Longhorns Daily News: Alabama’s Nick Saban: We expect Texas ‘to have an outstanding team’

When the Alabama Crimson Tide’s head coach Nick Saban speaks, the college football listens. (Sorry, Big Ten fans.) And that’s especially the case when he speaks about the Texas Longhorns.

“I think Texas has a lot of players back from last year’s team,” Saban said, according to Inside Texas. “Obviously it was a really close, tough game last year when we played that game. I think they are doing an outstanding job of recruiting and developing the players on their team and it’s going to be a real challenging game, no doubt, because they have a lot of starters back and they have a lot of experience coming back and an experienced quarterback.”

Saban added, “So we expect them to have an outstanding team.”

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

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Inside Texas: Texas Hoops Report: Newcomers impressing

Inside Texas: Jaylan Ford says Longhorns are ready to take the next step

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RECRUITING ROUNDUP

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Inside Texas: Five-star Colin Simmons hints that commitment date is coming soon

BIG 12 BREAKDOWN

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WHAT WE’RE READING

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NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND

• Four Texas players made the list. Not bad, folks.