Texas coach Steve Sarkisian knows firsthand what it’s like to coach against a Ryan Grubb offense. Specifically, how challenging Grubb offenses can be.

First, Texas played Washington in the Alamo Bowl in 2022. The Huskies won. Then, Texas faced Washington in the College Football Playoff in 2023. The Huskies won that day, too, advancing to the national championship. Grubb ran both of those offenses.

Now, if Texas ends up facing Alabama in the postseason in 2025, Sarkisian’s team would face Grubb’s offense again this season. Grubb was hired as Alabama’s offensive coordinator and play-caller ahead of the 2025 season.

Sarkisian runs the Texas offense, so he wasn’t directly coaching against Grubb. But as head coach of the Longhorns, and a play-calling expert, Sarkisian is about as good as anyone outside of Grubb’s staff to provide a scouting report of the Grubb offense.

“They had a really good passing team,” Sarkisian said Tuesday at SEC Media Days. “(Quarterback) Michael Penix. The receivers. Definitely an attack-oriented group that’s going to attack you vertically with shots down the field. Going to tax you from the screen game. Multiple shifts, formations, things that challenge you that way. It’s definitely a pro style approach where the quarterback is going to have his opportunities to take his shots down the field.”

Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.