At the end of each football season, there is always a few what-ifs for each team. That is no different for Texas, especially after a disappointing 8-5 season. From the very beginning of the season to the final few games, every week, Longhorns fans left leaving the game thinking “What if this went our way?”
Boneheaded plays cost Texas all season, sometimes even in games they were in total control of. It started with having the LSU offense in a favorable 3rd and 17 position and ended with jumping offsides to give Iowa State a huge first down to run out the clock to end the Horns’ Big 12 championship hopes.
While these are not excuses as to why Texas lost, it is easy to wonder what would have happened if they went in the Longhorns’ favor. Each individual one could have completely changed the entire course of the season, for good or for bad.
Here are the five biggest what-ifs for the 2019 season: