The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 2 - Latest College AP Poll

Episode Date: September 4, 2024

Colin reacts to the latest AP Poll in college football and what the new BIG 10 and SEC tells us about the 12-team playoff format Plus, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian joins the show to talk about how this year's team stacks up against last year's roster that made the college football playoffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Joel clap, five minute. By the way, last night watching Angels Dodgers, some guy for the Angels, through 105-mile-an-hour fastball. I just hope you're ready for our football season because all I'm going to be throwing 105. I've got no change-ups this football season. I'm just throwing heat.

All gas, no brakes. No junk, no off-speed stuff. This shows 105 every day, every pitch. Now, I'm going to throw my arm out. By November, I'm going to be on the I L. IR or whatever it is. So is this a combo of Cafe Americano drinks and the gum?

This morning, I already had a Cafe Americano. NeuroGone. Oh, geez. One sip of Red Bull. And my second, I had one sip. And a second cafe Americano. Wait, you cracked and opened a Red Bull, took a sip, and then tossed it? Yeah.

Jiminy Christmas. I mean, the company paid for it. What is happening here, man? And now you're definitely doing a blaze of five. You have to. When you're that juiced up. I suggested last hour that I am considering doing Blazing Five. I did not commit to it.

It's like when I first met Anne, I am considering many things. I am not committed to it yet. And then she put the kibosh on that nonsense and I had to commit. And I'm glad I did. So we'll see. I got so much going through my blood here right now. I'm going a thousand miles an hour. 105, that's it.

Steve Sark, 45 minutes, Joel Clat 5. Tom Brady was on the show yesterday. And of the many questions we asked him, I thought it was interesting. I said, of all these young quarterbacks, Tom, what will you see that I don't identify? What will you see that give you a feeling of, oh, yeah, this is going to work in the NFL as a franchise quarterback? For me, I think the sustainable part about quarterbacking is really what's up here, is what's in the brain. you snapping the ball and running good plays consistently against the defenses that you're out there watching as you're reading the defenses. So so much of it to me is the coach

giving the quarterback, because he's going to see it every day in practice, the coach and the players, are they giving the quarterback the freedom to make the plays and the decisions that he needs to make to get the team to win? That sounds very Sean Payton, Bo Nix. That's what that sounds like. That's what that sounds like. why I think that's going to work. And Sean has texted me and Bo Nix and Sean have talked about this is the ability. Speed is cognitive. Cognitive.

Can you very quickly see it, identify it, and execute it in one second. That's Brady Manning Mahomes. I've said this before about Mahomes. His ability to see something, identify it, and let it go. It's insane. Only guy I've seen that can see and identify and let go as quickly as Brady and maybe Marino, maybe Manning. Like Mahomes is, it's just different. It doesn't look like anybody else.

And I've said this for years. Zach Wilson and Justin Fields, mobile, yet sacks so much. Don't blame the O line. Justin Fields and Zach Wilson struggled to see, identify, and let her rip. Sam Darnold, for the record, has struggled with this. Sam Darnold publicly acknowledged last year as a member of the Niners. I'll give some love to Brock Purdy, who J-Mack loves. Sam Darnold said,

Brock Purdy identified, cognitively identified things faster than any quarterback he'd play with. That's kind of the gift that certain quarterbacks have. We spend so much time talking about athletic ability and mobility, and it matters. Josh Allen, of course it matters. But it's the ability, as Tom Brady talks about, see it quickly, identify. it, let it rip. That's, you know, Mahomes, I don't think,

has the arm of Josh Allen. He doesn't run like Lamar Jackson. Brady had a good arm. It wasn't as good as Matt Stafford, maybe not as good as Jay Cutler. This Bo Nix thing's going to work to me because of what Brady talks about. And with that,

the voice of college football at Fox, Joel Clatt, joining us for his first Wednesday visit. Oh, and what a visit it will be. I don't know if you got to. I don't know if you got a heads up on it, but somebody down there in Los Angeles had quite a weekend in Vegas. Did you hear about that? I did hear about that.

I did hear about that. Now, because you're from Colorado. Yeah. And let me identify something for you. I always just can't wait to where this is going to go. I'm so interested right now. So, as a USC insider, I've watched the score points with Sark, Lane, and Clay Hilton. That was the first game.

Since Pete Carroll, where they went up against the big dog, and I would argue were more physical than LSU. An SEC team, I don't want to hear about LSU is not good. They're LSU. Well, they have two guys that are probably first round tackles. And the tight ends a stud and the linebacker. First time since Pete Carroll, it wasn't first quarter. second three. By the end of that game, they were hitting running backs and knocking them off their feet.

I saw four times. The defense was such a substantial upgrade. It was almost shocking. It was. You know, and it was almost like, well, wait, is LSU good up front? And then you have to remind yourself like, yeah, those tackles are that good. I will tell you, I've always felt like if you can just get aligned properly, if you can, know your assignment and do it with any amount of effort and then run to the football, you can play adequate defense. Just on those things. Those are kind of basics, wouldn't you say, Colin? And unfortunately for USC and Lincoln Riley last year and really some of the last two years,

they were so far out of position as far as being in the right gap, being fundamentally. So they couldn't even get into the align and assign portion. So even if guys were trying to fly around, they weren't tackling very well. The effort then never even paid off, even if they were trying really hard. It didn't pay off because the alignment and the assignment weren't there. Now what you see with Dan and Lynn is that they were in the proper positions and then all of a sudden the effort was rewarded and then all of a sudden you get more effort. And so it's like this feedback loop where they started to have success and they're like,

oh wait, we are better than everybody thinks. We are better players than everybody thinks. We are highly recruited. We are talented and we are physical. and then you started to see that play out during the course of that second half. And I think that was what was most surprising for everybody watching that game is that it wasn't 42-41. USC and LSU went in there and they got in a fist fight in the second half and USC won. Yes.

And it was an impressive win for USC and it was a really big win for the Big Ten because of what everything that we talked about in the offseason. Remember I told you all the way back in July, I said, one, I think USC is going to beat. LSU. That was number one. And number two, when and if they do, they will immediately be a playoff contender, a CFP contender, because of what that means in the narrative between the two conferences, because these two teams, you can say pretty confidently, were sitting in the preseason in a very similar spot within their conference. And they both felt like 12, 13 in the country. Yeah, that's right. I thought that, I thought that USC was underrated by the AP. So I thought that they were right around 15 or something along those lines.

And in a very similar spot within their conference of the Big Ten as LSU was in the SEC. So now, like it or not, folks, college football is still a narrative business and it's still subjective and we're still going to assign 12 teams and some of these at-large teams based on narrative and subjective viewpoint. And you've got a direct win of USC over LSU. So it's big for the Big Ten and it's massive for USC. You and I both talked about this. USC gets Penn State and Notre Dame at home, and they don't face Ohio State and Oregon.

Yeah, it's a favorable schedule for USC. Not this weekend, next weekend. And that's going to be, I think, kind of a low-scoring, another physical tough game. Well, USC's got... Remember when I told you, everyone was saying like, oh, their schedule is tough? I'm like, no, no, no. Their schedule's actually really good for them. A huge break.

A huge break. They don't travel east and have to play a cold November game. That's number one, because that's what everyone would immediately assume. And so they don't have to do that. They get Penn State at home, which is a great get for them. And Penn State looks to be an elite team and played well against West Virginia. And then the other big piece of this was you get Michigan before they develop into the tough, hard-nosed Michigan that inevitably will show up in November. You get them in September.

That's a great schedule for USC. I was saying this to a friend over the weekend. If my son played quarterback, he'd be tall, lanky with a great, great pocket present. And I'm sure you would process information quickly. you would know what he's seeing and he could react right away, just like Tom Brady. I said I'd send him to two coaches, Sark or Lincoln Riley. And I want you to address this. I watch Miller Moss.

He got one start. Big stage, high leverage. Sophomore wide receivers, freshman left tackle, freshman right guard. He looked like a four-year start. Yes. I love that you brought this up. I love that you brought this up. What in the heck does Lincoln Riley do to get these quarterback transfers,

Baker, Kiler, it doesn't matter where guys come from. You give them an off-season with a guy as a starter taking first-team snaps. They all look like this. Do you know what he gives this quarterback? Answers. Answers and options. That's what Lincoln, Riley, and Sark, to that matter, you can lump them into this,

and Lane Kiffin, all the great play callers. Even Ryan Day will do this to a certain extent. They give their quarterback answers and options. What is the defense doing? what are they trying to do to me what do I have in my toolbox that I can combat that with on every play and Lincoln does this as good or better than anybody

is that he trusts his quarterback to put the football where the defense tells him to put the football not where Lincoln wants him to throw it but where does the defense tell me this football should go how about the evidence of some of those run plays late in the second half or on third down why why do they do that it's not because Lincoln Riley is brilliant. It's like, oh, he timed that run call brilliantly. That's not a

run call. That is a play with options. It's a package play with options. And the quarterback, Miller Moss, says, what is the defense doing? Okay, I have answers and options for how to combat that. And then he uses those. Now, this is what's not a very popular take because Caleb was such a generationally talented player at quarterback. But Caleb didn't always go in the right spot with the football based on what the defense was doing because he thought to himself, listen, I'm a generational talent and I'm going to make this play. And then a lot of times it worked. So this is not a knock.

It's just a framing of what's going on with Miller Moss who is not going to play outside of the system. Baker didn't play outside of the system. Jalen didn't play outside of the system. Guess who else didn't play outside of the system for Sarkesian late in his career as an old journeyman gets one year to start. Mack Jones, who quarterback one of the great offenses in college football history in 2020 with the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Miller Moss feels a lot like Mack Jones from Alabama. And they have guys that give them answers and options. That's why you run the football on third and eight and get it. It's not a lucky play call. It's that the defense tells you you should run the ball based on the ratios and the numbers. Why do you throw the ball in certain spots?

and it's always open? Well, because he gives you answers and options. It's a long-winded answer to tell you, like, if I'm a quarterback, I want to play for a guy like that. He broke 44 records at Colorado. Of course, most have been broken since, but Joel Cloud is joining us. Okay, okay. It's true.

It's true, and they should be. Yeah, they outlawed the past for many. Do you know what record I didn't hold, though? What's that? Thankfully, career interceptions thrown. I was close. I was charging after that thing. Didn't quite get it. Congratulations.

Let's move on to relevant stories. Texas, Michigan. Texas Michigan. I don't like this matchup for Michigan. That's because Texas is really, really good. I don't think they're going to move the ball on Texas. I don't know. I'm not as concerned about Michigan's offense as some.

You know what I'm concerned about? Texas is speed. Texas looks like Alabama has looked and Georgia has looked. They started a little bit of that last year. Yes, they didn't have the back end defensively, but you watched them against Alabama, and you're like, Oh, wait a minute. They can run.

And they're just as big as Alabama. That's exactly right. Texas, that's what Sark is building. He left Alabama and he left the Nick Sabin tree, and that's what he's building from a roster. And what I like about what Sark has done is that he didn't go try to copy Nick Sabin from a personality standpoint or philosophy, but he did look at that roster at Alabama and say, oh, yeah, that's how you win.

That's how you win. This looks like an early 2000s USC team. It looks like the Alabama team. and the Georgia teams. They're big. They're experienced up front. In fact, four of their offensive linemen, this is their third year starting. They're veteran. They're as good an offensive line as anybody in the

country, and you couple that with a quarterback that I think is as good as anybody in the sport. You like Quinn. I do, and I think he's going to be a Heisman guy at the end of the year. A little loose for me. I mean, his... Drew Lockie to me.

I don't know if I will be as high on Quinn in the draft process as I am. for him for Texas now. And I think those can be two truthful statements. Absolutely. To your point. Yeah.

But having said that, he's an experienced guy with a lot of confidence that has weapons around him. And this is going to be a difficult game for Michigan. How about this? I will say this. And I know you love, like, you love history. We sat on a desk together. It might have been like one of your first weeks at F.S., at Fox, at Fox Sports.

It was Jim Harbaugh's first game. remember that Utah at Utah and that came up this week in my memory and it wasn't because you were blowing me away with smart takes although I'm sure they were fine it was more so this Michigan team reminds me more of those early Harbaugh teams Jake Rudok at quarterback Wilton spate at quarterback developing trying to be tough up front leaning on the run game really good defense tough defensive line that can play. A limitation offensively. A limited offense, but trying

to get it done. Complementary football. Both of those teams in 2015 and 16, 1-10 football games. In fact, in 16, you know, they were that overtime game with Ohio stayed away from going and playing for a Big Ten championship. So I still think that Michigan can be very good. I just think that they're

vastly more limited than what they were a year ago when they had all of that NFL talent, namely at the quarterback position in J.J. McCarthy. So that's how it frames in my mind, and I think it's an uphill battle for Michigan this week, because Texas is really good. And remember this. The last game Texas played, their defense was riddled with mistakes.

They didn't play well against Washington. Right? Their whole offseason. Offense is fine. I tend to look at what was your last game like? Like Miller Moss last game, Louisville, Holiday Bowl. Got some confidence. Texas got Washington just was a hot knife through.

that secondary. And I think Texas is going to come with a chip on their shoulder to prove to everybody. We're not just flashy. We can hit you in the mouth and play defense. Well, Texas this year reminds me a lot of what Michigan was a year ago. A team that lost in the previous semifinal. And you could see the train

coming all off season. And you can see and you're like, oh man, they're really experienced. Oh man, their quarterback is very good college quarterback. They've got talent. They've got speed. They've got toughness. And they've got a culture. And Texas is real. They're going to be a problem for Georgia. They're going to be a problem for anybody in the country.

Texas is legitimately a national championship contender, and at least in this September, with this roster, with all the newness at Michigan, I can't in good conscience say that Michigan is a true national title contender right now. They might develop into that. I'm not sure. The Wilton Spate 2016 team did. They developed into that late in that season behind an incredible defense. and maybe that happens this year for Michigan. But right now, Texas is the team that walks in there. But with that, by the way, with that expectation, comes an immense amount of pressure.

If they lose this game to this Michigan team, that is awful. Awful. For them and their fan base and their narrative and their momentum because of the expectations of what we just talked about. So that's on Fox, Texas at Michigan. First top 10 matchup, it's going to be such good TV.

Yeah. It'll be great. that's good. I'm happy for you. I am. I appreciate that. I poke you a little bit, but I am happy. You know what? You still hold some of those. Caldrauded record. Some of them. They're deep down in the balance. Fumbles in a quarter.

Yeah, something like that. You know, like most drop snaps. Okay. So I'll get the Clemson next week. Florida State's done. I'm going to throw out. You and I liked Oregon a lot. Yeah. Time out. I don't know what that was, but that doesn't look like correctable in a week. Well, that was the most. have won that game. Yeah, and by the way, if Idaho would have been a bigger upset than

the App State Michigan game from the early 2000s. That would have been the biggest upset in college football history. They got five star, four star guys all. We know Dan Lannning's a good coach. What was that? That was as concerning as any game in the first week of the season. There's no question about it. And here's the

thing. It's because it's not like they went out there and turned the ball over seven times and were all of a sudden in a close game. Dylan Gabriel threw for incredible production, including 41 of 50. They had to throw 50 passes against Idaho. That is concerning to say the least. If I'm Dan Lannning, I'm going in there and it's it's firing brimstone all week with that team because

in a lot of respects, you've got to take this team that won the football game and treat them like losers, right? You've got to take them and humble them down and say this has got to get better. Namely the offensive line. Oh no, the offensive line was a problem. Three starters back. They ran the ball for under three yards per carry against Idaho. Five of their eight penalties were on the offensive line, and they gave up three sacks. And you might say to yourself, like, well, three's not not terrible.

They give up five all last season. And five all last season, and the starters, they return, these are four and five star guys. Yeah, they're good players. They recruit high-end linemen. They're good players. And, you know, this Oregon team, I'm going to, I'm going to ride with Oregon. week and say, okay. That's what I feel.

Boise State. I'm going to give you your pass and say you're going to go back to the grindstone and you're going to correct those issues. Boise State comes in. By the way, Boise State has never lost to Oregon. They're three and oh against Oregon in their history. I know that that sounds crazy, but good program.

Ashton Genti, their running back is an excellent player that might be the top running back taken in next year's NFL draft. Just he's that good. But I think Oregon writes the ship and I think that they went in a big way. I'm watching that thinking, we got ourselves a problem. Yeah, that was a big problem. Here's top ten.

There does, apparently, as I said to Clad on Twitter, he does, he only has direct TV. He did not see the USC game. Clat does not have USC in that physicality and Miller Moss. I put them at 11. Okay. I don't understand

what your problem is. I watched Oregon and I watch USC. Like I said, I'm giving Oregon one last chance. I felt the same way. I'm like, no way, this is, something happened. The bus broke down. They're playing not in cleats. They're playing in.

I don't know what that was. Man, you know what was so great about that week one of college football? Oh, so good. It wasn't just like, well, Georgia and Alabama looked good. I mean, Georgia looks great. You've got freshmen for Ohio State. Texas looked great. Notre Dame with a big win.

Bama looks like they're rolling with a young wide receiver that could be DeBoers next Oduenze. You've got Miami. Oklahoma. Like, you've got a lot of really great storylines, including West Coast football, USC with that huge win. That was really big. It really was.

Let me, I got something else here. I was going to bring up. You didn't even bring up Colorado and Nebraska. It's a huge game. Okay, I'll just, listen. I was for Dion Sanders. I think he has brought awareness to the program and energy and he can recruit.

I like Nebraska. I think Nebraska is the sleeping giant in the country. They're going to knock off good teams, including USC as that sandwich game, right in the middle of like Penn, it's like UCLA Penn State. Nebraska. Think of it this way for Nebraska.

You'll love this. Last year, they've lost four games by a field goal. And those four games, they turned it over 17 times. 14 of them were by the quarterback. Dylan Raola, the true freshman,

doesn't have to be great. He just has to be a net positive for them to turn into an 8, 9, maybe 10-win team. If they're able to beat Colorado on Saturday night, they'll be undefeated facing Ohio State, which means even if they lose that game, they'll go into November as an 8-1 team playing legitimate college football playoff games. You know, coaches love Matt Ruhle. I told the staff this this morning. People can say what they want about the Carolina experiment, but nothing works in Carolina. Matt Ruh is one of those guys when you talk to other coaches.

You talk to Urban Meyer. He's like, no, that dude can coach. Matt Rule does stuff. Guys rip off. The problem for Nebraska and Matt is that Colorado has three or four players that are better than any player than Nebraska has. So this is the problem for Nebraska is the better team, I will fully admit. But if Shador goes off and Travis has a couple of picks, Colorado could easily win this game because those two guys are just better than everybody else. Travis may be the best player in the sport this year.

I think he is. I think he is. He's probably the best overall player. Yeah, I would agree with that. Clat is excellent. I'm going to give you A on this one. Wow. You brought it.

The fact that you had all those numbers up there. I'm a high processor. You are. You can trust you on third and three to audible to a third play. That's what I like about you. Sometimes even a force. I always like, well, now you're pushing your luck. I don't want a fourth read from Clat.

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Still no Jamar Chase, but how about this? The Jacoby Brissette situation, so he's going to be the starter, despite Drake May out playing him in the preseason. Even the coach admitted that. Many fans want to see May under center. Former Patriot Devin McCordy agrees with the decision to start Prissette. You go into a preseason game, he looks great, plays well.

Then you go into a third preseason game, he plays well again. And I think everyone's like, oh my goodness, he needs to be out there. I think you got to be careful of telling a quarterback, hey, we know you're young, but we need you to save the day every single play. You need to make sure you put us in the perfect play, i.e. Tom Brady, put us in a perfect play, get us out of a bad play, get us into a good play.

Hey, see the adjustments. Hey, understand the coverage. We need you to do that every single time. Yeah, I'm good either way. I don't generally like week one favorites, but boy, it's hard not to like Cincinnati in this spot. I know, I know Jamar Chase. The number would be 10 if we felt Jamar was ready to go.

I don't see the weaponry here. There's one way New England can win games this year. There is one way, 1714. Right. Win the turnover battle. They got one avenue to win games and Burrow doesn't turn it over much. Yeah, I think the public is like reluctant to back the Bengals. You see that seven and a half?

This was nine and a half like 10 days ago. Like who? Why are people on the Patriots here? I don't know. I'm still seeing Bengals blow out. Next up, the Philadelphia Eagles. Man, this is a game Friday night, by the way. Hope you carved out time on your calendar. Eagles looking to rebound after the horrific end of the season. They went one and six and got blasted by the bucks in the wildcard game. Nick Siriani's going to be on the hot seat. And one Philadelphia reporter believes anything short of a deep playoff run will put his job on the line. I guess you can only lose so many coordinators, right? before you ultimately get that.

Yeah, I think at this point, if they struggle this year, and I don't think they'll struggle because I think their talent in that division is so overwhelmingly in their favor. I mean, the Rams have talent, the Niners have talent, but there's players all over the division. It's like, Philly's talent and everybody else in that division, it's just a different level. The Philly's schedule is so easy.

They should stumble into 10 to 11 wins, but he has not done himself favor sometimes at the podium, on the sideline, so I think the pressure is immense. Relationship with Hertz, kind of rocky. That news was, I mean, ask yourself, how many offensive coaches struggle with a quarterback? You could have a Belichick, Mac Jones thing, where Matt came in with a little chip on his shoulder,

Belichick's history. Very rarely does an offensive coach struggle with a quarterback. That's an issue. We'll see, Kellyn Moore. It's not like Jalen Hertz has a history of being difficult. No, he's a great guy. Great kid. What he went through it in college at Alabama?

No, I'm definitely pro Jalen Hertz. I like the Eagles against your Packers. Sorry to see your Packers go 0-1 to start the season. You really do? You like Packers? Yeah. I don't know. First of all, game in Brazil.

I'm not touching it. I don't know what to make it. But I'm rooting Eagles. Well, I'm not rooting for anybody. I'm America's honesty broker. I root for competition. J-Mack with the news. Well, that's the news.

And thanks for stopping by. The Hurd-Ly News. So fired up. Texas and Michigan. That Bears game, that Bears' Titans game, can you do me one favor? What's the line at now in that game? Three and a half. See, that's one of those games.

I like Chicago. I would take, I mean, I don't know what Tennessee's offense is going to look like. I got no idea. Well, we know the new guy there, Callahan. Sharp. Right? he ran a lot of three wide receiver sets with the Bengals and Burroughs. So they're going to come out and Chuck and Duck.

There's no more Derek Henry in a cloud or dust. So be careful. I'm a little nervous about the Bears here. So am I. We'll see. The first two weeks of the season, this tends to be true. First three weeks, bad teams don't know they're bad. Like you get a team and they're not good, but they're playing like they're good.

Maybe they had a good preseason. They've got young guys. They don't know. Tennessee didn't know they're bad. Yeah. And so, and by the way, Chicago may say they're good. They don't know they're good yet.

They've got too many moving parts. So this week one is like outside of Cincinnati, New England, I could see seven upsets. I tell you, one of my favorite plays is Carolina. Yeah. So people just, especially when you bring a new offensive coaching, I mean, Tennessee's got all new receiving core, all new people, all new staff. And I love Brabel, but offensively, it was a tough watch.

I think Tony Pollard is running back one there, another new guy. guy? Yeah. Like they got a lot of newness, yeah. A lot. And good players. A little bit like Houston, where they brought in a lot of guys that aren't superstars. Minus the quarterback. Yeah, I'm not. Yeah. Sark's around the corner. Live in L.A., it's the herd. Be sure to catch live editions of the herd

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don't care about college inexperienced age Caitlin Clark's great and she's great right now now she's not Asia Wilson of Las Vegas that's the best player in the league jumps out of the TV great player

but Caitlin Clark and you see this a lot you used to see this all the time where somebody came out of men's college basketball who had played three or four years Patrick Ewing Tim Duncan you know they were ready to play

now it's one and done so even if you get a Wembee or you get an Aunt Edwards. They're just not old enough. They're not experience enough. But it used to be when guys stayed in college for three and four years, they would walk in and dominate. Well, that's what women's basketball is.

That's why Angel Reese can walk in to the WNBA and be a dominant Rodman-like rebounder. She's got four years of college. She's mature physically. Now guys come into the NBA. Jalen Green goes G-League NBA. It took him two years to figure out how to play basketball. Like the end of his second year, you're like, oh, okay, now he's get it. Okay, this guy's really good.

Wemby didn't improve the spurs a game and he was really good, but he was so raw. Chet Holmgren, they're all raw. So what women's basketball is right now is what men's basketball used to be 20 years ago, 15 years ago, where guys came in, they were like 23 years old. They'd been playing in the Big East, in physical basketball in the Big East, Syracuse, and Yukon, and they're ready to play, and they're ready to produce, and they can give you minutes and points and wins in the playoffs. that's what women's basketball now presents.

And I don't know. I mean, I'm just watching Angel Reese. And every time I watch her, it's double-double. She's a dominant rebounder. I'm watching Caitlin Clark. She's a dominant player in this league. All right. Steve Sarkesian, fourth year at Texas.

Here we go, joining us live. Game of the weekend against Michigan. Former head coach at Washington, USC. I'm so fired up for this stuff. You had a lot of influences. You had Pete Carroll. You had Dan Quinn. you had Nick Saban, but yet you've developed your own program.

I can feel the swagger. I can feel the attitude. Here's my question. I think all of us in the media are too tough on coaches. I feel this is actually your first team and roster that I look at and I go, oh, that's a national championship team. I looked at you last year and I thought they're close, but I don't trust the back end. Is that fair to say?

That's not a knock on last year's team, but I feel this team's different. I just do, Sark. What do you think? Well, I thought we were pretty good last year. You know, we ran into a hot Michael Pennix there in the semis, but hey, we didn't play our best game on either side of the ball. But, you know, I like our team this year. I would think, you know, when you look at our roster,

I think we only have four or five guys on our team that were here before I got here. The rest of the players we recruited, a lot of these players have been here for, you know, two, three, and four years now and have really grown up in the culture and understand what we're about and got great leadership. But I also think we've got great depth. I would say the one thing about this year's team is we definitely have more depth than we've had in any of our other years. And our two deep, sometimes you can't tell the difference between our ones and our twos. And that's great for us.

That's great for us right now early in the season. We can play a lot of players, especially in the heat when we're at home, but also for the longevity of this season. You know, to think that we kicked off August 31st and we're hoping to play January 20th. you know, we're going to need, we're going to need all the depth that we have. Okay, you lost a great tight end. You lost two great receivers. One of them late first of the chiefs. You lost a running back, I like.

Are you going to be as dynamic offensively? Because that's a lot of NFL talent that walked out the door. We lost three receivers. The other ones playing for the Rams now, too, Jordan. That's right. That's right. Yep, Jordan, yeah. You know, what I liked about the way we played Saturday was the efficiency we played with

offensively. You know, I think there's a nice blend of, new faces on our offensive side of the ball. You know, we have some transfers at receiver and tight end, but we also have some true freshmen that have stepped up. But we also have some guys that kind of, you know, waited their turn last year. But I think that the most important thing is we've got a veteran offensive line.

We're returning four of our five starters on the offensive front. You know, we've got a third year starting quarterback. And so if you want to be good on the offensive side of the ball, the quarterback, the offensive line are critical. And then I think we filled in some nice pieces around those elements. And like I said, I thought we played really efficient game Saturday. We showed the explosiveness. We showed the speed and space.

We showed the physicality in which we like to play with. Quinn Ewers. Now, is there an advantage to play in Michigan early? Harbaugh's gone new staff, although it's the same kind of physical culture. This is a tough one. This is a blue blood. It's a big game. It's high leverage.

Is it an advantage to play Michigan early? I don't know. You know, there are some, there's plenty of new faces, you know, and I think there's one thing about Michigan that what Coach Harbaugh did and now what Coach Moore is doing is, when you think about this program, it's three consecutive years they've gone to the college football playoff. Naturally, that's capped off last year with them being national champs.

You know, the amount of draft picks that they've had, 13, I believe, last year. I think they're 41 and 3 in their last 44 games. They've won 16 games in a row. they've won 23 straight games at home in the big house. So this is a great program. As much as it is about this current team they have, it's about the program, the development, what they've done. And so the harder part for us isn't about that they're going to be a quality

opponent. It's about some of the new faces. And then naturally from a staff perspective, Wink Martindale is a defensive coordinator. You know, we've only got one game sample size of him as a defensive coordinator at Michigan. So some of those things can be a little bit more difficult. but at the end of the day, it's a great opportunity, you know, to go play Michigan in the big house. First time ever, Colin, in the regular season that Texas is meeting Michigan.

And so when you think about those two iconic programs coming together, and it's pretty humbling for myself that I get to be on the sideline leading the Texas Longhouse. What did you say to Quinn yours? You played quarterback in college. You've had a lot of great quarterbacks. What was the one thing after the season that you told Quinn of yours? You know, I mean, you do this with all your quarterbacks. Here's what we're going to work on in the offseason.

What is the one thing that you said, hey, let's get better at this, because you've made your mark with him. There's no, even diet-wise, you've changed it. What's the one thing you said, Quinn, let's work on this. Let's make this a point of attack in the off-season. This is your team. Go lead them. Really, it was about leadership.

We knew we were going to have to replace all those pieces, and we knew we were going to have to bring in some transfers. We knew we were going to have to rely on some young players on the perimeter. And it was going to take Quinn leading them. It was going to take Quinn getting the rapport with those receivers and the tight end. It was going to take Quinn stepping up into that leadership role where Jordan Whittington and Jalen Ford and those guys have moved on from. And so that's been our focus. And he's done a tremendous job of that.

You can feel his presence. I think he instills confidence and belief into everybody in the organization, not just his teammates. And that's what quarterbacks do. That's why it's the most important position in sport. you know, if you've ever, you know, you ever been to Gillette, and when Tom Brady took the field, it was almost like a sigh of relief for everybody in the stands like, okay, Tom's here, we're good to go. And I'm sure it's the same way in Kansas City with Pat Mahomes and so on and so forth.

So the quarterback is a powerful guy, not only with his play, but I just think in the presence and the leadership that he provides. A couple of minutes left, I would argue in a 12-team playoff. If I was a coach, I think I'd be more aggressive, because sometimes in college football's history, it's like, I'm not saying anybody coaches not to lose, but I think everybody's going to lose a game potentially. Even the good teams, does the 12-team playoff,

does it matter to you at all, or is it like just go Saturdays or Saturdays? I mean, I think it matters. There's still some strategy involved, especially if you have to play in the first round. You'd sure love to have home field advantage and get a home game and not have to go back to Michigan in December. right um and you sure would love to win your conference um and and to get a buy in the first round um so

you know i i do think that matters i don't i don't think we're out here just trying to be reckless and take shots and go for it on fourth down i do think there's a a rhyme and a reason to everything that that we're trying to accomplish and what we're trying to do and develop in our team and in our program um but in the end i do think it allots you to play in games like this and not feel like, man, if we don't win this game, we have to be perfect the rest of the way. I do think it allots you to expose your team to some tough environments, to play against quality opponents, to get yourself ready for conference play, and then not have to feel the repercussions if you don't come out on top. On the flip side of that, man, it can be,

it can serve as a great springboard. You know, you go into the big house and get this win, what it can do for the rest of your season and the confidence of some of the players in your program that are just getting maybe their second game of exposure to big time football. 12 and 2 won the Big 12. They're pivoting to the SEC, and I think their roster along with Georgia is the best in that conference. I only got a minute left. I know you coach Texas.

Did you just get a couple of minutes of that USC game at all, Sark? Did your TV? How did I know you were going to ask me, man? How did I know you were so giddy? You were so giddy. You probably went for a walk the next morning right around Manhattan Beach, man. and you were just you were kind of throwing your victory sign up there just just excited about it hook him great seeing you sark appreciate you there it hey you got it going let me see you bet there you go babe

right there hook him man all right steve sart mix uh michigan and texasasas i just wondered if his tv just stumbled path i mean you're flipping through the you know you're flipping through you're watching whatever you're watching you know you just u sc game pops up whatever I told you this. I don't know why this is. I grew up with Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma. I always loved Texas. I have no idea why.

Didn't grow up in Texas. I've been to Austin a bunch of times. But there's something about the band, the color. They have a unique scheme. The horns. Texas is big. Texas is big boy football. I can't wait for that thing.

And I like Texas in that thing. I would say I was the opposite. I grew up in Notre Dame guy. Just because they were on TV every weekend, right? Like, it was easy. I was growing up in Virginia, and it's like... But Notre Dame was never cool. What are you talking about?

Late 80s Notre Dame Rocket Ishmael? Come on. He was cool. Notre Dame wasn't cool. They were the fight song for Notre Dame? Well, it was Notre Dame and Miami Hurricanes were the two jostling. USC, Miami... In the late...

Texas were cool. Nebraska and Notre Dame won. I mean, that cool. Tommy Fraser and Lawrence Phillips and Nebraska... He was cool. Nebraska's not. But they made the program cool, no? Maybe you need to...

Notre Dame's been great. I've never thought it's. Reassess what cool is. I think I have a pretty good sense of what's cool. I think America sees that. I'm not Joe Burrow. Chet's green. That's cool. Hook him.

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