Texas Football: Iowa State win reveals concerns for Longhorns

5. Texas isn’t a contender, not yet

I know I have been basically trashing the Longhorns this entire article, but there is a silver lining for this team. It may not come this season, but it’s there. This team has the talent and the ability to be a serious contender, we saw that against USC a week ago. However, they are simply not ready to work as a full team enough to find themselves back at the top of the top.

This tends to happen when a new coach inherits a program, it takes a few seasons to really get what they want in the program going. Herman has to set his own ground rules, his own way of doing things and that could be a big change for the Longhorns. As a result, they are struggling to put it all together this season.

Need a prime example? Watch the clip below.

When the running game seemed to be working like a charm and Warren had already found the end zone once, Texas deviates from their strengths causing a serious issue on the field. This turnover could have been prevented with better blocking and more awareness around the ball, but that comes with time and practice.

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It’s plays like this and wins like this one that show us that Texas just isn’t ready and as a result may find themselves in the bottom quarter of the Big 12 and on the outside looking in come post season.