The trajectory of the Texas Longhorns football program, in both the short-term and long-term sense, may very well change on Saturday afternoon against the Oklahoma State Cowboys in Austin as head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff host superstar 2023 quarterback prospect Arch Manning and a bevy of other top prospects.
Last Saturday in the Cotton Bowl, Texas lost. It was an embarrassing 55-48 defeat in the way it unfolded, to be sure, but it wasn’t a bad loss. In a vacuum, falling to the Big 12-favorite Oklahoma Sooners in the final seconds won’t really impact recruiting much, if at all, and the impact on Texas’ conference title dreams was mostly minimal.