AUSTIN -- Texas players met with the media on Monday afternoon for the first time since the Longhorns' 39-27 loss to Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship game on Dec. 1. Texas' New Year's Day matchup with Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans is two weeks away.
Here are five takeaways from Monday's availability:
1. Big 12 title loss to Oklahoma still fresh
Sixteen days after Texas lost to arch-rival Oklahoma at AT&T Stadium in a rematch for the Big 12 championship, the defeat still had the feeling of a fresh wound on Monday.