Hell of a game and credit to Texas. Horns played their tails off. That said, i would argue that Herman cost his team a Big 12 title today with his shoddy clock management at the end of the first half. Throw it on second-and-25, when OU is out of timeouts? When you’re up 14-13? When you know OU is getting the second-half kickoff? Who didn’t see 27-14 coming?
Then, with his full allotment of timeouts in the second half, he declines to burn one with 2:40 left after a first-down OU run. A precious 40 seconds wasted.
Finally, we read all the time how a team is a reflection of its head coach. Well, how does 13 penalties for 128 yards sound? That does include a couple of offsetting penalties or the play where they had two flags on the same snap. And for all of the excitement about giving up only 86 yards in the first quarter, that doesn’t include the two personal fouls and the PI the defense got flagged for. So 86 becomes more like 131 yards.
Then, with his full allotment of timeouts in the second half, he declines to burn one with 2:40 left after a first-down OU run. A precious 40 seconds wasted.
Finally, we read all the time how a team is a reflection of its head coach. Well, how does 13 penalties for 128 yards sound? That does include a couple of offsetting penalties or the play where they had two flags on the same snap. And for all of the excitement about giving up only 86 yards in the first quarter, that doesn’t include the two personal fouls and the PI the defense got flagged for. So 86 becomes more like 131 yards.
