Fansided

Texas Longhorns fans decided to skip today’s game (Photo)

By Josh Hill

Sep 12, 2015; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns fans react against the Rice Owls during the third quarter at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas beat Rice 42-28. Mandatory Credit: Brendan Maloney-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 12, 2015; Austin, TX, USA; Texas Longhorns fans react against the Rice Owls during the third quarter at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Texas beat Rice 42-28. Mandatory Credit: Brendan Maloney-USA TODAY Sports /
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It’s been a rough start to the season for the Texas Longhorns, but the embarrassing crowd turnout for Saturday’s game is yet another reminder of how far the program has fallen. 

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When the Texas Longhorns thought they were hiring Nick Saban away from Alabama, fans were beside themselves with joy. That was pretty much the last time the Longhorns have had anything to be remotely excited about, as the team is off to an abysmal start to Charlie Strong’s second year with the program. We all knew that it was going to be a slow build for the Longhorns, but a 1-2 start isn’t going to boil up any hope for the immediate future.

Proof of this was seen just minutes before kickoff of Saturday’s game in Austin against Oklahoma State. Fans not thrilled about having to give up a Saturday to go see the Lornghorns struggle — and they made that very clear to anyone who looked at the crowd turnout minutes before the game was set to start. Fifteen minutes before the kickoff of a major Big 12 matchup, basically no one was at the game in Austin.

Seriously:

This tweet, which was posted 10 minutes before the one above, shows the other side of the stadium.

There’s bad crowd turnout and then there’s whatever the hell you want to call this embarrassment from the Longhorns faithful. It’s not hard to blame fans for being really upset about the way things have gone recently, but you can’t just abandon your team. It’s a dark time for the Longhorns as they have to figure out who their new AD is going to be and they need to figure out if Charlie Strong is really the guy for the job.

While he’s perfectly capable of being a solid college head coach, simply being solid isn’t going to cut it at Texas. Additionally, being associated rather directly with a poor turnout like this at a school as prestigious as Texas isn’t going do anyone any favors in Austin.

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