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Texas Football: 5 reasons the Longhorns beat Tulsa

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 07: Sam Ehlinger #11 of the Texas Longhorns sings the Eyes of Texas after the game against the Kansas State Wildcats at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 07: Sam Ehlinger #11 of the Texas Longhorns sings the Eyes of Texas after the game against the Kansas State Wildcats at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 7, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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HOUSTON, TX – OCTOBER 15: Dane Evans #9 of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane lfumbles the ball as it slips out of his hand as he scrambled out of the pocket in the fourth quarter against the Houston Cougars on October 15, 2016 in Houston, Texas. Emeke Egbule #8 of the Houston Cougars picke up the fumble and ran it in for a touchdown. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX – OCTOBER 15: Dane Evans #9 of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane lfumbles the ball as it slips out of his hand as he scrambled out of the pocket in the fourth quarter against the Houston Cougars on October 15, 2016 in Houston, Texas. Emeke Egbule #8 of the Houston Cougars picke up the fumble and ran it in for a touchdown. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) /

4. Tulsa’s struggle to find a consistent passing attack

A big reason for the downfall of the Golden Hurricane last season was the faltering of the passing attack. Following the end of the 2016 season, Tulsa lost out on its star quarterback that was the heart and soul of the offense in quarterback Dane Evans. It never was really able to recover in this part of the offense in 2017.

Since the departure of Evans, Tulsa has split time between two quarterbacks in Chad President and Luke Skipper. In Week 1, Skipper got the reps for the Golden Hurricane. Skipper is also known as the better throwing quarterback, so the Texas secondary has to be ready for that.

Last week, Skipper completed more than 60 percent of his passes for 196 passing yards and two touchdowns. He would also add another touchdown on the ground. President didn’t take any reps last week due to Skipper taking hold of the starting role. Yet, we could see both quarterbacks taking a whack at things on Sep. 8.

Although Skipper looked better last week than he did last season, it was against an FCS defense and the Texas secondary has a whole other level of talent to bring to the table. Keenen Johnson and Justin Hobbs are his go-to targets in this game, which gives the cornerbacks for the Horns a clear set of receivers to focus on. We could see the Skipper that resembles more of the quarterback that tossed four interceptions and three touchdowns last season.

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