Interview By Brad Calhoun
Sherrod Harris was a highly recruited in high school by numerous Division I colleges. What do I have in common with Sherrod? We went to the same high school. How about that?? Well he committed to the University of Texas along with Colt McCoy and Jevon Snead. Sherrod has since graduated from UT and is now able to be frank with me. I will try not to talk too much about himself personally but I would like to know what he thinks about sports. We will hopefully try to do this regularly or just until he gets annoyed with his former school mate.
Just in case your a moron, I'm BC (for Brad Calhoun) and Sherrod is SH (for Sherrod Harris)
BC: You opted out of playing this season with Longhorns and concentrate on school. Was this a hard decision for you to make? And what did you get a degree in?
SH: I did opt out. It wasn't as hard as most believe. It was the best decision to make based solely on the what I had been through while in the program. I graduated with 2 degrees including Marketing and communication studies.
BC: Overall what was your college experience like and what have you learned from it (mostly from football, we talk about all the great parties on another blog)?
SH: College football was amazing. It encompasses every emotion into this one sport while also giving you an avenue to change those emotions during your career with hard work and opportunities. It teaches you very much about life, in that things don't always work out for you. College football for the players creates the thickest skin. It's a fascinating experience.
BC:I know you would love to talk about yourself all day but I actually wanna know you opinion on sports. This year was one of the worst seasons I can recall the Longhorns having. What do you believe went wrong?
SH:I think they were simply young and not as good as everyone expected. That's all. Blame can be placed everywhere. There was no leadership apparent when I watched games and it was like no one wanted it as bad as players in the past. The fight was not there anymore.
BC:You worked very closely with Garrett Gilbert (a complete assumption but I figure you might of talked to him atleast) . Do you believe he will become star quarterback that Texas needs to make it back to BCS Championship or even just a bowl game?
SH: I did work closely with him, quarterback room is very close. I believe he will eventually get to the level everyone expects. I think people placed too many expectations on this team. Suspect o-line, no proven stars on the offensive side of the ball, and then a young quarterback? You didn't have that before. Colt - experienced o-line, solid receiving core, solid running backs and the same with VY. He made some mistakes this year but it didn't help that no one was there to help over look those mistakes like quarterbacks in the past.
BC: Greg Davis "resigned" from being the OC. Do you believe it was on him or the poor offensive line or lack of running game or the inefficiency of Garrett Gilbert or just the whole damn offense?
SH:I think all of those can be considered. I saw Coach Davis give more freedom in the offense this year than I had ever seen him do with Colt. He allowed for GG to be able to choose plays based on his perception rather than the numbers that he usually looks at. I believe a lot of things weren't good this year but the freedom he gave may have caused Coach Davis to look worse than he was.
BC: Predictions for the Longhorns next year?
SH:I think the team will improve. To what? I'm not sure but I don't believe they will be below .500 again. The changes were necessary to shake things up and I think they did. They went and got some young talent for every coaching position and it was a great job by Coach Brown and Deloss.
BC:So we all know the BCS is complete bullsh, what do you think is the best idea for getting the best two teams in a national championship game?
SH:I believe the best teams made it to the BCS this year based on how they competed every week. I think it makes every game important. There is no other system like it where every regular season game impacts if you go to the championship. I do think eventually people will find a way to go to the 8 team playoff and I think it will be great for the game but as of now, the BCS is the best system for accountability throughout the whole year.
BC:I doubt we are going to break any stories here but in the light Cam Newton and his indiscretions, do you believe there is a problem with players getting money? Of course I've also gotta ask, how much did Longhorns give you? Yes this is a joke.
SH:Ha Ha I think they only pay the players they plan on playing. LOL I think it's worth looking at. When athletes finally get out of college, we don't have any work experience because we aren't really allowed to work. So mostly throughout the year we are broke and you'd be crazy to think guys are ok with that.
BC:Do you enjoy the spread offense and shotgun offenses? I like mixing it up more with being under center. Maybe I'm a little old school. Everything I see on Saturday now looks more like a flag football game then an actually football game.
SH:I am a fan of mixing it up. I think it helps for balance. I'm assuming that coaches believe it helps qb's see the defense better and it translates better from high school programs because all the high schools are doing it now... Well, in Texas at least.
BC:In the blog interviews you've done since leaving school, where would you rank this one?
SH:This is my first blog interview outside of the program so I believe I would have to rank this one second. LOL. I'm kidding. I'm always open bro, ask me anything at anytime. Let me know.
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