FRISCO, Texas — Coach Tom Herman’s Texas team will be one of only two programs in the country—Texas opponent USC is the other—to play 11 Power 5 (or Notre Dame) opponents for the second consecutive season. Herman would like to see a change in scheduling philosophy in the future, and his dream schedule would include an old rival.
“In my perfect world, you would play one big-time Power 5 [non-conference] opponent,” Herman said in an interview with myself and former UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel on SiriusXM's ESPNU Radio on Tuesday. “To me, there’s a very logical one an hour-and-a-half east of us.