It's unlikely Texas loses five of their first eight games this season. It's more unlikely Texas wins their first eight games this season.
Texas lost to Kansas State, 23-0, on Oct. 25, 2014, dropping the Longhorns to 3-5 on the season, their first 3-5 start since 1997. Almost exactly one year later, Texas was shut out again, this time by unranked Iowa State (the Longhorns' first shutout against an unranked team since 1961), and again fell to 3-5. After fielding some of the best teams in college football for more than a decade, Texas started 3-5 in back-to-back seasons.
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This year's team should be far better than those 2014 and 2015 teams, but with a tricky schedule, they're not guaranteed to avoid a similar fate. This week on the High Motor podcast, we discussed the odds of Texas starting 3-5 (and even 2-6) vs. 8-0.
Listen below (or listen on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Stitcher, or anywhere else):
