How can a team like Texas with top-notch facilities, highly paid coaches and five-star and four-star recruits not win the Big 12 Championship?

New Texas Coach Steve Sarkisian indicated that the Longhorns lacked consistency.

“And the best teams that win at a high level, that win big games, understand the consistency needed on a daily basis to push one another as like-minded individuals to drive for more and more, but ultimately execute at the critical moments and that the moment doesn’t ever become too big,” Sarkisian said. “So whether it’s playing OU or in a national championship or a Big 12 Championship, whatever that may be, the bigger the game really shouldn’t matter to us because that’s just who we are on a daily basis. That’s what we’re trying to instill in our team.”

The big question mark for the Longhorns besides the adjustment to an all-new coaching staff is who will start at quarterback.

“When I took over the job, I gave everybody a clean slate in our program,” Sarkisian said. “And clearly we at the quarterback position, in my opinion, the most important position in sports, have two fantastic players in Casey Thompson and Hudson Card…

“I will say it’s a little bit of a luxury for me to have two quality quarterbacks like this. Casey Thompson is a guy who has been in the program a little bit longer. Everybody remembers what he did in the Alamo Bowl with four touchdown passes in the second half. Very athletic guy. Very driven, very focused. High football IQ. Great leader. Hudson Card, tremendous passing ability, great instincts of passing the football.

“So we’re in a good position. But at some point in training camp, I’m going to have to trust my gut and I’ve got to name a starter.”