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Texas football makes ice-cold jersey decision on which color the Longhorns will wear in SEC championship game
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As the top finisher in the league standings, Texas is the designated home team for the SEC championship game against Georgia.

On Sunday, an SEC spokesperson said the Longhorns would wear their traditional burnt orange home jerseys as the designated home team.

Change of plans.

On Monday, the league office announced Texas had chosen to wear its traditional road white uniforms, letting Georgia wear its traditional red jerseys. The “Icy Whites” are coming to Atlanta.

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Texas coach Steve Sarkisian is a superstitious sort. His team has won 11 straight true road games, the longest streak in the nation. Saturday’s matchup against Georgia is not a true road game, per se. But Mercedes-Benz Stadium, located about 70 miles from the Georgia campus, might as well be.

“Been really proud of our guys on the road over the last couple seasons,” Sarkisian said Monday. “Now that’s 11 straight road wins for us. And just love the mentality of which our guys have when they go on the road, the connectivity they have with one another, focused on the task at hand and not getting caught up in the surrounding things and what's going on.”

These Longhorns love playing on the road. The team busses rolled right through the heart of the A&M campus on Saturday before the rivalry game against the Aggies.

Linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. said he saw “a couple middle fingers, a couple Horns Down” from the crowd.

Texas (11-1) is undefeated this season wearing white, having won at Michigan, Vanderbilt, Arkansas and A&M. The team’s only loss came at home wearing burnt orange. The opponent? The Georgia Bulldogs.

This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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