Pregame social media buzz ahead of No. 11 Texas vs. Rice
No. 11 Texas is just hours away from kicking off the 2023 college football season.
The Longhorns host the Rice Owls for a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff on Fox. Steve Sarkisian’s squad has garnered substantial hype this offseason due to the overall talent, experience and depth on the roster.
For the first time in over a decade, Texas is the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 title. Many national media networks believe the Longhorns could crash the College Football Playoff as well.
The first piece of the puzzle is handling business against Rice on Saturday. Should Texas take a confident lead early on in the game, Sarkisian will be able to rest key starters ahead of a crucial matchup against Alabama next week.
Here’s a look at pregame buzz from Texas fans ahead of the season opener.
Gameday mood 😤 pic.twitter.com/TxeuzjHVyl
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) September 2, 2023
The new era begins today…
CJ Baxter is listed at the top of the RB depth chart for #Texas #HookEm
— Cory Mose (@Cory_Mose) September 2, 2023
CJ Baxter getting the start against rice! pic.twitter.com/NVx872DFvm
— 40AcresLandLord (@40AcresLandLord) September 2, 2023
IT’S GAMEDAY, Y’ALL. pic.twitter.com/iR26EUxnbY
— Justin Wells (@justinwells2424) September 2, 2023
Rice, Mice, Ice Spice,
Don’t matter, Horns by 56 pic.twitter.com/XrxegBL9jd
— Barstool Longhorn (@UTBarstool) September 2, 2023
True freshmen C.J. Baxter and Anthony Hill listed as co-starters in their first career college games on a team ranked 11th in the country. pic.twitter.com/TNT8fyxvhO
— Geoff Ketchum (@gkketch) September 2, 2023
We’ve made it to gameday. Congratulations to us.
— CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_TFB) September 2, 2023
It’s Game Day Folks!! Everybody’s team has a chance to be a champion until they don’t! #GameDay #PlayHard #TSU pic.twitter.com/75joabLyae
— Mike Hardge (@HardballHardge) September 2, 2023
Can I interest anyone in AD Mitchell first touchdown scorer at +550?
— CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_TFB) September 2, 2023
Texas has released a depth chart for the season opener against Rice. Notably, Jonathan Brooks and CJ Baxter are co-backups at RB and Maalik Murphy and Arch Manning are co-backups at QB. #HookEm pic.twitter.com/ciYKF7TYW3
— Wescott Eberts (@SBN_Wescott) September 2, 2023
Horns down already pic.twitter.com/qK3Gtix6v9
— Chris Bennett (CB) (@chrisgb002000) September 2, 2023
Bevo has arrived. Texas Longhorns fans … it’s about that time. @InsideTexas @ontexasfootball pic.twitter.com/pZXYkfpIk8
— Gerry Hamilton (@GHamilton_On3) September 2, 2023
The scene is set 🤘@UTexasEquipment pic.twitter.com/SNktAxtmU1
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) September 2, 2023
The wait is over. We back!! 😭🤘🏾 pic.twitter.com/Cxnb19hSBA
— Imagine Losing 49-0 (@Doc_Texas) September 2, 2023
THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN BABY
HORNS UP pic.twitter.com/hYAKIR8DIq
— LC (@laurencowling) September 2, 2023
Feels good to be back 🤘 pic.twitter.com/2rJ7Ire1ZC
— Texas Football (@TexasFootball) September 2, 2023