CFB analyst JD PicKell says ‘Texas has arrived’

Competing for a national championship is much more important than being “back” ever was for Texas.

The Texas Longhorns are about to play for a spot in the national championship. In fact, they are favored to win their semifinal match with Washington and trend as a predicted title winner for several college football analysts. With that comes the dreaded debate of whether or not the team is “back.”

The debate over whether or not the team is back has always been silly, but hasn’t prevented many from bringing up the phrase.

College football analyst JD PicKell echoed the sentiment that debating the phrase is just debating semantics. There’s no truly agreed upon measure of what being back means. According to PicKell some are always going to disagree with the sentiment.

The college football voice shared that even if Texas were to win a national title this January, somebody somewhere will argue that they won’t win consistently in the SEC. The nonsensical fan to which he refers certainly exists and probably had Texas, not Alabama, losing by double digits in Tuscaloosa a couple months ago.

PicKell shared that while Texas may not be back, it has arrived. Texas is competing for a national championship and just won its conference. That’s all Longhorns faithful really cared about doing. Whether or not that means the team is back doesn’t matter.

Texas is different. It’s a wholly different Longhorns squad that will take the field in the College Football Playoff than in any past season. This team is a force to be reckoned with and not to be messed with.

Texas will look to take home its first ever College Football Playoff win when it takes on Washington on New Year’s Day.