The Texas Longhorns are making their first appearance in the College Football Playoff this year, and head coach Steve Sarksian sounds confident that his team can win the whole thing.
During a press conference this week, Steve Sarkisian made it clear that he thinks his team is capable of competing with any other team in the country, praising his squad’s versatility.
“I feel good. I’ve always felt like if we can get in, we can play with anybody in the country. And part of that is, I think, the versatility of our team matters,” Sarkisian said according to On3
Sarkisian thinks that Texas has playmakers on both sides of the ball that will allow the team to compete with any team that they could face in the College Football Playoff.
“We’re good up front on both sides of the line of scrimmage. We’ve got real playmakers on the offensive side of the ball, whether it’s wideout, tight end, running backs, quarterback, we’re really starting to create the turnovers on defense, which is important. We’re defending the run really well. We’ve been an excellent special teams operation all year long. Bert Auburn’s had a great year, Ryan Sanborn, Will Stone, Keilan Robinson, Xavier Worthy, we’re blocking kicks, so I thought the versatility of our team and that we’re a complete team really stacks up with just about anybody,” Sarkisian said.
Texas’ first challenge in the College Football Playoff will come against the Washington Huskies, who emerged from the loaded Pac-12 conference with an undefeated 13-0 record. We’ll have to see how the Longhorns are able to compete.
