Wait so someone actually sat down and wrote a whole Yahoo Sports article calling Texas cowardly for not scheduling Notre Dame? That is rich coming from a Notre Dame program that spent decades refusing to play regular season road games against SEC teams. Texas finished 4th nationally in red zone TD percentage last season at over 70 percent while Notre Dame was sitting at 58 percent which ranked 87th. Maybe worry about finishing drives before worrying about who we schedule.
The Longhorns converted 94 percent of red zone trips into points last year per SP+ which is elite level execution. Notre Dame had multiple games where they settled for field goals inside the 20 against mediocre competition. Texas has absolutely nothing to prove by flying to South Bend in November when they are already playing in the deepest conference in America.
Yahoo can call it cowardice all they want. The data says Texas is one of the most efficient offenses in the country when it matters most and Sarkisian has built a program that wins the games on the schedule instead of chasing nostalgia matchups for TV ratings.