The Texas football program is currently gearing up for their high-profile Week One matchup against the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus. The game is a rematch of the Cotton Bowl between the two teams last year, which Ohio State won en route to taking home their first national championship in a decade.

Some have wondered why the Longhorns would use one of their out of conference games to take on such a tough opponent and potentially hurt their playoff chances in the process, but recently, Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte got 100% real on why the program is up for the challenge.

“The brand of Texas, we owe it to college football to play this type of game,” Del Conte said, per Danny Davis of the Austin American-Statesman on X , formerly Twitter. “We have Michigan, we have Ohio S

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