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Coming off a bumpy 8-5 season in 2019, Tom Herman pushed all of his chips in after deciding to make numerous changes to the coaching staff.

With the 2020 season shaping up to be a do-or-die for Texas, let’s take a way-too-early look at the Longhorns’ 2020 schedule, including their biggest non-conference game, traps in the schedule and potential upsets.

2020 schedule

Sept. 5 -- vs. South Florida

Sept. 12 -- at LSU

Sept. 19 -- vs. UTEP

Oct. 3 -- at Kansas State

Oct. 10 -- vs. Oklahoma (Cotton Bowl)

Oct. 17 -- vs. West Virginia

Oct. 24 -- at Texas Tech

Oct. 31 -- vs. Baylor

Nov. 7 -- at Kansas

Nov. 14 -- vs. TCU

Nov. 21 -- vs. Iowa State

Nov. 27 (Friday) -- at Oklahoma State

Biggest nonconference game: at LSU, Sept. 12

There’s no debating this one. The Texas-LSU rematch in Baton Rouge, one year removed from the 45-38 shootout in Austin, is one of the most anticipated games of the 2020 college football season.

Between the excessive cramping to the A/C controversy to Texas’ infamous third-and-17 blitz, the storylines lasted all season long. LSU coach Ed Orgeron even stood on the podium after winning the national championship and referred to this third-and-17 dagger as the moment he realized he had something special:

“When we made that third down and 17 against Texas, I felt like we had the players to win a championship,” Oregon said.

The 2020 rendition of this matchup won’t feature the same LSU team -- it’ll be far from it, actually. But make no mistake, this game could still carry College Football Playoff implications.

A game Texas should win, but might not: at Texas Tech, Oct. 24

Iowa State usually earns the nod in this category, but that game has turned into more of a coin flip over the last few years. So, out of respect for the Cyclones, we looked elsewhere and found none other than the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

Before we go any further, let’s get this out of the way: The game is in Lubbock, which has provided chaos on a number of occasions. The Red Raiders also get quarterback Alan Bowman back, who is talented enough to give Texas headaches.

The matchup comes during a down point of the schedule with a three-game stretch of matchups against West Virginia, Texas Tech and Baylor. The Longhorns may just get caught sleeping and lose a game they have no business losing.

A game Texas shouldn’t win but might: at Oklahoma State, Nov. 27

This is also a category that is typically filled by Oklahoma, but that also feels a bit overused. Records never matter when it comes to the Red River Showdown, anyway.

Plus, there is a treat waiting for all of us at the end of the season: Texas vs. Oklahoma State, two of the teams projected to finish in the top three in the Big 12, in Stillwater on Black Friday.

The Cowboys return one of the best trios in the country in Spencer Sanders, Chuba Hubbard and Tylan Wallace. Hubbard and Wallace alone are contenders for the best running back-wide receiver duo in the nation.

If the Longhorns and Cowboys play their cards right, this regular-season finale may just be a play-in for the Big 12 championship. If that’s the case, the Longhorns will likely be underdogs on the road, which is what moves Oklahoma State into this category.

If we’re lucky, the high-stakes situation will give us another Herman-Gundy showdown at midfield.

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