AUSTIN, Texas -- Charlie Strong says he thinks sweatpants screwed up Texas' trip to Cal as soon as it began.
Huh?
When Strong took over the Longhorns in 2014, he instituted a new game-day policy: His players walk into stadiums wearing jackets, khaki pants and white button-up shirts with burnt orange ties. This is non-negotiable.
But Strong made an exception last week. He figured his team wouldn't be as comfortable wearing a coat and tie during the three-and-a-half-hour flight to San Francisco. He changed up the routine. Players wore gray sweat suits on the trip.
He vows he's never making that mistake again.