Only a handful of games remain on the Texas Longhorns’ 2021 schedule — something that could serve as both good and bad news depending upon your emotional investment in the program. Now more than halfway through year one of the Steve Sarkisian era, the flashes of brilliance you’d expect to see from a team coached by a largely revered staff have been evident, but so have the growing pains that are to be expected in the first year under a new regime.
The result is a team that’s been remarkably close to being great, at least within the context of the Big 12, but yet, sits at 4-3 (2-2) following back-to-back losses to what’s now No.