After years of struggle, Texas football is back on top, but can they maintain their success against elite competition like Georgia? The article examines the Longhorns' journey and compares it to the Bulldogs' recent dominance in college football.
For more than a decade, as Texas flirted with returning to its former status as one of college football ’s elite programs, it was one of the most popular questions in the sport. Are the Longhorns finally back? For just as long, the answer stayed the same: No. That changed in 2023, when Texas went 12-2 in coach Steve Sarkisian’s third season and appeared in the College Football Playoff for the first time. Few, this season, are still questioning the top-ranked Longhorns .
Under coach Kirby Smart, a former defensive coordinator who learned under Nick Saban at Alabama, the Bulldogs super-charged their recruiting; in the nine years since Smart’s hire, they have finished with the top-ranked class three times and been ranked lower than fourth just once. In 2022, the same season in which Georgia won a second consecutive national championship, the university spent $4.5 million on football recruiting, most in the country, according to USA Today.
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