SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Call them the best 7-5 team in the country.
Well, 8-5 now.
That was the takeaway for Utah Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham about a Texas Longhorns team that stomped his one-time College Football Playoff contender, 38-10, in Tuesday evening’s Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.
The statement was both an acknowledgement of the talent possessed by Texas and the extent to which head coach Tom Herman’s team underachieved this season after last year’s heady victory over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
Perhaps Utah simply didn’t want to be there, though — that was the excuse for Georgia last season.