2016
It's been some lean years for Texas. Their biggest problem has been the lack of a good quarterback.
2011: 8-5
2012: 8-4
2013: 8-5
The defensive coordinator was fired in week 2, and a new head coach/staff was hired in the off season (Charlie Strong replaced Mack Brown).
2014: 6-7
2015: 5-7 (ineligible for a bowl -- need 6 wins)
Now unranked Texas is about to kick off their season against #10 Notre Dame in a rare Sunday night game. Notre Dame beat them in last year's opener 38-3.
But Texas might pull the upset (I think their chances were better before many pundits in the press picked them to pull it off).
The thinking is... Texas has a lot of young talent. The coaching staff -- despite their miserable record thus far -- has recruited light's out. Though young, Texas has 15 returning starters.
More importantly, they may have found a QB in Shane Buechele. He's just a freshman -- having enrolled in January -- but he passed for 299 yards in the first half of the spring practice game. He hasn't officially been named the started though.
We also have a new offensive coordinator who runs a system like Baylor's (one of the highest scoring offenses in the country). So Texas may field a decent offense for the first time in a long while.
Notre Dame has two veteran QBs who could be Heisman candidates.
Consequently, this is likely to be a high scoring game. The "over" betting line was originally 60, but it's dropped to 56.
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(Charlie Strong tweets "#Letsride" after every big recruiting commitment)
In other college football news, there were a number of big non-conference games to open the season.
#3 Oklahoma was upset by Houston. Tom Herman who coaches Houston is expected to be a hot commodity for any major school that needs a new head coach.
#5 LSU lost a close game to Wisconsin, 14-16. Everyone was expecting to see improvement in LSU's passing game, which didn't materialize.
#1 Alabama trailed USC at the end of the first quarter, 0-3. They ended up winning 52-6. I felt bad for Haley's former manager, Chiara.
