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Horns247 Podcasts: Longhorn Blitz, The Flagship and State of Recruiting

The Flagship: How Coronavirus impacts future of Shaka Smart, Texas football

Horns247 Podcasts: Longhorn Blitz, The Flagship and State of Recruiting

247Sports, Texas, Texas Longhorns, Texas Football, Texas Basketball, Texas athletics, Arch Manning, College Football

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9810 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The University of Texas took drastic measures earlier this week when officials announced the decision to move all course instruction to online classes amid the growing concern over the spread of the Coronavirus. The decision came down a few days after UT officials announced it had shut down the Forty Acres campus after President Greg Fenves' wife tested positive for COVID-19, putting the Fenves family into self-isolation. As the Longhorns make their way through uncharted waters, there's a chance that this change in course schedules could impact the futures of both Shaka Smart and Texas football. In this week's edition of The Flagship Podcast, Horns247 columnist Chip Brown and managing editor Taylor Estes discuss the latest changes to the spring semester, and if this pandemic may have saved Smart his job considering the Longhorns were unable to participate in either the Big 12 and NCAA Tournaments after both events were canceled. In addition to the impact of the basketball program, Texas football's spring practice schedule is in limbo amid the Coronavirus pandemic, and Chip and Taylor discuss the impact this could make on the Longhorns as they are hoping to install an entirely new offense and defense with seven new assistant coaches on staff. Chip and Taylor welcome in 247Sports College Basketball Analyst Evan Daniels for his take on the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament, what he's hearing about Smart's future and how five-star Greg Brown is still in play for the Longhorns, though there's one caveat that could change his recruitment. Chip and Taylor close the show with some questions from the Horns247 audience, and give a bit of a humorous approach on being self-isolated with family members. Catch all of that and more on the latest episode of The Flagship Podcast. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome in to the flagship podcast.

0:09.1

It is your friends, Chip Brown, and of course, the managing editor of Horns 247.com, the one and only Taylor Estes.

0:18.9

Taylor, how are you doing?

0:20.5

I'm doing good, just being in quarantine and self-isolated at home. Chip, what about you?

0:25.4

Hey, same here, same here. Trying to keep that self-distancing at an optimum maximum.

0:34.7

And hoping for the best for everyone else out there as we go through these

0:38.9

unbelievable unprecedented troubling uncertain times i mean i'm sitting here today

0:45.0

we're recording on wednesday and the big 12 athletic directors had a had a teleconference today and I'm trying to chase that down remotely

0:59.6

and and see what's what's happening I mean I think what we're looking at is probably the cancellation

1:05.7

certainly of spring football games um but could there be a door open for any kind of spring football practices if this coronavirus can be

1:21.0

resolved or contained, not resolved, contained to the point where the Texas campus gets back to any kind of activity.

1:30.0

But, I mean, Taylor, I'm saying that as one day after the University of Texas announced

1:36.2

that they're moving to online classes as of March 30th, and they're asking everyone to move

1:42.9

out of the dorms.

1:44.8

Right.

1:45.1

So, I mean, we're really running out of time here.

1:48.7

I mean, I feel like the next story is really, is the NCAA going to be open to having

1:56.2

some kind of waiver for spring football to be carried over into the month of June.

2:04.4

Because Texas ends classes on May 8th.

2:09.2

Yeah.

2:09.9

Six weeks away.

2:11.7

Right.

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