I rewatched the Baylor game this morning.
We only have two options moving forward if we are going to beat Kansas, OU, BYU, K State, & TCU, and that is to either start games faster than we have been, or clean up all the mistakes that have cost us tds in each of the last games.
We have not scored more than 1 TD in the first quarter of any game.
We absolutely cannot afford - moving forward to start slow AND leave tds on the field due to stupid little mistakes.
One of these two things HAS to improve.
As far as the OU game, since the game ended last year I've been saying that no matter how good Texas is, or how average OU is, it is going to be incredibly difficult for Texas to match the type of will/desire/motivation OU is going to have going end to this game.
All year long "redeeming" their University and that historically embarrassing loss has been on their mind.
That type of motivation is hard to create artificially. It will be incredibly interesting to see if Texas can match it.
With that said, I think this Kansas game is going to tell us everything we need to know about the rest of the season.
I do not believe our passing defense has been tested yet. Thompson has been down right atrocious at times, along with others in the secondary, we have been beat on multiple deep balls.
The one thing that does make me feel a little bit better is that we are getting to the QB this year, and seem to be able contain the QB in way we have not been able to previously.
If this defense doesn't get lit up the entire game by Daniels, can continue our RedZone dominance, and can get off the field on 3rd down, then there really won't be much more any of us need to see. Again, this passing defense (secondary) is the only remaining question in my mind.
Even with everything I said about, "if we look good defensively against Kansas, we should win out" etc... I still think OU is our most likely loss, due to what I mentioned above. That 49-0 stuff is all over their facilities and has been their motivation all winter, spring, and summer.
A major key to the OU game will be starting fast, something we havent done, and something they are really good at.
Jay Lee