Why you should get on board: Maybe not every year, but it’s cool to see a program with all the potential in the world realize it every once in a while. And after a decade lost in the wilderness, Texas is finally operating like a grown-up program.
Why you shouldn’t: College football traditionalists have had a hard time adjusting to all the change that’s arrived in the sport this year with conference realignment and the new Playoff, among many other things. Do you want to root for the program that sparked much of the change by leaving the Big 12 for the SEC?
Bottom line: Texas has a national championship this century (2005), but it’s not as recent as the schools we’ve already mentioned. The Longhorns finally have the alignment and coaching staff in place — something that they lacked for so many years. Still, it’s kind of difficult to get behind such a massive brand like Texas when there are alternatives on the table.
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