Sam Pittman, naturally, wouldn’t say it at his Monday press conference. You could tell he knew it, though.
And it started with redshirt freshman quarterback Hudson Card.
“I like him a lot because he’s got enough mobility to hurt you,” Pittman said Monday. “Especially in the Louisiana game he hurt ’em with his feet. He looks like a really, really fine player with good touch on the ball.”
That’s not even the most impressive thing, either. Pittman, an old offensive line coach, likes something a lot of folks don’t catch.
“It seems like he’s commanding that offense. He understands all the checks and things of that nature. He runs the offense well.”
The feature attraction, though, is sophomore running back Bijan Robinson. He was named Walter Camp Offensive Player of the Week on Sunday and a lot of people think bigger things might be ahead for him.
The film from last week’s 38-18 win over Louisiana got Pittman’s attention.
“Robinson is hard to tackle,” Pittman said. “He has elusiveness in space but he also runs over you. He’s got a lot of speed. I just like him.”
Robinson also returns punts and kickoffs in his spare time plus was Texas’ second-leading receiver against the Cajuns on Saturday.
“There’s a reason they have him returning kickoffs because he’s fast and hard to bring down,” Pittman said. “I’ve never seen a guy recently that’s your starting tailback that’s also your starting punt returner, also your starting kickoff returner.”