Longhorns move on from USC, focus on TCU
Yes, Texas’ victory over Southern California last Saturday was scintillating, and a long time coming for a Longhorns fan base hungry for continued success. But everyone wants more and standing in the way of that happening is this week’s battle with No. 17 TCU.
Texas coach Tom Herman and his staff and team have already put that big win in the rear-view mirror and turned their attention to the large truck driving directly toward them.
The Horned Frogs head to Austin for Saturday afternoon’s Big 12 season-opening dustup after a 40-28 loss to No. 4 Ohio State last week in Jerry World and will be looking to continue their recent success against Texas.
Herman said the focus now is to make sure the Longhorns aren’t strutting too much or reveling in the back-slaps and acclaim of the Texas fan base in lieu of properly preparing for TCU.
“We told our guys that the only peoples’ opinions who should matter when it comes to the game of football are the people in our room — your teammates and your coaches,” Herman said. “(We were) basically pleading with them, pleading with the leaders to school the young guys up.
“In this family you can be bombarded with outside messages that have no impact on our preparation for TCU. So, it was a big point of the emphasis throughout the day yesterday, making sure that the opinions of the people in that locker room and in those coaches’ offices are the only ones that we worry about.”
Texas has lost to TCU the past four seasons by an average of 30 points and had not scored more than 10 points in any of those games. Since Mack Brown left as Texas coach after the 2013 season, the Longhorns have beaten every Big 12 team at least once… except the Horned Frogs.
