Horns will ‘file away’ jabs by Bradshaw, Mayfield
ARLINGTON, Texas — Weeks after each Terry Bradshaw and Baker Mayfield took verbal jabs at his beginning quarterback, Texas Longhorns coach Tom Herman mentioned Tuesday that he seen and that his gamers “file issues away.”
Talking at Large 12 media days, Herman known as outdoors criticism of Sam Ehlinger “irrelevant,” however he intimated that it might gas the junior quarterback’s fireplace.
“I heard it,” Herman mentioned. “I’d be mendacity to you if I informed you I do not know what you are speaking about. I actually do, however it’s irrelevant. … It would not actually faze us.
“I do know, you recognize, our guys file sure issues away. … Sam likes to play with a chip on his shoulder, and I am positive he’ll use this to crank it up a notch.”
Bradshaw, an alumnus of Louisiana Tech, mentioned Ehlinger “ain’t that good” whereas talking at an alumni perform final month.
“One yr, they signed three [five-star] quarterbacks and two at the moment are gone. One is enjoying and he ain’t that good,” mentioned Bradshaw, an analyst for FOX NFL Sunday. “Actually? 5-[star] and also you watch ’em throw the soccer and … they can not throw the soccer. I will take our boys any day.”
Texas opens the season towards Louisiana Tech on Aug. 31.
Texas QB Sam Ehlinger shrugged off verbal jabs from Terry Bradshaw and Baker Mayfield, saying that he actually would not care and “it isn’t one thing that fills my mind.” Sean Gardner/Getty Photos
Mayfield, the previous Oklahoma quarterback getting into his second season with the Cleveland Browns, had selection phrases about Ehlinger final month throughout a radio look final month.
“He could not beat Lake Travis, so I do not actually care [about] his opinion on profitable,” mentioned Mayfield, an alumnus of Austin Lake Travis Excessive. “Westlake is a good program, however the two finest quarterbacks to return out of there are Drew Brees and Nick Foles. Sam can keep down there in Texas.”
Ehlinger attended rival Austin Westlake Excessive.
“That may stir the pot,” mentioned Mayfield, the 2017 Heisman Trophy winner. “He would not like me, and I hope he is aware of I do not like him both.”
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The Longhorns, who went 10-Four final season for his or her first double-digit win marketing campaign since 2009, play Oklahoma within the annual Purple River Showdown on Oct. 12.
Ehlinger was requested Tuesday if he likes Mayfield.
“Yeah, I do,” Ehlinger mentioned. “I respect his sport.”
And Ehlinger mentioned he wasn’t involved in regards to the feedback from Bradshaw or Mayfield.
“I do not actually care,” Ehlinger mentioned. “I simply do not take note of it. It is not one thing that fills my mind, as a result of in the end you management what you place in your mind, and that additionally impacts the way you go about your day. Leaving that out of my practice of thought is one thing that I attempt to do.”
Ehlinger mentioned he modified his Twitter settings in order that he solely reads mentions from folks he follows, so he would not see a lot criticism on social media. He additionally mentioned he deleted social media from his cellphone final season and it helped him focus..
“Individuals do not textual content me about it, actually,” Ehlinger mentioned. “I do not have a look at it on another discussion board. Clearly, I will hear it, perhaps an ESPN replace about it. It is loopy. I do not should be on an ESPN headline. I have not completed something, so it is loopy.
As for taking part in with a chip on his shoulder?
“I attempt to carry that with me wherever I’m as a result of it should not take any further motivation to play to one of the best of your potential,” Ehlinger mentioned.