The Texas Longhorns enter the highly anticipated second year of the Steve Sarkisian era. Coming off a 5-7 season, Texas needs to improve in more than a few areas to win more games.
This year’s squad will have the benefit of improvement in the trenches. If nothing else, the Longhorns will have more, “big humans,” at the line of scrimmage that this staff covets.
Additionally, they will have an abundance of elite players at skill positions. If you missed it this week, Texas had two running backs make the Doak Walker Award preseason watch list and two receivers make the Fred Biletnikoff watch list.
Ja’Tavion Sanders qualified for the preseason Mackey Award list, and Jahleel Billingsley probably should have made it, too.
On defense there is confidence that the secondary can play more aggressive coverage this year.
Here are a few things that I would like to see occur this season.
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Maximization of Jake Majors
Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports
Jake Majors is one of the more skilled offensive linemen Texas has had in recent memory. If he is not on the Big 12 honorable mention list at season’s end, it sets off strength and conditioning program red flags for me. Hopefully Majors is on the mass gainer diet this offseason to realize his full strength potential. I am not saying he should eat 5,000 high quality calories every day, but I am also not ruling it out.
2
Make Alabama’s four hours at DKR unpleasant
News Joshua L Jones
I know Alabama players are probably used to hot weather, but I am not sure anyone is truly prepared for the Austin heat on September 10. Texas has a chance to seriously affect Alabama’s season. Not by beating them, but certainly by wearing them out. Kelvin Banks probably won’t stop Will Anderson in pass protection. Regardless, it would be great to see Banks put him on the ground with his elite size and power as a running…
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