KVUE sports anchor Cory Mose joined the Fan After Dark to talk all things Texas Longhorns, including how the team will transition away from the graduating players that made them successful for the last few seasons, expectations for Arch Manning in Year 1 as the starter, where the basketball team stands in Austin and more.
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00:00How do you think this team is going to be without all these guys that have kind of cultivated
00:20who Texas has been the last couple of years?
00:21How is Texas going to look next year, obviously with having Arch at the helm?
00:24Yeah, it's going to be completely different.
00:26Coming into this season, you know, of course you lost some big-time names, you know, we
00:30talk about the Xavier Worthys, Adonai Mitchells, but you still had, still like the leaders
00:35per se, right?
00:36You have the Quinn Ewers still here, you know, Cedric Baxter is coming back, unfortunately
00:39he got hurt, but you know, you also have the Kelvin Banks of the world, and the guys like
00:43Barron Sorrell who's in this draft now, the guys that were in the locker room and being
00:47the vocal leaders, they were still on the squad.
00:49And so I think that wasn't a concern coming into this season, but now you head into next
00:55season, right?
00:56And you have all those guys that were the vocal leaders in that locker room leaving
00:59the program, and so who's going to step up, who's going to be that guy to now take that
01:03helm?
01:04And I think that's the biggest question.
01:06When it comes to next season though, you have a lot of talent, and this is why you have,
01:10you know, a top-five recruiting class for the past three years since Sark has been here.
01:13You know, now it's time to have those guys develop, and it's their time to shine.
01:16You saw a little bit of that this year with, you know, DeAndre Moore Jr. getting a lot
01:19more love this year, becoming one of the top receivers in his offense.
01:23You saw even a guy like Ryan Wingo, right, the true freshman.
01:29He's supposed to have a phenomenal season next year, being the wide receiver one, apparently.
01:33And I think a lot of guys that you may have seen glimpses of this season, they're going
01:38to have to step up, including Arch Manning.
01:40And I think there's going to be some bumps, there's going to be some losses here and there
01:44that they may not, should lose, I guess you could say, but they're young.
01:48And I think that's what you should expect for the Texas team next season.