Texas trips over itself in ugly loss to Oklahoma State: College football media reacts
Texas football racked up penalties and turnovers as they lost to Oklahoma State, opening up the floodgates of criticism for Quinn Ewers and Steve Sarkisian.
Maybe Texas spent too much team reading their own headlines this week. Maybe Oklahoma State just has the Longhorns’ number. Either way, Saturday was equal parts disappointing and embarrassing for Steve Sarkisian’s team.
Texas led No. 11 Oklahoma State by 31-17 late in the second quarter. They let the Cowboys outscore them 24-3 in the final three minutes of the first half and the entire second half.
The college football media watching the game had a lot of things to say about how it all went down.
Best tweets from college football media on Texas vs. Oklahoma State
Texas football baaaaby pic.twitter.com/Lwhcaie0LH
— Mina Kimes (@minakimes) October 22, 2022
13 penalties on Texas and zero on Oklahoma State?
— Bud Elliott (@BudElliott3) October 22, 2022
Cue Texas fans claiming the Big 12 refs had it in for them since they’re leaving for the SEC.
I’d probably say the same thing 13-0 lol
Texas deserved to lose, played sloppy, was lifeless on offense in the second half.
— HornSports (@HornSports) October 22, 2022
But to have a football game where one football team has 13 penalties and the other has 0 is embarrassing for the Big 12.
I would like to remind everyone that immediately before Oklahoma State took the lead, Dave Pasch and Dusty Dvoracek were non-ironically arguing Texas had a legitimate shot at the playoff
— ʝօռ ʍօʀֆɛ (@jonfmorse) October 22, 2022
The way the Longhorns picked up penalties, ending with 14 for 119 yards, was frustrating.
Watching Quinn Ewers complete just 38 percent of his passes and throw three interceptions was even worse.
Twitter had no interest in letting Ewers off the hook for his performance.
Y’all crowned Quinn Ewers way too early.
— Summer of George (@GeorgeStoia) October 22, 2022
Quinn Ewers' 14 overthrows is the most by a Texas QB in the last 10 seasons.
— Alex Loeb (@SpanningTheLoeb) October 22, 2022
Quinn Ewers is one of only 3 QBs since 2000 to attempt 49+ passes in a game and complete less than 20, per @collegefb_ref.
— Max Olson (@max_olson) October 22, 2022
Pretty appropriate end to the game. Unfair to blame the loss on Ewers entirely but man…he was bad today.
— Gabe Ikard (@GabeIkard) October 22, 2022
Texas took a beating on the field and on social media, especially since so much of the narrative around the Longhorns was that they wouldn’t have suffered their first two losses if Quinn Ewers had been healthy. Recent performances haven’t backed that up.
Texas not back pic.twitter.com/r7WPoo5U4L
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) October 22, 2022
They told me Texas was a Top 10 team and could make the playoffs
— S. Johnson (@StevenMJohnson_) October 22, 2022
https://twitter.com/GamblinGauchos/status/1583967451892441088
Sarkisian is now getting some less-than-desirable comparisons to his predecessor Tom Herman.
Tom Herman coached 50 games for Texas and had 4 losses after leading at the half.
— Kyle Umlang (@kyleumlang) October 22, 2022
Sark has coached 20 games for Texas so far and already has 6 losses after leading at the half. #TEXvsOSU
Steve “Scott Frost” Sarkisian is now 10-10 as Texas HC. 8 of his losses are by 1 score.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 22, 2022
Double digit second half lead gone. This is such a concerning theme under Sark.
— Cody Daniel (@CodyDaniel_) October 22, 2022
The “almost” against Alabama can only ease Sark’s hot seat for so long. Texas still looks a long way from contending for the Big 12, let alone the College Football Playoff.
While the Longhorns have to go back to the drawing board, Oklahoma State just improved their chances of contending by bouncing back after their close loss to TCU last week.
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