Paul Finebaum didn’t mince words when asked about his confidence level in Texas after their win over Vanderbilt. “I am horns down, Paul out,” he said bluntly, and you could tell he wasn’t joking around. The thing is, Finebaum had actually been riding with Texas pretty hard at the beginning of the season. But after watching Arch Manning and Steve Sarkisian navigate what’s shaping up to be an absolute gauntlet down the stretch, he’s thrown in the towel on their playoff chances.

“They have made a nice comeback, and Arch is looking very good, but their schedule is daunting,” Finebaum explained. The problem for the Longhorns is the brutal final stretch they’ve got to survive. They still have to head to Athens to take on Georgia, a Top-5 team that’s playing at an elite level right now. And th

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