The 2023 season is just over six weeks away. We’ve made broad and overarching predictions, but today we’ll get into the weeds.
Small details determine close matchups. That’s what we’re looking at with Texas and company heading into 2023.
Though teams can and should overcome poor officiating, blatant missed calls can swing a game. In 2023, Texas’ Big 12 opponents were called for just one holding penalty all season. Some would argue, “There’s holding on every play.” That’s not really the case, but there are clear and obvious holding calls that officials missed last season. And they missed them over and over again.
One of the more obvious examples of one-sided officiating came against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cowboys received 14 penalty calls in their favor while being flagged a grand total of zero times. Can we call 14-0 a ratio?
Let’s predict how minute details of the season will unfold for Texas.