Yes, he is correct if he means offensive holding calls. Here is a rundown of penalties that were thrown against our opponents:
Louisiana-Monroe: 7 total - 1. Delay of Game; 2. False Start; 3. Delay of Game; 4. Unnecessary Roughness; 5. Late Hit; 6. Face Mask; 7. Late Hit. Texas had 5 penalties.
Alabama: 15 total - 1. Holding on a Kickoff; 2. False Start; 3. Offsides; 4. Offsides; 5. Face Mask; 6. Roughing the Passer; 7. False Start; 8. False Start; 9. Offsides; 10. Pass Interference; 11. Pass Interference; 12. Late Hit; 13. Illegal Block in the Back; 14. Illegal Substitution; 15. Face Mask. Texas had 5 penalties. Notably, huge face mask miss and huge hold miss on Alabama that gave them the game.
UTSA: 11 total, 1 declined, 10 net - 1. Illegal Shift; 2. False Start; 3. Offsides; 4. Offsides; 5. Offsides; 6. False Start; 7. False Start; 8. Delay of Game; 9. Illegal Formation; 10. Illegal Touching. Texas had 9 penalties.
Texas Tech: 5 total - 1. False Start; 2. Offensive Holding; 3. False Start; 4. Pass interference; 5. Pass Interference. Texas had 5 penalties. Of note: only one penalty in the second half for TTU.
West Virginia: 5 total, 1 declined, 4 net - 1. False Start; 2. Pass Interference; 3. Face Mask; 4. Unnecessary Roughness. Texas had 7 penalties. Of note: no penalties in the second half for WVU.
OU SUCKS: 3 total - 1. Pass Interference; 2. Unsportsmanlike Conduct; 3. False Start. Texas had 2 penalties.
Iowa State: 6 total - 1. False Start; 2. Delay of Game; 3. Illegal Snap; 4. Roughing the Passer; 5. False Start; 6. Illegal Substitution. Texas had 4 penalties. Of note: only one penalty in the second half for ISU.
Oklahoma State: 1 total, 1 declined, 0 net. Texas had 14 penalties. Absurd.
Kansas State: 9 total - 1. Targeting; 2. Offsides; 3. Offensive Holding; 4. Personal Foul; 5. False Start; 6. False Start; 7. Unnecessary Roughness; 8. Defensive Holding; 9. False Start. Texas had 7 penalties.
TCU: 5 total - 1. False Start; 2. Delay of Game; 3. Holding on Punt Return; 4. Pass Interference; 5. Pass Interference. Texas had 7 penalties.
Kansas: 5 total; 1 offset, 4 net - 1. Offsides; 2. Ineligible Man Downfield; 3. Pass Interference; 4. Face Mask. Texas had 4 penalties.
Baylor: 1 total - 1. Defensive Delay of Game. Texas had 5 penalties.
Out of conference games: Opponents averaged 11 penalties per game against us.
In Big 12 play: Opponents averaged 3.8 penalties per game against us.
Order of penalties called against opponents ranked:
1. False Start (18) (11 in Big 12 play) - Not Subjective
2. Pass Interference (9) (7 in Big 12 play) - Subjective
3. Offsides (8) (2 in Big 12 play) - Not Subjective
4. Delay of Game (6) (3 in Big 12 play) - Not Subjective
5. Unnecessary Roughness/Unsportsmanlike/Targeting - (6) (5 in Big 12 play) - Subjective-ish
6. Face Mask (5) (3 in Big 12 play) - Not Subjective
7. Late Hit Out of Bounds (3) (0 in Big 12 play) - Subjective-ish
8. Special Teams Holding (2) (1 in Big 12 play) - Subjective
9. Illegal Substitution (2) (1 in Big 12 play) - Not Subjective
10. Offensive Holding (2) (2 in Big 12 play) - Subjective
11. Roughing the Passer (2) (1 in Big 12 play) - Subjective-ish
12. Ineligible Man Downfield (1) (1 in Big 12 play) - Subjective in the sense that this was probably a bad, makeup call for bad holding call in previous drive.
13. Defensive Delay of Game (1) (1 in Big 12 play) - Subjective
14. Special Teams Illegal Block in the Back (1) (0 in Big 12 play) - Not Subjective
15. Illegal Shift (1) (0 in Big 12 play) - Not Subjective
16. Illegal Touching (1) (0 in Big 12 play) - Not Subjective
17. Illegal Formation (1) (0 in Big 12 play) - Not Subjective
One more comparison to make...a comparison of each opponents average penalties per game compared to those called against them in Texas Game:
Team Average Against Texas
ULM 5 7
Alabama 8.5 15
UTSA 6.9 10
TTU 5.6 5
WVU 6.5 4
OU(sucks) 5.6 3
ISU 5.8 6
OSU 3.7 0
KSU 5.5 9
TCU 4.8 5
KU 5.5 4
BU 4.5 1
Big 12 opponents averaged 5.3 penalties per game and 4.1 against Texas. This disparity is understated because the 5.3 includes the games against Texas.