Over the weekend the Longhorns learned their 2017 bowl destination as the prestigious
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Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl announced the matchup between the Texas Longhorns and the Missouri Tigers.
These squads last did battle in 2011, when a Longhorn offense featuring true freshman David Ash, duct tape and bailing wire lost lead back and Wildcat impresario Fozzy Whittaker to the Tigers’ concrete turf and subsequently gasped its way to a 17-5 road loss. It was the first time that a Texas offense failed to put a touchdown on the board since the 2004 Texas-OU game, when the Mack N’ Greg Squattin’ (To Pee) In The Cotton Offense achieved apotheosis by posting a goose egg with Vince Young, Cedric Benson, Ramonce Taylor, Limas Sweed, Bo Scaife, David Thomas, Justin Blalock, Jonathan Scott, Will Allen and Lyle Sendlein on the field.