A win is a win but a three-point, overtime win against the unranked Kentucky Wildcats, who have a losing record, doesn't count for much, especially when your supposed-to-be high-caliber offense puts up a minimal 16 points.
The Texas Longhorns struggled massively against the Wildcats, despite being heavily favored in the road matchup, and it was almost entirely due to the offense.
Quarterback Arch Manning and his squad put up abysmal numbers as he completed just 44.4 percent of his pass attempts for 132 yards and zero touchdowns (a QBR of just 25.0). Meanwhile, the (supposedly star) running backs Quintrevion Wisner and Christian Clark combined for just 50 yards on the ground, Wisner earning the team's only touchdown of the entire game.
The Texas offense is a disaster
Josh Yourish, a college football analyst for FanSided and Saturday Blitz, put it perfectly when he wrote that "Texas's offense is broken... The offensive line is a disaster... Manning is a problem, but so is everything else, and it’s made Texas possibly the least effective passing game in the SEC"
The Horns averaged less than 3.5 yards per play against Kentucky, a team that had previously given up at least 300 yards to all of its previous opponents (including the Toledo Rockets and the Eastern Michigan Eagles).
Simply put, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian has to give up the play calling and the team's offensive line coach Kyle Flood, who is also technically the offensive coordinator, has to figure out what is happening with his O-Line.
Over the last five games of the regular season, Texas has to face three top-10 teams: the No. 10 Vanderbilt Commodores, the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs, and the No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies.
Other than the unranked matchups against the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Arkansas Razorbacks, the Longhorns might lose the remainder of their SEC matchups.
The saving grace of this team is the defense, which was always expected to be good, but you can't rely on a defense to win championships (or even most games) when your offense is performing this poorly.
This week, Texas hosts Mississippi State and despite coming off two consecutive wins, this is very much a get-right game for the Horns. The game is schedueld to kick off at 3:15 p.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 25, and the game will be aired on the SEC Network.