Fans of No. 4 Texas are no doubt still celebrating the team’s road triumph over Alabama in Week 2. Steve Sarkisian’s signature victory over former employer Nick Saban snapped the Crimson Tide’s 21-game home winning streak and handed Alabama just its second nonconference home loss in the Saban era. Now ranked in the top five in the AP Top 25 and riding a wave of momentum, Texas is back at home in Week 3 to conclude nonconference play against Wyoming. 

The Cowboys started off the 2023 campaign with a bang in Week 1, overcoming a 17-0 deficit to defeat Texas Tech in a double-overtime thriller at home before soundly defeating Portland State in Week 2. Now it’s on to Austin, Texas, for what is the sixth meeting between the Cowboys and Longhorns dating back to 1974. Texas has won all five previous meetings, most recently a 37-17 home victory in 2012. A win on Saturday would give Texas its first 3-0 start since that 2012 campaign. 

All eyes will be on Quinn Ewers come Saturday to see how the second-year Longhorns quarterback follows up what was arguably his best performance yet in a Texas uniform. Ewers ended the night with 349 yards passing and three touchdowns against the Crimson Tide, and more of that would almost certainly earn him a spot in the Heisman conversation. 

Texas vs. Wyoming: Need to know

Longhorns in a new spotlight: Is Texas … back? It’s too early in the season to answer that question with a definitive “yes” or “no,” but the Longhorns’ triumph last weekend in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, looked like anything but a fluke. As a result, Texas finds itself in the top five of the AP Top 25 rankings for the first time since 2010 with few immediate threats on the schedule other than perhaps its annual rivalry game against Oklahoma in early…