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Can the Longhorns stay alive in CFP race?: No. 10 Texas vs. No. 5 Georgia preview

Saturday night at Sanford Stadium carries the feel of a College Football Playoff preview. It’s Steve Sarkisian’s offensive creativity against Kirby Smart’s trademark discipline. An identity test for both Texas and Georgia at a pivot point in a season defined more by how teams finish than how they start.

For Texas, that preseason No. 1 ranking feels distant. The Longhorns arrive in Athens clinging to playoff hopes, leaning on a defense built for December and a quarterback still shaping his identity. Quarterback Arch Manning has shown clear progress since midseason, cutting down mistakes and operating with increased command in Sarkisian’s rhythm-based system built on screens, RPOs and

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