The Texas football schedule will provide tests for head coach Tom Herman in a critical third year, including the Red River Rivalry vs. Oklahoma.
Finding consistent success proved difficult for Texas football at the end of Mack Brown’s tenure and into Charlie Strong’s three uneventful years at the helm. It changed with Tom Herman’s promising first year and positive second season and now anything less than a Big 12 title will be considered a failure.
2018 led to a 10-4 record for the Longhorns, their first double-digit win season since Brown was in charge. They even sat atop the Big 12 for a time, until losses near the end of the year impacted them and Oklahoma failed to lose. Texas beat the Sooners in the Red River Rivalry Game and needed to be perfect afterward. Since they were not, it led to the second spot in the Big 12 conference standings.
A new year is ahead for the Burnt Orange, though. They have the chance to rise past Oklahoma, even with transfer quarterback Jalen Hurts in place, and win the Big 12.
It depends on the game-to-game schedule, with the usual suspects from the conference and non-conference teams set to face Texas. Here’s an early prediction for how they will perform.