It’s almost here. The Steve Sarkisian era at Texas is only one day away.
The Longhorns will be taking on a well coached and talented Louisiana team that put together a 10-win season in 2020. The Ragin’ Cajuns are running it back for another year, as they brought back almost all of their starters from last year’s team.
On the other hand, Texas will have new faces all over the field on both sides of the ball. For the third consecutive year, the Longhorns will also have different offensive and defensive coordinators.
However, even with all the new players and staff, the expectations for Texas to have a stellar season are still very much prevalent. Sarkisian is viewed as having one of the best offensive minds in college football, and defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski is widely considered one of the best in the nation as well.
Under the past regime, this Week 1 matchup could have very well been chalked up as a loss. Texas typically started off slow and seemed to underperform when favored against an opponent, but that is why Sarkisian is the man in charge now.
Longhorns Wire staff all chose Sarkisian’s squad to win this one, but I decided to take it a step further and boldly predict five things that could happen in Texas’ season opener on Saturday.