Matthew McConaughey is almost as important to the Texas program as the program is to him. He has addressed the team almost every year in recent memory, and who can forget his presence on the sidelines of the 2006 Rose Bowl? Mack Brown even went so far as to call McConaughey a "younger brother" to him at a Mack, Jack & McConaughey (MJ&M) charity event for Lincoln earlier this spring.
Second-year coach Charlie Strong can use all the help he can get to build the next chapter of Longhorns Football.