Texas followers are nonetheless awaiting an opportunity to see and consider that their beloved Longhorns are “again.”
Seasons full of letdowns and inconsistencies have turn into the norm in Austin, and that was no totally different when Steve Sarkisian took over as the pinnacle coach in 2021.
Now, with Sarkisian in his second season and a horribly flawed roster getting a significant facelift due to a robust recruiting class and nice switch additions, the Longhorns wish to flip their misfortunes round.
Nonetheless, they won’t have a straightforward schedule because the Longhorns are once more going through one of many hardest slates within the nation in line with ESPN’s FPI rankings. Texas got here in at No. 14 when it comes to power of schedule.
This comes as no shock to anybody. Once you take a look at Texas’ schedule there appears to simply be an countless stretch of adverse video games with some that embody Alabama, adopted by what shall be a frisky matchup with UTSA.
Texas will then dive into Massive 12 play for a pair weeks with matchups in opposition to Texas Tech and West Virginia, adopted by an important gauntlet of the season with conferences with Oklahoma, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, and Kansas State.
In recent times, particularly final season, Texas appears to have one recreation that actually dictates how the remainder of the season goes, such because the loss to LSU in 2019. Final season particularly, the second that outlined the season was the horribly blown 20-point lead in opposition to rival Oklahoma. It appeared to place Texas right into a by no means ending stage of shock, as they might go on to lose the subsequent 5 en path to one of many longest shedding streaks in program historical past.
We’ll see if Sarkisian’s tradition has lastly been embraced among the many gamers, and if the brand new additions will add the help that the workforce wants.
Texas nonetheless has place battles to settle, and are awaiting for extra gamers to get on campus, however the Longhorns will want all of the reps they’ll get earlier than taking up the gauntlet that’s their 2022 schedule.