It pays to win big in college football these days. Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian is fresh off consecutive conference title appearances, winning one (Big 12 2023) and also back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances.

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian isn't citing the transfer portal and tampering like some of his colleagues, but the workload his players have endured in two College Football Playoff runs.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian announced that the Longhorns will not be having a spring game this year. Sarkisian is the latest coach to change up the format in spring practice. "No, we're not going to have a spring game,

AUSTIN — Texas announced Thursday that it will not hold a spring football game for the first time in head coach Steve Sarkisian’s four-year Longhorn tenure. Sarkisian made the announcement on a football podcast and cited the wear and tear of two consecutive long seasons as the reason for the cancellation.

Head coach Steve Sarkisian cited the longer college football season and the overall wear and tear on players as the reason for the game's cancelation.

Texas football had its running back position to still fill. The Longhorns and Steve Sarkisian are filling it with a former Big 12 rival.

OnTexasFootball's CJ Vogel also reported on Joseph's decision to leave the Longhorns on X and noted that Steve Sarkisian lost another staff member during the offseason. On Feb. 6, the team's former safeties coach, Blake Gideon, left the program to be the new defensive coordinator for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

College football’s annual rite of spring seems to be withering. Texas on Thursday became the latest major program to ditch or change its annual spring scrimmage

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It took multiple coaching changes, elite recruits that were finally developed and the perfect timing. Under head coach Steve Sarkisian, the program is officially "back" to the level of success it was having in the early 2000's.