Texas star Colin Simmons is continuing to make himself look silly after losing to the Oklahoma Sooners in the Red River Rivalry
The Oklahoma Sooners beat the Texas Longhorns at the Cotton Bowl, and star edge rusher Colin Simmons keeps saying dumb things.
Part of the Red River Rivalry is all the antics before, during, and, of course, after the game. But usually those postgame antics come from the winning team. This time it’s from Colin Simmons and the Texas Longhorns, who lost to the Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday.
“We definitely beat ourselves; only Texas can beat Texas,” Simmons said after the game.
I get what he is saying. But it’s how he is saying it and the context of everything. You can say the Sooners have only beaten themselves over the last few weeks, too. Their catastrophic turnovers have made it impossible for them to do anything in-game. But when OU lost those games, they were getting beat.
Does that make sense? The other teams still had to capitalize on those turnovers. The other team still had to execute. And the other team still forced you to make those turnovers. This situation is no different.
The Oklahoma Sooners forced Texas to make the mistakes they made
Arch Manning’s first interception completely turned the game around. He threw the ball straight to safety Peyton Bowen, who returned it 42 yards for a touchdown. Several guys pressured Manning in the pocket. True freshman edge rusher Jake Kreul rushed up the middle and nearly had a shoestring tackle on Arch Manning.
Then the Texas QB had to throw the ball; if he didn’t, he’d take a sack or a very short gain on second-and-133. No one said he had to throw into a crowd of Sooners defensive backs, but he did. That’s what I mean—OU still made him make that mistake because the rush put pressure on him.
On the second interception, Texas hit Arch as he was throwing. Brent Venables sent the safety on a blitz who ran right up the middle. Not only that, but two other guys were getting pressure. That’s all Oklahoma’s doing. Not to mention, Courtland Guillory still had to make a tough interception over Cam Coleman, who is way bigger than him.
Sure, Texas beat themselves, but Oklahoma had a hand in it. In fact, I’d say Oklahoma finished it off.
