Texas survived against Ole Miss on Saturday, winning 34-27. The Longhorns had a dominant first half, leading 24-3, but the second half was a different story. Ole Miss tied the game in the fourth. Texas rebuilt a ten-point lead, but Ole Miss knocked it down to a touchdown. They then recovered an onside kick, but Texas was able to keep Ole Miss out of the end zone to win the game.
Much of the comeback for Ole Miss was aided by poor play from Texas, including multiple failures on third. Some of those third-down failures were a result of penalties that maybe should not have been called on Texas, and Steve Sarkisian took exception to them after the game, per Tyler Horka of Inside Texas.
“Steve Sarkisian says Texas has not gotten feedback from the SEC on some questionable false start calls that went against the Longhorns vs. Ole Miss,” Horka posted on X, formerly Twitter…