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Evaluating four areas of emphasis for the Texas defense against Baylor

We are officially one third of the way through the regular season and the Texas Longhorns are 4-0, ranked in the top five, and just kicked off the farewell tour with a thrashing of the Baylor Bears. It’s a good time to be a Longhorn. But underneath all the media hype and talks of the college football season, is the defense performing well in their key areas of focus?

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In this week’s rendition of Under the Microscope, we’ll unpack the performance of the Texas defense against Baylor in the four metrics coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski underscored before the year — third downs, fourth downs, turnovers, and sacks.