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Predicting Week 2 including No. 3 Alabama vs No. 11 Texas

Rocky II: Texas gets a rematch with the champs of the last decade. We predict the game and more.

We are almost to what could be the biggest game of the college football regular season. The implications are endless. The No. 11 Texas Longhorns travel to Tuscaloosa to face the top team of the last decade and a half, the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide.

Texas limps into the game after a 37-10 win over the Rice Owls. And no, 37 points is not a satisfactory performance against a team like Rice.

The Longhorns entered the initial matchup against Alabama in the Nick Saban era in similar fashion. Prior to a national title clash between the two teams, Texas snuck past the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the 2009 Big 12 championship game. Texas won the game 13-12 on a walk off field goal.

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian and company enter this game with as much doubt at that Longhorns squad if not more. Albeit, while it was a dynasty ending game for Texas that season, this year’s match could start a reversal of fortunes for the two teams.

Let’s predict the top games of Week 2.

No. 11 Texas vs. No. 3 Alabama: Who the experts are predicting to win

Who will win this massive showdown in Week 2?

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Matchups: Looking at how Texas stacks up with Alabama

There are individual matchups in which Texas has the upper hand on Saturday.

Football is all about matchups. It’s why there is no transitive property in football. You beat teams of comparable talent because you match up well with them.

Like any other football game, Texas and Alabama will be determined by matchups. There are several in which both teams have to feel good about heading into Saturday.

The Alabama defensive front is not going to take a back seat to anybody. They are ferocious with the ability to amplify their intensity.

Across the field to the other sideline, the Texas wide receiver room is a near impossible cover. Poor pass protection and errant throws could thwart their efforts.

Let’s look at who has the edge in several positional and individual matchups in the game.

Texas HC Steve Sarkisian discusses offensive line errors

Texas’ offensive line errors are “fixable.” Sarkisian looks to find which linemen fix the errors best.

The Texas Longhorns offensive line made several errors to open the season. According to head coach Steve Sarkisian, those errors are fixable.

Sarkisian said the following of how Texas is addressing those issues.

“We made some errors up front that were uncharacteristic for us. (They are) very fixable things. Which, that’s what we were working on here this morning, of getting those things tightened up. … That’s the good thing, when you go watch it, that the things that occurred are fixable.”

That the errors are fixable by next week doesn’t negate how much work it will take to get back on track. The Texas offensive line faces a much more difficult task this week. It faces a monstrous defensive line whose theme for the 2023 season is “joyless murderball.” Texas has to match that intensity.

Help could be on the way for the Longhorns should they get right guard Cole Hutson back from injury. The 13-game starter as a freshman appears not to have been beat out by DJ Campbell judging by Campbell’s performance. Left guard Neto Umeozulu was also said to have performed well in the game.

Regardless of who plays, there are several mistakes to correct. Texas will look to correct them before Saturday.

Projecting what Texas must do to beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa

We look at where Texas could have success against the Alabama Crimson Tide.

The Texas Longhorns (1-0) take on the Alabama Crimson Tide (1-0) this week. While it’s unlikely to be a Top 10 matchup, it has the makings of a great game.

The Longhorns enter the game licking their wounds after an exceptionally poor performance on Saturday. It all starts with the offensive line in pass protection where the Rice Owls picked on first time starter DJ Campbell. It is unlikely Texas will put Campbell in that position again this week.

The offensive performance was ugly all around. Receivers ran into receivers, running backs missed blocking assignments and dropped touchdowns and Quinn Ewers continued to struggle to hit the downfield pass at quarterback.

Texas can win most games without connecting on the deep ball. We saw the 2018 squad win 10 games and beat Oklahoma and Georgia without it. That said, it might need to hit a downfield pass or two in this game.

Let’s look at what the team needs to accomplish to defeat the Tide in Tuscaloosa.