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Six takeaways from the 2024 Texas football schedule

10-2 should make a 12-team playoff easily with the Longhorns’ 2024 schedule.

The SEC schedule complete with dates was released Wednesday night. No doubt it has Texas fans fired up for the team’s inaugural season in the Southeastern Conference.

The schedule is about as favorable as they could make it while being fair to other teams across the league. Perhaps only Texas A&M, who avoids both Georgia and Alabama and gets Texas at home, has the only easier schedule on the western side of the conference.

Here’s a look at the complete schedule.

  1. Colorado State
  2. at Michigan
  3. UTSA
  4. Louisiana-Monroe
  5. Mississippi State
  6. BYE
  7. at Oklahoma (home)
  8. Georgia
  9. at Vanderbilt
  10. BYE
  11. Florida
  12. at Arkansas
  13. Kentucky
  14. at Texas A&M

Texas will face its fair share of top opponents. The Longhorns face the Michigan Wolverines in Week 2 in what will surely carry one of the bigger television audiences of the season. By midseason, Texas faces Oklahoma and Georgia in back to back games.

Let’s look at a few takeaways from what seems to be a manageable first SEC schedule.

A full look at Texas football’s 2024 SEC schedule

Here is the full 2024 SEC schedule for Texas football along with an early prediction.

The Texas Longhorns’ SEC schedule for the 2024 season has been released, and it’s not terrible. Continue reading “A full look at Texas football’s 2024 SEC schedule”

College football insiders expecting major season for Texas in 2023

“If not now then when, Texas?”

It’s one thing for fans of a program to be bought into how much success they can have but when well respected minds within the media begin to hop on the bandwagon it could be a sign of things to come. Continue reading “College football insiders expecting major season for Texas in 2023”

Texas Football: Record scenarios for the first six games

We look at how we feel about Texas if they start as well as 6-0 and as poorly as 3-3.

The first four games are crucial to the success of the 2023 Texas football team. We noted that the worst nightmare for the team is a completely possible 2-2 start.

We are ruling out losses to Rice and Wyoming although those would certainly be catastrophic. Nevertheless, a 2-2 start would effectively slam the door on feeling good about the team moving forward.

The schedule after the first four games isn’t exactly easy. Texas will face Kansas, Kansas State, and Texas Tech at home with brutal road games against TCU and Iowa State and a neutral site matchup with Oklahoma. To suggest anything other than two losses in that stretch feels incredibly optimistic.

Extending the sample size to the first six games, let’s look at a few scenarios.

WATCH: JD PicKell says time for patience with Texas football is over

The Longhorns are no longer given any slack if they struggle in 2023.

As a college football head coach you are only given so long of a grace period to find success before you are shown the door. Continue reading “WATCH: JD PicKell says time for patience with Texas football is over”

Greg McElroy has Texas winning 10 or more games in 2023

“I really think this is a 10-win football team. That’s the floor.”

Former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy is drinking the burnt orange kool-aid in 2023. He’s making bold proclamations about what the Longhorns will be in the upcoming season.

McElroy said the following about Texas leading up to a pivotal year on the gridiron.

“A big boost is coming for the Longhorns this year. I am very optimistic about it. I think they’re a Top-10 football team coming into the season. A lot of it has to do with the progress made offensively, progress made on the front seven defensively. But, given the strides made from ’21 to ’22, I think they’re going to continue to ramp it up. I’m taking the over on 9.5.”

There has been marked improvement for Texas since the dud of a first season for the current staff in 2021. Longhorns assistants, offensive line coach Kyle Flood in particular, took the time to develop players and reteach the fundamentals better than the last coaching staff. It resulted in fundamentally sound football in 2022.

McElroy continued his Texas hype.

“Texas? I’m taking the over. I really think this team is a 10-win football team. That’s the floor. Maybe I’m drinking the Kool-Aid. I might very well be. Texas has let me down in the past. They might very well do so again in the future. But I will take that risk.”

Setting a 10-win floor seems a little optimistic given the Longhorns’ recent struggles with putting away Big 12 squads. Nevertheless, it’s where Texas needs to finish to consider the year a successful season. Texas will look to prove McElroy right beginning with its game with Rice on Sept. 2.

14 concerns about the 2023 Texas football season

Geoff Ketchum shares 14 concerns on Texas. We look at each one and rate our level of concern.

Texas football has a strong roster heading into 2023. It’s certainly the strongest since the days of Colt McCoy at quarterback. Granted, there are several questions many have about the program after mixed results last year.

Rivals publisher and college football analyst Geoff Ketchum has more than a few questions about the team, and rightfully so. The team went 8-5 last season, and when Texas loses five games you know plenty of things went wrong.

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers had a mediocre season on the whole though we believe he is a good quarterback. The wide range of quarterback play nullified the more impressive performances he posted.

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The loss of running back Bijan Robinson was certainly felt in a bowl loss to Washington.

Ketchum shared 14 quick thoughts on the team. We’ll address our level of concern from 1-10, with 10 being the ultimate level of concern.

Game-by-game predictions for Texas’ 2023 season following spring ball

We pick every Texas game and break down each matchup.

We’re around four months from the start of the 2023 college football season. Even so, we’re still looking ahead. The season will probably determine the overall success of the current coaching staff in Austin.

Texas has a decided advantage over the conference in talent and returning production. Kansas returns about as much as Texas but doesn’t match the Longhorns in talent. Oklahoma and TCU have starting talent to give Texas fits, but are at a disadvantage in depth. For that reason, head coach Steve Sarkisian and company need to win the Big 12.

The team will face a tougher than average conference slate facing all of last year’s Big 12 members but West Virginia and Oklahoma State. The Mountaineers and Cowboys figure to be in the bottom half of the league.

Taking roster advantages and schedule disadvantages into consideration, let’s predict the 2023 season.

Texas vs. Oklahoma: Who got the tougher 2023 Big 12 schedule?

Greg McElroy believes Oklahoma got the short end of the stick from the Big 12.

Texas and Oklahoma are preparing for their future move to the SEC but are spending at least one more season in the new-look Big 12. The Conference announced its 2023 schedule recently, including the four programs joining the league.

College football analyst Greg McElroy believes Oklahoma got the short end of the stick from the Big 12. He spoke on the difficulty of the Sooners’ schedule on the Always College Football show.

“I happen to think when you look at it, though, I mean, it’s definitely possible that they could have a bit of an improvement, but you look at the schedule man, I thought they got dealt the more difficult hand when comparing them to the Longhorns, partly because all four of their road opponents if you count the neutral site game against Texas, they all competed in bowl games last year.”

The Sooners look to get back into Big 12 title contention in 2023 but have a few challenging road games on their slate. Oklahoma faces away games against Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, BYU and Kansas next season.

On the flip side, Texas plays most of its away games in close proximity. The Longhorns only leave the state of Texas twice in 2023.

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Ranking the five most difficult games on Texas’ 2023 schedule

These matchups could give Texas some trouble in 2023.

Texas’ 2023 football schedule was finally released by the Big 12 Conference this week.

This upcoming season marks the first year of the new-look Big 12 following the addition of BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF.

The Longhorns’ slate features two matchups against the leagues newcomers, Texas travels to Houston and hosts BYU in October.

Texas is only forced to leave its home state two times during the season, making the trip to Alabama and Iowa State. The Horns play in-state road games at TCU, Baylor and Houston, along with the annual neutral site game in Dallas against Oklahoma.

2023 is a significant year for Steve Sarkisian and the Texas program. Returning 17 out of 22 starters and bringing in another top-five recruiting class, expectations are high in Austin. Texas feels like it is Big 12 championship or bust entering the new campaign.

Here is a look at the five matchups that could give Texas the most trouble on its 2023 schedule.