Texas Longhorns had no defense against the Cowboys of Oklahoma State

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After accumulating only 311 yards throughout the match at K-State, the Pokes scored 31 points, 378 yards and 19 first tries against 53 attempts in the first half against Texas.

The Longhorns failed to cover teammate Tylan Wallace, who was about to finish with a 222-yard passing pass, and maneuvered Texas defensive back for a series of assists.

The Longhorns also could not dispute the half-off court Justice Hill and Chuba Hubbard, who managed to dance up to 172 yards rushing.

And Texas, blatantly, failed to knock out quarterback Taylor Cornelius, who, in addition to scoring three touchdowns, made two goals at speed.

"What did not happen?" said Herman, when asked what happened to his defense in the first period. "We did not stop the race, which we did so well here." When the ball was in the air, we were not playing it well – he was reading bullets badly, taking bad angles. And their guys played plays. "

The Texas defense finally settled after half-time, giving quarterback Sam Ehlinger the opportunity to make a comeback in force. And after failing to generate the slightest rhythm in the first half, Ehlinger ignited at the end of the third quarter, throwing a pair of touchdowns to bring Texas to equalize. But again, when the Longhorns desperately needed a critical stop in defense to give Ehlinger another chance, they could not get one.

In the third and tenth goal of the game with 6 minutes remaining, Cornelius kept the ball in one zone, broke a tackle attempt from the security B.Sc. Foster, a rookie from Texas, then hit the pylon to relaunch the Pokes of two points. Cornelius would finish the match later with another third goalkeeper for the first decisive try.

"The quarterback has done a phenomenal job of keeping it," Herman said. "Obviously, we underestimated his ability to run the ball."

Texas would do better not to underestimate the others it's considering playing in the Big 12 championship. Of course, the Longhorns dominated Oklahoma earlier this year, for the most part. They also skated in tight wins over Tulsa, K-State and Baylor – a fact eclipsed by the performance of the Red River in Texas. Herman conceded Saturday.

"We are not at a point in our program where we can not play our best," he said. "Especially on the road, especially against a very good football team and hope to win."