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Texas culture overcame turbulence in 2022

Steve Sarkisian’s culture is weathering every storm.

Texas has a strong culture. That has never been more true than in the last couple months.

When Texas brought in Jahleel Billingsley and Agiye Hall, some believed those moves would be detrimental to their culture. Even though their exits caused a stir, the Longhorns’ culture proved impermeable to drama and division.

Texas had its fair share of on-field frustrations as well. Quinn Ewers didn’t look like himself and struggled to get the ball to Xavier Worthy in the second half of the season. Steve Sarkisian helped the team through its struggles on the field to finish strongly against Baylor.

Next season Texas will return starters at multiple positions. Those starters will be charged with bringing the leadership Roschon Johnson and Bijan Robinson brought last season. They should be up to the task.

Culture is about accountability, and from what we’ve seen key contributors welcomed that accountability this season. It should carry over to next year.

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Former Alabama WR Agiye Hall enters transfer portal after a season at Texas

Agiye Hall, who played for the Crimson Tide in 2021, announced he would be transferring from Texas.

Former Alabama wide receiver Agiye Hall has announced via Twitter that he has, once again, entered the NCAA transfer portal. He will likely be heading to his third program in just as many years.

Hall originally joined the Crimson Tide as a four-star prospect in the 2021 recruiting class. After one season with appearances in three games, in which he had four receptions for 72 yards, he entered the portal. His departure from Tuscaloosa was met with criticism from Alabama fans and he was vocal in responding online.

He decided to transfer to Texas, where he’d join former Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian and tight end Jahleel Billingsley. In one season with the Longhorns, he had one catch for seven yards in three appearances.

There’s no telling where the wide receiver will continue his college football career, but we can almost certainly cross off Alabama and Texas from the list of potential programs.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Hall’s journey, as well as other former Alabama players now in the transfer portal.

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Team Building: Where Texas football goes from here after portal losses

Texas should finish with a net gain of talent after additions despite portal losses.

The football season isn’t over yet, but free agency has begun in college football. Multiple Texas players announced that they are looking for new homes on Tuesday.

Hudson Card headlines the group of departing players. Card played solid football in his game action this season and could garner plenty of interest from teams in need of a quarterback.

Other notable departures include Andrej Karic, Jamier Johnson and Troy Omeire.

The losses in and of themselves aren’t program killers but the loss of quality depth is suboptimal for the Texas staff. The reality is, every team will deal with portal casualties and the Longhorns could see more players depart.

The likelihood is that Texas will end up with a net gain of talent this offseason. Given their resources and improved on-field play this season, Steve Sarkisian should be able to improve the roster before next fall.

Let’s look at where Texas might add talent and depth in the offseason.

Steve Sarkisian is hoping to preserve Texas WR Agiye Hall’s redshirt

“That would be in the best interest of him and the best interest of us.”

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian spoke with the media on Thursday and made an interesting comment about wide receiver Agiye Hall’s future with the program. Continue reading “Steve Sarkisian is hoping to preserve Texas WR Agiye Hall’s redshirt”

Dose of Hope: Texas HC Steve Sarkisian’s quotes indicate competency

It appears Steve Sarkisian’s staff is fixing the Longhorns’ most glaring issues.

Texas had very fixable issues in the aftermath of the Texas Tech loss. It appears Steve Sarkisian and his staff are working to eliminate those problems.

Texas Tech picked the Longhorns apart with short yardage passes last week, a recurring theme of the Sarkisian era. The theme was most visible on third and fourth down conversions, where Texas allowed Tech free passes to the first down marker. The problem is being addressed this week.

The Texas head coach discussed the extra work the team is putting in on money downs for both sides of the football, among other things. Sarkisian’s confidence also shined through in his media availability on Thursday. He appeared assured that the team is prepared for West Virginia this week.

Here are a few of his quotes from Thursday’s media availability.

WR Agiye Hall finding a role in the Texas offense

Sarkisian hinted that we could be seeing more of the redshirt freshman wideout as early as this weekend. 

Texas wide receiver Agiye Hall hauled in his first pass as a Longhorn in the 37-34 loss to Texas Tech. Continue reading “WR Agiye Hall finding a role in the Texas offense”

Storylines to follow in Alabama’s matchup with Texas

Here are the top storylines to follow in the Crimson Tide’s highly anticipated matchup with Texas.

Now that Alabama has taken care of its Week 1 opponent, [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] and the Crimson Tide can now look ahead to its much anticipated Week 2 matchup with the Texas Longhorns.

Both Texas and the Tide handled business in Week 1 against inferior opponents and now the first true test for each team lies ahead this coming Saturday in Austin.

With all the connections between the Longhorns and the Crimson Tide there are plenty of storylines to follow as Alabama travels to take on the Longhorns but today we will look at five that I believe to be the most important.

Let’s roll!

Texas WR Agiye Hall will be active in season opener vs. Louisiana-Monroe

It’s unclear how much playing time he will receive and/or when, but very positive news for the Longhorns.

Texas officially kicks off the 2022 college football game on Saturday evening against Louisiana-Monroe. Continue reading “Texas WR Agiye Hall will be active in season opener vs. Louisiana-Monroe”

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian adresses Agiye Hall’s recent suspension

“When the time is right, we’ll have him back on our team.”

Texas wide receiver Agiye Hall was suspended from the Texas football program after he was arrested by university police last Thursday.

Hall has been charged with a Class B misdemeanor of criminal mischief equal to or greater than $100 but less than $750. Hall’s arrest was a result of illegally removing a parking boot from his vehicle.

Steve Sarkisian was asked about Hall’s suspension in his postpractice press conference on Monday.

“We’re working with Agiye, we’re working with his family to get him in a situation where he can be a really functional part of this team and the goal for him, the goal for us, is to play great football at the University of Texas, graduating from the University of Texas, and be a great teammate and walk out of here an even better person than he was when he arrived. So we’re putting all the pieces in place to help him do that. When the time is right, we’ll have him back on our team.”

The coaching staff continuing to work toward getting Hall back is good news for the Longhorns. Texas’ wide receiver room took a major hit when Isaiah Neyor tore his ACL in practice over the weekend.

Hall is an exceptional talent who figures to be in the mix for playing time once his off the field issues are settled.

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