Texas Coach Steve Sarkisian Speaks On Idea of Longhorns ‘Revenge Tour’

After blowing out their arch-rival Oklahoma Sooners 49-0 within the Purple River Showdown on Saturday, the Texas Longhorns at the moment are set for his or her second ‘revenge sport’ of the 2022 season. 

A yr in the past in Ames, the Longhorns have been embarrassed 30-7 by the Cyclones – a sport that resulted within the notorious Bo Davis bus video. 

And now, with the Cyclones coming to Austin subsequent Saturday, the Longhorns are out to show as soon as once more that they’re a unique crew than they have been in 2021.

“We didn’t play nice final yr towards Iowa State at their place,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian mentioned on Monday. “We performed respectable within the first half, and actually obtained overwhelmed within the second half. Didn’t play very nicely within the third quarter. I believe our guys are hungry to exit and play a greater model of soccer this yr.”

In a vacuum, the Iowa State loss was one of many worst losses the Longhorns have suffered since 2015 after they misplaced to TCU 50-7 in Fort Price.

However from a broader spectrum, it was simply one among seven losses and 6 blown leads that the Longhorns want that they had again, in a season that was stuffed with disappointment and anguish for the gamers and coaches. 

“The skin world makes it sound like this was a tough yr final yr on them,” Sarkisian mentioned. “It was a reasonably arduous yr on us. I believe lots of guys on our crew, there’s lots of unhealthy tastes of their mouth from the way in which a few of these video games went final yr and the alternatives that in the end fell on us that we let go of.”

With all that mentioned, Sarkisian believes that this sport is much less about getting ‘revenge’ on the cyclones for the embarrassing loss, and extra about him and his crew proving to themselves that may be pretty much as good as they’re able to beating. 

“I believe the gamers are actually shopping for into the concept that, let’s go play the way in which we’re able to enjoying, and let’s go end the way in which we’re able to ending,” Sarkisian mentioned. ” So, I do not actually suppose it is about anyone else, as it’s extra about us. We need to exit and present what we’re able to doing.”

The Longhorns and Cyclones will kick off at 11 am on Saturday at Darrell Ok. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.

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