Opinion: Flushing Oklahoma State loss is the solution to Texas’ ills

Texas doesn’t need an overhaul. They simply need to return to form.

Texas blew a double digit lead on Saturday. As you might expect, everyone has a plan to fix Steve Sarkisian’s offense and a diagnosis for Quinn Ewers’ career prospects. In reality, the game can be taken as one small snapshot of a long season.

College football has become a week-to-week sport. Each game is its own entity and shouldn’t be seen as anything more.

Through three weeks, Oklahoma was a playoff favorite. Over the next three, the Sooners lost two games by more than 30 points. The next week they beat a ranked Kansas team. The reality of the ever-changing season hits closer to home for Texas.

The Longhorns looked like an elite team against Alabama. Two weeks later they lost to Texas Tech. Continuing the roller coaster, Quinn Ewers helped lead Texas to its greatest win over Oklahoma in program history. Two weeks later, he could hardly complete a pass beyond the line of scrimmage. He will likely play at a different level every week.

With that in mind, let’s examine what Texas should focus on moving forward.

Pumping Sunshine: Measured takes on Texas’ loss to Oklahoma State

We might have bit the cheese in the mousetrap with Texas.

Texas had a remarkably bad performance on Saturday. The loss was a slow, painful death that many could have realized as the game progressed would end up a loss.

Quinn Ewers had a terrible game. While the popular thing to do is call him a bust and write him off, it’s more than possible to take in the entire body of work and put today in context.

Ewers didn’t forget how to throw a football today. He didn’t forget how to throw a football under pressure. He had a bad game.

Before the game, we mentioned that Ewers could struggle because of the weather conditions. I wrote the following:

Quinn Ewers may not be afforded deep shot attempts (because of the windy forecast). Wind could turn the matchup into a lower scoring game than expected.

Nobody predicted what happened on Saturday, and it was certainly worse than I could ever have imagined. Even so, I’m willing to consider the performance as one bad game and not what defines the young quarterback or this team.

Here are a few takeaways from the game.