Bowl season is predictably unpredictable, but we can with absolute certainty predict one thing following No. 15 Texas' 28-21 win over No. 5 Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl: the Longhorns are going to be one of the most hyped teams heading into the 2019 season. Without a doubt, Year 3 for coach Tom Herman will have playoff aspirations. All things considered, the 10-4 Horns overachieved some this season. That will no longer be the case moving forward for a program that finally wants to consider itself, you know, "back."
But that hype can wait. It has eight months to percolate. For now, this is the first 10-win season for Texas since 2009, nearly 10 years ago. It was a thoroughly dominating effort even if the final score didn't quite reflect that. Then again, that's distinctly on-brand for the Horns, who have won seven games this season by one possession -- more than any other team in the country, per ESPN Stats and and Info -- and lost three more by less than a touchdown.
Quarterback Sam Ehlinger finished his strong sophomore season with three rushing touchdowns, putting him at 16 total for the year. That's more than any other quarterback in program history. He also finished the game with 260 yards of offense and will undoubtedly be in the Heisman conversation going into next season.
As for Georgia, Kirby Smart's team ran out of time to try to mount a comeback after digging itself into a hole in the first half. The Bulldogs had no answer for Texas' blitzes and quarterback Jake Fromm was under duress most of the night. Georgia finished with just 4.44 yards per play and had three drives out of 11 that were successful at all. People can say what they will about the Bulldogs and whether they belonged in the College Football Playoff, but the reality is they were probably a pretty good, top-five-ish group that simply didn't do enough in the regular season to be selected among the final four. Those shortcomings were on display tonight as well.
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