Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian understands that the Longhorns “didn’t generate enough pressure” against the Oklahoma Sooners last weekend.
“The calls weren’t really changing on our end. The calls weren’t really changing on their end. But for whatever reason, we weren’t able to make him (Campbell) uncomfortable enough,” Sarkisian said during his weekly press conference, per 247Sports. ““Twice they fumble the snap and he goes over, picks it up - one time he throws a completion for a touchdown. The other time, he runs over there and picks it up and gets a completion on third down that ultimately made us burn a timeout (with 4:44 left to play). So there was opportunity for him to be uncomfortable. ... Nothing was really coming out on time. There was a couple throws that did, but most everything was kind of off schedule. So I don’t know if that affected our guys some as far as not wanting to let him out of the pocket as opposed to just trying to make him uncomfortable?”
In other words, Texas just has to be better against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
WHAT THE WISE MEN ARE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS
Austin American-Statesman: Golden: Texas sure picked a bad time to collapse against Oklahoma
Austin American-Statesman: Texas coach Steve Sarkisian preaches problem-fixing after loss to OU
Austin American-Statesman: Sark, like those before him, picking up the pieces after OU
Austin American-Statesman: Depth chart changes: Longhorns unveil new offensive line
Dallas Morning News: Texas Media Monday: Longhorns want revenge against OU, need defensive improvement to get there
Dallas Morning News: Texas has no time to dwell on late Red River collapse with No. 12 Oklahoma State matchup looming
247Sports: Mike at Night: Saturday’s matchup remains the most important of the season
247Sports: Texas in search of answers on how to finish games better defensively
247Sports: Notes from Steve Sarkisian’s Monday press conference
Inside Texas: Texas’ run defense is a problem Oklahoma State will test
Inside Texas: It’s Casey Thompson’s time
ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION
Texas releases Oklahoma State depth chart
Texas WR Jordan Whittington and Jack end Jacoby Jones set to undergo surgery
Watch: Steve Sarkisian’s weekly press conference ahead of Oklahoma State
Texas is a 5-point favorite against Oklahoma State
Winning is Hard Podcast: Final thoughts on the blown Texas lead against Oklahoma
Longhorn Republic Podcast: Diving Deep on the Red River Showdown
RECRUITING ROUNDUP
247Sports: Five-star QB Arch Manning breaks down recruitment with Horns247
247Sports: Coach’s Take: Newman head coach Nelson Stewart opens up on Arch Manning and Steve Sarkisian
Inside Texas: The buzz around 5-star quarterback Arch Manning
BIG 12 BREAKDOWN
Inside Texas: Who won Week 6 in the Big 12?
Our Daily Bears: Monday Thoughts: What we learned vs West Virginia
Our Daily Bears: This Day in Baylor History: Baylor 61, TCU 58
Frogs O’ War: Three up, three down: Anything to make you feel good about the Frogs
Frogs O’ War: Quick Look: Oklahoma Sooners
The Smoking Musket: Big 12 Roundup & Power Rankings: Oklahoma State of mind (again....)
The Smoking Musket: Where does WVU go from here?
The Smoking Musket: Mountaineers suffer rough weekend
Bring On The Cats: Kansas State Football: Oklahoma Stats Review
WHAT WE’RE READING
SB Nation: NFL winners and losers: Ravens surge propels them to AFC North takeover
SB Nation: 5 takeaways from the Ravens’ 31-25 victory over the Colts
SB Nation: Jon Gruden is the worst kind of fraud
NEWS ACROSS THE FORTY ACRES AND BEYOND
- We’re really not talking enough about the performance Texas quarterback Casey Thompson had against the Sooners.
Casey Thompson is No. 4 nationally in passer rating (187.44) and tied for No. 6 in yards per attempt (10.0). #AllGasNoBrakes
— Wescott Eberts (@SBN_Wescott) October 11, 2021