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The numbers for the Georgia defense are deceiving, but the tape sure isn’t, according to Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian. No. 10 Texas and the No. 5 Bulldogs square off
Ryan Wingo's early catches over the Longhorns last two games have accounted for two of the three-longest first-play gains since Steve Sarkisian took over at Texas ahead of the 2021 football season.
It's not a playoff elimination game for the Longhorns since there's another titanic matchup this month with unbeaten and third-ranked Texas A&M on the horizon, but a victory over the Bulldogs would break the program's big-game curse under Steve Sarkisian and provide Texas with its third top-15 win of the season.
The Georgia-Texas games were the most-watched games outside of the CFP national championship (22.1 million viewers). UGA-Texas in the SEC title game drew a 16.6 million-viewer TV audience, while the regular-season meeting of the Bulldogs and Longhorns had 13.2 million watching. Michigan-Ohio State was next on the list, 12.3 million.
Two teams in Texas sit in great shape for The College Football Playoff. The Longhorns aren’t one of them. It’s come to this.
Steve Sarkisian complained this week about Texas’ SEC schedule compared with his peers, and the funny part is, his gripe wasn’t with who they’ve played, but when. Once the 10th-ranked Longhorns clear out of Athens this weekend,
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Can Texas Continue Their Rise Against Georgia?
Coach and Company preview the biggest game on the college football slate as No. 10 Texas travels to Athens to face off against No. 5 Georgia.