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Texas Football: Open practice could provide a view of position battles

Fans will have an in-person preview of the Texas football team tonight.

It’s a new day on the Forty Acres. Texas will showcase it’s 2022 football team in an open practice tonight at 7 P.M. CT.

The reality is, we likely will not learn much from tonight’s practice. Nevertheless, it might let fans see some of what has made position battles difficult to determine to this point.

Steve Sarkisian’s quarterback battle could determine whether or not he succeeds at Texas. For that reason, it’s easy to see why the second-year coach would take extra care with the decision.

From an outside perspective, many want Sarkisian to throw caution to the wind and determine a starter. And while a degree of decisiveness is needed, he will need to exercise wisdom as well.

We have detailed the degree of difficulty that the Alabama game presents should the Longhorns delay the quarterback decision. The ultimate winner of the quarterback battle will need every rep he can get before the game.

With that said, Sarkisian needs time to get his quarterback decision right. Taking the necessary time may ensure that Texas has finally found its coach of the future.

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Texas Football: Position battles to watch during spring

All eyes will be on these positions during spring ball.

To say that Steve Sarkisian’s first season as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns was a disappointment would be an major understatement.

The team was plagued with inconsistencies at seemingly every position, wrong personnel was being used at times, and there was a lack of adjustments made the whole season. All of these issues contributed to the team going 5-7, and are likely motivation for the staff and team to take this spring ball time as serious as ever.

Spring ball gives players a chance to cement themselves as starters, and allows for early enrollees to set themselves apart from some of the players that will be joining the team in the fall.

Texas has many needs to address, and realistically there are only three or four players on the whole team that have their spot solidified, every other position on the team should be up for grabs.

Sarkisian and his staff will have a lot of tough decisions to make in terms of who will start and who will not. Here are a few of the most important position battles to watch during spring camp. Positions like the defensive line and offensive line will be major battles to watch eventually, but a majority of the players that have a chance to compete for a starting spot will not be on campus until fall.