Urban Meyer Makes Bold Claim About 'Loaded' Longhorns

If you ask Urban Meyer, the Texas Longhorns are in good shape heading into the new season.

Matt Galatzan | Aug 22, 2023

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The prevailing theory about the Texas Longhorns last season was that, had a couple of bounces gone their way - particularly against the Alabama Crimson Tide - that things could have been much different.

After all, the Horns were a questionable non-safety call on a should-have-been sack of Bryce Young from potentially pulling off the biggest upset of the college football season.

While that could be representative of wishful thinking to most, former Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer doubled down on that idea, praising the Longhorns and their 'loaded' roster ahead of the new campaign.

"They are loaded," Meyer said to Letterman's Row reporter Tim May. "There's a five-star athlete at every position on offense. I watched them against Alabama last year. They should have won that game. If Quinn Ewers doesn't go down, I believe Texas beats Alabama and the whole 2022 season is completely different."

The Longhorns will have a chance to prove Meyer right in Week 2, when they travel to Tuscaloosa to take on that very same Crimson Tide team.

Albeit without the former Heisman Trophy winner in Young under center.

And while it will be a tall task to pull off the win at Bryant Denny Stadium for any program, the Longhorns, at least according to Meyer, will certainly have enough talent to have a chance.

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Published Aug 22, 2023

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.