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Will Texas use loss to Georgia as motivation going forward? · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 2: So with that, now we go back to hearing from
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  Speaker 2: head coach Steve Sarcasian from the Wednesday or Thursday media zoom.
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  Speaker 2: It's his final media meeting of the week and does
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  Speaker 2: that on a zoom and he was asked about the
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  Speaker 2: running backs, how have they looked in practice and how
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  Speaker 2: imperative does he believe it is to get the running
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  Speaker 2: game going against Vanderbilt.
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  Speaker 3: I have a ton of respect for well, it'd be helpful,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I've said before. You know, we're always at
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  Speaker 3: our best when we have balance, and you know, I
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  Speaker 3: think the run game kind of got the spotlight put
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  Speaker 3: on it because of the way last week went. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we had thirty eight yards at half and I don't
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  Speaker 3: care how we got those thirty eight yards. Nothing was
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  Speaker 3: really good the run game, nor the past game. But
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  Speaker 3: when you're behind twenty three to nothing, you kind of
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  Speaker 3: have to throw it to try to get back into
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  Speaker 3: the game. I thought in there there was a few
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  Speaker 3: runs that got going for us, But the reality of
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  Speaker 3: it is we need to play better offensive football. And
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  Speaker 3: part of playing better offensive football is finding that balance
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  Speaker 3: and running the football with effectiveness, trying to find some
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  Speaker 3: explosive of runs. And I think the runners are ready
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  Speaker 3: to go with I think the lines ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: It's obviously been a you know, they've been challenged all week,
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  Speaker 3: predicated on how last week went, and uh looking forward
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  Speaker 3: to them uh taking the field and and with something
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  Speaker 3: to prove that that that we're a physical football team.
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  Speaker 1: We can run the ball well.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking of challenges, he was asked about the challenge of
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  Speaker 2: facing that dual threat quarterback that tough as nails, senior
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  Speaker 2: transfer Diego Pavia.
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  Speaker 1: I have a ton of respect for Diego Pavia.
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  Speaker 3: You know he he's a real dual threat, you know
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  Speaker 3: he Uh he the the designed runs at quarterback are
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  Speaker 3: one thing. The triple option aspect of what they do
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  Speaker 3: is another thing. And then the scramble ability to extend
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  Speaker 3: drives is a is a third element that he has.
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  Speaker 3: And then to couple that with his ability to throw
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  Speaker 3: the ball, uh and extend plays and throw the ball.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: That the key to the drill to me is I
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  Speaker 3: think being really disciplined. You know, you got to be
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  Speaker 3: disciplined in the run game and your run fits. You
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  Speaker 3: got to be disciplined in the in the triple option game,
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  Speaker 3: and then you've got to be disciplined in your rush
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  Speaker 3: lanes and trying to collapse that pocket and not give
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  Speaker 3: them anywhere to escape.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, all right now. He was asked questions about motivation,
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  Speaker 2: you know, coming off the loss to Georgia as motivation,
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  Speaker 2: and this was our friend Cedric Golden asked the question, said,
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  Speaker 2: you know that it's not I think he said, it's
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  Speaker 2: not our grandparents Vanderbilt, and it isn't. And does it
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  Speaker 2: help facing a team that's no longer a pushover?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think for us, we don't know any different.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we didn't play Vanderbilt. Our guys don't know.
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  Speaker 3: All they know is this is the top twenty five
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  Speaker 3: matchup on the road with a sellout crowd, you know,
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  Speaker 3: So we know that the challenge that we're faced with.
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  Speaker 3: We know what's on tape and what they look like.
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  Speaker 3: And so we're not players that have that have played
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  Speaker 3: against Vanderbilt. They just know that, Hey, here's the top
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  Speaker 3: twenty five team that beat Alabama, that beat Kentucky, that
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  Speaker 3: probably should have beat Missouri.
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  Speaker 1: We know it's going to be a heck of a challenge,
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  Speaker 1: all right.
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  Speaker 2: Next on the list was finding success on the road.
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  Speaker 2: This was our colleague Roger Wallace asked this question about
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  Speaker 2: about the Keys to try to find success on the road,
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  Speaker 2: because they've been able to do that not only this
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  Speaker 2: season but in the past.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: No, I think one thing we've we've found a kind
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  Speaker 3: of our rhythm on the road, and I think there's
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  Speaker 3: something to be said when you go on the road
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  Speaker 3: of you know, you only bring in seventy four guys,
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  Speaker 3: you're in the friendly confines of a hotel and kind
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  Speaker 3: of the visitors' locker room that's a little bit kind
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  Speaker 3: of smaller in that sense, and the sidelines there's less people,
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  Speaker 3: feels a little bit more intimate that way.
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  Speaker 1: But I think our guys embraced going on road. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we're we.
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  Speaker 3: Are the University of Texas. We go on the road,
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  Speaker 3: the game's going to be sold out. They're gonna be
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  Speaker 3: sold out because their fans buy a lot. It's going
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  Speaker 3: to be sold out because Longhorn Nation supports us as well.
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  Speaker 3: As they do, and so we appreciate that and we
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  Speaker 3: need their support Saturday. So I just think that that
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  Speaker 3: we found our rhythm. I think we've embraced the challenges
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  Speaker 3: on the road when we do go on the road,
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  Speaker 3: and I think we played with a lot of confidence
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  Speaker 3: on the road. And so we're excited about this one again,
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  Speaker 3: top twenty five match ship on the road, sell out crowd.
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  Speaker 1: We're looking forward to the opportunity, all right.
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  Speaker 2: He was also asked about a mental hurdle with the
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  Speaker 2: fact that Quinn Youwers had mentioned maybe he didn't feel
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  Speaker 2: like he was psychologically as well as physically all the
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  Speaker 2: way back coming off the injury. So is there a
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  Speaker 2: mental hurdle that a quarterback has to overcome in that situation?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think, you know, hey, we're we're going into
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  Speaker 3: game number eight. I don't know if the guy on
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  Speaker 3: our team is one hundred percent, you know. So the
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  Speaker 3: life of a competitor is a football player. You learn
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  Speaker 3: to operate with those things that are that are going
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  Speaker 3: on with you. An ankle, a calf, a shoulder, a knee,
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  Speaker 3: an oblique, you know, whatever, you know, stingers, you know
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  Speaker 3: there there's we've they've all got stuff, and so I
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  Speaker 3: don't think but by any means, and I don't know
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  Speaker 3: how the question was phrased.
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  Speaker 1: Do I think Quinn was using that as a crutch
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  Speaker 1: or an excuse.
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  Speaker 3: I just think that's the reality of We're in week
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  Speaker 3: eight of a season and everybody's dealing with stuff. But
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  Speaker 3: I thought Quinn's have a good week of work. I
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  Speaker 3: think he's really dialed into the game plan. I think
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  Speaker 3: he's playing with a lot of confidence. And again I'm
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  Speaker 3: looking forward to him to get in another opportunity as
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  Speaker 3: a competitor, uh to go back out and compete at.
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  Speaker 1: A high level.
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  Speaker 2: And one final comment asked about Cedric Alexander and we
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  Speaker 2: did see on the injury report today that Cedric's listed
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  Speaker 2: as questionable, but we're all pretty much expecting to see
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  Speaker 2: him out there the LBJ product. And he was asked
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  Speaker 2: about the threat that Alexander brings to this game.
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  Speaker 3: I really liked him as a player. You know, he's
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  Speaker 3: obviously a very good runner. But but one area where
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  Speaker 3: you know, I try to evaluate kind of players is
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  Speaker 3: watching block This guy's a really physical blocker.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they a lot of the quarterback run stuff
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  Speaker 1: they do.
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  Speaker 3: He's a lead blocker, a physical player, plays hard, runs hard,
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  Speaker 3: you know, kind of embodies I think the style of
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  Speaker 3: play that that Vanderbilt is trying to play with. You know,
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  Speaker 3: they're a physical team. They play with great effort and
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  Speaker 3: and I think he's he's had it. He's had a
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  Speaker 3: great so far. So it's gonna be a good challenge
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  Speaker 3: for us.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll see. We'll see obviously if he's good to go.
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  Speaker 2: He is listed as questionable for the game, but I
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  Speaker 2: have a feeling we'll probably see him out there.