Texas Football: Can the Longhorns finally get over the hump in 2022?

For Texas Football, mediocrity is not the expectation, but it’s been the result for years. But can the Longhorns end their woes with a Big 12 title in 2022?

It has been 12 seasons since Texas football won its last Big 12 Championship and at some point, you have to start to think that their performance over the last decade is what to expect from the Longhorns going forward.

And while things could get much worse than a 5-7 season that included an embarrassing loss to the Kansas Jayhawks, the Longhorn faithful are hopeful that it was just a slow start out of the gate of the Steve Sarkisian Era.

But Sarkisian and the Longhorns will get to show their improvement immediately because while Week One is a usual tune-up game, the Longhorns take on the Alabama Crimson Tide at home in Week Two. A win would be monumental but a competitive loss that has Alabama fans biting their nails would also go a long way in setting the tone for the rest of the 2022 season.

And while the rest of their schedule isn’t as fierce as playing the greatest program of the last decade, the rest of the Texas footballl schedule will still post some troubles along the way.

The heart of their schedule consists of West Virginia at home, Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry, and consecutive road games separated by a bye week against Oklahoma State and Kansas State. And while the end of their schedule should bring hope, a season finale at home versus Baylor could determine the Longhorns’ Big 12 Title game fate.

The Big 12 this year is wide open and a perfect chance for the Longhorns to not only make their way back to the top of their conference but also the top of the college football world, so let’s take a look at how and why they could do just that.