After reeling in the biggest name on the coaching market in Steve Sarkisian, there were sky-high expectations for Texas’ football team.
Why wouldn’t there be? Texas was coming off a season in which they had gone 7-3, and they also were returning a good chunk of veteran players. This season started off strong with a 4-1 record, and their lone loss was to what turned out to be a solid Arkansas team.
Everything changed during the second half of the Red River Showdown, which saw the Longhorns blow their first of three consecutive double-digit leads, while also marking the start of a losing streak that likely won’t end until next season.
Since then, the team has been an utter disaster, as neither of the quarterbacks have been able to figure it out and play consistently, the defense is consistently exposed by every opposing running back, and the offensive line is pitiful.
Now, as Texas fans are prone to do, there have been plenty of overreactions as a result of the recent struggles, but some have are quite warranted. While it was far too unreasonable to expect them to contend for a national championship this year, not being relevant in the Big 12 and being sub .500 was also not what anyone expected.
Sarkisian has some major questions to answer, and he must do so quickly.
Here is what we have learned about the current state of the Texas football team over the last few weeks.