The Texas Longhorns offensive line continues to struggle against Vanderbilt

The two times the Texas Longhorns gave Vanderbilt the short field, the Commodores took the biggest advantage and scored 14 points. The turnover, in addition to the Longhorns’ 10 penalties, took points off the Texas scoreboard or added more in Vanderbilt’s favor.

With a bye week between this game and the home game against Florida on Nov. 9, the Longhorn offensive line must work on avoiding these easy mistakes to avoid competing against the Gators and the rest of the teams on the schedule.

The Texas o-line gave up four sacks for losses in addition to nine tackles, and while that is a slight improvement over the six sacks allowed against Georgia last Saturday, it is far from the standard that head coach Steve Sarkisian preaches. This line is experienced and has no excuse for not playing at the best level, and we know they can do better. Through the first six games of the season, the offensive line has allowed just six sacks, a number that has nearly doubled to eleven in recent weeks.

Sarkisian attributes many of the problems to the number of penalties the team has had.

“I got a little frustrated,” Sarkisian said. “It’s one thing you get a holding penalty on a one-yard run, we got holding penalties on chunk plays, and then you go backwards. You get off schedule. I think as an offense if we’re on schedule, we’re really good , and in the second half we got off schedule and it became difficult for us.”

Texas was forced to punt four times for 145 yards, which was still less than Vanderbilt’s five for 241.

The next two weeks will be crucial in developing a solid offensive line, which should improve communication and discipline going forward.

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