Texas Longhorns College Football Odds: Over 10 wins -200 Under 10 wins +150
Texas is ready for a National Title in 2009 after being ousted out of the Big 12 Championship game despite beating Oklahoma head to head and this team is as talented as ever. They return sixteen starters, nine on offense and seven on defense. Most importantly is that Heisman Trophy candidate Colt McCoy is back for his senior season. McCoy is on a mission to win a National Championship and he will get help from an experience offensive line that returns four starters from a year ago. The Longhorns are looking for a consistent running back however and they have a plethora of talent to choose from as many as six players have a shot at earning carries. The run game will have to better to take pressure of McCoy in order for this team to win it all. Jordan Shipley is the best returning receiver and will be McCoy’s go to guy as he had over 1,000 yards receiving in ’08.
The loss of defensive end Brian Orakpo is a big one but Texas has the power to reload at any position especially under coordinator Will Muschamp. Texas started two freshmen at safety last season in Earl Thomas and Aaron Williams. With a year under their belt, the secondary should be a solid against the pass happy Big 12 offenses. Roddrick Muckelroy is the only returning linebacker but he is an absolute workhorse and a great run stuffer. The only game I can foresee Texas losing this year is to Oklahoma or at Oklahoma State. I think they will beat both of them and at worst go 1-1 in those two games. The schedule sets up nice for an 11-1 season if not a perfect 12-0. I’ll go over the total of 10 wins for the Texas Longhorns.
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