Steve Sarkisian is pulling from his time at Washington to prepare against Alabama

Listed below are three takeaways from Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian’s weekly Monday press convention:

Sark’s been right here earlier than

Steve Sarkisian is not any stranger to upsets.

The Texas head coach led the Washington Huskies to a 16-13 upset over No. 3 USC in 2009, and he made comparisons between the Huskies’ state of affairs and that of the 2022 Longhorns.

“A really comparable state of affairs,” Sarkisian started. “I believe it was shopping for into the thought of what the sport plan was and the place we would have liked to be from a psyche standpoint.”

He particularly talked about how Washington was down early in that sport, however his gamers didn’t let the 10-0 rating have an effect on how they proceeded.

“One factor about that sport that I vividly bear in mind is we weathered a storm actual early…we didn’t cease the run for something. Our guys simply kinda hung in there. They fought, they scratched and so they clawed. Subsequent factor you recognize, it’s a tie sport within the fourth quarter and you’ve got an opportunity,” Sarkisian mentioned.

Washington ended up profitable the sport, because of a discipline aim kicked by Erik People on the very finish of the fourth quarter.

A Bryce Younger reunion

Saturday’s sport is an opportunity for Sarkisian to reunite with probably the most gifted gamers he’s labored with — Bryce Younger.

“Clearly, I’ve had a particular relationship with him all through the recruiting course of,” Sarkisian mentioned in regards to the Alabama quarterback. “I’ve recognized Bryce since he was actually in sixth grade, so I’m pleased with him and all that he’s completed in his time at Alabama.”

As Alabama’s offensive coordinator, Sarkisian performed a significant position in Younger’s recruitment to the Crimson Tide.

“He can really feel issues occur and he has a pure understanding of route mixtures based mostly on coverages, and he’s keen to chop unfastened,” Sarkisian mentioned about Younger. “He has a neat potential to maneuver within the pocket, preserve his eyes downfield and make throws from off-platform.”

Sarkisian even went on to say that Younger and Texas’ beginning quarterback Quinn Ewers have a lot in frequent.

“A number of issues we talked about Quinn, Bryce possesses a number of those self same traits.”

‘A lot to work on’

Sarkisian detailed a couple of changes that Texas is engaged on in preparation for Saturday.

“We’ve got loads to work on, clearly within the kicking sport,” he mentioned. “The mishaps with the snaps have gotten to get cleaned up, which I believe we’ll deal with that.”

Final week, the Longhorns missed a discipline aim try to finish the half after a misplaced snap.

“There have been a few third-down eventualities that didn’t go the best way I might’ve favored them to go. The quarterback scramble up the center the place we received out of our rush lanes — we simply can’t let that occur.”

However, Sarkisian was happy general with how his crew performed within the blowout win towards ULM.

“There have been a number of positives,” Sarkisian mentioned. “I believed our effort was nice. I believed we defended the run rather well…Clearly, anytime you rating on protection is nice.”

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