Here’s the final riddle of 2020 — what should one make of a No. 20 Texas Longhorns team that was down, at the count of head coach Tom Herman, 18 members of this year’s initial depth chart, including six and then eventually seven team captains, pulling off yet another bowl win against a Colorado Buffaloes team that had less than 50 available scholarship players?
It’s a difficult riddle to unravel, but as questions continue to surround Herman’s future following the absolutely tepid recent statement of support from athletics director Chris Del Conte, a few things were clear at the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio during Tuesday’s 55-23 destruction of the Buffaloes.