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College football fans troll Texas after Longhorns receive first-place vote in preseason Coaches Poll
By Crissy Froyd
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Several have heard the phrase “Texas is back.” That hasn’t entirely been the case for the Longhorns football program over recent years, but one coach seems to be under the impression that it very much could be the case for 2022.
When the latest Preseason Coaches Poll was released, the usual suspects received first-place votes. The top-5, in order, were Alabama (54 first-place votes), Ohio State (5 first-place votes), Georgia (6 first-place votes), Clemson and Notre Dame.
Outside of Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia, the Longhorns oddly received one first-place vote, finishing at No. 18 overall, which put them directly ahead of Wake Forest and just behind Miami. And, of course, Twitter had plenty to say about that.
Preseason Coaches poll is out.
1) Alabama
2) OSU
3) UGA
4) Clemson
5) NDhttps://t.co/ouuhJNwjv2https://t.co/ouuhJNwjv2— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) August 8, 2022
First place votes:
Bama – 54
UGA – 6
Ohio State – 5Texas – 1
God bless the coach that put Texas at No. 1 so the internet has content for the week. https://t.co/yiclyCmo2z
— Joe Tansey (@JTansey90) August 8, 2022
Texas got a first-place vote in the Coaches Poll.
You can’t make this up.
— Connor O’Gara (@cjogara) August 8, 2022
We need the find the absolute dork who voted for Texas as first place https://t.co/9h4DeO4Ogf
— B1G_Ryan (@B1G_Ryan) August 8, 2022
Texas, sitting at No. 18, got a first place vote and HOLY HELL WE ARE SO BACK, BABY. IT’S OFFICIALLY COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON.
— Sunburnt Spartan (@Sheehan_Sports) August 8, 2022
Look, I’m all for Texas being better this season…but how did they land a first-place vote?
Like, c’mon.
— Cole Thompson (@MrColeThompson) August 8, 2022
Monkey business: Texas got a first-place vote in the Coaches Poll. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/7Gct7IFdOJ
— RCJ Graves (@RCJGraves) August 8, 2022
Texas finished out last season with a 5-7 overall record and has finished the past three seasons with 7, 8 and 10 wins, respectively. It will be interesting to see how things shake out with the team as it prepares to move into the SEC in 2025 along with the Oklahoma Sooners.
Crissy covers SEC football news for Saturday Down South.
