AUSTIN (KXAN) — "There's a belief in playing great defense in Austin, Texas."

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said he often gets pigeonholed as an offense-centric coach. It makes sense to a certain degree, since he was one of the most prolific college quarterbacks of the 1990s at BYU, and he has previously served as an offensive coordinator in college and the NFL. But he truly believes that championship teams start on the defensive side, and he couldn't stress that enough Tuesday at the Southeastern Conference football media days.

"All those great teams that I've been part of, we had great defenses," he said. "When you start playing the elite teams against the elite teams, you need to find a way to keep them out of the end zone. We've been proud of the work we've done defensively. We've

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