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Texas Football: 5 thoughts with two weeks remaining in the regular season

By Andrew Miller

LUBBOCK, TX - NOVEMBER 10: Sam Ehlinger #11and Tre Watson #5 of the Texas Longhorns on the field after the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on November 10, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Texas defeated Texas Tech 41-34. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX - NOVEMBER 10: Sam Ehlinger #11and Tre Watson #5 of the Texas Longhorns on the field after the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on November 10, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. Texas defeated Texas Tech 41-34. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /
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LUBBOCK, TX – NOVEMBER 10: Antoine Wesley #4 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders breaks the tackle of Kris Boyd #2 of the Texas Longhorns during the first half of the game on November 10, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images)
LUBBOCK, TX – NOVEMBER 10: Antoine Wesley #4 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders breaks the tackle of Kris Boyd #2 of the Texas Longhorns during the first half of the game on November 10, 2018 at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /

1. The secondary has a problem

The most frustrating portion of any position group on either side of the ball for Texas football this year lies in the secondary. The defensive backs can’t seem to stop anyone just after it looked like defensive coordinator Todd Orlando had a good handle on preventing the passing threat from opposing offenses.

Texas did a nice job in the early part of the regular season of holding decent passing teams like the USC Trojans, Baylor Bears, and even Oklahoma (for three quarters) in check to the best of its ability. Now, the Horns allowed at least 320 passing yards and three passing touchdowns in each of the last three games.

We get that Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and Texas Tech are much more difficult passing games to matchup with than teams like the TCU Horned Frogs and Kansas State Wildcats. This doesn’t excuse the lame effort from this secondary, especially against Texas Tech last week. It’s hard to imagine what Texas Tech would’ve done to this Texas secondary if true freshman signal caller Alan Bowman was healthy and starting in this one.

Since Texas got to face backup quarterback Jett Duffey leading the Red Raiders offense instead of Bowman, it should’ve had a better outing. Quite the opposite played out on the field for this Texas Tech passing game in Week 11. Duffey shredded the Horns to the tune of nearly 450 passing yards and four touchdowns. He also had well over 500 total yards in this game.

It was the same culprit, for the most part, that was picked on in this game. Senior cornerback Kris Boyd got picked on for the third straight game as Texas Tech wide receiver Antoine Wesley posted a game-high 171 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The same theme came about in Lubbock in Week 11 with something needing to give from the secondary very soon.

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