While it’s not the worst case scenario at this point of the regular season, emerging from the first 10 games with a 6-4 (4-3 Big 12) record certainly isn’t the desirable outcome for the Texas football program.
An easily preventable two-point loss to the Iowa State Cyclones on the road last weekend thanks to a baffling special teams mistake inside the final two minutes cost Texas their realistic shot at landing a spot in the Big 12 Championship Game for the second year in a row. Texas jumped offside on a field goal attempt that gave Iowa State a chance to get in much more manageable field goal range and to bleed out the clock.