“We want to play the best!” Tight end Gunnar Helm knows the SEC won’t be easy

The AP Poll No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns started their first year in the SEC 2-0 after defeating both Mississippi State and Oklahoma.

But now Texas will be presented with one of the conference’s leading powerhouses in recent years: the Georgia Bulldogs.

This game will truly prove whether Texas belongs or will be just another middle-of-the-pack team in arguably the toughest conference in college football.

And when tight end Gunnar Helm was asked about the Georgia game and the rest of the SEC schedule, Helm expressed that “the SEC is good every week” and that “there are no blowout games anymore.”

“That’s just not the league we play in,” Helm said. “I think we understood that at the beginning of this year. And I think (Chris Del Conte) understood that when we decided to go to this conference. We want to play the best. We want to play at the highest level, and that’s what we get in the SEC every week.

Helm mentioned the game the week after Georgia against Vanderbilt, which recently shocked the nation by defeating Alabama, which was ranked first at the time. Helm also mentioned the hostile environments that could pass through Texas for a spin later in the season, like Arkansas and Texas A&M.

“You can’t focus on what’s ahead or behind you every week. “You have to be where you are and really focus on the game plan every week,” Helm said.

So how does Helm manage to play like he did against Oklahoma, where he was Texas’ leading receiver with 91 yards to go for a touchdown?

“Play like you’re one of the best in the country, because you are,” Helm said.

When you act like you’re the best, Helm says, “you start to take on that personality.”

So far, other than tight ends in the SEC, Helm has played like one of the best. He currently ranks third in the SEC for tight ends in receiving yards with 311 and second in touchdowns with two.

Helm and the offense play Georgia at 6:30 on Saturday. The game will be played at the DKR Stadium and will be broadcast on ABC.