The 2020 college football season heads into it’s final run after this next week. The Texas Longhorns will enjoy their final bye week before preparing for two trips to the state of Kansas and a home game against Iowa State. The Horns are currently in a tie for third place in the standings and have their eyes locked on a Big 12 Championship game appearance.
Current Standings
| Team | W-L | Big 12 W-L |
| Iowa State | 5-2 | 5-1 |
| Oklahoma State | 5-1 | 4-1 |
| Texas | 5-2 | 4-2 |
| Oklahoma | 5-2 | 4-2 |
| Kansas State | 4-3 | 4-2 |
While Texas is chasing the top two teams in the conference, their quarterback Sam Ehlinger is chasing someone else. Ehlinger is inching ever so much closer to a record held by Colt McCoy. After two touchdown passes against the West Virginia defense, Ehlinger sits at 120 touchdowns responsible for.
Current Record for Texas
Colt McCoy 132 TDs
Sam Ehlinger 120 TDs
Vince Young 81 TDs
Ricky Williams 72 TDs— Patrick (@PatSportsGuy) November 8, 2020
With an average of three touchdowns over the next three games plus the bowl game, Ehlinger will tie Colt. This year through seven games, Ehlinger has 29 touchdowns this year. That breaks down to 4.1 touchdowns per game. It very well could happen if he is able to stay at that pace, however it he has slowed down the last couple games. That could have something to do with playing the top two scoring defenses in the conference.
Next time they take the field it will be a completely different story. Texas will play the worst scoring defense in the conference. Kansas has given up 48.4 points per game this year, 50.2 in conference play. So look for Ehlinger to go out guns blazing against that Jayhawks defense.
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Colt McCoy isn’t the only Longhorns legend that Ehlinger is closing in on as his senior season is coming to a close. With five more touchdown runs this year he will tie the school record for most scoring runs by a quarterback. Vince Young holds the record with 37 and Ehlinger is sitting at 32.
There was another accolade for Sam Ehlinger. After his touchdown pass to Jake Smith, he moved into the top 10 for touchdown passes in Big 12 Conference history. He passed Sam Bradford with his 90th touchdown pass. Ehlinger now just sits outside the top 10 in passing yards. Sam needs just 23 yards to pass former TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin for 10th all time.
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