Four years ago Dana Holgorsen arrived in Lubbock, Texas the toast of college football. His 5-0 team was racking up points and yardage at a silly record pace and had emerged as the darkest of dark horse national title contenders. Four quarters of football later his squad flew away beaten, battered and exposed. A complete lack of toughness, both mental and physical, emerged that day as the key trait on a team that would limp to a disappointing 7-6 season.
All of the sudden what had been sexy was silly. We learned that the ball has three sides and no offense was great enough to overcome ineptitude in all other phases, not to mention a top-heavy roster that lacked the depth to compete in the Big 12.