Texas Football: 3 overreactions from agonizing loss to OU

The second round of overtime for Texas football in Big 12 play this year didn’t go the way they wanted in a Red River loss to Oklahoma on Oct. 10.

There’s not much to be proud of in the wake of the loss for Texas football in the Red River Rivalry game at the hands of the Oklahoma Sooners on Oct. 10. Texas head coach Tom Herman watched his team falter almost every time they had a chance to take control of this game. And it just didn’t look good for either of these two teams no matter how you spin it.

Oklahoma looked to have control of the game late in the fourth quarter, with a commanding 31-17 lead with less than five minutes to go. But the Longhorns had another one of their crazy comebacks to draw the game back even at 31-31, and send it into overtime.

Texas got off to a fast start in overtime, with one of four rushing touchdowns on the day for senior star quarterback Sam Ehlinger. Although Ehlinger put up another huge individual stat line thanks to some attempts at late game heroics, it wasn’t the most efficient performance for him again this season. He completed 30-of-53 passing attempts for 287 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, two interceptions, 112 rushing yards, and four rushing scores (4.9 yards per carry).

The offensive line was once again poor in front of Ehlinger. Against an Oklahoma defense that couldn’t get a huge push in the trenches, and was missing a number of key players in this game, Texas couldn’t get a good push most of the way.

The turnover fest was also another frustrating aspect to this game. Texas and Oklahoma turned the ball over a combined six times (three a piece), and the Longhorns also had a punt blocked again off the leg of junior punter Ryan Bujcevski. All of the constant mishaps for the Longhorns at key times definitely cost them this win in the end, just like it did in the previous week against the TCU Horned Frogs.

Here’s a look at three overreactions coming out of the weekend from the Longhorns loss to the Sooners in Red River from Oct. 10.