The last half of the 2000s ended one of the best stretch runs Texas has ever seen in their football history. Led by two elite quarterbacks throughout the years in Vince Young and Colt McCoy, the 2005 and 2009 teams made it all the way to Pasadena to play in a national championship.
While the two seasons ended in opposite fashions, they are no doubt the best teams the Longhorns have produced throughout the program’s history.
That got us thinking, what if they could play against each other in a 10 game series? Who would win? Who would be the stars of the games? Could ’05 Mack Brown out coach ’09 Mack Brown or visa versa? Would this decide who is the better all-time Texas quarterback?
Thanks to the website WhatIfSports, you can put any two teams from any sport (not just college football) up against each other and see how they would play out.
For this experiment, we put the 2005 National Champions against the 2009 Big 12 Champions to see which team is ultimately better between the two. Giving each team five home games, both had equal opportunity to take advantage of Darryl K. Memorial Stadium, even though the crowd would be cheering for both to win.
After simulating 10 games, here are the results: