Texas Football: 3 reasons the Longhorns are toast after the USC loss

AUSTIN, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Sam Ehlinger #11 and P.J. Locke III #11 of the Texas Longhorns sing The Eyes of Texas after the game against the San Jose State Spartans at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) /

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DALLAS, TX – OCTOBER 08: Dede Westbrook #11 of the Oklahoma Sooners celebrates his touchdown with Baker Mayfield #6 against the Texas Longhorns in the third quarter at Cotton Bowl on October 8, 2016 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

2. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State are still on the schedule

Any time you have to face both the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys in back-to-back weeks, your schedule is rough. The Sooners took another step forward with first-year head coach Lincoln Riley in a 56-14 win over the Tulane Green Wave.

Oklahoma State was even more impressive with their 59-21 victory over a respectable ACC opponent in the Pittsburgh Panthers. Preparing for quarterbacks like Baker Mayfield and Mason Rudolph after losing in heartbreaking fashion to Sam Darnold is tough to do.

Texas did defeat OU once during Charlie Strong’s tenure, but that was the year that the Sooners made the College Football Playoff and proved to be somewhat of a fluke. Oklahoma promises to be one of the toughest opponents for any team to face this year.

If Texas takes care of business against both the Sooners and the Cowboys, that would likely keep the Big 12 out of the Playoff. It’s hard to imagine a two-loss Texas team making the Playoff this year.

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