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Watch: Matthew McConaughey delivers speech to Texas football team

Watch Matthew McConaughey's speech to the Longhorns ahead of their game against Notre Dame.

It is no secret that actor Matthew McConaughey​ is a huge Texas Longhorns football fan.

Before the team's season opener against the Notre Dame FIghting Irish, McConaughey​​ gave several members of the football team a pregame speech.

McConaughey graduated from Texas and is a regular at Darrel K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium for games. He recently returned to campus to teach a film class and reportedly attended the football team's practice this week.

Watch McConaughey's speech below:

Texas is coming off a 5–7 season but look to turn things around in 2016 under freshman quarterback Shane Buechele.

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