Longhorns special teams struggle with penalties and costly mistakes against Tennessee, raising concerns ahead of the Oklahoma matchup.
Longhorns' special teams are facing a crisis, find out exactly what went wrong this week. Can Texas fix these mistakes ahead of their next big test?
In this episode, Madison Davis breaks down the major issues plaguing the Longhorns' special teams, from baffling decisions on the hands team to costly punt return blunders and penalty troubles. Fans of Texas football and followers of SEC action will get an honest, energetic rundown of what happened, the impact of officiating on the game, and a heated discussion on the SEC Defensive Player of the Week snub. If you're passionate about Longhorns football, frustrated by special teams errors, or just want in-depth postgame analysis, this episode is for you.
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Longhorns fans, the special teams unit has been a disaster. We're going to talk about that right here, right now. What's going on everybody? It's your main man Madison Davis back again with your Longhorns Hit. Make sure you get your quick hits 5 minutes multiple times a day on your favorite team with the Locked On Podcast Network. So go subscribe now to the Locked On Longhorns Hit podcast over there on YouTube. Like, comment, subscribe, and turn on the post notification bell so you know when we post. Coming up. SEC Defensive Player of the Week robbery? I think so. But we're gonna get into our special teams unit. Oh my God, you guys want to start from the 4th quarter or do you want to start, uh, from the very beginning of the game? I don't know, let's just go ahead and start from the 4th quarter. Oh my God, hands team. I, I, I, I— first things first, why is Ryan Wingo on hands team? Respect to Ryan Wingo. Wingo had a great game on Saturday. I don't get why he's on Hans team. He's not. I mean, come on, man. Come on. I'm saying it without saying it. Why is he there? Why is Ryan Wingo on Hans team? I don't get it. I don't get it. And then you know how the SEC officiating crew they they basically said yesterday they came out yesterday and said that you know it's supposed to be a penalty on that kick where you know Ryan Wingo fumbled and things of that nature. Uh, and, and it was supposed to be a penalty and another re-kick, and they were supposed to back up a lot more, right? So what if that cost us the game? Oh my God, I have so much to say about that. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. I have a lot to say about that. I have a— I have— you know what? I'm not gonna keep you— I'm not gonna keep you guys questioning. That's ridiculous officiating. That's, that's ridiculous. Uh, I'm not really a fan of officiating anyway, but they keep the game going. So I mean, I guess, I guess, but that's ridiculous. If it, if it costs Texas the game, do you understand how livid I would have been. Oh my God. But let's go, let's, let's go back to Texas special team. Let's go back to Texas special team. Let's talk about the punt return that Tennessee had. You are a directional punt team, right? You, you, you don't kick it down the middle of the field where there aren't numbers for you. Why? Why? I— and I'm sorry if I seem so animated today. I, I don't know, it's like I was so stressed out first. Anyway. I don't, I don't get it. I, I just do not get it. Steve Sarkisian, Coach Steve Sarkisian, has some thoughts on this. He said, we've got 3 new specialists. Geo's had a great year for us, but kickoff, uh, that was not who we've seen him be. The punt game, we're a directional punt team. Like I said, uh, the long punt return for the, for the touchdown, we punt the ball right down the middle of the field. And that's, that's what Kirk and, and Chris Fowler were saying on TV. They were like, you punted it down the middle of the field. There aren't numbers here. There aren't. There were more numbers on the, on the left side than there were the right side. Guess where he went? Oh my goodness. Uh, and, and this— it's just, it's just been a blunder. I mean, even in the UTSA game, it has— it was— we had like 4 penalties on, on the special teams. Oh my God, we can't keep having this. We can't. We cannot keep having this. We're having holding calls on punt return. that puts us back deeper in our own territory. Can't keep having it. We can't. But I, I, I don't know. We have to— that— it's the bye week. It's the bye week. I get to be nice and rejuvenated for next week. They get to work on these things. We need to come out next week and handle business against Oklahoma, because I— we can't keep having this. We cannot keep having this. Now, the robbery Of the SEC Defensive Player of the Week, Chris Cole for Georgia actually was awarded that this week. And granted, it's not some people might not see this as a big deal. It's a big deal to me at least. I because I granted I know Colin Simmons had that he had that unnecessary celebration and it was ridiculous. He apologized and we moved forward, but that was ridiculous. And they're probably punishing him for you know. Doing that celebration, but come on, man. Come on. And and and Tennessee and Texas just awarded Colin Simmons. Now he had he did instead of five sacks, he has five and a half sacks or five point five sacks, where that kind of puts him in a different echelon of edge rushers at Texas. Yeah, he's up there in Texas history. The most single most sacks in in a single game. Right? And he had five, five and a half tackles for loss, right? Pressed the quarterback like ten times. Come on, man. Come on. Come on. Let's let's be honest here. I know what he did was a devious act. It is what it is. He was penalized for it, and unfortunately Tennessee capitalized off of that penalty. But I digress. Come on. Let's let's. It's okay. It's okay, Colin. Go ahead. Go ahead and get your get back for the rest of the season. It's up. It's up. But it's your main man Madison Davis, uh, with the Locked On Longhorns Hit. Make sure you subscribe to the Longhorns Hit channel. Uh, like, comment, subscribe, turn that post notification bell on so you know when we post. You don't want to miss out on your daily Longhorns content. It's been real. I appreciate you guys. Look forward to the next episode.