Longhorns Rule The College Sports World
- Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:07 PM
- Written By: Dan Hurwitz
The University of Texas has been atop of the elite college sports programs over the past 12 months. Don’t believe me? Check it out.
Football: Ranked second in both January 2009 and January 2010
Men’s Basketball: Currently ranked No. 1 for the first time in school history
Baseball: Preseason pick to win the College World Series and finished second in 2009
Volleyball: Finished second in the country to a Penn State team that hasn’t lost in more than 100 matches
Men’s Swimming and Diving: A team of past and future Olympic gold medalists are ranked No. 1 in the nation
Women’s Swimming and Diving: Another team with future Olympians and is currently ranked fourth
Men’s Tennis: Reached the Final Four for the second consecutive year in 2009 and is currently ranked eighth in preseason polls
Men’s golf: Ranked number eight in the latest polls
Women’s basketball is ranked and softball and women’s soccer have hovered around the top 25 over the past few months.
The Texas athletic department even earns more money than any other university in the nation (most of the universities lose money from athletics). It sells more apparel and paraphernalia than any other university. And it is only No. 2 to the University of Miami in partying (which isn’t fair because they have South Beach).
Has there ever been a time when one college athletic department was this dominant compared to the others?
All I can think of recently is Florida who looked as if it was getting tired of winning so many championships when Joakim Noah and company and Chris Leak and Tim Tebow carried the way. But that is only two sports.
Does it matter that the Longhorns have not WON national championships in any sport over the past 12 months?
I say NO, and it is not just because I am student at UT. It is a great enough accomplishment to finish a season second in the land and to be among the best – and even better to do it in three different sports.
And by the way: If Colt McCoy had not gotten hurt, the Longhorns would have destroyed Alabama and that is a fact. OK. Destroyed may have been an exaggeration, but the Horns would have won.
What do ya’ll think?
