Wow, that was Bee-U.T.-ful. what a tremendous and enjoyable victory for my Horns. Very well played on both sides of the ball, and one of the best regular season college football games I've ever seen. This was as cool of a win for me as 2005 Texas and Vince Young beating Ohio State in Columbus, and almost as cool as the Jan 2006 national championship win. Drinking a margarita with Don Julio Reposado and Cointreau while watching this win did not suck, either.
While OU was able to move the ball very well at times, Texas executed just enough on my two keys of pressuring Bradford and running the ball to be able to win 45-35.
Pressure on Bradford from Sergio Kindle was key to the overthrown ball that was intercepted on a spectacular diving catch by Earl Thomas. And good blocking and great running by Chris Ogbonnaya helped ice the game in the final minutes with Ogbonnaya's 62-yard run late in the 4th quarter. Another awesome moment was Quan Cosby's block while Jordan Shipley was running on a long pass play, see link here or view below:
Special teams, sparked by Jordan Shipley, also saved the game for Texas. After OU scored to lead 14-3, Texas came right back with Shipley's 96-yard TD return of the kickoff to take some momentum right back.
Only real controversial call was on a 3rd down ball McCoy should not have thrown that looked to be intercepted by an OU defender in the end zone. Natasha thought it should have been an interception. It was very close. But refs rules it was incomplete, allowing Texas to take the lead on a field goal. Strange that Stoops didn't challenge that call. See here:
Maybe the refs were making up for their earlier sketchy call when the OU punter executed a perfect soccer-style flop, dive, roll, and grab-the-knee-in-agony acting job that lead to a Texas roughing the kicker penalty and kept an OU drive going where they eventually scored.
See other game highlights here:
This tremendous win gives Texas the inside track to the national championship game, and sets up another big matchup next week against Missouri, ranked #3. But Mizzou is currently trailing 21-17 against Oklahoma State, who has the ball and is driving with about 11:30 left in the 4th quarter ... OK, now OSU just scored on a nice scramble and TD pass on 3rd-and-12 with about 6 minutes left to make it 28-17. So it's likely Les Mizzou-rables will be out of the top 10 ranking next week.
Man, what is it about OkSt? They seem to play well against highly-ranked opponents -- they've beaten a higher ranked Oklahoma team a few times in the past few years, and gave Texas fits in their 2005 championship season (Vince Young had to do "The Ball Fake" to help come from behind in that win).
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