Steve Sarkisian isn’t beating around the bush. The man’s calling his shot. He’s convinced his squad deserves a seat at the College Football Playoff table. No. 16 Texas just notched its third Top-10 dub of the year, taking down No. 3 Texas A&M 27–17 on Friday. If the Longhorns needed one last résumé booster for the CFP committee, they just threw a deep ball and hit it in stride.

Sark’s postgame hit on ESPN grabbed the early headlines, but he doubled down at the podium minutes later, continuing to lobby like a coach who knows his crew can hang with anyone.

He even pulled out a little history lesson, reminding folks that Notre Dame had been stunned at home by Northern Illinois the previous season and still rallied all the way to the CFP National Championship. Translation: one bad Sunday doe

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