Texas Longhorns Join SEC: Steve Sarkisian Emphasizes Respect

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00:00Here is Steve Starkeesian, of course, the Longhorns, now in the SEC.

00:04Welcome to the conference, coach.

00:06As far as our transition in the Southeastern Conference,

00:09I think the key word is respect.

00:11We have a ton of respect for this conference.

00:14We have a ton of respect for the teams, the coaches, the players, and the fans.

00:20This is the elite conference in college football,

00:23and we're fortunate enough to be part of it.

00:27We won't do anything without having a level of respect of who we play,

00:31where we're playing them, the types of players that they have,

00:34the coaching that they have.

00:36And I think on the flip side of that, we have to go earn their respect.

00:39We're not going to get anything in this deal.

00:41Nothing's going to be free, OK?

00:42We're going to have to go earn the respect of our opponents,

00:45the opposing coaches, the opposing fans.

00:49And that's going to be kind of on the forefront of what we do.

00:53But the beauty of this conference is really the pageantry.

00:57They've already proved they can do it, right?

01:00I mean, we've already seen them beat Alabama.

01:02So this guy's got a great football program,

01:06and it really is going to be exciting to see how they do

01:09and how Oklahoma does in this conference.

01:12I've always said that the conference is the haves and have-nots, right?

01:17I'd never believed that the whole conference was good.

01:20I think half of them get their ass beat every week by the better half.

01:25So I think adding those two programs to kind of a half-and-half league,

01:33if you ask me, it makes it better finally.

01:36I'm not a buyer in every single team in that conference.

01:40There's a lot of teams in there that stink.

01:42That's just all there is to it.

01:44It's top-heavy.

01:45So now you've added two new powers, which makes it stronger up top

01:51and weaker at the bottom.

01:54Certainly does.

01:55One more from Sarkeesian.

01:56Of course, he has one of the Heisman favorites, Quinn Ewer's, back.

02:01He's got Arch Manning as well, says he's going to need both quarterbacks.

02:04Here he is on the Heisman hype for Ewer's.

02:06For us to be able to sit here and say this is the deepest team we've had,

02:10probably the most talented team we've had in my four years here,

02:14I can unequivocally say that.

02:16And we lost some really good players a year ago.

02:18But we've got a very deep football team, one that we're excited about

02:22and looking forward to watching them compete this fall.

02:26Of off the team, we've got three players here with us today.

02:28We've got Quinn Ewer's going into year three as our quarterback,

02:32a guy who has gotten better from year one to year two.

02:36He's really improved from year two to year three.

02:38He's changed his body.

02:39He looks great.

02:40He understands the system.

02:42But the thing that I'm probably most proud of him about is his leadership.

02:46This guy is exuding confidence right now.

02:49Yeah, and I think he's got a great shot at the Heisman.

02:52And I also, it's unfortunate because I want to watch

02:56Arch Manning play college football.

02:58Yeah, well, barring an injury to Ewer's, I don't think

03:02you're going to see that this year.

03:05And I know he wants to sell you we're going to need both guys.

03:09If you're winning, you don't change quarterbacks.

03:12And when you've got a guy who's brought you to the playoff already last year,

03:16you're not going to change quarterbacks.

03:17So I think we're going to have to wait another year for Arch, Scotty,

03:20unless something bad happens.

03:21Well, we'll see.

03:23The potential for injury in this conference, I think,

03:25is high every Saturday because it is the fastest, most violent conference

03:30in college football, and anybody can be injured in a second.

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