Texas needs to be "enamored" with themselves and not get caught up in the hype of the Alabama game, according to Steve Sarkisian. There is a time and a place for this.
The college football world is focused on the Longhorns facing Alabama on Saturday, with two of the sport's biggest brands facing off for the 10th time in history.
The team is being warned not to get too focused on all the attention.
The Longhorns are 19-point favorites and are likely to win at home for the first time in 38 years.
It's a great chance to see how far Sarkisian has come compared to his former boss.
You know, it's one game? "I said Monday." We have a chance to do what we love. One of the biggest mistakes people make is thinking that the game will define the program.
It may or may not. I don't worry about it. The way we play the game is more important than anything else.
He wants to play for a Big 12 title. While the Alabama will be a future SEC opponent, Saturday's game is a non conference one and Sarkisian is focused on what he can control.
He wants to be in Dallas on December 3. The game has no effect on that. I want to do my best. I want our guys to play their style of football and do it the way I know they can do it.
When Sarkisian's Washington team upset the then-No. 1 team in the country in 2009, he was asked how the game against Alabama would compare to his time at Alabama. The USC team defeated the USC team 16-13.
Sarkisian said it was similar. I worked for Pete Carroll for seven years and had a lot of respect for him and what he did. It was buying into the idea of what the game plan was and where we needed to be.
Although he recalled Lane Kiffin getting the brunt of the intense work that he did for the Alabama program, Steve Sarkisian laughed and said he needed the mental strength against Alabama.
Lane used to like it. I don't mind saying that. I've been a good friend ofLane. I remember a few. There was a lot of gesturing going on in the press box.
I also have it." I believe that made us. If he is yelling at you, you might not have reached a standard of what he was expecting of you. That's what drives me, if I'm a guy like me.
After the 2010 national championship game, Texas will face Alabama. Texas is 7-1-1 all-time against the Tide, which is the best winning percentage of any team that has played them at least five times.
If former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy had not been hurt on the fifth snap of the 2010 championship game, it's possible that the Longhorns would have won.
If Colt was in the game, what would happen?
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