Defending an Amazing Streak

From now on nobody is allowed to dismiss Texas' streak of consecutive ten win seasons because of the Big XII championship game. This is why: Texas has unfortunately only been to the Big XII championship game four times, and won only twice. The first win was in 1996 when they upset Nebraska. That was before the ten win season streak started. The second win was in 2005 when the team put together a 14-0 season National Championship season. Never was the Big XII championship game the reason the Longhorns reached ten wins, because the only year they won the game during the continuing streak they already had ten wins easily wrapped up. On a number of occasions the bowl game was the reason they were able to get to ten wins, but not once the conference championship game.