4 big overreactions from Texas's humbling loss to Georgia

No. 1 Texas football was overwhelmed in the trenches, especially on the offensive side of the ball, against the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs at home at DKR in a primetime matchup in the SEC on Oct. 19. Texas and head coach Steve Sarkisian had no answer out of the gates for head coach Kirby Smart and the Dawgs' defense in the first half.

Fallout must be a learning situation for No. 1 Texas football after getting overwhelmed in the trenches vs. No. 5 Georgia in Week 8

In the first half, the Longhorns only managed a season-low 38 total yards of offense against the stifling Georgia defense. The Georgia defensive front, especially the edge rushers and linebackers, made life difficult for Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers (also Arch Manning) in the pocket. Georgia's defense forced multiple fumbles and were getting consistent pressure on Texas's quarterbacks.

Georgia jumped out to a big lead in the first half of the game, holding a 23-point edge while shutting out the Longhorns heading into the locker room at halftime. Despite Texas's defense forcing three turnovers from Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, the UT offense is unable to capitalize for much of the game.

This is Texas's first loss of the season and has really humbled the Longhorns after what will likely be the toughest matchup of this regular season in the SEC for Sarkisian's squad.

Here are four big overreactions from Texas's two-score loss at home in Week 8 to Georgia.

Texas will become too over reliant on true freshmen safeties

Texas's secondary played well in the loss to Georgia yesterday. Despite Georgia averaging nearly 320 passing yards per game and three passing touchdowns after Week 7, the Longhorns' defense held Beck and the Dawgs to under 200 passing yards and no passing touchdowns.

The ability of Texas's defense to hold its own defending the Georgia passing attack kept the Longhorns' streak alive of holding opponents to under 300 total yards of offense in every game this season.

The reason why Georgia won this game was its ability to run the ball effectively at key points against the Texas defensive front. Georgia wasn't putting up huge numbers on the ground, but it averaged more yards before contact and yards per carry than Texas's rushing attack.

Give credit to the Texas corners and safeties for holding up in this game. Texas's No. 1 ranked pass defense in the SEC coming into this game showed why its been so proficient this season.

Senior corner Jahdae Barron, redshirt junior safety Michael Taaffe, and senior Andrew Mukuba each had big games for the Texas secondary. Unfortunately for the Longhorns, though, they lost Mukuba due to an apparent lower-body injury in the middle of this game against Georgia.

Barron registered two interceptions and Mukuba had one on the day. Each of Texas's three interceptions were really nice catches. And two of those picks set the Texas offense up in plus territory against Georgia.

With Texas also down sophomore safety Derek Williams Jr. for the rest of the season due to an injury he suffered in the Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma, the safety room is getting thin depth-wise. The hope is that Mukuba won't miss too much time after leaving yesterday's game due to an injury.