Familiar with Foes: Longhorns players Alabama fans need to know ahead of Week 2

Get to know some of the potential impact players on the Texas roster ahead of Alabama’s showdown with the Longhorns!

Alabama will be traveling to Austin, Texas this Saturday for the first game of a home-and-home series with Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns.

While this is currently a non-conference contest, within the next two years, Texas will have made the move from the Big 12 over to the SEC along with Oklahoma.

This highly-anticipated matchup between two of college football’s most recognizable brands may not be a top-25 showdown, but this is a game that will be talked about on both teams’ resumes for the remainder of the season.

The Longhorns roster is loaded with difference makers, so here are a few that Crimson Tide fans need to know about ahead of Week 2.