Tim Brando gives erroneous rant about Texas, mocks them as contenders
Tim Brando has an axe to grind with Texas. Nobody really knows why. Brando continued his strong takes against the Longhorns in a comical and erroneous monologue on the “Crain & Company” podcast.
Included in his wild take, Brando described Texas being favored by Big 12 media as a usual occurrence. In reality, Texas has not been picked to win the conference outright by Big 12 media since 2009. The Longhorns did, in fact, win the Big 12 that season.
The football commentator then said the following of Texas in comparison to last season’s Texas A&M squad.
“I think Texas may well play the role of Texas A&M last year. Because the hype is … through the roof. We’re great; we’re back.”Nobody in Texas media is suggesting Texas is back, but that didn’t stop the Fox broadcaster from howling at the moon. He went on to discuss generalities around meddling boosters without mentioning any specifics on what supposed meddling is still going on at Texas. Brando vaguely discussed a problematic culture that will somehow prevent the Longhorns from improving.
Nobody with any discernment has ever mistaken Brando for someone with a finger on the pulse of the Texas football program. Albeit, he was sure to share the decade-old talking point that isn’t applicable to Longhorns football in present-day.
Predicting the Longhorns to fall like last season’s Texas A&M team is far more bold than any other prediction for Texas this offseason. That suggests this roster could fall to 5-7 in Sarkisian’s third season. Then again, perhaps the purported Texas insider knows something that we don’t know.
Texas is this year's Texas A&M @TimBrando "They're back? Really?" pic.twitter.com/6yOtZciMRq
— Crain & Company (@CrainCompany) July 14, 2023
