Texas takes down Missouri in one-sided Texas Bowl

It’s a been a few seasons since Texas has had a winning campaign. But the Longhorns are back to winning ways after the Texas Bowl victory. It’s not a 14-0 unblemished resume, but if Texas is ever going to be truly back then it starts with incremental steps like this by Tom Herman’s outfit.

An 18-yard run by Armanti Foreman pushes Texas to a comfortable 33-16 lead with under two minutes to go.

Texas leads, 23-16, but there are a couple numbers that tell the story.

When your offense isn’t exactly elite, the field position battle can be vital. As is the free two points Missouri gave Texas by way of a bad snap that became a safety.

But it goes to show that while Texas has lead they aren’t exactly destroying the Tigers. Yet they still keep winning because the Tigers have not been able to make their offense hit on all cylinders.

The Longhorns take a 21-7 lead into halftime. The Longhorns went 0-4 on third down, ad struggled on that side of the ball, but they say that the best offense is a good defense. Texas exhibited that with this scoop and score for six.

That opening stanza is not how Missouri wanted things to begin as the Longhorns went up 14-0 early. It’s not like Texas is dominating the game, but they’re still down on the scoreboard.

It’s been a rough season for the Texas Longhorns, and it’s getting rougher by the day. Multiple big-name players are set to miss the Texas Bowl against the Missouri Tigers with injury, for the NFL draft and even suspensions. But they’ll try and secure a winning season in this game.

Missouri was a very weird team this season. It went 0-5 against bowl teams this year, but 7-0 against teams who didn’t make it to a bowl. It’s looked great at times but awful in others. The defense has had a lot of trouble getting off the field, and if Texas wants to win, the best place to start would be keeping them out there for as long as possible.

Texas will be without some of its best players in the game, but it still is favored by a small margin. Texas is simply the more talented team, even without big names like Connor Williams, DeShon Elliott, and Holton Hill, who will all be missing the game.

Drew Lock is the player to watch for Missouri. The quarterback completed 224 of 385 passes for 3,695 yards, 43 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions.

Below is all you need to know to watch the game on Wednesday.

This should be a close one, with Missouri very narrowly favored. But we’re going with Texas to take this one — it simply has too much talent.

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