The fate of our football and mens BBall teams got FiveThirtyEight's attention

[Joe Fan]

"The Longhorns Are Usually Good At Football And Basketball. Now, They Stink At Both"

(I would argue the 'regression' began before Barnes/Brown left)

"..... The regression has been significant: Since Brown and Barnes departed, the football and men’s basketball programs combined to win less than half of their games.1 To give this some context, we compared Texas to some of the other schools that have been consistently competitive in both sports — in other words, not one-sport powers like Kansas (basketball) or Georgia (football). Specifically, we looked at every school that ranked inside the top 50 in all-time wins for both football and men’s basketball and calculated the harmonic mean of their football and men’s basketball Elo ratings since 1988, the earliest we have data for both sports.2 This allows us to see how these teams compare in the combined success of their two biggest programs. UT’s decline has been rapid and, for Longhorns fans, the results will be depressing....."​

https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...otball-and-basketball-now-they-stink-at-both/

 

[moondog_LFZ]

I predict a huge improvement in the bball team this season.
Football....see what next year brings.

 

[ViperHorn]

To early to tell on the court. 2017 is another wasted football year.