Let's start today with a quick quiz.
Name a Texas defensive starter.
No googling it up. No phoning a friend. No finding someone who prefers their horns up.
OK, got one?
Yeah, me either.
Remember the days when the names of Longhorn defenders leapt to mind? There were dobermans like Derrick Johnson and Cory Redding, Michael Griffin and Brian Orakpo, Earl Thomas and the Acho brothers. Even in recent years as the program struggled, Texas still had standouts on defense. Kenny Vaccaro. Keenan Robinson. Malcom Brown.
Nowadays, a big-time difference-maker on defense can't be found.