So much for a hot start to the Steve Sarkisian era at Texas.
No. 15 Texas traveled to face Arkansas in Week 2 in front of a sold-out crowd in what was expected to be a close battle. Within the first few minutes of the game, you could tell that luck wasn’t on the side of the Longhorns.
Arkansas dominated from start to finish and ultimately upset Texas by a score of 40-21. It was bad. Embarrassingly bad. There’s no way to sugar coat this type of performance.
The Razorbacks simply overpowered the Longhorns in the trenches. Texas’ defensive line, which is considered a strength for the Longhorns, has some questions to answer after allowing 333 rushing yards to Arkansas.
Although it was the first road start of redshirt freshman quarterback Hudson Card’s young career, the offensive line left him hardly any chance to succeed. The play calling also failed to make up for the offensive line struggles throughout the game.
Regardless who is behind center, those issues have to be fixed immediately.
Special teams also had their fair share of struggles, where kicker Cameron Dicker missed a field goal for the second consecutive week, and also bobbled the snap on a punt.
Here are the five biggest takeaways from Texas’ heartbreaking loss to Arkansas: