It was a frustrating afternoon for the Texas Longhorns. While the penalty flags were thrown more than the football it seemed, the Longhorns couldn’t get out of their own way. There were a total of 26 penalties called for a combined 201 yards between the two teams. For Texas it was when those penalties that were called.
The reason the team lost was not the penalties. Not able to be consistent on offense, the turnovers and Sam Ehlinger being off all game long were big keys in this one. The senior picked a good time to have one of his worst games. Over the last two years, Gary Patterson’s team has forced Ehlinger into some of his worst performances.
Following the final gun sounding off, social media did as they usually do. Firing off posts about Texas being back, putting Tom Herman under fire and using any opportunity to fire a shot to the burnt orange nation. We collected a few of those posts.
Tweets:
From @ESPNStatsInfo: #Texas has six losses as an AP-ranked team against an unranked opponent since 2017, Tom Herman's first season as coach. That's the most in the FBS.
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) October 3, 2020
Death, taxes, Gary Patterson vs Texas
— Griffin McVeigh (@Griffin_McVeigh) October 3, 2020
Texas can't get over the hump pic.twitter.com/gvHdF0Al5k
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 3, 2020
🚨 Unranked TCU UPSETS No. 9 Texas, 33-31 🚨 pic.twitter.com/2PE781glhw
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 3, 2020
TEXAS. IS. BACK. pic.twitter.com/ll7W3XsbVo
— Barstool OSU (@BarstoolOSU) October 3, 2020
Texas before TCU ➡ Texas after TCU pic.twitter.com/E8V0pteqi9
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) October 3, 2020
Texas fans realizing they're not actually back 😢 pic.twitter.com/6DA1QP6Jjo
— SportsNation (@SportsNation) October 3, 2020
Texas' record over its previous 16 games at the time Sam Ehlinger declared "we're back" after the Georgia Sugar Bowl win: 11-5.
Texas' record in the 16 games since: 10-6.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) October 3, 2020
Texas is also now 1-11 under Herman when trailing heading into the fourth quarter, per @ESPNStatsInfo.
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) October 3, 2020
2015: Texas is back! (5-7)❌
2016: Texas is back! (6-7)❌
2017: Texas is back! (7-6)❌
2018: Texas is back! (10-4, bowl win)✅
2019: Texas is back! (8-5, bowl win)❌
2020: Texas is back! (loses to 0-1 TCU, who was 5-7 last season)‼️What’s next for #Texas? pic.twitter.com/UdHzDwAOmB
— The Harris Highlights Show (@TheHHShow_) October 3, 2020
#TCU was a double-digit underdog today but comes into Austin and beats the Longhorns. Gary Patterson moves to 7-2 against #Texas since the Horned Frogs came into the Big 12.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) October 3, 2020
This game is being officiated similarly to Texas vs. Oklahoma State in 2015. All we need is an official to bump Tom Herman on purpose
— Anwar Richardson (@AnwarRichardson) October 3, 2020
— Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) October 3, 2020
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