The 2026 college football season is right around the corner, and one of the biggest matchups of the year arrives almost immediately. In Week 2, the Texas Longhorns will host the Ohio State Buckeyes in Austin in what is expected to be one of, if not the most anticipated games of the season.
The Longhorns’ head coach hit the nail on the head as far as why 2026 could be a special one for Manning and Texas. Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning enters the 2026 season with a different mindset, and coach Steve Sarkisian made that abundantly clear during his time at the podium on Thursday at SEC Media Days.
Steve Sarkisian begins year number six as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns in just a little over a month, and with the abundant number of moves that were made over the offseason, there are still plenty of questions that need answering as we reach the home stretch of the preseason.
The Texas Longhorns football program seemed like the top darling of everyone who attended SEC Media Days. Head coach Steve Sarkisian and his team will once again be faced with mountains of expectations in the upcoming 2026 season.
With the transfer portal presenting an avenue to pursue better opportunities, roster turnover is more prevalent than ever. Every program inevitablty experiences season-to-season change.
The Texas Longhorns have put together an elite 2027 recruiting class with talented players at multiple key positions. However, Texas has been on the wrong end of some key recruiting losses and notable decommitment flips, with another potentially on the way if No.
Since losing to the Texas Longhorns in consecutive Women's College World Series (WCWS) finals, head coach Gerry Glasco has not only revamped the roster with seven transfers but also made significant changes to the coaching staff.
It's no secret that the Texas Longhorns will be in many high-stakes games next season. When there's championship-or-bust pressure, that's bound to be the result.
The 2026 season is getting closer as the Texas Longhorns prepare for one last important benchmark on the offseason calendar with the start of fall camp right around the corner.
Whether it was Leonard Davis, Jonathan Scott, or even as recently as Kelvin Banks Jr., there have been plenty of all-time great offensive linemen who donned the burnt orange.
The completion of SEC Media Days places another check mark on the offseason calendar as the Texas Longhorns and all the other teams in the SEC now prepare and ramp up towards the start of the 2026 season with fall camps starting around the conference in the coming weeks.
This fall, the Texas Longhorns have to be good. After falling short in the SEC Championship Game in 2024, 22-19 in overtime to the Georgia Bulldogs, and
SEC media days have officially wrapped up, and while the majority of the focus for the Texas Longhorns was on the return of quarterback Arch Manning, and a roster revamped with plenty of talent from the transfer portal, other names were also discussed.
Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian had the same defensive coordinator, Pete Kwiatkoski, from when he took over in Austin in 2021 up until midway through December 2025.
The Texas Longhorns have had no shortage of offensive firepower during the Steve Sarkisian era in Austin. However, the only thing standing between the Longhorns and potential back-to-back appearances in the National Championship in 2023 and 2024 was issues in the red zone.
Few programs in the country have a standard to win quite like the Texas Longhorns. No matter how good or bad Texas football is performing, their every move makes headlines.
The Texas Longhorns are coming into the 2026 season with the same mountain of expectations they faced in 2025. During SEC Media Days, it was well known that most of the media believe the Longhorns are going to be one of the best teams in the conference and in the country.
There has been a lot of excitement surrounding the Texas Longhorns. They were recently picked second in the 2026 Preseason SEC poll, and the expectation is for Texas to be one of the top teams in the country.
The Texas Longhorns aggressively upgraded their roster in the transfer portal, and Steve Sarkisian couldn't have been more honest about those efforts.
Steve Sarkisian was likely trying to explain the reality of modern college football. Instead, he may have handed rival fan bases—and opposing recruiters—a quote they’ll use for years.
Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning has been under pressure since day one in Austin. And that will not change. But Manning has.
After an unfortunate turn of events impacting his high school season, the Texas Longhorns get a huge boost for 2026. Recruiting has taken an interesting turn in the last few years.
The Longhorns narrowly missed the College Football Playoff during a 10-3 2025 season.
It's just topsy-turvy, and Sarkisian lamented the state of things.
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