Texas will be back. How many times have you heard that?
I hear ya. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This season, though, the Longhorns really will be back. But that doesn’t mean West Virginia can’t win on Nov. 18.
The Mountaineers can — as long as Will Grier is still standing. Yet understand what’s been going on in Austin.
There’s no Mack Brown. There’s no Charlie Strong. Now the UT program is in the hands of Tom Herman.
And this team is teed up for Herman to drive it a mile. It has 17 returning starters. It has nice special teams. It has depth. It has an absolute stud at offensive tackle in Connor Williams.
A big question is whether Herman and quarterback Shane Buechele will mesh. Also, with the nation’s leading rusher, D’Onta Foreman, gone and trying to impress Houston Texans’ coach Bill O’Brien, will the Longhorns’ offense be explosive enough?
The feeling is, in this game, yes. WVU will be returning from a disappointing loss to Kansas State and trying desperately to regain its mojo.

Texas, 28-27; 8-3