Special Teams blunders
If talking about being undisciplined sounds like a broken record, so it talking about the special teams. Once again it was the special teams unit that was not so special in this game. After clawing back into the game to tie it up at 10, the Longhorns gifted the Sooners an easy seven points. After another three and out by the offense, punter Ryan Bujcevski took too long to use his rugby style kick. That allowed the Sooners to block the kick.
That play gave the Sooners the lead once again at 17-10 in the second quarter. Bujcevski was also called for an unsportsmanlike penalty that gave the Sooners good field position in this game. That set up the Sooners at the 30-yard line of Texas. Oklahoma would score another touchdown to go up 24-17 at that point.
During the third overtime period, special teams struck again for the Longhorns team. After a missed block on a field goal attempt, Cameron Dicker’s kick was blocked. It would have given the Longhorns the lead. Oklahoma kicker Gabe Brkic would follow that up by shanking his attempt to force another overtime.
As Tom Herman said following the game, it falls on coaching. This staff isn’t making it easy on the players. The players are not completely above criticism. When you lose two-straight games in the manner they have, plenty of blame falls on everyone.