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Five things to know about Texas’ upcoming opponent in Week 5.
Texas will host West Virginia in Week 5 for a crucial Big 12 matchup. Continue reading “Texas Football: Five things to know about West Virginia”
Here are five bold predictions for Texas’ vital Big 12 Conference game vs. West Virginia.
Texas is set to host West Virginia this weekend in what feels like a must-win matchup early in the season.
Both programs enter the game with identical 2-2 records, looking to avoid dropping to 0-2 in Big 12 Conference play. Texas was upset on the road at Texas Tech a week ago while West Virginia is coming off a comfortable win over Virginia Tech.
The Longhorns are still awaiting the injury status of quarterback Quinn Ewers and wide receiver Xavier Worthy. Ewers has not played since leaving the Alabama game in Week 2 with an SC sprain. Worthy is considered day-to-day with an ankle injury suffered against Texas Tech.
Texas’ defense faces another tough task after getting picked apart by Texas Tech last week.
West Virginia features a new-look offensive approach this season. Graham Harrell calling plays along with JT Daniels at quarterback have the Mountaineers averaging 42 points per game.
ESPN’s FPI gives Texas an 85.1% chance to take down West Virginia this weekend. A win keeps the Longhorns’ Big 12 title hopes alive entering the Red River Shootout.
Here are five bold predictions for Texas’ vital Big 12 Conference game vs. West Virginia.
Texas badly needs a bounce back performance this week.
Texas is looking for a bounce back performance on Saturday against West Virginia after suffering a heartbreaking loss to Texas Tech in overtime last week. Continue reading “Longhorns Wire staff predictions for Texas vs. West Virginia”
Sarkisian hinted that we could be seeing more of the redshirt freshman wideout as early as this weekend.
Texas wide receiver Agiye Hall hauled in his first pass as a Longhorn in the 37-34 loss to Texas Tech. Continue reading “WR Agiye Hall finding a role in the Texas offense”
How confident are the experts in Texas to defeat West Virginia this week?
Texas will welcome West Virginia to town in Week 5. Continue reading “Texas vs. West Virginia: Who the experts are picking to win”
All Big 12 schools are in action this week as conference play is starting to heat up.
All Big 12 schools are in action this week as conference play is starting to heat up. The Week 5 stale should paint a picture of who is going to compete for a league title and who has work to be done.
No. 16 Baylor and No. 9 Oklahoma State get together for a rematch of last year’s Big 12 championship game. The Cowboys are unbeaten this season entering their first conference game of the season. Baylor is 3-1 coming off an impressive road victory at Iowa State.
No. 25 Kansas State host Texas Tech as both schools are coming off major upset wins. Wildcats’ Adrian Martinez and Red Raiders’ Donovan Smith provide a sneaky good quarterback matchup in this one.
No. 18 Oklahoma and Texas are looking to get back on the hump after struggles in Week 4. The Sooners travel to take on Sonny Dykes and new-look TCU. Texas welcomes West Virginia to town in what should be an offensive shootout.
Kansas just missed the AP Top 25 rankings after its 4-0 start to the 2022 campaign. They have an opportunity to jump into the rankings with a win over Iowa State this weekend. Matt Campbell’s cyclones are hoping to avoid an 0-2 start to Big 12 play.
Here is our prediction of each Big 12 matchup in an exciting Week 5.
West Virginia is No. 5 nationally in fourth-down conversions.
Texas will welcome West Virginia to Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Continue reading “Interesting facts ahead of the Texas vs. West Virginia game”
Take a look at which Longhorns graded well, and which ones were on the wrong end of the curve.
Texas fell to West Virginia 31-23 on Saturday and are now eliminated from reaching a bowl game. Continue reading “Texas Report Card: PFF grades from the West Virginia loss”
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian once again had to face the media after a disappointing loss.
After losing six consecutive games, it’s tough to keep a positive mindset. Continue reading “Everything Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian had to say after the West Virginia loss”
Pretty throw and great catch.
It finally happened.
A Texas quarterback connected on a deep ball.
After Casey Thompson was yanked for a poor showing in the first half, again, Steve Sarkisian went against his word and put in backup quarterback Hudson Card to start the second half. Thompson ended the first half completing just 4-of-12 passes for 29-yards, while averaging 2.4 yards per pass.
The blame shouldn’t fall solely onto Thompson as there were dropped passes, but Thompson clearly was not feeling it today and the offense needed a change.
Card came into the game with Texas trailing 21-10, and the Longhorns badly needed some sort of spark, as this game was starting to look like it was going to end in a sixth consecutive loss.
The redshirt freshman connected with star receiver Xavier Worthy on a 52-yard touchdown pass on a perfectly thrown ball.
Hudson Card finds Xavier Worthy for six!
The deep pass connects finally. Great throw and catch. pic.twitter.com/nPx9UMf8m8
— CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_TFB) November 20, 2021
The touchdown gave Worthy 12 touchdown catches on the year, and more importantly it cut the West Virginia lead to single digits.
