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Texas Football: Road map to beating Oklahoma State for Longhorns

By Andrew Miller

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Justice Hill #5 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys is tackled by Gary Johnson #33 of the Texas Longhorns and Kris Boyd #2 in the fourth quarter of the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 21, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 21: Justice Hill #5 of the Oklahoma State Cowboys is tackled by Gary Johnson #33 of the Texas Longhorns and Kris Boyd #2 in the fourth quarter of the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 21, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /
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AUSTIN, TX – SEPTEMBER 22: Darius Anderson #6 of the TCU Horned Frogs is tackled by Chris Nelson #97 of the Texas Longhorns and Gary Johnson #33 in the first half at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 22, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX – SEPTEMBER 22: Darius Anderson #6 of the TCU Horned Frogs is tackled by Chris Nelson #97 of the Texas Longhorns and Gary Johnson #33 in the first half at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 22, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /

Overmatch Oklahoma State’s offensive line

A weak point for the Pokes that cost them consistently this season is the offensive line. The ground game is starting to lose its effectiveness and Cornelius has little to no time in the pocket to go through his progressions. The most difficult thing for the Oklahoma State offensive line now is that it has to face the toughest front seven it will get all year in Texas football.

The pass rush is not as strong as it could be for the Horns this season. Since this front seven lives in the backfield of opposing offenses, you’d figure the pass rush will have a consistent breakthrough sometime soon. However, racking up a few tackles for loss from players like senior linebacker Gary Johnson and senior defensive end Charles Omenihu is good for now.

Oklahoma State boasts one of the worst offensive lines in the nation in terms of pass protection with 20 sacks allowed on the season. Considering Cornelius is a fairly mobile quarterback, allowing that many sacks against seven teams that aren’t the most vaunted pass rushes in the nation is pretty appalling.

The offensive line is also having some difficulties blocking for one of the deepest groups of running backs in the Big 12. The season started off nicely for the Pokes, but the offensive line is not letting the opposing defenses collapse on its running backs on quarterback frequently in the backfield.

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