Texas Football: 3 weaknesses Sarkisian can exploit vs. Texas Tech

New Texas football head coach Steve Sarkisian is getting his team prepared for a big matchup this weekend to open up Big 12 play, against head coach Matt Wells and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Texas is coming into this game hoping to extend its winning streak to two games. The winning streak started last weekend at home thanks to a dominant 58-0 win over the Rice Owls.

If Sark and the Longhorns can knock off Texas Tech at home in the Big 12 opener this weekend, it would go a long way to help Texas fans put the humbling road loss back on Sep. 11 to the Arkansas Razorbacks behind them. Texas was pushed around and defeated in convincing fashion in front of a national primetime television audience against Arkansas.

Texas football HC Steve Sarkisian has some spots he can hit this Texas Tech team where it hurts

Righting the ship can begin with a solid start to Big 12 play for the Longhorns. And with the Big 12 opener coming at home against Texas Tech, Texas starts off with a winnable, albeit difficult, matchup. Texas Tech is off to a good start this season. And that was needed since Wells came into the season on one of the hotter seats of any Big 12 head coach.

Texas comes into this game with a record of 2-1 following the win over Rice. And the Longhorns are a 7.5-point favorite a little less than three days from kickoff. And the ESPN matchup predictor (based on the Football Power Index) gives Texas nearly a 78 percent chance to beat Texas Tech this weekend.

There are areas of this Tech team where Sark and the Longhorns coaching staff should be able to take advantage to give themselves a better chance of winning convincingly this weekend. Here’s a look into three Texas Tech weaknesses that Sark can exploit in the Big 12 opener for the Longhorns.