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Steve Sarkisian is scheduled to meet with reporters after Texas concludes practice on Monday. He’s probably going to be asked about the Longhorns being the No. 1-ranked team in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in school history. History suggests Sarkisian will step in front of the cameras with his response ready to go. “I don't really care about the rankings, truth be told,” he said last month in San Antonio at the Texas High School Coaches Association Coaching School and Convention. Sarkisian was answering a question regarding SEC Media Days, which ended with the media picking Texas as the preseason favorite to win the conference championship. Still, Sarkisian didn’t wax poetic on the Longhorns' chances of getting to Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the second year in a row and taking care of unfinished business on Dec. 6. “I've sat up here and said the rankings don't matter when we weren't ranked very highly,” he said. “I don't think that's going to change if we're ranked higher.” No matter what anyone thinks of preseason rankings, the Longhorns (1,552 total points based on poll votes, including 25 first-place votes) edging out fellow College Football Playoff semifinalist Penn State (1,547 points and 23 first-place votes) and reigning national champion Ohio State (1,472 points and 11 first-place votes) should be taken as a two-fold sign of respect from the college football world. First, it’s a sign of respect for what the current regime has achieved since the 2023 recruiting class, one headlined by Anthony Hill Jr. and Arch Manning, arrived on campus. Over the last two seasons, Sarkisian’s program has made back-to-back CFP semifinal trips, ended the longest drought in program history without a conference championship (14 years) and racked up 25 victories. Furthermore, it’s respect for a roster chock-full of former blue-chip recruits with arguably more talent, fewer holes and a higher number of future NFL draft picks than any in the country. Even though ESPN’s Bill Connelly ranked Texas No. 103 when he unveiled his returning production percentage rankings in February, the Longhorns’ (No. 5 in Connelly’s post-spring SP+ rankings, of which returning production is a piece of the formula) inexperience could be minimized. Almost all of the players with extra eligibility stemming from the pandemic-impacted 2020 season have cycled through college football, which should result in younger, less-experienced rosters across the board. If there were a season in which a lack of experience at key positions might not be a detriment, it could be this one. That, along with Manning’s first season to be QB1 from the jump, might best explain Texas coming out on top of the closest preseason AP vote since 1998, when five points separated No. 1 Ohio State (1,668 points and 30 first-place votes) and No. 2 Florida State (1,663 points and 22 first-place votes). “They're great for the fans and they're great for the popularity of our sport,” Sarkisian said of preseason rankings last month. “It keeps the conversation of college football [at] the forefront of people's minds and the media and things of that nature. "I think that's awesome for our sport, and the fact that we're talking about Week 1 matchups and all of those things, but, in reality, they don't matter," he added. "What we do on the field, the way we perform, is going to be, ultimately, what dictates how our season goes." Nevertheless, the rubber will meet the road in 19 days, when the Longhorns travel to the Horseshoe to meet the Buckeyes in a rematch of last season’s heartbreaking Cotton Bowl loss. To Sarkisian’s point about marquee Week 1 battles, Ohio State’s No. 3 ranking means the Aug. 30 showdown in Columbus is tied with a clash between No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Florida State on Sept. 2, 2017, for pitting the highest-ranked teams against each other in a season opener since the first preseason poll was released in 1950. Anyone invested in Longhorn football should take pride in Texas, which went into the 2024 campaign ranked No. 4 in the AP Top 25, garnering a top-five preseason ranking for the second consecutive season. Sarkisian joining Darrell Royal (1960-65 and 1967-71) and Mack Brown (2001-03, 2005-07 and 2009-10) as the only coaches in program history to do so is another sign that the Longhorns are on the cusp of a historic run. That should be celebrated by the burnt orange faithful, even if it doesn’t resonate within the walls of the Moncrief Complex. Internally, nobody takes for granted what Texas has accomplished over the last two seasons. Still, the Longhorns are focused on doing whatever it takes to get over the hump and claim the program's first national championship in 20 years. "The coaches do a great job reminding us that this is our main goal, but we have to do the work every single day to reach the goal," linebacker Liona Lefau said after a recent camp practice. "We can't skip any steps. We can't skip any days. We've got to stack days. "[Sarkisian] called it 'the summit,'" he added. "Right now, we're at the bottom, trying to work our way up to the national championship." View full news story

I miss cable.

I know this is a stupid question, but does this mean I have to shell out $40 to watch espn once this starts?

Are there any Texas games we’d miss if this is all we subscribed to?

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Disagree

Bear down from Tucson. Go Cats

This game is a toss up, take your orange colored glasses off.

Brandon Jones 19?

I'm a bit old school as this will show my age, but something like this with the team strolling in a la Remember the Titans (but not dancing like that) would be badass imo. Just gives a vibe of confidence. https://youtu.be/lYn0QdBmtfM?si=r1cQdMPKC87GBYT5

also the cash twins are the best players ever from my hs so I might go with them

even the cop in the Cash photo was amazed 😂

Shout-out to Blaine Irby! Good dude.

Jones. Jeremy Jones.

Is 11pm early? 😬 🤘

Anyone donating tickets? 😅🤣

CJ Baxter 2nd vote to Endries 🤘

who let this guy in lol 😉 🤘

10C row 1 LFG! 🤘

I can't lie, I thought the first post in this thread would be, "... wear a helmet!"

Wisner.

This is the one I'm trying to make it to.

Seemed to me he got gun shy after the first Bama game when Dallas Turner did him wrong, and later after the Houston hits and the oblique issues. Never quite the same guy. I definitely wouldn't agree with "It's like the best parts of his game got coached out of him". More like "got knocked out of him by the hits he took"

All I know about Sam is that he was 1-4 against OU and never won a championship. Colt was 3-1 against OU and won a conference championship. Vince was like 1-2 against OU and won it all. Quinn was 2-1 against OU and won a championship. Vince, Sam, and Colt were pro QBs but not elite. Vince flashed. Colt played some and Sam holds a clip board. Quinn has played the second half of the first exhibition game.