“We’re the University of Texas, we get it,” said head coach Steve Sarkisian. “We can sit there and be a punching bag or we can go attack the people we’re going to play.'
Coach Steve Sarkisian suggested as much for a season where No. 11 Texas is expected to finally contend again for an elusive league championship before the Longhorns leave for the Southeastern Conference in 2024.Three Texas schools made the AP's preseason top 25. See where they rank going into the season.
"We’re the University of Texas, we get it," Sarkisian said. "We can sit there and be a punching bag or we can go attack the people we’re going to play. I think that they’ve assumed that responsibility to say, hey, we’re gonna go after everybody else, too." That raises the pressure on Sarkisian, who can answer whether he is really the guy to lead Texas’ long-sought return to glory.
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