The nature of the Week Five matchup between the No. 3 Texas Longhorns and the No. 24 Kansas Jayhawks in Austin on Saturday holds more significance than simply the first top 25-ranked Big 12 opponent of the season for Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian — it marks the rematch of the 2021 57-56 overtime upset by then-first year head coach Lance Leipold and the Jayhawks over then-first year head coach Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns, an incredible high and respectively terrible low point for each coach so early in their tenures with their new teams.
How the 2021 Kansas upset over Texas in Austin defined the current success of both programs
