Texas running back Keilan Robinson on Alabama matchup: I know we can beat them

Current Texas and former Alabama running back Keilan Robinson spoke on a Twitter Space discussion about their marquee game this year. The former Crimson Tide back knows both locker rooms, and declared that Texas is able to take them down when they face off on Sep. 10.

Texas RB Keilan Robinson on facing his former school, Alabama, this season:

“I know we can beat them boys.”pic.twitter.com/eIQu131Lpw

— Sidelines – Bama (@SSN_Alabama) July 6, 2022

Keilan Robinson makes bold declaration on Texas vs Alabama matchup

“Knowing what I know, seeing what I see every day, being here [at Texas] and being there [at Alabama], I know we can beat them boys.”

The Longhorns will host Alabama early this season in one of the most anticipated games of the 2022 college season. While both programs carry tremendous fan support normally, the trash talk between the teams will only increase as the matchup draws closer.

Robinson is uniquely positioned in the middle of this upcoming battle, having been redshirted at Alabama in 2020. He played in eight games as a freshman for the Crimson Tide in 2019, rushing 34 times for 254 yards and two touchdowns.

After transferring to Texas, Robinson earned honorable mention for Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year. He played in 11 games for the Longhorns, starting one, and rushed for 45 yards for 322 yards and three touchdowns. Robinson added another 57 yards on offense on seven receptions on the year, and set a career-record of 111 yards against West Virginia — the first 100-yard game of his career.

J.D. PicKell breaks down 2022 Texas expectations

In another Twitter Space conversation for Longhorns fans, On3’s J.D. PicKell broke down what he thought would be a successful 2022 season for the Longhorns, landing somewhere between eight and nine wins. In what would be a major improvement in Year Two of Sarkisian, if Texas hits the goal set by PicKell, it would be just the third time since Charlie Strong took over the program in 2014.

“Coming off a 5-7 year in 2021 and a lot of people were upset,” PicKell said. “Nobody was calling for Sark’s job or anything like that but obviously, that is well below the standard in Austin. And so we just posed the question. How many wins would it be for Texas? How many wins are you happy with? And we got a myriad of answers. From, just better and 5-7 to Big 12 title. The number we landed on more or less was eight to nine wins.

“‘Hey, if we get eight or nine wins, we’re probably okay with the year in 2022. Now, it may not be the long-term solution, it may not be what we hope for in the long term with this recruiting class and Quinn Ewers and this, that, and the other. But we’re going to be okay. We’re going to put our pitch forks down if we can get eight wins, nine wins.’”