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Keys to the Week 2 Matchup Between Texas and Michigan

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In its first true test of the college football season, the Texas Longhorns head to Ann Arbor, Michigan to face the national champion Wolverines. Both teams are

Both teams are extremely talented on both sides of the ball. 2025 draft projections have up to six first-rounders between the two teams alone, and one could easily project five or more All-Americans from the two schools.

FanDuel Sportsbook currently has the visiting Longhorns as a 3.5-point favorite, a surprising line given the atmosphere of a Michigan home game, and a testament to the strength of the Longhorns team. But games aren’t decided in June, or by betting lines. They are won in a few distinct ways, where each team's strengths battle to overtake the others.

Texas Longhorns Head Coach Steve Sarkisian during spring practice at the Frank Denius practice fields in Austin, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. / Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-StatesmanNo matter how good the 2024 Longhorns defense looks, a Steve Sarkisian-led team will always be identified by one thing. Offense.

Home crowds feed off of momentum and mistakes. If Texas starts the game slow, either with a three-and-out or turnover in the first two drives, it will be hard to gain any sort of momentum in hostile territory. With over 100,000 voices yelling in your ear, quarterback Quinn Ewers has to shoulder the load, and not succumb to the pressure of playing in that environment. Ewers and Sarkisian will need a big play early, especially through the air, to be able to punch the energy out of the crowd.

 

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