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Sam Ehlinger shrugs off critics as he prepares for pressure of leading Texas to bigger heights

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ARLINGTON, Texas – The look was planned, of course. Sam Ehlinger arrived at Big 12 media days, the biggest star among more than three dozen players at the event, sockless – bare ankles showing between the stone-colored slacks and burnished light brown dress shoes. But it wasn’t going quite as he’d hoped.

As he navigated AT&T Stadium on Tuesday, going back and forth across the field and through the corridors to a seemingly endless list of interview stops, the Texas quarterback couldn’t help the slightest of limps.