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Steve Sarkisian after second Texas scrimmage: ‘We’re not where we need to be yet’ Share this story Texas football On Saturday, the Texas Longhorns held the team’s second scrimmage of spring practice head of next Saturday’s Orange-White game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Following the scrimmage, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian met with the media via Zoom to share his perspective on the 12th practice and where the Longhorns football program stands currently with only three practices remaining. “I thought pretty much in all areas, all facets, we improved individually by...

Steve Sarkisian is ‘pleased’ with how Texas is developing at the QB position Share this story Texas football The Texas Longhorns are roughly two thirds through spring practice as the Orange-White game looms less than two weeks away. On Tuesday, new coach Steve Sarkisian met with reporters via Zoom and shared some of his most extensive comments to date about the quarterback situation that features junior Casey Thompson and redshirt freshman Hudson Card competing for the starting job. On Saturday, the Longhorns went through the first scrimmage under Sarkisian and his coaching staff, providi...

Josh Thompson, Roschon Johnson detail players who’ve caught their attention during Texas spring practice Share this story Texas football The Texas Longhorns have been back practicing for close to a week now after a weeklong pause due to COVID-19 protocols, and senior cornerback Josh Thompson and junior running back Roschon Johnson met with the media via Zoom on Tuesday to provide an update. Both players shared insights into some of their teammates who have stood out early in spring practice, including McNeese State graduate transfer cornerback Darion Dunn. “Darion Dunn is a really competi...

From Staff Reports Two Republicans have announced bids to seek the nomination for Arkansas lieutenant governor. The general election is set for Nov. 8, 2022. As of Feb. 10, 2021, no Democrats have announced a bid for lieutenant governor. Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin, who is barred by term limits from seeking re-election in 2022, has announced he will run for attorney general. The candidates: Dr. Greg Bledsoe Bledsoe, 47, was appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson as the state's surgeon general in 2015. He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and has been an instructor and medical consult...

Steve Sarkisian continues Tom Herman’s vision for 2021 Texas recruiting class Share this story Texas athletics Four days after Texas Longhorns athletics director Chris Del Conte released his infamous statement reiterating that Tom Herman was still the head football coach in Austin, Herman met with the media to discuss a 2021 signing class that ranked as the worst non-transition class for the Longhorns in the modern era of recruiting. During that Zoom call with reporters, Herman emphasized that he and his staff kept the overall size of the class relatively small in order to add graduate or o...