No. 1 Alabama visits Texas in first matchup since 2009 title
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By The Associated Press
If any win could start some serious “Texas is back” talk, beating No. 1 Alabama would be it. Former Crimson Tide assistant Steve Sarkisian could get one over on his old boss Nick Saban and inject some serious juice back into a Texas program that has been out of the national title picture since 2009. A big game by Alabama quarterback Bryce Young only increases the pending drumbeat for another Heisman Trophy campaign for him.