Texas fanatic Matthew McConaughey was pumped for his team’s crucial college football showdown with Georgia on Saturday night.
Ahead of the big game, McConaughey walked onto the field at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and hyped up the 100,000-strong crowd packed inside the arena.
The acting legend is a Longhorns super fan who is regularly seen on the sidelines supporting Steve Sarkisian’s team.
The No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs (5-1) are looking to record their third straight win this evening, but standing in their way is the No.1 Texas Longhorns who are 6-0 so far this season.
Texas fanatic Matthew McConaughey was pumped up for his team’s showdown with Georgia
Their encounter in Texas is the biggest college football matchup of the weekend and a possible preview for the Southeastern Conference championship game or a College Football Playoff showdown.
Texas is undefeated midway through its debut in the Southeastern Conference, with the nation’s top defense, a pretty good offense and the No. 1 ranking that Georgia had at the start of this season.
‘The most complete team that we’ve seen or faced this year, and probably in multiple years when you look at what they’re doing,’ Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart said of the SEC newcomer.
Fifth-ranked Georgia (5-1, 3-1 SEC), whose only three losses over the past four seasons have all been to Alabama, plays in Austin for the first time since 1958 on Saturday night.
The top-five matchup with SEC and playoff implications pits former Nick Saban coordinators who now are two of the nation’s highest-paid head coaches against one another in Texas.
Acting legend McConaughey is a Longhorns super fan who is regularly seen on the sidelines
He walked onto the field and hyped up the 100,000-strong crowd prior to the game
Kirby Smart, with 99 wins in nine seasons at Georgia, is paid the most at nearly $13.3million annually, and fourth-year Texas coach Sarkisian third at $10.6 million, according to a USA Today salary database released this week.
This will be the biggest challenge yet in their new league for the Longhorns (6-0 2-0), who in Week 2 won 31-12 at reigning national champion Michigan. Georgia won back-to-back titles before that.
‘We respect them. We don’t fear them,’ Texas defensive back Jahdae Barron said of Georgia.
