Prior to Wednesday night, one would have to reminisce on the tail end of the Mack Brown era to remember what a winning season on the Forty Acres feels like.
Since that 8-5 finish in 2013 and the subsequent departure of Brown and arrival of Charlie Strong, the 2014, '15 and '16 seasons each brought forth seven-loss efforts and thus, sub-.500 seasons. The same fate was one first-year Texas Longhorns coach Tom Herman entered the Texas Bowl at risk of, as the depleted 'Horns owned a 6-6 record with a potent Missouri offense on the opposite sideline.