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The Reheat: Does Texas deserve to be preseason No. 1?

by: RT Young07/23/25
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Steve Sarkisian (Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Texas likely enters the season as the nation’s top-ranked team — but is it earned or just offseason noise?

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Joe and RT go over comments made by Steve Sarkisian that talk about how he has a “hungry” team. The two explain that the hunger isn’t one caused by starvation but rather insatiability. Nearly every player on the Texas roster has only experienced success as a Longhorn with just one player – Michael Taaffe – remaining from the 2021 team that went 5-7.

The two go over whether Texas should be the No. 1 team in the nation. Texas has never been preseason No. 1 but they’ve been No. 2 a handful of times. Could Texas and Ohio State be 1-2 in August?

They conclude with a funny look at Sarkisian’s entrance at SEC Media Days that featured him taking the stage to the Aggie War Hymn.

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