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Texas Football: 5 takeaways from successful 2018 season

By Andrew Miller

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 01: P.J. Locke III #11 of the Texas Longhorns celebrates with teammates after intercepting a Georgia Bulldogs pass during the second half of the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 01, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 01: P.J. Locke III #11 of the Texas Longhorns celebrates with teammates after intercepting a Georgia Bulldogs pass during the second half of the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 01, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JANUARY 01: P.J. Locke III #11 of the Texas Football Longhorns celebrates with teammates after intercepting a Georgia Bulldogs pass during the second half of the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 01, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JANUARY 01: P.J. Locke III #11 of the Texas Football Longhorns celebrates with teammates after intercepting a Georgia Bulldogs pass during the second half of the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 01, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /

Reflecting on a very successful 2018-19 season for Texas football can help improve the team heading into a pivotal 2019 off-season.

The outlandish predictions and hype train building for the Texas football program each passing year finally came to be during the 2018 campaign. There was a lot for Texas football to be proud of as a whole from this rise to prominence this past season. But the laundry list of accomplishments is not something to take lightly either.

This is a Texas football team that was in position to contend for a spot in the College Football Playoff at one point during the regular season. A loss to the Oklahoma State Cowboys in Big 12 play did derail any College Football Playoff hopes for Texas football, and then the West Virginia Mountaineers really put them behind the eight ball. But, the fact that Texas football did enough to build a six-game winning streak at one point and get to No. 6 in the AP Poll is a sign of the progress made this year.

Head Texas football coach Tom Herman is proving that this program and athletic department made the right decision following the end of the Charlie Strong era. His progress in a competitive Big 12 was swift. He already got Texas football into the Big 12 Championship Game in just his second year at the helm. The expectations coming into year three have to temper the excitement that some fans might have for 2019.

But, there is some backing to the hype Texas football takes into a season, as a potential top 10 team, for the first time in a decade. Texas headed into the 2010 season with some warranted hype, but that’s where the downfall started in the first place, after the Colt McCoy-departure.

Here’s a look at the five takeaways from the successful 2018-19 season for the Texas Longhorns.

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