Texas Football Shares Steve Sarkisian Announcement Days Before Cotton Bowl
The Texas Longhorns are in the midst of an impressive college football campaign. In the program’s first season as a member of the SEC, the team is gunning for a College Football Playoff national championship.
To this point in the 2024-25 college football season, Steve Sarkisian has led his team to 13-2 record. On Friday night, the Longhorns will face off against the Ohio State Buckeyes in a Cotton Bowl matchup with a shot at the national title game on the line.
On Wednesday, the Texas football program shared an exciting announcement regarding Sarkisian’s impressive season at the helm.
“Coach Sark is a finalist for the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year Award,” the team wrote on X.
Sarkisian is one of eight finalists for the award, joining South Carolina’s Shane Beamer, Indiana’s Curt Cignetti, Boise State’s Spencer Danielson, Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham, Notre Dame‘s Marcus Freeman, SMU’s Rhett Lashlee and Army’s Jeff Monken.
Sarkisian is in his fourth season as head coach of the Longhorns’ program. Texas has just two losses in its 2024-25 campaign, both coming against Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs in regular-season and SEC Championship games.
Texas punched its ticket to the Cotton Bowl with College Football Playoff wins over the No. 12 seed Clemson Tigers and No. 4 seed Arizona State Sun Devils. The Longhorns are listed as 5.5-point underdogs against Ohio State.
Jan 1, 2025; Atlanta, GA, USA; Texas Longhorns defensive back Michael Taaffe (16) and head coach Steve Sarkisian celebrate after a victory over the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images
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“I need Longhorn Nation to show out in Arlington,” Sarkisian said of the Cotton Bowl earlier this week. “We’re going to need everything we’ve got to try to win this game. Clearly, we’re massive underdogs. Nobody’s going to give us a shot. So we’re going to need all that we can to try to win this game.”
Friday’s matchup against Ryan Day and Ohio State will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST.
