AUSTIN, Texas—Mack Brown knows it’s coming.

At some point during warmups before No. 1 Texas plays No. 11 Missouri on Saturday night, Longhorns freshman safety Blake Gideon will seek out the coach who has won a national championship and say: “I hope you’re not nervous.”

Gideon does it every week and it’s a pretty funny line coming from a guy who has played six games. But Brown and the Longhorns have plenty to worry about if they expect to hold on to their first regular-season No. 1 ranking since 1984 for long.

The Missouri game is just the second in a brutal ...

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