Notes and Quotes from Steve Sarkisian's UTSA Game Week Presser

Notes and Quotes from Steve Sarkisian’s UTSA Game Week Presser

Following this past weekend’s game against top-ranked Alabama, Longhorns head coach addressed the media on Monday to discuss the team’s next game against UTSA.

Below, you can find some of the takeaways from this week’s press conference:

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Notes:

Sarkisian spoke highly of Roschon Johnson and his selflessness. Did not deny the possibility that Johnson might see some snaps at wildcat quarterback, similar to last year’s game against Kansas State, with multiple quarterbacks being injured.
Stated that Quinn Ewers, Hudson Card, Bijan Robinson, and D’Shawn Jamison are all day-to-day and that none of the players have structural damage.

Steve Sarkisian on his team's performance vs Alabama: "They were tough minded, had to fight through some adversity… There's still plenty to clean up." #HookEm
— Devon Messinger (@devonmessinger) September 12, 2022

Steve Sarkisian on Texas QB Hudson Card's performance against Alabama: "It was inspiring to me as a coach." #HookEm
— Devon Messinger (@devonmessinger) September 12, 2022

Steve Sarkisian on Texas QB Malik Murphy's status: "He's not healthy." #HookEm
— Devon Messinger (@devonmessinger) September 12, 2022

Steve Sarkisian on Texas QB Hudson Card's skillset on the field: "He's got a great deal of mobility, even with a hurt ankle… He's got a real knack for throwing the intermediate ball." #HookEm
— Devon Messinger (@devonmessinger) September 12, 2022

Steve Sarkisian praises Texas's game day environment on Saturday against Alabama: "I don't think half the people even sat down the entire game." #HookEm
— Devon Messinger (@devonmessinger) September 12, 2022

Steve Sarkisian says that his Texas team has to "focus," and ignore the outside noise & hype following their close loss to Alabama as they "got to be careful of the rat poison." #HookEm
— Devon Messinger (@devonmessinger) September 12, 2022

Steve Sarkisian on what he is seeing from his Texas defense through 2 weeks: "I think players have really bought into the preparation". #HookEm
— Devon Messinger (@devonmessinger) September 12, 2022