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Texas just didn’t have the wherewithal to stomach the fight at Hilton Coliseum. Even the Iowa State students in the announced crowd of 14,255 — typically the most profane bunch in the Big 12 — were subdued.
Said UT’s Courtney Ramey: “That’s frustrating to me, to see the look on people’s faces, that they kind of gave up.”
Sure, Smart knew it’d be tough sledding without Jericho Sims. Even the referees couldn’t believe he wasn’t warming up. One official walked up to a reporter and asked, “Jericho’s not playing?!” No, sir. Back injury. “Wow!”
But Smart probably didn’t envision how Iowa State’s Solomon Young would have a field day against Royce Hamm Jr., Will Baker and Kai Jones, who did bounce back from a left ankle injury. At one point early, Young had 14 points while Texas had just 13 total.
Young finished with 17 points as his teammates took over. Michael Jacobson had a team-high 21 as the Cyclones (11-14, 4-8 Big 12) shot 57.1% overall. In the arena, the second half felt like a controlled scrimmage.
At least one squirrel saved some Texas fans back in Austin the agony. Seriously.
Erin Hogan of 104.9 The Horn said a squirrel chewed threw a power line and knocked out the station’s ability to air Craig Way’s broadcast in the Austin area for a while. Austin Radio Network’s technical people scurried around and got the game back on the air by halftime.
The squirrel, Hogan said, perished.
The same thing will happen to Texas’ season unless something drastic happens. Anything is possible, but it’s getting hard, if not impossible, to give this coach the benefit of the doubt.
Asked a second time away from TV cameras if he was worried, Smart said, “To be honest with you, coming off last week, we put a lot of time and discussion and energy into who we needed to be today. I thought our guys prepared well, but we didn’t answer the runs they had. We didn’t have the fight we needed to have. So obviously that has to change fast.”
“There’s some stuff we have to fix going into the next game,” Ramey said. “And it’s stuff where we just have to play with bigger nuts, or emphasis. We’ve got to play way harder, play with nuts.”
"Typically the most profane bunch in the Big 12....."

Meanwhile in Austin: