{
  "id": 16684205,
  "title": "Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian on special teams gaffes: 'We're all human.'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/texas-football-coach-steve-sarkisian-on-special-teams-gaffes-were-all",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-27T01:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/texas-football-coach-steve-sarkisian-010000658.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian acknowledged that human error is a factor in the team's recent special teams mistakes during a press conference on Monday. The Longhorns have now failed to recover two onside kicks late in games. In Saturday's 31-24 win against Ole Miss, Sarkisian noted that his players made mistakes on both the onside kick and a fake punt. Despite these missteps, Sarkisian believes in his special teams coordinator, Jeff Banks, and is confident in his players' ability to improve.",
  "summary": "Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian says issues in kicking game are 'funky' mistakes but the Longhorns' special teams remain schematically sound",
  "key_points": [
    "Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian addressed special teams mistakes.",
    "Longhorns failed to recover two onside kicks late in games.",
    "Sarkisian confident in players' ability to improve."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}