In Cincinnati loss, Dykes sees progress. But Next Step for Program is to Win Those Games.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas — As the game neared its conclusion on Saturday, a pedestrian effort teetering into a 29-point blowout, Sonny Dykes could not help but think the scene in Ford Stadium would have been all but impossible two years ago.

Spencer Stewart with PonyFans.comThe primetime television kickoff, the matchup of two Top 25 teams in Dallas, the capacity crowd (albeit at 25% in this coronavirus era), all of it would have never crossed his mind. To be competitive against the No. 9 team in the nation, that was even further on his imagination.

“In year one, if we were going to beat a team like Cincinnati, it would have taken a miracle,” Dykes said. “Now we are to the point where if we play…