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Texas football coach Sarkisian invokes Nick Saban, says Longhorns must avoid 'rat poison’
Posted on 9/12/22 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 9/12/22 at 1:52 pm
Sark at Texas might be a concern in the near future.
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian invokes Nick Saban, says Longhorns must avoid 'rat poison' of sudden praise
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian invokes Nick Saban, says Longhorns must avoid 'rat poison' of sudden praise
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"First of all, to quote my old boss, we've got to be careful of the rat poison of people telling us how good we are, which is important," Sarkisian said. "A week ago, everyone told us how bad we were. Now this week, everyone wants to tell us how good we are. We've got to be careful to quiet the noise outside of our building and focus on us."
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"Like I told the team, in particular the defense, but the team in general: We've now created a new standard of what's acceptable, what is our standard of play," Sarkisian said. "And now we're held to the standard of defense that we're playing. We need to meet that standard and exceed that. So now's not the time to relax; now's not the time to take a step back. Now's the time to push even harder to go to a new level."
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"I don't really care," Sarkisian said. "I care about our team. The perception doesn't matter. The perception was we were supposed to walk out there and get blown out. So I don't know. So much for perception."
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Posted on 9/12/22 at 1:54 pm to Anand0925
Rat poison for Bama is being ranked #1
Rat poison for Texas is a close loss
Rat poison for Texas is a close loss
Posted on 9/12/22 at 1:55 pm to Anand0925
Didn’t listen to the whole thing but those seem like sound bites from a coach that won. Confusing.
A new standard of losing by less than you thought you were going to?
A new standard of losing by less than you thought you were going to?
Posted on 9/12/22 at 1:55 pm to Anand0925
That was the most competitive we’ve been with a top team in a while.
I don’t care what anyone says, that was improvement.
I don’t care what anyone says, that was improvement.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 1:56 pm to AggieArchitect04
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Didn’t listen to the whole thing but those seem like sound bites from a coach that won.
Wonder what App State's head coach said at his presser today.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 1:57 pm to TheMissingMillion
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That was the most competitive we’ve been with a top team in a while.
I don’t care what anyone says, that was improvement.
Charlie Strong beat Oklahoma a couple of times. Just sayin.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 1:57 pm to Anand0925
He's good at saying the right things in front of the media. Its pretty obvious Saban changed his life for the better. Talking about how Saban taught him self discipline reminds me of someone that really needed to go into the military.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 2:02 pm to Anand0925
Ewers is out, it was a 120 degrees on Saturday and the most physical game they have played to date under Sark. They are giving 13.5 to a solid UT-San Antonio at home and may be looking ahead to their first Big 12 game at Texas Tech the following week. Classic let down game. Load up on UTSA. This is their Super Bowl.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 2:02 pm to Anand0925
All after losing a close game?
Posted on 9/12/22 at 2:04 pm to Basura Blanco
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Ewers is out, it was a 120 degrees on Saturday and the most physical game they have played to date under Sark. They are giving 13.5 to a solid UT-San Antonio at home and may be looking ahead to their first Big 12 game at Texas Tech the following week. Classic let down game. Load up on UTSA. This is their Super Bowl.
Nah. Texas wins big. I've always though Sark was a really good coach. I think he'll do really well there as long as the boosters and administration don't screw it up which is a real possibility.
Posted on 9/12/22 at 2:09 pm to Anand0925
Sounds like he needs to remind his team they just lost. As in your opponent scored more and you got the L. You lost!
Posted on 9/12/22 at 2:13 pm to Basura Blanco
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Ewers is out, it was a 120 degrees on Saturday and the most physical game they have played to date under Sark. They are giving 13.5 to a solid UT-San Antonio at home and may be looking ahead to their first Big 12 game at Texas Tech the following week. Classic let down game. Load up on UTSA. This is their Super Bowl.
The line is down to 10.5/11 since Card might be out, and Texas might be down to its third stringer
Posted on 9/12/22 at 2:13 pm to Porcine Human
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Rat poison for Texas is a close loss
Everything he said is right, but that's still pretty funny.
The problem for Sark (who I like) is going to be overcoming those close losses.
He'll have to actually start winning some of those, especially as the expectations start to climb. He clearly bought himself some time on Saturday, but he's still 6-8 at Texas, with one Top 25 win (Louisiana)
Posted on 9/12/22 at 2:42 pm to AggieArchitect04
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Didn’t listen to the whole thing but those seem like sound bites from a coach that won. Confusing. A new standard of losing by less than you thought you were going to?
Yea kinda weird. He should learn from Leach how to handle this.
Leach after Tech won a close game
Skip to 1:45 or listen to the whole fantastic rant
LINK
Posted on 9/12/22 at 2:48 pm to Anand0925
I'd prefer to hear this after a big win, but he's not exactly wrong.
After a crushing defeat to OU, everyone was patting themselves on the back and the fanbase-wide sentiment was "well, we'll see them again in December!" Pretty sure Sarkisian said something to that effect as well.
Texas would go on to lose the next 5 games in a row. The majority of which they had a lead in the 4th quarter and/or OT.
This has been the program's problem. If they prepare and play like they did against Alabama for the remainder of the games, they can meet some of their lofty goals. If they congratulate themselves for "proving the country wrong by giving Alabama a close game" then a slew of losses is going to grace them before the season ends, just like 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021 (to name a few)
After a crushing defeat to OU, everyone was patting themselves on the back and the fanbase-wide sentiment was "well, we'll see them again in December!" Pretty sure Sarkisian said something to that effect as well.
Texas would go on to lose the next 5 games in a row. The majority of which they had a lead in the 4th quarter and/or OT.
This has been the program's problem. If they prepare and play like they did against Alabama for the remainder of the games, they can meet some of their lofty goals. If they congratulate themselves for "proving the country wrong by giving Alabama a close game" then a slew of losses is going to grace them before the season ends, just like 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021 (to name a few)
Posted on 9/12/22 at 4:02 pm to Tehol Hornddict
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The line is down to 10.5/11 since Card might be out, and Texas might be down to its third stringe
Damn, that a big move. I should've locked it in earlier. I was hoping it would move the other way. Don't get me wrong, I don't see you guys losing, but I felt good about them covering two touchdowns. Now, not so much.
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