Texas is usually a lightning rod for many college football fan bases. One college football writer will likely make waves for his thoughts on the program.
Andy Staples of The Athletic shared his thoughts on a number of topics involving four major college football programs: Oklahoma, Texas, UCLA and USC. He discussed the importance of this season for each team in its last year in its current conference. Afterward he shared expectations for each team heading into more competitive leagues.
In short, Staples appears to be confident in Oklahoma and Texas heading into the SEC. He cites the Sooners’ track record of consistent success and the Longhorns’ talent acquisition as reasons to believe in each team.
Interestingly enough, Staples thinks as highly as we do of left tackle Kelvin Banks, wide receivers Xavier Worthy, AD Mitchell, Isaiah Neyor and tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders.
Here are some of the best quotes from his mailbag article.
Oklahoma, Texas in “win-now” mode
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“The attitude at Oklahoma is always win-now. Texas always wants to win now, but the Longhorns often can’t get out of their own way. Still, this particular Texas team looks like the most talented in the Big 12 at the moment.”
Roster construction
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“The schools that seem to be most explicitly building toward their new conference homes are Oklahoma, Texas and USC.”
Venables in the SEC
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“While we don’t yet know if Brent Venables can do the job to Oklahoma’s satisfaction on the field, he seems capable of building the Sooners an SEC roster. … Venables’ history at Clemson (suggests) he knows exactly what a team that can beat the SEC needs on the line of scrimmage.”
Sarkisian’s SEC roster
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“Steve Sarkisian … knows exactly how (an SEC roster)…
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