On Texas Football: Rick Neuheisel and Chris Childers talk Sark and the Longhorns
On the latest video episode of On Texas Football, Inside Texas’ Bobby Burton chats with former Colorado and UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel and SiriusXM Radio host Chris Childers about Longhorns football, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian and other items of interest.
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Neuheisel and Childers host the Full Ride radio show on the subscription satellite radio network. Burton and Childers worked together in the early 2000s and the familiarity between the two was quite evident in Friday’s conversation.
Burton asked Neuheisel directly his opinion of Sarkisian and what he’s doing on the 40 Acres. The former coach talked about Sark’s work on Pete Carroll’s staff at USC, when he was a budding talent and offensive mind, Sark’s subsequent head coaching work at Washington and USC and how he seems to now be in the right place at the right time.
“Sarkisian has got one of the great jobs and one of the great pulpits in college athletics, let alone college football, that being at the University of Texas,” Neuheisel said. “I know Longhorn fans are pulling hard that he gets it done and gets it done properly this particular time.”
Childers admitted that he was a “total fanboy” when he worked with Burton put has learned so much about the ins and outs of college football from working with Neuheisel.
“Now I know how the sausage is made, and the sausage is very interesting in the world of college football, isn’t it?” Childers explained. “There’s so many little webs that are weaved in different little relationships that are out there and this guy knows that guy and he helped this guy get that job.
“The most amazing thing that I’ve learned from Rick is that coaches are never really more than two degrees away from any other coach. And I think that’s the fascinating part of this business.”
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Neuheisel explained that the Longhorns will want for nothing when they move to the Southeastern Conference in 2024.
“Texas is longing for nothing – in terms of resources, they have everything that money can buy,” Neuheisel said. “And so that won’t be an adjustment headed to a conference where others are similarly situated in terms of their financial commitment to the game. What needs to happen in Texas – and I think all Texas fans are hopeful this is already happening – is the triumvirate of leadership, whether it’s school president, athletic director, head coach are all on the same page. That everybody’s rowing in the same direction.
“For years, that seemed to be difficult to accomplish. And because there are so many influential boosters not just because of their pocketbooks, but also because of their love affair with the university there were so many different opinions. They couldn’t get consensus and without consensus there are people hoping actually the thing fails so that they can get the leadership piece that they want.
“If Texas can solve that and get themselves to a place where everybody’s on the same page, and I have full confidence in Chris Del Conte that he’ll lead in that regard, then there is no question that the kids in the state of Texas will want to be a part of it.”
Go check out the 20-minute video in its entirety for even more information and opinions.
