Just one short year ago, the Maryland Terrapins marched into Darrell K Royal—Texas Memorial Stadium and stunned nearly 90,000 fans with a debut-spoiling 51-41 upset to begin the Tom Herman era in Austin.
“I told our guys to never get used to this feeling, but that if we all thought that we were going to come in here, and in nine months sprinkle some fairy dust on this team and think that we’ve arrived, then we’re wrong,” Herman infamously said after his Texas Longhorns dropped the season opener by 10 points after entering as 19-point favorites.