Often it is easy. Then there was this year.
Usually I have the theme of this opening column in my head by mid-Summer. Sometimes I have it by April. Sometimes even January.
But not this year.
2017 was one of those seasons that was hard to classify as a Texas fan. A 7-6 record should never get the champagne popping and the Pitbull blaring, but if we want to be technical, by mathematical measures it was an improvement upon the Charlie Strong years.
But then there was Maryland. There were games against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State where if they had a modicum of offense, victory would have been had.