I don't feel like the real Texas Longhorns team showed up. I expected the pass defense to struggle with Penix and Washington's slew of receivers....those guys are incredible (they're nearly as good as our guys :-D ). I didn't expect the backs to turn the ball over twice, and I really didn't expect the Texas passing game to struggle so much to get going. If it would've been just me, I would've switched over to the all-22 coverage to see what was going on down the field, but that would've disrupted the wife's viewing enjoyment. Anyway, I don't know if UT's receivers weren't getting separation, and if not, why not, or if Ewers just wasn't finding them, or what. And if the latter, I'm not sure why he couldn't find them, and I'm not sure why it seemed he got a bazillion balls batted down at the line.
Most of all, the Longhorn swagger, present for so much of the season, was missing. They seemed like they were sleepwalking through all but the last couple of minutes. Just felt like Sark didn't have the team prepared, "up," and playing with urgency the way I've seen before.
Also felt like the refs had money on Washington. I don't mean that Texas' penalties were wrong, per se, but there were multiple fouls I thought were coming against Washington, and....they just didn't.
When a team plays its game and comes up short, that sucks, but it leaves me feeling like things went how they were supposed to. When it looks like a team came up short their best was never present, it feels hollow and wrong. Not a fitting end to their season, to me.
