Steve Sarkisian talks moving on from last year as 2023 season opener approaches.
Three key points emerged from Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian’s season-opening weekly Monday press conference:
“I am going to bump into a tree at some point if I keep looking back at 5-7,” Sarkisian stated. The majority of the 2022 roster’s players are not even accountable for the 2021 campaign. Currently, freshmen and sophomores make up 57 of the 85 scholarship players.
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This football team is not the same. There were many unfamiliar faces in that room. A year ago, more than half of the men in that room were not even present. And the ones that remain already feel awful. Does making someone feel awful make me feel good? I simply do not think that is true.
Sarkisian also emphasized that he is more concerned with the future of his club than with the past. We make an effort to stay focused. They hear enough about what happened a year ago, so I try not to elaborate.
He officially announced a little less than two weeks ago that Quinn Ewers will start at quarterback instead of Hudson Card. He is a really calm and collected individual, which I appreciate in a quarterback. His confidence is palpable. The decisiveness of some throws nearly betrays it.
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To emphasize how crucial it is for Ewers to have faith in him and the rest of the Texas staff, Sarkisian even drew on his own experience as a collegiate quarterback.
