The Definitive Ranking of West Virginia Football’s 2019 Opponents

#2: Texas Longhorns (10/5)

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TEXAS IS BACK! Well, they’re coming back to Morgantown in early October, anyway. However, the Longhorns may actually be back after returning a ton of pieces from last year’s team that reached the Big 12 championship and beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.

The Horns’ offense is going to be one of the most difficult to stop, and a lot of that has to do with their size at the receiver position. Quarterback Sam Ehlinger will be on a mission to avenge last year’s heartbreaking loss to West Virginia. (Y’all know exactly what we’re talking about.)

Ehlinger, in my opinion, will be the top quarterback in the league in 2019, and I believe he could eventually find himself in the thick of the Heisman race if all plays out right.

Head Coach Tom Herman returns a very strong secondary with Caden Sterns, Anthony Cook and Brandon Jones hovering over the top, with a couple guys like DeMarvion Overshown and B.J. Foster waiting in the wings.

If the Longhorns want to make a return to the Big 12 championship, the defense will need to make major improvements from a year ago. Having a guy like Ehlinger will make things more comfortable, but championship Big 12 teams make big defensive plays in key moments. That seemed to be the missing piece for the Longhorns in Year 1 of Herman’s Horns.

Even with the game on Mountaineer Field, I still see the Texas rematch as the second toughest game on the schedule. Frankly, Texas should be a top-two team in the league. If West Virginia finds a way to pull this one off at home, it would be a huge statement for the future of the Neal Brown era.

Series History: WVU leads 5-3

Current Win Streak: WVU (1)

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