The 2023 season for the Texas Longhorns has been a unique one for college football. Losing your starting quarterback for two games, falling short in the Red River Rivalry, injuries at key positions, the list goes on. Any one of those in most cases would certainly derail a program’s confidence, and ultimately the season. Yet somehow the Longhorns have managed to remain 8–1 through 10 weeks? How?
From the beginning of the year we talked about the talent on this Longhorns roster and the culture that head coach Steve Sarkisian was trying to develop. Since training camp, Sarkisian has instead often preached the importance of this team’s versatility.