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Texas Football: The Longhorns are back…for real this time

By Richard Kimball

WACO, TX - OCTOBER 28: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns looks on as the Texas Longhorns play the Baylor Bears in the first half at McLane Stadium on October 28, 2017 in Waco, Texas. Texas won 38-7. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
WACO, TX - OCTOBER 28: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns looks on as the Texas Longhorns play the Baylor Bears in the first half at McLane Stadium on October 28, 2017 in Waco, Texas. Texas won 38-7. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images) /
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2018 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Predictions

Week DATE Opponent
1 Sat, Sept 1 @ Maryland
2 Sat, Sept 8 vs Tulsa
3 Sat, Sept 15 vs USC
4 Sat, Sept 22 vs TCU
5 Sat, Sept 29 @ Kansas State
6 Sat, Oct 6 vs Oklahoma
7 Sat, Oct 13 vs Baylor
8 Sat, Oct 20 BYE
9 Sat, Oct 27 @ Oklahoma State
10 Sat, Nov 3 Vs West Virginia
11 Sat, Nov 10 @ Texas Tech
12 Sat, Nov 17 vs Iowa State
13 Fri, Nov 23 @ Kansas

One of the oddest things in all of college football is that the Big 12 has a conference championship game despite every team playing one another throughout the season. But this can benefit some teams, and should help the Longhorns at season’s end. Even with USC on the schedule, the Longhorn’s should start off the season 3-0.

With games against TCU, Kansas State and Oklahoma, Texas should and will need to hope for only one loss during those games. They then take on Baylor prior to their bye week that at worst will be a 20-point win.

Before finishing the season with games against Iowa State and Kansas, the Longhorns go on the road to play Oklahoma State and Texas Tech and host West Virginia at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. If Texas has already suffered one conference loss, they cannot afford to lose more than one during this three-game stretch as well. Two losses can get them into the conference championship game but with three, the Longhorns will most likely have to rely on tiebreakers to decide their fate.

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For Texas, anything less than 9-3 should be considered a disappointing season. They have all the pieces to compete for a Big 12 championship and a New Year’s Six Bowl with only themselves potentially getting in the way of their season outcome. It has been echoed over the past few seasons and has started to become redundant but the Texas Longhorns are back: A promising Big 12 champion that could become a playoff sleeper.

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