WATCH: Undertaker makes an appearance at Texas practice
Texas is calling on “The Deadman” to help their football program rise from the ashes.
If you weren’t convinced with Steve Sarkisian’s rebuild because of the Longhorns’ phenomenal offseason, WWE legend The Undertaker stopped by Austin to lend some support to the program. Check out the awesome video of arguably the greatest professional wrestler of all time putting his faith behind Texas.
“Hey, this is The Undertaker from the WWE. I’m out here at open practice at UT. Three words — bigger, stronger, faster,” stated The Undertaker. “You can smell it in the air, September’s right around the corner. These guys are looking good. It’s going to be a big year for Texas orange. Hook ’em.”
A Texas native, The Undertaker — who retired from the WWE in 2020 and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as the headlining member of their Class of 2022 — has supreme confidence Sarkisian is building something special with the Longhorns. While most will have to see it to believe it, we’re willing to take the word of “The Deadman” on this one.
Steve Sarkisian: Texas QB battle between Hudson Card, Quinn Ewers ‘tight’
Continuing, Texas held a team scrimmage on Saturday, with a lot of the spotlight being on the quarterbacks. Steve Sarkisian is dealing with another competition as he enters Year Two, as Hudson Card and Quinn Ewers battle it out with one another for the starting role.
When asked if there was a starter to name, Sarkisian said “no, not yet” but still had compliments for his signal callers. Overall, he called the competition “tight” and loves how Card and Ewers are handling the situation. Both are focused on themselves, with there being room to improve heading into another week of fall camp.
“I would say it’s tight,” Sarkisian said. “Both guys are working very hard. They both got great attitudes. I’ve actually talked to both of them separately just about their mindset, the room, how they’re working with one another but yet competing with one another. I think they’re both operating and doing it at a high level. I think both of them recognize ‘there’s room for me to improve.’ And if I’m the other guy, I’m thinking ‘there’s room for me to improve.’
“That’s what I love. They’re not worried about what the other guy is doing, they’re focus is on what they’re doing now and what they can do moving forward and I think that’s what’s making it really healthy.”
Sarkisian noted the Texas defense had three interceptions on Saturday but did not break down from which quarterback. Some offensive struggles were seemingly the theme of the scrimmage, meaning Card and Ewers will battle for at least another week.