College Sports: Tom Herman hopes to have lost hope, says Tom Herman about the depressed Longhorns: "I like the fact that a defeat has done so badly"

STILLWATER, Oklahoma – In the end, Texas had far more worries than Sam Ehlinger's tense shoulder.

Oklahoma State exposed almost everyone. A nightmarish first half resulted in a Cowboys 38-35 win on Saturday night.

At the end of the evening, Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy was surprised by the attack on Breckyn Hager of Texas, followed by the Angry Coach of the Longhorns, Tom Herman. Both coaches then took it in the middle of the field.

"I thought Mike was out and was talking to one of our players," Herman said. "We are going back, I have no problem."

Texas will likely be eliminated from No. 6 of the Top 25 AP. The series of six consecutive victories is from ancient history. Any serious discussion about the college football match is over, even though the Longhorns (6-2, 4-1 Big 12) are still tied for first place in the Big 12 with Oklahoma and Virginia's # 1. 39; West.

Herman described the locker room as shot.

"I like the fact that a defeat has done so badly," Herman said. "We have guys in tears, that means we are going in the right direction with respect to the attitude of football and our belief that we are doing things."

For the moment, the goals are much more focused and immediate, like repairing what happened before quarterback Will Grier's visit to West Virginia in a week.

"The future is very promising," Herman said. "There are only two other teams with a loss in the Big 12."

Despite all the mistakes, Texas was lucky to return in the fourth quarter, as were the epics of Vince Young and Colt McCoy.

Like the opening match against Maryland, Texas could not catch up 17 points. After Watson scored a goal with a time remaining at 1:46 to bring Texas under three, Oklahoma State recovered a free kick attempt.

Oklahoma State (5-3, 2-3) lit Texas for 260 yards in the first quarter and 378 yards in the first half to qualify for the full offensive. Under fire from Cowboy fans after the slow start of Big 12, senior Taylor Cornelius threw three touchdown passes in the first half, two in the fourth, and ran two more.

The cornerbacks of Texas, Kris Boyd and Davante Davis, missed the first quarter, suspended after being late for a team match. While the state of Oklahoma benefited from the replacement of Boyd, Kobe Boyce, Boyd was not much better on his return. He had no answer for Tylan Wallace, who finished with 10 catches for 222 yards and two touchdowns.

The offensive explosion was a surprise. Oklahoma State had only accumulated 311 yards for the match against Kansas State.

Anything that could go wrong was bad for Texas. The Oklahoma State gave the Longhorns the advantage in a fake deflated match at the end of the second quarter and saw the completion of 44 yards from Ehlinger to Collin Johnson canceled by a penalty keeping.

Ehlinger, who had spent two weeks detoxifying a first-degree shoulder injury, had two touchdowns, thrown two more shots and did not seem to favor the injury.

While Ehlinger (22 of 42 for 283 yards) struggled to protect himself quickly, he led the return in the second half.

A 78-yard run in the third quarter ended with a 22-yard touchdown pass from Ehlinger to halfback Keaontay Ingram, who had borrowed a wheeled road.

Texas closed the game at under 31-28 when Ehlinger rolled right and found Andrew Beck for a 10-yard touchdown pass.

Then the return stalled. Brandon James lined up a Oklahoma State punt and was attacked in Texas 2, forcing a Texas punt to leave the end zone.

Oklahoma State took advantage of the short field with Cornelius who pioneered a 10-yard touchdown and a 38-28 lead with a time remaining at 5:44.

"It's not the end of the world," Ehlinger said. "We will learn from it and improve."