Steve Sarkisian and his former mentor Nick Saban go head to head for a second straight season as the No. 11 Texas Longhorns travel to Tuscaloosa to play the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Kickoff is at 6 p.m. Central on ESPN as the Longhorns try to exact revenge for last season’s 20-19 last-second win by the Crimson Tide. Sarkisian sees this as a benchmark game for Texas, measuring where the Horns are in Sarkisian’s third season, a crucial one for the program with the SEC move looming next year.