Had things gone accordingly to plan, the Texas Longhorns would be comfortably positioned within the top 25 behind the program’s second 2-0 start in the past six seasons. Those expectations, of course, didn’t come to fruition in the fashion projected by many, myself included.
After opening the season as a 13.5-point favorite over Maryland, Texas fell to the Terps for the second time in as many tries, and just seven short days later, after trotting onto the field at DKR as a 23-point favorite, the Longhorns escaped from a Tulsa team that won only two games in 2017, 28-21.