articles, you know, and focus on what what their position coach is saying in their meeting room and how they can get better.

[A]

We don't read our own article

[C]

from the spring. Nick Townsend looks like a body that's transformed quite a bit out outside of just him. But have you noticed anyone in particular from the spring, and now that's really kind of taken to that summer conditioning. And just wait.

[D]

You know, I was. I'll tell you who I was impressed with the other way was Ian Jaffard. You know, where his weight is at, what his body looks like right now, and his ability to move, that's super encouraging for us. Like, this guy's down almost 25 pounds now, you know, and so I look at it. I look at it both ways. You know, guys who have built up. Cullen Brown looks phenomenal. I mean, you talk about a guy who's bought into a college program, and I always forget guys after the fact. I should have said him or said him. And Derek Cooper, for a guy who's just should, you know, just getting here, looks great. So a lot of the guys have bought into it. Like I said, I think Coach Becton and his team do a great job with our guys all summer long. And I thought this team bought into the summer. You know, they were really committed to the summer. I thought it was healthy.

[B]

Yeah. So that was Jerry responding to Sark, saying, we don't read our own articles either. Sark seemed to like it. Cj, you, you, you did ask a really good question about body transformations.

[C]

I, I.

[B]

Look, Andrew Far is just a. Is a massive human being. Just. There's a lot of mass there, but you could tell, like, he doesn't. It doesn't look sloppy. Like, whatever he is. 375. 370. 365. Whatever he is, he carries it about as well as you can carry that amount of weight.

[C]

I don't know how well anybody carries that weight, but Jaffrahad certainly looks like he at least handles that weight well. And we've, of course, seen 460 snaps a year ago of him playing 20 pounds heavier than what he's looking like today. So if you need any reason for confirmation that Texas has a solid contributor on the interior defensive line, that would be that. But, Marcus, you mentioned it earlier, and Jeff, this was originally going to be my biggest takeaway of the day, but, boy, Nick Townsend looks phenomenal. Yeah, he looks absolutely phenomenal. A guy that a year ago was around 238, 240. He got all the way up to around 257 this summer. He's listed at 250. I think he's right in that 250 to 255 range right now. But, boy, he looks good, and we saw him contribute and really, I mean, blow the socks off of a few dudes. As, you know, inside zone, you know, split zone, pulling tight end, whatever it might have been. Anytime that he was in motion, he was hitting the hell out of somebody. And now he's added about 15 pounds to his frame. Marcus, am I wrong? I don't want to be on the other end of that if I'm a fourth quarter linebacker, seeing Nick Townsend or even a Michael Massunas on the field. So that was a positive. Andrew Fard, very much a positive. But to also hear Con Brown, Derek Cooper, love that as well.

[A]

Yeah, now you're not wrong, man. Like I said, he, he, he was out there moving well, you know, for the time we were able to see him. And it, as much as you can tell that he's, you know, really worked at reshaping his body and kind of, you know, adding on more of that armor, if you will it. You can't tell when he's moving that it's, you know, anything that's a hindrance. Right. You know, you sometimes hear about guys getting a little too low. I mean, even Arch had talked about it some right at SEC media days, how, you know, it kind of gotten up to where he didn't feel as comfortable with his movement. Now he's back down to where he's feeling, you know, better. And so in this instance, it just looks like whatever Nick Townsend is doing with Ray Becton and his in, his staff is dialed in pretty well and that he's primed to not just be, you know, the guy that's running full speed as a freshman and banging into someone, but maybe not always going to the right spot or, you know, the ways that Sark has kind of phrased it before. He looks like he's more comfortable and a bit more of a complete tight end now.

[C]

No, I, I completely agree. There's, I watched a lot of the tight ends today. Of course they're the closest ones to where a lot of the media kind of hangs out and watches practice. That's a big room like that is a much larger room than what I thought maybe a few years has has seen at the tight end room. You know, typically you'll have a guy in that two or three deep that is a little shorter, a little smaller. You know, Juan Davis was kind of that flex tight end for a little bit. Jack injuries a year ago was probably needing, you know, Sandwich to hit 240 consistently. This room looks much larger.

[D]

Right.

[C]

You have a fourth year guy with Spencer Shannon, 6 foot 6, 245 pounds. Massunas looks like he's been a guy in the Big Ten who knows the importance of size with also having that agility to block to the second level. So that was something that I noticed. But I also wanted to mention Steve Kasula, the former co offensive coordinator that Texas brought in. He was at Michigan. He was also the tight ends coach there. I knew that when you add guys like that with you know plenty of coaching history it's, it's probably a positive four year program. Boy, he was as hands on as I've ever seen a non position coach at the University of Texas. And to hear how the critiques but also the encouragement would come for a lot of these step by step drills that they would do for blocking or climbing to the second level. Right on that, on that sideline that was, that was really interesting to me. Banks was there of course, but Kasula and what he added to that tight end room, I think you're really going to see a step forward in, in run blocking from that unit this year.

[B]

All right, we've got one more SAR clip to get to. We'll get to it right after. Thank another one of our sponsors tonight and shout out to one of our long running sponsors here at on Texas Football. Shout out to Laura Baker. This edition of All Texas Football is brought to you by accomplished Austin Wheeler, Laura Baker. Laura and the Andy Allen team at Keller Williams can handle all of your real estate needs in the Austin area. Laura's not only a die hard Longhorn fan, she's a long time awesome. So give her a shot at 512-784-0505. Again that's 512-784-0505 and a big shout out to Laura Baker. Response from the Wednesday night live stream here on Texas. Let's get the super chat real quick. Got a couple. Let's get the Silver spurs sicko. Thank you for the super chat said I think we will be more physical than last year but I think we may legit try to Florida. Hey Marcus, when we talk about Nick Townsend like that's been one of my things going back to like late last year when he started playing. He's gonna hit somebody going full speed and it looks like it hurts. It may not be the right guy but he's gonna hit somebody. The only thing I can compare it to just like the violence that he can connect with. It reminds me of stuff like I remember that first spring when Earl Thomas coming off his red shirt year. I forget which tight end it was. I can't remember if it was Ian Harris or Josh Marshall. But it was one of them. Earl had hit them so hard in practice, the injury was like he fractured his shoulder blade. I'm like, you can hit someone that hard that you can actually do that. Like, when I watch Nick Townsend just with the almost malicious intent, when he's got his eyes locked on somebody, he's going to block, like, that's kind of the closest thing I can compare it to.

[A]

Yeah, I think that's fair, man. You know, it. I. I would. I would like to think that this team is going to be more physical. I. I'll tell you that once I see, you know, some pads on. Everything looks pretty today, and, you know, we'll look the same tomorrow, right?

[B]

And.

[A]

And so, you know, it's a little tougher to judge it, but it definitely seems like they have the intensity and the will, you know, to, you know, kind of carry that more of a physical mindset. And to your point about, you know, the. The, you know, tight end, assistant or analyst or whatever. C.J. like, you know, if he wasn't one of the more vocal guys at times, I was close to him and hearing him kind of getting after it, and you could still hear MUS champ on the other end of the field. So I think, you know, with. With elements of that alone does tell me that, like, these guys are. Guys are dialed in about their business and, you know, have very high expectations for these, you know, young men. And. And those expectations are not such that they're expecting them to go out there and be finesse guys. And so I certainly hope that Silver Spur sicko is right and that it is, you know, permeating throughout the team. And, you know, we'll find that out here soon enough.

[B]

We've got a super chat relating to the last Sark clip. I want to play. So let's get to that. This was Sark talking about what he liked about day one of camp.

[D]

Fun sweating. It was great. It was hot. But I love training camp. You know, we. We do so much right now in our profession that when you get two hours on the grass with your team, like, I eat that up. And it was. It was fun for me. You know, I tried to really watch our team today and not just be so enamored with just the quarterback and the receivers. I was trying to watch a little bit more, get a sense and a feel. Like I said, I wanted to see our coaches coach. We got some. Some new faces, and so I enjoyed it. I had a blast.

[B]

Sarg mentioned new faces. Just. The dude has a super chat. Thank you for the super chat said, I know I'm super late. Can I get the skinny on Stoops being added to the staff? Guys, it was weird. Just, it was weird a couple years ago going out to practice in Gary Patterson in Texas gear. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a member of the Stoops family. Mark Stoops, former Kentucky head coach as Jerry mentioned on our practice thread over on Texas football, almost Texas A M head coach Mark Stoops at Denius in Texas gear, it's C.J. i don't have words, man. I not. Nothing surprises me anymore, but still, it's takes some time for your eyes to adjust.

[C]

At any time, anytime a Stoops family member is mentioned with Texas, you're assuming it's on one side of the hate spectrum. To see him supporting the orange, the burnt orange hat, the Texas across the, the front of the shirt took me a minute. It took me a few minutes.

[A]

See, I'm, I'm a little different on this one. Like, to me, it didn't really register as something that was odd. And, and while I understand kind of the, the gravitational pull you, if you will, of like the Stoops name, I never really associated him with the other two, and maybe I'm just wrong for that. But, like, I just, I never really put him in the same kind of camp as the other two. So when I saw him, I was just like, all right, this is cool.

[B]

To your point, Marcus, Mark Stoops never coached at Oklahoma, so he was not on that side of the rivalry. You know, he's been in, in plenty of other places. He was Mike Stoops, defensive coordinator at Arizona. You want, you want to talk about Mark Stoops being around some dudes? You wanted some town evaluation. How about Mark stoop's job from 2001 to 2003, the DB's coach at Miami. You think he saw some dudes, some guys that could play? I mean, he's coaching Sean Taylor, Philip Buchanan and Mike Rump and going down the list. Yeah, it's just, it's, it's interesting to see guys that, you know. And I'll say this too, C.J. and I think you mentioned the Steve Kazula hire earlier. Billy Gonzalez is on this staff. You know that Steve Kazula was called.

[D]

Please.

[B]

But a play caller at Michigan. Billy Gonzalez was interim head coach at Florida, obviously. Mark Stoops long, long tenured SEC coach at Kentucky. I mean, a lot of what Kentucky football is, is what Mark Stoops did during his tenure there. Yeah, I don't Think you'll ever see a program be kind of what Nick Saban had with that coaching car wash. But I think a lot of coaches, CJ are realizing, hey, if I've been fired or I'm between jobs, if I just want to kind of take a, take a step back from recruiting or head coaching duties or whatever for a year and just go relearn football, just kind of as they used to say in, in wrestling, hey, you need to go to a new territory, learn a new hold. Go learn a new hold. Hey, Texas isn't a bad place to do that. Go hang out on Sark staff, hang out in Austin, be around some NFL caliber talent, get you a chance to go win a conference championship, international championship. Texas isn't a bad place to spend a year or two.

[C]

I think hanging out in Austin is a big selling point for a lot of these coaches when they're in between their high paying, you know, more illustrious positions in college football. But again, this is a healthy program. This is a team that's competed at a high level over the last couple of years. It would make sense. And even then you mentioned Gary Patterson earlier, Paul Chris was a big piece. Neil Brown Obviously, Joe DeCamillis, one of the best special teams minds and in all of football really just it keeps the ideas fresh and that's why I'm so supportive of going this route and just adding any coach with head coaching experience, play calling experience, shoot big time recruiting experience. Come on in if you're in between, be a part of the staff. I think it's brilliant. Yeah.

[A]

And even from like I'm sorry, go ahead Jeff.

[B]

Oh no. Well what I was going to ask you Marcus and you can expand on this and obviously you know, elaborate on what CJ said but when you talk about stuff like penalties and being buttoned up, that's where Mark Stoops can help this staff and help Sark so much about just playing disciplined football. And hey, how do you get a team to be that discipline? Because when you're at Kentucky as long as he was, you're never going to out talent Georgia or Florida or LSU or pretty much dang near everybody on your schedule At Kentucky you're. And not to say they didn't have players there, but you, you have to win a lot of football games like hey, we can't turn the ball over, we can't commit a bunch of penalties. That's how you win football games when you don't out talent people. So I feel like that part of what he brings in CJ Mentioned Paul Chris really helping Sark with kind of some of the, the game day management stuff. I know Joe D. Camilla's helped with some of that too. In addition to special team stuff, Neil Brown knows a lot about, hey, here's some stuff you can, you need a quarterback run game with Arch and let me help with the red zone stuff. I think that stuff was what Mark Stoops can help with and stuff like, hey, when you go to, you've never been to Baton Rouge, but hey, when you go to Baton Rouge, here's how you can expect them to call the game and here's how you can handle some of these. Absolute float place. Knoxville is a place that a lot of guys on the staff haven't been. Mark Stuben has been there. Just having somebody that understands the culture of road trips and officiating in the up can help you check off boxes.

[A]

Yeah. And I mean when you add that, you know, to the other pieces that they brought in, right. You see them right there talking to Blake Gideon. So between those two and, and Will Muschamp, like I think they've seen, you know, some, some high level, you know, football, you know, and, and both, you know, of those two in this specific one.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Like if you think about some of the teams Gideon even had to face, whether it was a Miami or whomever it was, like they were having to find ways to attack weaknesses with a less talented roster. Right. And so to your, you know, earlier point, Jeff, imagine what Stoops can add from a self scouting perspective where it's like, hey, this is what we had to do to have success against these guys. And you know, most of my, most of my guys didn't have half the talent that some of the guys that we're going to have, you know, working with here at Texas, Will. And so I think, you know, whether it's that, to your point, I think the penalty, you know, emphasis is going to be huge. And that's something that, you know, I've, I've, you know, kind of heard that is definitely been an area of focus and not something that anyone has shied away from. So I just think that the addition of guys like that, while it'll, you know, likely feel under the radar, you'll end up seeing some imprints in some spots that'll really matter and they may never truly get the credit for it, but will certainly have, you know, an impact on how things can go this season.

[B]

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[C]

Yeah, but it's. If there's one time in which you feel really young and spry, it's probably day one of fall camp, especially after all of the really, all the political nonsense that these coaches have to put up during the off season with. Now, I'll say this as well. That was one of the more energetic, upbeat, happy Steve Sarkeesians I've ever seen when it came to a, a post practice, a post game, any of these availabilities that we get with them. Yeah, I thought he was in a very energetic mood.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, you can tell, you can tell he likes this team. Marcus.

[A]

Yeah, you know, that's where I was going to kind of go is like, man, like, y' all are tough on these guys, like, not, not y'.

[C]

All.

[A]

But, you know, sometimes I think our, it was like a million degrees out there. Sark doesn't really rock a hat. Like, he was out there much longer than us. Like, to me, it looked like a guy that just been in the sun a lot. But then on top of that, like, if I'm not mistaken, he has a young child. Like, I mean, on top of, you know, being, you know, the, the captain of the ship of, you know, one of the, the programs in the country that has the most eyeballs on it. So, like, I, I, I, I certainly understand, you know, some of the, the, the thought around it, but, like, he seemed, you know, as alive as can be and as spry and excited and willing to, you know, express his pleasure and how his, his team, you know, came out and performed on a really hot day for a season that I'm sure he knows has all the expectations in the world on, on it outside of the ones that he has for, for himself. Right. So I guess I look at it more as just, you know, he's, he's been here for a minute. I think he, you know, feels a lot better about how to handle the Austin media and all the things. And in terms of, you know, if you're referencing just, I guess in the super chat, like, how he looked today, looked like a guy that had been in, you know, probably 106 on the field type weather for two plus hours.

[B]

Yeah, Sark doesn't look that much different from now from when he, he took the job. But yeah, give it, give it another three or four years and you'll probably notice a difference like you do with a lot of coaches, like, hey, go, go back and look at a picture of Mac Brown in 1998, and then look at a picture of Mac Brown in 2013. That.

[A]

That job.

[B]

Not the same guy at all. Just for reference there. Hey, Matt, can we put that picture up of Mark Stoops one more time? Because Marcus said something that I wanted to bring up real quick. So, like, Sark is a. As Marcus said, he's a long sleeve, dry fit guy, short sunglasses. That's Sark's practice attire. It's nothing fancy. If it's cold outside, like, during spring ball, it gets like, that's. Maybe he'll go hoodie. How does Blake Gideon hit the practice field with, like, the legit, like, cotton hoodie on? Like, I. He does it. Bo Davis. Bo Davis would go like, old school sweatshirt. Nobody's doing that anymore. I think Kyle Flood goes long sleeves. Marcus, I had the long sleeve, dry fit on today, which is one thing. I don't know how some of these guys can just go, like, the old school, like, cotton hoodie or sweatshirt. Like, that's insanity to me.

[A]

Huff was out there in all black.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Black hood, hood on. Right. And that's always been his thing. But, like, he had the hood up. Like, I, I don't know. I mean, sometimes I'll wear, you know, a black shirt outside. Like, I don't, I don't mind doing that if it's hot, but I gotta have some shorts in this one, man. Like, I just. I don't know now if I'm cutting the lawn, maybe that's a little different. And so maybe this is somewhat of their approach. Right. Like, they're going to be out in the sun. So, you know, rather than get all burned up and have to worry about putting on, you know, sunscreen or something, they'd rather be protected. But, man, it's hot. It was hot.

[B]

Yeah. Cj, we saw Michael Huff pull up to the practice field in his Hummer. Like, not. Didn't even park in an actual spot. Just pulled up right next to the practice field, right next to Dennis on the curb. Sark might be over Michael Huff on the organizational chart, but I'm convinced at this point, Michael Huff answers to nobody. Like, you gonna go tell Michael Huff to move his car? Go tell him what to do? Like, no, I don't think Huff answers to anybody at this point.

[C]

Look, if they were practicing in the bubble. Bubble, I think Michael Huff could park his car on, like, the 15 yard line. They should be like, yeah, hey, that's why we're inside, you know?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, you get that sort of clearance when you've done as much for the program and stuck around for the program, like Huff. So. But Marcus, you're right. I mean, he's always in a hoodie. He's always in pants. And I did. I did ask a coach about this a couple years ago. I said, dude, it's. We're in Texas. It's 100 degrees. How are you in a. A hoodie like this? And, you know, they looked at me like, you don't. You don't understand perspiration. I'm like, I understand heat. I understand that I don't want to be in a hoodie like this all day. And he goes, well, you start to sweat. The sweat gets on the inside of the hoodie, and then every time that you move, it's kind of like you cool yourself off because of the sweat that's attached to your hoodie. I'm like, dude, to hell with that. Like, I'd rather just go get a T shirt, shorts, lather up in some sunscreen, and get myself, like, a nice little cold rag. And he goes, you'll learn one day. I'm like, I hope I don't.

[B]

No, I. Look, man, I. I had the sweat towel today, and I had the hood. I was using the hood for its function to put on my head. So, yeah, I'm taking. Taking all the precautions on the practice field today.

[C]

You know what they didn't have today? I believe they had it last year. Maybe it was two years ago, but it was an ice box, right? They used to have it in between the bubble in the field. They used to also have one right outside of the locker room when the team would return from practice. And you'd sit there, you'd hop in. It's basically like a cool tank or a, you know, ice chest. They didn't have one of those today. And, boy, if it weren't for a lot of coaches, I sure saw a lot of UT personnel who I'm sure would have loved to have had five minutes in that bad boy.

[A]

Now, Jeff, you'll appreciate this. I go, big man town, right? So every hotel I go to, I'm leaving with the medium sized towel. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So I had that out there. And honestly, I was. I mean, as it was hot for me watching these guys work, but it. It. There was a nice little breeze. They had some tents up to where you could kind of duck off in the shade here and there, you know, So I know we were kind of scrambling around in the limited time that we had, but there's been Worse days in Austin. You know, to be out at a practice there has.

[B]

Yeah, I believe somebody said it in here. Pan production said you guys are indoor bodies. Yes, for sure. At this point in my life outside, A thousand.

[A]

Yeah, a thousand percent.

[B]

That's what. That's why we keep you on staff, Marcus. It balances things out. You gotta. You gotta. We gotta balance things out.

[C]

You.

[B]

Between you, Rod, Jerry stays in pretty good shape. You gotta Just gotta balance things out. All right, let's go ahead and get to get some more of your questions. We got a couple supers we got to get to. Thanks, everybody, for the super chats. Justin Yarbrough. Justin, thank you as always for the questions and for the supersets. A great job today, fellas. Very exciting stuff. Did mushamp have to get on anyone?

[D]

Too bad.

[B]

Also, if y' all need an umbrella guy for mini windows, I'm your guy. I'm in this heat every day. I'll be honest that I don't know if you guys can answer the must champ thing. I was up on the top field with the offensive line, so didn't really hear too much. I know there were some guys during routes on air. I could hear Sark barking a little bit, but didn't I, didn't I. I could hear Will much champ, but not as consistently as I would have liked under normal.

[C]

I didn't.

[A]

I didn't hear him ripping anybody. I. I just heard him being must jam, you know, he was excited to be out there on the grass and. And coaching those guys up and coaching them hard. So that. That was kind of what I hear. I didn't. It didn't seem like he was, you know, laying into anyone, which is probably a good thing, right? It's a. It's a sign that for the most part, the guys are doing what they're being coached to do.

[C]

Yeah, I don't think it was anything out of the ordinary. Also, I wanted to address this in Island Rapture. That's what he wants you to think. That's what he wants you to think.

[B]

Look, I love Jerry to death, but just like our time in Tampa at SEC media days was a perfect summation of what it's like, work with Jerry. Be like, what'd Jerry do last night? I'm like, I didn't see him. And you know what? As long as Jerry shows up for coffee and football when it starts, I don't really. I don't want to know what Jerry did last night. As long as he shows up for coffee and football, that's fine. So that's. That's all I'm concerned with. With Jerry. We have a. We have a great time with Jerry. I have a great. Actually, I have a great time as a staff. Love, love working with the OTF staff. Texas on my. Justin, thank you for the super. Texas on My Mind has a Super chat. Says C.J. great to hear. Jonah Williams ran off the bus faster than any other player. Confirms all of our suspicions. He goes undefeated and Jonah wins the Thorpe. I need my little Woody Page chalkboard because it is now go back to zero live streams and somebody has mentioned Jonah Williams that we've talked about him. Yeah, I mean, look, that's. That's positive, right? Donor was on the practice field.

[C]

I loved it.

[B]

I.

[C]

We all kind of stood on the other side of the street. Of course, that's kind of how these practices begin. The buses come, they unload, they get to the field, and, you know, there's bus 1, 2, and 3. When Jonah got off, it was a dead sprint onto the middle of the field. And, you know, maybe it's just someone that's on the younger side. They understand that this is a big opportunity for them to go prove themselves to a coaching staff, one that, you know, they. They haven't had an opportunity to do before. So I'm sure this was a moment for Jonah Williams to just sit there and say, dude, I'm ready to play some football. It's been a long time for me to be out here on a football field with the helmet on. I'm pumped up. I also love seeing Derrick Williams. I don't know if y' all notice this, but Derek, or, sorry, Derek Cooper gets off the bus, takes a couple steps, and just a big howl like, Like a wolf, like, let's go. You know, one of those. Let's go. Well, I'm not going to be able to do it now, but it's like, I like seeing it. I like seeing the rowdiness. I like seeing the passion come out of guys who want to practice at 2:30 for four and a. Or two and a half hours in the middle of Texas heat. Because I'm sure by practice five, by practice 12, Marcus, you can attest to this. You're going to need a guy like that because you're going to have 30, 40, 80 guys on the team say, God, I don't want to do this again.

[A]

Yeah. And it's, you know, I want to be clear, like, this isn't us trying to. I'll speak for me. I. I know you guys well enough to. To believe that, you know, you'll probably share the sentiment. This isn't me saying anything about what I think he's going to do on the field. Right. It's just acknowledging the fact that sometimes with guys, you can just see, you know, if they've battled through injury. I've been through it myself. And when you finally kind of feel like, okay, at least on day one, I don't feel like I'm held back by anything. It's. It's kind of like a breath of fresh air for you. It's a. It's a. It's a sigh of relief. And Jonah just has that upbeat, kind of spunky personality. And so on the flip side of that, I would have been a little more concerned, whether it's, you know, overanalyzing or what have you, if he was just kind of like, dragging to get on the field and. And wasn't chomping at the bit. So, again, this doesn't, you know, ultimately say one way or the other about how his year is going to go. I was just happy for the young man, right. I was just happy that it seemed like he was excited about being out there because he's been banged up for a while, right. And he's had situations where he hasn't been able to be with his team and going, you know, full go, whether it was on the baseball field or, you know, football field workouts, what have you. And so, you know, we've talked about it before where this is, you know, the first time in a while where he's actually had some time to sit, recover, and then, you know, kind of get his body back. Right. So again, like I said before, it'll. The story will be told of once the pads come on and is he able to stay healthy. But I'm just happy for the young man as a person, right. Because he's a really good kid. I've had a chance to talk to him before, few times, and it's just someone that you can tell, you know, wants to be able to go out there and do good things and just needs his body to. To hold up, you know, it's into the park.

[B]

One thing I do want to mention, we'll get back to your questions here in just a sec, but we haven't mentioned this, and I do want to mention it. The Cole Hudson situation as far as, like, the big hurdle has been resolved. Bobby Burton reported this a little while ago. A little earlier this evening, Cole Hudson has reached an agreement with the NCAA that voids his needs for an Aug. 10 court date seeking eligibility for the 2026 season. The NCAA agreed that Hudson situation applies the same as the Wise case covering the class of 2022 recruits which granted the class five years to play.

[A]

5.

[B]

The agreement paves way for Hudson to return to the Longhorns for this season. Don't know what that means, cj. As far as do we see Cole Hudson on the practice for tomorrow? We are scheduled to get a viewing window for tomorrow's practice. I don't know that we'll see Cole Hudson, but he doesn't need the August 10th hearing like he is. He is good to go at this point if everything works out.

[C]

Yeah, no, I was wondering as I went to Cobble Bob's earlier, so I'm feeling really fat now, but that was when Bobby ended up publishing or putting out this nugget on Cole Hudson and it made me think it was okay, well, how quickly would he be in Austin? Would he be at Denny's? Right. How quickly could he be on the field? And look, depth, experience, you'll never turn it down on the offensive line, especially when you had a year as rocky as a year ago. But it's going to be really interesting how this battle shakes out for the Longhorns at left guard because that's a lot of. We talked about it with the running backs and the wide receivers earlier, the mouths, the feed. If you're Kyle Flood, how do you have enough opportunity for the guys in this competition to get the reps that are necessary for Kyle Flood and Steve Sarkeesian to determine who's the top guy? So, look, you never turn it down, but that's a tough spot for those coaches to sit there and evaluate what they have going into week one.

[B]

Yeah, for sure. You know, with Cole Hudson, Marcus, I, I, look, it's not, I'm not knocking Cole Hudson at all. This isn't a knock. But there's a big difference between staying in shape on your own, doing what you can while you're hanging out in Austin waiting on a court case, and doing what the rest of the offensive line's been doing. I think the CJ's point about reps, I'm, I'm less concerned about reps and more concerned of, hey, can, how quickly can you get him acclimated just from the conditioning standpoint, the stamina standpoint, like get him ramped back up with him? He's played so much. I'm not so much worried about that part of it because I think the minute you determine or you Deem that his conditioning and the stamina is on par or better, whatever, compared to where he was when he left the program after the Citrus Bowl. To me, he automatically, I think, becomes your sixth offensive lineman because he gives you depth at either guard spot or center. He's your most experienced guy at that point. I don't think it's fair to expect him to compete for the left guard job, but that's kind of my expectation for him, is that he just basically becomes your top backup.

[A]

Yeah, mine's pretty well in line with that. I think the only other thing I would add is, like, I. I wouldn't be rushing, you know, him to have to get somewhere, you know, with any, you know, short timeline, if you will. Right. Like, even with Ohio State coming up in the second game, again, it's a long year, so I'd rather, you know, him be able to kind of get back into the fold if this all goes, you know, the way that he's hoping it does for the depth. And then he kind of becomes that swing guy. To your point, Jeff, that's, you know, one of your. Your top backups that you could insert, you know, as needed. So, you know, I know it's kind of a polarizing topic just from the standpoint of, like, this whole 22, you know, recruiting class kind of thing and all the stuff that's going on with the lawsuits. But to your point, I don't. I don't know if there's any expectation, you know, from anyone that he's starting. And if anything, it's just found money for sure.

[B]

All right, let's. Let's get to some of your questions. Seth. CP we can confirm C.J. was not in Norman, Oklahoma, today watching practice. So C.J. was. No, he was on 40 acres with the rest of us. Got a defensive back question, and we'll just kind of go through these real quick. Says, where do you see Jordan Johnson Rebel fitting into the secondary? One of those many bodies. C.J. s, if you'll say this. I was encouraged to talk about guys that just need to get on the field, be healthy and get snaps. Good to see zealous Hicks moving around today.

[C]

Absolutely. I'm not sure for Jordan Johnson, Rubell, you know, he was a guy that moved down the linebacker for the bowl game. You. You added a body, really, two bodies with Jonah Williams returning healthy to that room, and of course, Kobe Black moving over from corner. So again, we've talked about it, a number of positions so far, but depth is high, competition is high. Jordan Johnson, Rubell is just going to be another body that fights and scraps for snaps that he believes should be his.

[B]

Connor C. Which of the receivers do y' all think made the biggest jump in the off season? As far as build, Sark mentioned Cohen Brown. Cohen Brown looks the part. But again, like Marcus, day one for me, just guys that we haven't seen in a minute. Like, it's good day one of camp that Emmett Mosley is healthy and he's in drills and he's moving around like, that's one of those guys that, man, if he's just healthy and on the field, he's gonna help you. But the healthy and on the field part is what's most critical for him.

[A]

Yeah, being healthy on day one and hopefully being able to sustain that. But he looked great moving around out there. Ryan Wingo, like, at times I forget the size that he has on him, and it looks like he's even like, for whatever little bit of, you know, fat may have been, you know, on him or, or, you know, he's even more chiseled I guess now. But again, they're running around out there on air and in shorts, but, you know, he looks like he's taking on more of a leadership role role and is a guy that's, you know, if not the first guy, you know, in most of the drills that I saw, you know, he was right up there at the top of them. So I think he's, you know, taking his role as, you know, one of the elder statesmen in that room seriously. And I was glad to see Khalid Lockett out there moving around. You know, we certainly saw the video of him, you know, just sprinting, you know, this summer with the team that, that the, the university put out on their social medias. But to see him out there on the field seemingly, you know, back at full health without, you know, any restrictions or anything, you know, I think, you know, that was something else that impressed me.

[B]

CJ Marcus mentioned Ryan Wingo there. One of my big man crushes at wide receiver. In my time watching football, there was just something, to me, almost beautiful about watching Andre Johnson play wide receiver. And ever since I watched Andre Johnson, like, you know what? That's. I want. I want my. A wide receiver who almost has like a linebacker or a running back build that can actually run. I want that guy. A wide receiver.

[C]

Yeah. Steve Smith comes to mind. Someone that was just. You don't see it too often with the physicality, but, boy, it's like they're. They're built to play football. I'M really interested with what Emmett Mosley does this year. Again. I, I think he gets overshadowed because of the Cam Coleman edition, because of all the type of or all the hype from Ryan Wingo, whether it was good or bad a year ago. You know, people forget when the ball went in the direction of him at Mosley last year, good things happened more times than they didn't. So he's one that I think is probably the most, the single most underrated football player on this team right now. I'm gonna say he's in it mostly.

[B]

JW Crunch said How did John Turntine look? I'll say this with John Turntine and Nicholas Robertson, who had his first practice today, you can definitely see John Turntine's frame is filled out. Both those guys, yeah, they physically guys, but they look like keepers. Especially, especially Nick Roberts. I was really impressed with Nick Robertson just getting here. I think Marcus, you might have mentioned him earlier. Maybe it was earlier after practice when we're talking, but says a lot about a guy of his size that doesn't get here until June, that shows up for practice day one as a true freshman and physically just kind of falls in line with the vets.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, I, you know, for both of them, I think, you know, they look like guys that will continue to take well to getting more time in the program. Not being expected to, you know, contribute right away. Getting to learn from some really talented guys. And they seem, you know, like they kind of have that competitive spirit about them. And honestly, man, that was the other thing. You know, you were talking about the offensive lineman a bit earlier too, Jeff, and it's just like, I just. I don't know how it's going to end up shaking out in terms of what their overall style of play ends up looking like. You know, I'm still not expecting them to just being this overly mauling unit per se. But I'll tell you, man, even in, in, you know, just shorts like, they, they look like they got a little bit of, of, of like a mean streak to them. Like a few of the guys, they just, they just had a look about them. Jackson Christian comes to mind, even Jordan Coleman, like just the two. It's kind of like, man, those guys look like they're ready to go fight somebody and they're probably pissed off that they're only in shorts right now and they're. They're wanting to speed it up to get to. To padded practice.

[D]

You.

[B]

You definitely need some of that in the trenches for sure. Paxton941 said who rolled out at left guard. So I'll just run down the old line groups real quick since we're talking about that position. Group number one again, this is not set in stone. Nobody freak out. This is day one. What we observed guys going through drills. Group one, left tackle to right tackle, Trevor Goosby. Jaden Chatman. Connor Robertson. Brandon Baker, Melvin Siani. Group two, Jordan Coleman. Dylan Sikorski. Jackson Christian, Devin Coleman, Andre Kojo. Group 3, John Turn Sign. Lawrence Seymour. Brooks Keik Jr. Nicholas Robertson, Johnte Newman. So again, yes, Lawrence Seymour. He's running with the threes. There's a reason why when we did our depth chart snapshot before camp started over at on texas football.com There's a reason why we put Lawrence Seymour with the threes because we expect that's where he's going to start. Because Chapman, Sikorski were here for spring. They battled it out in the spring. One of them was going to start with the ones, the other one's going to start with the two. So just kind of let CJ we start open the show talking about Lawrence Seymour. Just JMO 1143 puts it perfect. He's gotta go earn the job. Like it wasn't like, hey, we're gonna bring you in and just give you the left guard job. Like no, like he's got to go win it.

[C]

Yeah, that, that has to be the way that this is approached because that is what allows you to find the best option for a left guard. And again, Texas can't sit here and flip flop on who's going to be the starter each week like they did a year ago. They have to figure out who is the best option. Fortunately, they have plenty of options. It's just about finding the best for week one.

[B]

No doubt. Michael Williams has a super chat. Thank you Michael for the super chat. So what are your expectations for Tyler Atkinson this year, Marcus? I. I feel like, and this is something Sark mentioned, this just kind of big picture with the freshmen. A lot of those guys in a five for five world, you're really good athletes in that class could end up being like core special teamers for you. So not saying I don't. I'm not expecting Tyler Atkinson to get snaps, but that's where he can really help you right off the bat because you've got vets at linebacker in front of him. But if you just want him to get his feet wet, covering kicks, covering punts, punt returns, a a great way for him to do that.

[A]

Yeah. By all accounts, he's a he's a really smart guy, so I imagine he's going to pick some stuff up, you know, pretty quickly, you know, to your point, he absolutely has a great opportunity to cut his, you know, teeth on special teams and I suspect we'll see him, you know, in some defensive packages as well. I, I don't know if I have, especially for freshmen, I don't tend to set overly high expectations for them. You know, definitely not at the linebacker position. Right. Wrong or indifferent. I think just having, you know, seen quite a few pretty decent guys at that position over the years, I, I just, I'm more reluctant to put, you know, some of these lofty expectations on them and I'd rather just them be able to grow and play into some of this stuff. You know, I know we have some stuff coming out, you know, here on the channel in the, the near future about some of the best players that we've seen, you know, in, you know, over the recent 20 plus years or so. And you know, I've, I've heard some, some chatter across social media. I got some friends that, you know, live in the Georgia area that are trying to convince me today that Tyler Atkinson is going to be better than Derrick Johnson. Right. And if it happens, God bless him, I, I would love to see it. That means that this team is, is, you know, going to be through the roof. Right. I don't think you can put that on that young man today. And honestly, I don't think it's fair to even throw those kind of expectations on him because I mean, if you're doing that, I'm, I'm really going to challenge you to go back and watch some of Derrick Johnson's film. Like that guy was a different kind of special. And I'm not suggesting that Tyler Atkinson is not, but I mean, in high school I watched him have 30 tackles in the game and, and I know Atkinson has had some really lofty, you know, numbers as well, but I'm just saying I want to give some of these young men an opportunity to grow into some of these positions and earn their playing time. And I certainly think he'll do that. But I am not expecting him to have to be some high, high level contributor this year unless, you know, maybe something goes wrong, maybe injury wise elsewhere.

[B]

I feel like I can say this confidently and truthfully because freshmen weren't eligible when Tommy Nobis played at Texas. There's never been a defensive player in the history of this program have a better four year career than Derek Johnson. That's, that's completely Unfair to it to put Tyler Atkinson in that conversation.

[A]

Yeah. And again, I, I think the kids ceiling is through the roof. I just want him to, I hope that he is just playing to his own standards of being the best version of Tyler Atkinson that he can be and not, you know, getting hung up in any of the noise of. You know what? Some people are comparing.

[B]

It's one of those deals. Marcus. C.J. you can attest this too in recruiting. Like, no matter the linebackers Texas is recruited since dj Whether it was Jordan Hicks or Malik Jefferson or, you know, Anthony Hill, like, just keep going down the line, man. This is the best guy I've seen since Derek Johnson. Could it be the next Derek Johnson? I'm like, you figure you've been looking for the next Derek Johnson for like 20 years. Like you, you think you'd figure out by now, like, you're not gonna get another one. Like there wasn't one like him before then. Like, I've said this about Vince Young and I feel the same way about Derek Johnson in terms of defensive players. I didn't see anybody like him at Texas before him. Haven't seen anybody like him since. It's probably a once in a lifetime player you're getting with Derek Johnson.

[C]

Good luck. Good luck, Fish. Right?

[B]

Oh, man. Yeah. So, Marcus, I, I don't. Anybody that's seriously trying to tell you that either they're trolling or they, they need to go pull up some DJ highlights on the YouTube.

[A]

No, I, I, Jim. And I'm gonna get off this soapbox, I promise. But you know, I just, I genuinely think some people get so excited about the new toy that is extremely talented that they rush to make a comparison and, you know, kind of elevate them and you know, like I said, I, I think Tyler Atkinson has a tremendous career ahead of him. And my hope is that he is just working each day to be the best version of himself that he can be. And however that plays itself out, I think it'll be more than enough.

[B]

Very, very well said. All right. I think that is going to do it. A lot of questions on when's the next practice? What? So Longhorns will be back on the practice field tomorrow. We are scheduled. Scheduled to get a media viewing window. So if everything works out, we'll have some more reports after practice tomorrow. Got player availability after tomorrow's practice as well. So day one in the books. I'll just go around the horn real quick. Marcus, I'll start with you closing thought or anything with day one in the book.

[A]

Man, I'm just, I'm just happy we got some football again, man. Like, I follow some of these, you know, social media accounts and, you know, sometimes they. There was one that has been doing some really cool graphics of, you know, it'll be the same kind of verbiage, but, you know, it's just different stadiums, right? And it's one of them I saw recently is like, we love summer, but we have an itch. And it's, you know, kind of emblazoned over, you know, dkr. And that's exactly how I feel, man. Like, it was, it was just cool to see the guys out there working. And we are, I mean, literally coming up on being a month away of, you know, getting to put talking season to bed and seeing what these guys are coming with. I'm. I'm happy with, you know, the work that they put in this summer and was excited to see them out there on the grass. And, you know, outside of that, man, I'm just, I'm just looking forward to it all over again.

[B]

Marcus. Rex St. Charles is assuming when you shower tonight you're gonna use those stolen hotel towels to drop. I would assume you've got, like, you're a grown adult, Marcus. I'd assume you.

[A]

Yeah, I buy towels, absolutely. Yeah. But you know, hey, man, the little hand tap, whatever you call them, like, yeah, one of them's gonna. The mids.

[B]

It's like cars. Like, you got your compact cars, you got your big SUVs, you got your mid sized cars. It's a little mid sized top guy.

[A]

They're great for when you're sitting out at baseball games and it's hot. You know, all the things.

[B]

Cj, I don't know if you've ever swiped a towel from a hotel, but whether you have or not, final thought, final take. Anything to put day one to bed.

[C]

Look, we're. We. We've waited seven months for football to be back. It's not officially, but today was definitely the step in the right direction. There's competition at left guard, competition at corner, competition at safety. A lot of snaps up to up for grabs with a lot of these guys at wide receiver, running back as well. I'm ready to see how it all plays out over, over the next couple of weeks to. Tonight was just the beginning. So we're excited to bring you guys those, you know, those tidbits today. Today was fun.

[B]

Rod B. Is my spirit animal. Don't have a question, but thank you.

[A]

Amen to that.

[C]

Put on my happy hat. Come on.

[B]

I Gotta, I gotta get a hat. I gotta get some kind of gimmick. But Rodri's my spirit animal. If you got a question, go ahead and get it. But definitely, definitely. Thank you so much for, for showing 11. Thank you to everybody for hanging out in the chat tonight. Busy, busy day on the 40, but we covered as much as we could here on the channel. Got a lot more over on the website. So thank you guys for the chat. Keeping it lively. Super chats. Much appreciated CJ Marcus thank you guys for the time, the knowledge, the intel, the expertise as always. Hey, seriously, huge, huge thank you to Matthew behind the scenes producer Matt working his tail off.

[A]

A lot going on.

[B]

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[C]

Yeah, I would imagine so. He's, he's an offen. He's a wide receiver first and his ceiling in my eyes is at wide receiver. He's a heck of a football player in corner as well. So there's plenty of talent and reason why they're even testing him. But right now he's going to be a wide receiver in the fall.

[B]

Marcus, I. Whether he plays DB more in the future than what I'm expecting him to play this year, I don't ever want him to leave offense. He's got, he's gotta have. He's in that like Ramont's Taylor type category for me. As enticing of an athlete as he is. Oh, we can do so many things for him. I don't care what you do, just put the ball in his dang hands and let him go. Try to get in the end zone.

[A]

Yeah, we've, we've talked about it a lot. I, I've, you know, I was, I tried to lead the charge as the president of the Emmett Mosley fan club last year. I'm trying to hold back on doing the same for Jermaine Bishop Jr. This year just because I think he has a different gear and in a different type of twitch than anybody in that room. So you're right. I'm just looking forward to, you know, the opportunities that he'll get, you know, probably in some really nice high leverage situations where he's not going to be going up against, you know, a top defender. And I think he has, you know, the potential to, to be pretty special. So, you know, I think the way in which Sark chooses to incorporate, incorporate him in the offense is something I'm looking forward to.

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