Randy Weber

Baylor RB Jay Finley scores past Texas safety Christian Scott.

This week Texas falls to #25 Baylor 30-22. I don’t know what else to say. There’s always next year. Hook ‘em Horns!

How do you beat Nebraska one week and then lose to lowly Iowa State the next week? This is the worst Texas team that I’ve seen in a decade. It’s embarrassing. I’m too disgusted to write any more.

C’mon Horns, you can do better!

Soph. QB Garrett Gilbert scores one of his two rushing TDs.

Finally something good to write about Texas after 2 straight loses to UCLA and OU. Unranked Texas upset #5 Nebraska 20-13 on Saturday on the road in Lincoln. Nebraska receivers dropped just enough TD passes to allow Texas to hang on to an early lead. The Texas defense was good enough to have Nebraska’s Heisman Trophy candidate QB yanked in the 3rd quarter. The Texas offense opened up the playbook early allowing QB Garrett Gilbert to make things happen with his feet. Clearly Nebraska was not prepared for this as Gilbert scored 2 rushing TDs early. Hook ‘em Horns!

#6 Texas beat unranked Texas Tech 24 to 14 thanks to an impressive defensive effort that made up for a turn-over and mistake filled offensive effort. Texas threw the ball around a lot more this game with 3 interceptions to show for it. It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win.

Texas jumped out to a 14 to 0 lead in the first quarter and looked like they were going to run away with the game. But then the mistakes started. Texas turned the ball over 4 times and had numerous drive-killing penalties on offense.

The Texas defense saved the day taking the ball away 3 times, while holding the Tech offense to 7 points and 144 yards. Tech’s other 7 points was scored by their defense on a interception return for a touchdown.

The Longhorns are going to have to play much better if they’re going to beat #7 Oklahoma and #8 Nebraska in October.

Texas beat Wyoming 34 to 7 after another solid performance for the offense with zero fumbles and zero interceptions. Garrett Gilbert completed 22 of 35 passes for 222 yards, 1 TD, and 0 interceptions. The defense held Wyoming to just one TD; however, the they didn’t come up with any interceptions or fumbles. That’s disappointing considering the talent that Texas is putting on the field on that side of the ball. But overall, it was a solid performance. Texas appears to be ready for Texas Tech this coming week.

Tre Newton scoring 1 of his 3 TDs in Texas' victory over Rice.

This wasn’t an exciting offense to watch, but it was effective as Texas beat Rice 34 – 17. The Longhorns had 197 yards rushing on 46 carries averaging 4.3 yards a carry. They ran the ball more than they threw it and gained more yards rushing than passing. Even more important was the fact that all 3 backs held on to the ball. Both Newton and Johnson looked good going for 61 and 59 yards each. Newton had 3 rushing TDs. The offensive line looked good too. It will be another 2 weeks before we see how they do against better competition when they go to Lubbock to take on Texas Tech.