Texas is back? This Time
Death, taxes, and “Texas is back.” The three things you can count on in life.
Sure, we’re poking fun a bit at our rivals to the south. At the same time, like with USC, Crawford’s expecting a big jump for a five-win Texas team that lost to Kansas.
Quinn Ewers should be an upgrade at quarterback, but scoring wasn’t necessarily their issue last year as two of their more high-profile losses came in games where they scored more than 40 points against OU and more than 50 points against Kansas.
They should be better on defense and like USC, added some talent to the offensive side of the ball. And while Quinn Ewers might end up a great quarterback for the Longhorns, we saw fellow five-star QBs Spencer Rattler and Caleb Williams struggle with consistency in the newly defensive Big 12. It shouldn’t be assumed that Ewers will just walk into the league and light it on fire.
That said, he has the weaponry to have a huge season for the Longhorns and make any of their perceived weaknesses a non-issue.
In the ultra-competitive Big 12, the widespread assumption this summer is this season’s conference champion wins nine — maybe 10 games — this fall after getting through a landmine-filled slate. That Week 2 tussle with top-ranked Alabama is going to pay off in a big way for the Longhorns, who will recover from that loss to impress during Steve Sarkisian’s second campaign after a five-win face plant in 2021. Texas is talented enough to lead the conference in scoring offense this fall if offensive line play is sold and Quinn Ewers is the impact player many of us expect him to be in Austin. – Crawford, 247Sports
The Texas Longhorns should be a much better team in 2022 than they were last year. Contending for the conference is certainly a possibility. And if they do, the Sooners and Longhorns could make the Big 12’s nightmare a reality; representing the conference in the conference title game in what could be their last season in the Big 12.
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