They're back: Texas memes return after Longhorns' rout of Utah in Alamo Bowl

Tom Gatto

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Texas football finished 2019 with an 8-5 record. Win No. 8 came on New Year's Eve against Pac-12 South champion Utah, 38-10 in the Alamo Bowl.

Quarterback Sam Ehlinger led a Longhorns offense that gained 438 total yards. The defense held the 11th-ranked Utes out of the end zone until the fourth quarter.

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As college football fans know, when the 'Horns can claim anything that resembles a big win, three little words come out: "Texas. Is. Back." It seems as though UT has been back/on the way back ever since having to say goodbye to Colt McCoy 10 years ago.

The phrase has become more plea than proclamation, and certainly more of a punch line than either of those, on the internet.

Behold, the start of a new "Texas Is Back SZN": 

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.