Why Texas fans should be excited about what they saw today...

Texas fans should be thrilled right now.

No, this isn’t a scorching-hot take declaring Texas future kings of the Big 12. And no, I don’t think the quarterback battle, which as expected included some really impressive highs and a few lows, solved itself today. The 2021 Longhorns showed today they have the potential - there’s that ‘p’ word again that doesn’t guarantee anything - to be a very good football team. But we already knew that.

Rather, Texas fans should be thrilled because this coaching staff is as advertised. Under new head coach Steve Sarkisian, the Longhorns did a lot of talking about attacking, aggressive football on both sides and letting their best players make plays. And if the Orange-White Game is a true indicator, they weren’t blowing smoke...

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