Texas football officially back… for eighth year in a row - Deadspin

Once again UT football fans and national media alike have prematurely anointed Texas “good at football” and it took just two weeks to prove them wrong.

This week Texas, allegedly the 15th best team in the country, was blown out at Arkansas, 40-21.

But it’s still funny to watch Texas fans and media, year after year, forget that there’s a big difference between being one of the biggest “brands” in college football, and one of the best teams.

It still remains to be seen though if top recruits will want to go to a team that’s getting beat every week just because they’re in the best conference.

Maybe it’s because I haven’t been around long enough to remember the golden years for a lot of college football programs, but I just don’t understand where all of the arrogance comes from.

One program that is even more arrogant — and bad at football – than Texas, is Nebraska?

They’re terrible, but still the biggest babies in college football.

Last year they tried to schedule an out of conference game against Chattanooga when their game against Wisconsin was cancelled due to COVID-19 positives, citing how it could be “another data point for possible College Football Playoff and bowl consideration.” Are you insane?