We are still ranked 9 in the country and still a powerhouse minuse the two point lost to TCU fuck it we moved on but OU is not even in the top AP 25 and when we beat them the narrative will change from.those of Urban Meyer and Herbstreit
Tom Herman, now 18-11 at Texas against Big 12 competition, says he doesn’t take the pulse of the Texas fanbase from week to week like those in the national media.
“In 2020, nobody in this building is going to panic after a Week 3, two-point loss at home,” Herman said. “Now that’s not saying we are burying our head in the sand to the tremendous amount of issues that we have to correct.”
ESPN College GameDay analyst Kirk Herbstreit had a much more direct tone when addressing Texas during this week’s podcast appearance with David Pollack.
“The culture in Austin and the amount of pressure that’s on that program, I feel like it’s impacting and affecting the team,” Herbstreit said. “Not just this year, the last couple of years. I feel like they hear things on Twitter. They hear what people say about their program. I wonder how fragile the team psyche is. Because when things get tough or they get challenge, I know they were close to winning this game and they ended up fumbling late, but it just seems like great teams and teams that believe, they find ways to make a play or two late and they find a way to win the game.
“Even against LSU they had a chance to compete late into the fourth quarter. They have players. They have a team. They have ability. I just think it’s a mindset that’s missing right now. I think it maybe has something to do with, as soon as they lose, guys like the three of us are talking on shows saying, ‘what the hell is wrong with Texas?’ I wonder if that is ultimately impacting them in some kind of negative way collectively.”
Urban Meyer gets it. He understands the problems underlying Tom Herman’s Texas Longhorns.
The problem lies in developing NFL talent, despite Texas’ top-ranked recruiting classes.
“[The Longhorns] haven’t had many players drafted,” Meyer said on Fox. “That’s fine. The average viewer can say, ‘OK, that’s the what.’ But let’s dig deep, lift up the hood and say why — it’s evaluation process and it’s development of the player. If the NFL Draft doesn’t start showing more Texas Longhorn players every spring, it’s going to be the same old story.”
We do need more NFL talent but not to sound to cocky but after this OU win recuits will see this is the right program to be in hook’em 🤘🏿
The SunKing 