texas performance today was completely unacceptable, because almost all of their wounds were self inflicted. ridiculous mistakes, poor decision making, questionable playcalling, and just some utter incompetence.
that said, im not sure kentucky is quite as bad as people want to make them out to be. last year they nearly beat georgia, vandy and tennessee, beat ole miss on the road, and even gave texas a bit of a challenge in austin. earlier this year they gave ole miss a pretty big scare again. they arent a great football team, but i dont think they are complete garbage as some are saying. and texas is a young team still growing, with an inexperienced QB getting some solid tests in hostile road environments. im curious to see if they grow from this, or crumble.
and tbh struggling against teams like this isnt exactly new territory for texas either. lets not forget two years ago they were challenged pretty good by houston, tcu and iowa state, while losing a game they had no business losing to OU, but that season still turned out pretty solid. even last year, the games against vandy, arkansas and kentucky were all much closer than they should have been.
this team isnt exactly looking like a championship contender, but if they improve as a talented young team should, they absolutely can still compete to play for the SEC championship and a playoff spot.