Texas special teams are giving up big plays and creating big problems for the 7th-ranked Longhorns – Spectrum News

Texas special teams are giving up big plays and creating big problems for the 7th-ranked Longhorns  Spectrum News

In the last two weeks, the punt team has given up critical touchdowns with a long return and a blocked kick in the end zone. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Special teams have become a problem for no-longer top-ranked Texas. In the last two weeks, the punt team has given up critical touchdowns with a long return and a blocked kick in the end zone. Kickoffs have flown out of bounds. Return teams have made critical penalties and fumbled away an onside kick. Yet after Saturday's 27-24 loss to Oklahoma that was punctuated by special teams breakdowns and dropped the Longhorns to No. 7 in the AP Top 25, coach Steve Sarkisian said he has no plans to make major changes or take any duties away from special teams coordinator Jeff Banks.

“History's the best indicator of the future. We've been good on special teams for quite some time around here,” Sarkisian said Monday. “I have a lot of faith in coach Banks and his schemes and a lot of faith in our players to get that done. “Sometimes you go through lulls like you do on offense or like you do on defense. I don't question our ability to coach our way out of that,” Sarkisian said. Banks has been part of Sarkisian's Texas staff since 2021, when he came