Steve Sarkisian, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, has been doing well at leading the team to the point where they began the year to now. They entered the week as the 16th-ranked program and cannot make the Southeastern Conference Championship. However, the coach made one last plea to compete for the national championship, so let’s take a closer look at what he said.
Steve Sarkisian Pushes for Texas Longhorns to Make the College Football Playoff
Following their 27-17 home win over the Texas A&M Aggies in the Lone Star Showdown, Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian made one final push to make the College Football Playoff.
“That team is undefeated, No. 3 in the country. A lot of pundits out there think they’re the No. 1 team in the country. We just beat them by 10. If you realy look at the body of work, and you look at the Southeastern Conference of what we have to go through every week, you look at the nonconference schedule we played, to go to Ohio State in Week 1 and lose by seven when we outgained them by nearly 200 yards-we got a really good football team.
It would be a disservice to our sport if this team is not a playoff team when we went and scheduled that nonconference game. Because if we’re a 10-2 team, it’s not a question. But, we were willing to go play that game. So, is that what college football is about? Don’t play anybody and just have a good record, or play the best and put the best teams in the playoff. And, we’re one of the best teams.”
The Longhorns finish the regular season with a 9-3 (6-2 SEC) record and will not be in the 2025 SEC Championship Game. It is going to be interesting to see how the College Football Playoff Selection Committee views them as they are 3-2 against ranked teams this season.
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