Texas O’s share insights with media

Texas Football coach Kyle Flood started the morning answering questions about the offense. We asked coach Flood this, "At the beginning of the season, I asked you about Jake Majors, and you came back and said, he's a football cyborg. Is he still super important to the offensive line? And is there other linemen who have stepped up to that cyborg status?"

Coach Flood responded saying, "He is a football cyborg. He asks great questions every week, really like next-level questions that a younger player wouldn't have the ability to do that. And I think he raises the level of expectations for everybody in the offensive line room. He's got very high expectations of himself, his standard of performance. And I think for the first and second-year players in our program that have a role in that offensive line room, again, he sets the bar for them. And he's a great person, a great example for me to point to on a daily basis of, hey, if you'll just attach yourself to Jake's hip and do it the way he does it, you're going to see the rewards, because obviously he has."

Next we spoke with Quinn Ewers who fielded questions form the media ranging from the Bible verse on his arm to learning about Sarkisian's play calling. We asked Ewers about how coach Sarkisian has always talked about you in terms of your calmness and how you handled the game. How do you do that, especially on this big stage?

Ewers responded saying, "I think it just goes back to us trying to go 1-0 each week, no matter what kind of game it is. We're all human beings. We understand the multitude of certain games. But at the end of the day, we're just trying to go 1-0 each week. Can't get too high on the highs and too lows on the low. Just stay even-keeled."

Xavier Worthy shared On how they stay focused this week with the festivities and food in New Orleans saying, "We have a really good and experienced team. Everybody knows the goal coming into this game. We’re not here for all that other stuff. We can worry about that later on, ager these games. Everybody has that message and we are all locked in."

Adonai Mitchell talked on what it has been like to play on Sarkisian’s offense commenting, "It is fun. I always feel like I am at the right place at the right ;me. I feel like we always make the right calls and the right decisions when it is ;me to make them. So I don’t have to be a hero, I don’t have to play outside my body, I don’t have to try another player’s role. I just do my job, accept my role. The other ten players all do their job as well and that is ultimately what makes this a good offense."

During the time hearing from Christian Jones, who is always upbeat and with a smile on his face, was 10x his normally happy-go-lucky self. One word to describe Jones that we posted on 'X' was JOY. Jones was asked to describe head coach Steve Sarkisian as a play caller. Jones replied, "Aggressive. attack oriented. Wanting to win. Wanting to take the game to the opponent and not playing passive. No jabs, just straight hooks, haymakers. We know when he’s dialing them up. On the sidelines during games he’s dialing it up. It’s a really good feeling, understanding that he has that much confidence in us to go execute. You’re able to play free and just let it all hang out."