The Flagship: CBS analyst Brian Jones previews Texas' upcoming season
Horns247 Podcasts: The Flagship Podcast
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4.8 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Jones says he's frustrated with the lack of player development at Texas the past decade and hopes Sarkisian and Co. can do something about it.
Jones was in Austin during spring football and said, "From the janitors to the athletic director - to a man - they said there was a sense of urgency and discipline."
Jones said Sarkisian's track record of selecting starting quarterbacks and developing them should give Texas fans comfort as Sark prepares to pick either Hudson Card or Casey Thompson to start at QB for the Longhorns.
Count Jones among those who believe sophomore Bijan Robinson is the next big thing at running back for Texas.
On the defensive side of the ball, Jones said someone needs to step up at his former position (linebacker), but has confidence in Sarkisian's defensive staff as well as the talent up front.
Jones has some bold predictions for the 2021 season, including his selection of a team other than Oklahoma to win the Big 12. (Jones also says to watch out for Texas A&M as a possible College Football Playoff team.)
Jones also shares his thoughts on Texas' looming move to the SEC and how "the target on the Longhorns just got larger."
Texas fans won’t want to miss this week’s interview edition of The Flagship Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Join now on the flagship podcast by the one and only Brian Jones. |
| 0:16.7 | I mean, BJ, it's so great to see it. |
| 0:19.0 | We did not call each other, by the way, about our pink shirts, for those of us watching |
| 0:23.2 | on the Horns 24-7 YouTube channel, but Brian Jones, former Longhorn, former NFL linebacker, |
| 0:31.9 | now college football analyst extraordinaire with CBS. |
| 0:41.0 | BJ, how you doing? I'm great, man, a little tired. |
| 0:47.6 | I was in Dallas for a few days for a big old wedding, just flew back home and got your text as I was landing and said, heck yeah, I'll jump on with Mr. Chip Brown, the world famous Chip Brown. |
| 0:56.5 | Talk a little Longhorns. |
| 0:57.9 | Talk about your old team. |
| 1:00.5 | That's all I did in Dallas, man, at this wedding. |
| 1:04.0 | Everybody, there were a lot of big Longhorn fans. |
| 1:07.8 | Let's say the majority of the folks. |
| 1:09.3 | So I guess I'm well-oiled for our conversation. |
| 1:13.3 | Right. You know what? Just go ahead and relay everything that you said to that. No. |
| 1:19.3 | Some of it, I can't. Okay, some of it you can't. Okay, that's the stuff we really want to hear, |
| 1:24.5 | BJ. You know, I'm going to keep it real, man. |
| 1:28.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:29.2 | So let's get into it. |
| 1:31.6 | You've had a chance to kind of digest a little bit from the spring and what you've heard |
| 1:37.6 | out of fall camp so far. |
| 1:39.4 | Give me your thoughts on Steve Sarkeesian as the head coach, what you like, what concerns you? |
| 1:48.1 | Not many concerns, if any. |
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