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Texas Longhorn football players say they are not creating the hype but are believing it

USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg gives his biggest surprises and takeaways from the top 25 ranked teams in the preseason Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY Sports

AUSTIN, Texas – Let’s start here: Texas is not back.

“We haven’t done anything yet, “ says Breckyn Hager, the Longhorns’ effervescent senior defensive lineman. “So you don’t say nothing about that yet.”

Of course, people will. They do. Predicting the traditional power’s return to relevance has become an annual offseason occurrence, right up until and sometimes even after kickoff.