10 takeaways from Week 4 of the college football season

6. Texas special teams not so special at end of games

For the second weekend in a row, a special teams mistake cost Texas a chance to win a tightly contested game. Against Cal in Week 3 it was a shanked field goal that would have tied the game in the waning seconds. On Saturday against Oklahoma State, it was an embarrassing mishap with the punter, who let a perfectly good snap go right through his hands and then awkwardly attempted to save his gaffe — to no avail.

Thanks to this horrible mistake, Oklahoma State was able to win the game, 30-27, shortly afterwards with a short field goal, leaving Texas Football and its fans with a sinking feeling that won’t soon go away.

At least there is a silver lining in all this, which is the simple fact that Texas is close to competing now and should continue to get better.