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Texas Football: 10 reasons the Longhorns can still win the Big 12 in 2018

By Andrew Miller

DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 06: Sam Ehlinger #11 of the Texas Longhorns during the 2018 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 6, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 06: Sam Ehlinger #11 of the Texas Longhorns during the 2018 AT&T Red River Showdown at Cotton Bowl on October 6, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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AUSTIN, TX – OCTOBER 13: Sam Ehlinger #11 of the Texas Longhorns watches as Shane Buechele #7 warms up on the sideline in the first half against the Baylor Bears at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX – OCTOBER 13: Sam Ehlinger #11 of the Texas Longhorns watches as Shane Buechele #7 warms up on the sideline in the first half against the Baylor Bears at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /

9. Health holding up through the middle of the season

Aside from an injury here and there, Texas football is holding up as one of the healthier teams in the Big 12 at this point. Compared to what the Horns saw in year’s past, this is a very fortunate season in terms of how short the injury report is week in and week out. We can just hope it keeps moving forward.

In fact, most of the injuries so far for the Horns came to true freshmen. That list just got a bit longer with the season-ending injury to freshman wide receiver Josh Moore. Aside from the unfortunate injury to Moore, the Horns stayed pretty healthy of late which helped some of the success on the field.

The two other notable injuries that come to mind are the issues that junior linebacker Malcolm Roach is having with his foot and the shoulder sprain to sophomore quarterback Sam Ehlinger. Although, Ehlinger didn’t miss any starts this year due to the shoulder sprain, but Roach missed quite a bit of time.

Since Week 1, Texas hasn’t had to worry about overcoming the hurdle of testing the depth on both sides of the ball. Instead, the starters could get used to fitting into the respective schemes, which was especially valuable for all the true freshmen. As long as the health holds up, the Horns will have an edge over most of the rest of the Big 12.

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