Steve Sarkisian once again is the target of widespread scrutiny after Texas ' latest high-profile loss.

But despite the Longhorns' narrow championship path and their overall lack of big-game success during his coaching tenure in Austin, Sarkisian defended the culture at Texas and praised his team's mindset ahead of Saturday's showdown with Oklahoma in the Allstate Red River Rivalry.

"Probably wouldn't be fair to these guys to say, you know, our culture is perfect right now," Sarkisian said Monday. "They're all -- they're due to do the right things. They were great today. They came in, they were coachable. They took to the tough coaching from Saturday.

"So their mindset is all there, so that tells me the culture's right. But at the end of the day, we got to play together as a team Sa

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