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Reliving Texas DE Brian Orakpo’s SportsCenter feature from 2008

Brian Orakpo was perhaps the most physically imposing Texas defensive end we have ever seen.

Brian Orakpo was perhaps the most physically dominant Texas defensive end we have ever seen. Orakpo’s unique strength earned him a SportsCenter feature detailing just how measurably strong was the Longhorns edge rusher.

The segment opened in the following way.

“When Texas defensive end Brian Orakpo got to Austin, he said he was frail. … Since then, Orakpo has added 50 pounds of muscle while maintaining eight percent body fat. The man they call Rak says his favorite actor is Robert De Niro. And once you see this guy, you’re definitely gonna wanna stay inside his circle of trust.”

In the feature, Orakpo shared his unreal lifting numbers in the weight room. Among them were a 515-pound bench press, an over 600-pound squat and a power clean at approximately 380 pounds. It’s the kind of pound-for-pound strength that has been few and far between on the Forty Acres in recent seasons.

Texas has made welcome strides in strength since strength and conditioning coach Torre Becton started implementing more heavy lifting. If the Longhorns are looking to return to prominence, building more players like Orakpo should be the goal.

Texas Football: 35 FBS teams who the Longhorns are undefeated against

In Texas Longhorns history there are 35 FBS teams who still have yet to win against the boys in burnt orange.

The Texas Longhorns football history dates back to 1893. Texas started out as an independent from 1893 to 1895. Following that season the Longhorns joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) until 1904 when they became independent again. After a brief two-year stint with the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Longhorns joined the Southwest Conference where they would remain for the next 80 years.

In 1996 the school joined the Big 12 Conference where they are still members of two. This current run makes it the second-longest stint in a conference behind the old SWC. During those 124 years of college football the Longhorns have played a lot of football. Totaling 1,324 games played with a school winning percentage of 70.4.

Longhorns Wire recently published the 44 teams that the Longhorns haven’t played up until this point in time.

There were also seven teams that the Longhorns have played in their history but never beaten.

In the final piece of this series on Longhorns history, we identify the 35 FBS teams that have taken the field against Texas but have never won. Of those 35, 14 hail from the Power Five conferences. The Longhorns most recent victory over Utah gave them their second win over the Utes in their brief history.

ACC Conference up first

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Texas Football: 44 FBS teams that the Longhorns never played

Taking a look at Texas Longhorns history, who are the 44 teams that the Longhorns have never played?

The Texas Longhorns have a long history of playing the game of college football. One that stretches all the way back to 1893. Now 916 wins later, the Longhorns are one of only seven teams to reach the plateau of 900 wins in college football history. We recently discussed seven teams that the team has played but never beaten.

Using the same database, we will shift focus to the list of teams in the football subdivision (FBS) that Texas has never played. Frankly there were a few teams on this list that are downright shocking and some that make a ton of sense to never play the Longhorns.

Let’s begin over in the ACC Conference.

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