1-on-1 with Steve Sarkisian about the Texas-sized Expectations | Always College Football

Always College Football with Greg McElroy

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.3 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Steve Sarkisian joins Greg McElroy and talks about the expectations at Texas heading into 2025, the growth of Arch Manning, the depth at running back, why he “super pumped” about the wide receiver room, how Ohio State in week one is motivating them and much more. Plus, we hit the mailbag and answer if NIL puts more pressure on players, the G5 teams you NEED to know, the best “under the radar games” early in the season and what the rebirth of the PAC 12 really means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Raban.
0:03.5	Be victorious with Invictus, the winning masculine fragrance by Raban.
0:08.7	A phenomenal clash of biting freshness and woody aroma.
0:12.9	Two forces combined for the ultimate clean fragrance.
0:16.3	The essence of a hero, the scent of victory.
0:24.6	Discover Invictus and the new Invictus Victory Absolute by Raban. Visit us in store and shop online to discover more.
0:28.6	I think he's ready to play now and play at a high level.
0:33.6	And we don't have to go through as many growing pains.
0:36.6	Sure, there's going to be some, but we don't have to go through as many because of the exposure that he got.
0:40.3	And I think he's earned the respect of his teammates, you know, that they know he's not playing because of the name on the back of his jersey.
0:46.3	Hello and welcome. It is always college football. Today is Thursday, June 26th.
0:57.1	And we greatly appreciate those of you that are joining us here on the ESPN College
1:01.6	Football YouTube page or if you're here with us via the podcast. If you haven't subscribed, please do.
1:07.5	That means our episodes will be in your inbox every single time we clip out a new one.
1:12.5	We got a lot of fun stuff coming up here in the next couple weeks. Today's show is going to be
1:17.9	a great conversation with Steve Sarkesian, the head coach of the Texas Longhorns. They have
1:21.7	so much momentum going right now with what's been created the last couple of years, back-to-back
1:27.0	playoff appearances, back-to-back playoff appearances,
1:28.8	back-to-pack semi-final appearances. Of course, they came up a little bit short last year to the
1:33.1	eventual national champions, but they'll have the chance to get revenge in week one of the regular
1:39.6	season. We'll ask Steve Sarkesian about that. We'll ask him about Arch Manning and the progress
1:43.6	that he's made throughout the offseason. We'll ask him about his wide about that. We'll ask him about Arch Manning and the progress that he's made throughout the offseason.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 13 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from ESPN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of ESPN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.