Ian Boyd, Author at Inside Texas

Gameplan: The front half of Texas’ 2021 schedule

Steve Sarkisian inherited a tough schedule for the start of his tenure as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns. Much like Tom Herman, who drew the innocuous challenge of playing Maryland, Sarkisian has a pair of “trap” games to welcome him to the gig. Then the Big 12 slate hits him hard early with a road trip against Gary Patterson’s TCU Horned Frogs, bane of the Longhorn existence in the Big 12, the week before the season-defining Red River Shootout against an Oklahoma team with National Championship aspirations.

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Texas embraces being Goliath

Texas was at least five years late with the Steve Sarkisian hire.

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Steve Sarkisian vs. the Big 12 conference

Defenses around the league have found ways to keep offenses in front of them, such as with Iowa State’s three-safety scheme, or with Oklahoma and their aggressive defensive front. Dave Aranda hired Jeff Grimes from BYU to install the modernized, wide zone offense the Cougars rode to a strong season in 2020 in Waco.

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Texas prepares to feature Bijan Robinson

Everyone knows what's coming from Texas this next season. As soon as Steve Sarkisian and his staff were hired, there were infographics going up on Twitter about how Sark likes to feature a bell cow running back and after the end of the 2020 season, there was no question who he might have in mind for the role: Bijan Robinson.

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Scatter-shooting Big 12 Media Day 1

It's always interesting to gauge the narratives coming out of day 1 from Big 12 Media Days. Everyone, from the commissioner, to the coaches, to the SID-aided players have particular narratives they're looking to produce or aid with the quotes and soundbites they offer.

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Big 12 Media Days – Day 2

First up is a rules presentation before we go Baylor, Kansas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, then Texas at 12:35

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Sam Acho on Moro Ojomo

While at Media Days I connected with Sam Acho on his fellow Nigerian and Longhorn defensive lineman Moro Ojomo and his role for the team in the upcoming season.

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Big 12 Media Days – Day 1

Big 12 Media Days gets underway today at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. Commissioner Bob Bowlsby kicks things off at 9 a.m. with his long speech where NIL, the expanded playoff, and the future of the Big 12 will likely be major topics. Coaches hit the stage at 10:30 a.m., starting with Matt Campbell, then Gary Patterson, Neal Brown, Chris Klieman, and Lincoln Riley.