FWHORN
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2010-2019 is one bowl game away from being over and regardless of the result in that game it will go down as one of, if not the worst decades in the history of Texas football.
Consider:
No conference championships for first time ever in a decade;
Never sniffed being part of the national title race;
Only one top ten finish in the national rankings;
2 coaches fired and a third on the hot seat by the end of the decade;
A losing season to start the decade;
3-8 against OU; and
2-6 against TCU and 5-5 against Baylor.
Only the 30's and the '80's come close with a single conference championships in those ten year periods. I cant speak to the 30's but the 80's were when I came to football consciousness and so that is one I think is arguably in the debate as the worst decade ever. There were more losing seasons in the 80's because of the complete collapse of the program at the end of the Akers era and during the McWilliams era (my college years sadly enough). Three losing seasons in '86, '88 and '89 give the '80's an edge in the which was crappier debate over just one losing season in the 2010's (Edit I completely blanked out the Charlie era so actually 3 losing seasons in 80’s v 4 in the 2010’s). Texas legitimately chased a national title down to the final day during that decade in '83 and had two top five finishes in '81 and '83. Both decades saw a program that was mired in coaching changes and mediocrity and a fan base that was torn apart. I cringe at what social media would have been like at the end of the Akers era if it had been around. After arguably the second best decade in Texas history from 2000-2009 (bested only by the '60's) the last ten years have been a long walk in the wilderness.
Consider:
No conference championships for first time ever in a decade;
Never sniffed being part of the national title race;
Only one top ten finish in the national rankings;
2 coaches fired and a third on the hot seat by the end of the decade;
A losing season to start the decade;
3-8 against OU; and
2-6 against TCU and 5-5 against Baylor.
Only the 30's and the '80's come close with a single conference championships in those ten year periods. I cant speak to the 30's but the 80's were when I came to football consciousness and so that is one I think is arguably in the debate as the worst decade ever. There were more losing seasons in the 80's because of the complete collapse of the program at the end of the Akers era and during the McWilliams era (my college years sadly enough). Three losing seasons in '86, '88 and '89 give the '80's an edge in the which was crappier debate over just one losing season in the 2010's (Edit I completely blanked out the Charlie era so actually 3 losing seasons in 80’s v 4 in the 2010’s). Texas legitimately chased a national title down to the final day during that decade in '83 and had two top five finishes in '81 and '83. Both decades saw a program that was mired in coaching changes and mediocrity and a fan base that was torn apart. I cringe at what social media would have been like at the end of the Akers era if it had been around. After arguably the second best decade in Texas history from 2000-2009 (bested only by the '60's) the last ten years have been a long walk in the wilderness.
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