Texas football reached a new low on Saturday with an overtime loss to Kansas, a huge underdog. College football media roasted the Longhorns.
Coming off of four straight losses, Texas football and first-year head coach Steve Sarkisian seemingly got a break from the schedule gods as they welcomed the Kansas Jayhawks to Austin, a team that had never beaten the Longhorns at DKR Texas Memorial Stadium.
That changed on Saturday night.
Texas got themselves into a massive early hole, trailing 35-14 at halftime and 42-21 at one point in the second half. They climbed and clawed out of that deficit and, with a last-minute touchdown, forced overtime. After scoring in the extra period, though, they couldn’t stop Kansas. And the Jayhawks went for it all, going for two points and converting to get the win.
And as you’d expect, the reactions to the shocking loss were none too kind to Texas football.
Texas football gets roasted by college football media after upset loss to Kansas
Kansas hadn’t won a Big 12 road game since I was a freshman in college (I’m 31) https://t.co/k4FfTPj83M
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) November 14, 2021
Kansas is the best team in the Big 12 https://t.co/CbMMYaObFN
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 14, 2021
Nothing will ever top Kansas, 31-point underdog, blowing a 21-point lead, nearly winning the game 5x in regulation, going for 2 in overtime, and winning at Texas for the first time ever... as their coach wears a cap from the Kansas Board of Tourism. pic.twitter.com/PvD01M193s
— Damon Amendolara (@DAonCBS) November 14, 2021
Kansas snaps an 18-game conference losing streak.
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) November 14, 2021
Kansas: pic.twitter.com/xo5lC3yzWL
— Trevor Sikkema (@TampaBayTre) November 14, 2021
Texas really lost to Kansas (+2200 ML) AGAIN 🤣 pic.twitter.com/iXfOVGH0M3
— br_betting (@br_betting) November 14, 2021
The two SEC-bound football programs really just managed to lose to Baylor and Kansas in the same day.
— Dean Straka (@DWStraka49) November 14, 2021
Did Kansas beat Texas in football? pic.twitter.com/ngMGNxPoTg
— Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) November 14, 2021
Kansas, that had to feel good.
— Keith Murphy (@MurphyKeith) November 14, 2021
57-56 over Texas.
The good thing about leaving the Big 12 for the SEC is there's no Kansas football program in the SEC.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) November 14, 2021
Texas really lost to Kansas and now Kansas is chanting “S-E-C” mocking Texas. This one hurts even more than normal.
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) November 14, 2021
All of this criticism is wholly justified for Texas football.
This team has the talent on the roster to hang with the majority of the teams in the country. But now, they just loss to a Kansas team that is the butt of the joke in the Big 12 every single year. On top of that, this is the fifth straight defeat for the Longhorns.
This is going to be a sour taste that’s hard for Steve Sarkisian to wash out of the mouths of fans in Austin.
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