It’s About Us: Addressing the Longhorns’ self-inflicted wounds

Texas needs to start playing to the standard.

The Texas Longhorns sit at 5-3 with four games left to play this season. Losing their starting quarterback thwarted their upset attempt against Alabama. Playing bad football gave Texas its other two losses.

Self-inflicted wounds have been a regular talking point for Steve Sarkisian this season. While the team has dealt with adversity, they haven’t given themselves many breaks either.

Sarkisian and company have had an extra week to stew over a game they should have won. While coaching did see improvement in some areas against Oklahoma State, a few glaring issues came to light for the coaching staff.

Texas has all the ingredients to play for a Big 12 title game if it can get out of its own way. Let’s examine a few weaknesses they can work to fix over the next week.

Five reasons Texas should beat Kansas State

Transitive property of math has no bearing in Texas vs Kansas State.

The Texas Longhorns will have a difficult battle with the Kansas State Wildcats on Saturday. In fact, K-State is perhaps the hottest team in the conference following a 48-0 win over Oklahoma State.

As you might imagine, some interpret Kansas State’s dominant win to mean they should clobber the Longhorns on Saturday. Considering the unpredictable nature of this college football season, it would be foolish to count on that result.

Texas had a similar win this season. The Longhorns defeated the Oklahoma Sooners, 49-0. In their next game, Texas barely escaped an upset against Iowa State, 24-21.

As for Kansas State, Chris Klieman’s team has had its fair share of inconsistency. The Wildcats lost 17-10 at home against the Tulane Green Wave.

Each team’s style will determine the specifics of this fight. Given how the teams have matched up in the past and how they are built, Texas should put up a much better fight than Oklahoma State did on Saturday.

Let’s identify five reasons Texas can win against Kansas State.