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Steve Sarkisian on the impact of Andrew Mukuba · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: Back to the Craig Way Show. Connect with Craig through.
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  Speaker 3: It's a long worn this Monday here on Sports Radio
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  Speaker 3: AM thirteen hundred zone. Yes, Sargon did not have a
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  Speaker 3: press conference, aver he did have a zoom yesterday to
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  Speaker 3: talk about the Long horns inclusion into the college football
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  Speaker 3: Playoff as the number five c playing Clemson here a
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  Speaker 3: week from Saturday, on the twenty first, at three o'clock
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  Speaker 3: in the afternoon, he was asked about facing this offense
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  Speaker 3: coordinated by Garrett Riley. Yeah, the younger brother Lincoln Riley.
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  Speaker 3: Garrett Riley had been at TCU, and what are his
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  Speaker 3: recollections are going up against the Garrett Riley offense.
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  Speaker 4: Man, I love Coo, but he was a very unique, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: very creative offensive mind spread you and then utilize the
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  Speaker 4: game because you're spread out, and they do.
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  Speaker 1: They do a really nice job in the run game,
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  Speaker 1: you know, with.
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  Speaker 4: The with the with the counterplay, with the guard tackle counterplay.
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  Speaker 4: They utilize the quarterback's legs in the run game, which
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  Speaker 4: we all know. Kate is a is a very adequate runner,
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  Speaker 4: and then they take advantage of the one on one opportunities,
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  Speaker 4: getting you spread out on the field, and so, you know,
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  Speaker 4: very creative. You know, what you see one week is
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  Speaker 4: probably not what you're going to get the next week.
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  Speaker 4: And so he's got a lot of offense that you
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  Speaker 4: have to prepare for, and you know, in two weeks
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  Speaker 4: to prepare, I'm sure we'll.
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  Speaker 1: Get all of it.
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  Speaker 4: And maybe we'll get some things that we saw a
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  Speaker 4: couple of years ago and we played them now.
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  Speaker 3: Sark chuckled when he talked about how his players responded
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  Speaker 3: to the revelation on the big board yesterday and the
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  Speaker 3: players lounge there over at Moncrief there at dk R
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  Speaker 3: Texas Memorial Stadium when they saw Texas come up as
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  Speaker 3: the number five seed to play Clemson the twelve seed,
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  Speaker 3: and he chuckled down to the guys were talking about
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  Speaker 3: being the Makuba hole because remember Andrew Cuba out of
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  Speaker 3: LBJ High here in Austin, actually began his collegiate URK
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  Speaker 3: Clemson three seasons over there before transferring in. So he
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  Speaker 3: was asked about that and about Andrew mccooba's impact this
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  Speaker 3: season on this team.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so Andrew mccooba is a guy that we are
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  Speaker 4: so glad and happy he decided to come home. He's
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  Speaker 4: a veteran player, obviously, and I learned very quickly he's
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  Speaker 4: an excellent practice player. He's got tremendous practice habits, the
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  Speaker 4: speed in which he practices, the tempo, the physicality, but
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  Speaker 4: yet having the understanding of not going to the ground
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  Speaker 4: when we're not in tackle periods, but yet still putting
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  Speaker 4: himself in really good positions striking people. He's a really
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  Speaker 4: good communicator, and then he plays with confidence back there
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  Speaker 4: and I think he Michael taff jahday.
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  Speaker 1: They all feed off of one another.
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  Speaker 4: But you see his experience even in some of the
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  Speaker 4: biggest moments that we're playing in right now. You know,
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  Speaker 4: he's making plays at critical juncture and critical moments in
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  Speaker 4: these games. So doing a great addition to our team,
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  Speaker 4: not only on the field, but in that locker room,
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  Speaker 4: you know, with with his veteran presence.
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  Speaker 3: And one other question during this port, and I want
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  Speaker 3: to have some more from sard next hour, asked about
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  Speaker 3: you know, in the recent signing period, because remember remember
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  Speaker 3: it's important to point is that those reporters who are on.
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  Speaker 1: The web zooms.
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  Speaker 3: Are of that group, and there's television reporters, fe radio reporters,
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  Speaker 3: newspaper writers, and then there's.
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  Speaker 1: The fan site reporters.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of what the fan site reporters' responsibilities are
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  Speaker 3: is to keep people updated on the recruiting that goes on.
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  Speaker 3: And after all, recruiting is the like blood of a
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  Speaker 3: successful collegiate football program. But they are going to be
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  Speaker 3: more inclined to ask questions about recruiting and signings and
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  Speaker 3: things like that, even at this time of year when
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  Speaker 3: there's a national playoff game coming up, then say.
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  Speaker 1: A regular writer whatever.
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  Speaker 3: And to be fair, it certainly makes sense because the
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  Speaker 3: early national signing Day was last Wednesday, and so now
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  Speaker 3: the long ones have that signing class and there's plenty
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  Speaker 3: of big names on that list among those. He was
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  Speaker 3: asked about this young man in specific, the young man
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  Speaker 3: Justice Terry, who you know, announced last week and it
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  Speaker 3: looked like it was going to be with Georgia and
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  Speaker 3: he winds up going with Texas, and he was asked
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  Speaker 3: about the significance of being able to sign Justice Terry.
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  Speaker 4: Justice Terry is a great signee for us, you know, obviously,
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  Speaker 4: as we and y'all are now seeing the impact that
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  Speaker 4: defensive linemen have in the Southeastern Conference is critical.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I talk about big humans.
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  Speaker 4: Most people always assume I'm talking about offensive lineman, but
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  Speaker 4: I'm talking about defensive linemen as well.
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  Speaker 1: I thought we did.
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  Speaker 4: We sign a really nice defensive line class with he Sharma,
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  Speaker 4: Charles and then obviously our edge players coming in. So
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  Speaker 4: this is you know, it was. It was a nice
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  Speaker 4: ending to the early signing period for us. I think,
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  Speaker 4: you know, made us feel really good about this is
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  Speaker 4: a balance class, but yet we address some real needs
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  Speaker 4: and and obviously in our conference, it starts up front,
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  Speaker 4: most notably the defensive front.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, that Justice Terry thing kind of turned a lot
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  Speaker 3: of people's uh, you know, on their ear, so to speak,
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  Speaker 3: because the way it ultimately uh wound up, and and
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  Speaker 3: how big it was, because all signs seemed seemed pointing
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  Speaker 3: and indicating toward Terry signing with Georgia, and he winds
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  Speaker 3: up with Texas and the Grand Irony on the weekend
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  Speaker 3: the Texas played Georgia and in the SEC Championship.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and don't overlook what happened with Michael Psousi, the
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  Speaker 2: offensive lineman who ended up signing with Oklahoma. I think
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  Speaker 2: Texas was going to put a lot into Passussie's bag,
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  Speaker 2: but he wanted to say to Oklahoma. So that opened
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  Speaker 2: up Texas to you know, push after Michael Terry a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more and for Justice Terry because you know,
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  Speaker 2: nil is a huge part of where a kid ends
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  Speaker 2: up playing college football. We know that, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: it seems like if Texas had beaten Georgia Ler in
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  Speaker 2: the year, they thought Terry would have committed earlier. But
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  Speaker 2: credit to the staff and Kenny Baker, correct because you know,
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  Speaker 2: when you come over from the NFL. Obviously he was
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  Speaker 2: at Western Kentucky before going to Miami Dolphins. He comes
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  Speaker 2: to Texas, you always wonder, Okay, how will an NFL
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  Speaker 2: coach adapt to managing the egos of eighteen year old
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  Speaker 2: kids who needs you know, they need to be recruited
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  Speaker 2: and this and that. But he's put together an incredible
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  Speaker 2: defensive line class and capping it off with a huge
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  Speaker 2: five star edition of Justice Terry and solidifying Texas having
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  Speaker 2: a number one recruiting class for two thousand five.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, it was a big, big ad to that signing class.
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  Speaker 3: The fact that came a couple of days after the
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  Speaker 3: signing day added to the suspense, but a big get
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  Speaker 3: for Texas, no doubt. All Right, coming up, we'll wrap
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