TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Matthew McConaughey walked toward the northeast corner of Bryant-Denny Stadium, two fingers held high as he approached a delirious crowd of Longhorns fans. Clad in boots, a cowboy hat and a freshly pressed white shirt, the laconic Texan didn't speak. He didn't need to. The scoreboard — Texas 34, Alabama 24 — said it all.
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - SEPTEMBER 09: Actor Matthew McConaughey reacts during the second quarter in a game between the Texas Longhorns and Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 09, 2023 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Matthew McConaughey walked toward the northeast corner of Bryant-Denny Stadium, two fingers held high as he approached a delirious crowd of Longhorns fans.
This was a game that Texas could have lost, and probably would have lost under a coach other than Steve Sarkisian. The Longhorns let Alabama hang around, settling for field goals and falling short on fourth-down conversions. Worse, Texas suffered through a scoreless third quarter as Alabama surged to take the lead. If, in that moment, the Longhorns rolled over and surrendered, well, nobody outside of Austin would’ve been all that surprised.
Those are the kinds of numbers, the kinds of playmaking, that bode well for the future. Texas was already the overwhelming favorite to win the Big 12, and now a playoff berth is a reasonable expectation, even if Sarkisian is still preaching one game at a time.
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