The Flagship: Takeaways from Texas spring football, why Shaka Smart needs to go

Horns247 Podcasts: The Flagship Podcast

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4.8 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Football is back in the air in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns have made their much anticipated return to the gridiron and kicked off the first spring football practice schedule under new head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff. Texas has a number of questions that need to be addressed leading up to the 2021 football season, including who will be taking snaps at QB between Casey Thompson and Hudson Card.

On this week's episode of The Flagship Podcast, Horns247 columnist Chip Brown and managing editor Taylor Estes weigh in on what they are hearing early on in spring ball, including some potential attrition news on the defensive side of the ball. The host discuss what Sarkisian has said following the first days of spring ball and what to make of his comments about the quarterback position as Card and Thompson battle for the No. 1 job. The Flagship also weighs in on some injury news, including the loss of junior wide receiver Jake Smith, who went down with a foot injury during Day 1 of spring practice, and what the linebacker position looks like with DeMarvion Overshown out for spring after undergoing shoulder surgery during spring break.

The Flagship then shifts focus to the embattled Texas basketball program after yet another first round loss in the NCAA Tournament and what that could mean for Shaka Smart's future. After touching some on basketball, baseball and softball, The Flagship returns with our weekly Love it or Leave it segment, with this week's topics focused on if Shaka Smart needs to be fired, who could be his replacement, the excitement level for Texas spring football and more!

Catch all of that and much more on this week's episode of The Flagship Podcast.

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0:00.0	Welcome in everybody to the flagship podcast.
0:13.7	We are back for another week.
0:15.5	I am Chib Brown, joined, as always by our fearless leader at Horns 24-7,
0:21.5	the managing editor, Taylor Estes,
0:23.4	and it's Taylor's birthday today, folks.
0:27.1	So, happy birthday to you.
0:31.2	Okay, it's great.
0:32.8	Taylor's like, shut up.
0:34.3	Let's get on with it.
0:36.7	And Taylor, there's a lot to get into. But I mean,
0:41.9	you know, should we, is there anything you are hoping to get for your birthday?
0:47.9	You know, other than you singing to me, that's all that I really need. I just need to be
0:53.5	a few times. So no, yeah, I mean, it is my birthday. I don't really, I'm not too
1:00.5	fond of this one, but it's all right. So the good news is my brother and I were looking at
1:08.1	older pictures and it was, I think, a picture from like my 20, like, fifth birthday or something.
1:12.8	And he was like, oh, my gosh, you don't look any different.
1:15.6	I was like, oh, my gosh, I knew you're my favorite brother for a reason.
1:19.0	You're the best brother.
1:20.8	Whatever you want.
1:23.8	Yeah.
1:26.2	Well, good.
1:27.1	Good. Yes. You don't look at day over 23. Well, thank you. I appreciate that,
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