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Texas Football vs. Oklahoma: 5 bold predictions for Big 12 Title Game

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 03: Tre Watson #5 of the Texas Longhorns extends the ball over the goal line for a touchdown in the second quarter against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 03: Tre Watson #5 of the Texas Longhorns extends the ball over the goal line for a touchdown in the second quarter against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on November 3, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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LUBBOCK, TX – NOVEMBER 10: Lil’Jordan Humphrey #84 of the Texas Longhorns tries to break the tackle of Douglas Coleman III #3 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the first half of the game on November 10, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX – NOVEMBER 10: Lil’Jordan Humphrey #84 of the Texas Longhorns tries to break the tackle of Douglas Coleman III #3 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders during the first half of the game on November 10, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /

2. Lil’Jordan Humphrey gets his first career 200-yard game

The wide receivers from both teams are going to play an enormous role in the outcome of the Big 12 Championship Game. There’s too much talent in both receiving corps for either secondary to contain for a full 60 minutes. Each secondary had a lot of issues at times in the first meeting of Red River.

Texas football does have the upper hand on the Oklahoma secondary, but that doesn’t say much. Oklahoma had trouble stopping any passing game in Big 12 play this year, barring the Kansas schools. That included the Texas passing game, which had one of its best outings of the season against the Sooners.

Altogether, the Oklahoma defense is giving up more than 425 total yards per game and more than four touchdowns. The defense might be worse than the first time the Horns had a crack at it. This gives another opportunity for the rising star junior wide receiver for Texas, Lil’Jordan Humphrey, to prove that he was a big snub on the All-Big 12 Teams.

One of the best individual performances of the year for Humphrey came back on Oct. 6. Humphrey is still searching for the first 200 yard receiving game of his career. Against an Oklahoma secondary that gave up a ton of yards to West Virginia’s passing game last week, Humphrey could continue to exploit a team struggling in pass coverage.

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