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Texas Football: Way-too-early game-by-game predictions for 2020

By Jake Mitchell

HOUSTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 14: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns prepares to lead the team onto the field before the game against the Rice Owls at NRG Stadium on September 14, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 14: Head coach Tom Herman of the Texas Longhorns prepares to lead the team onto the field before the game against the Rice Owls at NRG Stadium on September 14, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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STILLWATER, OK – NOVEMBER 16: The Oklahoma State Cowboys gather in the end zone before a game against the Kansas Jayhawks on November 16, 2019 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OSU won 31-13. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
STILLWATER, OK – NOVEMBER 16: The Oklahoma State Cowboys gather in the end zone before a game against the Kansas Jayhawks on November 16, 2019 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. OSU won 31-13. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /

Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy recently made headlines for his controversial comments on playing football amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but hopefully by the time we reach this matchup, the focus will have returned to football.

For three straight years, this matchup has been decided by less than a touchdown. The 2017 season featured a rare low-scoring affair, with Oklahoma State winning 13-10, and the Cowboys followed that with a 38-35 victory in the 2018 game.

It was last year that Texas finally got back into the win column against the Cowboys. Sam Ehlinger had four passing touchdowns to four different receivers, and Keaontay Ingram added 114 yards on the ground on the way to a 36-30 Longhorn victory.

There’s a very good chance here, however, that Oklahoma State makes it three out of four. It will be a short week for Texas, and they’ll travel into an environment that is never easy to win in. If they indeed enter this week with only a loss, and all the hype that comes along with that, Boone Pickens Stadium will be absolutely electric.

The Big 12 slate isn’t full of powerhouses, but it is far from easy. This stretch of games to wrap the season against TCU, Iowa State, and Oklahoma State will be tough to get through unscathed. A playoff-caliber team would be able to navigate this run, but is Texas a playoff-caliber team?

Prediction: Texas 36, Oklahoma State 38 (10-2, 7-2)

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