Unranked Texas Longhorns look to make a splash in the 2022-23 season

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Bijan Robinson and his Lamborghini sum up what most believe Texas football should be: flashy, fun to watch and faster than anybody else out there.

Far too often, however, the Longhorns find a way to run themselves into a ditch.

Texas starts the season unranked after a 5-7 finish in 2021 with no bowl game and the longest losing streak since 1956 in coach Steve Sarkisian's debut. Years of legacy votes that presumed Texas was deserving of preseason rankings have finally vanished after too many seasons of unmet expectations.

And yet, there is optimism in Austin. At least the kind that assumes last season was so bad, this one has to be better.

For starters, there is talent on campus in the form of some of college football's best playmakers. The fluid and powerful Robinson (in and out of that Lamborghini courtesy of a name, image and likeness sponsorship deal) is one of the top backs in the country. Wide receiver Xavier Worthy had an explosive freshman season in 2021 and should be among the favorites for the Biletnikoff Award.

The rest is anyone's guess.

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Sarkisian mined the transfer portal about as well as anybody, and even landed a starting quarterback in freshman Quinn Ewers, who beat out Hudson Card for the job. But that road has been bumpy with one transfer receiver (Isaiah Neyor from Wyoming) lost for the season to a knee injury and another (Agiye Hall from Alabama) suspended indefinitely.

And an offensive line already strapped for depth also lost starter Junior Angilou, who could play multiple positions, for the season to a knee injury.

Texas hasn't won the Big 12