Big 12 Football: 5 incredibly early bold predictions for the 2023 season
By John Buhler
3. Texas will be playing in a New Year’s Six bowl, but won’t be back just yet, guys
One of these days, Texas will be back. I might be dead by then, but it’s happening, or the world’s ending. Either way, we will probably talk about two of these three things, to be totally honest. I’ll let you be the judge of that. While I do expect for Texas to be a top-15 caliber team this season, it will be a New Year’s Six bowl for them, but they will not be playing in the College Football Playoff.
Making the four-team field is what will be required for Texas to finally be back. We don’t need a future Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback to tell us they’re back before they’re back. You don’t need to give yourself a nickname, just like you don’t give yourself gold stars or stickers for doing a good job. Texas will be about a 10-2 team, but that probably puts them around eighth for the CFP.
I mean, they could make it to Arlington, and it wouldn’t shock me to say the least. One could easily argue for the Longhorns being there. According to a potential future step-dad Urban Meyer, Texas has the best roster in college football. They’re close, but no cigar this year. If it were horseshoes and hand grenades, I’d tell you what, Texas is so back, baby! Unfortunately, I don’t play no games…
Texas might be good enough to win the Big 12, but I doubt they are a top-four program nationally.