"The Longhorns offense hasn't "come alive". It only looks that way because the last two opponents made it easy to believe something changed. Mississippi State and Vanderbilt are bottom half defenses with soft coverages, inconsistent pressure and poor tackling. Any offense with talented receivers should carve them up. If Texas hadn't looked good, that would have been the real story but beating weaker units through busted coverages and wide-open middle-field windows doesn't mean the system suddenly works."
"Texas sits at No. 10 with a 7-2 record and the math is brutally clear: a third loss keeps the playoff dream flickering, but a fourth loss sniffs it out completely. The road doesn't ease up. Texas first has to walk into Athens to face No. 5 Georgia, sitting at 8-1 and clawing toward a SEC title shot, before closing with No. 3 Texas A&M."
"Even Texas' pass protection didn't get better. The grades were 62.2 against Mississippi State and 70.0 against Vanderbilt, neither of which is elite but simply good enough. Offensively, Texas scored 24 points in the fourth quarter against Mississippi State because the Bulldogs ran out of gas. And the Commodores spent the entire game chasing a deficit and blowing assignments. Neither matchup produced drive-to-drive eff"
Texas is 7-2 and sits at No. 10, with a third loss imperiling playoff hopes and a fourth likely eliminating them. The Longhorns must play at No. 5 Georgia (8-1) before finishing the regular season against No. 3 Texas A&M. Recent victories over Mississippi State and Vanderbilt masked persistent issues because both opponents are weak defensively. The offense has not truly improved, and pass-protection grades (62.2, 70.0) were only modest. Fourth-quarter scoring against Mississippi State reflected opponent fatigue, while Vanderbilt’s mistakes hid drive-to-drive inefficiency. Georgia beat Texas twice last season, making the road test pivotal.
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