Texas Week has come and gone. Time to make our predictions!
First, here's Texas Week in review:
- Monday: Texas Links
- Tuesday: Beyond the Box Score Offensive Preview
- Wednesday: Beyond the Box Score Defensive Preview
- Wednesday: Rock M Roundtable
2009 BTBS Projections
| Date | Opponent | Proj. W/L | Margin | Record | Conf. Rec. |
| 9/5 | UL-Monroe | W | +42.5 | 1-0 | |
| 9/12 | at Wyoming | W | +33.0 | 2-0 | |
| 9/19 | Texas Tech | W | +19.0 | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| 9/26 | UTEP | W | +32.8 | 4-0 | |
| 10/10 | Colorado | W | +29.7 | 5-0 | 2-0 |
| 10/17 | vs Oklahoma | W | +2.2 | 6-0 | 3-0 |
| 10/24 | at Missouri | W | +13.3 | 7-0 | 4-0 |
| 10/31 | at Oklahoma State | W | +7.9 | 8-0 | 5-0 |
| 11/7 | Central Florida | W | +33.7 | 9-0 | |
| 11/14 | at Baylor | W | +18.7 | 10-0 | 6-0 |
| 11/21 | Kansas | W | +15.5 | 11-0 | 7-0 |
| 11/26 | at Texas A&M | W | +14.9 | 12-0 | 8-0 |
Since my projections don't yet take into account my whole issue from the BTBS offensive preview--that they had too much success on Passing Downs to maintain from one year to another, clearly the numbers like UT this year. Only one game is projected within a touchdown, only two within 13 points. Missouri is apparently officially the third-hardest game on UT's schedule, which...honestly, it says a lot about their schedule. No non-conference game is projected to be closer than 32 points. The weakness of the schedule, really, means that if there's another 7-1/11-1 tie and BCS rankings come into play again between UT and OU, UT's probably screwed. Luckily for them, a) they're projected to go 12-0, not 11-1, and b) that tie-breaker has been used once in the Big 12's 13 years--odds are good it won't come into play.
What do you think? 12-0 for Texas? 11-1? More than one loss?
Starting Monday: Colorado Week!