Not remembering the 2018 Texas senior class as a special group would be a mistake

The Texas Longhorns seniors who are set to play their final game at Darrell K Royal—Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday quite likely won’t be remembered as they should be.

One-by-one, before their final game on the Forty Acres, each of the 26 seniors will be announced. Fans in attendance will stand and cheer, and in that brief moment, those seniors will feel like the pride of the Longhorns. As they should.

But as winter turns to spring and the 2019 season slowly creeps up on us all, slowly but surely, fans likely won’t remember these Texas seniors — not the way they should, at least. Not the way this class deserves to be remembered.

And I hate that for this group of seniors, but that’s the…