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Gameplan: Kwiatkowski inherits Texas’ linebacker rebuild

Chris Ash’s main goal in 2020 was to get Texas playing better, fundamental defense on a very basic level. The linebacker position, where Texas has struggled through boom/bust cycles all century, was a prime target for this development.

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Gameplan: Tight end blocking in 2021

Steve Sarkisian inherited a bit of a tricky situation at Alabama when he became the offensive coordinator in 2019.

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Gameplan: Peso defense and the new world of cover 3

Over the weekend, Steve Sarkisian’s staff added yet another outside linebacker transfer to the roster.

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Recruiting Notebook: Allen, Robertson, Ross, and Coleman Jr

We begin in Aledo for a national-ranked safety, head over to the ATX for a rising offensive lineman, then down towards Galena Park for a monster-sized defensive tackle, and finish with an elite-level receiver from the Show Me State. The Recruiting Notebook for your Sunday reading.

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Gameplan: Jack linebacker and Pete Kwiatkowski’s pass-rush

If there was one flaw in the Texas roster waiting for Steve Sarkisian and his staff, it was at the crucial “edge” defensive position. When Tom Herman took over in Austin it was a program strength. Todd Orlando was constantly struggling to work out what to make of a roster with multiple promising edge players Charlie Strong had found among the 3-star ranks such as Breckyn Hager, Malcolm Roach, and Charles Omenihu.

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Gameplan: National recruiting strategy and the offensive line

Thus far into the 2022 recruiting class, Steve Sarkisian and his staff have made 12 scholarship offers to out of state recruits along the offensive line alone. The program has come quite a long way in 10 years since Mack Brown’s 2011 recruiting class, which ranked fourth in the country but included just one scholarship offer to an out of state offensive line recruit.

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Gameplan: The challenge of featuring Bijan Robinson

It’s obvious to everyone around Texas football what the strategy will be for winning games in 2021, year one of the Steve Sarkisian era. You had only to watch a few of the late season games to have a clear sense of who on this roster a new staff would be looking to emphasize in order to win games.

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Recruiting Notebook: Kerr, Lewis, Umeozulu, Lee

We begin in Central Texas with a versatile safety, head over to the Piney Woods for a linebacker, move along I-20 for one of the state's top offensive linemen, and finish with a Texas signee and how he fits within Steve Sarkisian's offense. Get you some Recruiting Notebook.

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Gameplan: How does the 2021 class fit Sarkisian’s vision?

Texas’ incoming class for 2021 is now more or less complete with the passing of NSD2. Most of the thought and analysis these days occurs around NSD1 when the strong majority of recruits sign. For Texas, the complicating factor is the fact they hired a completely new staff in between NSD1 (to the shock of newspaper readers) and NSD2.