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The Sunday Pulpit (via Loewy Law Firm): All in, and everyone knows it

The national championship door is cracked open, and Texas has roll up with an armored tank to go all-in on obtaining that prize in 2026.

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There’s a difference between desperation and conviction. Desperation is when you push your chips to the center of the table because you’re running out of options. We’ve seen that movie before at Texas. We saw it when Charlie Strong cycled through assistants like a man trying to stop a leak with duct tape. There was a similar urgency when Texas leadership boarded a plane to Tulsa to court Sterlin Gilbert — only for the would-be offensive coordinator to insist his friend Matt Mattox be hired alongside him. Damn, that really happened.

Desperation also showed up late in the tenure of Tom Herman. Seven assistant coaches gone. Both coordinators — Tim Beck and Todd Orlando — out the door. It felt less like strategic recalibration and more like a reset button slammed in panic. Herman rode high after the Sugar Bowl win over Georgia to close 2018, but a 7–5 regular season in 2019 changed the tone. The sweeping offseason overhaul wasn’t about optimization. It was about survival.

What Steve Sarkisian is doing during the offseason feels different. Yes, Texas reached the College Football Playoff semifinals in back-to-back seasons and then fell short in 2025. Yes, expectations in Austin don’t come with grace periods. But Sarkisian has built enough equity that none of the decision-makers reacted with panic. There was disappointment, sure — but not a win-or-else mandate hanging over 2026. The moves this offseason don’t read like a coach trying to save his job. They read like a coach studying the landscape and deciding this is the moment to attack.

This isn’t about job security.

It’s about recognizing the national championship door is cracked open — and deciding to roll up with an armored tank and air support to go all-in on obtaining that prize in 2026.

This program is all in, and everyone knows it.

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