Every player on every team needs to find their own motivation. For most college athletes from the state of Texas, playing against the Texas Longhorns is a huge motivator all on its own.
The Horns recruit nationally for all of its 21 varsity sports. They can’t get every native Texan that wants to wear burnt orange.
Vanderbilt running back Sedrick Alexander was a three-star recruit from Austin LBJ. He’s one of three Austin products among the 20 Texans on the Commodores’ roster. Alexander was the SEC’s leading rusher among all freshmen last season and a rising star in Nashville…