Shortly after University of Texas head football Coach Steve Sarkisian came to Texas, in 2021, a clip featuring one of his assistants went viral. The Longhorns had just dropped a 30–7 loss to Iowa State, extending a losing streak to four games, and defensive line coach Bo Davis caught some players on a team bus laughing about something. He snapped at them. What was there to smile about when the team had just lost?Davis’s language and demeanor were controversial in the immediate aftermath of the clip’s release, but a few years later, with Texas a regular playoff contender, most fans seem to think of the moment on the bus as a turning point in the team’s trajectory—one that reflected a passion for winning above all,…