Even before the season started, no one really expected Texas to make a run at the College Football Playoff. After a 1-2 start, including back-to-back losses to BYU and UCLA? It's safe to say the Longhorns have been eliminated from contention from the four-team playoff. Safe to say, that is, unless you are Tyrone Swoopes!
Texas QB Tyrone Swoopes said he "expects to be in the College Football Platyoff." This year, he said.
— kbohls (@kbohls) September 22, 2014
You, uh, sure about that Tyrone?
Swoopes said, "We have the talent to do it." With two losses? He said yes.
— kbohls (@kbohls) September 22, 2014
In his defense, the new playoff system is pretty confusing.
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You can certainly say this -- Swoopes doesn't lack for confidence, a valuable trait to have in a quarterback, especially one in the midst of a rebuilding effort. He's now the long-term starter for the Longhorns after David Ash's retirement, and seeing this kind of confidence could give some much-needed encouragement to the rest of the team.
Or, you could say this.
@kbohls drug test coming
— Clarence Hill (@clarencehilljr) September 22, 2014