Texas Football: 5 overreactions from close Tulsa win

While looking to pull things together before facing the USC Trojans on Sep. 15, Texas football needs to reflect on what went wrong to start the season.

Getting out of DKR with a Sep. 8 victory was the main task at hand for Texas football to get started down the road of a grueling 2018 schedule with at least a .500 record. While Texas did do that, not there’s not much else to be proud about coming off of Week 2.

It can’t be overstated how important it was for the Longhorns to get back on track in multiple areas on both sides of the ball against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Yet, what could’ve been a week for the Horns to turn to give some younger players some early playing time turned into trying to keep a lead alive in the second half.

Texas controlled the game against Tulsa in the first half but got away from them in a big way in the second half. There were some big miscues from the Golden Hurricane in the first half that helped out Texas. Yet, the Horns were not able to completely take advantage of the Tulsa missed field goals and turnovers and run away with the game in the third quarter.

Everything seemed fine when Texas went into halftime with a 21-0 lead. Then, the Golden Hurricane controlled the pace in the second half and led Texas by a score of 21-7 to round out the game. Luckily for Texas, the Tulsa miscues were enough to hold onto the 28-21 victory.

Four missed field goals and two key first-half interceptions gave Texas ample opportunity to run away with this game. It had to be a frustrating outing for Tulsa head coach Phillip Montomgery. Yet, Herman has more work to do this week than he had last after the loss to Maryland.

Here’s the five overreactions for the Texas Longhorns following the narrow victory over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in Week 2.