No. 11 Texas 34, No. 3 Alabama 24: Three things we learned

A week after an unimpressive outing against the Rice Owls in their opener, the No. 11 Texas Longhorns went to Tuscaloosa and did what few have done, knock off the Nick Saban Alabama Crimson Tide.

Going into the contest, Saban had just one other loss at home in his Tuscaloosa tenure, a one-touchdown loss to ULM in his first year as the head coach. Now, Steve Sarkisian has become just the third former Saban assistant to knock him off on the opposite sideline, he seemingly has the Longhorns humming in a way that fans were concerned about a week ago.

1. Texas can connect on the deep ball

A big part of the lead-up to the game was the talk about Quinn Ewers and his ability to hit on the deep ball,…