Paul Finebaum roasts Texas after historically bad loss to Kansas

Texas suffered a brutal loss against Kansas on Saturday night. The loss marks five in a row for the Longhorns, who began the season 4-1. Now, Texas sits at 4-6 overall and just 2-5 against Big 12 opponents. After the loss, Paul Finebaum questioned the state of the Texas program under Sarkisian, who is in his first year as the team’s head coach.

“There’s nowhere to go when you’re talking about historically bad losses,” Finebaum said of Sarkisian, Texas. “What’s interesting about Texas is they’re leaving the Big 12 in a year or two or three or whenever to go to the SEC, where the hill is much steeper. So you have to start wondering about where this program is. Now remember, Sarkisian  took over for Tom Herman and most of this is on Tom Herman.

“I still believe Sarkisian is a good coach, but I would probably have a very difficult time convincing anyone in Austin that. One other thing, a friend of mine, who’s a Vanderbilt graduate, who is winless by the way in the SEC, texted me overnight saying we want Texas now.”

After winning four games in the first five games, Texas now has to win each of its next two games to even gain bowl eligibility. The Longhorns face West Virginia and Kansas State over the final two weeks of the season.

Finebaum is concerned, but Texas likely won’t move on from Sarkisian after just one year

Sarkisian was just hired to be the head coach at Texas in the offseason. So he didn’t get to choose the players on his team or recruit the majority of the players currently on his roster. That has been a real challenge for Sarkisian in his first season.

Despite the struggles from Texas and Finebaum’s concerns, it appears unlikely that the Longhorns make a move involving Sarkisian.

“Horns painted into a corner. Texas’ desperation to get – and overpay – a competent coach probably keeps them from firing Sark,” CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd said. “Even $30 million buyout is too much for the Orangeblood cigars. If not, who do they get?”