Texas gets final shot to prove itself vs. No. 11 Utah at Alamo Bowl

[ASFN Admin]

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" is the saying that the Texas football team should have had posted in its expansive and ornate locker room as it prepared to play No. 11 Utah, the Pac-12 runner-up, in the Alamo Bowl on New Year's Eve in San Antonio. The bid to play in the Alamo Bowl is usually reserved for the second-best team in the Big 12 Conference, but, thanks to Oklahoma's participation in the College Football Playoff and conference runner-up Baylor's invitation to play in the Sugar Bowl, the Longhorns got the opportunity and jumped at it. Texas (7-5, 5-4 Big 12) was likely not the third-best team in the conference -- that is perhaps Oklahoma State or Iowa State -- but both those teams have played in San Antonio in recent years.

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