One of the most significant benefits of only playing 10 games this year for the Texas Longhorns is having three bye weeks as the season breaks into 1-3-3-3 increments.
Coming out of Saturday’s win against the West Virginia Mountaineers, the Horns are once again banged up — that’s simply the nature of playing three games in a row.
The one player who could benefit the most is senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger, who has struggled with his accuracy in recent weeks and admitted, “The bye week’s coming at a perfect time, let’s just say that.